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justfilipinothings · 4 years

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genuinely “woke” vs clamor for sociopolitical clout and relevance

tfw the person has good intention (which we do appreciate) but, in the process, relatively insinuates himself/herself as being “woke” and concern about the social issues but it came out sounding pretentious?

That’s how I see and feel about this tweet. Yes, I know. She's only responsible for what she tweets, not for how I interpret it.

This isn’t the first time I’ve seen posts/tweets/comments with the same, you know—underlying pretentious tone. But really, there are blatant ones which you can tell at glance.

Kim chiu is another story. It’s not that she would like to appear “woke” to her supporters (at least that intention is not salient). I would rather call it a case of careless naivety and a lack of sociopolitical literacy. “Bawal Lumabas” thing is amusing the first time. For what it’s worth, equally sociopolitical illiterates and politically immature and foul-mouthed pro-admin peeps let it get into their head, and now they believed that they can just counter every sound arguments made by the opposition and their supporters with it. Never mind having cultured and non-aggressive discourse and laying out logical points, as always.

Oh, no. I’m not invested on Jo Koy enough to come to his defense (if that’s what you’re thinking), though I’ve seen one clip of his show. Yes, he is a stand-up comedian, popular in the entertainment industry, and for that, he has made an influential platform but AND remain mum on [Philippine] social issues.

Again, a stand-up comedian. That’s what he signed up for. Did he claim he is a proactive influencer? It’s his (honestly, anybody's) choice whether he does or does not want to speak up about it.

And if he released it on June 12 (Philippine Independence Day), what then? Would things change if he released it on a later date?

Other local personalities are also getting the same criticism. What’s the deal, really? Why do people feel the need to drag others in such an unnecessary way?

While I do agree that some people, indeed, find entertainment and “bank on shallow Filipino pride” (much like the cod and superfluous reaction videos of foreigners about undeniably talented Filipino artists and the like that we just can't seem to stop ourselves from watching because, to some degree, it strokes our boner for anything Filipino) and that some people, mostly those born, grew up, and living abroad with a minuscule percentage of Filipino blood running in their veins are only Filipino whenever it’s convenient for them, another part of me thinks that that has nothing to do with whether Jo Koy choose to be sociopolitically involved or not.

If a public figure (or even an influencer-kuno) choose to speak up because he personally thinks that he can help by such small act, that’s good. If not, that’s fine too. If a person abstains from voting during the election, it does not necessarily mean that he is leaning to pro-administration (regardless if it's the majority). It could be a sense of hopelessness on the people running as candidate for a respective government position that's holding him back, and I think we can’t blame the person for feeling that way. With the way our government constantly proves that politics is dirty and the people seated are a bunch of jesters every single day, no wonder this non-participative person becomes apathetic and demoralized.

Sabi nga ni Direk Antoinette Jadaone: "An everyday struggle: read the news and plant anger in your heart, or avoid news at all but be an apathetic Filipino."

It’s okay to voice out our sociopolitical concerns. It’s okay to educate the mass. It’s okay to influence the mass to join in our dissent for a good cause; It’s okay to inform them what they can do to help; to tell them why we do what we do and why we fight for these things. And it’s okay if they refuse to be an ally, choose to preserve their beliefs, or be indifferent about these issues.

What’s not okay is imposing our beliefs to another person. What’s not’s okay is equating being neutral and/or staying away from politics to being ignorant, having no sense of active citizenship, or simply assuming that this non-participative person (i’m talking in a general sense), deliberate or not, brought by personal circumstances or not, a consequence of their upbringing or not, is living under privileges. what's not okay is vilifying people for prioritizing their mental health and other personal issues over national or world issues. what’s not okay is dictating people to be politically involved and share our political sentiments and aspirations; chiding them for doing this and that, or the other way around; ordering them how to make use of their craft, platform, and whatnot (well, maybe, except if they’re making questionable behavior, actions, decisions, content, etc.); or worse, lecturing them how to live their life.

After all, a person’s not “dilawan” just because he is against the Duterte regime.

I think it would be much better if people willingly put themselves out there and speak up about more pressing issues out of true empathy—that they, themselves, truly see the need for them to be an instrument to mobilize these sociopolitical movements because they can see why the way the government run things does not sit well with their fellow countrymen.

P.S. I haven't watched any of Jo Koy's episodes). For more contextual understanding, do elucidate me. Did Jo Koy, in any instance, satirized the current issues in the Philippines in such a way that puts the Philippine government in a generally favorable light? If yes, then that's fcked up, and maybe, just maybe, I can understand where OP is coming from.

#personal #tldr #philippines #politics #philippine politics #social commentary #social issues

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rieshon · 6 years

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Spring 2018 Preview

I can’t believe a new season starts in a week already... heres the shows.

1. Comic Girls: KIRARA ANIME BOIS. Do I even need to say more than that? The girls look absolutely adorable, the animation looks on point, and although the director is a debutante he's being backed up by an impressive quartet of writers including Takahashi Natsuko, Yokote Michiko, Hanada Jukki and Machida Touko. Oh yeah, it's also got a bunch of hot channees in addition to the cute schoolgirls. You can't go wrong with this one.

2. Amanchu! ~Advance~: Satojun is back at it again with the silly hiragana subtitles for sequels. The masters of healing are back again for a sequel to what was one of my favorite shows of 2016. More Teko, more of that sexy Itou Shizuka-voiced teacher, and more relaxing feels. This is exactly what we need to fill the Yurucamp-shaped holes in our hearts.

3. Alice or Alice: There are a lot of things that make me excited about this show. Obviously the cast is one: Ayaneru plays the main character, and we got Natsunee and Oonishi in there too. The director is Kobayashi Kousuke, an alumnus of the Pretty Rhythm series who was very heavily involved in Pripara, which you may know is the best anime ever made. And then there's the aesthetic: everything from the character designs to the title logo make this look and feel like a harem anime from 15 or so years ago, which is absolutely my jam. Pretty hyped for this one.

4. Sword Art Online Alternative Gungale Online: One of the weirder things to happen over the past year-ish is that I've become an unabashed SAO fanboy. The shows are just good, y'all. So you can imagine how I feel about a new show set in the SAO universe written by the author of Kino no Tabi, a show I just put in my top five of the last year, and with characters by Kuroboshi Kouhaku (also of Kino) who is the utmost hotness right now. Hopefully this will be more than enough to tide us over while we wait for SAO3 to arrive.

5. Waka-Okami wa Shougakusei: This looks like a kids anime at first glance, and, well, it is. It's based on a series of popular children's books, but they've really gone all out with the production values based on the PVs (Madhouse producing) and it looks immensely charming. Some of the best anime are childrens' stories, so I'm quietly excited about this one.

6. Hinamatsuri: This is shaping up to be one of the weirder shows of the coming season, and it looks great. From the look of the PVs, feel. are going even more all-out than they usually do with the visuals, and it also looks genuinely funny. Plus it's got a cute loli. Should be good.

7. Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu Die Neue These: It's finally here. Obviously I've heard nothing but good things about the original series, but I'm never going to have the motivation to go back and watch something so old, long and difficult, so hopefully this new anime has got me covered. I'm sure there will be plenty of discourse about it; I just hope it's decent.

8. Tada-kun wa Koi wo Shinai: Somehow, we've still never gotten a sequel to the wonderful Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun, but this show brings together the chief staff of that show for a new romantic comedy anime at Douga Koubou. With that pedigree (they even got the same guy who did the OP song for Nozaki) there's definitely reason to be optimistic about this one. Not to mention it's got cute gaijin girls and an imouto voiced by Inosuke.

9. PERSONA5 the Animation: I think I'm going to give up any ridiculous illusions I have of actually playing the game any time soon and just watch this. It's the only realistic way I'll get to see dat Kawakami-sensei and Takemi-sensei. You know I'm all about the channees right now, and man, does P5 have some good ass channees. The anime is actually being directed by Ishihama Masashi, the man who did Shinsekai Yori and literally hasn't done another TV anime since, so that's pretty exciting. Obviously, a lot Shinsekai Yori's success is because of the material adapted, but if you can make a masterpiece like that you've got to have some kind of talent.

10. Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii: CUTE CHANNEE ALERT WEEWOO WEEWOO WEEWOO. I'm all up ons this. Is there anything better than cute OLs? ...Man, things sure have changed around here. Also, that title is just mean when it's literally an anime about otaku having romances. SOME OF US OUT HERE ARE LONELY

11. Last Period -Owarinaki Rasen no Monogatari-: Has there been a good social game anime yet? I guess Schoolgirl Strikers was alright, in that I actually managed to finish that one, but most of these turn out to be bad. I hope Last Period can be the one to buck the trend and be truly good, because I love the silly light-fantasy tone that it looks like it's going for. Wisemen for best girls. There's tons of cute girls with great designs (the one thing you can always count on social games for) and it'd be a shame for them to go to waste like so many before them.

12. Hisone to Masotan: I got really excited when I saw this because it looked like a cute anime about fighter planes. Instead it looks like it's a cute anime about fighter... dragons. What a ripoff. I wanted the planes. My aviation-nerd pouting aside I'm sure it will still be adorable JSDF propaganda. I just really wanted the planes.

13. Golden Kamuy: It's some kind of weird serendipity that I'm studying the Ainu for school this semester and now we get an anime explicitly about the Ainu. Period anime are pretty cool (the Russo-Japanese War isn't a setting explored in much visual media at all), the premise sounds cool, and I really like the look of the Ainu girl. Plus, how often do we get Ainu culture actually presented in anime? Remains to be seen how well it's done, but it's pretty neat.

14. Uma Musume Pretty Derby: Aw yeah. If only Jug was around to see the horse girls. I have no reason to doubt that this will be great fun, especially since it has the financial backing of Cygames, who have more money than God. Just hopefully we don’t have to see any of the cute girls get put down after breaking a leg.

15. Lostorage conflated WIXOSS: Somehow the WIXOSS anime series is still going. selector is still one of my favorite shows in recent memory, but Lostorage was complete spaghetti compared to it, so there's nowhere to go from here but up, right? This new series promises to bring back the characters from selector, which gives me mixed feelings. I don't want them to just play off nostalgia for the old show, but I'm also kinda excited to see Yuzuki and Tama again. I guess we'll see what happens. Maybe a new director will shake things up for the better.

16. 3D Kanojo Real Girl: Man, who wants a 3D girlfriend? Can your real life girlfriend be considered 3D if you're living in a 2D world? This stuff always leaves me conflicted. I'm down for some Serizawa Yuu-voiced heroine, and the always-capable Akao Deko is writing the screen adaptation, so it might be good.

17. Mahou Shoujo Ore: Oh god. I'm pretty sure I saw clippings from the manga of this a while back. It's a mahou shoujo where the girls transform into buff dudes in magical girl outfits for some reason. It can't be a coincidence that the protagonist is named "Uno" and is voiced by Oohashi Ayaka. If this show is even half as amazing as Fantasista Doll it'll be a great success.

18. A.I.C.O. Incarnation: There are a few Netflix-funded series this season but most of them don't look especially interesting. This one looks alright, but it's using the stupid Netflix bulk release model so I guess I'm waiting until April to start it despite all the episodes being out already. It looks like it could be a cool science fiction show, and I like the Naruko Hanaharu character designs.

19. LOST SONG: So this is that Suzuki Konomi promotional vehicle... From the PV, it doesn't look great, but I am a big fan of Konomin's singing so I guess I'll have to check out at least an episode. I just doubt her ability to act as well as she can sing.

20. Caligula: Strangely, this show does not seem to be about the son of Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder who ruled as Roman emperor from 37 to 41. I actually have no idea what it's about. Something about idols. But some of the character designs look pretty good, especially that blonde channee, so it's a maybe from me.

21. High School DxD HERO: It's baaaack. The show I watched three seasons of for Ayaneru that gave me almost no Ayaneru is back to continue to refuse to give me Ayaneru, probably. But hey, I like channees now anyway, so I may as well keep watching out of tradition if nothing else. I just hope Gaspar is like, actually in it this time...

22. Omae wa Mada Gunma wo Shiranai: This is an anime to promote Gunma... I guess? It definitely doesn't look like your typical local promotion anime... Apparently Gunma is a totalitarian state in this world. The green-haired girl played by Ucchii looks pretty good so I'll check it out.

23. Akkun to Kanojo: SUPER tsundere love comedy? Even regular tsundere is good. Unfortunately it's the dude who is tsundere in this one which isn't the thing I want. But the girls still look pretty cute so I'll definitely be giving it a look.

24. Mahou Shoujo Site: Uh oh, it's dark magical girls. There's nothing wrong with the concept per se but works like this often end up being grimdark for grimdark's sake (see: Mahou Shoujo Ikusei Keikaku) so it makes me worried. This one looks like someone tried to mix Madoka and Jigoku Shoujo. It should be good for a laugh if nothing else.

25. Kiratto Puri Chan: Well, here we are. This is what they killed Pripara for. So who did they get to succeed the comedic savant Moriwaki Makoto? Well, it's a guy without a whole lot of directorial experience: Hiroshi Ikehata. What he has directed have been some incredibly charming shows, including the underrated Akiba's Trip anime and Sore ga Seiyuu. The main writing credit goes to Hyoudou Kazuho, who has worked with Hiroshi on all of his directorial projects but doesn't have any especially interesting work to his name. The biggest chance this has to be even marginally worthy as a successor to Pripara is if they continue to draw on the extended family of Pretty series creators, like Pripara did to a large extent. With Moriwaki's steady hand removed, I don't have high hopes, but if they killed Pripara for a show that's not even decent I am going to be upset.

26. Aikatsu Friends!: So Stars is ending and a new generation of Aikatsu is here as well. I can't let this pass unnoticed because Kido-chan is pegged to be one of the new Aikatsu leads and I'm always thirsty for new Kido-chan anime. I didn't really like Stars, so I hope this new one is more on the silly side, like joji anime really should be.

27. Cutie Honey Universe: Rember Cutie Honey? I mean, I don't, but a lot of people do. Apparently it's the 50th anniversary of Nagai Gou's venerable battle girl series, so they're doing a revival of it. I really dig the neo-retro art style going on here, and the cast is absolutely star-studded (our current darling, Kurosawa Tomoyo, is included among the likes of Hanazawa Kana, Tamura Yukari, Horie Yui and Kugimiya Rie) so I just might check it out.

28. Steins;Gate Zero: I really don't know if I want to watch this. Steins;Gate wasn't the worst of the semicolon anime; in fact, the first half of the series was greatly enjoyable, but I don't think I need to retread the infamous "shooting of the moeblob" that led to the godawful second half. It's got Christina, I guess. I just really don't know if I can subject myself to Okabe again.

29. Megalobox: This looks technically amazing, I just don't know if I'm interested in it. Will probably wait to hear other people's opinions before I check it out, if I ever do.

30. Gegege no Kitarou: I don't think I'll actually watch this, but the latest version of the classic children's anime has been getting some attention because the character designs for the female characters are, how you say, Extremely Good. They're definitely good enough that I'm tempted to check it out. Dat Nekomusume...

31. Full Metal Panic! Invisible Victory: It really happened. I'm including this as the highest-profile show I definitely won't be watching. I haven't seen any of the other FMP anime, so it would be stupid to try and jump in here. The subtitle being abbreviated "IV" (for season 4) is very cute though.

I don’t know how to rank shorts so heres those:

Tachibanakan To Lie Anguru: It's time for another Yuri Hime anime! All you need to know about how hype I am for this show is the tagline: 'The harem manga protagonist is a girl!?' Tsuda Minami is once again going to have to be hard gay, this time with five different girls apparently. I'm especially looking forward to the Mikakoshi-voiced blonde. Unfortunately, being a Creators in Pack anime, it's a short...

Fumikiri Jikan: This is a five minute anime but I absolutely love the premise: girls wait at a train crossing. That's it. You gotta love manga and anime sometimes.

#season preview

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anastasiaserya · 7 years

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SMC and PPG 2016 comparison (written in 2016):

I love both Sailor Moon and The Powerpuff Girls. Both are awesome shows that feature superpowered girls fighting evil while still having a normal life with friends and other stuff. Both were successful franchises, and were known across the globe. Sailor Moon was dubbed into English in 1995 by DiC Entertainment, and was aired on Cartoon Network (later moved to Toonami). Powerpuff Girls was one of CN's most popular shows, and even got an anime adaption in Japan. So, both shows were destined to receive a reboot one day. Sailor Moon's was announced first, back in 2012, and was slated to release in the Summer of 2013. This was pushed back to 2014, a year later, and with barely any news released, the fans were desperate. There were rumors that this reboot would be a remake of the original anime, some said it would be full on adaption of the manga, some even claimed it was to be a continuation set in Crystal Tokyo. Sometime in 2014, the title "Sailor Moon Crystal" was announced and a key visual was released. It was confirmed to be an adaption of the manga. Everyone was happy. Manga purists were happy because they were finally getting their holy manga properly animated. Everyone else was happy because more Sailor Moon. A trailer was released, before episode debuted on Crunchyroll on July 5, 2014. www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9Ft3v… (trailer link) Everyone was impressed by the animation and how faithful it was to the original source material. Some people were critical of the character designs but they were a minority and were written off as "nostalgic haters". Then episode 2 was released, and the discourse started. Animation errors started creeping in. There weren't enough to make everyone go nuts but they were there. Here's a page that has most of them: sailormooncrystalfailures.tumb… People were still faithful to the reboot and just assumed the staff had a low budget that week. Critics were still written off as "haters". Most people were happy. Episode 3 was released, and that episode was LITTERED with animation blunders. They were extremely noticeable. The writing quality was beginning to weaken as well: sailormooncrystalfailures.tumb… By now the critics were no longer a vocal minority, they were a majority of Sailor Moon fans who recognized this blatant trolling by Toei Animation. I was one of the fans that stuck around for most of Crystals original run. For the first few episodes, i was enjoying it, until it got to episode 9, the episode where Princess Serenity awakens. Usagi did nothing but cry the entire episode, and it really got on my nerves. I began to hate Crystal, and went over to the critics side. The episodes got worse and worse, animation wise and story wise. The only reason i kept watching was because i wanted to get to the episode adaption of my favourite chapter and see if they screwed it up or not. Thankfully they didn't. Now, onto the Powerpuff Girls reboot, which was announced in 2014 with a key visual of the girls being released. New voice actors for the girls were also announced, which made a lot of people wary, especially since Cartoon Network didn't even bother contacting the original VA's. Not much info on it was released until early 2016, where the premier date (April 2016) was announced and the episode titles were leaked. A couple of clips were shown. People seemed to remain optimistic. The first episode, "Man Up" premiered. Most people didn't like it, but refused to completely judge the show until more episodes were released. More episodes were released, and animation errors began popping up all over the place, along with poor writing quality and outdated memes. What really made PPG fans snap was the fact that The Powerpuff Girls, who were 5 year old kindergarteners, WERE TWERKING. The reason why i decided to compare these two reboots is not just because of the similar production quality, but also the fandoms reaction. The Sailor Moon fandom became extremely divided when it came to SMC: On one side we have the critics, the people who went full WTF and noticed the awfulness and trolling from Toei. Then on the other side we have the defenders. People forcefully loving Crystal not because it has a good story or good characters, just because it’s the holy anticipated manga version and therefore perfect and superior to everything else in the franchise.They loved bringing down the classic anime (which made them fans) in order to make Crystal look better, and turning a blind eye to every flaw. There were also people in the middle so i'll touch on them quickly: - People recognizing it’s shit but they’d love it and support it anyway because it’s Sailor Moon. - People who were happy about Sailor Moon coming back to life regardless of the crap Crystal turned out to be but still being able to acknowledge it has its flaws. - People who were happy about Sailor Moon coming back to life regardless of the crap Crystal turned out to be but being unable to acknowledge its flaws. - People forcing themselves to love the show no matter what. Every single defender was a manga purist by the way. And here is a collective list of things they've done: - Tried to force the fandom to stop calling out Crystal on its blatant laziness. - Try to convince people Crystal is the best thing just because it’s THE STORY STRAIGHT FROM THE MANGA ZOMMGGGG - Said we are all blinded by nostalgia and used that to dismiss dissenting opinions. - Bring down the classic anime for not being faithful to the source material therefore just because of that it is shit and Crystal is better. - Created this odd parallel world where not even valid criticism towards Crystal is valid. Only positive reactions and blind praise was allowed. - Came up with pointless and quite frankly lame excuses for Crystal’s flaws. - Said the show is better because they follow Naoko’s art (which is 100% not true) - Actually think the development in Crystal is awesome because THAT’S HOW IT HAPPENS IN THE MANGA!11!1! - Attacked people on a personal level for not being grateful that because of Crystal the franchise has come back to life and that’s all because of the manga. - Said we were bad fans (or not fans at all) for not supporting Crystal - Sent death threats to Crystal Critics for not liking the show A similar reaction is taking place with the Powerpuff Girls reboot, and already we're seeing two different sides: Critics and Defenders. So far, the defenders have: - Try to convince people that the reboot is the best thing ever - Said we are blinded by nostalgia and are 90's kids/"cartoonaboos" - Made it so not even valid criticism towards the reboot is valid. You are only allowed to praise the show and post positive reactions. - Came up with pointless and lame excuses for reboots flaws. - Said the show is better because it's newer while constantly shitting on better shows like Adventure Time and Gumball. - Attacked us on a personal level for not being grateful that because of the reboot the franchise has come back to life and that we were just whiny brats. - Said we were bad fans (or not fans at all) for not supporting the reboot. Thankfully, Toei got their shit together and revamped the show for Season 3.

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