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Edited by SeptimusHeap on Sep 10th 2022 at 11:50:32 AM
Until further notice
No surprises there: manga is classified as seinen (again, That Other Wiki, take with pinch of salt, you know the drill), anime - not really stated outright. Also, same character designer as Strike Witches, which probably explains certain questionable aesthetic decisions.
edited 30th May '12 8:57:23 AM by Pyrite
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The Other Wiki lists the manga as Seinen. Disclaimer: Wikipedia's veracity has been disputed with regards to demographics.
For context, it ran in Magazine Z which also ran Wolfs Rain, FLCL, and Le Portrait De Petite Cossette.
edited 30th May '12 8:59:14 AM by tdgoodrich1
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Our wiki on Sky Girls has this to say:
Emphasis mine, will try and verify.
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Until further notice
Hmmm... But where are you going to find enough adolescent males to experiment on?
On a more serious note, judging from what our page says, the anime is less servicey than the OVA. Can't find the manga, which is probably significantly less well-known. For the sake of your sanity, review the anime first.
edited 30th May '12 9:01:46 AM by Pyrite
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So then, restricting to the TV anime (and possibly the manga, if we can locate it) is on the table?
Once I finish my coffee I will start to take a look.
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I wouldn't worry about my retinas. My liver on the other hand...
edited 30th May '12 9:08:16 AM by tdgoodrich1
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Honestly? I don't know. I'm just saying that after your bad experience with Kanokon the last time, it's probably better to start with the option that's theoretically less likely to sear your retinas off.
On myanimelist.net, both the OVA and anime are given as "PG-13 - Teens 13 or older"
eliteanimes gives shounen as the demographic for Sky Girls
edited 30th May '12 9:08:52 AM by SeptimusHeap
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For reference, here
is the IP thread.
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Re: Sky Girls
Coffee done, beginning review. Starting with ep. 1. Planning on looking at 1, 8, 22, and the OVA.
Update the first. Oh, hai, JC Staff. That's what was missing in my life. A shortage of you guys. On a more serious note, that OP really isn't doing this show any favors with those rather suspect camera angles. At least Strike Witches had some characters that didn't look like little girls.
Update the second: A rather blatant closeup shot of the girl in her bra. Assuming the Strike Witches/Sky Girls comparison is accurate, the show so far has not been doing itself any favors.
Update the third: the latter half of ep. 1 was not as bad. Nothing really to report until the ED, featuring some suspect stills of the cast.
Actually, that's almost exactly one of the stills in the ED, only minus one of those girls.
edited 30th May '12 10:24:39 AM by tdgoodrich1
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Re: Sky Girls, Continuing with ep. 8.
Oh great, a hot spring episode. Godfuckingdamnit.
Update the first: The one female in the cast who doesn't look like a little girl doesn't want to go to the hot spring. This don't exactly bode well.
@Lu: Does it matter? There seems to be quite a lot of gratuitous ass shots from the cast in the show (including the ED as noted above)
edited 30th May '12 10:45:48 AM by tdgoodrich1
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How bad is it; the hot spring episode, I mean?
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Is the image on 4111 official art or fanart?
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I'm not certain. Raso posted it in the IP thread while trying to defend the show, so I'm guessing it's official.
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Oh Raso.
Yeah, it looks like official art to me. Most fanart doesn't really look like that. The question is whether the whole series like that.
Other pictures in that gallery show the girls have breasts, so it's probably not all pedobait. They don't look very old though. Perhaps a stylization issue?
edited 30th May '12 10:47:01 AM by Arha
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Re: Sky Girls Ep. 8, continued
Update the second: Damn you, Sky Girls, for giving me hope that the hot spring scene wouldn't happen, then shooting that hope down. Not as bad as it could have been, but still not clean. Lot of strategically-placed branches and arms but no Censor Steam. The entire scene was crammed into the last 2 min, to its credit. Still straight-up fanservice, though. On to ep. 22.
Allegedly 15-17, but they sure as hell don't look it.
edited 30th May '12 11:09:33 AM by tdgoodrich1
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And I associate that sort of booty with puberty. Subcultural confusion?(In the AA community, the glutes are prized) How old are they supposed to be?
black folks in America love booty. It's true.
edited 30th May '12 11:22:20 AM by animeg3282
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What's the AA community?
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Re: Sky Girls Ep. 22.
Christmas episode, this time. Since ep. 8, they have added two new girls to the cast. One of whom looks and acts like a grade schooler.
Update the final: Minimal fanservice. This seemed like more of a plot-heavy episode.
@Animeg: Yes, though again, plot-heavy episode. Fanservice was deliberately kept to a minimum.
On that note, I should probably take a look at a less plot-heavy episode to verify whether or not she's used for fanservice. That girl is the only one who nobody can argue looks way too young. That will probably be the deciding factor, since this series is a definite edge case (at best) as far as pedopandering goes.
edited 30th May '12 11:35:06 AM by tdgoodrich1
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Is she wearing age appropriate clothes?
I'm a black lady.
edited 30th May '12 11:38:40 AM by animeg3282
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Speaking as a black man... eh, I dig the booty.
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I think that someone might want to look over the examples on this page. It's a bit... eh....
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That's going to wreck my image of you as a blue anthropomorphic hedgehog. :/
Are you suggesting a clean or something else?
Because what the page covers is a legit thing in anime/manga etc.
edited 30th May '12 11:36:03 AM by Shadis
Sky Girls... hm. Okay, what's the target audience for this show?
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