#how dare mappa

[lilacmoon03]

whoever cancelled the yuri on ice movie I wish you a very bad day, nothing tragic, just downright deep pit depression.

[sillylittleguyinatrenchcoat]

geto meme batch bc i love one man <3 + this week’s episode broke me like a sad flimsy piñata

[deadlylullaby2]

I finally buckled down and watched yuri on ice and OH MY GOD THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST THINGS. MAPPA HOW DARE YOU CANCEL SUCH MAJESTIC, HELLA GAY PERFECTION???!!!!!

[doctor-trenchcoat]

No no no they can't cancel the YoI movie, we've been waiting for 7 years

[odetodissapointment]

my kitten i will love you forever

[cuteteacakes]

OH, SO MAPPA DOES REMEMBER ITS GOLDEN CHILD🙎‍♀️

[mishosoupy]

crazy how I just stopped posting for a few months lol I'm sorry

[saltyinternetflower]

There are 2000 types of fruits in the world,

Yet Yuri on Ice is the fruitiest of them all!

Why did it took me so long to stumble upon Yuuri and Viktor? And how dare Mappa not give us another season or the film?

Bring it back! This is so, so good 🥰

Wallpapers from Pinterest

[spacebeyonce]

yuri on ice put that studio ON THE MAP and this is how you repay it. with dust. mappa how dare you. you would be nothing without yuri on ice.

[maguro13-2]

Mappa Director : Okay, Akane. I want a good clean shot on the pose.

Akane : Okay.

Mappa Director : Good. Capture that pose.

Akane : alright.

(does her karate kick poses)

*CAMERA FLASHING*

Akane : Huh? What the--?

(unveils himself to be Akane's sister, Nabiki)

Nabiki : Haha! Gotcha sucker! I'm gonna sell these for free! I took a picture of your nice clean-Oh goodness.

Akane Enraged : NABIKI-SAN, YOU DOLT! HOW DARE YOU INSULT MY LOOKS!!!

Nabiki : Wait, I don't mean I didn't mean on taking pictures of your kicks, I just wanna say that you have nice lovely clean white--

(Akane grabs Nabiki)

Nabiki : Wait! Wait! No regrets.

*Sounds from Smash Bros are heard*

(Nabiki yelling and grunting pain)

Ranma : I feel like a major butt-kicking when she enrages her sister doing that to her.

Ryoga : Dude. That is literally messed up.

(scene flips)

Nabiki : Here you go, fellas. This is a picture of her new uniform that is white, so that we may show the future of Ranma and Akane with their nice clean soles.

*FLAME WHOOSH*

Nabiki : *coughs out smoke*

Ranma with a Fire Flower : Not buying that garbage.

Akane : You said it.

(hi-fives)

[throughthiseyes-iseetheworld]

So

I've decided that my new "Roman Empire" is going to be Yuri on Ice: ICE ADOLESCENCE

Because how DaREs MAPPA??!!!! Doing THAT!!!!! To US????!!!!!!!!!

[saaraofthesand]

Oh forgot to say: HOW DARE MAPPA MAKE JJK S2 LOOK LIKE A FUCKING SHOUJO SCHOOL ANIME IN THE OPENING CREDITS AS IF THEY DON’T KNOW WHAT’S ABOUT TO HAPPEN AS IF THEY AREN’T AWARE WHAT ELSE THEY HAVE TO ANIMATE THIS SEASON

[smushedmuffin]

its so strange going onto yuri on ice videos and trailers and edits and stuff now because if you go into the comments and sort by new, you can pinpoint the time when the cancellation notice dropped because people from 5 days ago are like "omfg i will wait 20 years for this mappa but please make it good" and then 2 days later people are just "T-T how fucking dare you mappa"

[kakuzatos]

foul

how dare you mappa

[leyyvi]

Thinking about how mappa forgot to animate me and levi getting married post war 😞(canon)

omg how dare they that's absolutely foul of them tbh ://// THEY SHOULD GIVE YOU WAHT U DESREVE!!

[rutilation]

hm.

I hope the rumor that Nakayama won’t direct future seasons isn’t true.  It would be really shitty, for one thing, for studios to set a precedent of bowing to harassment campaigns driven by the lowest common denominator of consumers.  And I do mean ‘consumers’ in the meanest way possible.  While I don’t think the anime was a perfect adaption, that it matched the manga in every aspect--it doesn’t have the same homespun shitpost vibe the original has, nor did it always shoot its scenes quite as deftly as Fujimoto blocked his panels--it also did a lot to elevate the material.  The additional connective tissue it added, such as Aki’s morning routine, the last few minutes of episode 12, Himeno stumbling around her apartment, etc. really did wonders for the story’s pacing.  And the anime’s gritty, New Hollywood vibe fit the story's tone like a glove.

What’s more, the complaints I saw online were never in the ballpark of what I perceived as the anime’s actual shortcomings.  In particular, there was whole lot of pissing and moaning about how the anime dared to use negative space and silence, instead of filling up every second with action, jangling keys, and noise--because this is the crazy chainsaw anime, you see.  It can’t be thoughtful, or grounded, not even for a moment; that would serve to alienate otakus who speed-read through the manga, who only want to stare at waifus and adobe after effects in a thoughtless stupor.  They’re the core audience, after all.  How could they not be, when they were so loud on twitter?  How dare Mappa betray them by allowing this sweatdrop-free adaption to see the light of day?!

Blech.

Just... I honestly have so much more respect for arguable failed experiments like the Aku no Hana anime, or the first two seasons of Tokyo Ghoul, than I do for every single boilerplate, panel-for-panel transcription disguised as an anime, too uninspired and/or chickenshit to try and actually adapt the work that inspired it.

If/when we do get more animated CSM, I won’t dismiss it out of hand.  But, if as I watch, I get sense that they’ve surgically removed the ambition from this adaption, that they’re kowtowing to people who want a product rather than a work of art, then I won’t give it the time of day anymore; I’ll go full manga-purist, and tune the anime out.