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Let the Idol Fandom Wars Begin?
Maka:
Idolmaster has time going for it... It also was built from the ground up, from an arcade game to a console release to a game series to an anime and movie. Love live and aikatsu, and even cinderella girls were the same way... Meanwhile WUG was basically expected to transform into a huge franchise overnight. And it didn't.
Plus (and this is my opinion) WUG made me feel unclean... It goes so far to show how the idol business is screwed up beyond belief, yet it still wants you to buy into said idol culture. It blasts fanservice as skeevy and gross but doesn't hesitate to show you shots of the girls' panties or them in swimsuits, though it does get better. Plus watching a show that kind of hates you isn't fun.
Plus I feel like all of them are for different demographics. Love Live is for the K-On crowd (I feel a lot of similarities, especially with the school vs. office setting); aikatsu is for young girls and the precure crowd with the idealized and fluffy setting, idolmaster is idolmaster, and WUG is sort of... Out doing its own thing.
Although in terms of music...
WUG (I have every I-1 song on my iPod) = idolmaster > aikatsu >>>>> Love Live
In terms of cast personalities:
idolmaster > love live > WUG > aikatsu
In animation and character designs:
love live = idolmaster (I like im@s' designs the most, but I don't like the anime's art style, it's the opposite for love live) > aikatsu (kind of generic animation-wise but with cute designs) = WUG (the animation is legendarily bad but it boasts my favorite art style out of the group)
In terms of how much I enjoyed them:
idolmaster > love live = aikatsu > WUG
Cien Laguoire:
I can't really say much about other idol animes, as I've never seen them, but I did notice there has been a growing interest in them, particularly with Love Live. It'll be interesting how these franchises will co-exist in the near future. Hopefully it won't actually break down into a fandom war.
Daverost:
There's been more than a "growing interest" in Love Live. Sales are absolutely curbstomping just about everything. S1 re-released and is outselling most new series. S2's initial sales are just at silly levels. CDs are topping the Oricon charts. Campaigns are being run everywhere, it has a Vita game series and a mobile rhythm game, and the usual slew of figures, posters, and card game sets is out in full force. Love Live is pretty big.
I'll go with "growing interest" in the others, though.
--- Quote from: MetalPredat0r on May 06, 2014, 04:05:24 am ---A Yodobashi store asks the question: iDOLM@STER Girls or Love Live Girls? 765Pro or Mu's? I have to automatically go for iM@S, by virtue of, at the time of this post, not having seen Love Live yet. What do you guys think?
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I think you should watch Love Live.
I don't know which I like more, though. I like both a lot. Like, a lot lot.
MetalPredat0r:
--- Quote from: Daverost on May 07, 2014, 01:28:15 pm ---I think you should watch Love Live.
I don't know which I like more, though. I like both a lot. Like, a lot lot.
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I've been considering it for the longest time now. I'll definitely get to it this Summer when I have the free time.
Naryoril:
--- Quote from: Daverost on May 07, 2014, 01:28:15 pm ---it has a Vita game series
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Not yet, they will be released in the end of July. And "series" is a bit misleading, it's the same as Shiny Festa: one game you have to buy 3 times for the whole content. In terms of games, Im@s definitely has the upper hand over Love Live.
That said, i like Love Live, but i definitely prefer im@s.
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