Desu ex Machina

Sorry for the lack of updates the past week. As I have said, I moved back into college this week and I had to wait a bit for internet. A day after the internet came, when everything has just been set up, and just when this year of college was starting off perfectly smooth, my laptop rolled over and just died. 12 days after the warranty expired. It has been one year. So a trip to the computer store and $1000 later, I’m back here again. I got a nice new HP HDX but to be honest I’d rather have my old Acer and 1000 bucks back (no, I will not buy a cheap computer. I am the President of the Video Game Club and I am a techie. A graphics card is synonymous to food for me). Budget is going to be really tight this semester. Oh right, my two Saimoe blogs… yeah CCY’s gonna be kind of upset.

In the meantime, I rewatched both seasons of Rozen Maiden in the last week. And because I didn’t have a computer Thursday night, the re-watch of Rozen Maiden Traumend became the first 13 episode anime I have ever watched in one sitting (t’was a quite fortunate way find out that my roommate’s PS3 can read data discs and play avis). As my first anime (childhood anime on Cartoon Network don’t count), Rozen Maiden has a special place in my heart. I remember how much fun I had with the series and how excited I became. A few years later, that feeling is still there. Sure, I’ve watched tons of really great stuff and 100 more anime since then, but this show is still just so amazingly solid. I also returned with deep appreciation for how talented Rie Tanaka is. My love for Suigintou is like a truck.

That look on Gin's face is absolutely priceless.

To cheer me up, however, gg gave me Christmas in August and did a triple release yesterday. Episode 7 of CANAAN was really cool, and the last two episodes were kind of a slowdown. That’s ok, not every anime can be Tengen Toppa Gurenn Lagann. There’s lots of talking and only little bits of Maria being annoying but nothing too intense. The story in confusing and the way it’s explained feels rather forced and gets in the way of the flow of the show. Regardless, they are at least trying and the character development is decently solid. Liang Qi especially stands out for her lunatic antics, zettai ryouiki, and bb gun action. More Rie Tanaka faggotry on my blog right here. I gotta take care of my favorite voice actor of all time you know. She is at her best when her character is batshit insane.

Zan Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei continues to be freaking awesome. They animated one of my favorite chapters of the manga this week, about the Winter Shogun. Hopefully, they will animate my favorite chapter sometime. To continue the voice actor fagging, Horie Yui is in this week’s episode as chain sale schemer Maruuchi Shouko. I find it quite interesting that they are adding new people into the anime, and it hasn’t become overwhelming. I hope the infinite sales girls show up more in the future. The characters are extremely easy to figure out with minimal amounts of explanation needed. Characters are really what makes Zetsubou-Sensei gel and click together as a strong, enjoyable comedy anime.

If this was intentional, the seiyuu joke is clever.

Finally, Bakemonogatari 8. Bakemonogatari is so much storytelling and that storytelling is very masterful. We go into Suruga’s storyline and find out a little about her past. We learn of her nearly obsessive love for Hitagi and how multiple layers of her consciousness respond. This anime is captivating because it works on so many levels and there is meaning and thought in so many aspects of the plot.

I wasn’t really feeling it too much this episode, despite my praise for it. I guess after the first episode of this anime, I was expecting some action. Don’t get me wrong, however. Bakemonogatari as is is absolutely sublime. The drama is good and the show in itself is very thought provoking. I liked this episode’s OP, as Miyuki Sawashiro is a very talented singer and voice actor. I liked the final interaction in the opening animation where Hitagi cuts Suruga in half with scissors. The foreshadow was great symbolism and played into the episode well.

Oh right, Hayate no Gotoku also was released recently. This season has been hella good and HnG has not broken the trend. After three insanely hilarious episodes in a row, this show seems to want to reel back a little bit before it starts killing its fans. Still, this episode was pretty fun and full of lulz. Nagi gets a part time job and Ayumu is moe. There’s also a Haruhi dig, so there’s no reason not to watch it.

I’m moving back to college tomorrow morning. I’m getting an apartment with my friend, which means I finally get my own bedroom and private space. This means I can finally watch anime without giving a damn who is walking into the room. The bad news is that I don’t get internet installed until Wednesday, so I’ll be without internet for an uncomfortably long time. I guess this means I’ll be catching up on a lot of anime. So here is my final blog post for like five or so days.

Watching anime purely for Engrish is actually not a wasted endeavor. The folks on Danbooru have even apparently started to translate Engrish as if it were another language (work safe). Producers and directors can spend thousands of manhours creating, drawing, animating, and writing an episode, working with musicians to create a perfectly functional piece of music for an opening or ending theme. And in the following cases, apparently, no one in the studio spoke a lick of English. I guess since they assume the audience are just random Japanese people it doesn’t really matter. Or maybe it’s “cool” to be Engrish stylistically. We should go the other way and have faux Japanese. Here lemme try: Boku no sugoi chinchin isu inu anata no imouto desu.

This list isn’t exhaustive, instead these are the first six things that popped into my head. If you think I’m missing something drop a comment.

Spice and Wolf ED: Ringo Hiyori by Rocky Chack

I thought I’d start off this post with an example of an Engrish anime song that’s not that bad. Engrish can be AWESOME in two separate ways: pronunciation and grammar. God forbid both. Despite sounding like something a coked up Lewis Carroll would write, all the lyrics seem grammatically correct. Still, the thought of the singer forcing herself to pronounce the l sounds is quite entertaining.

Bleach OP 4: TONIGHT, TONIGHT, TONIGHT by Beat Crusaders

Back when watching Bleach wasn’t didn’t warrant instant trolling, all the way back at the Bounto arc, the turning point of the franchise, this OP aired. Bleach, regardless of what people feel or think about it, is well known for its solid array of theme songs. The song sounds pretty cool despite making absolutely zero grammatical sense. I am still convinced that one of the lyrics is “tonight constipation”.

Say… what?

Woke up with yawn. It’s dawning, im still alive.
Turned on my radio to start up new day
As goddanmed DJ’s chattered how to survive
Amazing news got over on the air wave

English Translation

I woke up and yawned. It’s dawn and I seem to be alive.
I turned on my radio to start my day.
As the goddamn DJ chattered about how to survive,
I heard amazing news over the airwaves!

Best YouTube Comment

“ur stupid.u don’t like loooooooooooooooooooong animes with a lot of good thinds in it.”

Hajime no Ippo OP 1: Under Star by Shocking Lemons

How awesome is this song? Even the title doesn’t make sense! As the opening theme to one of the most incredibly entertaining, captivating, and gar anime ever, the opening animation is basically an awesome anime version of the Rocky montage except instead of Eye of the Tiger, we get our blood pumping with some dude who wants feeling. iiiitsuuuumooooo. Shit, I wanna eat steak and go beat some people up right now.

Say… what?

I want to dive…lost mind…
I want to dive…lost mind…
I want feeling…I want feeling…itsumo…
I want to dive…lost mind…
I want to dive…lost mind…
why, why, why, why? I want to dive!
feeling over…

English Translation

I want to dive. I lost my mind. I want to feel someone, presumably because I lost my mind. Why? Because I want to dive dammit!
Oh wait, the feeling is over.

Best YouTube Comment

“Ryu said no, i got timid knee
Is Shoe no! He caught me walking there! YEA
A.M NO! You may want me there! Rollling goo!”

ChäoS;HEAd ED: Super Special by Kagami Seira

You guys were totally waiting for this to show up on the list, I know it. Super Special is by far the best thing about the trainwreck of an anime that was Chaos Head. What’s perfectly appropriate after an intensely disturbing cliffhanger moment that involves grisly murders and suspense? A J-pop song that rejects worldly possessions to call the viewer super special, of course! I also like how the animation makes Chaos Head seem as if its some kind of harem romantic schoolgirl love comedy, which would have made the show about ten times better.

Say… what?

Big sign of love and peace
When there’s enough bombs to blow the Earth
All they cares only
Prioritize money they own

English Translation

I flash the peace sign, my fellow hippie love. It’s really absurd that when the nuclear arsenal of the world’s militaries can destroy the world that those greedy capitalist pigs just care about their own money. DOWN WITH THE BOURGEOISIE, LONG LIVE THE PROLETARIAT.

Best YouTube Comment

“Love this anime 10/10”
“The anime was great, and it also had the best soundtrack.”

Clannad Insert Song: Ana by Lia

I mentioned earlier how Engrish can take the form of grammar or pronunciation. Ana is great not only because of how terrible the grammar is, but how perfect the pronunciation is. I made sure to pick a version of the video that was fansubbed. I notice that Eclipse took the effort of karaokeing the insert song because otherwise I might not have noticed it was in English. As if the accent didn’t tip you off, Lia is actaully fluent in English. You can imagine what she felt while recording this song. Didn’t she have the heart to kindly tell Yuu Hagiwara that plugging things into Babelfish is probably not the best way to write lyrics? (kevo with da research) Stick to Japanese, Key. You guys do a great job otherwise.

Oh right, I’d like to take this opportunity to congratulate Lia on her pregnancy and wish her the best of luck.

Say… what?

The place is so far away be far apart.
People’s hand does not reach, so merely has the worship.
The place is a lofty lord can’t meet nobody put on.
We will lose the place, so lofty which changes.

English Translation

I have no fucking clue.

Best YouTube Comment

The best YouTube Comment is at the end of the video. “Cuting by jamie. subing thanks to eclips subs”. I can confidently say, however, that Jamie’s spelling is better than the grammar in Ana. For them to be equal, it would have to read “cutrig by jeimy. aybing tehanks to eklepes ceubs”

Neon Genesis Evangelion ED: Fly Me to the Moon by Yoko Takahashi

You know how in those American anime magazines about gREATEST ANIMES EVER LOL Neon Genesis Evangelion always finishes first? Well for once it deserves it. The full name of the song is “Fly Me to the Moon (Yoko Takahashi Acid Bossa Version)”. I think the title itself is enough to send Frank Sinatra in a barrel roll in his grave. Fry me to za muun is just extra credit from here on out. I never quite understood why Eva chose to have Fly Me to the Moon as its ending theme in the first place. Then again, I never quite understood many things about that anime, like why people like it or why it was even made. That’s enough trolling Eva for now.

Say… what?

Since Frank Sinatra has a basic understanding of the English language, I’m just gonna conclude this post by being Yuu Hagiwara and using Babelfish to translate the song into Japanese and back into English.

Me do to throw in month me,
some spring reaches
to Jupiter and whether it seems Mars way,
do to permit the fact that you see me
do to permit the fact that you play at interstellar space namely,
namely, the tramcar of my hand in me
who kiss do to grasp
do to fill up my center with song and
with you who sing me permanently
to be long entirely because of I,
do to permit many which are I to worship,
everything which is worshipped namely, namely, truth loves me, be

…
Awesome.

I don’t really do Saimoe analysis on Desu ex Machina, since I write for two different blogs to cover the Anime Saimoe Tournament this year. Regardless, most people who pay attention to Saimoe know by now that K-ON’s lovable starlet Akiyama Mio was wrecked with the upset of the century when she lost her first match to heavily outpowered Minami Kana. People immediately pointed to a heavy case of counter voting, to culprits from /a/ to 2ch. Even Ron Paul has been blamed to this surprising result. The fact that Akiyama Mio, a favorite to win this year’s tournament, was out after one vote was simply unbelievable.

I, however, point to a completely different reason. Sports fans are very knowledgeable of something called the “Sports Illustrated curse”, which is a jinx that affects athletes who appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated. Right after appearing on the cover, many athletes’ performance drop significantly. Well…

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Bored + Photoshop + 3AM = Danger

Every day, I wake up and I think to myself, “man, there are not enough hardcore remixes of Clannad.” Now this predicament of mine is over. I always thought Dango Daikazoku should be mixed with Go Berserk. It was a match made in heaven. Ahhh, Natsucon is the greatest time of year. J-core or Anigabber of whatever the fuck it’s called (techno music classifications lol) has always been a guilty pleasure of mine. It is an unholy combination of my two of my favorite things in life: anime and electronic music. Now if there was only a way they could combine food and sex. Actually, I don’t want to see that. Oh right, I used fanart in that video. Here is the artist’s pixiv page, please internet police don’t arrest me.

Here’s the torrent for the whole album, which was average.

For those of you who like this stuff, here’s some more stuff you shouldn’t miss from Comiket 76.

[Spy47] Ticket to Sweetland – DDL

This album the greatest thing to ever happen to ever.

[SRPC0024] 妄殺オタクティクス – DDL

While your at it, grab the new DJ Sharpnel album because I am uber nice.

*shoutout to ODI brethren for providing the links*

(kevo didn’t want to post about Saki for the 78th time, cut him some slack)

As of the end of the ninth episode, it seems that the arc of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya 2, known as “Endless Eight” has finally come to an end. Now, knowing Kyoto Animation at this point, no assumption is safe but I will assume that the staff of Kyoto Animation …breathe air, drink water, and have some shred of decency as human beings and members of the anime industry. Are you sure these are the same people who made Clannad? Yeah, apparently.

Now that it’s all over, I almost feel kind of sad. Endless Eight was an interesting experience, to say the least. Every week, week in week out, it was there for you. Like a loyal dog, who just happens to do the same thing every time you see him. So without further ado, five things I’ll miss about Endless Eight.

Kyon-kun, Denwa~

Kyon’s little sister is massive amounts of cute loli. Famous for the “loli in a bag” incident, Kyon’s little sister is a perfect random loli thrown into a show just for shits and giggles. Now at the beginning of every Endless Eight episode I’m always looking forward to her unnecessarily reminding Kyon that his phone is ringing and he should pick up. Each episode has a little variation and I always get excited to see what it is this week. You literally cannot get enough of Kyon-kun, denwa~~

I should totally get this as a ring tone sometime. I remember I was watching baseball once and my cellphone rang when somebody hit a solo home run. Unfortunately, no “kibo-kun, denwa~” came.

When it all boils down, one of the best things about Endless Eight was essentially eight takes of one line that Aoki Sayaka said in KyoAni’s voice recording studio that probably took around 45 seconds. She then went to grab some yakisoba with Chihara Minori, who had a grand total of five syllables of voice work in episode 1. Who said being a voice actor was a busy job?

The Rewatch Value

I have rewatched Five Centimeters Per Second 7 times. I have rewatched Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei 3 times. I have rewatched Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann 2 times. Fuck all those series. I have rewatched The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya 2 8 times. It’s an 8 episode arc, but watching it is like watching the same thing 8 times. If it were an 8 episode arc that wasn’t the same thing eight times, and you watched the thing 8 times, you would have watched 64 episodes. Does that mean 64 episodes of Endless Eight is equal to 8 episodes of a normal anime? Or did I just blow your mind?

Yuki’s Drink

Every scene where the characters were in the cafe, Yuki has an awesome-looking drink that was the color of glowing radiation. I always thought that the “solution” for Endless Eight was going to involve her drink, but alas. Still, Yuki’s drink makes you wonder: what is it? What does it taste like? Does Yuki like it so much to drink it 15,532 times? Maybe she started with another kind of drink and after like 6,457 she switched to another drink. The 15,000+ arcs can thus be divided into eras according to Yuki’s colored beverage. That still is a cool shade of green, though. Kinda reminds me of Mountain Dew Baja Blast, the sweet nectar only found at Taco Bell.

Hilariously Deep Analyses of Each Episode

Ok, the last iteration of the Endless Eight loop was the 15,532nd loop, right? Well it’s a time loop, so it has lots to do with time, right? How many hours are in a day? 24. 4 is the last digit of 24, so at the end of the 4th episode of Endless Eight (episode 5), there was a 12 hour clock face and the seconds hand on the clock is closest to 4. There are 30 days in a month, and, again, 24 hours in a day. 24 hours, 12 hour clock, seconds hand at 4, 30 days in a month, 24 hours in a day. String all these numbers together you get 24 12 4 30 24. What’s the square root of 241,243,024? 15,532 OH MY GODDDDDD.

Also, Yuki is never seen with a book during episode 6. What does that imply? I have no idea.

Trolling, Rage, and Hitler

Let’s recap. In 2006, Kyoto Animation made an anime that was so incredibly popular it spawned a freaking religion. A religion full of NEETs, retarded fanboys, and obnoxious females, but still. Even for people like me who didn’t buy into the whole fanatic following, the show was admittedly good and more would have been cool. After around 3 years of constant trolling and false alarms and disappointments, a second season finally comes along. And we get this. Congratulations, Kyoto Animation, you trolled us so hard that you ended the troll with an even more epic troll. I am absolutely speechless now.

It’s totally been the rage in the otaku blogosphere to rail against KyoAni and what they did, but you know what? I applaud them. I applaud them for how amazingly sticky their fanbase is. If they made an anime called The Adventures of Paint-kun and Grass-chan about paint drying and grass growing, people would watch it. Then they would rage on blogs and forums about how they should have just made more K-ON! (I personally would like a Planetarium OVA but I guess I’m alone), but they will still watch that shit.

I end this post with the fuhrer himself, because I think he sums it up the best. Endless Eight may be over, but its legacy will forever remain.

(credit goes my hombre and my occasional collaborator/slave master CCY for making this)

Ever since after the first episode of Bakemonogatari when I found out I would have to wait almost a month for Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari to come out, I have been looking forward to August 12th. However, one day in advance, I discovered that it has been leaked. I instantly became sick to my stomach. Songs become licensed and released and sold for a reason, so artists can make a living. Thoughtlessly downloading the music, much less ahead of the release time, is both selfish and illegal. As someone who has this CD preordered, I feel bad for how much the industry is suffering. Fansubs are one thing, but pirating and torrenting music like this is just a terrible and unfortunate thing to happen. Shame on you people, ruining the industry and making supercell’s life completely in vain. I for one will be waiting for 8 more hours for the album to properly come out and then wait for the CD to ship over to my house. I insist you all do the same, for you won’t be finding any download links on this blog.

sike, haha fuck that shit here you go. Rock on, hombres.

[imoutonouta] Bakemonogatari ED – Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari [supercell] .mp3 DDL

Here’s the original post with a link to the torrent.

When I first heard that episode 18 of Hayate no Gotoku had a new opening and ending theme, I was pretty excited to see what it was. As much as I love Hina and having an ending theme dedicated to her royal moeness, a change in scenery is nice. I’m not going to talk about the new OP because I hate Kotoko and I won’t want to be called wrong over the internet I think it will hurt my feelings too much.

Just like the first ED was dedicated to Hinagiku, the second ED is dedicated to Nagi and Hayate. Shiraishi Ryoko and Kugumiya Rie sing a pretty cute duet to a pretty catchy tune. More importantly, the ED accomplishes the requisite task of making Nagi moexplosion off the face of the planet. Someone needs to tell J.C. Staff that when you take an anime from another studio and change the art, fans are supposed to complain, not praise you like Jesus saving kittens from a burning building during an earthquake and giving the kittens bread. Sanae’s bread.

It’s been an busy week for me in the anime blogging world. That post about golf took me 4 hours, and since then I’ve been brought aboard two different blogs to cover Saimoe Japan. Still, I had some time to catch MakiMaki’s release of Saki last night. And I must say: Jesus fucking holy shit mahogany.

Eat your heart out, Kana fans

Kana kicks things off by being completely reenergized and increasing her mahjong power to well over 9000. Everything about this scene makes this the best mahjong scene in Saki so far (even though there was no eyelightning). When Kana yelled like she was Goku or something I literally laughed so hard I choked on my soda. The situation, Fujita pro being hilarious, and reactions from the characters (Amae being shellshocked and Saki kinda just sitting there), the animation, and overall the music during this scene. The cool string instruments augment the tension and drama in Kana’s epic turnaround that finally cumulates as she fucking destroys everyone with epic mahjong and magic and lights and lasers.

SO LIKE SHE DRAWS THE TILE AND BOOOMM ITS LIKE ALL ON GREEN LIGHT AND LAZERS OMGGGG

Kana: "RIICHIPPATSU PINFU TSUMO JUNCHAN SANSHOKU IPEIKO DORA SAN, or as Jesus Christ said to the merchant in the temple, NOT IN MY HOUSE"

Amae: What is this I don't even... Kana: Hurry up and roll the dice already, bitch. (Original Script)

The episode was nothing short of perfection. With two awesome Yuuki scenes (Yuuki’s Mahjong Lessons!), and multiple awesome mahjong scenes. A common complaint early in the show what that there was too much talking and yuri and not enough mahjong. That problem has been non-existanant for the past five episodes. Actually, that problem has been so solved that it is now an anti-problem, whatever that implies. I guess that means the plethora of great mahjong can balance out another problem with the show. That means Nodoka’s boobs are fine now.

Even Nodoka is depressed about her ridiculous bust

The episode was an absolutely sublime mixture of funny, action, animation, music, and plot momentum. The cliffhanger at the end left me starving for more. Saki’s sharp, over the top mahjong scenes make you grin with every ron and gape with every kan. Even the boring flashback parts were actually well done for once. If Gonzo keeps up with this kind of quality in their future anime, that studio will recover. Let’s hope for all of us.

This is how you are supposed to do reaction split screens. For all you future animators and directors out there, take notes. (and look at Mihoko. sew moe...)

The ever popular anime which I fag about twice a week on this blog called Saki is not only action packed and wildly entertaining, it is also enlightening and recently opened up my mind. At first the premise seemed utterly ridiculous: Gonzo CG mahjong? Crazy over the top fight scenes? Girls and mahjong? It didn’t seem like it would work at all. But Saki did just about everything right (maybe cut the yuri and Nodoka’s boobs by like 40% but I’m still a happy camper), and showed all of us that you really can make anime about anything as long as you can make it entertain. So then I thought about another hobby that I enjoy: golf.

A few months ago, my fellow Dasaku tenant Cokematic wrote about why there are no hockey anime, and one of his most convincing points (besides the Kukudo rabbits) is that Japanese people simply don’t play or care that much about hockey. However, this is not true for golf. Ever since Jumbo Ozaki completely dominated the Japan Golf Tour in the 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s, a slew of Japanese professional golfers have risen to prominence. In 1980, Jumbo’s heated rival (don’t you see the ingredients for epic anime already?) Isao Aoki had an epic duel with Jack Nicklaus (the most legendary golfer of all time until Tiger retires) at the U.S. Open, regarded by many as the most prestigious tournament in the world. I would imagine this battle involving golf energy levels, crazy pans and cuts of the two competitors, and the heart of the golfballs.

Actual footage of the 1980 U.S. Open

At this year’s British Open, a slew of Japanese players were in contention early on. Of these including teenage sensation Ryo Ishikawa, who was paired with Tiger Woods and shot a better score than Tiger in the first round. Another incident that comes to mind was at the 2005 U.S. Open  (yes, it “comes to mind” I think I might watch too many sports) when, during Tiger Woods’s press conference, he fielded a question for a Japanese female reporter, who used super engrish. Lulz proceeded, but Tiger was a good sport and answered her questions in good will. It shows that not only do Japanese people play golf, and are good at it, they care and read about it in newspapers. By the way, Japanese golfer Shigeki Maruyama finished 4th in that tournament.

Besides that, golf is great drama, but it still has that lulz factor that Saki flexes so well (I assure you, “lulz” is not a phrase I ever use on this blog. It’s repeated appearance in this post is coincidental). Just the same way that mahjong is full of strategy and cunning, but it’s just flipping tiles around, golf is full of finesse and athleticism, but it’s just hitting a ball into a hole. Saki’s formula for over the top effects and crazy mind games, if animators choose that path, will work. Gonzo would have to do it, though. They need to crank out some good anime fast if they wanna stay alive. *crosses fingers for Strike Witches 2*

Third, the “mystique” of golf fits the shonen/sports anime genre pretty well. Prince of Tennis has the Cyclone Smash, Hikaru no Go has the Hand of God, golf has the cut stinger tomahawk gigaspin brEaAKAAAA.  I hope you mangaka and plot writers are taking notes. There are also hilarious things like this. Notice the dramatic music. Yeah.

MAXIMUM POWER

Furthermore, there are multiple ways a potential golf anime could be done. Usually anime are adapted from manga and I do believe a few are out there. You could make it like Saki and have cute girls, short skirts, EYELIGHTNING, awesome magical fight scenes, yuri, and awesome CG golf balls. You could also go for a more serious (but still awesome) conventional sports anime route, where a disowned struggling pro teaches a misfit delinquent the game and they both learn emotionally touching lessons about life, growing up, and the conflicts that surround them all. *wipes tears from eyes* Of course, then there are rivals and he beats them using random bullshit magical shots that involve blue fire and hurricane-force winds. Heck, you can even make a Pangya anime, the girls are even already there for you and the plot involves pirates. Golf and pirates? What more do you need.

(Even better they can make an anime about playing Pangya and it would be full of kids on their laptops tapping the arrow keys to get perfect aim and hitting pangyas with spacebar smashing and epic calculations and measuring pixels and whatever other bullshit people invented nowadays to shoot -40 in that damn game. xD )

Finally, the most attractive possibility in a golf anime? Terrible double entendres. Besides the concept of using a putter to stroke the ball into the hole, lines I have heard in golf broadcasting include “finally, he’s in the hole”, “Sean O’Hair is currently locked in a heated four person stroke match”, “Tom Watson is in the fairway, laying 4″, “That ball came out of the rough really chunky”. The possibilities are endless.