Welcome to the Fantasy Zone
This Zone is dedicated to the lesser known elements of anime hosted by the cast of Victory Script.
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Having been watching Bad Game Hall of Fame's streams, a question that has been bugging me for weeks now, which console group has the worse games, avoiding obvious failures like 3DO, Phillips CDI and Atari, were just focusing on the big four, Sega, Nintendo, PlayStation and XBox.
Sega
We'll start with the group no longer making consoles Sega, having not been around for 20 plus years now, there isn't much to work with and Dreamcast's library has hardly any bad titles, however with the Genesis going on so long it produced some quite bad titles, Mega CD and 32X being particularly bad with games, surprisingly the Saturn has very few truly bad titles but doesn't have the best track record adapting it's Sega arcade catalogue.
XBox
I've heard this a million times now, achievement hunters only play bad games, I've seen your profile; look almost everything Xbox has ever had is available on the other consoles, in fact alot of companies try and avoid porting to Xbox entirely as it's proven to be harder to port on xbox especially the more recent ones.
PlayStation
With PlayStation having a relatively good track record between all it's consoles, it's hard to imagine it having a bad game catalogue, however it's because of it's over whelming success that everyone tried to port on to it for a quick buck with very little push back from Sony themselves not to mention it has xbox's so called cheap achievement games.
Nintendo
You'd think Nintendo wouldn't have this burden with it's immaculate record on it's first party titles but that's the thing, it's first party record may be immaculate but it has a porting problem, Nintendo is so keen to go it's own way that anyone wanting to port on it has to jump through more hoops more than Xbox, it's not like Nintendo isn't capable of making something better, Gamecube is proof of that but also like the PlayStation, something too popular can create an endless supply of shovelware titles which were still feeling now thanks to the Wii.
Final Verdict
Sega have been out the game too long to really have a bad catalogue with the majority coming from it's attempts at keeping the Genesis alive.
Xbox's catalogue is available on other consoles, if anything it's redundant in the grand scheme of things.
PlayStation has no quality control when it comes to it's catalogue and it has no excuses for allowing it to be that way.
Nintendo has a porting problem as it won't make something that caters for anything other than it's first party games.
Really it's between PlayStation and Nintendo, but I'll give it to PlayStation for one major reason. Corcord. Critical failures are a part of a consoles life cycle but only PlayStation has failed so badly that it has lost more money than all it's previous bad games combined.
I like vtubers, but vtuber talent agencies can go do one.
Pay your talent!
Ironmouse
The Puerto Rican has been around the longest and most people know of her condition where in basic terms, she has practically no immune system but this didn't stop her from being a gremlin who brings her feisty latina routine to every stream along with her incredible singing voice, her main appeal is how well she plays off other people especially CDawgVA.
Her position as the top talent in the agency is well deserved.
Zentreya
Zentreya has the strongest presence among the talent and regularly uses an electronic voice to hide her real voice suggesting she's either well known in real life or is more than one actor as it's often suggested that Zentreya's model is used by more than one person, but the mystery is irrelevant as it's Zentreya's relationship with her chat, comedy timing and material along with the deadpan delivery of her electronic voice makes her a joy to watch.
Silvervale
Silvervale has the presence of being sexy, wholesome and altogether fun to watch, her models often stood out the most by how much detail each one has, her main appeal is that she has her family join her on stream most notably her mother.
Projekt Melody
From revolutionizing the cam girl industry to becoming the lewdest vtuber on the planet, Projekt Melody's goal is to normalize the discussions of the often taboo subject of sex while also bringing her brand of innocent lewd humour, up with Zentreya and Kson, she's an absolute genius of her craft.
Nyanners
Having since moved agencies, Nyanners is the last of the founding members of Vshojo and arguably the weirdest among them, older than she acts she brings a host of weird and wonderful streams everything from classic PlayStation to toy streams from fun collabs with partner Lord Aethelstan to butchering 80s ballards.
Apricot Froot
Froot brings the British flavour into Vshojo, her appeal is that of an artist that never left the 00s emo era of metal, from butchering metal songs to being the straight froog girl in a game room of chaos, Froot is always a joy to watch.
Hime Hajime
Better known as Sydsnap the degenerate Queen, Hime Hajime rarely plays her character mostly only for promotional events, why she bothers to stay as a vtuber is beyond me especially as she is married to Trash Taste's Garnt.
Veibae
I probably learned more about Veibae from her interview with the BBC, not much to say about her, pretty forgettable.
Kson
Formally the world renowned vtuber Coco, Kson returned with Vshojo and quickly reminded us why she's the best Vtuber on the planet, not afraid to use sex appeal, Kson brings the best of Japanese Vtubing mixed with a blossoming career with Sega's Yakuza/Like a Dragon series. Kson truly is the best of the bunch.
Nazuna
Formally Rushia, Nazuna had a good start but it was becoming abundantly clear over time that the former star didn't want to do Vtubing anymore and has since retired for good.
Haruka Karibu
High on gremlin energy and always one to antagonize the others, Haruka is that one friend you always bring to a party.
Henya
Formally Pikamee, she became an innocent victim of the whole Hogwarts Legacy incident, as Henya, she's become her best self with her kettle like reactions to just saying Dayo, Henya is always a joy to watch.
Geega
Basically Veibae with more gremlin energy, she has a much better presence than the devil maid but you still can't get over the fact that there are a high number of vtubers that use a similar look. Good actress though.
K9 Kuro
Fitting very well among female talent, K9 Kuro is one male that can deliver an amusing performance from his wide range of silly voices.
Matara Kan
A dommy mommy, Matara Kan is the adult charm often missing from most vtubers, whether she is older than others on this ranking is hotily debated but two things are apparent, she somehow made cockroaches sexy and she quickly cemented herself as the perfect mommy character.
Michi Mochievee
Reinvented from a previous vtuber agency, Michi may not strike anyone as original but high on gremlin energy and a good karaoke partner, she's a strong personality.
Amalee
Amalee has quite the reputation as a singer and actress, already quite well established in the medium, Amalee
Akatsuki Homura
Hestia Happiness
Okamoto Nagi
Yutori Peke
Arielle
Snuffy
Trickywi
We'll be using a tier grade system to rate the talent today.
Ironmouse - S
Zentreya - S
Silvervale - B
Projekt Melody - S
Nyanners - S
Apricot Froot - A
Hime Hajime - C
Veibae - C
Kson - S
Nazuna - D
Haruka - B
Henya - S
Geega - B
K9 Kuro - B
Matara Kan - A
Michi Mochievee - A
Amalee - A
Wip
I've done the cures now time for the series themselves, all 24 will be ranked today.
Precure as a franchise doesn't do bad, at worst it's okay at best it's in my top ten so I rate none of these entries as bad.
24. Wonderful Precure
What were they thinking? No magical violence and a lead that has been reduced to someone's pet dog, the lead is supposed to be a girl the audience can relate to. The lowest Precure have sank.
23. Fresh Precure
Precure prides itself on it's influences and likes to pay homage to them, especially if certain staff worked on other shoujo series, however Fresh takes so much that it can't stand as it's own show, the influences are hard to ignore and are distracting not helped by the fact it was released in the genre's stale years.
22. Healin Good Precure
Beautiful setting in a very plain environment. Largely uneventful for Precure and very stale and a very stupid ending.
21. Futari Wa Precure Max Heart
Shiny Luminous wasn't really needed as the duo were plenty strong enough as characters to not need support, too many episodes made this season drag.
20. Yes Precure 5 GoGo
Season fatigue was the problem here, a near 100 episodes of the same team is just too much and never found any real boost from Precure 5.
19. Delicious Party Precure
The plot is back to basics but hardly ground-breaking.
18. You and Idol Precure
Already way better than many of the last few seasons, a lot of promise with this one.
17. Precure Full Bloom
An opportunity to showcase former Yes Precure 5 and Splash Star Precures as adults, great idea that failed to stick the landing, 20 years of Precure and still no adult Precure, at least effort was made.
16. Maho Tsukai Precure Mirai Days
I'm all for more of this couple but I can't help but think it's going for an audience that has already moved on from precure.
15. KiraKira Precure A La Mode
This series made the homage so obvious you could almost call it plagiarism but at the very least it's still colourful and the characters although familiar to magical girl veterans were fun.
14. Doki Doki Precure
Contains two of my least favourite precures and one of my least liked villains and possibly worst costumes, but there is some entertainment to be witnessed.
13. Hirogaru Sky Precure
A season that plateaued hard by mid season but ended better than it had any right to, it brought alot to the table but ultimately never hit it's true potential.
12. Tropical Rouge Precure
A laid back offering with not much agency in the plot and utterly dominated by argubly the best Precure ever made.
11. Star Twinkle Precure
The story wrote itself into a corner that they never recovered from but at least it was fun.
10. Suite Precure
It's position after Heartcatch gave it the impossible task of trying to recapture the same glory but I found myself loving the art style along with a certain guitar haired Precure.
9. Precure Splash Star
I can't ignore the fact that the two Precures can easily be mistaken for the original duo but the fighting set a high standard to follow.
8. Yes Precure 5
I've grown to appreciate this season more but again, so many cures that I don't rate highly.
7. Mahou Tsukai Precure
The best duo since the original pair along with the most beautiful Precure. Strong in characters, weak in setting.
6. Go Princess Precure
The most fabulous Precure, no, Magical Girl series ever. Every transformation produces an ever bigger dress, it's pure unapologetic fun.
5. Futari Wa Precure
The first season is showing it's age but there's no denying that without it, the franchise would not reach such heights.
4. Hugtto Precure
Anniversary year aside, this is proof that Precure still has a place in the world, packed full of the most heart warming, emotional scenes Precure has ever had.
3. HappinessCharge Precure
This was when Precure was at it's most creative and deserves more praise than it gets.
2. Smile Precure
The last two I consider the seasons that best represent Precure. Fun, colourful, memorable precures, memorable villains, not afraid to get silly yet deliver an experience worthy of it's name.
1. Heartcatch Precure
Same reasons as Smile only this series is in a different league altogether. Every good quality that the franchise has is showcased here in Heartcatch, this season will never be topped.
We've all been duped.
A harem anime is a romantic comedy where the lead has the attention of more than two girls or boys, each candidate having their own personality and set of fans who cheer them on, nothing gets an anime fanbase so riled up as having ships to support, just ask Ash Ketchum.
But you never had a choice, more often than not it's usually the first girl who wins.
Why that's so annoying for a watching crowd is that they are also the least popular choice; Naru Narusegawa is hated among the fanbase and is used as the poster child for hatred of tsunderes.
I don't think much has changed, in this era, an anime literally has to make the correct choice or face a public execution, although the Gundam Wing yaoi baiting was just pathetic back in the day, but we still get it now, and no Midoriya will never love Bakugo.
Some anime with dating game backgrounds will use the option of pick everyone, Photo Kano gave us time and endings with each girl and is left up to the fans to decide which one should be canon, Happy Lesson flat out has the lead marry everyone, spare a thought for anime that never have a conclusion like Sakura Taisen despite us leading to believe there would be one.
So choice in what girl or boy to have is entirely at the writers digression.
The only choice from an actual harem to be correct is from Kiss Him Not Me.
But the first piece of media to really break this trend can't even be considered manga; original English language manga Aoi House, a story about two guys ending up in a yaoi fangirls college dorm, and while I have some opinions about that era of fandom circa 2005, but despite having an obvious candidate in the resident tsundere, she doesn't win the harem.
I used to do a segment where I quickly cover topics I don't have time for full posts on, time to bring it back.
Code Green
A random post on Facebook ranking the best black characters in anime put Piccolo as their number 1, there are too many things wrong with that to name without using certain language. Toriyama never really had the most decorated history of portraying black characters, so I wouldn't rely on Dragonball for that, I like Eiichiro Oda's approach where he named the Strawhat's nationalities if they were real people, which paid dividends when casting the live action series.
Sonico is Plus Sized
Rewatching Super Sonico you realize that she's actually a plus size model, at least by anime standards, but we still don't know the mystery behind the headphones.
Sonic Cartoons are Peak....Mostly
In the UK we have a free view TV network that can 24hr stream different series, we recently gained a dedicated Sonic channel consisting of the Jaleel White Sonic cartoon era.
Aosth is just as silly as ever and more off the wall than I remember.
SatAM lacks the edge it once had thanks to the comics far out living all other non video game Sonic media but still good.
Underground has this weird balance between bizarre and compelling that it's hard to really categorize it.
