Broken Anime

Megatokyo: W.T.F.?

to clarify: where’s the funniness?
where’s the flow?
what’s the future (of this comic)?
worse than fanfics?
wasting the frames?
where’s the fangirl?
want this fanta?
winnie the foo?
These are very important questions I think about when I read this webcomic.

So…
This used to be quite a funny comic about two weaboos (spelling?) who somehow get stuck in Tokyo, and have to make their way there, earning money to fly back to the US of A.

Yes, that was years ago, but,
I can’t help but feel it was also years ago that the webcomic (one of the most if not the most popular fusion (American & Japanese style) ones out there) had an actual comprehensible plot. Far back there used to be a very endearing arc about the attraction between protagonist Piro and the rising seiyuu, Kimiko. For those of you how haven’t read the webcomic, the artistically talented Piro, who works at an anime store met Kimiko via a female coworker, and through many mishaps and troubles with fans, etc., the two grow closer together and make it offishhh(? i forget if that’s true). I found it particularly touching when Kimiko saw a bit of herself in the “sad girl in snow” pictures Piro drew. That’s some refrigerator-postable stuff.

Add some N!nj4 stuff, Great Teacher Largo, and the cute pipsqueak hamster (Largo’s conscience angel thing) and you had a great mix of comedy, light romance, and otaku-Dom. did i say DOM? that man’s hilarious (he’s a guest artist/ranter). Draws great too.

But, unfortunately, with the overly mysterious and perhaps cannibalistic/necrophiliac lolita goth Miho, robot chick, random appearance of class rep (i think), and more…all resemblance of a plot or at least a good one has faded.

Fred Gallagher, I admire your artist skill that has improved greatly over the ages (see below, unless you are Fred).
Before:

awesome scale:
After:

awesome scale:

But for a guy who does this for a living, you need to step up your update schedule, give teh comic back it’s plot and romance (rekindle mah fire, man), etc. to keep viewers like me comin’ back, time after time. Cuz, readers, if you’re lost and you’re lonely, you will find MT.

I’m gonna keep readin’ this series, hopin’ to see some more of the beautiful chemistry between Piro and Kimiko…but, remember Megatokyo: I loved you with a fire red, now it’s turnin’ blue. And for all that random Miho and Ping and Dead-Piro-Let’s-not-make-a-comic-for-10-days-and-instead-post-random-sketches stuff that made me wonder what the hell was going on…: it’s too late to apologize…it’s too late.