Talk:Nekomimi A and Nekomimi B

Is there any context for this whole episode within anime as a genre? The in-universe description is fine and all, but if anyone can answer the overarching question of what the hell in a Trivia section, I know I'd really appreciate it. - Jackpot 20:32, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Anime shows that have all SERIOUS OMFG PLOT PLAYED OUT ACROSS A BILLION EPISODES seem to like to pretend they aren't plodding monstrosities by putting the brakes on and having an episode devoted to nothing but being goofy. I mean, I certainly understand the appeal of "gag" episodes, but Japan seems to take to it as ritualistically (and unimaginatively) as they do slapping clip shows together. I think it's an attempt to pad out a season when stretching one episode's worth of plot across five still isn't enough to meet a quota. --M Sipher 21:40, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

It may answer why they made Distribution, but it doesn't answer the realy overriding question: why the cat ears? -- SFH 21:54, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Sure, I get the whole glacial-anime-pacing thing, but I was wondering more about the gag itself. The arena-fight featuring all the characters (and character models) with barely a whit of in-universe justification - does that have precedence as a gag-episode format? - Jackpot 22:07, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

It's kind of a tradition in kids anime, I believe. The previous 'have nearly nothing to do with the plot' episode was the one with the racing. A few of these shows have pointless racing episodes that are primarily humourous, though the better ones try to integrate it into the serious on-going plot (like Zoids 'Chaotic Century'). --FFN 05:15, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Crediting

They were listed in the Superlink credits with the katakana ネコミミ rather than the kanji Interrobang used, so I replaced it accordingly. --Monzo 08:03, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

References

Don't you think we should limit the references to things that are actual references and not just slight coincidence? Saying that it's probably a coincidence just invites the question, why is it here at all? --76.167.228.223 01:07, 15 December 2009 (EST)