{"id":1007,"date":"2011-05-27T18:37:39","date_gmt":"2011-05-27T23:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smilecitrus.info\/?p=1007"},"modified":"2011-06-04T00:34:40","modified_gmt":"2011-06-04T05:34:40","slug":"finally-a-show-about-a-duck-without-all-the-senseless-violence-were-accustomed-to-in-the-genre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smilecitrus.info\/?p=1007","title":{"rendered":"Finally, a show about a duck without all the senseless violence we’re accustomed to in the genre"},"content":{"rendered":"

Suzy’s Zoo <\/em> is a show with a duck protagonist the whole family can enjoy.<\/p>\n

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Suzy’s Zoo is apparently the name of a popular series of greeting cards featuring a recurring cast of adorable animal characters. I’d never heard of it, but it seems it was popular enough internationally that there’s a Suzy’s Zoo <\/em> anime adaptation on TBS.<\/p>\n

I think it’s a shame that I’m not six years old, since this is the type of show I would have enjoyed. I loved shows about friendship and getting along and teamwork and listening to adults while still maintaining the sense of adventure and childlike innocence that makes every new discovery a profoundly magical experience. Some of the shows I watched repeatedly and never tired of wereThomas the Tank Engine<\/em>, the 1966-74 Disney film adaptations of Winnie the Pooh<\/em>, and the 1991 adaptation of The Little Engine that Could<\/a><\/em>. Though I say I might enjoy the show more if I were six years old, that’s not to say that I don’t enjoy it nonetheless, but I won’t pretend like I don’t realise I’m not the target audience. For that matter, I’m not the target audience for any of the shoujo or josei anime I watch either, like Utena<\/em>, Cardcaptor Sakura<\/em>, Higashi no Eden<\/em>, and Kuragehime<\/em>. I suppose perhaps I should just take that with this, as it were, and admit once and for all that I’m a wimp, eh? <\/p>\n

Regardless, it’s great that Retouched <\/a>are subbing this show. It’s a shame though that I think, even if I were six years old, and therefore — at least theorietically — about the right age to maximally enjoy this show, I’d still probably be illiterate and unable to read the subtitles. <\/p>\n

I like the duck though. Ducks are nice, friendly animals. One of my favourite books of all time is Make Way for Ducklings<\/em>. Incidentally, that book also introduced the concept of “the police” to me in a positive context and now I love the police. The police are great. <\/p>\n

This duck encourages development of good qualities in the viewer. He “teaches them while they learn”!<\/p>\n

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An industrious duck, this one is. Here he is hard at work gardening. <\/p><\/div>

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His quizzical friend the bunny rabbit.<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

That bunny is a lot more likeable than this arrogant pretty boy, that’s for sure:
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What I couldn’t help noticing though was that the duck seems to have the exact same ball that Andy has in his room in Toy Story<\/em>.
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I doubt that was intentional. Perhaps all rubber balls just look the same? Bah, all I ever had was a medicineball so I wouldn’t know. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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