Soda Pop Ask are You in the Mood for Some Anime Love?
May 15, 2012 by dracs
Soda Pop have started up a Kickstarter campaign to gain funding for their new anime style card game, sure to be a hit with anyone who likes anime and girls.... and tentacles.
In this game you take on the role of a tentacled alien who has come to earth in disguise as a cute girl attending the Takoashi University for Girls in order to seduce the other sexy students.
The game involves matching up sets of cards, choosing a student type, a location, a situation and a seduction method. So all in all it looks to be a fairly simple and quick game to play.
This game will be Soda Pop's first foray into anime themed card games and one has to ask, with the whole of Japanese animation available why choose this area?
It certainly looks as if it will prove popular, with the Kickstarter already well over its target with 23 days still to go.
It definitely proves to be an interesting game which may prove a good addition to your drunken gaming sessions, but what are your thoughts on this concept?
Thanks to wildchevy for bringing this to our attention.
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God help us men. How do you explain you have a card game about sexy school girls being kidnapped by tentacled aliens to your wife?
It would be easier than justifying a Kingdom Death miniature purchase.
Give that man a carrot =)
I’ve seen enough hentai to know where this is going… 😉
http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/137/818/7006b3_2218040.gif?1308633640
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GH05jHYDnU
Ok… this said everything i have to say…
To me this was totaly unexpected choice from Soda Pop. I mean tentacle hentai themed card game? Really? I wonder how they will market this.
Booster packs with every copy of Zoo Magazine???
You have to give the folks over at Soda Pop Miniatures credit, they went way left field on this idea and it seems to be getting a lot of support.
My mind is blown… i’m not sure its been blown in a good way though…
It’s basically a game about aliens raping young anatomically improbable girls. Let’s be honest about it. So… yay? What blows my mind is the coverage it’s getting. I’ve yet to see a tabletop gaming site criticize this (if there are some, please correct me. I want to be proven wrong here). I’ve seen at least one video game site (Kotaku) take a critical look at this game, but so far, that’s it.
Ive just pledged to it, looks really fun! Will be great to have a game of this at the end of a games night once a few drinks have been thrown back. Its great to see people like soda pop being risky, and giving people new experiences. And this not an ‘alien rapes schoolgirls’ game, its just thats where an adult mind automatically takes people to. They even state its a different look on the genre on the page itself!
So why are they marketing it as not suitable for children under the age of 17?
Good one. You kid no one. You know exactly why you’re buying it.
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“And this not an ‘alien rapes schoolgirls’ game, its just thats where an adult mind automatically takes people to.”
But the alien “seduces” the schoolgirls. The game centres around sex with under age girls. Suppose you can argue that seduction implies consent. In the USA it would still be considered statuary rape, and good luck convincing the judge here in Blighty .
They can state all they want, It is where the adult mind leads to, especially when there are large direction signs pointing the way.
At no point does it say they are underage. They could all be 18 yr old seniors. Lets not judge. : )
Is that just wishful thinking?
It’s not even about the age or the “seduction”. If a woman of any age went to sleep with another woman (or man) and then were to find out that they were actually having sex with someone who lied and manipulated them into having intercourse (I think a tentacled alien applies here) either during or after the sexual conduct that would be considered rape by just about any court in the western world. Sex under false pretenses is rape too. It’s not just forced nonconsensual sex that is exploitive and ultimately violent. This game is misogynistic in so many ways… Read more »
Man, had a demo game and it’s promising, a rather enjoyable game. Love the artwork, however, just as manpug said, how are you going to explain this to your wife/GF?
I think they are aiming at the ‘gamer-with-no-girlfriend/wife’ market share here…
“Hey mom, lets have a fun old game of cards” The last words of my sorry life 😛
Easy! I showed her the video, got a smile and a laugh and a comment that the game is interesting! XD Probably helps to keep an open mindset and realize it is just a game.
Ok for anyone without morals and wants to get rich fast: Forget Sodapop! DO IT YOURSELF!!!! =D 1. Come up with some very simple card game rules. 2. Goto Deviantart.com. 3. Find an anime artist that draws half naked girls with oversize breasts.. 4. Market it all preproduction on Kickstarter. Consider any media coverage good or bad as a success for the company. After all, If you’re going to look like a supporter of rape fantasy, don’t be ashamed to hold your head up high in public and say ‘I did it for the kids!’ 5. Profit from pedos, sexually… Read more »
Goodness knows who they are marketing this game at. The mind doth boggle. Irrespective of the hentai anime content: “In this game you take on the role of a tentacled alien who has come to earth in disguise as a cute girl attending the Takoashi University for Girls in order to seduce the other sexy students.” If the protagonist had been a young girl who transforms into anime heroine who protects the others from lecherous alien octopus it would have been acceptable imho But to play a pervy perp, then I have serious doubts about the content of the game.… Read more »
If the alien turns into a chick … and she it trying to seduce other chicks … hmmm … I wonder if they could claim it a open minded pro lesbian game. Trying to use the gay rights card to dissuade detractors. It’s a curve ball but who knows. This is a sharp left turn for them.
Octopus or chick, that would make it bestial sex with a minor.
Sooo it is alright for Captain Kirk to be with green martian women but aliens with female humans it’s bestiality?
I don’t think it is ever stated the ages of the students, as there are a few female based schools that are colleges if memory serves.
*quick edit* forgot to mention the use of language. The definition and usage of the word “girl” sometimes do clash, as political correctness would be “young women”. That said I’ve seen college students refer to their female compatriots as “girl” generally to state that they are youthful and vibrant, not underage.
thats right, alien tentacle rape is a growing problem and one we should start taking more seriously.
I will definetely get a pack. Unlikely I will play it, unless everyone gets really drunk at a party…hmm…I think I found the target market provided the rules are easy enough.
Anyway, yes, I definetely will get it if only because it will irritate someone who thinks it’s indecent.
I’ll at least give them credit for how they are marketing the idea. It was unveiled at an anime convention, not a gaming convention. I think they know most typical tabletop gamers won’t be interested and went out to a crowd that will find it more humerus -and looking at the alien I can see it is not meant to be taken seriously (thank God).
I say let them do what they need to get get the funding to finally bring relic knights out.
It has to be the worst motive for buying a game that I have heard so far. You would do better, since you are unlikely to use the game, to donate the amount to the NSPCC, Childline or a similar organisation who will put it to good use protecting kids, instead of depicting them as objects of sexual desire. If you seriously think there is something decent about seducing schoolgirls you might consider it wiser not to broadcast such opinions on the internet. Right, I am off to buy a pint, nothing to do with taunting the Temperance Movement, but… Read more »
Chibi, nice strawman there. Very nice. I could point out that the game blurb above states it’s “University” which means said schoolgirls are somewherre around 18-25, but even if it was high school it’d still put said girls firmly in legal age in most of civilized world. By civilized world I mean continental europe of course. But since I’m dangerously close to being pegged as Evil Internet Pervert, i will join the mob and yell WONT SOMEONE THINK OF THE CHIL..wait..OF THE CARTOONS? Course, next time I am off to play Infinity, I will have to report myself to the… Read more »
How is my argument a straw man? I am not presenting a false argument based on your opinion. Sorry but high school puts the age range from 11-16, with the upper school aged 16-18 so most pupils are under the age of consent. I could point out that no university students I have seen walk around in schoolgirl outfits and some schools in the UK are called Academies. Of course you can play Infinity and shoot a load of soldiers oo-er Missus but afaik there are no allusions to adolescent girls being seduced. If you are so literally minded as… Read more »
may i just point out that thai university students wear a uniform up untill they finish education aged 22-25
>Sorry but high school puts the age range from 11-16 Not where I live. I am terribly sorry, but for me “high school” means 16-18. Age of consent in most of europe is 15. Some evil, sick places like Spain have it even lower. I could also point out that girls aged 11-15 don’t have breasts the size of watermelons like the ones in the art, clearly supporting my point. Also, I am sorry but if you think a card game will result in underage molestation, then by the same token ANY war-game will result in mass muders. Your logic… Read more »
So by your reckoning it’s fine for women to your prey at any age for games that parody them being misled and abducted against their will for whatever implied nefarious fate (and we all know what the game is alluding to..). That’s fair subject matter for entertainment?
That’s a very unsettling and I hope minority opinion.
By my reckoning it’s a game. As long as it’s got “parental guidiance” sticker, ANY topic is fair game. This game will not make me, you, or anyone else into sexual predator because normal people KNOW the difference between reality and games (especially ones that are clearly comedic in nature). If you can’t tell the difference you’re probably prime psycho material anyway. IT IS A GAME. IT IS ABOUT AS DANGEROUS AS A NUMBER OF PLAYBOY TO YOUR PSYCHE, PROBABLY LESS BECAUSE IT DOESN’T INVOLVE ACTUAL WOMEN AT ALL.
God what a bunch of soccer moms.
ANY topic?
Ok. I can see where your annoyance is coming from. You must be into some very strange and disturbing things if that is your viewpoint.
Haha, yes. I admit it, I am a fan of consensual sex in missionary position. For the purpose of procreation. With lights off. Sick bastard, I know. No, in fact I just realize that if something offends MY sensibilities, but is otherwise completely harmless, it’s up to ME to shut up and turn around, not to moan and whine “STOP LIKING WHAT I DON’T LIKE”. I, for example, am not target market for game of, say, Golden Rain Poker. But if someone put that project on kickstarter I’d not whine “woe is me, i don’t like it and i just… Read more »
I suggest that you guys calm down before things get out of hand. I can image how much worse this is getting after that kind of accusation towards other user that you don’t even know. And just becouse he dosen’t agree with you.
I don’t suggest this for drunken parties unless you don’t have trouble on how could end 😛
The game involves matching up sets of cards, choosing a student type, a location, a situation and a seduction method. So all in all it looks to be a fairly simple and quick game to play.
Correct me if I’m wrong but isn’t that just “Happy Families”
(for any non UK readers who may not know what I’m on about, it’s a childs card game)
The subject matter of this game may appeal to young lads but for someone of my age to be interested that would just be sick.
I find it staggering that people will bitch and moan at the rising costs of miniatures and yet clamor to pledge ridiculous amounts of cash for a CARD game. A very simple, basic and not even clever card game. The only thing selling this is the extremely awkward parody of tentacle hentai with schoolgirls and the chance to get some limited edition swag items.
Guys seriously, do yourself a favour. Just print out pictures of anime girls, glue them to card and save yourself a small fortune.
It’s interesting to note while some people seem to think this is for the nerdy “guys who cant get a date” mindset, I find it funny that I know more then a few women who actually looked at this and are interested in getting this game.
There are girls who like Tentacle Porn
Shocking i know
Hordes of them, actually.
The Internet is Made for Porn yadda yadda yadda.
It’s a parody/tribute of all the tentacles hentai that flood the internet.
It’s not like something like this was never done.
Funding for this project was canceled.
It seems Kickstarter are not keen on promoting games that parody tentacle rape.
What a shocker.
The hypocrisy from the likes of chibi is astonishing!
Also, update for you on the kickstarter effort…
The funding has been cancelled with plenty of time left! The controversy continues!
A couple of interesting articles:
http://kotaku.com/5910304/come-on-a-card-game-about-tentacle-rape
http://insertcredit.com/2012/05/14/tentacle-bento-and-kickstarter-when-no-regulation-is-bad-regulation/
Whatever happens to this project, it is now firmly becoming notorious and getting a lot of exposure. That’s both good and bad for Soda Pop I believe.
We live in an odd world indeed.
You know what they say. There is no such thing as bad publicity.
ya sure ……. theres nothing wrong with school girls getting taken by some harrasing tentacle monsters?