I'm very impressed with this show's execution so far. It's very wordy, betraying its novel origins, but the creative visualization Yuasa provides and the delivery of the voice actors, especially Shintaro Asanuma, make it succeed as an animated work.
Of course, I'm a big fan of this kind of narrative structure and to see it used with such effectiveness as a character study brings a smile to my face.
As I've said, the goal is to skip to the national tournament, and entirely new material, as soon as possible, instead of having a series about Achiga doing the same things Kiyosumi did, but in a different place. I definitely wish that it was slower and had more stuff from before the national tournament, but that's not what they're doing, and it does work as is.
I'm kind of mixed about it. It feels rushed but the plot is still followable. and same, I wish we'd see more before the national tournament; it feels more natural to watch the characters endure through grueling mahjong matches instead of just a tick list of which schools they practiced against. I guess they have a good reason, as you said, and want to skip ahead to the more interesting national tournament, so I'll give them the benefit of the doubt.
I started rewatching it before Achiga aired, actually... still working on it, I'm through ep. 8 or 9. now.
Yeah, their personalities aren't as colourful and charismatic as the original Saki cast. I said this because for the previous episodes they just seemed so bland but in ep 3, they started to capture some of the original cast's magic. I'd attribute some of their blandness due to the time skips, which don't let us really connect to and watch the characters grow.
On another note, one character seen in ep. 3 is ... a little different here ... from how she appears in the main Saki manga (she's fully clothed, but with her ... size, the manga versions might be borderline NSFW?): http://www.abload.de/img/mangavanimemikotduq4.jpg Yes, apparently those are both the same character. Of course the artists are different, but still... that's pretty different there.
I don't have a problem with any of the performance scenes so far.
Anyway I rewatched the two performance scenes and other than the piano hands, most of it is clearly hand-drawn. Probably rotoscoped/references, but that's a very old traditional technique in of itself.
Personally, Kids on the Slope's CG more accurately captures those fine nuances and looks fairly natural compared to Nodame's sometimes jarring CG. Of course, it's not really fair to compare both due to the age of Nodame. It's just that Kids on the Slope's CG is impressively integrated without looking incongruous with the scene at all.
I don't know anything about animation techniques like you guys but what's the main reason for KotS' amazing CG?
Meanwhile, on the limited-theater late-night anime front:
http://www.bunkatsushin.com/varieties/article.aspx?bc=2&id=1613 Despite being shown on a limited 18 screens, Strike Witches recorded a hit at 25,832 theatergoers, for 40,425,700 yen.
184.6% higher than Sora no Otoshimono (10 screens).
Earning an impressive 2.2 million yen per screen, the packed Kadokawa Cinema Shinjuku set a new record for highest first-day attendance (1767 people).
Meanwhile, on the limited-theater late-night anime front:
http://www.bunkatsushin.com/varieties/article.aspx?bc=2&id=1613 Despite being shown on a limited 18 screens, Strike Witches recorded a hit at 25,832 theatergoers, for 40,425,700 yen.
184.6% higher than Sora no Otoshimono (10 screens).
Earning an impressive 2.2 million yen per screen, the packed Kadokawa Cinema Shinjuku set a new record for highest first-day attendance (1767 people).
Now, I'm not that surprised about how much Horizon sold this week. Besides the whole boobs, cause I think this is actually the volume that covers the boobs fight, including one of Horizon's incredibly big short stories would definitely drive up the sales.
Super LTTP (this thread... so fast... if you fall behind a day...) but v5 actually sold less than v4 (by about 4%) even with all that and the stuff Digi mentioned.
Super LTTP (this thread... so fast... if you fall behind a day...) but v5 actually sold less than v4 (by about 4%) even with all that and the stuff Digi mentioned.
I'm very impressed with this show's execution so far. It's very wordy, betraying its novel origins, but the creative visualization Yuasa provides and the delivery of the voice actors, especially Shintaro Asanuma, make it succeed as an animated work.
Of course, I'm a big fan of this kind of narrative structure and to see it used with such effectiveness as a character study brings a smile to my face.
It almost seems like a contradiction to an extremely verbose book and turn it into an extremely visual heavy anime - it really demonstrates Yuasa's skill as director that he can pull the whole thing off so soundly.
I'm very impressed with this show's execution so far. It's very wordy, betraying its novel origins, but the creative visualization Yuasa provides and the delivery of the voice actors, especially Shintaro Asanuma, make it succeed as an animated work.
Of course, I'm a big fan of this kind of narrative structure and to see it used with such effectiveness as a character study brings a smile to my face.
Really? I think it does kinda capture her derpy-ness!
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I would defend her but I really don't like her so I'll agree that she does look derpy. She's like the most popular idol but I can't for the life of me understand why.
I would defend her but I really don't like her so I'll agree that she does look derpy. She's like the most popular idol but I can't for the life of me understand why.
I want to protect it because most people will want to destroy it. We must safe guard this endangered species and conduct further experiments with the hair!
