Winter 2012 Anime Thread of Roundcats Up in This

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firehawk12 said:
There are still a few split cours. Spreading out a two cour show over three cours seems to be a way to maybe keep the people sane. Although that bit that grade school comedy in the ass a couple of seasons ago. Mitsudomoe or whatever it was called.
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Edit: sorry firehawk but what do you mean by cours?
 
Noirulus said:
Nah the trend has been here for a while, more than a decade. I think it's a combination of many things but yeah, mostly the financial risk in producing more than 26 episodes.
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Not really. You had more series ending like Rosario Vampire than the normal 2-cour show of the past decade.
 
Typographenia said:
Don't know if this is really the best place to ask, but I figured the best panel of experts would be assembled here.



I'm curious, Anime-GAF, as to the nature behind why so many anime series have lengths of one season. Obviously, there are many series that have gone on to have many, many seasons, but what is the nature behind this commonly used one season? Is it more a matter of adaptation from source material lends more easily to this model, is it just easier for studios to delegate responsibilities upon a shorter cycle like a one time run, or is it just a common practice after so many years of the 26 week/26 episodes stuff?

I doubt there will be a singular, absolute answer (maybe there is, I don't know), but I just wondered if anyone could shed some light on this practice.
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Unless it's a sure money-maker, very few studios are willing to commit to a long-running series outside the giants like Toei. Stuff like the big 3 and Detective Conan will go on until the manga ends because they are proven franchises, but more often than not it's a gigantic risk. Even Fairy Tail which is the last one that has entered long-running status (Toriko and Sket Dance aren't quite there yet) was only planned for 50ish episodes before the studio realized it was doing really friggin well.

It also probably has something to do with studios only having so many teams. Ongoing stuff could last for years or even decades. There's plenty of other stuff to adapt and putting the teams on new projects every so often is probably a better way to stay afloat.
 
Typographenia said:
Don't know if this is really the best place to ask, but I figured the best panel of experts would be assembled here.



I'm curious, Anime-GAF, as to the nature behind why so many anime series have lengths of one season. Obviously, there are many series that have gone on to have many, many seasons, but what is the nature behind this commonly used one season? Is it more a matter of adaptation from source material lends more easily to this model, is it just easier for studios to delegate responsibilities upon a shorter cycle like a one time run, or is it just a common practice after so many years of the 26 week/26 episodes stuff?

I doubt there will be a singular, absolute answer (maybe there is, I don't know), but I just wondered if anyone could shed some light on this practice.
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I've been beaten over and over, but the people saying financial risk are right, I think. Anime relies on DVD/BD sales to get new seasons, and in any given season a few anime will have good DVD sales while the rest bomb or merely break even. Going 13 episodes at a time minimizes the financial impact of a failed series, though you sometimes get the odd bird like Chihayafuru that's pegged for two seasons from the start even though the subject matter guarantees that it'll be a financial failure.

Dance In My Blood said:
Also, who really needs multiple seasons of most of the stuff running right now?
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Mouretsu needs it because it's blown almost the first half of its first season, though it's probably paced this way to begin with because it was declared two seasons from the start.
 
Noirulus said:
Nah the trend has been here for a while, more than a decade. I think it's a combination of many things but yeah, mostly the financial risk in producing more than 26 episodes.
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Well, it's been trending that way for a couple of years, that's right, but it's only very recently that most shows only get 11-13 episodes.
 
Noirulus said:
Nah the trend has been here for a while, more than a decade. I think it's a combination of many things but yeah, mostly the financial risk in producing more than 26 episodes.
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The rise in shorter shows seems to be correlated with the rise of late-night anime in the late 1990s. Early examples would be Those Who Hunt Elves (2 seasons x 12 episodes, 1997/1998) and Serial Experiments Lain (13 episodes, 1998). Daytime shows aired at family audiences, such as Mainichi Kaasan, still mostly get a year's worth of episodes or more.
 
Instro said:
Required new animugaffer material:

Garzey's Wing dub
School Days
Arjuna
Glass Fleet dub
Black Lion dub

Anything else?
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Don't go passing this list around, you're not supposed to watch so much awesome stuff at once. It's supposed to be spread out!
 
Jexhius said:
Why can't girls just be friends?
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Utena and Anthy's relationship is a paragon of what the power of innocence and friendship can accomplish.

Also, shame on you AnimeGAF. Are you implying that all those ponies are actually getting off on each other? Yuri is Magic now?
 
I've been watching Noaki Urasawa's Monster and was just wondering if there's a difference between the dubbed and subbed versions? Not just the language, but in content.

For some reason on Hulu when I watch the subbed versions, it asks for your age and gives an adult content warning. But when I watch the dubbed versions, it doesn't give that warning and doesn't ask for your age.

Is there stuff being cut from one version to another?

Anyone know what the deal is with this?
 
/XX/ said:
From the reactions to Nisemonogatari's latest episode, now I don't know how will people see the 'toothbrush related' scene present on the second volume. Can have an even worse reception? Will they go over that scene quickly or on the other hand focus on it heavily? Exploitable enough?
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Considering that, on average, most episodes of Nisemonogatari have been fairly weak I imagine that's there's a pretty good chance that they'll focus on it heavily.
 
Takao said:
ADV's wall of licensing shame:

Title Name Effective Date Amount
Guyver 2006/06/01 746,665
Comic Party 2006/06/10 30,336
Jinki:Extend 2006/06/10 91,000
Pani Poni Dash! 2006/06/30 138,666
Utawarerumono 2006/08/01 109,201
Moeyo Ken 2006/09/25 43,335
Coyote Ragtime Show 2006/09/25 224,000
UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie 2006/09/25 21,335
Nerima Daikon Brothers 2006/10/25 124,800
Air Gear 2006/10/20 780,000
Sgt. Frog 2006/11/10 408,000
Le Chevalier D'Eon 2006/10/24 440,000
Ghost Train/Synesthesia 2006/10/24 58,668
Kurau: Phantom Memory 2006/12/04 960,000
009-1 2006/12/21 325,000
Shin Angyo Onshi 2007/07/26 130,000
Ah! My Goddess 2 (Ah! My Goddess: Flights of Fancy) 2007/02/07 516,000
Innocent Venus 2007/04/12 120,000
Pumpkin Scissors 2007/03/31 780,000
Red Garden 2007/03/31 660,000
Welcome to the NHK 2007/03/31 240,000
Magikano 2007/03/31 65,000
Xenosaga 2007/04/12 120,000
Tokyo Majin 2007/05/01 780,000
Project Blue Earth SOS 2007/05/01 180,000
Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge (The Wallflower) 2007/06/11 500,000
Air TV Series 2007/06/27 145,000
Air: The Movie 2007/07/04 20,000
Moonlight Mile 2007/06/27 156,000
King of Bandit Jing in Seventh Heaven 2007/07/26 50,000
Total 8,963,006

I liked Kurau, but lolololololololol
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Sorry, I just got around to this. It's actually far worse than I expected!
 
ulysses said:
Mouretsu needs it because it's blown almost the first half of its first season, though it's probably paced this way to begin with because it was declared two seasons from the start.
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Space Pirates operates in the exact opposite way a show should. So far it looks like there will be 6+ episodes of high school girls on an emotionless and uneventful pleasure cruise. None of the characters interact with each other outside of the exposition of information. Pirates didn't need any of the episodes they've shown so far. They don't establish the characters well, or work towards telling the story that is obviously being set up.

I didn't post about episode four because I turned it off once in the middle when the high school girls said they would be attacked as they passed behind the sun because nobody would be able to see them.
I would make a joke about how people think this show is "realistic", but Pirates fans suffer enough without me piling it on.
I came back to it later and just wound up skipping through the last half of the episode. Guess what I missed out on. Literally nothing.
 
Takao said:
ADV's wall of licensing shame:
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I was bored, so I decided to sort this by descending price. All the discussion on the topic is probably worn out already, but it's interesting to be able to see at a glance what was the big bucks and what wasn't.
Kurau: Phantom Memory 12/04/06 960000
Tokyo Majin 05/01/07 780000
Pumpkin Scissors 03/31/07 780000
Air Gear 10/20/06 780000
Guyver 06/01/06 746665
Red Garden 03/31/07 660000
Ah! My Goddess 2 (Ah! My Goddess: Flights of Fancy) 02/07/07 516000
Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge (The Wallflower) 06/11/07 500000
Le Chevalier D'Eon 10/24/06 440000
Sgt. Frog 11/10/06 408000
009-1 12/21/06 325000
Welcome to the NHK 03/31/07 240000
Coyote Ragtime Show 09/25/06 224000
Project Blue Earth SOS 05/01/07 180000
Moonlight Mile 06/27/07 156000
Air TV Series 06/27/07 145000
Pani Poni Dash! 06/30/06 138666
Shin Angyo Onshi 07/26/07 130000
Nerima Daikon Brothers 10/25/06 124800
Xenosaga 04/12/07 120000
Innocent Venus 04/12/07 120000
Utawarerumono 08/01/06 109201
Jinki:Extend 06/10/06 91000
Magikano 03/31/07 65000
Ghost Train/Synesthesia 10/24/06 58668
King of Bandit Jing in Seventh Heaven 07/26/07 50000
Moeyo Ken 09/25/06 43335
Comic Party 06/10/06 30336
UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie 09/25/06 21335
Air: The Movie 07/04/07 20000
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