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ひだまりスケッチ
Hidamari Sketch
http://www.tbs.co.jp/anime/hidamari/
Its based on a seinen 4 panel manga thats serialized in the seinen(young men's) manga magazine Manga Time Kirara Carat. (according to Mangaoh this is a seinen manga magazine)
For now there are 2 volumes released of this manga.
Here are the covers:
http://img365.imageshack.us/img365/6758/hidamarisketch2un.jpg http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/9329/vol2xm9.jpg
Mangaka: Ume Aoki (蒼樹うめ)
Genre: Seinen, Comedy
Here's an image about the anime :)
http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/7066/sketchza7.jpg
The seinen 4-panel magazine Manga Time Kirara Carat seems like a very moe~ magazine.
Here's the cover of September 2006 edition of the seinen magazine Manga Time Kirara Carat :
http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/2525/mtkczb0.jpg
Moe~ >.<
Male otakus lining up to get an autograph from the mangaka of Hidamari Sketch.
Watch it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4dvNfMXtTI
TBS's site for Hidamari Sketch anime has opened:
http://www.tbs.co.jp/anime/hidamari/
Hidamari Sketch promo recorded on camera :)
Watch it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KB54AuTvYR0
Look forward for this anime :P
Here's another moe~ pic for your viewing pleasure :P
http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/5969/hidamarisketchcp9.jpg
NoSanninWa
2006-09-18, 04:22
You've been posting about this for months now. Is there any chance that someone could post what the show is about?
I'd like to know as well. It seems to be quite a mystery. Is it going to be romance as well???
If there is romance, it is going to be shoujo-ai, at least I don't see any male characters... My guess is that it will be slice-of-life series about art students. :heh:
I'm going to watch first couple of episodes.
Better quality promo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdJ3pA8qABE
Moe~ characters + Comedy = Moe~ Comedy :P
Well, it's 4-koma - my guess would also be it's a slice-of-life comedy show. Sort of similar to Azumanga Daioh.
From AnimeNfo (http://www.animenfo.com/animetitle,3886,geakoi,hidamari_sketch.html):
Yuno has just entered Yamabuki High School she’s longed for. She lest home and begins to live alone in Hidamari-so, a small apartment located just in front of the school. There, she meets a classmate, Miyako, and a senior student, Hiro. Because strange artists gather in Hidamari-so, she has troublesome days. Although she’s not accustomed to the new life, being with gentle friends, Yono’s new life slowly moves to realize her dream.
Genre: Seinen, Comedy
darkchibi07
2006-11-11, 21:01
I noticed some of the staff involved in here:
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=6811
Animation will be done by SHAFT with chief director Akiyuki Shinbo being involved. Well, that certainly peeked my interest! :D
Animation will be done by SHAFT with chief director Akiyuki Shinbo being involved. Well, that certainly peeked my interest! :D
That is certainly good news, looks like Shinbo is involved in two shows at the same time if this is going to air january 2007, because Negima?! is 26-episode series.
Looking forward to this series.
Here's the cover of December 2006 issue of the seinen(young men's) moe~ 4-panel manga magazine Manga Time Kirara Carat
http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/7605/mangatimekiraracaratdecjn2.jpg
Moe~ goodness, so cute >.<
http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/9717/hidasketch2khm7.th.jpg (http://img413.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hidasketch2khm7.jpg)http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/2927/hidasketch1kuj2.th.jpg (http://img179.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hidasketch1kuj2.jpg)
You've been posting about this for months now. Is there any chance that someone could post what the show is about?
NeoSam knows his anime, doesn't he? :) Just reiterating what Darkchibi has already mentioned, that it is a Shaft production with Shinbo Akiyuki as the chief director. The synopsis NeoSam has posted from Animenfo also indicates that this might be a slice of life series. With Shinbo as the director, we may expect a lot of his usual style of comedy that is as random event as Santa's bringing an Acer laptop. :uhoh: :heh:
I'm really looking forward to this.
Magazine covers:
http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/4951/hida0600cm1.th.jpg (http://img118.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hida0600cm1.jpg)http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/9971/hida0700bx4.th.jpg (http://img118.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hida0700bx4.jpg)http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/6113/hida0800np2.th.jpg (http://img103.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hida0800np2.jpg)http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/1268/hida0900rf7.th.jpg (http://img118.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hida0900rf7.jpg)http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/466/hida1000br8.th.jpg (http://img118.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hida1000br8.jpg)http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/8711/hida1100qa5.th.jpg (http://img299.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hida1100qa5.jpg)http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/4508/hida1200yd0.th.jpg (http://img299.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hida1200yd0.jpg)http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/1157/hida1300sp7.th.jpg (http://img103.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hida1300sp7.jpg)
Other scans:
http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/7422/hidasketch3vv1.th.jpg (http://img294.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hidasketch3vv1.jpg)http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/8392/hidasketch4kvh1.th.jpg (http://img294.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hidasketch4kvh1.jpg)
Cast:
Yuno (ゆの) - 1st year - Room 201 - seiyuu: Asumi Kana
Miyako (宮子) - 1st year - Room 202 - seiyuu: Mizuhashi Kaori
Hiro (ヒロ) - 2nd year - Room 101 - seiyuu: Gotou Yuuko
Sae (沙英) - 2nd year - Room 102 - seiyuu: Shintani Ryouko
Yoshinoya-sensei (吉野屋先生) - seiyuu: Matsuki Miyu
hi no ken Jebus
2007-01-11, 17:14
Pretty cool first episode. I didn't know much about this until yesterday when I saw it was airing thursday and decided to check it out. The OP is nice and lively while the ED is kinda meh. The cast is very likeable especially the teacher with her squeaky shoes and apparent cosplaying hobby:heh: and Miyako who is pretty upbeat. This is somewhat like Azumanga done by Shaft with some random stuff here and there but it's not like pani poni where it goes to near excel saga levels. I'll probably stick around for a few more and see where this goes.
http://img363.imageshack.us/img363/7228/hs01wn5.th.jpg (http://img363.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hs01wn5.jpg)
The description almost sounds Yotsuba-ish ... "being with gentle friends, Yono’s new life slowly moves to realize her dream."
So, Shinbo directing... AzuDa/Yotsuba vibes... I'm in.
eggplant
2007-01-11, 18:23
Saw episode 1.
Shinbou Akiyuki x SHAFT x slice of life comedy= instant win. Hidamari Sketch does have Shinbou's Pani Poni and Negima!?'s moments when it comes to the use of actual photos, chalkboard, and eyecatches, but it is used rather naturally.
Although this is based on a four-panel manga, the comedic effects such as the puch line is kept to a minimum, instead focusing on the relationship between the four protagonists (and Yoshinoya-sensei as well).
Since the character designs are chibi-like, although not as much as Manabi Straight, and the opening sequence is a SD version, the girls look cute with plenty of moe potential.
Good voice acting here, especially from the newbie Asumi Kana (Yuno). Definitely looking forward to her role in Bokurano.
I suppose there isn't much continuation between each episode, as ep. 1 is set in winter while ep. 2 is already summer.
As with VVV, I will wait for the BS-i widescreen version in order to enjoy the show to its fullest.
Maids! Maids! Maids!
2007-01-11, 19:54
http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/2923/1168541376674492029x261rl0.th.jpg (http://img402.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1168541376674492029x261rl0.jpg) http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/7356/1168542095270692007x260di2.th.jpg (http://img148.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1168542095270692007x260di2.jpg)
Higher resolution (2705x3491, 2.1 MB and 2676x3474, 1.7 MB respectively) at moe.imouto.org:
http://moe.imouto.org/data/moe_imouto_org-p-116854209527069.jpg
http://moe.imouto.org/data/moe_imouto_org-p-116854137667449.jpg
http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/8821/1164306134790572318x350iu2.th.jpg (http://img180.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1164306134790572318x350iu2.jpg)
PNG format scan (7.9 MB, same resolution):
http://moe.imouto.org/data/moe_imouto_org-p-116430613479057.png
Kaoru Chujo
2007-01-11, 20:46
Total agreement with eggplant and hi no ken Jebus. The first episode was full of sweetness. The characters are lovely, and the look is another version of ShaftxShinbou, with the nice coloration and wonderful angles and framing. The look of the Hidamari Apartments is really artistic. I have the feeling that the art-school setting is going to give them plenty of scope for interesting frames. No huge story, just sweet slice of life. A really gentle, pleasant mood.
Like eggplant, I was particularly struck by the voice of the newcomer, Asumi Kana, who plays Yuno, the one with crossed ribbons in her hair around whom the first episode revolves. She has done some radio and games over the past couple of years, but not much anime. Here is her official site (http://www.voh.jp/management/seiyuu/asumi/asumi.html), with a photo. Here is her blog (http://blog.aniplex.co.jp/asumikana/), with more. And here is her page on ANN (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=60780).
But I loved the voice of Matsuki Miyu (http://hashihime.atspace.com/Hashi_seiyuusD.html#matsmiyu) as the teacher, who was hilarious. And with Mizuhashi Kaori (http://hashihime.atspace.com/Hashi_seiyuusD.html#mizukaor) as Miyako (blonde), Gotou Yuuko (http://hashihime.atspace.com/Hashi_seiyuus.html#gotouyuuko) as Hiro (reddish), and Shintani Ryouko (http://hashihime.atspace.com/Hashi_seiyuusC.html#shinryou) as Sae (taller, with black hair), it's a really interesting cast.
The dialogue is voluminous and seems important to the show, and I couldn't catch all of it, so I'll have to see the subs to get a fuller impression. And I'll certainly look for the 16:9 version, which appears (http://www.tbs.co.jp/anime/hidamari/) to come out exactly two weeks after the initial broadcast, on BS-i. Is that right, eggplant?
I enjoyed the OP, sung by the cast, and especially liked the OP animation, which had the wonderful pacing of the OP in Negima (as well as some running, lol). But I personally really liked the ED song, by a group called marble. Left me happy.
After reading Eggplant and Kaoru, I'm burning with anticipation. Waited a long time for this. The RAW is downloading, but it's not dling fast enough for my taste. :upset: Let the madness begin!
Watched the first half and I'm totally in love with it.
As I was expecting it's something is similar to an "Azumanga Daioh meet PaniPoni Dash" (with an improved talking "animated" chalkboard XD) both in style and story, that is a really good thing, judging by the outcome.
When is supposed to air the BS-i version? (Edit: never mind I've read Kaoru Chuju reply ^^;) After the experience of Asatte no Hoko (where seems something is missing watching Pan&Scan version) I hope fansubbers (there's any interested in this series?) will pick the wide screen version for the sub.
P.S.: Love&Piece (http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/112/snapshot20070112103607sv1.jpg)
Pantsgoblin
2007-01-12, 17:52
;797375']I hope fansubbers (there's any interested in this series?) will pick the wide screen version for the sub.
Ya, we plan on doing it...
http://www.angel-tai.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=132
This is our first project and for a lot of us, we haven't worked on anything before. So don't go too hard on us if it takes a while longer than most subs...
I'd have to ask Kilga about the wide screen though, he's in charge...
I forgot to mention this :P volume 2 of the seinen manga Hidamari Sketch has been released. I added its cover to the first post of this thread.
froinlaven
2007-01-12, 20:01
Hidamari Sketch seems like a more subdued and slice of lifey Pani Poni Dash to me. The first ep was kinda boring, but it was pretty good to chill out to. The cosplay teacher's pretty fun.
Full impressions here (http://www.basugasubakuhatsu.com/blog/2007/01/11/hidamari-sketch-anime-first-impressions/).
I know I shouldn't try to compare anime, but I really have to agree that this feels like Pani Poni Dash meets Azumanga Daioh, in a good way. Oh, and very cute characters.
Not an exciting episode so far, but it has its moments of smiles. Currently the series this season that I'm looking forward the most to.
Kilgamayan
2007-01-13, 03:07
;797375']After the experience of Asatte no Hoko (where seems something is missing watching Pan&Scan version) I hope fansubbers (there's any interested in this series?) will pick the wide screen version for the sub.
If we happen to find wide screen raws I'll have no problem using them.
But then again, I'm not timing, so it won't affect me greatly if there are chronological discrepancies between them and whatever it is we're using now. ;\
I know I shouldn't try to compare anime, but I really have to agree that this feels like Pani Poni Dash meets Azumanga Daioh, in a good way.
The first fan description I read of this show was on /a/, and it was "Azumanga Dash", so don't feel too bad about it. Besides, I also got that feel from it.
ahahahaa~
Episode 1 summary and screenshots (http://that.animeblogger.net/2007/01/13/art-moe-slice-of-life-hidamari-sketch-episode-1)
This is a pretty decent show and I have been looking forward to this when the winter season started. This is probably the 2nd series after saint october that i will blog so if anything, hope you enjoy the summary.
Cheers...And i do agree that it is very azumanga daioh in the 4koma feeling.
I'm finding myself wanting to rewatch this over and over. I suppose it's because of the character art: it's just so moe~
I like the part near the very beginning when Yuno just wakes up, with the blanket wrapped around herself, stares blankly into space for a moment, and then shivers. Yeah, Yuno, I know how you feel. Some mornings I just don't want to get out of the warm bed...
Awesome first episode! The pace is relaxing barring the background music. The background animation is very simplistic and pleasing to the eye. Hence, I think it is safe to assume Shinbo won't have similar problem with consistentcy in the course of the series, unlike the most of his other work. Btw, is he putting in real life object and blending them with the animation? The clock in the following for an example:
http://content.imagesocket.com/thumbs/hidamari_sketch_01b73.jpg (http://imagesocket.com/view/hidamari_sketch_01b73.jpg)
The above is either an incredible work of CG, or a real life object. I'm looking forward to episode 2.
stevency
2007-01-16, 08:09
Awesome first episode! The pace is relaxing barring the background music. The background animation is very simplistic and pleasing to the eye. Hence, I think it is safe to assume Shinbo won't have similar problem with consistentcy in the course of the series, unlike the most of his other work. Btw, is he putting in real life object and blending them with the animation? The clock in the following for an example:
http://content.imagesocket.com/thumbs/hidamari_sketch_01b73.jpg (http://imagesocket.com/view/hidamari_sketch_01b73.jpg)
The above is either an incredible work of CG, or a real life object. I'm looking forward to episode 2.
That Shinbo/SHAFT's owned trademark. Real object blended into the animations.:D
The ED animations use lots of circles and a soft theme, which I found to be so refreshing from normal SHAFT productions. What we needed is this show to be out with a wide 16:9 version.:D
Kaoru Chujo
2007-01-16, 16:31
The official site (http://www.tbs.co.jp/anime/hidamari/) and Shoboi Calendar (http://cal.syoboi.jp/tid/982) say the show starts on BS-i on Thursday, 25 January, exactly two weeks after it started on ordinary TV. That will probably be the 16:9 version. So the widescreen version of ep1 should be broadcast on Thursday of next week, at 12:30 at night.
In her blog, Gotou Yuuko (http://hashihime.atspace.com/Hashi_seiyuus.html#gotouyuuko) says that she was very happy to get the role of Hiro, that she plays her like a big sister or a mother, and she likes that kind of character. She says that all the seiyuus get along very well, that the studio is a happy place, almost like the Hidamari apartment itself, and she expects that the friendly feeling in the studio probably comes through in the show.
That item is in Gotou-san's old blog (http://yaplog.jp/tubuyaki3/), which is just now overlapping with a new blog (http://ameblo.jp/goto-yuko) using software that allows her to put in little videos. She says she has a lot of trouble with digital technology and that most explanations are too hard for her. She says she needs explanations suitable for small children, or maybe gorillas.
Don't take from this that she is stupid. She writes well, draws well, and is one of the seiyuus that actually went to university (for a while).
hi no ken Jebus
2007-01-18, 15:46
I enjoyed the atmosphere in this one. Especially when the girls attend the local summer festival in the second half, particularly the scene with miyako hearing the fireworks before they even started. The first half with the girls making the sign for the dorm had all kinds of things going and it was a little fast paced. Only thing lacking was the teacher but hopefully she gets more screen time next episode.
http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/6143/hs02xq8.th.jpg (http://img406.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hs02xq8.jpg)
eggplant
2007-01-18, 19:09
Saw episode 2.
Definitely the slice of life title of this season, depicting the girls' daily events by using moe SD characters and real life photos.
The lovable Hidamari-sou tenants are unlike the typical living under the same roof characters seen in anime such as Maison Ikkoku, Love Hina, or Mahoraba, where there's at least one obnoxious person in the mix.
Looking forward to some school scenes.
As Kaoru posted above, the BS-i widescreen version will start airing from next Thursday. Here are some comparative shots from the previews (Left: TBS full screen; Right: BS-i widescreen)
http://img157.imageshack.us/img157/5413/yunofslw4.th.png (http://img157.imageshack.us/my.php?image=yunofslw4.png)http://img250.imageshack.us/img250/5317/yunowsgw6.th.png (http://img250.imageshack.us/my.php?image=yunowsgw6.png)
http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/2294/miyakofshd3.th.png (http://img237.imageshack.us/my.php?image=miyakofshd3.png)http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/1222/miyakowsfh9.th.png (http://img259.imageshack.us/my.php?image=miyakowsfh9.png)
http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/4949/hirofsmp7.th.png (http://img440.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hirofsmp7.png)http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/4385/hirowsiu7.th.png (http://img259.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hirowsiu7.png)
http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/1827/saefsyk8.th.png (http://img440.imageshack.us/my.php?image=saefsyk8.png)http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/1883/saewsjh6.th.png (http://img253.imageshack.us/my.php?image=saewsjh6.png)
Kaoru Chujo
2007-01-19, 22:07
Ep2. Sweet, sweet, sweet. Unfortunately, I'm going to have to wait for a fansub (in some language) to help me get the jokes. But the look is so great, and the character design and animation simple but brilliant. For something so slow-paced, there is so much going on that, as hi no ken Jebus said, it's maybe a little fast-paced. And more real objects ahoy.
In order to keep them straight in my mind, I made a chart with pictures of the characters and their seiyuus (http://hashihime.atspace.com/etc/hidamari/hidamari_charseiyuus.htm). And the seiyuu-san are doing a nice job. Gotou Yuuko's "motherly" is a bit of an impression of Inoue Kikuko, it seems to me. And it's great.
This appears to be Asumi Kana (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=60780)'s first real role (Yuno; she was in the choir in Canvas2), and she's doing wonderfully well. I guess talent is recognized: she will play the heroine in Bokurano later this year.
Thanks for the screencaps, eggplant. What a huge difference the wider format makes, especially in the second cap. They definitely made it to be seen wide. What we're seeing now is just crudely hacked down -- and it's still great.
With Asatte no Houkou, the wide-screen version came out two weeks later and never did show up in bittorrent form, even in subs. Fortunately, Negima's wide versions come out only two days later, so the subs use them. Not sure how this show will fare.
I really would like to see the fansubbers be more patient and grab the widescreens ... One of the early Negima!? endings showed blatantly why when an entire character was "offscreen". Reminded me of old movies scoped down for Saturday tv movies when two characters facing off were *both* offscreen and all you could see were their pistols :)
When i rewatched the 1st episode today, i realized the crossword puzzle at 21:45.
It's actually solvable.
Only the question 5-8 are visible fully in the 4:3 version:
(5) 耳と尻尾と燃えと泣き - Ears and tails and moe and weeping
(6) 萌え4コマ漫画のメルクマール - Moe 4-panel manga characteristic
(7) 女の???がらない???萌えもの - ??????
(8) 3姉妹+メイドのロードムービーアニメ - Road movie anime of 3 sisters and their maid
5. うたわれるもの - Utawarerumono
6. あずまんがだいおう - Azumanga Daioh
8. ぽぽたん - Popotan
Deathkillz
2007-01-20, 07:05
oh wow...just watched the first ep and immediately guess that the directors were from PPD and negima!? lol their trademark way of using real objects just cannot be missed ^__^
i think im gonna love this series...the start is promising...quite the randomness that i like ~ for some reason i didnt feel bored or annoyed at the fact that there doesnt seem to be a plot ~ cause it doesnt even need one is soo good ^__^
tonnes of moe actions...and i just laughed at the neko impressions its soo cute ~ we have a winner here! *runs to ep2*
edit: ~
ep 2...nice and cute ^__^ random fun but not overwhelming ~ i think ive found my fav :3 Yoshinoya sensei :love:
wahaha, i do not know how to describe this series. It's definitely not the easiest to blog an episode summary about it, but there is just this interaction between the characters that makes this show a really nice one to watch.
I do agree with Deathkillz that there is no existence of a plot but that is to be expected with a slice of life series. So ya.
Anyway, i did up a rather mediocre review of episode 2 and screenshots (http://that.animeblogger.net/2007/01/20/a-sweet-midsummer-dream-hidamari-sketch-episode-2/).
You can almost feel how hard it was for me to attempt summarizing this. Lol. It was fun still.
When i rewatched the 1st episode today, i realized the crossword puzzle at 21:45.
It's actually solvable.
Only the question 5-8 are visible fully in the 4:3 version:
(5) 耳と尻尾と燃えと泣き - Ears and tails and moe and weeping
(6) 萌え4コマ漫画のメルクマール - Moe 4-panel manga characteristic
(7) 女の???がらない???萌えもの - ??????
(8) 3姉妹+メイドのロードムービーアニメ - Road movie anime of 3 sisters and their maid
5. うたわれるもの - Utawarerumono
6. あずまんがだいおう - Azumanga Daioh
8. ぽぽたん - Popotan
You gotta admit. Shinbou definitely knows some clever ways to sneak references to other anime series into his shows(and with Shinbou already putting Azumanga references in PPD and Negima!?, it looks like he's a big fan of that show).
relentlessflame
2007-01-22, 13:02
By the way, it's not usually too big of an issue in this sort of show, but if you haven't already noticed, the official site has a timeline (http://www.tbs.co.jp/anime/hidamari/03story/story.html) so you can see which episodes fit where in the continuity. The dates should've been a hint, of course, but it seems like the whole show would fit in one school year, with one episode/month. Unlike another show in recent memory famed for airing out of chronological order, though, this show will keep the same order on the DVDs (first volume will release at the end of March).
right .... now I'm offering sacrifice to the Shinto goddess of fansubbers that she'll shower goodness on a group that picks this up.
Looks like it'll be a perfect mind balancer for the remaining episodes of Kanon (find happy.. must find happy :) )
Kilgamayan
2007-01-25, 00:58
Sorry, our timer/kara guy has had stuff to deal with. I'll poke him again soon, and if necessary I'll find someone to fill in while he does whatever he needs to do.
Thats why I phrased it that way .... fansubbing is and should be a hobby (meaning fun and not a drag). I'd like to eventually offer translating or other aid to a fangroup once I feel comfortable enough with the language and/or the tools. But until then ... gambatte yo and stuff :)
hi no ken Jebus
2007-01-25, 15:37
Lots of Yoshinoya and her crazy cosplaying which is always good. The thing with the bust of Brutus was pretty funny. Second half Miyako and her antics were great. The scene with the leak in miyako's room was nicely done hopefully they introduce Misato at some point:heh:.
http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/9672/hs033dp.th.jpg (http://img176.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hs033dp.jpg)
Eleutheria
2007-01-25, 17:57
I finally watched episode two, and it was simply overflowing with cute... the fat jokes were quite original too.
PS
EPISODE THREE
The scene with the teacher dancing on the platform just begs, BEGS to be made into an animated gif.
The joke with Et tu, Brut? had me groaning so hard.
It's a linguistic joke:
You too, Brutus? = Omae mo?
Heavy = Omo
Omae mo? Omae mo?
-_-
I finally watched episode two, and it was simply overflowing with cute... the fat jokes were quite original too.
PS
EPISODE THREE
The scene with the teacher dancing on the platform just begs, BEGS to be made into an animated gif.
The joke with Et tu, Brut? had me groaning so hard.
It's a linguistic joke:
You too, Brutus? = Omae mo?
Heavy = Omo
Omae mo? Omae mo?
-_-
ahaha~ i didn't know that there's such a linguistic joke, which is sad because i do not have any ability with japanese. Still, i watched episode 3 and found myself laughing insanely with it. Gonna write the review soon enough ^+^
Deathkillz
2007-01-27, 12:18
edit: ~
ep 2...nice and cute ^__^ random fun but not overwhelming ~ i think ive found my fav :3 Yoshinoya sensei :love:
and right now i still stand by my comment ~ ep 3 is just oozing with kawaiiness :D
lots and lots of funny moment that i am unable to determin by logic how to right down...good luck impz trying to write a summery for this crazy show :heh:
and right now i still stand by my comment ~ ep 3 is just oozing with kawaiiness :D
lots and lots of funny moment that i am unable to determin by logic how to right down...good luck impz trying to write a summery for this crazy show :heh:
well. ~_~;;; I definitely will not get the linguistics joke due to the fact that japanese is not my first language. I did get some of the humor in though...
Episode 3 screenshots + summary (http://that.animeblogger.net/2007/01/27/funnier-crazier-and-random-hidamari-sketch-ep-3/)
Honestly, i have no clue why no one is picking this show up. It's just about one of the more subtly random shows this season. I like it.
http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/4714/hidamariep1crosswordpuztq3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
1. Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu
2. Maria-sama ga Miteru
3. Kino no Tabi
4. Da Capo
5. Utawarerumono
6. Azumanga Daioh
7. Miyuki
8. Popotan
Final answer (ABCD): Hidamari
http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/4714/hidamariep1crosswordpuztq3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
1. Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu
2. Maria-sama ga Miteru
3. Kino no Tabi
4. Da Capo
5. Utawarerumono
6. Azumanga Daioh
7. Miyuki
8. Popotan
Final answer (ABCD): Hidamari
Okay, is anyone else surprised that Hidamari Sketch has actually beaten Negima!? when it comes to which Shinbou-directed SHAFT show will make a Haruhi reference first?
Every one of those titles mentioned in the crossword puzzle are great. Well, may be except Da Capo. :D I also wonder how many folks have actually watched Miyuki? The avid Da Capo fans may like it. :)
Poster from the latest Megami.
http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/1899/1170109052023kc7.th.jpg (http://img183.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1170109052023kc7.jpg)
Kaoru Chujo
2007-02-01, 00:36
Over in the Manabi Straight thread, we've been talking about how good Hidamari is. As I posted there, among the new shows, Hidamari is the second-most-popular on 2channel. Second to Manabi Straight.
Here are the number of threads on 2channel (the biggest Japanese anime forum). When a thread reaches a thousand posts, it is closed and a new thread is opened:
Manabi Straight 18
Hidamari Sketch 10
Shuffle/Shuffle Memories 8
Kyoushirou to Towa no Sora 8
Saint October 8
Nodame Cantabile 7
Master of Epic 6
Venus versus Virus 5
Les Miserables 4
Getsumento Heiki Miina 4
Himawari!! 3
Deltora Quest 3
Tokyo Majin Gakuen 2
Angelique 1
ARRgHHH.... this is driving me nuts. (wanders into the seedy back alleys of the Intarweb to obtain the raws)
Kaioshin Sama
2007-02-01, 12:35
http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/4714/hidamariep1crosswordpuztq3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
1. Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu
2. Maria-sama ga Miteru
3. Kino no Tabi
4. Da Capo
5. Utawarerumono
6. Azumanga Daioh
7. Miyuki
8. Popotan
Final answer (ABCD): Hidamari
What's incredibly strange is I don't see Suzumiya Haruhi No Yuutsu, Da Capo, Maria-Sama Ga Miteru or Popotan written in the answer slots. Are you absolutely certain you have this correct. Is it just the answers to the questions you are referring to, because the answers are obviously not in boxes. Though now that I think of it I can see Popotan in Hirgana so maybe they haven't used any Katakana for the answers. I only know a few hiragana so perhaps this is correct if at least one is.
relentlessflame
2007-02-01, 14:00
What's incredibly strange is I don't see Suzumiya Haruhi No Yuutsu, Da Capo, Maria-Sama Ga Miteru or Popotan written in the answer slots. Are you absolutely certain you have this correct. Is it just the answers to the questions you are referring to, because the answers are obviously not in boxes. Though now that I think of it I can see Popotan in Hirgana so maybe they haven't used any Katakana for the answers. I only know a few hiragana so perhaps this is correct if at least one is.It's all written in Hiragana, and does match up. It'd be pretty tough to do crossword puzzles if you had to mix hiragana, katakana and kanji.
hi no ken Jebus
2007-02-01, 15:02
I liked this one quite a bit especially when they went to the karaoke place. It was a nice touch hearing all of them sing. A lot of funny moments like Hiro singing to lose weight, and the part with the "Jizo" statue which is said to have magical bust increasing power according to Sae:heh:.
http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/2526/hs04mo6.th.jpg (http://img175.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hs04mo6.jpg)
Our teacher has us do hiragana puzzles for purposes of torture...
speaking of which, I gave up on waiting for someone to sub this and downloaded the first two raws.... omg - brilliance, like a sweetened puree of AzuDa, PPD, and Mahoraba (the teacher kept giving me Mahoraba sensei vibes :) ). Sadly, when characters start blistering dialog more than a few sentences at a time I lose the thread but okay.. 90% of the episode I was smiling or laughing just at the imagery, much less the situations (snowfight, assignment tragedy, afterschool study at the kotatsu). And I think its the first time I've seen a snowballfight in front of a bamboo grove... thumbs up.
Hasn't *anyone* owned up to subbing this?
Kaioshin Sama
2007-02-01, 15:12
It seems the theme of 2007 is Comedy with wacky young girls going balls to the wall, and Remakes of old Mecha shows. We've got Manabi, Hidamari, Saint October and on the other front countless reimaginations of and new applications of mecha shows only me and maybe 5 other people I know have heard of. Unfortunately I can't even watch this until I finish Pani Poni Dash or I may end up getting my characters and events mixed up.
This is more to my liking from the screenshots than Manabi Straight with its bizzarly proportioned and pudgy looking high school girls. Plus hopefully no pointless singing just for the sake of selling singles for the voice actors. This seems to be straight to the point in terms of comedy and not about the promoting voice actors as the Manabi Straight seems to be doing. Plus from the clips I've seen I don't like the Manabi characters much at all, especially the main character who is fairly shallow in my opinion and it's to much about look at Manabi she's awesome, LOOK AT HER! I don't like it when certain character's get worshipped by everybody else in a show and are too incredible (The anime version of Suzumiya Haruhi took this to extremes at times making the anime version of the character almost unbearable compared to much more subtle and flawed Haruhi from the novel's narrative). Mostly though the character designs are really just not to my liking. Thus, if I'm going to watch any show with a mostly female cast this year it will be this one.
Trivia for episode 2:
http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/8864/miyatadamhidamariqp0.th.jpg (http://img259.imageshack.us/my.php?image=miyatadamhidamariqp0.jpg)
The newspaper was a Pani Poni reference.
The newspaper which appeared here also appeared in Pani Poni Dash ep24 with the same title 宮田ダム決壊ス (Miyata Dam broken).
Kaoru Chujo
2007-02-03, 18:19
Ep4 even raises my already fairly high level of satisfaction with this show. I know Gotou Yuuko can sing better than that, so I'm admiring their willingness to sing karaoke-offtune for the sake of sweet comedy. It's the voice acting (http://hashihime.atspace.com/etc/hidamari/hidamari_charseiyuus.htm) and the art that do it for me. The newcomer, Asami Kana, really has a wonderful voice. The visual beauty and elegance, and the rhythms of the way they do things visually, are just sugoi. And I am totally in love with the ED, by marble.
hahaha, I finally finished episode 4 summary + thoughts (http://that.animeblogger.net/2007/02/04/hidamari-sketch-ep-4-puns-here-puns-there-puns-everywhere/) of Hidamari Sketch. Luckily enough, some of the linguistic jokes are caught since they are much simpler.
I do wonder whether I missed out any of them...
Deathkillz
2007-02-04, 14:09
ahh where would i be without impz's summary :heh:
the statue part was soo random it hurts my laughing organ :heh:
edit: ps...no subbers!? *curses* T_T
I needed two different days to watch these 4 eps. It feels so heavy with just talking that it makes my head hurt and hard to follow. Maybe because it's slice of life (not bad thing actually) with real like characters and situations that it feels boring. I haven't formed emotional bond to any of girls either. Jokes goes over my head maybe I'm not only one :). And thats not only thing (only god knows), but Yunos character gives me :eyespin: Princess Sakura vibes (She's so very one sided) from Tsubasa Chronicle as by look and voice that I first thought Yuno was having same VA.
ahh where would i be without impz's summary :heh:
the statue part was soo random it hurts my laughing organ :heh:
edit: ps...no subbers!? *curses* T_T
T_T no subbers yet?
I do want to rewatch this with english subs too >_<
I'm just bad enough with japanese language that it usually takes a few runs to have the remotest idea what is going on with the dialog heavy sections (and even then I miss most of the punnery). Fortunately, the art and action communicate a good portion of what is going on.
Here's hoping that one or more of our PPD-experienced groups (who've had practice with footnoting and such) pick the show up. Hopefully will get to sit down with ep 4 today at lunch.
edit: okay.. I caught less than a 1/4 of the dialog <sigh> but thanks for the Impz guides. Still a pleasure to watch just for the animation art and the voice acting moe <heh>. Too bad we didn't get more sensei karaoke.... (she was quite a hilarious little innocent tart in ep 3).
hi no ken Jebus
2007-02-08, 18:05
Pretty trippy first half with Yuno and her fevered dreams. There were plenty of "awww" moments when the girls snuck into Yuno's room to check up on her. Also can't forget the funny ones like Miyako changing Yuno and spotting a birthmark, Miyako's impersonation of the principal, and Yoshinoya at the nurses office were among my favorites. Looks like next week might be the hot summer day chapter from the manga which was quite funny.
http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/4113/hs05nu7.th.jpg (http://img248.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hs05nu7.jpg)
Shintani-Subs have released the first episode - GO SEE~
<squeal==little-girl-squid-frequency> .... <scampers off>
Kilgamayan
2007-02-08, 19:49
We used the regular version because we wanted to get something out there and using the widescreen raw would've required a complete re-time of all the scripts.
Sorry to anyone who wanted a widescreen release, there will be one eventually.
argh... but eh... perhaps this will increase fan exposure and buzz :)
Thanks for forewarning us :)
Kaioshin Sama
2007-02-08, 21:02
I like the screenshots where they look so awesomely chibi and have Ditto (The Pokemon) eyes. Hopefully this is a viable replacement for when I'm done Pani Poni Dash, because it seems to have that habit of random chibi that I love so much. Believe it or not the all time champion of random chibi for me was Transformer's Car Robots. Go figure. But ugh, Yuko Goto, ugh is all I have to say. Sigh..... not even going to pretend to hope that I won't hate her character, you've got to have at least one character you don't care for in every series though. Still I doubt she'll take the whole thing down, no one character or voice actor can ruin an entire series by themselves. Plus I've had good experiences with a lot of series done by SHAFT. They are the kind of company you expect nothing from, yet they manage to deliver a solid product almost all the time.
Though anyone notice there's like way to many series with all female casts lately (Teams of 5 or so girls), what is up with that, sure its harmless (though if it becomes a trend it will just be beyond bizarre and frankly pandering to male sexual instincts, which will probably cause a crisis of faith in me so severe that I will say that anime is no longer a market for everybody, but just a select otaku group), but its strange and slightly worrying. I kind of wouldn't mind a major character who is a guy in my modern anime more than every every 5 or so new series. I don't know maybe they want to open up a larger female demographic for a while, another market entirely and that's what its all about. Well, at least it hasn't gotten to the point of trend, it may just be a coincidence, there's probably very little chance of that being the wave of the future beyond my paranoia.
Widescreen...no ws...whatever. I was starting to worry that there would be no fansub of this at all. All things considered, I would prefer the BS-i ws, but I'll take what I can get. Big thanks to the Angel Tai for doing this.
@Kaio: that trend has been noticed (repeatedly by my wife) ... that the material in a lot of anime seems to be exceedingly focused on "girl groups". In AzuDa, they covered by having guys in the class occasionally be involved such that you could see that guys *were* in the world though none of the girls had a boyfriend (which they would lament occasionally). Here, although there are male shapes in the class --- its like they don't exist for the girls. The manga material and the anime are tending to over-cater to an audience which appears to want a "girl only" story.... which tends to further diverge expectations from reality.
I don't particularly want to see "all male" shows -- but it really isn't that hard to create a few male characters to add to the mix and show that male-female *friendships* can exist. I could go on a soapbox about the expectations crisis between males and females in Japan but thats a derail.
All that said, Hidamari Sketch is still gold and I'm anxious to see how the subtitles match up to my 'raw guesses' at dialog.
Kilgamayan
2007-02-08, 22:10
But ugh, Yuko Goto, ugh is all I have to say. Sigh..... not even going to pretend to hope that I won't hate her character, you've got to have at least one character you don't care for in every series though. Still I doubt she'll take the whole thing down, no one character or voice actor can ruin an entire series by themselves.
This Yuko Gotou isn't your standard Squeek-tan voice (Mikuru Asahina, Nanami Konoe). It's a voice far more calm and mature than those, more so than Kaede Fuyou was.
Except for when Sae needles at her for fun and she goes crazy. >_>
She doesn't have enough lines to ruin the show anyway, the majority of them belong to Yuno and Miyako.
Kaioshin Sama
2007-02-08, 23:31
@Kaio: that trend has been noticed (repeatedly by my wife) ... that the material in a lot of anime seems to be exceedingly focused on "girl groups". In AzuDa, they covered by having guys in the class occasionally be involved such that you could see that guys *were* in the world though none of the girls had a boyfriend (which they would lament occasionally). Here, although there are male shapes in the class --- its like they don't exist for the girls. The manga material and the anime are tending to over-cater to an audience which appears to want a "girl only" story.... which tends to further diverge expectations from reality.
I don't particularly want to see "all male" shows -- but it really isn't that hard to create a few male characters to add to the mix and show that male-female *friendships* can exist. I could go on a soapbox about the expectations crisis between males and females in Japan but thats a derail.
All that said, Hidamari Sketch is still gold and I'm anxious to see how the subtitles match up to my 'raw guesses' at dialog.
No, I just figure since there are males in the real world, they should exist in the anime world too. I don't think I could watch an all male show either as it would feel just as weird and as far as I know its never happened either and with good reason. I just want to get inside the heads of some of the studio execs as lately some of their choices for material have been bizarre at the very least. I swear its like every other month I'm out of the loop for almost every aspect of life and nobody cares what I'm interested in and then the next month its all about my interests in games, anime, TV etc. and I have to hear about how much my shows suck.
Let's just keep on improving though with shows like Hidamari Sketch that combine comedy with slice of life without taking themselves too seriously (Like Haruhi tried to do but failed because the audience took it too seriously for some reason I'm not too sure of). At least it feels like they are trying to make these shows more interesting for my demographic. If there going to do the all female cast, at least they're making efforts to make it fun instead of soap operaish.
I don't no how long I can go with Manabi Straight the other all girl show though as it doesn't seem to have a plot and nothing about it is particularly funny or hilarious except for some of the character quirks, which have already gotten old. I honestly think I'm done with that one, but I know people will eat it up in its simplicity, but simple series are just not for me unless they are entertaining in some way like Pani Poni Dash. Worst of all though is that the series seems to be going the famous people angle that some Hollywood movies do when they are worried the series can't hold its own weight in plot so they get a bunch of top faces to do the parts in an effort to draw in more people.
Also thank god Yuko Goto has mixed it up a bit because that voice could get really annoying.
Kaoru Chujo
2007-02-09, 03:42
Really, at the moment I do think this is visually the most esthetically pleasing anime I've ever seen. The visual invention is like being in an art school -- with only the best students. They only repeat the most interesting conceits, and they don't repeat them too much.The beginning of the episode was just sugoi. And the way they showed Yuno burning red with fever worked beautifully. And the use of her fever-dreams to give them room for artistic play was great. Every week, the way the art, sound, characters, and story interweave leaves me feeling better about people, and about life.
Seeing ep1 subbed also added to the Hidamari enjoyment. Thanks, Shintani.
And I hesitate to say it now, but Gotou Yuuko's voice was mesmerizingly beautiful in both episodes. Not that any of the other four main voices aren't a joy to listen to, too.
Note: If anyone thinks I should put more of this in spoilers, please let me know.
Just finished episode 1 (up past my crashtime) .... yay.. I actually had understood most of it when watching the raws (though the dialog around the kotatsu got a bit tense :) ). Looking forward to wide-screen later.
The fansub was pretty decent --- dialog fonts were easy to read... the OP/ED cursive font fits with the art but was a bit more difficult for me to read <shrug> not a real problem.
Hard to get more slice-o-life gentle humor than this....
@Kaoru: looks a-ok to me....
I'd love to keep watching the raws but at 300MB each, its seriously painful on the download budget...
Really, at the moment I do think this is visually the most esthetically pleasing anime I've ever seen. The visual invention is like being in an art school -- with only the best students. They only repeat the most interesting conceits, and they don't repeat them too much.The beginning of the episode was just sugoi. And the way they showed Yuno burning red with fever worked beautifully. And the use of her fever-dreams to give them room for artistic play was great. Every week, the way the art, sound, characters, and story interweave leaves me feeling better about people, and about life.
Seeing ep1 subbed also added to the Hidamari enjoyment. Thanks, Shintani.
And I hesitate to say it now, but Gotou Yuuko's voice was mesmerizingly beautiful in both episodes. Not that any of the other four main voices aren't a joy to listen to, too.
Note: If anyone thinks I should put more of this in spoilers, please let me know.
Hmmm, I don't think it's really required to put everything in spoilers since there is nothing really spoiler-like in what you say :). That said, I am anticipating to watch episode 5 soon enough once I can get a hold of it.
I was taking a look at your seiyuu list and I must say that all of them have done a wonderful job but I personally enjoyed Mizuhashi Kaori (Miyako)'s voice quite a bit since it has this distinctive tone in her voice that makes it good. This series is really a low tone comedy series with that slant just like PPD. Good stuff and I can't wait to blog the next episode when it comes out :D
Kaioshin Sama
2007-02-09, 11:50
Really, at the moment I do think this is visually the most esthetically pleasing anime I've ever seen. The visual invention is like being in an art school -- with only the best students. They only repeat the most interesting conceits, and they don't repeat them too much.The beginning of the episode was just sugoi. And the way they showed Yuno burning red with fever worked beautifully. And the use of her fever-dreams to give them room for artistic play was great. Every week, the way the art, sound, characters, and story interweave leaves me feeling better about people, and about life.
Seeing ep1 subbed also added to the Hidamari enjoyment. Thanks, Shintani.
And I hesitate to say it now, but Gotou Yuuko's voice was mesmerizingly beautiful in both episodes. Not that any of the other four main voices aren't a joy to listen to, too.
Note: If anyone thinks I should put more of this in spoilers, please let me know.
Yeah, Kaoru an art detail is not really a spoiler, those spoiler tags are mostly for plot detail and character revelations or in my case I also use them to hide large picture posts. Also with your choice of words in paragraph one I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about. Perhaps you should revise it and clarify the terms "visual invention" and "Interesting Conceits". Perhaps you mean visual innovation, which is unfortunately not the case for me since I've seen Pani Poni Dash as also done by Shaft, and it has the same bizarre switches to chibi and surrealism as well. That doesn't mean it isn't funny as hell to look at and watch though.
Oh and please please please don't plant expectations of life altering viewing here, as I'm just going to have to ignore that, as I can tell dead on that this isn't what its about, this is about a girl wanting to make an impression in the world of art and the bizzareness and friendships with the other classmates that seem to follow, simply slice of life with a side dish of light comedy and enough character to keep it going along. Unreasonable expectations are so not cool. Though if a slice of life comedy can leave you feeling better about life after a viewing you are the single happiest and satisfied person on the place of the earth and I envy that.
On another topic to everybody, if Yuko Goto is the pink haired girl, she is very tolerable in that role. I still think she'll never make big waves, but at least I don't have to hit the mute button here.
After seeing episode 1, I have to say that my current favourite is the whimiscal and clueless Miyako with a follow-up by the tough but sweet cosplaying art teacher who makes squeaking noises whenever she walks. The other characters are strange and interesting as well with the diet happy Hiro and the insecure Sae. Yuno also has much to learn it would seem and thus the most room to grow throughout her time at the art school. This is a good, nice, and subtle way to introduce the cast without overstepping or forcing anything to early on. Sometimes I wish real life could be like this, but thats just never going to happen as I said earlier, its just a show and nothing it can do can have any impact on the real world or the people in it for better or worse. Here's to them keeping everything subtle and restrained as we see Yuno's year at the academy. This is such a humble series that its impossible to hate it like I do the self-indulging, overly ambitious and ultimately pointless Manabi Straight, which started of humble, but quickly devolved into a vehicle for the voice actors and animators to work their craft at the expense of plot and character. I also think I crossed the two shows together and it was really Hidamari Sketch I wanted to watch in the first place and I attributed aspects of Hidamari to Manabi Straight. Oh well, too late now as I've made the final decision that Hidamari will be my all girl slice of life story for 2007.
Kilgamayan
2007-02-09, 19:15
Good news! We decided today that we're sufficiently far behind the actual TV airings that we're just going to use widescreen raws from here on out (here being Episode 2). I don't know when we'll get to re-timing Episode 1 for the widescreen version but it'll happen eventually.
On another topic to everybody, if Yuko Goto is the pink haired girl, she is very tolerable in that role. I still think she'll never make big waves, but at least I don't have to hit the mute button here.
Yep, that is indeed her. I rather like her in that role, it's definitely a change of pace from the previous roles she's done.
A bucket of Pangya cookies for the team ..... I think ya'll will be much happier with the results much less the murky crowd of leeches who worship you :)
Deathkillz
2007-02-10, 05:38
yes the subs are nice :) looking at all the things ive missed means that i still have a long long way to go ~
and seeing the cosplay goddess is just heart warming :) (question...why are they wearing slippers? :heh:)
Pellissier
2007-02-10, 06:41
Ah, what to say.. after so much time, finally able to enjoy Hidamari Sketch subbed. Endless thanks to Shintani. :)
It's also nice to hear from episode 2 we'll have ws, in episode 1 sometimes I had the impression that the huge face of Miyako would eventually came out of the screen and eat me ^^;;
Now, as for the show, it is nothing less than I expected (I had already seen the raw for episode 1, but even if I understood something, with the sub it's all another matter), humor, soft feeling of friendship between 4 girls. I love situations where friendship is depicted, and where persons are shown close and caring between each other. Hidamari Sketch makes no exception. The Hidamari apartments, whereas each door has a different color, are wonderful for the sight. They really gives the idea of art, and it's an excellent touch for one, like me, who loves either the art either the concept of different colors.
I like the main character Yuno and her seiyuu (Kana Asumi) a lot, she's a bit awkward but in the good sense, she's the shy type, but never holding back when it comes to put effort into things. My favourite character though, is Miyako , that girl makes me laugh so much. She's the bold type, a bit greedy ("why do I have do buy a cellphone when outside there might be someone buying it for me? I mean, the world is so big, there must be someone willing to buy a cellphone to me!" Her logic is flawless :heh: ). Clumsy (Love and PIECE) but with a big heart as well. At the beginning, for her joking attitude, I could think of her as Miu in Ichigo Mashimaro, but Miu was a meanie .. Miya-chan seems to be a good girl and that's why I like her the most. Kudos to her voice (Mizuhashi Kaori), capable to catch the glimpses of her character.
As for the other two, we've seen less, Hiro has shown a generous side, and Yuko Gutou is doing well (far away from the high pitched performance as Asahina Mikuru in SHnY). The first time I watched the show, I knew one of the seiyuus was her, but I needed a bit to recognize her. Lastly, Sae (whom character design slightly resembles that of Ayuki in Kashimashi, and adult Nanaka is Nanaka 6/17), after 1 episode she' s the character we learnt of the least. From the first hints, the smart and wise type, always valid for suggestions. Her voice actress is Shintani Ryoko, Hinata from Amaenaideyo, and the two characters looks a bit alike (as for hair colours, for sure. But also as introverse personality).
Finally I'd like to spend two words about the Opening Theme, which is simply *spectacular*, both aestethically both musically. The song makes me want to dance, the lyrics are surprisingly brilliant (I love the color associations) and the visuals are priceless. Three higlights: 1) when Yuno picks one of the tempera after they scrolled in front of her. 2)Full screen Miyako laughing out loud 3)The girls running, and running, and running.. with the background moving, and moving, and moving.
All in all, one of the best Opening Themes I remember :)
So my final opinion can't be anything different than highly positive, I'm looking forward to next episodes. ^^
P.S. And it's also nice to finally have a signature up-to-date with fansubbed shows :p
Kilgamayan
2007-02-10, 14:31
I am somewhat surprised you picked Hinata Sugai as your Ryoko Shintani representative. >_>
Admittedly, Sae is not a character style common to Ryoko roles, but still, I would compare her more to Mai Otome's Aoi Senoh.
Pellissier
2007-02-10, 14:58
I am somewhat surprised you picked Hinata Sugai as your Ryoko Shintani representative. >_>
Admittedly, Sae is not a character style common to Ryoko roles, but still, I would compare her more to Mai Otome's Aoi Senoh.
Really, no harm meant. I have limited knowledge of the seiyuus of this show (except Yuko Gotou) since checking them all I was seeing were secondary parts (concerning shows I've seen).
Scrolling Ryoko's list though, (I haven't watched Mai Otome), I've noticed she dubbed Hinata. Amaenaideyo is one of the most recent shows I've seen, and if there's a really good thing in it, especially on second season, it's Hinata and her voice acting. So, I was totally complimenting her.
I noticed that Shintani, other than her last name, is also the fansub group name. I was wondering if it there was a correlation, or if it was a coincidence. Your "defence" of the seiyuu now makes me actually think of the first option :)
Pantsgoblin
2007-02-10, 17:17
I noticed that Shintani, other than her last name, is also the fansub group name. I was wondering if it there was a correlation, or if it was a coincidence. Your "defence" of the seiyuu now makes me actually think of the first option :)
Yes, we named the fansub group after Ryoko Shintani.
Kaoru Chujo
2007-02-10, 18:04
Yes, I'm also impressed with Shintani Ryouko's character, Saya. She and Gotou Yuuko are both playing their "onee-san" characters in interesting ways.
I was looking at my characters and seiyuus page for this show (http://hashihime.atspace.com/etc/hidamari/hidamari_charseiyuus.htm) (which has pics of the seiyuus and links to more info about them) and can't help posting the link again, for people who have just come to this show since the fansub came out.
Kilgamayan
2007-02-11, 00:20
Really, no harm meant. I have limited knowledge of the seiyuus of this show (except Yuko Gotou) since checking them all I was seeing were secondary parts (concerning shows I've seen).
Scrolling Ryoko's list though, (I haven't watched Mai Otome), I've noticed she dubbed Hinata. Amaenaideyo is one of the most recent shows I've seen, and if there's a really good thing in it, especially on second season, it's Hinata and her voice acting. So, I was totally complimenting her.
I noticed that Shintani, other than her last name, is also the fansub group name. I was wondering if it there was a correlation, or if it was a coincidence. Your "defence" of the seiyuu now makes me actually think of the first option :)
I'm not offended or anything, I was just surprised that Hinata would be the first character that came to someone's mind when they heard Ryoko's name. My first and foremost will always be Milfeulle Sakuraba, but even after that Hinata is fairly far down the list.
I suppose that if Hinata was the only role of hers you'd heard recently, then it would be first you'd think of when you heard her again.
hahaha, i am keeping up slowly with the episode summaries.
For now, episode 5 summary + thoughts (http://that.animeblogger.net/2007/02/11/hidamari-sketch-ep-5-malfunctioning-yuno-time/) is up.
Cheers!
An episode without more of Miyu-sensei just does not spark too much...Still good though.
ep5
was quite impressed with the glowing Yuno at the start but quickly lost interest in the rest of episode, I ended up "watching" the rest while surfing the web. Though I liked the way they showed a real apple, that was a nicely crafted rabbit :p
I think we need more scenes with Miyu-sensei and Hiro's obsession with diet :heh:
Switched Chinese fansubs and promptly fell in love with this series, finally forgiving the 4:3 ratio. It really has the sweet little things about falling sick down; friends visiting, being taken care of, receiving food. The peaceful little moment when they were all sitting down at Yuno's table after a long feverish day was so nice. I much preferred an episode about one event rather than the usual 10-minute segments. Sweet how she thought of her mother. I haven't experienced dorm life as isolated as theirs seems, but the setup is very reasonable. The students really have to look out for each other; I don't know what they'd do otherwise. Good depiction of fever dreams too.
Maybe this episode is best watched when the viewer is feeling a bit sick, as I am now. Or maybe it influenced me, urk.
Surprised to hear that some of you don't like Gotou Yuuko's Hiro voice. :)
And kudos to Shintani-Subs, for your cool name. :p Oh, and the fansub release, too.
I think the voices fit the characters pretty well (including Gotou). It is nice when she reaches for voices she doesn't usually do but then the industry tends to typecast VAs rather than want them to be versatile.
Sorrow-K
2007-02-12, 05:12
Ep 1.
This is a very cute show. It feels like Shinbo has sort of restrained himself in a sense for this show, since his signature (in the anime I have seen) are generally flashy scene transitions and lots of weird camera angles that he seems to have an incredible knack for controlling perfectly. Not present here, and that makes sense given the mood of the show. There really isn't that much to comment on. The comedy is cute and simple without being fall-over-laughing funny. It doesn't look to be terribly ambitious in any sort of way (except the way it used superdeformity, which so far it's handling incredibly well), but it knows what it's doing as far as slice-of-life comedy is concerned. Very solid first ep for its genre, and rather enjoyable.
Deathkillz
2007-02-12, 07:48
Ep 1.
This is a very cute show. It feels like Shinbo has sort of restrained himself in a sense for this show,
which is a good thing sometimes ~ take a look at negima!? and its been totally screwed over so putting time and effort into this is a good sign ~ im hopeful :3
Ep 1.
This is a very cute show. It feels like Shinbo has sort of restrained himself in a sense for this show, since his signature (in the anime I have seen) are generally flashy scene transitions and lots of weird camera angles that he seems to have an incredible knack for controlling perfectly. Not present here, and that makes sense given the mood of the show. There really isn't that much to comment on. The comedy is cute and simple without being fall-over-laughing funny. It doesn't look to be terribly ambitious in any sort of way (except the way it used superdeformity, which so far it's handling incredibly well), but it knows what it's doing as far as slice-of-life comedy is concerned. Very solid first ep for its genre, and rather enjoyable.
If you think episode 1 is good, you will be happy when you move on forward. :)
I am not going to say anymore :P
Deathkillz
2007-02-15, 15:49
hahaha, i am keeping up slowly with the episode summaries.
For now, episode 5 summary + thoughts (http://that.animeblogger.net/2007/02/11/hidamari-sketch-ep-5-malfunctioning-yuno-time/) is up.
Cheers!
An episode without more of Miyu-sensei just does not spark too much...Still good though.
this summary helped a lot when watching ep 5 :)
ahh well even though our favourite sensei didnt turn up as much she did manage to provide the best scene of this ep :D im beginning to doubt that she is a sensei even :heh:
taking the piss out of the principal ~ now that is funny XD
and i just love the way how the others took care of yuno :) its quite heart warming ^__^
Kilgamayan
2007-02-17, 00:38
Just finished Typesetting. Episode 2 is in encoding.
eggplant
2007-02-17, 09:26
I went to the Hidamari Sketch "Hidamatsuri" event today and had a fun time.
The event took place at Sony Music's event hall, where approximately 400 selected fans attended the standing only talk show and live performance festival. Shaft provided event proprietary anime frames, including the title background.
The show started off with the singing of the opening theme, Sketch Switch by the four protagonists, Asumi Kana (Yuno), Mizuhashi Kaori (Miyako), Gotou Yuuko (Hiro), and Shintani Ryouko (Sae). It was obvious the fans practiced the clapping sequence for the song, quite befitting of a live event.
Being a standing only event, I couldn't make out much of the seiyuu's attire, but they mentioned that they based their hairstyle and clothing on the characters they played (Mizuhashi Kaori's Hiro-like hair was hilarious). Shintani Ryouko was wearing glasses as per the bespectacled character of Sae.
Prior to the talk show part, today's special guest was introduced, none other than Aoki Ume-sensei, the mangaka of Hidamari Sketch, who also appears as herself in the anime. From the moment Ume-sensei appeared on stage, it was obvious her stature (or lack of it) was going to be the first topic. Standing at 144cm, Ume-sensei was adorable, not taking a back seat to the four photogenic seiyuus.
The talk show was a Q&A session, where it was revealed that the characters of Hidamari Sketch are all part of Ume-sensei's personality, where Yoshinoya-sensei is portrayed as the character Ume-sensei wants to be. Apparently, Ume-sensei wasn's supposed to be casted for the anime, but upon the recording of episode one, the script had her name on the list, and the rest was history.
There was the interesting story of Ume-sensei being a fan of Gotou Yuuko's illustrations on her website and vice versa. Incidentally, Yuuko's manga was based on her role in the OVA Mizuiro, created by the now defunct Neko Neko Soft, for which Ume-sensei wrote four panel manga on their website.
As Hidamari Sketch is based on an art school, the second part of the talk show showcased their artistic skills. The four seiyuus and Ume-sensei were given a sketchbook where they were instructed to draw illustrations of topics consisting of Ume-sensei (as depicted in the anime), Brutus, and Gundam (for one reason or another). Two things were evident from this exercise: Asumi Kana has no talent in art, and Mizuhashi Kaori is a Gundam otaku.
Following the talk session was the live performance by Marble, who performed a live acoustic version of the ending theme, Mebae Drive using a glockenspiel and acoustic guitar.
Last but not least, the four protagonists came back on stage for an encore performance of Sketch Switch. They requested Ume-sensei to sing and dance along, and although she declined, she also said that if the DVDs sell well, she'll consider it.
Despite being a free event, today's show was more than one could ask for. The four seiyuus were hilarious, especially Asumi Kana, who's a natural (airhead?). However, Aoki Ume-sensei stole the show with her cuteness. I definitely would like to see another Hidamari event like this, even if they charge a fee.
I am scheduled to attend next Sunday's Chihara Minori Suzumiya Haruhi event (as well as the live event on March 18th), so I'll try to report that as well.
relentlessflame
2007-02-17, 11:48
I went to the Hidamari Sketch "Hidamatsuri" event today and had a fun time. [...]Thanks for the report! I hope they include clips of the event on one of the DVDs, as it sounds like it was indeed a lot of fun.
Just finished Typesetting. Episode 2 is in encoding.
Yay! Gambatte, Angel-tai. Did I read somewhere that you guys are going to use the BS-i widescreens for your releases now? And are you going to re-release ep 1 in ws? Just wondering... :)
I went to the Hidamari Sketch "Hidamatsuri" event today and had a fun time.
Wow, that sounded like a great time. I can't get over Ume-sensei. Now I have to go track down pix of this tiny mangaka. I don't suppose you took any pix of the event, eggplant? ^_^
Trivia for episode 3:
http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/4852/lovelychocolatmz9.th.jpg (http://img233.imageshack.us/my.php?image=lovelychocolatmz9.jpg)
"Oshare Tantei Lovely Chocolate"
The heroine of this fictitious series has a strike resemblance to Behoimi (magical-girl form) from Pani Poni Dash.
and a minor one for episode 4:
http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/7215/karaokekiraragg0.th.jpg (http://img441.imageshack.us/my.php?image=karaokekiraragg0.jpg)
Sign on the wall: "Karaoke Kirara". The Hidamari manga serialised in the Manga Time Kirara Carat magazine.
Kaoru Chujo
2007-02-17, 17:59
Eggplant, thank you so much for the report from what sounds like a great event. 2channel is full of praise for it, too.
A couple of links from there: one to a video of Aoki Ume sensei (http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/utkPiZ06qulOs) at a signing event for the launch of the first volume of the manga. You can hear her pleasantly unusual voice at one point, too. She certainly does look short. One of the 2channel posters said she seemed to come only up to Asumi Kana's shoulder. Other posters said how cute she was. The video is careful not to show much of her face. Do mangaka make a point of keeping their faces out of the limelight?
Here's a really useful page (http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/8603/up174256ro5.jpg) with photos and names of many currently popular female (and a few male) seiyuus, around 72 pictures in all, with names in kanji and kana and birthdates. The more experienced stars of this show are highlighted in red. Asumin (nickname for Asumi Kana) isn't highlighted, but she's B1.
And a link to an image of a color page of the manga (http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/1852/11667338700083nh2.jpg), for people who haven't seen what it looks like. Scenes from episode 5.
Kilgamayan
2007-02-18, 02:41
Did I read somewhere that you guys are going to use the BS-i widescreens for your releases now? And are you going to re-release ep 1 in ws? Just wondering... :)
Yes to both, although I have no idea when we'll get around to retiming Episode 1. We're moving pretty slowly as is. >_>
Maids! Maids! Maids!
2007-02-18, 04:11
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Wahahah, I am stealing all the images! Considering that it comes from a tsuruya cultist, it is not surprising since Tsuruya is the goddess <3
That said, I finished the entry on Episode 6 summary + thoughts (http://that.animeblogger.net/2007/02/18/hidamari-sketch-ep-6-its-dark-skin-summer-time-once-again/).
Just me, but is Miyako a mix of Miu + Osaka? She totally rocks my socks off!
To deathkillz, I am glad that it helped (episode 5 summary, that is)
Kilgamayan
2007-02-24, 00:23
http://forums.animesuki.com/showthread.php?t=43432
mweeheehee
yay... ep 2 ... every time one is released it frees up around 100MB on my anime drive (those raws I found were freaking huge).
More sensei goodness ahead :)
Hmm...why people are comparing this show to PPD & Azumanga is beyond me. I look and see basically a powered up carbon copy of Sensei no Ojikan. Down to the polka dotted backgrounds.
So like... after hearing so much buzz about it in the blog-community, I decided to give this series a whirl. I am... kinda underwhelmed?
Random Thoughts on Ep01
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Other than the title and that it is adapted from 4Komas, I knew nothing about the show; so I more or less entered blindly into the territory. My initial impression was... a calmer version of "Pani Poni Dash!"?
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One of the problems I have with the first episode is that it is incredibly vague. It took me some time before I finally concluded from the OP and dialogue that Yuno was being schooled in a specialised art-school.
Sae's reaction to the text message was also kinda out there, and there better be a good reason for the way she reacted to it, or it is just going to be too random.
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I enjoyed Azumanga Daioh, and I enjoy a lot of slice-of-life shows such as ARIA and Bartender, so the problem I am having is not the genre. There is just... something lacking in it that is causing me to be not hooked by it.
At times, the pacing felt dull and my interest began to wander. This is generally not a good sign of things to come when it comes to me enjoying a series.
Hopefully, things will pick up from the 2nd episode onwards. I generally give a 4-episode grace to unknown series.
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One of the saving grace of the first episode was Yoshinoya-sensei. She was adorably quirky, and I am quite a sucker for squeaky-footwear( slippers in her case). When she was onscreen, my attention was focused.
Cheers.
Hmm...why people are comparing this show to PPD & Azumanga is beyond me. I look and see basically a powered up carbon copy of Sensei no Ojikan. Down to the polka dotted backgrounds.
Well...... it falls into the description: "cute girls doing funny quirky things"
Not everyone has seen Sensei no Ojikan?
As Skane remarks, it is much calmer than PPD (and less absurd) - the comparison is weak. It comes closer to Azumanga but not as zany. It may fit even closer to Ichigo Masimaru during the more "gentle" parts.
But... I guess now I'll have to seek out Sensei no Ojikan and see what it is about :)
Kaoru Chujo
2007-02-24, 15:12
I couldn't disagree with Skane more, on this one. I found ARIA boring, and I find this show heartwarming to the point of being almost a religious experience. Clearly, different people see things in different ways -- and that's a good thing.
I see what is great about this show as having to do with subtle modalities of characters and relationships and humor, and with the great beauty of the visual art -- and of the voice-acting, to be honest. I think it's a matter of which particular subtleties happen to strike one's particular chords, since ARIA is clearly a subtle show, too, and it didn't strike a chord with me. As usual, one has to struggle to avoid elevating personal preference to the level of absolute truth, lol.
The comparisons to PPD and Azumanga are reasonable, but they are very partial. PPD is by some of the same staff, so has definite similarities, but is quite different in spirit. Azumanga, despite surface similarities, feels very different to me, too. The comparison to Ichigo Mashimaro is valid, as well, but that show is much funnier, for me, and even deeper, in some similar ways -- especially in its joyous acceptance of our human weaknesses. This show is more ethereal, and that one more down-to-earth in spirit, it seems to me. I haven't seen more than half an episode of Sensei no Ojikan, so I can't comment about that comparison, except to say that this show grabbed me from the start, and I didn't even finish one episode of that one.
All four of the shows I've seen are too strong to be reduced to their similarities with any other show. But anime creators borrow shamelessly from each other, and each season adds new memes to the treasury of anime memetic code from which new shows are born.
One of the saving grace of the first episode was Yoshinoya-sensei.
My main reason for watching this show is for her alone. Other then that, its my Shinbo fetish that carries me on through the episodes - its a relaxing watch, i just think this time Shinbo might have gone a lil' to far with that feature. I'll carry on watching, but at this point - i'd rather watch Negima?! for some Shinbo love.
And people who don't like Aria = fail at life.
Kaoru Chujo
2007-02-24, 16:47
...And people who don't like Aria = fail at life. That sort of statement appears to be exactly what I mean about elevating your own preferences to the level of absolute truth. Not correct.
I certainly plan to watch some ARIA again, to try and see what others do. I did that before and found myself able to enjoy it a bit. It still didn't seem that deep to me, either in thought or feeling. It's legitimate for different people to like different things. I didn't say it was a bad show, just that it didn't move me. I sometimes find later that people have decent reasons for what they say, whether they feel the same as I do or not.
That sort of statement appears to be exactly what I mean about elevating your own preferences to the level of absolute truth. Not correct.
So now i can't play around with my own opinion? Wow - what a harsh world we live in.
WanderingKnight
2007-02-24, 17:23
Going a bit OT:
It still didn't seem that deep to me, either in thought or feeling.
That's the problem, I guess. Trying to find some sort of deep message or thought in ARIA, or something like that, will make your experience with it suffer. ARIA, as I see it, is just to enjoy a quiet moment where nothing, nothing at all happens. It's something different from any other slice of life show I've ever seen, because its focus is not comedy (like many slice of life shows) nor character development (like many slice of life shows). Seeing it in this light, it might just be the only show I've seen that truly shows a slice of everyday life, with all sorts of moments, even those which might look monotonous.
Back on topic:
The main reason that makes me link Hidamari Sketch with PPD is its unique directing style. It's almost a masterpiece in that department. Of course, many people might find that directing style very annoying, but I find it one of the most original I've ever seen.
And, to digress with what some people have said, I've found Hidamari Sketch, viewed in terms of direction, much less calmer than PPD. Strange angles and camera cuts fly abound a lot more in the former than in the latter. Episode 2 is a clear show of that.
I can say that i enjoyed the second episode more then the first, maybe for its 100% Shinbo style of love. Yoshinoya is far to amazing and hot, i'll have to rewatch this episode sometime tomorrow, just for her.
& i love how much the musical score reminds me of Animal Crossing. Though i've been ending up listening to Mahoraba's right after a episode. :3
relentlessflame
2007-02-24, 18:14
That's the problem, I guess. Trying to find some sort of deep message or thought in ARIA, or something like that, will make your experience with it suffer. ARIA, as I see it, is just to enjoy a quiet moment where nothing, nothing at all happens. It's something different from any other slice of life show I've ever seen, because its focus is not comedy (like many slice of life shows) nor character development (like many slice of life shows). Seeing it in this light, it might just be the only show I've seen that truly shows a slice of everyday life, with all sorts of moments, even those which might look monotonous.Heh - goes to show you indeed how differently everyone sees shows. I find Aria to be quite thought-provoking and profound. The illusion that "nothing happens" couches the life lesson that sums up each story, and it forces you to re-evaluate everything in the episode on a symbolic/metaphorical level. Sometimes the message is simple, but some of the concepts are so profound that I find myself thinking about them for days to come. It's really poetic. But, as I said, the fact that we all see things differently is what makes life interesting.
As for this show, though, it has some poetic elements, but is also just fun to watch all around. The characters are cute, the pacing is entertaining, and it has Shaft's trademark style (with elements similar to Shinbo's work, but a different flavour that can probably be credited to the actual director Ryouki Kamitsubo). So, I just like it. It's a good show.
Sorrow-K
2007-02-24, 18:43
I wouldn't call ARIA thought-provoking, but there's no question that it can be quite meaningful when it wants to. It takes the same sort of attitude towards life as H&C, ie that it's full of lessons and even though the lessons learnt in ARIA are a little more obvious than the ones in H&C, they're the type that are easy enough for anyone to forget, which makes the show really refreshing viewing at times.
Back on topic. Ep 2.
Shinbo marks the difference between this and most other slice-of-life comedies. The presentation of this will most likely be the thing that will be remembered longest of this. Other than that, cute ep. This is nothing meaningful or hilariously funny, but it is very enjoyable to watch, which is what will inevitably save it in the end.
Kaoru Chujo
2007-02-24, 23:36
Off-topic: Thanks for the posts about ARIA. I'll definitely try some more.
Kilgamayan
2007-02-25, 01:31
Sae's reaction to the text message was also kinda out there, and there better be a good reason for the way she reacted to it, or it is just going to be too random.
From the little I've seen (both in-show and of official art), Sae seems generally disgusted with any and all sexually suggestive Yoshinoya displays. I'm guessing that was what was on the cell phone, given Yuno was confused, Hiro was shocked and Miyako was excited, which all also appear to be the standard reactions from those people (something that apparently does not make for good conversation (http://angel-tai.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=2977&highlight=#2977)). Perhaps Sae was visibly shaken because Yoshinoya was not actually there to shout at, thereby stifling her normal outlet for disgust.
When she was onscreen, my attention was focused.
Same here, and it isn't the only thing of mine that gets focused.
Deathkillz
2007-02-25, 03:28
^ ha! what are you trying to imply :eyebrow: :p
well Yoshinoya sensei is definatly my favorite character so far...cosplay goddess :eyespin:
towards work she is rather slow but give her a position to pose for the art club...she can do it all day :D
^ ha! what are you trying to imply :eyebrow: :p
well Yoshinoya sensei is definatly my favorite character so far...cosplay goddess :eyespin:
towards work she is rather slow but give her a position to pose for the art club...she can do it all day :D
Who cares whether she works slow or not. If you have a teacher who enjoys cosplay so much and has quirky behavior that is fricking hilarious, it's instant win. Add to the fact that she's green haired just adds to the charm.
Episode 7 by the way
Is just as good as anything. It's not very lol style of hilarity but nevertheless, the standard of this series just gives you a slight fuzzy feeling. It's a really good small piece of work. I will write the entry out for others very soon if they are keen on it :)
Not that i will not blog if no one is keen, since Hidamari Sketch is <3
mako1138
2007-02-25, 07:42
Just watched ep 1. I'm totally sold on this. The pacing, the mood, the aesthetics, the moe ... yeah.
Off topic: the circle things in the ED are awfully reminiscent of Oskar Fischinger's short abstract film "Kreise", from way back in 1933.
Did a little bit of mediating before embarking on the second episode of Ep02. There are still some misses, but the hits are starting to appear.
Random Thoughts on Ep02
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Yoshinoyo-sensei is win. I just about cracked when she flashed Hiro. The accompanying recounting by Hiro was also amusing.
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Yoshinoyo doesn't really have a lot of screentime in this series thus far, so I can't really pin her as my favourite yet. For that position, it would have to be Miya. Her banter with Hiro in particular, is pretty wicked.
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Hiro is cute, in an insecure sort of way.
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Yuno is also cute, in that... dazed sort of way. For a main protagonist though... she doesn't really register on my radar. I have to remind myself sometimes that we are seeing things from her perspective.
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Sae is... I don't really like Sae as a character that much.
In short, the series is starting to pick up for me.
Cheers.
Tatiana Razajev
2007-02-25, 09:14
All right now that I've seen five episodes raw and two subbed, I'm going to say this much. So far I'd rather like this series. I'm not exactly sure why, but I do. I guess it's partially the feel of the series. Plus Miyako is awesome, she's my favorite of the girls so far. Some of the expressions on her face alone are worth seeing. Although I do like the other girls. It's just that Miyako stands out the most for me.
for skane,
She will be a much more interesting character later on. I initally thought she's rather boring but the more I watched, it turns out that Sae is much more of a fun character compared to the boring one portrayed in the first two episodes. Blogging about her puts a smile on my face really :P
So ya. :) Miyako is my favorite up to episode 7 though.
Deathkillz
2007-02-25, 14:01
^ impz where is your summary for ep 7? >.< :heh:
seriously this series is tough to understand for a non japanese speaker ~ id say i understood about 10-20% on what was going on in ep 7 >.< buuu i fails...
I watched the first 4 raws and stopped as soon as the subs started, both because of the 300MB raw file size but also because I could tell I was missing a lot of linguistic humor that would require almost sentence by sentence relistening.... (cheers the subs on...)
About episode 2:
The episode left this ambiguous enough but, I think the reason why the "cursed yukata" did not affected Miyako (and even helped her) is because the Kitsune found an akin soul in Miyako.
But then again, I should not underestimate Miyako's stomach :heh: .
And, to digress with what some people have said, I've found Hidamari Sketch, viewed in terms of direction, much less calmer than PPD. Strange angles and camera cuts fly abound a lot more in the former than in the latter. Episode 2 is a clear show of that.
Having just watched episode 2 I agree...PPD had its share of sudden camera cuts, but episode 2 of Hidamari Sketch seemed to be going for some kind of record. I could do without quite as many cuts, and with more of the characters looking like their normal selves--it seems like they were SD for more of the episode than they looked normal, and this particular style of SD just looks weird more than cute to me.
In spite of what I just said, I do like this so far though--it's just a fun slice of life type series and the cast, like PPD's, will probably get even better as they grow on me and we see more of their quirks. I know it's not fair to judge after just two episodes, but right now in the school-slice-of-life category I'd rate Hidamari Sketch as not quite as good as Azumanga, but better than Sensei no Ojikan. Definitely looking forward to more and glad the subs are coming out, since I'd never get more than 5% of this raw :D
mood and atmosphere almost as much as any particular joke.... the humor is in the characterizations themselves...
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Yuno and Brutus and Negima!? OP
Furudanuki
2007-02-26, 20:28
Did a little bit of mediating before embarking on the second episode of Ep02. There are still some misses, but the hits are starting to appear.
Random Thoughts on Ep02
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Yoshinoyo-sensei is win. I just about cracked when she flashed Hiro. The accompanying recounting by Hiro was also amusing.
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Yoshinoyo doesn't really have a lot of screentime in this series thus far, so I can't really pin her as my favourite yet. For that position, it would have to be Miya. Her banter with Hiro in particular, is pretty wicked.
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Yep, gotta love Yoshinoyo-sensei! I can't help but think that she and Shirogane Miyabi (the art instructor in Mahoraba ~Heartful days~) might have been roommates back when they were art students themselves. :D
@Kaio: that trend has been noticed (repeatedly by my wife) ... that the material in a lot of anime seems to be exceedingly focused on "girl groups". In AzuDa, they covered by having guys in the class occasionally be involved such that you could see that guys *were* in the world though none of the girls had a boyfriend (which they would lament occasionally). Here, although there are male shapes in the class --- its like they don't exist for the girls. The manga material and the anime are tending to over-cater to an audience which appears to want a "girl only" story.... which tends to further diverge expectations from reality.
I don't particularly want to see "all male" shows -- but it really isn't that hard to create a few male characters to add to the mix and show that male-female *friendships* can exist. I could go on a soapbox about the expectations crisis between males and females in Japan but thats a derail.
All that said, Hidamari Sketch is still gold and I'm anxious to see how the subtitles match up to my 'raw guesses' at dialog.
It's mainly the fact that it's hard to have male characters that can fit in with a show that's trying to have a cute theme.
Well... for comedy involving a relatively equal distribution of male and female classmates, there is always "Today in Class 5-2c". :D 3 males and 5 females in the cast. Too bad it is only a 5-episode OVA.
Cheers.
Pellissier
2007-02-27, 04:12
Yoshinoyo doesn't really have a lot of screentime in this series thus far, so I can't really pin her as my favourite yet. For that position, it would have to be Miya
Plus Miyako is awesome, she's my favorite of the girls so far. Some of the expressions on her face alone are worth seeing. Although I do like the other girls. It's just that Miyako stands out the most for me.
Miyako is my favorite up to episode 7 though.
Proudly points at Miyako signature which I made straight after episode 1 raw. As I saw her I understood she was a total winner. :D
Seriously though, I've watched just the first 2 episodes, the girls are all good on different views, but Miya-chan really seems to shine on her own. I crack up just by seeing her sd face, or at any nonsense (which is 97% of her speechs) she says. ^^ Great kudos to Mizuhashi Kaori for rendering her just flawlessly.
Episode 2 was good and peculiar, as I can easily assume the whole series will be. Obviously the best moments, as already mentioned were the bold sensei ^^ , Miyako-Hiro's "it's a matter of weight" and also the yukata Miyako wears later (really, just she could have worn that).
These aside, a peaceful feeling remains. The bg musics are low and very subtle, they pair well with the events without outweighing them. Also there's a great use of nature's sounds, or also of the plain silence.
On this last matter, and since there was a talking of comparisons, I think that the show to some extents is more similar to Ichigo Mashimaro than to any other.
I really don't see a direct link with PPD since the pace of that is insanely fast, if compared to HS. HS is slower and takes its times. Also the jokes seem to be lighter here, and sometimes (not really often, but still..) with even a meaning behind.
Anyway, I realize this is not everyone's cup of tea. The strong point of this anime, which in two words I'd resume as "ironical delicacy" may as well be its weakness. It has just to be taken for what it is :)
Miya-chan hit my wai-meter when she was challenged on her "love & piece" snow art and we were treated to an oscilloscope view of her mind as she churned out a "likely answer or two".
To an extent she is the Miu of the show (lots of head bonking) and we've even heard the street vendor moment of silence (sweet potatoes or laundry poles? :) )... but yes, the whole show has a "cherry blossom descent" gentle feel to it and often you can't point to "a gag" more than just smiling through much of it. I guess it may be a 'special tastes' show :)
^ impz where is your summary for ep 7? >.< :heh:
seriously this series is tough to understand for a non japanese speaker ~ id say i understood about 10-20% on what was going on in ep 7 >.< buuu i fails...
it's coming out soon actually. I am writing it while commenting in animesuki, rofl!
WanderingKnight
2007-02-27, 06:39
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@Kaio: that trend has been noticed (repeatedly by my wife) ... that the material in a lot of anime seems to be exceedingly focused on "girl groups". In AzuDa, they covered by having guys in the class occasionally be involved such that you could see that guys *were* in the world though none of the girls had a boyfriend (which they would lament occasionally). Here, although there are male shapes in the class --- its like they don't exist for the girls. The manga material and the anime are tending to over-cater to an audience which appears to want a "girl only" story.... which tends to further diverge expectations from reality.
I don't particularly want to see "all male" shows -- but it really isn't that hard to create a few male characters to add to the mix and show that male-female *friendships* can exist. I could go on a soapbox about the expectations crisis between males and females in Japan but thats a derail.
All that said, Hidamari Sketch is still gold and I'm anxious to see how the subtitles match up to my 'raw guesses' at dialog.
More than 70% of the characters in anime are females. They're cuter after all.
Hidamari Sketch Ep 7 Summary + thoughts (http://that.animeblogger.net/2007/02/27/hidamari-sketch-ep-7-sports-festival-time/) is up.
Cheers!
I didn't feel that this episode is excellent as it lacks the funny bones. Still it isn't too painfully bad too. It's all good.
Maids! Maids! Maids!
2007-02-28, 02:02
I continue to look for a bigger scan, but I think this is nice for the time being.
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Maids! Maids! Maids!
2007-02-28, 02:42
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I have a new favourite character. : o
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hey guys thank you for your support, I appreciate it, as does kilgamayan, I am sure.
so, shintani now has a website to go along with its forums, please visit it, yeah? www.shintani-subs.com is the place where its located.
expect episode 3 to be released soon (as in today!)
Deathkillz
2007-03-01, 13:19
^ thats good news :)
Hidamari Sketch Ep 7 Summary + thoughts (http://that.animeblogger.net/2007/02/27/hidamari-sketch-ep-7-sports-festival-time/) is up.
Cheers!
I didn't feel that this episode is excellent as it lacks the funny bones. Still it isn't too painfully bad too. It's all good.
thx for the summary :) ~ yea Sae is turning out to be quite colourful in terms of character development ~ aww what the heck i love all the girls! ^__^
Furudanuki
2007-03-03, 01:31
I'm loving Hidamari Sketch so far, and this series might just be the most target-rich environment for gifs since Azumanga Daioh. :) I'm going to post several avatars (mostly from episode #3) that I made for practice. Nothing fancy, but if anyone would like to use one of them (except for the one with the dropping washtub - I'm keeping that one for myself. ;)) you are welcome to do so.
http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/798/washtub2ek8.gif (http://imageshack.us)
Everything from here down is free for the taking. Just let folks know if you want one so there aren't any conflicts.
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http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/8572/breadyg4.gif (http://imageshack.us) Can I use this one? I was going to make one of the same scene, but yours is so good I want to steal it instead. :D
EDIT: I noticed .009 nanoseconds after hitting send that you said we could use them. :)
I want to make an animated GIF that shows the pan dropping in Moon Phase, Pani Poni Dash, Negima!?, and Hidamari. I should get out the DVDs, that would be hilarious. :)
These avvies just magnify how many sublime moments exist in this show (from the glomps to sensei-dancing). They're all da phunny.
Sorrow-K
2007-03-03, 02:48
Ep 3.
Man, I almost died of laughter when I saw Yoshinoya-sensei in that HIMM maid outfit.
I think this show captures Azumanga's style of comedy better than any other slice-of-life comedy before it. Though, I wouldn't quite say this is as anywhere near as funny as AzuDa, but a comedy of AzuDa's calibre only comes along very, very rarely. But, it's Shinbo that makes this series what it is. We need to find a way to bottle his directing skills so we can give it to all directors in anime...
Tatiana Razajev
2007-03-03, 04:33
Okay I just got through watching episode 06 and for me Sae has gained some bonus points. Which will be explained in the spoilers and such. Which I copied and pasted from another forum I visit. Yes it's my own post.
All right I just got through watching episode 06. Now seeing the girls in swimsuits was nice in of itself. I also kind of like how despite her tan, Miyako had a paw pint on her stomach. It was kind of cute. However what really stood out for me was Sae in the episode. I found it rather cute how she was talking into the fan. I'll admit it's something I've done myself several times. Hence probably part of the reason I like seeing it so much. Thus Sae wins some bonus points just for doing that. That's right I'm wowed by a girl talking into a fan
I have a new favourite character. : o
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Why are all great characters of green haired origins always on the sidelines. First, it's tsuruya. Then, it's Miyu-sensei....Sigh, the anime world is unfair to green haired anime gals. I depend a referendum!
*totally nonsensical rant*
Well, on a more useful part, Episode 8 summary + thoughts (http://that.animeblogger.net/2007/03/03/hidamari-sketch-ep-8-sae-is-in-hiding-uncontactable-and-unapproachable/) is up... :)
Also...
http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/3707/hsshot4nd6.gif
I am stealing this, thank you very much ^+^
relentlessflame
2007-03-03, 11:53
But, it's Shinbo that makes this series what it is. We need to find a way to bottle his directing skills so we can give it to all directors in anime...Seems to me that's exactly what they're doing by having him be the supervising director and the actual director be someone else. Kind of like mentoring. Everyone thinks of this as a Shinbo show still (which is probably why they put his name on it, since the actual director's a new face in the role), but I'm looking forward to seeing what Ryouki Kamitsubo does completely on his own in the future, when people can't just surmise that anything good must be because of Shinbo's involvement.
Yuno's desk neighbour at 4:40, at 5:13, at 5:17 and at 5:37
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Well, on a more useful part, Episode 8 summary + thoughts (http://that.animeblogger.net/2007/03/03/hidamari-sketch-ep-8-sae-is-in-hiding-uncontactable-and-unapproachable/) is up... :) "Shinbou Supervised SHAFT Anime" Rule 3: There must be at least one scene that depicts the characters as video game sprites. :p
Kaioshin Sama
2007-03-03, 13:04
Damn Rooboy (Rorge), beat me to the toast one. I'll just stick with the stoned girl one.
Damn Rooboy (Rorge), beat me to the toast one. I'll just stick with the stoned girl one.LOL, if I make my one with the pan dropping from all the different series, I'll let you know so you can use this one. :)
The more I think about it, the more I like that idea - now all I need is the time to do it. Maybe later tonight.
Sigh...so I've been watching the raws and the Shintani subs, but after watching half of the sub of episode 3 (which I couldn't even bring myself to finish), I'm going to give up and stick to the raws.
I thought they did well enough on their subs and had enough respect for them after episode 2, but nothing kills watching an already funny show for me more than seeing the subber insert their own distracting editorializing all throughout the episode like graffiti as they did in episode 3. If you're going to MST3K a series, at least label it a parody sub or such. :twitch:
Overall I think this sort of thing is very disrespectful to the original work. :eyebrow:
but nothing kills watching an already funny show for me more than seeing the subber insert their own distracting editorializing all throughout the episode like graffiti as they did in episode 3.
This here shows how different people can be. I loved what they added - its a nice lil' twist to fansubbing which we don't see all the time. Easy, if you don't like it - don't watch it.
at least label it a parody sub or such
Why? They translate the whole episode perfectly.
Overall I think this sort of thing is very disrespectful to the original work.
Seeing as though these shows are not originally made to host fansubs, what you said is just stupid.
Sorrow-K
2007-03-04, 19:05
Sigh...so I've been watching the raws and the Shintani subs, but after watching half of the sub of episode 3 (which I couldn't even bring myself to finish), I'm going to give up and stick to the raws.
I thought they did well enough on their subs and had enough respect for them after episode 2, but nothing kills watching an already funny show for me more than seeing the subber insert their own distracting editorializing all throughout the episode like graffiti as they did in episode 3. If you're going to MST3K a series, at least label it a parody sub or such. :twitch:
Overall I think this sort of thing is very disrespectful to the original work. :eyebrow:I don't disagree with you, in that I'd rather the subs don't have them, but given that there's no alternative sub with this series and they're not excessive, I'd say they're tolerable. Other than that, Shintani's sub is fairly sound. And at least it's not as invasive and incredibly inappropriate as a certain subber's efforts with Utawarerumono were a few months ago.
Ok. so the "Oh god Yoshinoya is hot" bit was amusing the first time it appeared, but is subject to the law of diminishing returns so I kind of hope Shintani drop it as it would get a bit tedious if it appeared all the time Yoshinoya gets in a cool outfit.
The bits that came up explaining some of the references were perfectly OK, as while I have seen He Is My Master and thought Yoshinoya's maid costume looked familar, some of the other references had gone over my head.
And I thought the joke in the bit about not selling this fansub was amusing.
But then again, I'd rather watch the fansub with the odd little jokey reference in the fansub (as long as it's tasteful and appopriate) than not have fansubs at all.
I don't know about disrespectful ... but I do prefer fansubs that keep themselves a bit more transparent. As it is, as long as they don't WASTE my time with poor translations, I just view their work as a handy way to preview what I might like to buy so I waste less money on crud...
So far Shintani is keeping mostly in the background so I don't mind the occasional "MSTy" as long as they don't severely mistranslate or visually interfere with the presentation like good fansubbers try to avoid (thinks of PPD and the valiant attempts to avoid problems there).
Chip in another guy who prefers not to see such invasive self-inserted comments. It kinda ruins the mood and viewing immersion.
Cheers.
Of course i wasen't pointing at 'its a good thing', i just don't see the point in someone having ago like that when its not 100% effecting the enjoyment of the series/episode.
relentlessflame
2007-03-04, 20:52
Well, maybe this is the sort of thing that softsubs/alternate sub tracks could be used for so that the viewer has the option. On the one hand I don't mind seeing what the subbers were thinking, but on the other, I don't think during the episode is the best time. Maybe like a notes file, or a slide at the end, or commentary on their website or something? I would tend to agree though... if you're going to have "staff commentary", a way to turn it off is sort of a nice gesture. It'd sort of be like if you purchased a DVD and the commentary track were the default. :heh:
This here shows how different people can be. I loved what they added - its a nice lil' twist to fansubbing which we don't see all the time. Easy, if you don't like it - don't watch it.
Which is what I said I'd do--as I said, I'll be switching to just the raws. You're right that it's a case of different tastes, of course. I personally prefer fansubbers who view things with a professional attitude (and by that I don't mean professional subbing, I mean an attitude that affords the work respect, maturity, and most important, good quality treatment). I recognize that the nature of the beast though is that this will not always be the case, though.
Why? They translate the whole episode perfectly.
You might have noticed that I did say that up through episode 2 I felt they had done well enough. I would take issue with "perfectly" for episode 3, but the translation errors were minor and don't bother me as much. But compared to episode 1&2, the difference was night and day. Perhaps labeling it a MST3K sub is a bit extreme, granted, but I just felt like these additions were annoying.
Seeing as though these shows are not originally made to host fansubs, what you said is just stupid.
How so? Are you trying to say ALL fansubs are disrespectful to the original work, because the series were not made to host them? I would disagree on that point. My argument is that a show that is designed to be a comedy should be allowed to stand on its own merits without inserted humor that is not part of the original intended writing or direction. As soon as a subber does that, they are trying to put themselves at the same level as a writer or director, and that is what I mean by being disrespectful.
Now, by editorializing, I should clarify that this doesn't apply to non-invasive cultural notes or better yet commentary added as liner notes at the end or beginning of a sub, or as a text file attachment--that's not the same thing as making lewd comments or jibes at what is going on on-screen.
I feel somewhere between Ayu-ayu and relentlessflame here. I don't particularly *mind* the cutesy comments, and they're entertaining, but they are also distracting and detract from what I see as an art form--not merely entertainment. Putting those kinds of comments into the hardsubs may show a sense of humour, but...maybe during the episode itself is not the best time. During the "eyecatch" didn't bother me at all, for instance. rf's idea about a softsub track with the jokes/cultural notes/tranlation notes would be a great way to go about it.
Still, in the end, I feel this is nitpicking. Overall, this is by far my favourite show this winter, perhaps for the last year. Being able to watch it with subs is just fantastic and Shintani's efforts are definately appreciated in this house.
:(
This matter is being reviewed and is subject to change for episode 4 and onwards. I support the actions of the person who added them to the subs in the first place, but if you ask me, if they are bad enough to cause someone, anyone to abandon the subs in favor of the raws then it should be revised or toned down a little.
Thank you for bringing this issue up though, we are always glad to accept criticism if it means we can adapt to it and improve. Just don't... you know, stop watching it because of something so trivial.
Kilgamayan
2007-03-05, 10:46
I suppose this is where I need to step in and say something, eh? All right then.
I'll be perfectly honest - doing this (EDIT: this being typesetting) is a pain in the ass, especially when you're sick during midterms week. As such, I'm going to have as much fun doing it as I can. The result is what you see. I realize this is unconventional. I haven't cared about convention since day 1 and only follow it when it's convenient for me or the group on the whole.
If losing a couple of leechers is the cost of keeping myself from going nuts, then it's a price I'm willing to pay, because it hurts you a lot more than it hurts us (unless you can understand Japanese, in which case why are you watching the subs at all?).
I don't want or mean to be a jerk, but you're seriously getting worked up over nothing. Just remember, I could be a lot worse (http://img408.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1163495355274rw2.png).
Well, I am jumping into the conversation after seeing the fansubs by Shintani. I generally watch chinese subs/raws and understand most of the linguistic jokes provided and i felt that Shintani has done a competent translation on it. However, I do think that it got a bit obtrusive to my viewing pleasure, though I am not the target audience since I hardly watch any english subs anymore.
I doubt that anyone is not appreciative of your work, Kilgamayan, because most of us know exactly how hard it is to translate and get a sub out amidst the free time. If anything, I just felt that there has to be a balance between having fun and providing a decent translation. I am not usually complaining and for me, it's hardly to the extent where I will stop watching Shintani (though I don't use the subs except for this instance to see what's the situation and to get some verification over issues i didn't really get in episode 3).
Still, for a series like Hidamari Sketch, you got to be really good in Japanese to get all the jokes, and it's something that only subs can solve. Just to say it. I also applaud endy for listening to criticism and respond to complains here.
Cool stuff :)
Heh, well the boss has spoken, huh.
ps thanks Impz, the fans are a very important part of our job that should be taken into consideration! :wink:
First, thanks Endy for your courteous and kind reply. I really appreciate it. It's people like you that really make the whole thing worthwhile, and while I disagree with the post Kilgamayan made afterwards, I'll reconsider your efforts. :)
I don't mind throwing "convention" out the door, per se, Kilgamayan. And I'm sympathetic, I've done work on some subs before myself, and know what it's like. But what I saw bothered me, so I felt I should share my concern. From looking at the other posts here, it seems pretty split between those who enjoyed the additions and those who didn't. I suppose if another subber was doing this show, it never would have come up, since one could always choose.
I understand enough Japanese to follow the show raw and only miss a few minor points, but I admit that the subs do help, which is why I've been appreciative of your hard work for the prior two installments. :) Perhaps I'm being critical because I know you guys can do better.
Just keep in mind the goals of Shintani as a group. If it is to come up with something that they hope a great deal of people enjoy, then, yes, humor should avoid anything like that example you pointed to (unless driving off the vast majority of people who might watch is a goal).
I've been fine with Shintani's efforts and really appreciate the crutch for getting through the linguistic humor - just keep in mind the potential audience demographic for Hidamari Sketch is not just the "14 year old male". Most immediate examples are my wife and the girlfriends of both of my sons.
I find typesetting to be kind of mindnumbing so I can certainly grasp the need to find some wiggle room for creativity :)
Kilgamayan
2007-03-05, 16:45
Regarding being offensive, I will say that I profusely apologize to anyone who was offended by the Christian anime line. It occured to me about thirty seconds after we released that hey maybe that wasn't such a good idea. Fortunately (for me) everything I've heard about that line was highly positive so I guess I should thank my lucky stars that the majority of the internet seems to be atheist/agnostic (and a good chunk of it is very anti-religion, including a lot of my good friends).
As for the rest of it, I still personally don't see what the big deal is, so I suppose we will have to agree to fundamentally disagree in that regard. As it stands, midterms are coming to a close, I'm on the back end of this cold and Spring Break is coming up, so Episode 4 will probably have less of this if only because I won't be in a mood conducive to it. There's also something of an application of "the squeaky wheel gets the grease" theory at work here since I've been hearing about this left and right and the combination of external and internal pressure is getting to the point where it's worth not doing what I want to do just so I don't have to deal with the aggravation that would result.
WanderingKnight
2007-03-05, 16:45
I don't want or mean to be a jerk, but you're seriously getting worked up over nothing. Just remember, I could be a lot worse.
OMG, now I understand where lie hidden all those pedos who give us anime fans a really bad name... j/k :heh:
But those LIME guys are kind of fucked up anyways.
Regarding being offensive, I will say that I profusely apologize to anyone who was offended by the Christian anime line. It occured to me about thirty seconds after we released that hey maybe that wasn't such a good idea. Fortunately (for me) everything I've heard about that line was highly positive so I guess I should thank my lucky stars that the majority of the internet seems to be atheist/agnostic (and a good chunk of it is very anti-religion, including a lot of my good friends).
Actually, everyone I've shown this to, Christian or not, thought that throw-away line was hilarious. The first time I saw it, I actually thought it was a translation of something said/printed in the show (like the police lines tape in Choco Sis). Perfect timing.
It was the eyecatch lines about balls that got more "meh" :)
well its seems that episode 4 has alot of puns so you'll be able to see alot of kilgamayan's anecdotes anyway.
I'm not sure saying "at least we're not as bad as so-and-so subber" is really something to be *proud* of, though... ;)
Actually, everyone I've shown this to, Christian or not, thought that throw-away line was hilarious. The first time I saw it, I actually thought it was a translation of something said/printed in the show (like the police lines tape in Choco Sis). Perfect timing.
It was the eyecatch lines about balls that got more "meh" :)
Well see, that's what I didn't like, is when commentary can be confused with the original material, but ah well...
The Christian Anime thing actually made me just think "wtfbbq?" at first since Japan is 94% non-Christian, then I realized it was actually a humorous reference. But then, I'll admit I tend to take things literally. But that's another thing that can be jarring, is if you are watching something for Japanese humor, and an inserted Western gag shows up that's out of place.
Okay, so I'm a cranky old fart... :heh:
I'll stop bitching now...I don't want to ruin the fun for those who are enjoying the show (and/or working on subbing it), that was never my intent.
Kilgamayan
2007-03-07, 15:09
Sorry about Episode 4 being so slow, Hiro was shitsick for over a week and only recently has he come off of it. He should be done this week.
Anyway, I have a (rather large) request for some of you - specifically, those of you following the raws. Shintani is going to take on Kamichama Karin (http://forums.animesuki.com/showpost.php?p=854572&postcount=26) in April, and it is highly likely Hiro will swing his TL efforts over to that. The problem is that this show will most certainly not be done by the time April rolls around, and so we'll be working on both at the same time.
As such, I would like to ask if anyone here who watches the raws feels confident enough in their skills and able enough in their schedule to partially take over for Hiro once Kamichama Karin starts. I'm not necessarily asking for a full-on TL effort with grabbing all of the puns and such (but if you can do that then you're welcome to do so), but rather just a bare bones kind of thing. Hiro fully expects KK to be a lot easier than Hidamari, and will thus be able to devote some time to look over your script. He'll catch puns and whatnot for you. It'll be something between a TL check and an edit job, I imagine. This way we'll be able to work on Kamichama Karin without Hidamari Sketch slowing down.
I fully understand anyone here who would not want to undertake this task for any reason they may have, which is why I am asking a month prior so as to give myself time to look elsewhere if necessary.
Oh man...much as I'd love to, I just don't understand enough of it to be of any help at all. I think you're wise to start asking for this now, tho. Lordy, I hope someone can help with this.
This sucks. I'm going to have to bite the bullet and spend the money on an actual japanese class at the Uni.
I'm usually lucky if I properly *hear* more than 70% to transcribe ... much less translate without a lot of consulting of books (despite the gag of "know 50 phrases and you've got most of anime covered").
I'm hoping to be able to open shop in about six more months though (at least to take a stab at a simple production).
: o
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Riker wins the thread for bringing me Yoshinoya goodness.
FireChick
2007-03-08, 10:53
The subbers for Hidamari Sketch are going to do Kamichama Karin.
Read the thread, please. The subbers themselves have already posted this, and it's even on this page. It's not that hard to read first.
: o
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sweet, two more yoshi images for the website's banner!
WanderingKnight
2007-03-08, 13:33
Sorry about Episode 4 being so slow, Hiro was shitsick for over a week and only recently has he come off of it. He should be done this week.
Anyway, I have a (rather large) request for some of you - specifically, those of you following the raws. Shintani is going to take on Kamichama Karin (http://forums.animesuki.com/showpost.php?p=854572&postcount=26) in April, and it is highly likely Hiro will swing his TL efforts over to that. The problem is that this show will most certainly not be done by the time April rolls around, and so we'll be working on both at the same time.
As such, I would like to ask if anyone here who watches the raws feels confident enough in their skills and able enough in their schedule to partially take over for Hiro once Kamichama Karin starts. I'm not necessarily asking for a full-on TL effort with grabbing all of the puns and such (but if you can do that then you're welcome to do so), but rather just a bare bones kind of thing. Hiro fully expects KK to be a lot easier than Hidamari, and will thus be able to devote some time to look over your script. He'll catch puns and whatnot for you. It'll be something between a TL check and an edit job, I imagine. This way we'll be able to work on Kamichama Karin without Hidamari Sketch slowing down.
I fully understand anyone here who would not want to undertake this task for any reason they may have, which is why I am asking a month prior so as to give myself time to look elsewhere if necessary.
I might be able to catch a rough 70% of it, ruling out puns and whatnot. If you can't get better than that, give me a call.
Oh, I might as well add that I've been scanlating manga for some time, but of course, it's a lot easy to read what you need to translate than actually having to listen to it (mainly because of bad audio >.>)
Deathkillz
2007-03-09, 02:20
Well, on a more useful part, Episode 8 summary + thoughts (http://that.animeblogger.net/2007/03/03/hidamari-sketch-ep-8-sae-is-in-hiding-uncontactable-and-unapproachable/) is up... :)
saved my ass again ~ a bit thanks :heh:
Yoshinoya sensei...is she matching mikuru in moeness? O.o a bit further and i can class Yoshinoya as made from 110% pure moe :D
Shadow Miko
2007-03-10, 01:18
Riker wins the thread for bringing me Yoshinoya goodness.
Oh yes, how very true.
ep9 was definitely one of the funniest episode thus far rofl at Yoshinoya sensei's fantasy and a rather unusual alarm clock... ahhh I want one :heh:
Hiro&Yuno at the counter:
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blue whale 609 yens
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super-handsome man (Onsokomaru is that you???) tofu 252 yens
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white chocolate 199 yens (Hiro-san i see what you did there :D)
Maids! Maids! Maids!
2007-03-11, 15:40
sweet, two more yoshi images for the website's banner!
Two more! Don't let him fool you. He's just posting the same image (with minor variations) over and over again. ;)
: o
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I have a new favourite character. : o
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Hopefully, something new:
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2751x3506, 3506, 1.9 MB
Yeah but I couldn't use the first one because miyako and yuno would screw up the cropping!
Maids! Maids! Maids!
2007-03-12, 04:18
Yeah but I couldn't use the first one because miyako and yuno would screw up the cropping!
Oh! I get it. I thought he was just in love with her. :)
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I am. : o
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Deathkillz
2007-03-13, 02:22
ep9 was definitely one of the funniest episode thus far rofl at Yoshinoya sensei's fantasy and a rather unusual alarm clock... ahhh I want one :heh:
oh yea that clock owns! :D imagine getting that to wake you up every morning...ill sure to be jumping out of bed whenever i hear it go off ~
Pellissier
2007-03-14, 13:13
According to AniDB (http://anidb.info/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=4743) the series will end on march 30th and so the episodes are 12.
Meanwhile, Pool !
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5000x3006 - 3,1 Mb
oh well, it makes sense since it's a monthly display.
That said, Episode 9 summary + screenshots (http://that.animeblogger.net/2007/03/14/hidamari-sketch-ep-9-miyu-sensei-wants-to-teach-you-a-nice-lesson/) is up in my blog :)
Trivia for episode 8:
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The sender of the 005 marked email is "Shinbou-san" (新房さん).
I'd like to see the contents of the chief director's email. :D
yay for episode 10.
School festival and a trip to the baths. Yuno's drawing goes on show unfinished, the headmaster's statue gets bent and something I didn't quite catch goes wrong during the Cinderella play. At the bath, we see Yuno without her "X".
Hino x Sae goodness included this week too.
Even though I think I caught most of the stuff in this episode, a full translation would still be nice; as usual, wordplay and cultural references are central to the episode.
Really loved the anime so far, but episode 10 felt like a bit of a joke. I mean, an anime adaptation is about animating things, right? A series of stills with unrelated voice-overs hardly makes a good episode, even when the voice-overs are hilarious lines from the original manga. :(
Well, I must admit their Fuji-san joke cracked me up. Yet, at the same time, it reflects badly on the overall production values of the whole thing.
Hopefully they'll be back with a vengeance in episode 11.
I had a friend point out to me that sometimes, those things in still-frame are animated in the DVD versions later. This is often due to time constraints for broadcast and they use the DVD release as an opportunity to correct things they didn't have time for before. I don't know if that would be the case here, but...well...maybe...?
That happened extensively in some parts of Tsukuyomi Moon Phase because one of their outsource animation shops delivered crap - so Shinbo evolved the idea of using still shots of the scenery while the audio of the action happened offscreen. Arty solution to disaster and they fixed it on the DVDs.
In this case.... I'm wondering if it is just the director Shinbo being arty in an episode that got an extra low budget to allow more "money shots" in other eps.
Hidamari is a relatively static or minimalist show, relying on the character personalities and gags rather than lots of movement.
You can see the same technique in Negima!? (another show Shinbo is involved with) whereby static images coupled with some animation imagery are used extensively but roll across the screen in a kind of collage as the audio moves the story. PaniponiDash (yes, Shinbo again) also made use of a variation on these sorts of themes --- (like mixing real world images in with drawn art).
edit: 12 episodes, eh? Short but sweet.... I wish more collections of the manga these sorts of shows are based on (Lucky Star, Hidamari Sketch) would arrive... glad to see Ichigo Masimaru over here though (and of course AzuDa leading the way).
For those who are interested, there's a new manga thread for Hidamari Sketch here (http://forums.animesuki.com/showthread.php?p=865446).
Eleutheria
2007-03-17, 05:19
Wow, they finally ran out of budget at episode 10.
mintyfresh
2007-03-17, 06:49
Wow, they finally ran out of budget at episode 10.
Episode 10 was truly one of the most amazing things I've ever seen. Was I listening to an audio drama..?
Jesus Christ.
Deathkillz
2007-03-17, 10:17
lawl so it looks like im not the only one who thought the stills were a little too much :heh: at points in time i actually thought that my player crashed O.o neways probably like what others have said and the the DVD version would include the animated scenes...just that this just forces you to get the DVD :heh:
ep 10
miya chan has no sense of feeling shy what so ever and that pic of Yoshinoya made another appearence :3
Wow, they finally ran out of budget at episode 10. More likely, SHAFT used their budget for episode 10 on the more recent episodes of Negima.
Okay, much as I like to poke at Shinbo lately ... this show is being produced by Aniplex and Lantis .... Negima is produced under SHAFT. No money crosses those borders :) Shinbo was timesharing between the two but other than that I don't know of any connection.
It is probably just as simple as Hidamari is working on an extremely tight animation budget and they knew Shinbo had a knack for getting arty results with lots of "unanimation" so they hired him to lend a hand.
relentlessflame
2007-03-17, 22:48
Okay, much as I like to poke at Shinbo lately ... this show is being produced by Aniplex and Lantis .... Negima is produced under SHAFT. No money crosses those borders :) Shinbo was timesharing between the two but other than that I don't know of any connection.And as much as I hate to tacetly support these absurd "oh no -- they're diverting funds/time/personnel from one show to support another" rumours, actually, the animation for Hidamari Sketch is being produced by Shaft, while the animation for Negima!? is being produced by Shaft and Gansis. So it is in fact more than some sort of timesharing -- Shaft is directly involved in the animation production of both shows. This also explains Shinbo's involvement as supervising director here, even though he's not the main director. Sigh... let the rediculous rumours resume... :heh:
interesting... I didn't see SHAFT credited in Hidamari - are they not credited, did I miss it, or is there a company connection between SHAFT and Aniplex/Lantis?
(wanders off to review the credits again...)
relentlessflame
2007-03-17, 23:59
interesting... I didn't see SHAFT credited in Hidamari - are they not credited, did I miss it, or is there a company connection between SHAFT and Aniplex/Lantis?
(wanders off to review the credits again...)They're in both the opening and ending credits, but listed in katakana: シャフト.
Heh.... I'm just so used to seeing them listed in romaji.... sheesh.
Let the conspiracy theories begin...
I don't know, Episode 10 really turned me off enough with the still shots for me not to do an entry for it. Unlike most other anime bloggers who can churn out articles, I cannot when I don't feel good about an episode. Episode 10...is sadly quite disappointing.
Matthew has a quick post (http://matthew.animeblogger.net/archives/2007/03/17/hidamari_sketch_10.php) up on this episode, where he mentions a SHAFT staff member's mixi page about the delays incurred this time. He suggests we might still get a properly animated widescreen broadcast on BS-i (in two weeks?).
And if not for the BS-i broadcast, then at least (hopefully) for the DVD release. ^^
I am perfectly willing to buy these DVDs from Japan--such is the depth of my infatuation with this anime--but I hope there's someone willing to licence this in the West.
ahhhh, so it is the "tsukuyomi curse" ... missed deadlines.
(Tags series as something he'd probably get the DVDs for anyway)
At 12 episodes... I could probably almost afford the R2s... but would rather they R1 this jewel.
Kilgamayan
2007-03-18, 22:33
Episode 4 is finally at the encoding stage. Sorry for taking so long. Blame ZUN. >_>
EDIT: Also, we've found folks internally that will TL Hidamari once Hiro switches over (it was more or less one of those "You never told us you TLed!" "...You never asked." situations), so crisis averted there.
Kilgamayan
2007-03-20, 15:12
Episode 4 is finally out (http://a.scarywater.net/shintani/)!
Ueda arrives, out of breath.
"Hidamari...Shintani...diddly...tosho...#4! Doodly!"
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Shintani has posted Hidamari Sketch #4 on Tosho. Thank you gentlemen, Kilgamayan, endy and all.
I am perfectly willing to buy these DVDs from Japan--such is the depth of my infatuation with this anime--but I hope there's someone willing to licence this in the West.
The show seems to fit the Geneon profile of anime to license (they picked up shows like Strawberry Marshmallow and Kamichu so I hope they will add this to their catalogue). I expect someone to license it in the near future.
Episode 4 is finally out (http://a.scarywater.net/shintani/)!
Yay, more Hidamari goodness!
Actually, I would think Hidamari Sketch has a good chance of being licensed. Not only is it the kind of title Geneon has done in the past, but it also falls in a sweet spot for ADV (Azumanga Daioh, Pani Poni Dash!, and Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi).
I'm trying to get the chronological order of the series (what a deja-vu):heh:
Broadcasted order
1 - 01-11
2 - 08-21
3 - 06-17
4 - 05-18
5 - 02-13
6 - 07-14
7 - 10-12
8 - 03-13
9 - 09-04
10- 11-03
11- 04-28
12- 12-xx
Chronological order
11- 04-28
4 - 05-18
3 - 06-17
6 - 07-14
2 - 08-21
9 - 09-04
7 - 10-12
10- 11-03
12- 12-xx
1 - 01-11
5 - 02-13
8 - 03-13
So the next ep will be the "first"?, off course if my guess is right. :confused:
Well I can't wait for my download to finish now:D
P.S.: Just two Avatars I made time ago.
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relentlessflame
2007-03-20, 16:12
;869720']I'm trying to get the chronological order of the series (what a deja-vu):heh: They also have a nice little chart on the official site (http://www.tbs.co.jp/anime/hidamari/03story/story.html). Unlike the other famous recent example, though, at least this is the only order it's being released in. Saves some arguments down the road. :p
Pellissier
2007-03-20, 16:22
;869720']Broadcasted order
12- xx-12
I think you more likely mean 12-xx since as I've noticed just now (also because I'm still at ep.3 ^^), each month gets an episode and december is left ;)
By the way, other than the official site is there some evidence that the episode taking place on 04-28 is the first one (as in evens suggesting it) ? Or is it just plain random? :heh:
Just curious, I haven't seen over episode 3, but I don't consider as spoilers those events since there's no subsequential relation (or whatsoever) at all :)
Anyway my hope for the 12-xx would be 12-25. I want a Santa Miya-chan :p
Oh, and nice avatars [Woland]. Miya all the way, I see ;)
Also thanks to Shintani for episode 4!
w00t, my last raw (ep4) just got flushed into /dev/null. Now onto *new stuff* (ep5+) in fansuberific-vision.
I think you more likely mean 12-xx since as I've noticed just now (also because I'm still at ep.3 ^^), each month gets an episode and december is left ;)
Yeah right! I've forgotten to revert that to American format ^^:
Edited now
Grazie mille!
Sorrow-K
2007-03-21, 05:06
Ep 4. So moe I'm gonna die.
Ok, even if Hidamari isn't as wildly funny as some of other slice-of-life comedy, it is incredibly enjoyable. It's like ARIA, in that, while I watch it, I just can't get the smile off my face. That's good enough for me. Really dig that ED song as well.
Miya should enrol in a music school and take up singing.
Actually, I would think Hidamari Sketch has a good chance of being licensed.
Very easily seen. The slapdash humor/crazy mix fits well with the PaniPoni Dash and Azumanga vibrance of ADV. If they can get a team to faithfully pick up Puni Puni Poemi and keep all of its episodes intact, they can pick up any random humor matter that could come up.
Side note...
Hay guys what's going on in the thread?
Or something. Can't believe it's taken me 3 or so years to figure out "Oh. Registering might be a good idea after all".
Really having fun on this project.
~Chun
Very easily seen. The slapdash humor/crazy mix fits well with the PaniPoni Dash and Azumanga vibrance of ADV. If they can get a team to faithfully pick up Puni Puni Poemi and keep all of its episodes intact, they can pick up any random humor matter that could come up.
Side note...
Hay guys what's going on in the thread?
Or something. Can't believe it's taken me 3 or so years to figure out "Oh. Registering might be a good idea after all".
Really having fun on this project.
~Chun
Personally, I'm having a wonderful time here (mostly :) ). Glad to see you delurk, eh? :)
erk... my d/l of ep 4 finished ... must watch to see if I groked the raw properly (very unlikely).
Deathkillz
2007-03-21, 12:06
Ep 4. So moe I'm gonna die.
oh i agree...hiro going moe moe over her fluffiness is enough to melt ice caps! (and her end tag ~ "nano~neeee" is powerful O.o)
Chun: Its good to see another MTF/AMC member here. :3
Shall be watching episode 04 tonight (thanks for the sub). Looking forward to more Yoshinoya goodness.
There's a few seconds of sensei goodness and her immediate mental descent into animal desire whenever something is suggested. And randomly there are some excellent comedy timing moments (... ... ... honto?)
But most of the episode profiles just how capable the VAs are at singing purposefully out-of-key. I suggest drinking several beers before watching the episode ... that's how I survive the karaoke experience (whether listening or doing).
Did someone just mentioned Sensei? : O
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Hmm on 2nd thoughts, maybe the image is too risque.
Radiosity
2007-03-21, 15:13
Question for Kilgamayan: You guys released ep1 in non-widescreen initially right? Is the one currently listed on AS that same one, or have you got round to re-doing it with the widescreen raw? I'm missing ep1 for now because I kinda want it in widescreen (widescreen monitor = win :D )
Cheers, and nice work on the subs as always, ep4 was great :)
oh man what a cock-tease, at least link the image off-site if its too risque >_>
t radiosity: no ep1 ws has not yet been released... since the series is only 12 eps, my guess would be that we'd wait till its over before releasing other versions of the episodes.
oh man what a cock-tease, at least link the image off-site if its too risque >_>
Ok. :x
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Why didn't Yoshinoya-sensei join them in the same room? ;_________;
SeijiSensei
2007-03-22, 11:32
Because she's an adult?
Because was with her boyfriend/girlfriend(s)?
I'm always amused by shows like Azumanga Daioh and Noein where the teachers have extensive relationships with their students outside the classroom. How many of you can imagine spending a weekend away with your best friends and a couple of teachers while still in high school (Azu)? How many of you can recall having tea with your middle-school teachers and getting them to drive you around (Noein)?
Maybe there's more closeness between teachers and students in Japan than here in the US. I don't know. I did have some friends among graduate students and older underclassmen when I first started teaching in a university, but as I was only 25-26 at the time most of these friends were at least fairly close to me in age. But in Noein, for instance, Yukie-sensei is clearly in her mid to late 20's, yet she spends a lot of time with 12 year-olds.
Because she's an adult?
Just so you know, i was talking about the Karaoke room.
Because was with her boyfriend/girlfriend(s)?
This is Yoshinoya-sensei we're talking about here. Guessing from the way she acts in the series, she is alone.
SeijiSensei
2007-03-22, 11:46
I knew what you were talking about. Do you suppose she went to the karaoke place alone? I haven't really seen her outside the classroom much yet (as of ep 4), so I haven't much of a clue what her personal life is like.
In this particular instance, there's no reason for her to know the girls were also there unless she was snooping around. And, I noticed that they didn't make an effort to join her after Sae saw her either. She might not be romantically involved with anyone, but that's no reason to think she doesn't have any friends.
AzuDa was kind of a special situation because Yukari-chan was such a nutcase, impulsive, and didn't want to grow up .... and Nyamo went along to keep everyone alive :) I mean... how many teachers actually are okay with being called "*-chan" in class unless they're nutcases :)
I can't speak on Noein (haven't seen it yet) .. but teacher/student relationships *are* different in Japan than in the US (or rather they used to be more different before some of the silly reforms in Japan). In certain respects, I'd almost label the traditional relationship in Japan as an apprenticeship ... rather unlike anything we'd see in post-WW2 America. The parents always deferred to the teacher and being called in for a parent conference often had the purpose of the parent apologizing for rather than defending the student. In the last decade or so, though - Japan tried reforms some of which ended up not working so well and they're trying to apply some brakes to the situation.
Despite all that --- yeah, there's a real element of fantasy to many of the teacher-student relationships in anime ... but then stories don't get told so often about "average situations" (thinks of Canvas 2 where "not-Sensei" Hiroki keeps hanging around the school he went to).
In the case of Hidamari.... its clear that although the students don't dislike sensei.... they find her strange enough that they try not to make unnecessary contact with her. Plus.. it'd be rude to break into another group's private session (we don't know if sensei was alone or not in the room). The feeling I got from the students was "jeez... teacher's have a real life outside of class?" I remember accidently running into high school teachers (usually with their spouses) while at festivals or shopping with my date and the situation just feeling very wierd.
Hell, my highschool son gets wierded out that we're friends with some of his teachers :)
She might not be romantically involved with anyone, but that's no reason to think she doesn't have any friends.
This is the style of show that'll focus on Yoshinoya-sensei not having any friends of such --- she's the wacky wonderful teacher who's into cosplay. She's in the series for a purpose like that; that explains why she appeared in the Karaoke building. Oh and just to clear up: My original post was just a mess-around. I hoped she would appear in the same room as the others, so i could get more screen time out of her. She is my fav' character in the series after all.
Of course i've only seen upto the fourth episode --- and have no idea if anything like that happens to her. Though i don't think it shall.
SeijiSensei
2007-03-22, 11:56
Teacher Yukie is referred to as -chan by some of the students in Noein as well, as I recall. I found that even more surprising since her charges are twelve!
The apprenticeship notion seems appropriate to Hidamari given that it's an art school, and a couple of the girls are in the "trade" section if I recall correctly. I assume that's a type of vocational training rather than an academic track?
SeijiSensei
2007-03-22, 12:05
My original post was just a mess-around. I hoped she would appear in the same room as the others, so i could get more screen time out of her. She is my fav' character in the series after all.
Admit it, Shiroth, you probably wanted to see that posing nude in the grass scene that Yoshinoya threatened as well. (I'll admit I was hoping a bit there myself!)
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