Yojou-han Shinwa Taikei: Maasaki Yuasa does noitamina!
 

Nodame's follow-up has been announced, and it's going to be directed by the Maasaki Yuasa! Yojou-han Shinwa Taikei will be an adaptation of the Tomihiko Morimi novel of the same name. Character design will be by Yusuke Nakamura, who does the cover art for the Asian Kung-Fu Generation CDs.

Does that mean I won't have to fear plotting incoherency?

Still, very excited just because a badly done Yuasa show is still heck a lot better than the tons of drivel we've had the previous seasons.

Top that with MADHOUSE production ^__^ this recipe makes me really hungry :hyper-^v^::hyper-^v^:

this is going to be the best show of spring, but nobody will watch it

I love the character design and of course biased to Noitamina in the first place. Will keep this on my radar.

Maasaki Yuasa + Noitamina = must watch. Sadly it's probably true that almost nobody will watch it.

With deigns like that it'll be miracle if i do watch it. Noein was the limit on how badly they could sacrifice art stability.

Though never was into Nodame , this caught my interest . Mainly due to its niche art work (Reminded of XXXHOLiC) and slice of life settings . Will give this a try and see if it is to my liking : )

Trailer: http://www.manganimation.net/news/20...masaaki-yuasa/

From ANN:

Opening theme: "Koinu to Ame no Bīto (迷子犬と雨のビート; Stray Puppy And The Beat Of Rain)" by Asian Kung-Fu Generation

Ending theme: "Kami-sama no Iu Tōri (神様のいうとおり; As God Dictates)" by Junji Ishiwatari & Yoshinori Sunahara + Etsuko Yakushimaru

Cast:
Maaya Sakamoto as Akashi
Shintaro Asunuma as "I" (Watashi)
Hiroyuki Yoshino as Ozu
Junichi Suwabe as Jōgasaki
Keiji Fujiwara as Higuchi
Yuko Kaida as Hanuki

As expected of Masaaki Yuasa, the art is very special. Most people are going to get turned off once again.

Maaya Sakamoto? Yet another reason to watch this.

I must say the way they presented the trailer with the use of AR markers at the press conference was pretty cool. :heh: Link for those interested (starts from 4:00).

Must see easily.

I couldn't deal with Kaiba, Yuuasa's art house tendencies ran rampant with that one.

Still Kemonozume and MindGame I love because despite all the craziness, the shows are grounded with real genuine emotion. I expect this for this show given that it's about kids in college. His visual stylings need no introduction.

Can't wait.

The problem for me wasn't the art, it was the writing. I'll have to give Kemonozume and Mindgame more of a chance, since you say there is real emotion there.

The problem I see here is that the writer is Uezu Makoto (School Days, etc.). I just hope that the original novel is better than Uezu and more grounded than Kaiba.

I take Yuuasa seriously. I just haven't been able to get through to anything genuinely human. I admit it may be my fault. I hope this is when I get it.

Excellent cast. And I'm happy it's set in Kyoto.

New Yojou-han PV is posted on the noitamina website

http://noitamina.tv/

Looks pretty good. Can't wait til this airs.

Expectations were blown away! Looks incredible!

Yup, after the first trailer I wasn't so sure, but this second one is really the Yuasa-brand of awesome; particularly liked the scene with the fireworks, vibrant and full of life. Also, really excited about the fact I have absolutely no idea where this series is going to go.

I agree. The first trailer cut too much up to get a sense of how the actual show would come across. In a word the intense visuals looked "garish". This new trailer, by using more extended sequences, gives a much better sense of what the real viewing experience will be like. Still intense, but I can imagine making sense of it, and enjoying it. I really liked Mind Game, so I'm on for this one.

Like House of Five Leaves, Youjo-han has been licensed for streaming by Funimation and will appear on its site. The first simulcast will appear a week from today.

I wonder if this represents some sort of commitment to Noitamina by Funi or just a one-off deal. Most Noitamina shows remain unavailable and largely unknown in R1 because few of them have gotten licensed. I find it remarkable that successful franchises like Nodame or shows like Mononoke which had strong Japanese DVD sales never appeared in R1.

Will Funi simulcast the live-action Moyashimon that is coming up this summer? They've shown more interest in licensing J- and K- dramas recently.

Added the little red L to the thread, thanks for the info.

According to recent twitter posts by Funi, it seems theyre digging anything noitaminA at the moment. Because of this Im truly hoping they license Mononoke sooner then later.

& the show i'm looking most forward to this season finally appears. Expectations are very high for this one.

One can only dream this will happen.

I'm beginning to wonder if Funimation hasn't made an investment in FujiTV to produce Noitamina shows. With the current spring crop of shows, we've seen FujiTV expand Noitamina to an hour and begin simulcasted episodes via Funi. Late last year Funi announced it would invest directly in the production of anime shows, though at the time the list appeared limited to childrens' shows. Still after having licensed Eden of the East, and this simulcasting deal, it looks to me like Funimation has decided to throw some bucks in Fuji's direction.

Whoa I finally saw the cast list from the first page! Fujiwara Keiji, Suwabe Junichi and Sakamoto Maaya??? SWEET!

Allright first post (on opinon of show)

I generally liked it, I watched it twice actually. Not like I liked it THAT much but to get used to it.

The graphics are excellent and characters interesting (Akashi-san is really charming IMHO). Only problem I have is why Yuuasa (or whomever) decided to have (Watashi) reading the narration faster than he if he was an auction MCee.

BTW funi already subbed it and is up on its website so it should be in Current Series now.

Another show on my watch list as its already out will have to give a looksie . Too much to do too little time =/

But good to know its out two shows to watch today Yojou-han / Saraiya Goyou

what other series has yuuasa directored prior to this?

anyway, looks like a great show to replace nodame, and i LOVE yusuke nakamura, so
this is a no-brainer! liked the trailer and definitely going to be keeping my eye on this series!

Kaiba, Kemonozume, and Mind Game (which is my favorite of the three).

I've only seen Mind Game once, yet still remember it. Great movie.

After watching it a second time, I got used to the pacing. If I met a girl like Akashi-san in college, i'd be really into her.

I just saw subs floating around but I'm not familiar with the group. Anyone know what other groups are subbing?

Funi official subs, meaning talk about other subs aren't allowed in this thread.

Posting this here too, yesterday's ratings from 2ch:

*1.6% 24:45-25:45 CX* noitaminA - Yojouhan Shinwa Taikei - Saraiya Goyou
*2.2% 25:25-25:55 TBS Ookiku Furikabutte ~Natsu no Taikai-hen~ (I'm not sure the fanbases overlap, but let's assume.)

Ouch, noitaminA. Weirder series aren't working out too good for you (Kuuchuu Buranko did badly too).

Eh. I thought it was a Crunchy license. Whatever the case it's aired so I guess it can move to the Currents now.

Holy shit I'm surprised my brain didn't fucking explode after the first three and a half minutes. I can't even speak my native language that fast...

And... Madhouse? First thing that came to mind for me was a trippy mixture of Studio 4°C's Eternal Family and one of those episodes from Sweat Punch rather than a Madhouse animation. I guess Masaaki Yuasa got his way though, which is to be expected the director of Kaiba and animation producer of Cat Soup.

If anyone is confused about something feel free to ask me to explain...

There's a lot of things that might be hard to catch even on repeated viewings.

Bloody hell, fast dialogues are fast. I feel like there were more lines in this episode than everything I've watched throughout the week. I'm impressed by the main character's seiyuu.

Very good first episode. I'm enjoying the visual art style that's a little more conventional than usual for Yuasa, though still very original compared to most anime. The characters were also enjoyable, and the story is shaping up to be interesting. I'm not sure what to make of the end of the episode, with the time rewind. I think we're going to see his past in the next episodes but... He didn't die, did he?

He fell into a flash flood. The river has been widened carefully to ensure it doesn't enter the city, but when it rains all those mountains around Kyoto feed into it, and it turns into ten feet of raging water that could sweep you miles downstream even if you know how to swim. People do die in it regularly.

I'm guessing the show's going to follow a Groundhog Day deal, with each episode resetting to the club selection, and seeing how things turn out differently.

Great episode indeed with these specific visuals and creative things as expected from Yuasa.
And as Maaya Sakamoto fan, I'm completely satisfied this spring with this role and Nino's voice from Arakawa under the Bridge :D

Oh, totally loved it (though I was torn between the frantic attempt to keep up with the dialogue and wanting to watch what Yuasa was doing!).

Akashi's design struck me for a moment, and I was trying to figure out why. Then I did -- Rei Ayanami... only wacky...

Heh. This one'll be fun. :)

That does seem a plausible theory, based upon clues in the first episode, and also taking Mind Game into account, although I'm guessing things don't turn out that different, because he seems to be ignoring his own participation in everything that happened.

BTW, the ED was awesome.

Kuuchuu Buranko didn't bode well with me either, but only because I didn't like real shots of human that particular anime.

Episode 1 was really funny. I love the character interactions and the small things (like the God went and called someone after he asked him to go through with the decision). There isn't much to comment on the actual story right now, but like the other noitaminA show this season, the characters are very fun to watch.

I wasn't going to watch this because of the character design (can't help it, human nature just goes against weird looking things), but I always give it shot anyway and I fell in love with it just like all the other ones that I thought they looked weird (ex: One Piece). Really the plot didn't really progress much beyond laying the basic groundwork, but the face pace talking gave me an insane feeling of pacing that I found very enjoyable and even a bit intense like I was watching an action show.

Shame that this has such a low rating, the directing is wonderful and captivating. Thought immersion is wonderful storytelling if done correctly.