Saki
The seinen manga Saki by Kobayashi Ritsu will receive an anime adaptation.
咲 -Saki- Saki The manga is serialized in the seinen manga magazine Young GanGan. Currently there are 4 volumes released of this manga. Covers: Spoiler for :
Mangaka: Kobayashi Ritsu Genre: Seinen, Competition Official Site: http://www.saki-anime.com/ =========== So far we know the cast consists of the following esteemed vocals Ueda Kana: Miyanaga Saki Koshimizu Ami: Haramura Nodoka Kugimiya Rie: Kataoka Yuuki Shiraishi Ryoko: Someya Mako Itou Shizuka: Takei Hisa Fukuyama Jun: Suga Kyoutaro and that animation production will be handled by Gonzo. I used to think I'd never take any interest in Mahjong, let alone an animation about such; until I saw Shion no Ou. In any case, I'm hoping Gonzo won't let this title down. |
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does this mean she's doing another kansaijin? this is now one of my anticipated shows to-watch list. |
The voice cast and the fact that it wouldn't hurt me to learn a thing or two about mahjong means that this is on my list already. Looks fun.
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is this gonna be a tornament based anime like hikaru no go?
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I haven't seen Hikaru no Go, so not sure about that... but it's obviously focusing on tournaments... Square Enix has a preview of the manga up on their site if you want to see for yourself how direction may be played out, and of course there are scanlations available as well... |
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Director : Manabu ONO Series Composition : Tatsuhiko URAHATA Character Designer - Animation director : Masakatsu SASAKI Art director : Hiroki MATSUMOTO Color design : Hiromi 3D animation : SANZIGEN Sound : Yota TSURUOKA Animation : GONZO To my mind anime design really disappoints me. The manga is so nice drawn and cute... |
After Bamboo Blade and Shion no Ou, I look forward to animes about games/sports I know nothing about. :)
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moé + mahjong = saki
I share kyouray's feelings: I don't really like the character designs. Just from that picture, it seems that they are going to take all the moé out, starting from there... the fact that GONZO is handling the animation is a scary thought in itself, but I'm seriously more worried about the staff, really... Quote:
The script is going to be done by Tatsuhiko Urahata and looking at the work he has so far done, the only downside I see is what he did on Strawberry Panic!, show whose script I did not feel very happy about. But he has been involved in some episodes of ARIA ~ The Origination (2, 5) and in the Series Composition of Monster. Well, not sure of what to expect... I think they picked the "right person" for the sound direction, since Yota Tsuruoka seems to be someone with a vast experience--especially in regards to what I saw in ef~ tales of memories... The 3D animation is going to be done by Sanzigen. What is that supposed to mean? Gonzo is relying on Sanzigen to do its awful 3D animation, or that Gonzo is not going to be involved in the 3D animation, and instead, it will leave it up to Sanzigen... I will definitely prefer the latter... ok, I'm sounding way too pessimistic, but I can't really help it. On the bright side, I think they picked a strong cast of seiyuus, at least that... :heh: |
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In any case, while I definitely liked the clear look of the manga design, I cannot say that I don't like the anime design either, which has a spunky feel to it, reminiscent of Manabi Straight. |
I know of this manga's existence, but haven't read it...
Gonzo is doing it, huh. Then there are various things to look forward too... Character design... for anime looks kind of weird... |
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Does this series actually go anywhere good or is the only special twist to the generic formula it seems to follow the one mentioned in the first chapter? |
Hmm... I said that I liked the anime designs though. You know, double negation and all.
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There is a scanlation for the manga up to chapter 13.
I doubt many readers will get the japanese Mahjong scoring system. I'm personally used the Honk Kong rules & scoring system. So it is like "Calling Your Attacks" when they declare their winning hands. |
Some pictures of the chara-design on Dengeki Online.
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To tell the truth, I was only into this game by playing eroge, and started to like Mahjong :heh:. That's why I only know the Japanese scoring system (although I still haven't gotten a good grasp about it). Still can't find a good place to play Mahjong, since it's not popular (or should I say, almost no one at my place know about it). The downside of this game is you have to have 4 people :upset:. |
The designs scare me off a bit, but Kana-chan as main warrants a look into episode one at least. Who knows, maybe it turns out to be okay.
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http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/3...s1w1459pd7.jpg
You don't like this? I think it looks pretty good. Characters don't look quite the same as the do in the manga cover's, yet they still look pretty nice, I think... maybe just a bit more "childish" |
The manga is pretty good for a MJ manga, but lately it seems to have changed directions and gotten abit unrealistic. I can stand Saki's Rinshan, since she doesn't use that all the time, but Koromo's Haitei ability is going abit overboard. I guess I just havn't read a MJ manga that tries to mix these different styles (stratergy + flow of the game + speical powers) together before, so it's abit weird for me.
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