K-On! - The Movie - Discussion Thread

[Ryonea]

Originally Posted by winhlp32

Not a lot a fans really call her a Tsundere though.



There are probably mistakes, but roughly:

- What everyone thinks of Azusa:
Sawa-chan: Looks good in cat ears.
Mugi: I watch over her along with Yui.
Mio: A calm and collected person.
Ritsu: I tease her because she's the only one smaller than me!
Yui: Very cute, I love her!
Jun: I think the light music club is slowly converting her.

- What Azusa thinks of everyone:
Sawa-chan: she made me cosplay...
Mugi: an unexpectedly mysterious person.
Mio: A reliable, admirable person but...
Ritsu: An opponent I should resist.
Yui: Can't leave her alone. I really like her, though I'll never say it.
Jun: I envy you because you have lots of junior club members.

- No arrows:
Azusa and Ui: Friends that are connected through Yui.
Yui and Ui: Sisters that get along well.
Ui and Jun: Acquainted from Junior High.

Thanks

Hmm.. surprisingly Mio and Azusa's relationship is just so-so, despite their similarities. Also kind of funny to see how Azusa views her senpais nobody has a really positive image to her

I also don't view Azusa as a tsundere toward Yui, though. Since I see her "like" is more toward to admiration (about how hardworking she is, and being always cheerful, etc.).

[teja208]

Originally Posted by Ithekro

Nodaka was tsundere for Yui in her youth?

I was going to say Ui, but Ui's the one attached to Yui.

Not really, but perhaps her streight woman personality is the closest thing to a tsundere for Yui at that time. That is to say, before Azu-nyan comes along, there is no known person who would dare enough to start acting tsun-tusn toward Yui.

[kaitok]

Originally Posted by winhlp32

Not a lot a fans really call her a Tsundere though.



There are probably mistakes, but roughly:

- What everyone thinks of Azusa:
Sawa-chan: Looks good in cat ears.
Mugi: I watch over her along with Yui.
Mio: A calm and collected person.
Ritsu: I tease her because she's the only one smaller than me!
Yui: Very cute, I love her!
Jun: I think the light music club is slowly converting her.

- What Azusa thinks of everyone:
Sawa-chan: she made me cosplay...
Mugi: an unexpectedly mysterious person.
Mio: A reliable, admirable person but...
Ritsu: An opponent I should resist.
Yui: Can't leave her alone. I really like her, though I'll never say it.
Jun: I envy you because you have lots of junior club members.

- No arrows:
Azusa and Ui: Friends that are connected through Yui.
Yui and Ui: Sisters that get along well.
Ui and Jun: Acquainted from Junior High.

Wow that's an interesting chart there. I'm surprised over Mio's one though. What's with that 'but...' there? And I thought Azusa went crazy over the club not practicing more than Mio so how did Mio end up with that calm collected conclusion? o_o But I LOLed over Ritsu's words on Azusa. True that XD

And actually I thought "liking her and not saying it" is quite tsundere already. Seeing how Azusa always scold Yui, and now secretly admitting she likes her. YuiAzu fans can go nuts over this cut out LOL

[BaKaBaKaOtaKu]

YuiAzu was never beyond platonic. Mitsu IS the canon one.

[Ithekro]

And Mugi will watch intently in all cases.

[teja208]

Originally Posted by Ithekro

And Mugi will watch intently in all cases.

You know, I guess you may have spotted the hidden implication within Mugi's honey sweet words.

Mugi: I watch over her getting lovey dovey along with Yui.

I also want to see how would she comment on Mitsu or just about any other yuri couple.

[Cytrus]

I don't know if there is anything that hasn't been covered yet, but here's another spoiler summary.

[Ryonea]

Originally Posted by Cytrus

I don't know if there is anything that hasn't been covered yet, but here's another spoiler summary.

Thanks apparently I've got to see some more minor details about the movie
Though there are some of them I hate...

[winhlp32]

A little update:

- K-On! movie has made approximately 943,030,000 yen from box office in the three weeks its been released.

- Its nowhere near One Piece, Doraemon, Shin-chan, or the Evangelion Rebuild levels. The movie closest in sales so far would be Hosoda's Summer Wars.

- Money made from ticket sales by weeks:
Summer Wars
3.7→6.9→9.3→11.1→12.6→13.6→14.3→15.2

K-On!
3.2→6.9→9.4→

Where the scale is 1 = 100,000,000.
K-On! may outsale Summer Wars or it may not. Will have to see in a few weeks time.

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- Where does K-On! rank among the 2011 anime movies?

Where the scale is 1 = 100,000,000:

44.6 in 457 screens: Kokurikozaka kara (Ghibli film by Goro Miyazaki)
31.3 in 332 screens: Detective Conan: Quarter of Silence (15th Conan film)
24.4 in 368 screens: Doreamon movie (actual title too long)
12.0 in 325 screens: Crayon Shin-Chan movie (title also too long)
10.2 in 130 screens: Precure All-Stars DX3
9.4 in 137(up to 168) screens: K-On! Movie (Still airing)
8.4 in 168 screens: Suite Precure movie (title too long) (Still airing)
8.0 in 260 screens: Naruto Movie: Blood Prison (Still airing)
7.0 in 38(up to 101) screens: Macross Frontier: Wings of Goodbye (Still airing)
5.7 in 90(up to 117) screens: Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos (Still airing)
3.0 in 22(up to 55) screens: Sengoku Basara Movie (Still airing)
2.0 in 132 screens: Anpanman movie (title way too long) (Still airing)
1.8 in 28(up to 73) screens: Prince of Tennis movie: Eikoku-shiki Teikyū-jō Kessen! (Still airing)
0.5 in 10(up to 35) screens: Sora no Otoshimono Movie (Still airing)
0.3 in 29(up to 42) screens: Negima and Hayate Movie (Still airing)

K-On! is doing very well. Kyoani pretty much earned all the money they might've lost from Nichijou back.

[all_flying]

Originally Posted by winhlp32

A little update:



- Where does K-On! rank among the 2011 anime movies?

Where the scale is 1 = 100,000,000:

44.6 in 457 screens: Kokurikozaka kara (Ghibli film by Goro Miyazaki)
31.3 in 332 screens: Detective Conan: Quarter of Silence (15th Conan film)
24.4 in 368 screens: Doreamon movie (actual title too long)
12.0 in 325 screens: Crayon Shin-Chan movie (title also too long)
10.2 in 130 screens: Precure All-Stars DX3
9.4 in 137(up to 168) screens: K-On! Movie (Still airing)
8.4 in 168 screens: Suite Precure movie (title too long) (Still airing)
8.0 in 260 screens: Naruto Movie: Blood Prison (Still airing)
7.0 in 38(up to 101) screens: Macross Frontier: Wings of Goodbye (Still airing)
5.7 in 90(up to 117) screens: Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos (Still airing)
3.0 in 22(up to 55) screens: Sengoku Basara Movie (Still airing)
2.0 in 132 screens: Anpanman movie (title way too long) (Still airing)
1.8 in 28(up to 73) screens: Prince of Tennis movie: Eikoku-shiki Teikyū-jō Kessen! (Still airing)
0.5 in 10(up to 35) screens: Sora no Otoshimono Movie (Still airing)
0.3 in 29(up to 42) screens: Negima and Hayate Movie (Still airing)

K-On! is doing very well. Kyoani pretty much earned all the money they might've lost from Nichijou back.

I don't understand, Yaraon! did said that K-ON! movie's screens increased by 27. But, Box Office Mojo still list them as 137 screens

[BaKaBaKaOtaKu]

Originally Posted by winhlp32

9.4 in 137(up to 168) screens: K-On! Movie (Still airing)
8.4 in 168 screens: Suite Precure movie (title too long) (Still airing)
8.0 in 260 screens: Naruto Movie: Blood Prison (Still airing)
7.0 in 38(up to 101) screens: Macross Frontier: Wings of Goodbye (Still airing)

Meh, we all know K-on! film only managed to do this because it was shown in more than a hundred theatres.

-is still quite bitter about it surpassing EVa 1.0 and MF-SnT-

[Goggen]

Originally Posted by BaKaBaKaOtaKu

Meh, we all know K-on! film only managed to do this because it was shown in more than a hundred theatres.

It might have taken a bit longer with fewer theaters, but that's all it would matter. Get over it.

[all_flying]

Originally Posted by BaKaBaKaOtaKu

Meh, we all know K-on! film only managed to do this because it was shown in more than a hundred theatres.

-is still quite bitter about it surpassing EVa 1.0 and MF-SnT-

Do you seriously thinks that getting more screens for a movie (especially Anime movie) is just something as easy as to say "noodles"?

If so, then I have something to tell you: LOL

[Afternoon Tea]

maybe a small sent of sarcasm?

[BaKaBaKaOtaKu]

Originally Posted by all_flying

Do you seriously thinks that getting more screens for a movie (especially Anime movie) is just something as easy as to say "noodles"?

If so, then I have something to tell you: LOL

Did you seriously take my post seriously? If so, then i have something to tell you: LOL

Although, i was quite serious >=)

[winhlp32]

Brief news and other stuff:

- The K-On! movie crossed the 1 billion yen threshold in box office sales a few days ago.

- Apparently Chika Fujito (Nodoka's seiyuu) went to watch the K-On! movie in Shinjuku yesterday. She was spotted by quite a few fans, and she stayed to shake hands with those that recognised her or sign autographs.

Spoiler for Autograph:

- The K-On! manga should returning in the next issues of Kirara Carat and Kirara.

- Toshiyuki Inoue recently regarded Kyoani as a force to be reckoned with and K-On! as an "ideal Japanese TV anime". Inoue is considered the "perfect animator" by Mamoru Oshii(Ghost in the Shell director). He notably did key animation for Akira, GITS, Kiki's Delivery, most of Satoshi Kon's films, Dennou Coil, and more recently the new FMA movie and Usagi Drop. 2ch responses were positive, western responses were of the "this guy is crazy" variety. I wonder if its the difference in culture that makes it more difficult for foreign viewers to perceive the pathos of the show?

- For the record, he's not the first director who expressed praise for K-On!. Over a year ago Kenji Kamiyama(Eden of the East) has also been reported to enjoy K-On!

[rulfo]

Originally Posted by winhlp32

Brief news and other stuff:

- The K-On! movie crossed the 1 billion yen threshold in box office sales a few days ago.

- Apparently Chika Fujito (Nodoka's seiyuu) went to watch the K-On! movie in Shinjuku yesterday. She was spotted by quite a few fans, and she stayed to shake hands with those that recognised her or sign autographs.

Spoiler for Autograph:

- The K-On! manga should returning in the next issues of Kirara Carat and Kirara.

- Toshiyuki Inoue recently regarded Kyoani as a force to be reckoned with and K-On! as an "ideal Japanese TV anime". Inoue is considered the "perfect animator" by Mamoru Oshii(Ghost in the Shell director). He notably did key animation for Akira, GITS, Kiki's Delivery, most of Satoshi Kon's films, Dennou Coil, and more recently the new FMA movie and Usagi Drop. 2ch responses were positive, western responses were of the "this guy is crazy" variety. I wonder if its the difference in culture that makes it more difficult for foreign viewers to perceive the pathos of the show?

- For the record, he's not the first director who expressed praise for K-On!. Over a year ago Kenji Kamiyama(Eden of the East) has also been reported to enjoy K-On!

That's because most of the anime fans outside of the Japanese market(those who got into anime by only a handful of genres which are believed to have "mature" content) are being too ignorant with their rose colored eyes. Another reason also is that they know how to read and think that K-ON was being praised for its technicality in animation which mostly haven't gone to know what techniques sets differences between western animation and japanese animation. 10 bucks says they would just say western = kiddie while japanese = "mature". That's as shallow as a puddle of water.

Honestly.... majority of the people still say and believe moe = cute. Which is downright hilarious with the conviction and pride that goes with it.

I stopped caring at most people's thoughts because you're only gonna want to have a bone to pick with them. They chose to be ignorant to the whole premise of anime itself and believe in the only truth of THEIR own world. Cherry picking at its finest. They believe that everything else is crap and that their tastes are more superior than others.

Case in point here's a long but insightful screenie.

Spoiler:

I could say majority of the self proclaimed "old and long time anime watchers" wouldn't even know Chibi Maruko-chan.

[Misago]

some K-On movie related stuff on a Japanese TV show, starts about 6:30 in
http://youtu.be/De8Ne1Z94Eg?t=6m30s

[all_flying]

Originally Posted by Misago

some K-On movie related stuff on a Japanese TV show, starts about 6:30 in
http://youtu.be/De8Ne1Z94Eg?t=6m30s

"Rondon no sora"
*snap*
"Rondon no Taxi"
*snap*


Gaaahh..., can't wait for the muuveee *Leonidas style*

[winhlp32]

- Pia MovieLife is a big Japanese movie news and community site where users can reviews movies, a bit like IMDB but without the encyclopaedic database.

A day ago they released their ranking of Pia's 2011 ranking summary of most satisfying movies.

Pia MovieLife has a "Movie Satisfaction Investigation Team" that surveys customers straight after they come out of the theaters every week. This ranking is the 2011 summary. The ranking considers all movies released from January 1 to December 24.

Here are the top 10 of 100:

1. "We can't change the world. But, we wanna build a school in Cambodia." - 93.5 pts
2. Real Steel - 93.3 pts
3. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol - 93.2 pts
3. K-On! Movie - 93.2 pts
5. Tangled - 93.1 pts
6. Tantei wa Bar ni Iru - 92.7 pts
6. Letters to Juliet - 92.7 pts
6. Tsure ga Utsu ni Narimashite - 92.7 pts
6. Imawaro Kyoshiro's live concert - 92.7 pts
10. Chizuru - 92.5 pts

- The points are "Satisfaction Points". The movie that ranked 20th has 91.5 pts.



About K-On! Movie itself:

- The only Japanese anime in the top 20. Its genre is labelled "Adolescent Drama"
- The feeling the movie gives out for people in general is "a taste of heartwarming"

Random feedbacks from random Japanese people(may contain spoilers?):

Spoiler for feedbacks:

From 33 yr old male: The movies laugh and tear filled developments really healed our hearts. Just like the TV series, the story was tightly done. The characters, backgrounds and art are all movie-like, lovingly depicted. All the personalities are well expressed, I enjoyed it to the end.

From 20 yr old male: The sound is great in the movie theater, and I've enjoyed listening to all the songs so far numerous times. The London scenery is very pretty, the movie has things never before seen on TV so is a must see for fans. The scene where every one is working on their song lyrics has a spot in my heart.

From 13 yr old female: A very exciting, heart-throbbing viewing experience. The scene where it was suggested they may break up left the most impression on me. The girls are very close to me in age so I know those feelings very well. I've also want to try to play the bass, and I admire the light music club. As a girl I've also found the K-On! girls to be very cute.

Source: http://cinema.pia.co.jp/ranking/firstday2011/

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Other stuff:

- Tsuji Masaki, an prolific script writer for TV series and anime tweeted about the K-On! movie:
"It felt like the high-school girls version of Sazae-San"
"The directing/writing had a very woman-like gentleness to it.

- A few days ago, a prominent Japanese social commentator Miyazaki Tetsuya also commented that he enjoyed K-On! His favorite character is Mugi, for her calm yet air-headed personality. Source: http://yaraon.blog109.fc2.com/blog-entry-6221.html