(L) Akame ga Kill [Anticipation]

[Westlo]

Originally Posted by Jarmel

White Fox has a really mixed TV record. Katanagatari was an OVA first off so they got a lot more time compared to their TV series. Steins;Gate wasn't a great looking show but the directing was enough to cover it. On the other hand, Maou was very well directed and very good visually. Jormungand was a mess that's main redeeming value was the source material itself being damn good enough to cover the botched anime adaptation. The gun fights in Jormungand were awful to say the least. So the question becomes who is working on Akame at White Fox and what their schedule is? Akame is a much more action series than Maou which was closer to SOL than anything else.

Pretty much how I'm looking at it, no idea why so many people think this is a home run strictly due to "WHITE FOX". As much as I liked Maou-sama it doesn't have anywhere near enough action to counter how they handled Jormungand, the most recent action anime they have done. As for Katanagatari it was a tv series on an OVA like schedule and was the second adaption of a Nisio property after his mega smash Bakemonogatari.

White Fox still have a lot to prove, especially in this genre.

[Excorsism]

Originally Posted by Westlo

Pretty much how I'm looking at it, no idea why so many people think this is a home run strictly due to "WHITE FOX". As much as I liked Maou-sama it doesn't have anywhere near enough action to counter how they handled Jormungand, the most recent action anime they have done. As for Katanagatari it was a tv series on an OVA like schedule and was the second adaption of a Nisio property after his mega smash Bakemonogatari.

White Fox still have a lot to prove, especially in this genre.

I, for one, wouldn't mind if they spent their entire budgets on the armor equips for our respective three bro characters, .

Those scenes must be as glorified as they were in the manga!

[solomon]

WHite Fox eh?

It better look at least as good as Katanagatari or it's gonna be a waste.

(I'm really biased because that is some of the best shonen manga work i've seen to date visually).

[com_gwp]

Originally Posted by Westlo

Pretty much how I'm looking at it, no idea why so many people think this is a home run strictly due to "WHITE FOX". As much as I liked Maou-sama it doesn't have anywhere near enough action to counter how they handled Jormungand, the most recent action anime they have done. As for Katanagatari it was a tv series on an OVA like schedule and was the second adaption of a Nisio property after his mega smash Bakemonogatari.

White Fox still have a lot to prove, especially in this genre.

Mixed bag as it were (Personally I'd contest that notion) you can't forget that amongst the general repertoire of anime studios they're solidly counted in the high tiers. Their good cred is fully deserved from their track record of hits in the last few years, so it's fair to be a bit more optimistic here. Akame is also a pretty popular property, so it'd probably get reasonably good backing in production.

[RRW]

probably similar to jomurgand. Beautiful animated action scene but the story will fall short.

[bastek66]

There is one problem with White Fox. They can't handle 2-cour anime. That's why Jormungand was split-cour. They must prepare like with Steins;Gate, otherwise one cour will be dissapoiting amount of episodes.

[Nachtwandler]

Originally Posted by bastek66

There is one problem with White Fox. They can't handle 2-cour anime. That's why Jormungand was split-cour. They must prepare like with
Steins;Gate, otherwise one cour will be dissapoiting amount of episodes.

They did just fine with Steins;Gate and Tears to Tiara

[Tenzen12]

I am not sure whether Tears to Tiara can be considered as good example of well handled two cours show. Pacing was all over place there.

[Nachtwandler]

I personally didn't have any problems with it and it's pacing.

[Esclair]

I wonder how much the anime will cover. The only good stopping point I can think of is at the latest chapter, especially since we got THAT scene which would make for a very good ending point as well as the hype and setup for season 2.

However, that'd mean covering ~54 chapters in 24 episodes (assuming they get 2 cours). AgK chapters are already on the longer side so I don't know if they can fit that much content in without massive cuts or feeling rushed.

[Jetzero Infinity]

Originally Posted by Esclair

I wonder how much the anime will cover. The only good stopping point I can think of is at the latest chapter, especially since we got THAT scene which would make for a very good ending point as well as the hype and setup for season 2.

However, that'd mean covering ~54 chapters in 24 episodes (assuming they get 2 cours). AgK chapters are already on the longer side so I don't know if they can fit that much content in without massive cuts or feeling rushed.

There's only about 45 chapters out. I imagine it'll probably end at chapter 43 since that ends the Borick arc and it's a good stopping point

[RRW]

Originally Posted by Jetzero Infinity

There's only about 45 chapters out. I imagine it'll probably end at chapter 43 since that ends the Borick arc and it's a good stopping point

Ideal solution will be that. But is too ideal.

My expectation is 1 cour end with base raid arc

[kyou13]

It'd be disappointing as I won't be able to see Seryuu get her ass kicked.
And it'll stretch thing a little bit since we're talking about adapt 20chaps (which equal to roughly 40chaps of other weekly series) into 12eps here. Well, i guess they can skip some of the earlier parts (like the slasher guy).

[Ougon]

Source of the confirmation (since no one provided it yet),

[OverSeer]

^what is with the Feb 2 2014 date in the middle? What is that supposed to be?

[Raxnom]

Date when magazine from where Akame ga Kill is serialized comes out.

[Jetzero Infinity]

Short teaser: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsqpjtceIZo

[HauntingShock]

Here's hoping that's not the actual animation they'll use...

[desrtsku]

^ Depending on what you mean by that I might disagree, it sure looks rather uncanny but it has more pros than cons to me.
It's very fluid and the boobs and armpit are art is consistent. Albeit it feels like poorman's GITS Innocence/Okiura with less detailed (and too mechanical) movements and weird composing.
Even now, I'm still wondering if it's either CGI, hand drawn, or hand drawn over CGI. You sure it's White Fox? Never seen them using this kind of visuals.

[HauntingShock]

Originally Posted by desrtsku

^ Depending on what you mean by that I might disagree, it sure looks rather uncanny but it has more pros than cons to me.
It's very fluid and the boobs and armpit are art is consistent. Albeit it feels like poorman's GITS Innocence/Okiura with less detailed (and too mechanical) movements and weird composing.
Even now, I'm still wondering if it's either CGI, hand drawn, or hand drawn over CGI. You sure it's White Fox? Never seen them using this kind of visuals.

I'd rather see them use hand-drawn animation than CGI to be honest...

And yeah, the leaked info on twitter was that it will be animated by White Fox... but this teaser was uploaded by Toho animation, now I'm not sure Just realized being uploaded by Toho animation doesn't mean anything at all