2008-04-02, 15:32 | Link #842 |
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Really? I thought there's no news after Tanigawa said, as an apology for the delays in 2007 October issue of the Sneaker, that the characters ignored him and did their own things, and that he couldn't help it and that's why he couldn't write what he was trying to write.
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2008-04-02, 15:37 | Link #843 |
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As far as I know, the book is still being serialized, meaning that at least a portion of it is probably already finalized by the time they announce a release date of the bound volume. How much of it is written is hard to gauge, and disregarding whether or not Tanigawa is indeed having difficulty or the publisher is waiting to simultaneously release it with the second anime season to maximize hype (or a combination of the two), I can certainly see from the perspective of a fellow writer how Tanigawa could have become stuck after volume nine.
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2008-04-02, 15:50 | Link #844 | ||
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Well, if that's true, then, I think that means either he's going to end it prematurely just to end it, or that we're never going to see Vol. 10. Quote:
And, as I've said, Vol. 10 was probably already written, given that Vol. 9 feels like the first half of one book. |
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2008-04-02, 15:54 | Link #845 | |
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Because if so, he really could write all that in two months. 50,000 words takes about a month to write if you are going to write in your free time. As a job, he could finish it in two weeks, if he had the ideas.
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2008-04-02, 15:59 | Link #846 | |
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But all I heard was that it was delayed for "various circumstances". If it is indeed writer's block, Vol. 10 will be the last volume and have a FAIL ending, however. |
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2008-04-02, 19:36 | Link #847 |
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Delays happen, writers get stuck, etc. Better to wait and be patient than force something. (see: Starcraft, for possibly the best example of this evar)
And if you're going to announce a June 1st date, you're not going to delay it if the book is written by then. -_-. Clearly, he doesn't have Surprise written by June 1st, and assuming thirdlc is right (source ftw, plz?), he doesn't have it written by October, either. So, gotta be patient, I guess. And this affects (or should affect, I should say) what KyoAni tries to do. If Tanigawa was just cranking out novels, KyoAni should be more inclined to go ahead and run 24 eps. As of right now, I think easing back makes sense. Neway, the above is all weak speculation, and not a very good reason to discount the likelihood of 24 episodes. However, consider the December promotion. It was a very volume 4 centric promotion which did not even hint at Volume 7. If they were planning to do Volume 7, I think they would promote it. Obv, plans change, etc, etc, but I think this makes it more likely for a 14 ep season. |
2008-04-02, 20:09 | Link #849 | |
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There's usually six-month break between novels, not two. |
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2008-04-02, 21:10 | Link #851 | |
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In other words, he was allotting 6 months to each, but 9 took more out of him than he expected. Hence why I am expecting novel 10 to be the last one, and also resulting in season 2 to be 14 episodes long and include everything except Melancholy of Mikuru and Books 7-9. Considering that you can do any light novel in 6 episodes or less, this would allow for a 22-24 episode season 3, which would be concentrating on ideas just introduced in that season.
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2008-04-02, 21:43 | Link #852 | |
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2008-04-02, 22:08 | Link #857 |
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...he's one author. The usual developmental (ie: writing, then editing, then editing, then editing, then editing...) lifespan of a published book is one year anyhow, and sales of a hot property are always, always best during its first week. Holding it back a year isn't going to harm the property at all- if anything, it probably guarantees a Book 12 and more, given that he's since had that year to plot out the rest of the story, without the pressure of a deadline.
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2008-04-02, 22:33 | Link #858 | |
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2008-04-02, 22:36 | Link #859 | |
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There's also another option: the studio and publishing execs flummoxed the math. Which, cynically, is a theory I'm not hesitant to favor... |
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2008-04-02, 22:44 | Link #860 |
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Because you don't cancel a book two weeks before the deadline unless it's not ready? The date is announced. Money was spent promoting the book (ok, this is an assumption, mebbe they didn't spend any money at all promoting the book, I don't live in Japan). You've committed to this due date. If the book is ready, it's going to be released.
You generally don't want to piss your fanbase off at that point by delaying the book for a marketing stunt. And if you want a book to be announced with the new season, you don't delay the release of the book you're working on by 12 months (and have already announced a release date for) two weeks before it's due just because of a marketing ploy. It is possible (and easy?) to write a new book within this time to cash in. I don't see how this ploy makes sense. This is why I'm saying what I'm saying. It's not that difficult to figure out. Guy ran into trouble while writing book. Coming to another conclusion requires Isiah-like levels of willful blindness. |
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