K-On! - Q & A

[Ithekro]

They seems to like short Japanese girls mostly (judging by the trend for short girls as leads in anime), but "tall" blonds is exotic in Japan so that might be a liked type as well.

[ronelm2000]

When will they have College Entrance Exams? Is it somewhere after the School Festival? What month usually?

(Can you pls. answer this if you answered the question above?)

Is this usually thesame for high schools usually?

[SaintessHeart]

Originally Posted by Ithekro

They seems to like short Japanese girls mostly (judging by the trend for short girls as leads in anime), but "tall" blonds is exotic in Japan so that might be a liked type as well.

Tall and pretty girls are usually classified as "bishoujo" or "bijin", in which Mio and Mugi fit nicely into - though Mugi would be much less since she's not as tall as Mio.

Small-sized girls like Azunyan are rare...most Asian girls would be somewhere around Ritsu or Yui's build (for the latter, minus the speedy metabolism). However staying around with Azunyan-type girls may make you look more like a paedophile (lolicon in politically correct speech) even if they are late in their teenage years.

Azunyan is a different case : you have to be an ailurophile too.

[Sparvid]

The official heights (although one would guess that they've grown a bit during the high school years)

Mio: 160 cm
Mugi: 157 cm
Yui: 156 cm
Ritsu: 154 cm
Azusa: 150 cm

[ryohei]

Originally Posted by ronelm2000

When will they have College Entrance Exams? Is it somewhere after the School Festival? What month usually?

(Can you pls. answer this if you answered the question above?)

Is this usually thesame for high schools usually?

College Entrance Exam Season is from end of January to middle of March. High School Entrance Exam Season is February and March. And New School year starts at April.
School Festival is usually held at October, so 4 or 5 months after, Yui and 3 senior members will graduate.

[Vexx]

Originally Posted by SaintessHeart

Tall and pretty girls are usually classified as "bishoujo" or "bijin", in which Mio and Mugi fit nicely into - though Mugi would be much less since she's not as tall as Mio.

Small-sized girls like Azunyan are rare...most Asian girls would be somewhere around Ritsu or Yui's build (for the latter, minus the speedy metabolism). However staying around with Azunyan-type girls may make you look more like a paedophile (lolicon in politically correct speech) even if they are late in their teenage years.

Azunyan is a different case : you have to be an ailurophile too.

If they're Azunyan build... you're pretty much screwed in the eyes of the witchburning public for decades until they start sprouting a few silver hairs on their head.

[0utf0xZer0]

Originally Posted by Sparvid

The official heights (although one would guess that they've grown a bit during the high school years)

Mio: 160 cm
Mugi: 157 cm
Yui: 156 cm
Ritsu: 154 cm
Azusa: 150 cm

For reference, the average height of a 19 year old Japanese woman was 158cm in 2006. Also, Americans may be interested in knowing that 2.54 cm = 1 inch.

[Afternoon Tea]

Originally Posted by 0utf0xZer0

For reference, the average height of a 19 year old Japanese woman was 158cm in 2006. Also, Americans may be interested in knowing that 2.54 cm = 1 inch.

Thanks I took the liberty of Translating it, Im not used to CM lol

Im going to round
Mio: 5'2 ----> 5'3 119 lbs
Mugi: 5'1 ----> 5'2 116 lbs
Yui: 5'1 ---------> 5'2 110 lbs
Ritsu: 5'0 --------->5'0 105 lbs
Azusa: 4'11---------> 4'11 101 lbs

For reference, the average height of a 19 year old Japanese woman was 5'2 in 2006.

these girls are small to me lol

Im

5'8 (177cm)

137 (62.3 Kg)

[Tsumugi~]

Well considering the average height here, they're not that short :P of course I'm talking about females.

[sergho]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_height

American white women average about 5'5"

[Vexx]

My wife (Japanese-American) is 4'11" and about 98lbs. So I've got a pretty clear picture of Azusa height/weight right next to me. However (not sure how to say this delicately), I figure Azusa will increase in the bra size department in her late teens as well as my comparison data did.

[ronelm2000]

oh noes...i have outgrown all of the k-on girls =/

[VEE]

Could say so, average height of asian is around 5'0. In fact I had Ritsu's height
but I should thank god becos that's AVERAGE. Ppl tend to complained about their height once they are below 5'0

[SaintessHeart]

Originally Posted by Vexx

If they're Azunyan build... you're pretty much screwed in the eyes of the witchburning public for decades until they start sprouting a few silver hairs on their head.

I won't be surprised if people mistook your wife for your daughter in your earlier years with her.

Originally Posted by CaptnAwesomee

Thanks I took the liberty of Translating it, Im not used to CM lol

Im going to round
Mio: 5'2 ----> 5'3 119 lbs
Mugi: 5'1 ----> 5'2 116 lbs
Yui: 5'1 ---------> 5'2 110 lbs
Ritsu: 5'0 --------->5'0 105 lbs
Azusa: 4'11---------> 4'11 101 lbs

For reference, the average height of a 19 year old Japanese woman was 5'2 in 2006.

these girls are small to me lol

Im

5'8 (177cm)

137 (62.3 Kg)

I am 180cm and most girls around my age are like 20-30 cm shorter than me. I had a female friend who's 164cm, but I wouldn't classify her as a bishoujo or bijin : she's flat and bad-tempered, and too cute too be pretty.

Originally Posted by Vexx

My wife (Japanese-American) is 4'11" and about 98lbs. So I've got a pretty clear picture of Azusa height/weight right next to me. However (not sure how to say this delicately), I figure Azusa will increase in the bra size department in her late teens as well as my comparison data did.

Like this?

Spoiler for WARNING:

This isn't right! Anyway how can it be possible? She's already 16-17 and her chest size shows no development!

Besides, I doubt Azunyan would grow much anyway. How many of you are willing to see Azunyan with well-endowed assets anyway?

[bloppyblue]

Originally Posted by VEE

Could say so, average height of asian is around 5'0. In fact I had Ritsu's height
but I should thank god becos that's AVERAGE. Ppl tend to complained about their height once they are below 5'0

Really? 5'0? I'm asian and I'm 5'2 and I don't know many asians who are shorter than I... Maybe it's just the area I live in :P

[Vexx]

Originally Posted by SaintessHeart

I won't be surprised if people mistook your wife for your daughter in your earlier years with her.

Well... I'm white so it wasn't "daughter" so much as "cradle robbing" glares. What am I saying, I *still* get glares til they get a closer look.

This isn't right! Anyway how can it be possible? She's already 16-17 and her chest size shows no development!

Besides, I doubt Azunyan would grow much anyway. How many of you are willing to see Azunyan with well-endowed assets anyway?

Well.... it doesn't have to be abundant. 32/34 B/C (American system) on that size person looks pretty decent while still being petite. My wife remembers quite clearly their sudden appearance when she was 17. She worked in her dad's restaurant and all of a sudden was bumping into shelves, walls,etc.

Why do our conversations always head in these directions o.O

[thirdlc]

Originally Posted by Vexx

This isn't specifically a K-On!! question, but KyoAni has long been a "one production at a time" small company. Companies that expand too rapidly to meet demand often erode the quality of their product and KyoAni seems to choose NOT to take that risk.

KyoAni is expanding rapidly and quite a big company. The reason of "one production at a time" is just because they don't use freelancers or outsource episodes like other companies do. If they do, they can make three shows at a time easily. How many companies can produce three shows at a time? If you focus only on the number of animators, KyoAni might be the biggest anime studio at this time (or ever?).

[ronelm2000]

Originally Posted by thirdlc

KyoAni is expanding rapidly and quite a big company. The reason of "one production at a time" is just because they don't use freelancers or outsource episodes like other companies do. If they do, they can make three shows at a time easily. How many companies can produce three shows at a time? If you focus only on the number of animators, KyoAni might be the biggest anime studio at this time (or ever?).

True...if only Kyoto Animation could at least 2 two episodes at a time =/

At least it'll be freeing some load from the other anime fans

(I love the Haruhi and Lucky Star series, so...)

[krko]

There was actually one time KyoAni did more than a single show in a season. They did the reshowing of Haruhi and the first season of K-On at the same time. I still remember the rage in this very forum due to people thinking that K-On was taking their beloved Haruhi's place. And then, Endless Eight happened .

[ronelm2000]

That's not taking 2 shows at a time...they just repeated 7 episodes and edited some minor things and edited some scripts.

Endless Eight is KyoAni's most terrible disaster ever!

K-ON! was KyoAni's comeback for that.