Hanasaku Iroha (generic discussion thread)

[Bonta Kun]

Originally Posted by dark998

Wow, that looks pretty damn good. As expected of PA Works.

Still not sold 100% on the show, something about the character design puts me off.

For me I was actually sold on the characters designs before anything else, as I love them but after seeing that PV it's now a 100% sure thing I'll be watching this next year!

[Archon_Wing]

PA works; so I can expect the best in visuals definitely. They seem to make shows that draw me in and lose me later, but this looks like a good chance to hit home. Maybe.

[Westlo]

Looks gorgeous and liking the nano.RIPE track... what character is tomatsu voicing btw? The 4th girl mentioned in the CV order?

[Leo Keichi]

This is looking good, loved the PV. It's going to be a sure watch for me next year.

[totoum]

Originally Posted by W-General

The year 2011: Ordet/A-1 vs. PA Works vs. KyoAni vs. Aniplex four way battle?

I know odds are nobody cares but that's a weird 4 way battle since you've got 3 studios and a production company!Aniplex has worked with lots of different studios including PA works (Angel Beats) and in fact A1 and aniplex are both part of Sony so they're hardly rivals.


Anyway awsome trailer,wish they'd shown male and adult cast members earlier.

[applejuice]

^

Number of staffs:
Kyoto Animation = 159
Ordet = 10
A-1 Pictures = 38
P.A.Works = 40

Impossible battle...

[Pocari_Sweat]

Originally Posted by applejuice

^

Number of staffs:
Kyoto Animation = 159
Ordet = 10
A-1 Pictures = 38
P.A.Works = 40

Impossible battle...

Thanks for the interesting stats.

I lol'd at the SHAFT footnote.

[sirn]

P.A.WORKS has about 70 people already. (Source)

創業来、増収が続いており売上高は二〇一〇年九月期で六億円、従業員は七十人に増えた。

[applejuice]

^ Oh wow, that's a really rapid growth. So, Angel Beat did help them a lot. I remember when they are struggling due to the low sales of Canaan and True Tears, even with that high animation quality.

They are really taking a right path. What they really needed was head-hunting and training of newer employees, which is why Shaft developed this far.

[Iron Maw]

Hmm... I can't say I'm sold on this like others have, but it does look fair bit more interesting than appeared at first glance.

Originally Posted by Archon_Wing

PA works; so I can expect the best in visuals definitely. They seem to make shows that draw me in and lose me later, but this looks like a good chance to hit home. Maybe.

Same with me, "remembers Canaan".

[Simon]

Like a lot of people I was dubious about this show after reading the scenario, but PV4 has completely won me over. Besides from the obvious (great character designs, gorgeous backgrounds and excellent choice of music), I've been trying to work out why it appeals to me so much: weird as it may sound, I think it's the characters' body language. Somehow they all come across as being very much alive with their own personalities, not just as passive objects whose purpose is to look cute for the audience. There's something about Ohana's poise in this scene and (especially) this one that makes me think I'm really going to warm to her.

Originally Posted by Westlo

what character is tomatsu voicing btw? The 4th girl mentioned in the CV order?

These are the characters and seiyuu in the order they appear in the PV:

1. Matsumae Ohana (松前 緒花) - Itō Kanae
2. Tsurugi Minko (鶴来 民子) - Omigawa Chiaki
3. Oshimizu Nako (押水 菜子) - Toyosaki Aki
4. Wakura Yuina (和倉 結名) - Tomatsu Haruka
5. Tanemura Kōichi (種村 孝一) - Kaji Yuuki
6. Wajima Tomoe (輪島 巴) - Noto Mamiko
7. Shijima Enishi (四十万 縁) - Hamada Kenji
8. Miyagishi Tōru (宮岸 徹) - Majima Junji
9. Matsumae Satsuki (松前 皐月) - Honda Takako
10. Togashi Renji (富樫 蓮二) - Yamaguchi Tarō
11. Sukegawa Denroku (助川 電六) - Chō
12. Kawajiri Takako (川尻 崇子) - Tsunematsu Ayumi
13. Jirōmaru Tarō (次郎丸 太郎) - Suwabe Junichi
14. Shijima "bitchslap" Sui (四十万 スイ) - Kubota Tamie

[applejuice]

New pv from Comike;

All Major PVs released in C79 today - Here

[totoum]

I know applejuice will disagree,but I love the amount of male cast members in this it really is a nice surprise (as well as the precence of adults too) especialy after the early promotional material showed the girls only.

[applejuice]

^ Nah, I don't really like Yuri anyway.

u.u~~

(eh?)

[lanslort]

PV5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIoeb...layer_embedded

[felix]

*looks at staff discussion* For a sec there I though some error happened and I was teleblasted into a thread in general anime. Ahem— anyway, premise looks promising and currently slice of life shows are lacking, in more then just numbers, so looking forward to this. ¶ Well even though I say slice of life, this is probably going to be some romance of sorts with a lot of fan service. Well, that's close enough for my shabby standards. (and besides, with that level of animation who gives a damn )

[Chaos2Frozen]

Originally Posted by felix

Well even though I say slice of life, this is probably going to be some romance of sorts with a lot of fan service. Well, that's close enough for my shabby standards. (and besides, with that level of animation who gives a damn )

Lol where did you get 'romance' and 'fanservice' from the pv ? Okay fanservice maybe from the probable onsen scenes though I doubt it would anything close to excessive, it's just not the type...

But to me romance feels like it's going to be very thin and most likely won't have much (if any) of a presence...

[felix]

Originally Posted by Chaos2Frozen

But to me romance feels like it's going to be very thin and most likely won't have much (if any) of a presence...

Isn't this original?

[Genten]

Originally Posted by Chaos2Frozen

Lol where did you get 'romance' and 'fanservice' from the pv ? Okay fanservice maybe from the probable onsen scenes though I doubt it would anything close to excessive, it's just not the type...

But to me romance feels like it's going to be very thin and most likely won't have much (if any) of a presence...

I seem to recall reading that this was a romantic slice of life. So romance is going to be the main focus and definitely not 'thin'. It doesn't look like the type to have much fanservice: the PVs certainly don't give off that kind of tone.

I'm excited for this series. I love slice of life and the designs are beautiful. The music is really pretty as well, I've fallen in love with the songs used in the PVs. Can't wait for it.

[Chaos2Frozen]

Originally Posted by felix

Isn't this original?

I was referring to the impression I had gotten from watching the pv Yes there are guys unlike many other series of the same type, and yes there is that one valid canidate for a love interest, but I'm just saying I'm not holding my breath or anything

Originally Posted by Genten

I seem to recall reading that this was a romantic slice of life. So romance is going to be the main focus and definitely not 'thin'.

Really? If so I would retrack my above statement and increase my anticipation by two folds