2013-10-18, 13:22 | Link #2221 | |
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but IIRC Hyouka was a sort of pet-project for him which he had wanted to adapt for a long time. Unless he has another of those up his sleeve, I don't think it's likely we'll see a show directed by him in 2014. Maybe 2015 with luck... |
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Gatoh's so good, everything he has done with KyoAni has been ace, even his 3 LS episodes stand out from the pack. A lot of people like to point @ episode 5 as being proof that Yamakan being fired was the right move, nah, it was much better because it was a Gatoh penned episode. |
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If KyoAni's management agrees with you, and thinks these that these small time lns are all mediocre, then they should pick something better to adapt. Doesn't it make more sense to try to get greatness out of greatness than to try to get greatness out of mediocrity?
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2013-10-19, 23:45 | Link #2226 | |
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They seem to acknowledge this fact as well, considering how they haven't given out an award for "best novel" yet in their yearly LN award show. And with the way they are changing the stories of their own LNs when bringing them to animation, it seems that they are effectively treating the original novels like "first drafts" to an "improved" product. If they truly thought that an LN had an amazing story, writing, and characters, I doubt that they would change it too much for the adaptation. |
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2013-10-19, 23:51 | Link #2227 |
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^ Coming up with their own original premise and stories is definitely one area where they can work on.
I'll have to chime in and disagree with the notion that Free and Chunni should be considered anime originals by KyoAni. They've still taken someone else's premise and simply ran with it like they've been doing all this time. There is no original creation process in that at all apart from them trying to mold it so it suits them.
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2013-10-20, 11:57 | Link #2229 | |
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Maybe they just need to find the will to go out and ask an external writer to pen a script or two for them. I have the feeling that they aren't particularly confortable taking this route quite just yet (Gatoh excluded apparently).
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2013-10-20, 12:09 | Link #2230 | |
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I'd love it if they got someone decent to write their scripts, but that's not going to happen, it seems. If this is something that really matters to you, I suggest not paying any attention to KyoAni shows from now until Gatoh writes something again. |
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2013-10-20, 13:09 | Link #2231 | |
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"You know, I'd really like to adapt Romeo Tanaka's Aura, but we'll never get the rights. Hey, check the crap pile to see if we have something similar we could rip off." "Say, this fujoshi stuff is really doing well lately. Let's see if we have any submissions involving homoeroticism in sports." But I don't get what they were going for with KnK -- "Why does JC Staff get all the generic light novel adaptations? It's just not fair! I want to do something totally cliched that reads like a middle school student's attempt to write a shonen action manga." |
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2013-10-20, 13:21 | Link #2232 | |
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2013-10-20, 13:48 | Link #2234 | |
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In the end, again, I don't think we need to assume everyone there is so calculated and jaded. Maybe they just read it and thought that, though it wasn't perfect, it was a fun read and they wanted to see where the author would go with it. A solid base hit is good enough when you're building a portfolio of works.
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2013-10-20, 14:54 | Link #2236 | |
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And from what I understand, even that story was radically different than what they first had in mind when they thought it up. Make of that what you will.
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2013-10-20, 15:28 | Link #2238 | |
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Personally, as someone who has been watching anime for eight years and knows all the tropes, the KnK anime being "JC Staff like" doesn't bother me at all and I've come to start enjoying it quite a bit after a so-so start. A couple of the cliche based gags did but they're bothering me less as the series progresses. It strikes me as a little bit cuter, warmer, and more character driven than a typical JC Staff show, which is definitely in line with my tastes. I would speculate that maybe it's that Mirai is a timid meganneko and not a tsundere, but since I'm also a Taiga fanboy (OYZ's Zakuro as well) that explanation seems a bit suspect.
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2013-10-20, 17:29 | Link #2239 | |
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You and Westlo have both argued this now. Do either of you have a source on this? Because I've read some people compare the KnK LN favorably to the anime.
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2013-10-20, 20:11 | Link #2240 |
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It could be something as simple as the various schedules just never lining up correctly. Urobuchi's writing that Kamen Rider Gaim thing, those are year long shows that almost always have a singular writer pen most of the episodes. I imagine he won't participate in any intensive writing on other shows for at least this next year.
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