Little Busters - Anime Pre-Airing News and Anticipation

[spawnofthejudge]

Originally Posted by Randrak42

I know this may have been discussed before, but I'm not going to read through 40 pages to find out D:

We're mostly dodging that subject because it's difficult to talk about without discussing spoilers, and spoilers for the VN are out-of-bounds here.

Forty pages mostly about the staff for the anime; you missed little, particularly with your attitude (good for you!).

I think it could be done in the way that CLANNAD was done: four total cours. I think 48+ eps would be enough to do it justice. But I don't know how to split it up the best way... but that's also because I've only played the original and haven't played any of the new Ecstasy content. Without that, I'm not sure I should speak to the timing of that stuff...

...but I'd really like that stuff animated too.

ETA: Ninja-ed on the spoiler thing!

[Vegard Aune]

Originally Posted by Randrak42

Ok, I'm overjoyed that my favourite VN is getting an anime...however I wonder about how they'll go about it.

I know this may have been discussed before, but I'm not going to read through 40 pages to find out D:

Anyway, in VNs like LB you usually have:

1- The game has a true route. In which case the anime follows the common route and the true route, giving only as much focus on the other girls as necessary.

2- The game has no true ending, only multiple endings for each love interest. Here the anime usually follows the common route and then either goes with the harem ending or goes with the girl closes to the MC or most popular girl.

LB is different...because while in other VNs, each route ain't canon, in LB each route are actually canon. It is actually explained in refrain how it all worked and while the other routes DID happen.

The game is too big...so...are they going to ignore the other routes, show the common route, Rin routes and then Refrain? Will they change the plot to fit number of episodes? Will they even touch upon the VN's plot?

I'll admit that I wouldn't mind if the anime was like the 4-koma, just short stories after refrain...or something.

Without knowing exactly how the structure of the VN story is beyond what you just said, (and let me just stress this: I DO NOT WANT TO KNOW EITHER) I can only assume that it'll do something similar to Higurashi's approach; Adapt each route separately and then start over at the end of each one, and then skip the parts of the common route that were already shown in previous arcs and aren't important to the current ones, so as to prevent the series from becoming as repetive as Endless Eight.

[maximilianjenus]

higurashi and umineko did it great (the multi route semi omnibus approach, not the actual adaptation) and it woudl work wonders in there, but going by the comments of the staff it does not seem like they want to adapt little bastards like that.

[spawnofthejudge]

Originally Posted by maximilianjenus

little bastards

Freudian or joke?

[Randrak42]

I see...

Thanks for the responses ^^
I feel that regardless of what they do, I'll be pleased!
Now if you need me, I'll be over here, imagining Onee-sama (Kurugaya) and Wafuuuuuu~ (Kuuuuuuuuu) in animated form while playing trough the VN for the 5th time....yeeeaaaaaa *drool*

[maximilianjenus]

time will tell, I am very positive about this adaptation and here is why.

the first key adaptation I watched was kyo ani's clannad , back then after story had not been animated so it was only the school arcs, i liked it a lot and even searched for more kyoani-key works. so I watched air and kanon next (and not right away I waited a few weeks between series while I watched different series) , while they were good by themselves they did not feel as good as clannad, part of it was because they were indeed not as good, but a big factor was the fact that they felt very similar, being animated by kyoani as well.

So, for little busters I was really hoping for a studio other than kyoani because, by watching angel blade/beats, I found it to be more interesting than kanon or air that was helped by being animated by a different studio.

Going by that, if this was animated by kyoani, this show would be too predictable, even boring like the k-on of key adaptations I would even have taken deen over kyoani and am glad it ended up being someone else.

[Randrak42]

PS: I curse each every one of you for rekindling my LB dormant love and making me fail my exams due to multiple playtrough of the VN while I should be studying. Yall need a good finger wagging you do!

[spawnofthejudge]

Originally Posted by Shiina

But right now we can do nothing but wait and see.

And speculate!

[Randrak42]

Originally Posted by spawnofthejudge

And speculate!

That word only brings pain and misery in forums!

[Aspirety]

Steering waaay too close to spoilers here guys... I for one would like people who haven't played the game to be able to feel the same level of intrigue and surprise in Little Busters!' mystery element watching the anime as I did when I first played it.
So can we change the topic to something else? ^^

It's taken me a while, and a lot of reading through this thread and related info, but I'm finally starting to form a solid stance on this adaptation. I won't go into too much detail here though, I'd like to collect all my research and thoughts into a single blog post. Then you can all direct your hate and/or love towards me in my own territory~

EDIT: And here it is.
http://kakeracomplex.wordpress.com/2...ent-breakdown/

[Kakujitsu]

Originally Posted by Leo_Otaku

Sasami and Riki to have different voices http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/inte...-busters-anime Riki makes sense but not sure about Sasami >.>

So.. Rie Kugimiya as Sasami?

[boggart]

Originally Posted by Aspirety

EDIT: And here it is.
http://kakeracomplex.wordpress.com/2...ent-breakdown/

There is something that needs to be corrected there though. Baba said that the teaser was done by an external animator, but that does not mean that it wasn't JC Staff.

[Aspirety]

Originally Posted by boggart

There is something that needs to be corrected there though. Baba said that the teaser was done by an external animator, but that does not mean that it wasn't JC Staff.

What makes you say that? From the tweets I've assembled, Baba is saying that they (key) did the PV. I'm pretty confident in the translation, since the main translator of LB did it for me

[boggart]

Originally Posted by Aspirety

What makes you say that? From the tweets I've assembled, Baba is saying that they (key) did the PV. I'm pretty confident in the translation, since the main translator of LB did it for me

Key may have animated the teaser, but the key frames and colouring were outsourced to another company. Who that was, we don't know. It could have been JC Staff, it might not have been. The only reason I believe it might have been JC Staff behind the primary components of the teaser is that it would have given them starting material, however small, for the actual anime.

[Guardian Enzo]

Originally Posted by boggart

Key may have animated the teaser, but the key frames and colouring were outsourced to another company. Who that was, we don't know. It could have been JC Staff, it might not have been. The only reason I believe it might have been JC Staff behind the primary components of the teaser is that it would have given them starting material, however small, for the actual anime.

Not to mention that the teaser had a very distinct JC Staff look to it.

[Shiina]

I'd type up something long on the nature of Key fans and their expectations, but it's probably pointless by now. I do hope that the staff is seeing that the rage is dying down and people are being more optimistic now though. Wouldn't want discouragement due to fans to reflect in the anime itself.

Anyway, more snippets of the Dengeki VA interview:


Not sure if there's anything noteworthy. The second image mentions that the director was chosen for Hatsukoi Limited and Kill Me Baby, while the writer was chosen for Nanatsuiro Drops.

Also looks like they're coming out with a Dengeki Visual Art's 2012 Summer to be released in July... this time with a Rin shower tapestry. Next bulk of information in 3 months?

[Leo_Otaku]

Well it is good to know that the director knows what is going on and has actually played the game. We can hope they come up with a good way to work out everything.

Originally Posted by Kakujitsu

So.. Rie Kugimiya as Sasami?

Oh god you read my mind XD I bet you that is who they pick ^-^"

[bhl88]

A comment from the CEO of Key operators “Visual Art’s” on Twitter set things off:

“Good evening! I’d like to ask about the Little Busters anime adaptation – why wasn’t it KyoAni?”

“Because they were busy…” <- lol of course they were XD

He tries to put a brave face on things:

“I understand your worries and expectations of anime companies. I and the staff feel the same way.

However, after seeing how enthusiastic JC Staff and company were about doing it, we decided to entrust our beloved title to them all the same.”

http://twitter.com/#!/vavasyatyou/st...30281689849856

[relentlessflame]

Originally Posted by bhl88

A comment from the CEO of Key operators “Visual Art’s” on Twitter set things off: [...]

Well, not that I imagine everyone has kept up, but just sayin' you're a good few days late to the party with this news. The second quote you mentioned was also stated earlier than the first, so you've implied a connection between the two comments that didn't originally exist.

I also think that second comment has been a bit twisted in translation. The original comment was:

Originally Posted by @vavasyatou on Twitter

アニメ会社さんへの不安と期待はよくわかる。私やスタッフも同じ思いなのだ。だがワーナーさんや、J.C. STAFFさんの、このタイトルへかける意気込み取り組みを拝見したとき、我々は我々の愛する大切な作品を 彼らに託そうと決意した。 (link)

The implication of the statement, particularly in the context of the other tweets, is that they chose to trust these companies, and the fans should offer them some trust too. So it wasn't so much a "brave face" as a "we know how everyone feels about this, but we know what we're doing".

[bhl88]

OTL I was completely late... (or I was just waiting for more trailers to come out, even a 30 second one.... I just grabbed whatever was out there...)