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totoum · 2013-04-09, 17:31

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Originally Posted by 4Tran

Hah! You'd only say that if you haven't watched Japanese TV. Aku no Hana is a lot better than those doramas tend to be!

I'll agree with that, I'd even say the direction style is pretty much anti j-drama.

Though it does remind me of japanese movies such as Tokyo Sonata.

NoemiChan · 2013-04-09, 17:43

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Originally Posted by sa547

I need a bit of help deciphering here, because there's the actors who lent their likenesses to the show:

They could have at least choose "pretty ones" to be animated...

kuromitsu · 2013-04-09, 17:43

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Originally Posted by totoum

Though it does remind me of japanese movies such as Tokyo Sonata.

I've been saying for a while that ep 1 was directed and paced like a movie.

To me that was what sealed the deal. It creates a very intriguing effect, strange and familiar at the same time. Actually, it could lead to interesting things, because it's still animation and it can do things you can't do in a movie (such as the classroom disappearing during Kasuga's "Beauty" monologue, or the titular flower).

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Originally Posted by GenjiChan

They could have at least choose "pretty ones" to be animated...

Maybe it's just my twisted taste but there's absolutely nothing wrong with any of them. Most people are not models and idols.

Dr. Casey · 2013-04-09, 17:45

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Originally Posted by kuromitsu

Maybe it's just my twisted taste but there's absolutely nothing wrong with any of them. Most people are not models and idols.

Yeah, I think the two girls are pretty. though on that note, I think Kasuga's actor actually is model material

NoemiChan · 2013-04-09, 17:47

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Originally Posted by kuromitsu

Maybe it's just my twisted taste but there's absolutely nothing wrong with any of them. Most people are not models and idols.

INo, kuromitsu sempai, you aren't twisted... People just have different taste...

Any, they could at least make them prettier... but doesn't mean they have to be with big eyes and moe like the usual anime...

sa547 · 2013-04-09, 19:27

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Originally Posted by GenjiChan

They could have at least choose "pretty ones" to be animated...

Doesn't bother me, and I like it. In our land, we have too many mestizas onscreen, some of them who are even out of place in, say, a slum setting.

Master_Yoma · 2013-04-09, 21:00

Well the style of animation is like an 80s music videos but all around is not that bad

Divini · 2013-04-09, 21:20

I REALLY want to see what the BD sales numbers will be...

JKL · 2013-04-10, 01:58

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Originally Posted by Reckoner

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http://yaraon-proxy2.yarareyaku.net/...try-15540.html

Just like one of the respondents said, "Shoryuken!"

Otaku doing what they do best. Making themselves look worse after an outrageous incident. It was enough to simply not purchase this, but trolling like this is going too far.

Dick move on their part indeed.

neshru · 2013-04-10, 02:00

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Originally Posted by GenjiChan

They could have at least choose "pretty ones" to be animated...

Wouldn't that defeat the purpose of what they are trying to achieve?
The characters still look pretty when they need to be (the girl with the long hair). They just don't look pretty when they don't need to be.

sa547 · 2013-04-10, 03:20

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Originally Posted by Divini

I REALLY want to see what the BD sales numbers will be...

Of course it'll be at the bottom of any "stalker" list at this moment, but the actual figures could spell out how well-received or much-reviled the show could be.

articuzwolf · 2013-04-10, 03:25

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Originally Posted by Divini

I REALLY want to see what the BD sales numbers will be...

49 at the moment, not looking good but anything can happen within 2 months period

Conan-san · 2013-04-10, 03:38

Japanese anime consumers are want to take whatever abuse is thrown at them but even they must have their limits.

kuromitsu · 2013-04-10, 04:10

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Originally Posted by Conan-san

Japanese anime consumers are want to take whatever abuse is thrown at them but even they must have their limits.

....you're joking, right?

JKL · 2013-04-10, 04:14

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Originally Posted by Rosalena

Cheap as in they didn't bother to get an actual song for the ending. Of course, it could be said that this was a deliberate decision. It certainly is different from anything else out there. I'll give it credit for being unique. However, if one considers the opening and how many corners they cut there, it stands to reason that they might be doing the same thing with the ending.

Hence the reason why I used the word cheap.

True, but then you would have to accuse a lot of anime for doing the same thing. Many anime OP/ED themes are basically ripped from whatever Top 40 list is happening at the time. It's like cross-promotion.

Evangelion did the same with Bart Howard's 'Fly Me to the Moon' in 1995.

More recently JoJo's Bizzarre Adventure has done the same with Yes' 'Roundabout' (and to its credit suits the anime very well).

neshru · 2013-04-10, 05:40

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Originally Posted by Divini

I REALLY want to see what the BD sales numbers will be...

They will probably be pitifully low. It's a fact that niche/mature/non-moe anime series like this don't sell at all.

The fact that people like Masaaki Yuasa can't get a TV series greenlighted anymore and are forced to resort to Kickstarter should give you an idea of how well-received by the average anime viewer this kind of series are.

Conan-san · 2013-04-10, 05:43

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Originally Posted by kuromitsu

....you're joking, right?

I dunno, what did the sales of Endless Eight say to you?

kuromitsu · 2013-04-10, 05:50

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Originally Posted by Conan-san

I dunno, what did the sales of Endless Eight say to you?

I dunno, how is this in any way similar to Endless Eight?

Also, how is this an "abuse"?

Conan-san · 2013-04-10, 05:53

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Originally Posted by kuromitsu

I dunno, how is this in any way similar to Endless Eight?

Also, how is this an "abuse"?

To paraphrase; "anyone who didn't like this was only in it to whack off to Nakamura."

Do you want me to pull up that interview? I can do this all day.

MrTerrorist · 2013-04-10, 06:43

The Faces Behind "Flowers of Evil"

So they used the actual VAs as the models for the characters......yet they don't look like their real life counterparts.

2013-04-09, 21:00	Link #547
Master_Yoma Nekokota Festival Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Lost in the Fairy Forest	Well the style of animation is like an 80s music videos but all around is not that bad __________________

2013-04-10, 06:43	Link #560
MrTerrorist Takao Tsundere Cruiser Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Classified	The Faces Behind "Flowers of Evil" So they used the actual VAs as the models for the characters......yet they don't look like their real life counterparts. __________________

2013-04-09, 21:20	Link #548
Divini Senpai! Join Date: Mar 2007	I REALLY want to see what the BD sales numbers will be...

2013-04-10, 03:38	Link #553
Conan-san Cruel Angel's Thesis Join Date: Oct 2004	Japanese anime consumers are want to take whatever abuse is thrown at them but even they must have their limits.