To Aru Kagaku no Railgun S - General News/Discussion (NO SPOILERS)

[tsunade666]

leave the troll be. Having an anime episode not finished on time for airing is a normal thing and that's why they fix it in dvd/bd. Its like a common knowledge. oh god reminds me of shaft that gets shaft or total eclipse crappy animation.

[Marcus H.]

^ehembakemonogatarieisode9ehem

Regardless, the series got bakemono sales.

[desrtsku]

Eh, don't say that! I'm still trying to forget that QUALITY episode from Psycho Pass, I just hope the QUALITY issues from this one won't be as horrible ... if there are.

[tsunade666]

JC staff even with their average track record also has their average track for animation. I trust them with their consistent work so "they won't get shafted "

[Chaos2Frozen]

That depends; Is Railgun S going to be more action base or SoL base?

Non-action series tend to be able to manage their budget better.

Maybe it'll be a split cour like Fate/Zero to maintain the quality? Who knows?

[leukrota]

Maybe that's why the animators seem afraid of the Sister's arc, it's rather action intensive.

Though it would be extremely lame if their main reason to put original SoL content was to reduce the workload...

[Chaos2Frozen]

Originally Posted by leukrota

Though it would be extremely lame if their main reason to put original SoL content was to reduce the workload...

Do you really think the sister arc would last 12 episodes by itself without feeling dragged?

[leukrota]

Originally Posted by Chaos2Frozen

Do you really think the sister arc would last 12 episodes by itself without feeling dragged?

I have no problem with padding for pacing purposes. That said, if they use all the manga material, 12 episodes would be fine, IMO (It's about 2 chapters per episode.)

[Chaos2Frozen]

Originally Posted by leukrota

I have no problem with padding for pacing purposes. That said, if they use all the manga material, 12 episodes would be fine, IMO (It's about 2 chapters per episode.)

Do you think the action scenes would actually take that long? You can't drag drama too long otherwise people would get bored, you can't make action scenes too long either.

The last Anime that took 1 cour to adapt 1 arc was Horizon, I'm sure I don't need to mention how much content are in those two books.

The sisters arc in Index took six episodes at a comfortable pace, at best you could squeeze two to three more episodes from ITEM but that's it.

[leukrota]

Originally Posted by Chaos2Frozen

Do you think the action scenes would actually take that long? You can't drag drama too long otherwise people would get bored, you can't make action scenes too long either.

The last Anime that took 1 cour to adapt 1 arc was Horizon, I'm sure I don't need to mention how much content are in those two books.

The sisters arc in Index took six episodes at a comfortable pace, at best you could squeeze two to three more episodes from ITEM but that's it.

Well, I don't know Horizon so I really can't say anything about that...

But, don't forget that the manga has it's own intro to the arc plus Mikoto's confrontation against Accelerator, before the part with ITEM. Those are easily 3 more episodes, I believe.

...I just checked for more precision. 22 chapters (monthly lenght, not weekly) for 11 episodes isn't far fetched. Perhaps minus 1 so as not to expose the viewers too much to the repeated part, 10 episodes should be fine, even with all the action (expanding the action is a common solution to make up for the increased pace).

So one episode for the series comeback and one for extra fluffy relief at the end is IMO padding enough for this arc.

Ok, I had my say. I somehow doubt this will convince you so let's just agree to disagree and leave it at that.

[Chaos2Frozen]

Originally Posted by leukrota

But, don't forget that the manga has it's own intro to the arc plus Mikoto's confrontation against Accelerator, before the part with ITEM. Those are easily 3 more episodes, I believe.

I've counted those as well.

Originally Posted by leukrota

...I just checked for more precision. 22 chapters (monthly lenght, not weekly) for 11 episodes isn't far fetched. Perhaps minus 1 so as not to expose the viewers too much to the repeated part, 10 episodes should be fine, even with all the action (expanding the action is a common solution to make up for the increased pace).

So one episode for the series comeback and one for extra fluffy relief at the end is IMO padding enough for this arc.

What you're forgetting is that not all chapters have the same amount of content, or even the same type of content. Different scenes require different levels of time investments so this isn't a 1-to-1 conversation ratio.

Plus, even though they have 'this' much content, they still need to trim some fats to make it coherent for the Anime which plays in real time. All in all it's a much more complicated process.

[leukrota]

Originally Posted by Chaos2Frozen

Plus, even though they have 'this' much content, they still need to trim some fats to make it coherent for the Anime which plays in real time. All in all it's a much more complicated process.

Fine, whatever, you're the expert.

[Primary Consult]

Level Upper was effectively 9 episodes. I would be amazed if sisters+them won't at least reach the same length.

In any case the information released so far all but guarantees that that they will be mixing in anime-original content to give other characters more scenes and to break up the "gloomy story". Combine this with intro episodes and I can easily see it taking until episode 12 before we get into unknown territory. Plus, episode 12 is a natural break point for a 2 cour anime.

I want them to take their time on this arc. I fear that when we see... them in Index III anime (whenever that happens), it will be rushed as hell. My hope is that they flesh out the characters in Railgun first (possibly even using some LN content), because I do not anticipate them getting the attention they deserve in Index.

[tsunade666]

By estimation of episode that will consume sister arc. I will say half of it. Around 6 episode and another 6 for slice of life where railgun anime is known for.

[desrtsku]

Originally Posted by tsunade666

By estimation of episode that will consume sister arc. I will say half of it. Around 6 episode and another 6 for slice of life where railgun anime is known for.

6 episode for that much content is not enough ...

I still don't understand why you guys are so sceptical about the Sister arc making a full cour. It's not a freaking novel where you legitimately have to burn the contents when adapting it into another medium. Depending on your purpose, you can drag it as much as you want, add anime original scenes just to make it longer ... or on the opposite, shorten it if you want to reach a certain point in the manga quickly. And we already know what Nagai team's speciality is when it comes to adaptations, not really the kind to stick with the source material.
What's more, they also implied they may include some of Touma's POV in the anime and that alone already took like 2-3 episodes before he met Accel in index (and dare you call that slice of life, I'll slice you in half right away), and they'll probably add further more to give the other 3 girls screen time so who knows how much supplementary contents that'll make, who knows if they won't also include some more guts & prepubescent girls.

[Chaos2Frozen]

When you say 'full cour', you mean 12 episodes, or the whole 24 episodes?

[GoddyofAus]

Originally Posted by Chaos2Frozen

When you say 'full cour', you mean 12 episodes, or the whole 24 episodes?

I think he's referring to 12 episodes.

My theory would be, seeing as Railgun 1 ended pretty much the day the Sisters Arc begins that the first cour will be dedicated to it, then the second will continue on with a bit of filler.

[desrtsku]

Originally Posted by GoddyofAus

I think he's referring to 12 episodes.

Yes, my apologies.

Originally Posted by GoddyofAus

My theory would be, seeing as Railgun 1 ended pretty much the day the Sisters Arc begins that the first cour will be dedicated to it, then the second will continue on with a bit of filler.

But, if those fillers are really fillers, then it has to happen in a non-canon parallel universe, 'cause right now the Raildex timeline is pretty much saturated.

[GoddyofAus]

Originally Posted by desrtsku

Yes, my apologies.



But, if those fillers are really fillers, then it has to happen in a non-canon parallel universe, 'cause right now the Raildex timeline is pretty much saturated.

I wouldn't say it would be that difficult. They managed it with the first season, so what's to suggest they can't do it again. The episode where the girls did the modelling in the virtual reality device is one of the best of the series (if only for the amazing ending).

All I'm saying is that the fanbase shouldn't get too paranoid about JC Staff somehow ruining the series with stupid filler, because lets face it, we come for the actual manga inspired plot and stay for the filler. There is a lot of unexplored time that they can use to fill in details, especially as it pertains to Saten and Uiharu.

[desrtsku]

Originally Posted by GoddyofAus

I wouldn't say it would be that difficult. They managed it with the first season, so what's to suggest they can't do it again. The episode where the girls did the modelling in the virtual reality device is one of the best of the series (if only for the amazing ending).

All I'm saying is that the fanbase shouldn't get too paranoid about JC Staff somehow ruining the series with stupid filler, because lets face it, we come for the actual manga inspired plot and stay for the filler. There is a lot of unexplored time that they can use to fill in details, especially as it pertains to Saten and Uiharu.

No, that's not what i'm trying to say. What I meant is that there was several days untouched between the end of level upper arc and the start of the sister arc in which the "slice of life" eps, Milk arc, and Terestina arc could fit in a coherent way (in a canon way if you want, because apparently Kamachi really wants everything to be canon). But this time there isn't, it's just as simple as that.