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~~Pocari_Sweat~~ · 2012-08-10, 08:12

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Originally Posted by OceanBlue

Maybe KyoAni didn't choose to animate Chuunibyou because they wanted to do magic fighting

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Sponsors: "So listen up Kyoani. You're animating this slice of life series. Make sure you make it as moe as possible preferably those K-on designs the mass market loves. A lot of investors are on the line here so do your usual stuff and don't do anything stupid. Remember what happened the last time you defied us when you made Munto"

Kyoani: "K~"

*meanwhiles at Kyoani studio*

Kyoani Director: "Ok guys, listen up. F*** those sponsors. I'm sick of them ordering us around. Haven't they seen the CMs we've been spamming lately. We wanna do something different FFS. We'll still make those char designs moe as possible so that we'll still draw in the quota audience that those damn old men want, but we doing making an action series out this"

Kyoani Staffmember: "But how? The source material is just another cute girls doing cute things with the gimmick of a harem male. It's pretty gen-"

Kyoani Director: "DO AS I SAY!"

ultimatemegax · 2012-08-10, 08:17

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Originally Posted by Pocari_Sweat

Sponsors: "So listen up Kyoani. You're making animating this slice of life series. Make sure you make it as moe as possible preferably those K-on designs the mass market loves. A lot of investors are on the line here so do your usual stuff and don't do anything stupid. Remember what happened the last time you defied us when you made Munto"

Kyoani: "K~"

*meanwhiles at Kyoani studio*

Kyoani Director: "Ok guys, listen up. F*** those sponsors. We'll still make those char designs moe as possible so that we'll still draw in the quota audience that those damn old men want, but we doing making an action series out this"

Kyoani Staffmember: "But how? The source material is just another cute girls doing cute things with the gimmick of a harem male. It's pretty gen-"

Kyoani Director: "DO AS I SAY!"

Reminder: this project was one of the manuscripts submitted to the first Kyoto Animation Award and was likely decided to be turned into an anime then. KyoAni is the one who is pushing this project, not any of the other production committee members.

List as seen in the PV:
Kyoto Animation (original source material/animation studio)
Pony Canyon (Likely BD/DVD Distribution)
Lantis (Music Distribution)
TBS (Probable TV station organization)

Edit: adding the PV onto this page for convenience:

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**Klashikari** · 2012-08-10, 08:18

Mark me interested by this series as well after this PV, going even more chuuni with the fantasy scenes than what AIC did with Oreimo.
I particularly appreciate that the design actually -departs- from K-on (the shape of the eyes and particularly the iris), with a smooth animation, be it normal life and the action parts (which is far better rendered than Nichijou).

Now, it really depends how far they will play the humor with this series, but so far, it looks much more engaging than Nichijou was.

~~Pocari_Sweat~~ · 2012-08-10, 08:19

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Originally Posted by ultimatemegax

Reminder: this project was one of the manuscripts submitted to the first Kyoto Animation Award and was likely decided to be turned into an anime then. KyoAni is the one who is pushing this project, not any of the other production committee members.

List as seen in the PV:
Kyoto Animation (original source material/animation studio)
Pony Canyon (Likely BD/DVD Distribution)
Lantis (Music Distribution)
TBS (Probable TV station organization)

I already knew that but... way to ruin my fun

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Chaos2Frozen · 2012-08-10, 08:19

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Originally Posted by Dextro

I don't think it's magic battles that KyoAni wanted to do, I think they wanted to go all out on delusions. Just look at some of the more experimental scenes of Hyouka, they seem to be relishing in going overboard with it.

Hyouka never had Oreki doing battle with an army of Eru-Angel as he tries to fight back her advances.

Likewise of all the possible delusions they could have used, they picked magic battle...

Okay, I never read the original source so maybe that's how things actually went down.

ultimatemegax · 2012-08-10, 08:24

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Originally Posted by Chaos2Frozen

Okay, I never read the original source so maybe that's how things actually went down.

This seems like a good point to comment that the vast majority of things in the PV were new to me (and I've nearly finished both novels-check sig). There's elements from the novels in there (the whole "Dark Flame Master" outline), but it's different. If I had to guess, about 85% of the PV was either brand new or vastly changed from the novels.

ahelo · 2012-08-10, 08:25

Well KyoAni does love delusions. I remember that scene in Nichijou dedicated to Yuuko daydreaming about where Mio's pigtails came from.

Skane · 2012-08-10, 08:26

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Originally Posted by ultimatemegax

This seems like a good point to comment that the vast majority of things in the PV were new to me (and I've nearly finished both novels-check sig). There's elements from the novels in there (the whole "Dark Flame Master" outline), but it's different. If I had to guess, about 85% of the PV was either brand new or vastly changed from the novels.

So it's not so much an adaptation but more of a spin-off? Like Nanoha from Triangle Hearts?

Hmm.

Chaos2Frozen · 2012-08-10, 08:28

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Originally Posted by Skane

So it's not so much an adaptation but more of a spin-off? Like Nanoha from Triangle Hearts?

Hmm.

Sounds to me like KyoAni is still following the general outline of the story, but added 100% more shounen battles!

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...Which brings me back to my original question-- >.>

ultimatemegax · 2012-08-10, 08:33

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Originally Posted by Skane

So it's not so much an adaptation but more of a spin-off? Like Nanoha from Triangle Hearts?

Hmm.

No, I can see them using the majority of the plot, but they've added in extra elements. After working on shows with huge casts like Nichijou, K-On!, and Hyouka, Chuunibyou only had a few characters in the first novel. It's fine for a novel since you don't realize that only a few are around, but they wanted to add extra characters in the anime to make it more lively. That, in turn, forces certain aspects of the story to be changed to accommodate new characters. Back in post 135 I translated the scans. One of the new characters created the Afternoon Nap Club. That wasn't present in the novels.

I hate to use this example given the main female leads, but it's almost like Another where additional elements had to be added (beach episode) for the anime that weren't present in the novel.

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Originally Posted by Chaos2Frozen

Which brings me to my original question of "If KyoAni wanted to do Magic fightings, why couldn't they pick a series with actual magic battles?". It's not like there's any shortage of those...

Because they probably didn't get one that was good enough in the first Kyoto Animation Award. The purpose of this show is to promote their LN division. They felt the manuscript that could produce the best anime was Chuunibyou and went with it. It doesn't matter that there are manga/light novels that have magic battles; those series are not published by KyoAni.

~~Pocari_Sweat~~ · 2012-08-10, 08:34

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Originally Posted by Chaos2Frozen

Sounds to me like KyoAni is still following the general outline of the story, but added 100% more shounen battles!

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...Which brings me back to my original question-- >.>

I sense some extreme frustration inside you

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Chaos2Frozen · 2012-08-10, 08:41

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Originally Posted by ultimatemegax

Because they probably didn't get one that was good enough in the first Kyoto Animation Award. The purpose of this show is to promote their LN division. They felt the manuscript that could produce the best anime was Chuunibyou and went with it. It doesn't matter that there are manga/light novels that have magic battles; those series are not published by KyoAni.

Fair enough I guess...

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Originally Posted by Pocari_Sweat

I sense some extreme frustration inside you

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Lol just jesting

I'm one of those that poke fun at people still waiting for FMP or Haruhi

So I'm really not all that invested in what KyoAni does.

teja208 · 2012-08-10, 09:14

I like the PV although this one is quite misleading judging from everything I heard about the series, so I not planning to take this PV seriously. I'm expecting more well-defined PVs in the future.

But I think I'm gonna enjoy Yuuta in his chu2byo state, he looks badass and his hairstyle changes when he's in that form.

rulfo · 2012-08-10, 09:32

If the source is a good romance comedy then I complete trust in them.

If any of you people remembered or watched Nichijou there's a particular character there that brings romance comedy to the show. Most of the time that guy is a complete riot.

I really wish they'd just make spin off of that.

Anyway let's see how it ends up. I got a question though,

Spoiler for just a bonus question:

ultimatemegax · 2012-08-10, 09:45

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Originally Posted by rulfo

Anyway let's see how it ends up. I got a question though,

Spoiler for just a bonus question:

Answering spoiler in general terms, not spoiling the show (I'm answering with information already revealed):

Spoiler for answer:

rulfo · 2012-08-10, 10:12

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Originally Posted by ultimatemegax

Answering spoiler in general terms, not spoiling the show (I'm answering with information already revealed):

Spoiler for answer:

Thanks for clearing that up. I'm hyped for both of the shows with the other primarily for the reason of the designs being handled by mebae.

Anyway this doesn't seem to be the proper PV just yet. So definitely looking forward for some proper trailers/teasers. With regards to the one doing the OP song, any information about the artist or is it completely new?

ultimatemegax · 2012-08-10, 10:20

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Originally Posted by rulfo

With regards to the one doing the OP song, any information about the artist or is it completely new?

The artist has composed a few anime songs (almost all the Saki - Achiga Hen songs except the OP), but I've not found that they have performed any vocal tracks. It appears they are a recent addition to the Lantis line-up.

Guardian Enzo · 2012-08-10, 10:46

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Originally Posted by Tempester

That sickeningly fluffy and saccharine art style doesn't fit at all with the music and action. Otherwise, it looks to be quite entertaining in a silly crazy way.

I think that discordant clash of styles is exactly what they're going for.

I'm no Haruhi fan so I don't hope this show goes that direction, but I see some possibilities here. Looks like KyoAni might be aiming for something perverse and intentionally strange, which can be quite a winning combination if the writing is up to the challenge.

Dextro · 2012-08-10, 11:01

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Originally Posted by Guardian Enzo

I think that discordant clash of styles is exactly what they're going for.

I'm no Haruhi fan so I don't hope this show goes that direction, but I see some possibilities here. Looks like KyoAni might be aiming for something perverse and intentionally strange, which can be quite a winning combination if the writing is up to the challenge.

Speaking of which who's behind the writing for the adaptation? Is it known yet?

ultimatemegax · 2012-08-10, 11:17

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Originally Posted by Dextro

Speaking of which who's behind the writing for the adaptation? Is it known yet?

The series composer is Jukki Hanada. You might recognize him from composing a little-known chuunibyou in last year's Steins;Gate adaptation.

2012-08-10, 08:18	Link #243
Klashikari 阿賀野型3番艦、矢矧 Lv180 Graphic Designer Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Belgium, Brussels Age: 37	Mark me interested by this series as well after this PV, going even more chuuni with the fantasy scenes than what AIC did with Oreimo. I particularly appreciate that the design actually -departs- from K-on (the shape of the eyes and particularly the iris), with a smooth animation, be it normal life and the action parts (which is far better rendered than Nichijou). Now, it really depends how far they will play the humor with this series, but so far, it looks much more engaging than Nichijou was. __________________ [Sig art: Kagura Yuu, Nunukko, Maku Rako & Mishima Kurone] / [Twitter]

2012-08-10, 08:25	Link #247
ahelo Criminal Unrequitor Graphic Designer Join Date: Jul 2010	Well KyoAni does love delusions. I remember that scene in Nichijou dedicated to Yuuko daydreaming about where Mio's pigtails came from. __________________ Traveler on Revenge / Ahelo Sigs / Saimoe Report! Signature by ganbaru

2012-08-10, 09:32	Link #254
rulfo Senior Member Join Date: May 2011	If the source is a good romance comedy then I complete trust in them. If any of you people remembered or watched Nichijou there's a particular character there that brings romance comedy to the show. Most of the time that guy is a complete riot. I really wish they'd just make spin off of that. Anyway let's see how it ends up. I got a question though, Spoiler for just a bonus question: I speaked with someone earlier and he brought up a topic in 2ch. Apparently some are saying it's a rip off of this. Just how similar are these two?

2012-08-10, 09:14	Link #253
teja208 Critical fanboy Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Anywhere with anime and anime discussion is fine	I like the PV although this one is quite misleading judging from everything I heard about the series, so I not planning to take this PV seriously. I'm expecting more well-defined PVs in the future. But I think I'm gonna enjoy Yuuta in his chu2byo state, he looks badass and his hairstyle changes when he's in that form.