Gakusen Toshi Asterisk (The Asterisk War) Anticipation

[Stark700]

http://i.imgur.com/9UG4f2Q.jpg
Aniplex producer Shinichiro Kashiwada announced at Aniplex of America's panel at Sakura-Con on Friday that the company will produce The Asterisk War: The Academy City of the Water (Gakusen Toshi Asterisk) anime series.

Premise/Summary:
The Academy City on water, "Rikka". This city, otherwise known as 'Asterisk', was famous for being the world's largest stage for the integrated battle entertainment <Star Wars Festival>. The young boys and girls of the <Starpulse Generation> belonging to the six academies made their wishes with Shining Armaments in their hands, vying for supremacy -- Amagiri Ayato is one of them.

Ayato arrived at Rikka at the invitation of the Student Council President of the Seidoukan Academy, Claudia, and right after that he incurred the wrath of the <Petalblaze Witch> Julis, and ended up having to duel her.

The greatest academy battle entertainment, begins here!

Another LN adaptation. Coming Fall 2015.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-04-03/the-asterisk-war-the-academy-city-of-the-water-light-novels-get-anime-adaptation/.86706

[cloud04]

Eventually it got anime..incoming rants about it like IS lol

[ImperialFlameGod8190]

I was surprised it took this long hahaha this should be interesting and anybody who compares this to IS is an idiot

[kyuudere]

Finally! :heh:
Well, I thought they would announce this at MF Bunko J Summer Festival...
Glad that they announce this faster.

Edit :
There was a rumor on /a/, saying that A-1 will taking this project, with Horizon's Director.

Anime adaption of asterisk war was announced. A-1 pictures will be animating it and the horizon director will be directing it.

Directed by Manabu Ono (Horizon, Mahouka), Char Design SAO guy (Shingo Adachi), and animated by A-1.

[moodie]

excited I'm always excited for new light novel adaptions! i just had the amount of backlash online.

oh well i can't wait! if its not 8bit or ARMS then I'm happy

[Wandering Soul]

Was waiting for when this would get an anime.
Eventually it got anime..incoming rants about it like IS lol
Anyone that does compare this to IS is not paying any attention whatsoever.

[bakato]

It's probably going to be 1 cour.

[ImperialFlameGod8190]

It's probably going to be 1 cour.

The fact that its a 1 cour is a terrifying problem because in my mind that screams its going to be SEVERELY rushed.

[FunnyGuy]

Pink hair girl... Oh, the nut brain and the oppais

[cloud04]

MF stuff tend to be 1cour

[ImperialFlameGod8190]

I happen to love the story and knowing the story this anime terrifies me because as a 1 cour (which we all know it will be) there is very little chance they will do what is needed to properly adapt this story and it will be an absolute disaster

[bakato]

The fact that its a 1 cour is a terrifying problem because in my mind that screams its going to be SEVERELY rushed.

I happen to love the story and knowing the story this anime terrifies me because as a 1 cour (which we all know it will be) there is very little chance they will do what is needed to properly adapt this story and it will be an absolute disaster

C'mon. With all the butchering that's been going on these days with LN adaptations, we shouldn't be surprised anymore, but I don't really see much of a problem with this series now that I think about it. You can skip a lot of the mechanics and dive right into it. As for the cutoff point, the end of the festa is a good place to end things.

[ImperialFlameGod8190]

^You're not wrong but the problem is that the mechanics of this story are one of the most critical aspects depending on the ones you talk about.

That being said if they're gonna fit the 5 volumes in 13 pacing is an issue because by my estimation you have about 16-17 episodes of material.
Volume 1 is 2-3 depending on what you skip. volume 2 is also 3-4. vol 3-5 starts the festa and to do it properly requires at least 10 episodes between the fights and everything stacked in between to do properly and get the critical points down. That doesnt leave much comfort

[bakato]

^You're not wrong but the problem is that the mechanics of this story are one of the most critical aspects depending on the ones you talk about.

That being said if they're gonna fit the 5 volumes in 13 pacing is an issue because by my estimation you have about 16-17 episodes of material.
Volume 1 is 2-3 depending on what you skip. volume 2 is also 3-4. vol 3-5 starts the festa and to do it properly requires at least 10 episodes between the fights and everything stacked in between to do properly and get the critical points down. That doesnt leave much comfort

The fight mechanics seemed relatively simple to me and there's always an anime original ending.

[ImperialFlameGod8190]

The fight mechanics seemed relatively simple to me and there's always an anime original ending.

An anime original ending :heh::heh::heh::heh::heh::heh::heh::heh::heh::heh: :heh::heh::heh::heh::heh::heh::heh::heh::heh::heh: :heh::heh::heh::heh::heh::heh::heh::heh::heh::heh: :heh::heh::heh::heh::heh: o wait you were serious :twitch::twitch::twitch::twitch::twitch:

[bakato]

An anime original ending :heh::heh::heh::heh::heh::heh::heh::heh::heh::heh: :heh::heh::heh::heh::heh::heh::heh::heh::heh::heh: :heh::heh::heh::heh::heh::heh::heh::heh::heh::heh: :heh::heh::heh::heh::heh: o wait you were serious :twitch::twitch::twitch::twitch::twitch:

I'm not saying that as a good thing. I'm just being pragmatic. Like you said, five volumes in 12 episodes is a tight fit. They might just end up blowing it all up in the end.

[zerodragon]

:Dnot sure how i feel about this but at least i get to see my kirin animated:D

[ImperialFlameGod8190]

I'm not saying that as a good thing. I'm just being pragmatic. Like you said, five volumes in 12 episodes is a tight fit. They might just end up blowing it all up in the end.

Since i dont feel like some massive spoilers i'm gonna message you some interesting analysis

[omega253]

Coincidentally, I'm rereading through the LN's. :heh:

All I can hope for is that they adapt it well.

[Guardian Enzo]

Once again I want to commend LN publishers for devising this innovative system of giving each series a different title so we can tell them apart. That's foreword thinking.

[Wandering Soul]

:Dnot sure how i feel about this but at least i get to see my kirin animated:D
That is certainly one thing to look forward too:D.

[cloud04]

im actually curious how they will look in anime + how big really is Ser-Versta

[D-Joe]

Finally! :heh:
Well, I thought they would announce this at MF Bunko J Summer Festival...
Glad that they announce this faster.

Edit :
There was a rumor on /a/, saying that A-1 will taking this project, with Horizon's Director.

It's from this twitter so i think it's real
https://twitter.com/tononet

[The 48th Ronin]

This show's character designs will probably be similar to IS.

[Marcus H.]

I'm totally miffed about the Star Wars Festival term. 星武祭（フェスタ） was used in the original Japanese, and instead translates to "Star Battle Festival" or simply "The Festa/Festival".

[belatkuro]

This show's character designs will probably be similar to IS.It's the same illustrator of Infinite Stratos, okiura.

[The 48th Ronin]

It's the same illustrator of Infinite Stratos, okiura.

Yeah, I know. That's why I'm expecting comparisons every episode. :heh:

Not to mention the "spot the character look-a-like" segments. :p

[ImperialFlameGod8190]

Yeah, I know. That's why I'm expecting comparisons every episode. :heh:

Not to mention the "spot the character look-a-like" segments. :p

other then Claudia being Tatenashi you wont get any real comparisons outside of that.

[GreyZone]

inb4 same complains like with Rakudai will pile up due to some badly-made summary by ANN, like "oh from the synopsis this sounds like a typical generic ecchi harem highschool LN, just more of the same again".


I only read the first volume and I think it's pretty good. Most importantly the MC is not a spineless coward like most MCs in such settings.

[HasuMasu]

Fuck me I am freaking out I don't even care about my terrible mobile typing right now this is the biggest shit fuck me

TWO COUR OR BUST

I am freaking out this is fuck shit sorry I'm not usually like this but THIS IS IT

THIS IS THE ADAPTATION

I'm dead

[RDNexus]

I'm quite sure it's gonna be 1-cour at best, like all the others...
And let us pray it doesn't end up being a rushed adaption... :uhoh:

[Stark700]

Didn't take long for a preview to show up:
ZLciugcAbzA

[D-Joe]

And staff
http://asterisk-war.com/

原作 三屋咲ゆう
(MF文庫J「学戦都市アスタリスク」KADOKAWAメディアファクトリー刊)
Based on story by Yuu Miyazaki
原作 イラストokiura
Original Character Design by okiura
総監督 小野 学
General Director Manabu Ono
監督 セトウケンジ
Director Kenji Seto
キャラクターデザイン・総作画監督 川上哲也
Character Design & Animation Director Tetsuya Kawakami
音楽 ラスマス・フェイバー
Music Rasmus Faber
音楽制作 フライングドッグ
Music Production FlyingDog
制作 A-1 Pictures
Produced by A-1 Pictures

[ImperialFlameGod8190]

I'm quite sure it's gonna be 1-cour at best, like all the others...
And let us pray it doesn't end up being a rushed adaption... :uhoh:

If its 1 cour its gonna be rushed

Didn't take long for a preview to show up:
ZLciugcAbzA

That preview gives me a very bad feeling and has me almost praying its a 2-cour

[bakato]

Didn't take long for a preview to show up:
ZLciugcAbzA

Already!? This looks serious.

If its 1 cour its gonna be rushed



That preview gives me a very bad feeling and has me almost praying its a 2-cour

The animation and fight scenes look great. Don't get why it's narrated in english. Oh and we're definitely getting 5 volumes.

You know what? I'm gonna start praying, too.

[Wandering Soul]

Didn't take long for a preview to show up:
ZLciugcAbzA
So far the animation and fight scenes look pretty good. Why is it in english though?

[Westlo]

Hmm maybe 2 cour or split cour, seems to be better animated/pushed than your typical one cour LN advertisement for the genre. Than again it's not like being 1 cour stopped IS raking in the money...

[RDNexus]

But IS actually, AFAIK, got quite the nicely faithful adaption... Season1, that is...

[Frontier]

That was a pretty sweet PV, with some nice animation, action scenes, music, and cute girls :D.

That English narration definitely took me by surprise though :heh:.

I would definitely be interested in checking this out and judging by the reaction in this thread it sounds like this is a pretty good series and one I hope receives a successful adaption. Granted, LN's of a similar genre haven't been doing so well on that front lately, but considering this is A-1 as the studio I'm hopeful for its chances :).

[Nachtwandler]

They showed it on Sakuracon first. That's why it's on English.

[zerodragon]

So far the animation and fight scenes look pretty good. Why is it in english though?

the scenes look good, the characters look ok although the MC looks little more girly and kirin looks a little flat on the face. i still look forward to it, really hope they don't miss some parts that i am looking forward to T_T:( that are not the most important parts. if they rush it, we are look at 2 episode probably for the first 2 volume with them using 3 episode for the rest.

[Marcus H.]

It's rather gutsy to show this first in an international convention. However, I just hope that this doesn't turn out to be all for naught as with what happened with World Break.

The staff and people involved seem solid, though. A-1, the guy who composed Koufuku Graffiti's OP, director of Horizon, and music by Flying Dog.

[bakato]

It's rather gutsy to show this first in an international convention. However, I just hope that this doesn't turn out to be all for naught as with what happened with World Break.

The staff and people involved seem solid, though. A-1, the guy who composed Koufuku Graffiti's OP, director of Horizon, and music by Flying Dog.

The taste of fight scenes and good animation we get from this PV alone guarantees this won't end up a train wreck like World Break.

[Marcus H.]

Well, it is A-1 we're talking about, so chances are they can pull this off better than a smaller studio like Diomedéa.

[D-Joe]

Well this is first time a MF bunko J LN publish by Aniplex and A-1 in charge it, hope it won't end up bad.

[Sixth]

Another generic LN got animated.

I guess generic sells.

[GreyZone]

Another generic LN got animated.

I guess generic sells.

Called it.

inb4 same complains like with Rakudai will pile up due to some badly-made summary by ANN, like "oh from the synopsis this sounds like a typical generic ecchi harem highschool LN, just more of the same again".


I only read the first volume and I think it's pretty good. Most importantly the MC is not a spineless coward like most MCs in such settings.

[MisaoFan]

I find it pretty tiring to see more magical action harem LNs getting animated as of late, given IS's success as a whole and such. But whatever, I still eat them up as guilty pleasures, but then I just found out this is the first time a MF Bunko J LN gets adapted by Aniplex and A-1 Pictures' collaboration, coupled with the fact that the first trailer is initially released in English before the Japanese one.

I like the choice of the staff so far, especially the fact that seeing Manabu Ono listed as the chief director is enough for me to watch it just for that alone. He did a good job on Horizon, but the way he portrayed things in Mahouka really disappointed me. I hope is this more in-line with the former rather than the latter, but hey it's just me speaking my own opinion.

I also like the fact that for a series of its kind, it's good to see at least a foreigner named Rasmus Faber do the music. I greatly enjoyed his compositions on previous anime theme songs before so welcoming him doing his first-time original soundtrack in an anime is an instant bonus.

I'm going to watch anyway mainly because of the director and musician.

[Esclair]

If these adaptations are produced to advertise the LN's, why don't they just do a straight up only animate the first one or two volumes instead and do them well, instead of rushing through a bunch of material and half-assing it. Most of these 1 cour anime either get some terrible anime original ending or end up only resolving a minor plot point, so you'd have to read the LNs to find out what happens either way.

[RDNexus]

Because what they want to promote in each story is not the plot but the girls... And that sucks...
Since, in their "right" minds, it's the girls who make each story and set people to buy the stuff...

[bakato]

If these adaptations are produced to advertise the LN's, why don't they just do a straight up only animate the first one or two volumes instead and do them well, instead of rushing through a bunch of material and half-assing it. Most of these 1 cour anime either get some terrible anime original ending or end up only resolving a minor plot point, so you'd have to read the LNs to find out what happens either way.

In this case, that would mean not even finishing the festa, which would be kinda dumb.

[tsunade666]

hmmm.... nice pv. I haven't touched the light novel yet. If I had time I will read it (I said the same for absolute duo when its given announcement but I haven't read it yet until now)

[Sixth]

Called it.

I read the manga and it screams generic. It was rather arrogant of you for you assuming that i called it generic because i read the synopsis from ANN.

So please don't sing other tune now by telling me the manga is different from the LN. The execution might be different but the premise is pretty much the same.

Same goes to Failed knight.

[Marcus H.]

Let's say that it really is generic as hell.
But that only matters if it undermines your enjoyment of the media in question.

[The 48th Ronin]

I read the manga and it screams generic. It was rather arrogant of you for you assuming that i called it generic because i read the synopsis from ANN.

So please don't sing other tune now by telling me the manga is different from the LN. The execution might be different but the premise is pretty much the same.

Same goes to Failed knight.

You really made an effort to go to this thread and say that? :heh:

[bastek66]

I dunno but people say those designs are terrible
http://i.imgur.com/gUsgvwK.png

[RDNexus]

I think the Manga arts are better than these ones...
Those character designs (not the art-style itself) feel a bit off, the heads are a bit too big for those bodies...

[Marcus H.]

Well, we didn't see that character design in the PV.

[D-Joe]

Well that's LN design, anime sure won't be like that, though who know it will better or even worst

[GreyZone]

I read the manga and it screams generic. It was rather arrogant of you for you assuming that i called it generic because i read the synopsis from ANN.

So please don't sing other tune now by telling me the manga is different from the LN. The execution might be different but the premise is pretty much the same.

Same goes to Failed knight.

similar setting =/= generic


well, I can concede Gakusen having a few generic elements after all, a few things there may indeed come off as cliché, but definitly not Rakudai where after half of LN vol. 1 anything remotetly "generic" stops existing.

[ReinZwei]

:Dnot sure how i feel about this but at least i get to see my kirin animated:D

Yep surely wan't to see her too specially those fighting scenes that screams awesomeness in the light novel.

[Esclair]

In this case, that would mean not even finishing the festa, which would be kinda dumb.

Blade Dance didn't even get to the Blade Dance. When you only have 12 episodes to work with, isn't it better to make something that's enticing even if it doesn't end properly as opposed to something rushed and often terrible?

[ImperialFlameGod8190]

Blade Dance didn't even get to the Blade Dance. When you only have 12 episodes to work with, isn't it better to make something that's enticing even if it doesn't end properly as opposed to something rushed and often terrible?

bad comparison. The blade dance arc starts at the 4th volume and ends at at the 11th festa starts in volume 3 and ends at 5. lets ignore the fact that 2 volumes in 12 wouldnt work for this series. You'd need round 30 episodes to cover the whole blade dance properly u could condense it into 24 safely.

However in theory you could do the festa in around 10. plus the first 3 volumes of BD were world building of sorts

[winhlp32]

Hey guys I really need to know! Is the main protagonist really actually a badass in this one, unlike all the other wimpy teenage MCs out there?????

[ImperialFlameGod8190]

Hey guys I really need to know! Is the main protagonist really actually a badass in this one, unlike all the other wimpy teenage MCs out there?????

i'm not gonna answer that and nobody else should for three reasons 1. There is a light novel out there so you can read it for yourself and determine that. 2. See reason 1. 3. See reason 1.

[Esclair]

bad comparison. The blade dance arc starts at the 4th volume and ends at at the 11th festa starts in volume 3 and ends at 5. lets ignore the fact that 2 volumes in 12 wouldnt work for this series. You'd need round 30 episodes to cover the whole blade dance properly u could condense it into 24 safely.

However in theory you could do the festa in around 10. plus the first 3 volumes of BD were world building of sorts

Seems like what is killing these LN adaptation is the inability to do 16-18 episode series due to timing and budget constraints. Another possibility is perhaps jumping right into the arc that covers volumes 3-5, and build the important material in into the arc via flashbacks or transplanted scenes. I mean, it's not like we REALLY need to see another overdone beginning of the main character going to a new school and meeting all the girls one by one right? If the adaptation is good people will check out the LN's and read the original take anyways.

[IceHism]

Seems like what is killing these LN adaptation is the inability to do 16-18 episode series due to timing and budget constraints. Another possibility is perhaps jumping right into the arc that covers volumes 3-5, and build the important material in into the arc via flashbacks or transplanted scenes. I mean, it's not like we REALLY need to see another overdone beginning of the main character going to a new school and meeting all the girls one by one right? If the adaptation is good people will check out the LN's and read the original take anyways.

In media res does sound like a very viable thing short 1 cour adaptions should use. Though I imagine that it would take a skilled series composition person to properly put in the backstory. And that sort of talent is hard to find.

[Sixth]

Hey guys I really need to know! Is the main protagonist really actually a badass in this one, unlike all the other wimpy teenage MCs out there?????

He is strong, smart, chick magnet and skillful.

[RDNexus]

ImperialFlameGod, I understand why you tell people to read the LNs rather than coming here asking about the stuff...
But do you believe everyone does have the time and/or patience to go check every single story one gets curious about?
There may be those who may be being lazy, true, but it doesn't mean that everyone is the in the same boat, you know?

I, for one, have a few LNs in backlog but I simply don't find the chance to read them, specially when I'm in the process of revamping my once-finished LN-style novel series...

As of late, you've been rather negative about everything and their mother, and it's getting tiresome seeing you like that.
Maybe you should pay some heed to the other lurkers' advices and take a break from Anime, if it's being so bad for you...

[ImperialFlameGod8190]

ImperialFlameGod, I understand why you tell people to read the LNs rather than coming here asking about the stuff...
But do you believe everyone does have the time and/or patience to go check every single story one gets curious about?
There may be those who may be being lazy, true, but it doesn't mean that everyone is the in the same boat, you know?

I, for one, have a few LNs in backlog but I simply don't find the chance to read them, specially when I'm in the process of revamping my once-finished LN-style novel series...

As of late, you've been rather negative about everything and their mother, and it's getting tiresome seeing you like that.
Maybe you should pay some heed to the other lurkers' advices and take a break from Anime, if it's being so bad for you...

I wont be taking a break anytime soon but i'm glad you're so worried about my negativity. However i'm also aware that people can make the time if they want to. He's not a wimp like other MC's thats simple to say but lets face it he could read it find out for himself then be done with it. I've been a bit harsh recently so i'll try to relax with that

[zerodragon]

now that i thought about it, the fact that they showed this at sakuracon means they may release a dub of it out, which= a good chance that the LN may be licensed if many people like it!!!! NNNNOOOO~!!!. LN release take forever here T_T

[Stark700]

Latest key visual
[img]http://i.imgur.com/KdVeUTi.jpg

[The 48th Ronin]

Dat IS vibes... :heh:

[Trung-t-rung]

Dat IS vibes... :heh:

Same illustrator though the content are miles better.

[moodie]

i wish A1 donest fuck this up i mean hey better them than 8bit or some other low tier studio

[Stark700]

Site updated. It has a new key visual:

http://i.imgur.com/IQJhBkI.jpg
http://asterisk-war.com/

[cloud04]

ser-vesta kinda looks??smaller?

[moodie]

art looks stunning sadly the pv didnt seem to translate such quality even if it was still good

[II Maestro]

Currently reading the LN of Asterisk its quite enjoyable, Looking forward to the adaptation of this series.

[zerodragon]

Site updated. It has a new key visual:

http://i.imgur.com/IQJhBkI.jpg
http://asterisk-war.com/

i can't denied that that look amazing, but the anime will be no where near that level of amazing.

[Marcus H.]

I really hope there's no severe QUALITY issues.

[Trung-t-rung]

I really hope there's no severe QUALITY issues.

Consider this made by A-1, it's probably okay. Just thanks God that it is not made by IMS.

[Wandering Soul]

I really hope there's no severe QUALITY issues.
Yeah after seeing all that nice animation and the nice looking image, it would be disappointing if there were a lot of QUALITY issues.

[MisaoFan]

Official website has the "guess who is voicing a character? (http://asterisk-war.com/)" which I saw today. So far I only got Kensho Ono, Ayane Sakura, Nao Toyama, Misaki Kuno (although her voice here really reminded me of Tomoe Tamiyasu) and Minami Takahashi. Let's see how much will Aniplex prove us wrong or not.

[Izayoi Sakamaki]

Official website has the "guess who is voicing a character? (http://asterisk-war.com/)" which I saw today. So far I only got Kensho Ono, Ayane Sakura, Nao Toyama, Misaki Kuno (although her voice here really reminded me of Tomoe Tamiyasu) and Minami Takahashi. Let's see how much will Aniplex prove us wrong or not.

I'm actually sure Ayato is not Kensho Ono but probably Atsushi Tamaru or Hirufumi Nojima.
Kensho Ono is more like : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jwj4OyBL-zs

[AntonKutovoi]

Official website has the "guess who is voicing a character? (http://asterisk-war.com/)" which I saw today. So far I only got Kensho Ono, Ayane Sakura, Nao Toyama, Misaki Kuno (although her voice here really reminded me of Tomoe Tamiyasu) and Minami Takahashi. Let's see how much will Aniplex prove us wrong or not.

I'm probably wrong, but I think it might be Hanae Natsuki.

[belatkuro]

It's either Ono Kensho or Saito Soma for Ayato. And I'm pretty sure the second one, Julis is Ai Kakuma. She sounds like Sento from Amagi.

[Abysmalheart]

I am pretty sure the animation won't do justice to the LN but I hope we don't see useless panty shots as in the LN illustrations(though I don't mind seeing kirin,saya cludia and sylvie ;)).

[blitz1/2]

I think Harumi Sakurai is in there for the 2nd voice.

[D-Joe]

Cast announced:
http://asterisk-war.com/#cast_staff
Atsushi Tamaru as "Ayato Amagiri"
Ai Kakuma as "Julis-Alexia von Riessfelt"
Nao Toyama as "Claudia Enfield"
Shiori Izawa as "Saya Sasamiya"
Ari Ozawa as "Kirin Todo"

OP Theme by Shiena Nishizawa
ED Theme by Maaya Sakamoto

Also, this will be first ever MF bunko 2 cour show(total 22 episodes, not sure split or not yet.)

[cloud04]

been awhile since they did a 2 cour one

[belatkuro]

At least I got Julis right. And that solves the pacing issue if they're going for 2 cour(can't seem to find where this was mentioned).

Seems there's also a game announcement, though further details are until after the premiere.

[Stark700]

Found PV #2 (non region blocked):
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2yj06t

[Marcus H.]

I still can't get over the anatomically-questionable character designs. :eyespin:

[Nachtwandler]

Also, this will be first ever MF bunko 2 cour show(total 22 episodes, not sure split or not yet.)

I demand link for this info to. But since it's A-1 split-core is more probable.

[cloud04]

my issue mainly are the eyes, especially claudia's

[AP24]

Also, this will be first ever MF bunko 2 cour show(total 22 episodes, not sure split or not yet.)

Where did you get the information?

[D-Joe]

Where did you get the information?

Today's stage director said 22 episodes.

[Nachtwandler]

BTW. I just checked the list of MF Bunko works. Why did you say it's first their 2-cour production? I just checked MF Bunko J list of LNs and there are some with 20+ eps adaptations. Just that the last one of them were 8 or 10 years ago

[AP24]

BTW. I just checked the list of MF Bunko works. Why did you say it's first their 2-cour production? I just checked MF Bunko J list of LNs and there are some with 20+ eps adaptations. Just that the last one of them were 8 or 10 years ago

I looked at a list of MF Bunko J novels, but I couldn't find any series with its first anime season being 2-cour.

[Nachtwandler]

I rechecked. My bad. It was LNs adapted from either anime or manga

[Stark700]

Preview #3:
KAY8vsOm538

[SuchDoge]

Well I didnt know that their clothes glow..

[MisaoFan]

I usually have rather pessimistic feelings about most of A-1's recent series as far animation goes but seeing Manabu Ono directing this made me think it will have a somewhat consistent animation throughout the run, not to mention in his LN adaptations, he can explain the details quite well to the audience. I do however hope that this will be more like Horizon in terms of overall enjoyment and execution rather than Mahouka's lackluster plot although considering the lack of series composer in this one, I don't see this end very well, it needs to be proven wrong when it's out.

[IceHism]

Its not gonna be either. This seems like it is gonna be more like infinite stratos than either of those.

Oh and no series composition named? Yea, this is doomed. Mahouka failed cause the studio didn't care about it and the director and series composition were outsourced

[Nerroth]

A PS Vita adaptation (http://gematsu.com/2015/08/asterisk-war-ps-vita-game-announced) is in the works:

http://game-asterisk.bn-ent.net/images/top/bg_top_pc.jpg (http://game-asterisk.bn-ent.net/)

cqBWAj51FF4

[moodie]

really relieved from the pv

i was scared we might get gunsling stratos part 2 but now i can be safe to assume we are getting a battle proxy harem with a good amount of quality

[darkofficer]

Comparing this with infinite stratos is to much honor for is. this has a decent plot

[Nachtwandler]

Comparing this with infinite stratos is to much honor for is. this has a decent plot

He talked about Gunslinger Stratos not Infinite Stratos

[darkofficer]

He talked about Gunslinger Stratos not Infinite Stratos

oohh oke my fault then i read it wrong

[Izumo]

This is more like a game than a anime, don't know why but I feel like this is going to be another series just to fill the season and nothing more than that.

[AceTrigger]

I have hopes that this series will turned out fine. The LNs for this are a lot easier to adapt than Mahouka.

[Stark700]

Latest key visual
http://i.imgur.com/GhJNiXP.jpg

http://asterisk-war.com/

PV #4:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x34098x

[Izumo]

Look OK that PV, nothing amazing or unique just decent. Well it's A-1 and another seasonal harem.

[AceTrigger]

^
Well it's a seasonal harem that A-1 seems to spent a lot of time on animating & promoting. I heard it's may be a 2-cour too.

[Botan_TM]

^ because it have two loli, so it got two cours (just kidding).

[Izumo]

2 cour... that means this is probably going to have the same fate as IS, you know what I mean.

[AnimeFangirl]

Sooo generic... Especially that main character...

[BladeMancer]

Sooo generic... Especially that main character...
It's actually really good. I have read the LN and it makes up a lot for it's genericness.

[Izumo]

It's actually really good. I have read the LN and it makes up a lot for it's genericness.

Not really, follow the same pattern as all the harem LN's out there and it feels like a poorly made copy of IS. That said Gakusen isn't that bad and can be enjoyable sometimes, which is a nice thing since 70% the harem genre is full of boring stuff.

[Botan_TM]

Well, after reading 1,5 volume I still don't like him. There is nothing special or new or eye catching about him in my opinion. At least he is not idiot though, and he is not flipping when somebody with boobs is near him or such.

[AnimeFangirl]

I like the idea behind the "magical high school" concept, but in the end you always get one boring main character, lots of girls falling over him, lots of other characters distracting from the main story, lots of technobabble that doesn't make any sense and some international plot that doesn't make sense either. It's almost never done right. I don't know whether to hold out hope that this will be any different or not.

[GreyZone]

I like the idea behind the "magical high school" concept, but in the end you always get one boring main character, lots of girls falling over him, lots of other characters distracting from the main story, lots of technobabble that doesn't make any sense and some international plot that doesn't make sense either. It's almost never done right. I don't know whether to hold out hope that this will be any different or not.

In that case you should rather go with Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry instead, since it tends to subtly defy the usual clichés, though it's easy to miss, since it gives the outward appearance of the usual clichés.

Can't say much about Gakusen Toshi though, as I have only read vol. 1, but from what I read, the MC of Gakusen Toshi is definitly better than the "average" MC.

[bakato]

Latest key visual
http://i.imgur.com/GhJNiXP.jpg

http://asterisk-war.com/

PV #4:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x34098x

OP sounds nice.

[Wandering Soul]

OP sounds nice.
I agree, it does sound pretty nice.

[Westlo]

Really interested in what score Faber puts out here, dat orchestra and electronics blend.... good to see some new blood in anime music.

Look OK that PV, nothing amazing or unique just decent. Well it's A-1 and another seasonal harem.

Looks like they're putting a bit more effort into this than the usual low budget advertisement for the LNs that we mostly see these days... of course that doesn't mean it will be more successful than them....

[bastek66]

2 cour... that means this is probably going to have the same fate as IS, you know what I mean.
What does it mean?

[IceHism]

Well infinite stratos anime was highly successful selling over 30k bd+dvd so maybe this will be?

Nah, probably not.

[Marina2]

Who knows? Considering it's 2 cour, A-1 seems to be serious about this one. They probably think it will be hit somehow.

[RDNexus]

Can someone please remind me how is it confirmed to be 2-cour?

[Izumo]

What does it mean?

Decent sales numbers, shitty anime and slightly above average main source.

As @Westlo said, 2 cour doesn't mean successful specially with another carbon copy harem like this one.

[moodie]

Decent sales numbers, shitty anime and slightly above average main source.

As @Westlo said, 2 cour doesn't mean successful specially with another carbon copy harem like this one.

so basically nothing like IS at all?

[Izumo]

so basically nothing like IS at all?

IS have good sales even if the story and the adaptation were average, S1 was good but S2 was fanservice without any kind of development. Gakusen have the same problem, the main source is the same as every harem out there and probably A-1 is going to focus more in the fanservice than the story.

Fanservice well worked = decent sales. IS is a good example of that so yeah, is like IS.

[IceHism]

IS have good sales even if the story and the adaptation were average, S1 was good but S2 was fanservice without any kind of development. Gakusen have the same problem, the main source is the same as every harem out there and probably A-1 is going to focus more in the fanservice than the story.

Fanservice well worked = decent sales. IS is a good example of that so yeah, is like IS.

Wasn't IS s2 mostly anime original stuff.

[bakato]

Wasn't IS s2 mostly anime original stuff.

Not most. Just a quarter.

[Izumo]

Wasn't IS s2 mostly anime original stuff.

Less than a half of S2 was original, most of the S2 is part of the LN's.

[RDNexus]

As far as I came to know, IS author simply stopped trying...

[GreyZone]

I don't give a single damn about so-called "clichés" as that has become a ridiculously overused buzzword and heavily implies "if the show has done anything multiple shows have done in the past, then the whole show is trash" and I heavily disagree with that because because it's a prejudical stance and is usually only available in a bundle with nostalgia-obsession and/or extreme negativity.

Infinite Stratos (anime) ? That was simply trash in my eyes. Not because of something like "clichés", but simply because it was "no fun". It was boring. Dropped after 2 or 3 episodes... any other of the so-called "generic" series were better than IS. They all have their own shares of problems, for example low quality in general (Rail Wars!) or unlimited lore works (Mahouka). The former can at least be "so bad it's good", while the latter simply is not very compatible with the anime medium, unless you have a certain amount of patience and bother watching the "specials" that explain some of the lore, but often actually has at the very least sufficient quality or even better. But IS? Sleeping was more fun. The only other series that gave me a similar boring impression was F/sn(2006). The ufotable Fate adaption fall into the "unlimited lore works" category though.

Well... depending on how GTA (not the game ^^ ) is adapted, it may work out just fine. As long as it doesn't turn into another Rosario+Vampire adaption that is.

[Westlo]

You didn't even get to the part that made IS the hit it was, Charles da gawd. That said it probably would've been a 10k seller anyway but pre orders rocketed after Charles came in, France ftw.

[Ophis]

Not really, follow the same pattern as all the harem LN's out there and it feels like a poorly made copy of IS. That said Gakusen isn't that bad and can be enjoyable sometimes, which is a nice thing since 70% the harem genre is full of boring stuff.

You must have some serious problems to even remotely suggest Gakusen to be a copy of IS, since both novels have practically no semblance at all. Calling it a poor copy to boot, is even more worrying from your part. :uhoh:


Anyway, what's not generic these days? Rakudai that will be airing this fall is just as generic, if not more, as Gakusen and other whatnot harems out there. What matters is the execution of the story. Which, by the way, Gakusen does a lot better than Rakudai.

[bakato]

Not really, follow the same pattern as all the harem LN's out there and it feels like a poorly made copy of IS. That said Gakusen isn't that bad and can be enjoyable sometimes, which is a nice thing since 70% the harem genre is full of boring stuff.

The only similarity between this and IS is the illustrator, which is moot in light of anime designs. IS's defining point was "one guy in a school full of girls." Here's a school, but there are guys as well as girls.

[KnightShade]

similar setting =/= generic


well, I can concede Gakusen having a few generic elements after all, a few things there may indeed come off as cliché, but definitly not Rakudai where after half of LN vol. 1 anything remotely "generic" stops existing.
um the fighting tournament got canned? and the predictable plot twists regarding the antagonists disappeared? the history revisionism go debunked? the super convenient fights vanished? what light novel was i reading then...

seriously, outside of the romance rakudai is every bit as generic other ln's in its genre. but thats not an inherently bad thing as every story these days are all pretty much copy pasta. it just comes down to preference at this point.

[Marcus H.]

History revisionism in Rakudai? Oh boy, we've got another person fooled by fake spoilers.

[The 48th Ronin]

^ That guy probablx don't know the difference between alternate history and historical revisionism.

[KnightShade]

You must have some serious problems to even remotely suggest Gakusen to be a copy of IS, since both novels have practically no semblance at all. Calling it a poor copy to boot, is even more worrying from your part. :uhoh:


Anyway, what's not generic these days? Rakudai that will be airing this fall is just as generic, if not more, as Gakusen and other whatnot harems out there. What matters is the execution of the story. Which, by the way, Gakusen does a lot better than Rakudai.

i hate to be that guy that addresses the obvious elephant in the room but as much as i love the romance of rakudai, every other aspect of that series falls short compared to gakusen. from the pointless history revision and the super convenient fight strategies and abilities of the MC to the painfully generic blazer abilities(ripped straight from duo) and lack of strong supporting cast that can stick around past their respective intro volume. at some point i just realized that stella and ikki were the only things worth mentioning about the novel.

where as with gakusen i'm only 1 volume and change in and there so much more going on with the plot it's not even funny. inter school politics, rank boosting tactics, implications of a corrupt political society at large, and that's not even the kicker. this is on top of the fact that the supporting cast are a lot more plot relevant.

[KnightShade]

History revisionism in Rakudai? Oh boy, we've got another person fooled by fake spoilers.

^ That guy probablx don't know the difference between alternate history and historical revisionism.

call it what you like, my problem with it is more so that it hardly effects the plot at all.

[Izumo]

You must have some serious problems to even remotely suggest Gakusen to be a copy of IS, since both novels have practically no semblance at all. Calling it a poor copy to boot, is even more worrying from your part. :uhoh:


Anyway, what's not generic these days? Rakudai that will be airing this fall is just as generic, if not more, as Gakusen and other whatnot harems out there. What matters is the execution of the story. Which, by the way, Gakusen does a lot better than Rakudai.

I already know you like Gakusen and the only one with serious problems here is you trying too hard to defend a generic harem which is a carbon copy of any other harem out there, and yeah most of the people call this the IS for poors because have the same settings even when the MC is less beta than Ichika (not the same argument, but the same structure in the story).

Also Rakudai have the same generic problems of other LN's but have lots of improvements and that makes Rakudai enjoyable (the author have the will to change those clichés to avoid the problems of the harem genre), that's one of the strongest points of that LN along with Stella/Ikki relationship. I suggest you to at least read a little bit more instead of spouting nonsensical assumptions based on nothing, same as @kidstandout who's being fooled by the same mistake.

[KnightShade]

have read all 3 of the current translated novels, the only improvements are the romance and that's it. maybe you should try reading gakusen if you honestly believe the plot is in any way similar to IS(which is laughable at best)

[darkofficer]

I wonder what are the similarities between IS and this series

[moodie]

I wonder what are the similarities between IS and this series
the same amount of similarities it has with any other anime

[tsunade666]

eh... gakusen as a copy of IS? that's.... laughable -_-

First the MC isn't the only male around in the school of hormonal girls and the MC here at least a reason to attend the school. He has a goal and not just being pushed around by those around him.

I can't call gakusen and IS having same setting because well... aside from advance sci-fi weaponry. I can't see the similarities that much. Though there is the weapon of the MC that might be used by his missing sister that which also give reason for him to attend the school is to find her.

The plot is also not reuse again and again and the not the same thing is happening.

I won't say that Gakusen is a copy of IS but its a generic Harem story for sure but its more on because there are lots of harem stories now a day that its hard to make a unique one among the others.

[GreyZone]

People here have something called Scotoma.

As @moodie already said, Gakusen structure is the same as every other harem with some similarities with IS, for example what Tsunade said and the girls. MC is a different matter because ichika is dense as fuck meanwhile Ayato is more likeable (mostly because he's not afraid of doing "things"). SIMPLE AS THAT.

Anyway, there is no point on defending gakusen because is just another harem series with nothing original.

However I start to wonder why people are recently generalizing so much. I mean let's just start off with that word called "generic". What the hell does that even mean in the first place? "Everything being computer-generated" or what? Even IF it was so, then so what? "Being generic" says exactly nothing about the series itself, as it's a mere buzzword.

What about the "good old" ways to evaluate a series? No, you can't just say "story, characters, fights - all generic", because that really doesn't give ANY impression aside from "I didn't like it personally". It's also a way to say "when I evaluate a series, how much I like it depends 95% on it's originality", which I believe to be nothing but BS, or rather a new "hipster" trend, or even some kind of elitism ("Hahaha, I don't watch this series for horny teenagers! I am so mature, edgy and cool, praise me!")

It's actually kind of contradicting to say "it's not like IS", but then calling it generic, because when a person reads "generic magic high-school series", they would immidietly think of IS in most cases.

[blitz1/2]

I wonder what are the similarities between IS and this series

I think the issue is that people often associate Gakusen with Infinite stratos is due to the LN artists being the same (at least for the first incarnation of IS) hence when they see the illustrations/arts, they can't help but think of IS, even though it's a complete different story.

[AceTrigger]

Both Gakusen and Rakudai are airing on the same day 3 hours apart from each other. Saturday starting next month is gonna be fun with all the discussion...

[Izumo]

Both Gakusen and Rakudai are airing on the same day 3 hours apart from each other. Saturday starting next month are gonna be fun with all the discussion...

But there is an special event on 27th September.

[Marcus H.]

"when I evaluate a series, how much I like it depends 95% on it's originality"

May I remind you of the original anime travesty that is Glasslip?
Seriously, just stop. You sound like you're trolling because you're pushing your opinions towards others who have stopped thinking about whether it's original or rife with cliches.

[GreyZone]

^No, I am serious. I do NOT think that everyone who uses the word "generic" thinks like that and if it was a few years ago it may really have been nothing more than a synonym for the word "unoriginal" with a more negative tone.

But now? While there are quite a few people who still use it only to express the originality, I have also seen people use it in a context where "generic" is equal to "unoriginal trash anime for horny brainless teenagers that would give you eye cancer if you watched it". Granted, here on AnimeSuki the number of people who use it like that is not that high, but over the internet the latter meaning has sadly spread all over the place and I am starting to lose sight over which of the "meanings" is being used when someone says "generic".

For example if someone says "this series is generic but..." there are a lot of people who immdietly lose interest because they think "oh it's another of those boring animes with a spineless MC" without even reading the post until the end, missing the part that comes after, like "...the MC actually has a spine in this one".

That's the general problem with all those buzzword recently, be it "generic", "edgy", "self-insert" etc. those words say absolutely nothing about the show at all, but are just words to put a series in a negative light.

tl;dr: Even if the ones who use the buzzwords have legitimate reasons to dislike a series, those reasons will certainly not be conveyed by using such empty words. All I am asking is for people to give actual reasons for their dislike (assuming that they actually dislike a series).






Also I never watched Glasslip and have no plans to do so, all I read was that it supposedly was a complete flop, at least for the western audience, not sure about Japan.

[Marcus H.]

As someone who is interested in BOTH Rakudai and Asterisk, I think this "fanbase war" has to stop AT ONCE.

Just because you love Asterisk doesn't give you the license to talk shit about Rakudai. That's just low.

[RDNexus]

Totally agreed. It's rude, it's nasty and will amount to nothing but mods coming around and do their stuff without a need for it... :upset:

Each story is it's own, I know both and each does have it's pros and cons, it's useless to simply go around comparing them.
All of you, just let it go and do the usual fans do... Enjoy.

[relentlessflame]

I just want to remind people to simply report the trolls and don't give them the pleasure of a response. All it'll do is result in a flamewar, and that's all they want in the first place.

[KnightShade]

Moving on from the troll war lmao, since this is getting 2 cours i hope its 2 volumes per cour, 4 volumes in one season. No reason not to not go the sao route in terms of adaptation a1

[tsunade666]

This is getting 2 cour too? I though antimagic is the only one with 2 cour in the LN trio being adapted.

[RDNexus]

Where would be the best place for the adaption to stop?

[KnightShade]

This is getting 2 cour too? I though antimagic is the only one with 2 cour in the LN trio being adapted.

https://forums.animesuki.com/showthread.php?t=117992&page=70
according to a user on this page, bunko confiirmed it's getting 22 episodes. it might be split like owari though.

all i know is if they do it right, the anime will effin slay!

[Wandering Soul]

Where would be the best place for the adaption to stop?
Probably at the end of volume 5. It makes a pretty good stopping point.

[RDNexus]

Vol05? For a 2-cour series... 4-5 episodes per volume, I guess?

[Izumo]

Most of the adaptations this season are getting the same treatment, I didn't expect that from this one.

2 cour means they can do a good job or just rushing and butcher all the conter of the LN's.

[AceTrigger]

new character designs:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CO8TYO6U8AI_Bpa.jpg

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CO8TYNRUsAA0gwm.jpg

[Kenju of the Right]

after reading up to Volume 5 of the LNs...I'm really hyped for this anime!

[Stark700]

Another CM:
98-p1_iNS2o

[bakato]

Meh. Nothing new.

[Wandering Soul]

Nothing we really havenot seen before.

[Nerroth]

And a second one for the game, from TGS 2015 - as well as news about its LE (http://gematsu.com/2015/09/asterisk-war-ps-vita-game-launches-january-28-japan):

GupvlqDkaxY

http://game-asterisk.bn-ent.net/images/special/bg_special.jpg

[moodie]

smart marketing

[Stark700]

CR will be streaming it. Proof in the video:

oiLnJI7cTbk

Also Aniplex USA license
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-09-22/aniplex-usa-licenses-the-asterisk-war-anime/.93265

[KnightShade]

the hype for gakusen is real

[LKK]

Time & region information for CR's stream.

... exclusive 7-day window, to be broadcast every Saturday starting October 3 at 6:00am Pacific Time. ... The Asterisk war will be available to Crunchyroll members in the following territories: North America, Central America, South America, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand. [Source (http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2015/09/22/crunchyroll-adds-the-asterisk-war-anime-to-fall-lineup)]

Thread prefix updated.

[bakato]

CR will be streaming it. Proof in the video:

oiLnJI7cTbk

Also Aniplex USA license
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-09-22/aniplex-usa-licenses-the-asterisk-war-anime/.93265

A battle with a wish as a prize, huh? Hopefully this won't turn out to be some sort of scam like a certain blade dance and holy grail.

[AceTrigger]

The OP song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YS3XFZx6_6Y

[Stark700]

Episode 1 preview:
DVEjROVNmMg

[AceTrigger]

There was an advanced screening for the first episode on Niconico and it was pretty well-received.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CP6SRywUAAE3Fti.jpg

Lot of praise for the animation, action, and OP/ED/BGM.

[Frontier]

Well, of course a Maaya Sakamoto ending would be well-received ;).

"Brand New World" also sounds pretty nice in my opinion :).

The action and animation in the PV looked pretty great so not surprised that was well-received. Hopefully it'll be relatively consistent going forward :D.

[AceTrigger]

24 eps confirmed


http://i.imgur.com/vupLiu9.png

[Chaos2Frozen]

24 eps confirmed


http://i.imgur.com/vupLiu9.png


Split cour huh.

[Nachtwandler]

So 12+12. Not 22 as they announced first.

[Frontier]

Another split-cour series, eh? Cool :).

Wonder if I'll ever be watching a straight, 24 episode, series again at this point :heh:?

[RDNexus]

Split Cours Ahoy!!! :p

[Wandering Soul]

Another split cour, huh? Quite a few series seem to be getting split cours.

[tsunade666]

Split cour.... another one. Well its a good thing to know that there is something good waiting for later seasons.

[Stark700]

It's going to be only 3 month break

https://twitter.com/kumachan_info/status/648120310433120256

[FlareKnight]

Another split-cour series, eh? Cool :).

Wonder if I'll ever be watching a straight, 24 episode, series again at this point :heh:?
You have to wonder :heh:. I'm glad to see the pattern of series just going 13 eps to the split cour. After all better to get more episodes than less. But I do miss being able to just watch a series for half a year.

But hey, something is better than nothing. I'll take what we can get :).

[NWJY]

Are u really sure two episode!!!!!!!
surely they going split it into two way season...

[Izumo]

How many volumes are they going to adapt per cour? 3 or 4?

Also, is there any reason why the split cour is so popular nowadays?

[RDNexus]

Money from merchandise sales to refill budget, maybe?
So that quality wouldn't drop, I guess...

There may be other reasons included, of course... :p

[AceTrigger]

ED song


http://callstrue.tumblr.com/post/130192814501/asterisk-war-ed-theme-waiting-for-the-rain-by

[Marcus H.]

Wow, that's quite a stellar performance by Maaya Sakamoto.
It's almost unfit for Asterisk. :uhoh:

[TJR]

Also, is there any reason why the split cour is so popular nowadays?

The split-cour trend is certainly interesting.

I doubt it's to give animators more time to work if only because it pays to schedule production so that multiple episodes finish around the same time instead of spreading everything out. I'd guess that split cour might reduce the chance of outright collapse (or provide an opportunity for recovery?) since fewer episodes need to be produced in parallel.

Less parallel work also means that studios can get by with fewer production coordinators.

[Kismet-chan]

ED song


http://callstrue.tumblr.com/post/130192814501/asterisk-war-ed-theme-waiting-for-the-rain-by


Wow! I love Sakamoto in general so I knew I'd like the song, but the composition is so ethereal and relaxing. Really beautiful.

[Wandering Soul]

ED song


http://callstrue.tumblr.com/post/130192814501/asterisk-war-ed-theme-waiting-for-the-rain-by

Wow, that was a beautiful performance.

[Frontier]

ED song


http://callstrue.tumblr.com/post/130192814501/asterisk-war-ed-theme-waiting-for-the-rain-by

I always enjoy listening to a Maaya Sakamoto ending song, and this was certainly no exception, but this was definitely very pleasant to listen to and a great performance from Ms. Sakamoto :).

The fact that she sings it in English, and very well at that, is awesome :D.

[Phantomlurker]

They, they really aren't holding back at all... please keep yen press out of this one...Anyway, I wonder how many volumes they will adapt. 5 in a cour would be too rushed but may not be sufficient for two and volume 6 is a weird stopping point.

[KnightShade]

They, they really aren't holding back at all... please keep yen press out of this one...Anyway, I wonder how many volumes they will adapt. 5 in a cour would be too rushed but may not be sufficient for two and volume 6 is a weird stopping point.

2.5 volumes in one cour sounds good. have a cliffy half way through volume 3 as the finale for cour 1.

[mangatron]

https://mangatron.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/yande-re-332563-gakusentoshi_asterisk.jpg?w=350 (https://mangatron.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/yande-re-332563-gakusentoshi_asterisk.jpg)
Ooooh, leggy pantsu :love:

[HasuMasu]

Tron, I sincerely thank you for that.

Julis <3

[NWJY]

Want too see Kirin and Saya!!!!!

Kirin look so innocent

[Kakurin]

Standard episode 1 for such a series I guess. Guy walking in on a changing girl proceeded by the girl demanding a fight. You can see that they are planning with two cours right there, rather calmly paced episode. From what I could make out the animation looks solid. OP sounds good as well. And Tōyama Nao doing yet another blondie. :heh:

[Stark700]

Welp, it started exactly what I had thought would be like with the:
Half naked accidental walk-in.

Action was probably the most noticeable part of the first episode though.
The music was okay but so far pretty generic in terms of content. Two of the main girls were also introduced.

OP song:
jTFvlLoFPIU

[blitz1/2]

Yay! More star wars lightsaber sound effects! xD

[FlareKnight]

That was pretty solid. The pacing was fine and got a feel for the main characters we got to see. The lead seems like a pretty balanced person and his reactions weren't too over the top considering the situations. Heck somewhat impressed to see some rationality before things turned into a fight. Actually having a pause for Julis to finish getting dressed, thank him for returning the handkerchief...and then losing her cool :). At least it went in a reasonable order.

Starting off with presumably the death of his sister in some underground fight was good as well. Could see that she made a great effort, but was just unable to match up. I suppose she might still be alive, but for now I'd guess the focus will be finding that guy. Or at least having the MC figure out what exactly happened to his sister. Ending it with him being pulled in by the pure drive of Julis works ok.

Not a bad start really.

[Dop]

Well, that was pretty much a generic by-the-numbers piece, I thought. While I'll probably give it another episode I didn't really have any interest in this.

[Kashima]

Oh look! another harem battle!

Didn't like it at all, so predictable and cliché from the very first scene "a guy walking into then suddenly a girl is half-naked". The action looks really cheap compared to the rest of the animation but at least OP and ED were really good.

[MisaoFan]

Not a bad start I guess. It was pretty clichéd from the looks of the premise but it simply puts some tropes and then give it a new spin. Ayato is fairly ok, he doesn't overreact when he's with the girls and I can at least see Julis melting her harsh personality quickly after a episode or two. Can't really comment much about others, although its overall worldbuilding and Ayato's sister being presumed dead reminds me of Valvrave and actually made me get even more interested to invest time in this one.

Production values are average as expected of A-1, I do commend Rasmus Faber for bringing up a rather nice to listen OST. Will keep watching and I felt like it could easily turn better than Mahouka.

[KnightShade]

so since i've read the first couples, right off the bat i'm gonna say the adaptation rate is pretty good! the VA's were for the most part perfect matches for their respective characters.
so without going into ln territory, my thoughts on the characters is that ayato is very straight forward, and pretty skilled for a new student. julis is definitely a tsundure lol, but surprisingly not annoying and at times very cute about it. claudia sure is an eccentric one. her talk to ayato gives a dark kind of vibe, almost mild yandere even lol. yabuki is your typical creeper with all the info, but a likeable creeper none the less. mo-lester actually looks like he can pass for a student here where as in the manga he looked like he was 25 lmao.
animation wise, that budget is amazing! the sound effects of the weapons, the visuals & the awesome ost were noticeable immediately.
overall impression, gakusen is off to a great start!

[Wandering Soul]

I'm surprised they decided to start things off by showing what happened to his sister. Guess they decided that it would leave some more suspense as to what his sister's current status is.

[KnightShade]

I'm surprised they decided to start things off by showing what happened to his sister. Guess they decided that it would leave some more suspense as to what his sister's current status is.

yeah that threw me off for a bit

[DragoonKain3]

I'm not going to lie, but I always get this and that cavalry anime mixed up. Both LN adaptations with sword fighting as its premise, with a red-haired princess heroine, within a high school setting where multiple schools vying for supremacy in a 'festival'. Like c'mon, what are the odds of both airing in the same cour? :heh:

In any case, this episode was kinda face palm. Like gee, another anime where the MC walks in on girls in a half-naked state in the get-go, with some sort of mock battle resulting from it, and that being the cause of the initial MC/Heroine conflict. It isn't as bad as Sky Wizards episode 1 last cour, as at least this was animated decently, but man these fantasy battle action adaptations are pretty much written the same way. So nothing really that sets this apart especially with the cavalry this cour, unfortunately.

What it is doing though is baiting me into thinking either the princess or the student council president is a forgotten childhood friend. Like what are the odds of the MC be the one who gave the princess that hankie, or that the SCP knew him before middle school. Then I think more about it, but the princess was born in another country, while SCP said "I have finally met you" meaning that might have been their first meeting and she knew him through other more distant means? So a bit dismayed, but hey, I'll stick around just in case as Chloe last cour was a pleasant surprise.

[blakstealth]

Claudia already the best prez.

[KnightShade]

Claudia already the best prez.

this guy knows

[Marina2]

Not bad first ep. I easily like this kind of show anyway.

Of course, we have seen this knid of story many times before but what really important is where the story will go to in the following ep. - That is how the real difference between each shows will be showed.

[KnightShade]

Not bad first ep. I easily like this kind of show anyway.

Of course, we have seen this knid of story many times before but what really important is where the story will go to in the following ep. - That is how the real difference between each shows will be showed.

the way i see it, gakusen's first 2-3 episodes will be a slow burn, but once volume 2 territory kicks in the hype train will go off the rails

[ImperialFlameGod8190]

I'm surprised they decided to start things off by showing what happened to his sister. Guess they decided that it would leave some more suspense as to what his sister's current status is.

I thought that was a terrible move and one that personally didnt sit right with me. The VA's were meh. Julis was fine claudia is fine (i swear she's tatenashi from IS which fits perfectly). Ayato was terrible. Julis hair isnt pink its red. Well lets see what happens next.