So that was indeed their intention for alternating the (imaginary) action and comedic scenes. I hope this clear things up for everyone.

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So after all this, is it already confirmed for 1cour? or is there no official info on that?

Not confirmed but it seems to make sense, this is only doing the first LN plus original material isn't it? Also than gives KyoAni a break to reload for next Spring for whatever Kadokawa project.

Wonder whether Torako (the author) has anything to say regarding the matter.
What about you megax? Are you okay with how things were altered from the novel so far?

Translation for this one is on the previous page. (minor spoilers)

Translation! (Minor spoiler at the end)
Newtype 2012/10!
"A chuunibyou style story that's a romantic comedy at heart." -Supervisor Tatsuya Ishihara

Yuuta Togashi: This former chuunibyou patent used to call himself the "Dark Flame Master" when he was in middle school. Once he entered high school, he sealed away his embarrassing past....

Rikka Takanashi: Underneath her eyepatch is a hidden power called the "Devilish Truth Stare"....or so this chuunibyou patient made up. Aparently she's waited eons to reunite with the Dark Flame Master.

(underneath images on left)
Once the Devilish Truth Stare is activated, reality drastically changes. We tried to portray that in the PV, with the cool imagery and music, and in this newly drawn illustration by showing everyone's comedic movements and facial expressions. "It's really changed!" But which form is real?! You might want to pay attention to the balance between reality and delusion in the show.

Arranging the original story in pursuit of something entertaining
This fall, Kyoto Animation's newest work, Chuunibyou Demo Koi ga Shitai! has high expectations. The series desires to decisively portray "chuunibyou."

Supervisor Tatsuya Ishihara confesses "To be honest, I also suffered from the disease." How will he put that enthusiasm into this show?

"This story is targeting people who have been cured from chuunibyou. People who are infected now might prefer a cooler anime. (laughs) If someone mentions chuunibyou, it's typically seen in a negative light, but this story portrays it more entertainingly. With the battle elements in the PV we showed at Comiket, we tried to disguise it as an ordinary chuunibyou type show, but it's an enjoyable romantic comedy once you pull that layer away. We'd like everyone to see it, even people who'd reject it once they heard the word 'chuunibyou.'"

The heroine, Rikka Takanashi, is an infected chuunibyou patient. Strangely, her phrases and actions aren't painful to watch. They're more cute than anything.

"It may annoy people, but Rikka will act that way. Including Rikka, we have quite a cast of female characters: the dependable class rep Shinka Nibutani, the amazingly idiotic underclassman Dekomori, and the gentle Kumin-senpai. I think we also have quite an amazing cast assembled as well. Surely seiyuu fans would go "I know what you mean!" won't they? (laughs)"

Shinka Nibutani appeared in the novel, but Kumin Tsuyuri and Sanae Dekomori are anime original characters. The reason they were created was that there wouldn't be enough characters for a TV series. Similarly, the story has been arranged to have many new elements added.

"The amount of novel material we had was insufficient even though it was published via Kyoto Animation's KA Esuma label. In short, it feels more like an original series from our company. Because of that, we put so much effort into this series. 'Make it entertaining until the very last scene!' We put in every entertaining moment we could think of and arranged them together. The end is also different from the novels. We hope you enjoy watching it until the very end."

Apologies for double-posting. I felt the translations deserve their own post (plus it helps for linking).
I would be lying if I said that I felt comfortable with how things are changed, but it doesn't bother me much. This is an anime adaptation, so it's adapting the story of the first novel into another form. Certainly there are elements/scenes I'd love to see animated (the comment about the end changing has bugged me more than anything), but I have faith in the staff and the characters. Rikka is pretty amazing.

This is looking good.

Maybe it's a bad comparison, but this whole idea of adapting a single LN volume into an anime and adding/moving material around is reminding me of Haruhi (especially if the first ep ends up being a parody featuring chuuni delusions).

i expect the anime to make parody about that cockroach battle on haruhi.

delusion: they use super strong energy ball to defeat giant six-legged space alien

real life: they just throw book at cockroach


or something like that

Like wow. KyoAni doing an anime original ending? JC Staff doing key adaptations?

Have the poles changed their polarity? :heh:

It's 2012 man, brace for 12.21.

I'm still confused about the show. Is chuunibyou a disease that makes people think they magical/special powers or something? So none of this crazy esper/magic stuff is actually real right?

They basically imagine their someone or something else like a kid. Think rentaro okabe from steins gate.

Correct. It's all in their head, hence the "delusion vs reality" aspect Ishihara mentioned.

Remember that embarassing moment of your life when you thought that you burdened the entire fate of the world over the shoulders? That you might be something like Kamen Rider, a time traveller, a monster hunter, or any fantasy or scifi staple character, or at least you wanted to be? That's what chunibyou is. We dealt with it in many manner (through video games tabletop pen and paper rpg or writing) but some of us never quite grew out of it.

^

Is this ripping off Haruhi in some ways?

Well, Haruhi could be interpreted partly as a parody/take on chuunibyou mentality, though I don't know how old the term is and if it existed in 2003.

Haruhi is essentially a chuunibyou character, yeah. Difference is that her delusions are real. :heh:

New PV, done in a normal style, has what is probably the OP song.

I quite like the song, but I was sort of hoping they'd have a vocal version of the first PV's song for the OP. Something completely non-indicative, you know.

That's way different. Reminds me of the differences between the feeling of the different Rewrite OPs (first one was, "Oh this is a typical KEY game", second one was "What the hell is going on!")

After watching that PV, I think Rikka is already set to be THE cutest moeblob I have ever seen.

There we go!!

My earlier notion of JC Staff switching with KyoAni just played with me or did it?

Earlier parts of the song seemed like the OP of ZnT.

Gonna be blunt. This PV looks awful. It's the type of slice of life/comedy show I don't like. Derpy moe (character designs are just god awful to me) with high pitched anime girl voice singing. Ugh. No thnx. Combine that with what it appears to be wtf nichijou humour makes it even worse. I thought you were recovering with Hyouka Kyoani! What's going on!

Yep JC and Kyoani switching places this season.

Good thing I'm not having high hopes on either. Particularly a season where From the New World, Psycho-pass, Magi and K are in the same season. Will still watch cause its Kyoani and it's likely going to have good visuals. Though K is gonna give it a run for its money.

Did you think this was an action or drama anime, boy?

I think it looks good. The character design are great and the singing sounds fine. I don't think the comedy will be like nichijou kind of comedy which is Hnggg....But Hyouka do looks better
Maybe, the elements of the PV touch you in the wrong spot and you may have a wrong first impression for the show, which is not the case for me. I can see from the first PV, that the show will be like this PV showed us... Just hope that It will be interesting and fun at least

He called it.

I'm reading the thread over on ANN where people are saying that their expectations for this show has dropped significantly after seeing this new PV...and I seriously can't stop laughing. Only in Kyoani series do you get this kind of fun.

Hahaha, who didn't see this coming? :heh:

I liked the PV. Not too big on the song, but otherwise it did a good job of showing me how normal scenes are going to look. Big contrast from the first PV.

Success? :heh:

I'm more or less at the same level of interest I had in the show since the beginning and understanding what it was about. So I can see myself enjoying this pretty normally, with the biggest draws being the humor + eyecandy. I don't think It'll be anything amazing from what I've seen thus far, but I'll be happy if it turns out great.

Well, the PVs interesting... I hope the whole series does....

Can't say I was ever really excited for this to begin with, and even now with all the previews and hype promotions going on, I still can't say I feel any different than before.

The series looks like it's gonna be bustling with activity though. They all just look so hyper lol :heh:

Nichijou humor sounds like a compliment from here.

Color me surprised by some people reactions after this PV: it is as if the premise was absolutely ignored and took the first PV at face value, despite everything indicates it won't be an action anime, even moreso with the damn title.

That being said, if the series can have a good balance between characters everyday/development/chuuni sequences, I will be satisfied. heck, Hyouka had an even less "exciting" premise and managed to have very strong momentum and charactrs development and interactions, so Chuuni has a good chance to shine with few aspects (unlike Munto and Nichijou being rather one dimensional in their approach).

Hyouka only got more interesting until ep 15, first 14 ep really made me nearly fall asleep although I really dig the animation and the characters.

Yeah, this isn't anything different than what I expected based on the source material - the first PV was obviously a lark for the most part.

What strikes me, though, it that it sounds as if the characters - certainly the MC - were more interesting in middle school than they will be when the series is set.

Nope, unhappy people.

If so, it's their own damn fault.

I'm very pleased to see that there's plenty of Nichijou DNA in the animation of the PV. That was something that Nichijou did very well at least.

note: I liked Nichijou but it did have a very slow start and it really isn't for everyone.

Growing up tends to do that to you lol

I think I'm more neutral over this series than anything. Not exactly put-off by it and yet not excited over it either.