(CR) Tantei Team KZ Jiken Note

[Stark700]

A new anime titled 'Tantei Team KZ Jiken Note' has been announced. The director will be Kazuya Ichikawa. It is apparently scheduled to premiere in Fall 2015.

Series Composition: Yuka Yamada
Screenplay: Kazuyuki Fudeyasu
Animation production: Signal-MD

Source:
http://aoitori.kodansha.co.jp/news/1/17.html

[Flower]

Originally Posted by Nachtwandler

It's based on series of detective books for children. Think yourself

Hmm...I am kinda curious about it for some reason now. Will keep my ears pricked up for this one, I think....

Edit: here is an ANN link with a little more info about the series and the cast http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news...v-anime/.91131

[Stark700]

CR will be streaming it.

http://www.crunchyroll.com/forumtopi...awberry-flavor

[Diluc]

so how is everyone impression?
i still cant make any judgment because we only have less than 10 minutes

[Flower]

EP 01

Gotta admit I thought it was enjoyable, and pretty effective as an intro ep ... we got to know a little bit of all the main characters and I kinda liked them individually and as a group unit.

It is still the first ep, of course, so things could go anywhere from here, but I thought it was a good premier and plenty fine for a short series. ^^

Will be following this one.

[Flower]

Ep 02

Yep...this one is definitely a keeper. Much to like about its simple (in the good sense of the word) narrative and pleasant characters. It reminds me a little of the children's mystery solving series I used to read many moons ago.

The ED is kinda nice too.

[Ghostfriendly]

Agreed this series is nice, they're putting a lot of love into showing the characters and their feelings. Hope later eps look at mysteries in increasing detail though.

Does anyone know why they wouldn't be allowed to ride bikes to school?

[LKK]

Originally Posted by Ghostfriendly

Does anyone know why they wouldn't be allowed to ride bikes to school?

My first thought would be a safety concern about the kids riding their bikes home from cram school in the late day rush-hour traffic. But that's just a guess.

[Flower]

Ep 03

Yet another good ep...the characters are all slowly coming into focus at a very steady yet pleasing pace for me, and Aya's worries and her epiphanies are very normal (in the best sense of the word) ones and in some ways pretty insightful for an elementary schooler...plenty of adults I have met could benefit from reaching simikar conclusions! XD

Really, the series is a pleasant combo of charming and...wholesome, again in the best sense of the word. At least for me.

[FateAnomaly]

I think this is not bad but its too long (case 1 still unsolved by episode 3) and too short (only 7+mins per episode).

[kuromitsu]

This series is really cute, and Aya is a pretty good, easily relatable heroine. But the shortness is really annoying. :/

And Wakatake, you should just focus on the lesson learned: if you have a prized bike don't use such a lousy "chain" to secure it. (OK, he doesn't live in a place like I do, where any bike secured by less than a U-lock gets stolen in a matter of minutes, but still...)

Originally Posted by LKK

My first thought would be a safety concern about the kids riding their bikes home from cram school in the late day rush-hour traffic. But that's just a guess.

That, and they probably finish late and have to go home in the dark, another possible safety concern. And then of course the bike might get stolen!

[Ghostfriendly]

Dealing with the criminal themselves...was done about as well as such development could be. It helped that the criminal had about as little common sense as Watatake. I can't help wondering why he robbed at all; probably to pay off an expensive habit he couldn't tell his parents about, or just for the thrill. Which is quite similar to the gang's motive for setting up their detective agency.

It was cool that Aya had to learn a new skill, rather than the case just happening to need a skill she already had. It's all been pleasantly self-conscious, skirting the edge of childishness, and overall very sweet.

Will their next case be about a criminal putting sharp or dirty objects into foodstuffs?

[Flower]

Ep 05

Oh ho? That was unexpected. They did a small time skip to Middle School. Interesting. We get to see a little more of Aya away from the other four and we also get to have a few more characters introduced into the story. Interesting.

Well, another good ep in my opinion. ^^

[kuromitsu]

Yes, it was a nice episode. Poor Aya doesn't have friends in middle school either, but maybe she'll end up being friends with this Kakeru. Maybe this arc's case will have something to do with Kakeru, too... (At least I don't think they'd cast Kaji Yuuki for a bit role.)

By the way, I know I'm slow but I just realized why they're called "KZ", they all have "kazu" in their name.

[Cloudedmind]

Originally Posted by kuromitsu

Yes, it was a nice episode. Poor Aya doesn't have friends in middle school either, but maybe she'll end up being friends with this Kakeru. Maybe this arc's case will have something to do with Kakeru, too... (At least I don't think they'd cast Kaji Yuuki for a bit role.)

By the way, I know I'm slow but I just realized why they're called "KZ", they all have "kazu" in their name.

Apparently, I'm slower then you because I didn't notice that at all. Thanks for that.

[Patriot's Blade]

has this been questioned before? does this count as harem? because the way Aya acts makes her like an Otome game protagonist........ in a series based on children's books..........

[kuromitsu]

I don't think she's like an otome game heroine at all? Just because she has a bunch of guy friends... She's not really crushing on anyone atm (although I guess there will be something between her and Wakatake, meh), and nobody seems to be hitting on her either (her fantasies re: Kuroki walking her home notwithstanding).

[SamCurt]

Just started watching tonight and was hooked a bit. I wasn't expecting a children's anime to discuss class divisions in a cram school (how many people here know that?), and quite a bit of emphasis on personal growth. Picked up.

OK, KZ was adopted from a series of novel that targets upper elementary, so a reverse harem is unlikely. (Note the air time as well)

As for the meaning of "KZ"? "Katsu," or "victory." [According to the official sample of the first book.

[SamCurt]

So, for the past weekend I have been attempting to get some further information on this series to author this series' TV Tropes page, else it's unlikely anyone will launch it ever.

In the process I got to read the samples (first ~20 pages) of the first 4 novels (I will mentioned why later), and got the following tidbits that I don't think it's any spoiler:

Spoiler for novel content not covered by the show:

1. The time skip in episode 5 is due to anime skipping the second and third novels. The first part of episode 5, about which schools did the cast go to, is actually in the beginning of the third novel.
2. The anime already mentioned members of Soccer Team KZ "also have top-class grades." The novels never forget to remind the readers that by "top-class," they mean 97.7th percentile or above.
3. In episode 5, Aya mentioned Uesugi, Kozuka and Kuroki went into an unnamed "elite prive middle school." The third novel outright stated that school is no other than Kaisei Academy, which has been the top feeder to Tokyo University since 1980 or so. This also implies the cast live in Tokyo as well. See below for a comparison between the boys' in-universe uniforms and the RL Kaisei's, esp note the emblem at the collar.
4. How awful is Aya's math? The first chapter of the second novel said she only got some 26/50 on a math mock test, or at about 18.4th percentile.
5. Oh, by the way, Aya's imouto Nako is the protagonist of a spinoff series.

BTW: a shameless request: can TV Tropes editors here take a look at the article a linked above? Having only one person editing it risks of bias and omissions. Thanks in advance!

Will be back after I watch the next episode.

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[BWTraveller]

Originally Posted by Patriot's Blade

has this been questioned before? does this count as harem? because the way Aya acts makes her like an Otome game protagonist........ in a series based on children's books..........

This would qualify as a "reverse harem" series. A tween version, but there's still evidence of romantic feelings (small and childish, but those blushes and outbursts of jealousy don't come from a desire to be "friends"), so reverse harem fits plenty. That said, I'm waiting to see how long it takes Aya to get offended that she's mainly just a SECRETARY who's occasionally called in for extra borderline work involving clerical tasks.