2013-12-21, 07:37 | Link #2381 |
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From the Free! Official Fanbook, Hiroko Utsumi interview, first question:
-The original novel, High☆ Speed!, took place in elementary school. Why did you decide to make the characters into high school students in Free!? To start, I felt the manuscript was an awfully charming work when I first read it. At the same time, I felt the same as our judges; “They sort of feel like adults in children’s bodies.” High☆ Speed! takes place when the main cast are elementary school kids, but wouldn’t it still be entertaining to see a tale when they’re high schoolers? That was how I began thinking about having the anime set in high school. I was in a swimming club when I was in high school, so I could use my experience and help people understand the characters. Even now I can’t remember how I felt in elementary school despite having thought about it over and over… (laughs) And there’s also another more personal reason for it to be in high school… I like to draw beautiful bodies. (laughs) And so when I replied that I’d also like for the anime to be set in high school, Free!’s production began. It's a sequel to High☆ Speed!. Utsumi/Yokotani thought of how the boys would grow up and be young men for the anime series.
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"Original work: High☆Speed! Kouji Ooji (KA Esuma Bunko/Kyoto Animation)" In addition, Utsumi said she was asked to make the original novel into an anime series, not an original series. Quote:
Adaptation: source material This falls under the latter category. Though it has a lot of original elements, it's still an adaptation of the novel (as shown in the flashbacks).
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2013-12-23, 07:46 | Link #2384 |
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An interesting fact I came by... Free! (with 30,333 copies) sold about double of Chuunibyou (15,440) and triple of Hyouka (9,794). Actually it's their third most successful series after K-On (43,064) and Haruhi (41,038), surpassing even Clannad (24,808) and Air (24,346).
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2013-12-23, 08:53 | Link #2387 | |
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It took them less than a year into their current business strategy to "tap the [fujoshi] market." Producer Oohashi (who produced the Chuunibyou franchise as well as worked as assistant producer on many past Kadokawa works) said at CTFK 2013 that they wanted to reach a wide variety of people with a wide variety of works in their first year as media mix producer. That's why their producers/board of executives chose to have a romantic comedy, slice-of-life Sazae-san type show, sports drama targeted towards women, and action fantasy series to lead off.
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* and should I be strict that should have been 2005, but it's just a personal opinion.
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2013-12-23, 09:59 | Link #2389 | |
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What i would like though is for them to use all their technical talent in better stories.
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2013-12-25, 14:56 | Link #2394 |
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True...
There are exceptions though... I don't know about K-On, probably missing the first half wouldn't spoil the enjoyment of the rest. As for Clannad, the last few episode was the only original material the anime had to offer and had any rewatch value.
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Still, darkchibi07's hope is a long-shot hope to be sure.
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2013-12-26, 09:09 | Link #2396 |
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Somewhat random note, but something to keep track of. Today's Chuunibyou Demo Koi ga Shitai! Lite Ren episode was the directorial debut of Takuya Yamamura. He has previously been the assistant director for Free! episode 5 (Kawanami directed episode), so it looks like Do has a new director on staff. I'm looking forward to see what he brings in the future.
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..... ..... .... ever! Seems people don't really understand how this industry actually works. Just look at Hyouka. Seriously! Except that K-ON! S2 has more episodes than the first. And CLANNAD first season was just way inferior compared to After Story. |
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2013-12-30, 09:00 | Link #2399 |
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Incidentally, S2 of both Clannad and K-on sold less than S1.
The only shows on that list that more than doubled their predecessors' sales are the two Nanoha sequels and Aquarion Evol, though a few others were in the +70-80% range. Since that post was made, Symphogear G is on pace to double the original as well, and I think Uta no Prince-Sama will come close. |
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