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2008-09-15, 01:45 | Link #103 | |
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Yet the anime. I rejected watching it almost immediately due to its status as an abortion. Although the reception is generally positive, I assumed it was merely carry-over from the source material. From what I have read here, this does not seem the case? Given the anime specific praise I may pursue this further. Additionally however I will also echo some questions raised earlier in this thread. Is there any further information on Anno Hideaki's involvement in this title? What conflicts specifically lead to his departure and the loss of funding? And the tangential question: are Anno Hideaki's live action works any good? As apparently Gainax was instructed to remain faithful to the original story, I am now curious as to this anime's existance as an independant entity. Any elaboration would be appreciated. |
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2008-09-20, 15:40 | Link #104 |
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Honestly, if you have read the manga I would just let it go at that and skip the anime entirely, its not worth watching. It starts out well enough but around half way through starts to fall apart and ends up as an almost unwatchable train wreck at the end.
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2008-09-21, 16:06 | Link #107 | |
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The whole reason it's "crappy" compared to the manga, is because Tsuda didn't like how it was coming along. The recap episodes must've come along while she was negotiating with Gainax. Apparently, the series was becoming much too comical for her original vision, so she left Gainax, and took the rights to the series along with her. |
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2008-09-23, 13:37 | Link #108 |
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And this is the reason that most anime companies now buy the exclusive contract from the mangaka. Sometimes they produce crap and sometimes it is a work of art.
Was Kare Kano destined to become another Eva or another Petite Princess Yucie? (Both are Gainax) We will never know.
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2012-04-15, 22:05 | Link #111 |
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Much delayed response to this one - I recently encountered the DVDs at a shop that sells used anime DVDs and picked it up because the price was not something I could ignore and there were many who said they enjoyed the story. It's pretty obvious that partway thru the series there were a number of problems and/or disagreements with the manga-ka, producer, and production staff. It almost got to be comical when things started going off the rails. I'll definetely read the manga now but I found myself more interested in the Takefumi x Sakura pairing than the overwrought situation with Arima.
Worth a watch but it was pretty obvious when they were burning all of the cutouts of the characters during the closing credits of one of the later episodes that was definetely a statement (like a big raised middle finger) I've never seen in the closing credits to an anime before. That wasn't just done for fun - that was a statement being made.
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2012-04-15, 22:15 | Link #112 |
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Yes, watching Kare Kano in its entirety is somewhat depressing as it goes off the rails pretty steeply. However, after all these years and hundreds of school-love series after it, I still consider the first four episodes of this series, culminating in the boardroom scene, to form something of a minor classic of the "young love" genre.
I've barely read the manga and remember very little about the story arcs and characters introduced after that. But those first four episodes will always have an impact on me.
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