2012-09-26, 06:30 | Link #1561 | |
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In that case slice of life/drama generally won't score very high on the "Importance" scale then . Oh wait... |
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2012-09-26, 06:46 | Link #1562 | |
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Do you think in fall or winter, there'll be anime about... Well, there's another problem: Tari Tari doesn't really have anything that really characterizes it beyond "slice of life in a school setting". Even if someone wanted to jump on its coattails and do something similar, what would they do? Last edited by Anh_Minh; 2012-09-26 at 12:36. |
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2012-09-26, 08:11 | Link #1564 | |
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"slice of life in a school setting" sounds like it's a very common thing,and in a way it is,however pure "slice of life in a school setting" isn't,shows normally try to appeal by adding something else,be it fantasy,sci fi,romance,mystery,moeblobs or a big focus on comedy etc. (or some combination of all those) and if they don't then the setting tends to not be a highschool. Tari tari didn't,sure there's a hint of romance and comedy but nothing more than that.Not saying it's the first or anything but "slice of life in a school setting" with nothing else added isn't common so that's what we can look out for in the future.
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2012-09-26, 10:14 | Link #1566 | |
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Now, personally I think Tari Tari does bring something new to the table when it comes to the slice of life genre, and that is realism on the characterization department. I think some people out there don't realize how different these characters are to your usual anime character, but to me these characters feel a bit more like live-action than anime, a bit more like, you know, people. This is something new, specially for this genre which, ironically considering its name, usually display the most stereotypical anime characters out there. I really hope more writers and directors involved with this genre will get influenced by Tari Tari and start to write more true to life characters instead of the usual (and safe) thing. Tari Tari is doing around 9k on sales, which proves you can make a winner with this kind of cast too, that you don't need to try appeal to every anime fetish to succeed. Yes, something like that. Besides, Wakana was the central character and the series began with a scene of her, so it had to end with her too.
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2012-09-26, 11:21 | Link #1567 | |
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Personally, I'm going to remember this, simply because it hails from a genre that frequently puts me to sleep. In fact, you might have remembered my initial jokes of it being generic, a hanairo clone, and PA not being able to pace an anime to save their lives. But apparently they managed to defy all of that fairly soundly. So it must have done something especially special. It also helped that there were a lot of meta going on for me, and this show seemed to put together a lot of the strengths I've seen from PA (mostly from True Tears but also from Hanairo and Angel Beats). Still, the simplicity remains a double edge sword, and it certainly the plot could have helped the drama a bit more.
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2012-09-26, 12:22 | Link #1568 |
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Just FTR, I don't consider Tari Tari in any way analogous to Usagi Drop or Wandering Son - and only tangentially to Hyouka. I have compared TT to Hyouka of course, and Kokoro Connect, but largely because they're school settings airing simultaneously and it makes for interesting consideration. I think the difference in ambition and complexity between TT and Hyouka becomes apparent as you go deeper into both series, especially Hyouka. It's filet mignon vs. a good hamburger.
As for Usagi Drop and Wandering Son, I've seen both categorized as "slice of life" - without a doubt the most incorrectly overused term in anime - and I don't think it applies to either. Hourou Musuko and Usagi Drop are both intense character dramas, both (especially Hourou Musuko) also examining deeper societal issues. The fact that they don't have giant robots or mahou shoujou doesn't make them slice of life - they just happen to be realistic settings. I like Tari Tari, and I don't see asserting that it's relatively unambitious as a slander. If I don't think it's going to be especially memorable it's because, to me, it didn't really try to do anything that hasn't been done many times before. It does those things well for the most part, but they've all been done better. There's absolutely nothing wrong with keeping things simple and executing them well, and that's what I think Tari Tari did - and I applaud it for resisting the impulse to spice things up with overt romance or excessive melodrama. I consider it a success - I just don't consider it historically important.
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2012-09-26, 12:49 | Link #1569 |
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I keep listening to Ganba Rangers song , the part when Tanaka joins Wien is just too awesome - his VA has such a great voice. Also in last episode in Sawa x Tanaka scene his voice is just so sweet
I think TT is a bit underrated tbh. Yes, there's nothing very remembering about the series like Guren Lagan, but the overall impressions from TT is worth 9/10. I think it was near perfect slice of life/song genre. Maybe a bit more romantic development b/w Sawa and Tanaka could be good, but the script writers did even a better thing - leave Tanaka's speech to your imagination. Also I wished they showed more of everyone's future, maybe in a movie Now I understand that Tanaka is really great character, but he kinda lacked development together with Wien. And I also think that if TT was all-female cast it wouldn't be as great, not by much but still. PS Sorry for my fanboyism about Tanaka.
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2012-09-26, 13:02 | Link #1570 |
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If it was an all-female cast I'd probably hate the series. Anyway, I just loved how awkward it was for the guys to be around a bunch of girls like this, specially for Taichi who was the most serious of the two. I also loved how the girls kept teasing Taichi till the very end. The poor guy can't catch a break.
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2012-09-26, 13:48 | Link #1571 | |
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2012-09-26, 13:56 | Link #1572 |
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The thing I found funny about Tari Tari overall is that it isn't just conventional in an anime sense, but in a cross-medium conventional way. You could find this same sort of conventional storytelling in any type of book or live action show in the west, and in that sense it's a bit different from your regular otaku geared shows.
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2012-09-26, 15:02 | Link #1573 |
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Well, I don't know much about slice of life anime, but I'd agree that Tari Tari is surely a coming-of-age series, if Tari Tari si not, it I don't know what series could be.
Anyways, FWIW, carrying on with the gastronomy analogies, to me Hyouka is more like molecular gastronomy, Tari Tari more like your mum gastronomy.
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2012-09-26, 16:44 | Link #1576 |
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The call for a movie over a second season, to be honest, while I would still watch it, I feel it'll lack any semblance of what made Tari Tari really good. A comparison was made to the K-On!! movie, but K-On!! can get away with it because the main show was superficial in the first place. No one watched it for some great character development or drama, so a simple movie was fine (and fun). But Tari Tari? That'll be like watching a Transformers movie without any action sequences or a 'World In Danger Plot'. Granted, that might make it a better movie, but my point is it won't deliver what people expect. I'd much prefer a second season. And I mean that loosely. I don't mean it has to focus on Wakana or Music or having the 5 people re-unite. I don't really care about that. Just add to it. Even if they focused on one character, like Sawa and her butt-slapping global adventure, but gave it the same quality they gave to Tari Tari, I'd be more than happy with that. There's already a good foundation there. The second thing is about the shows 'history'. I doubt it'll leave any significant impact on Anime in general. But having seen the kind of shows that do, it's not exactly some grand achievement. Is Lucky Star really all that great? K-On!!? Angel Beats? Heck, Clannad? Taste is subjective, but I've enjoyed quite a few shows more than those. I think anyone who wants more out of anime will always try to find gems like Tari Tari. I'm reminded of True Tears in that regard too. More people remember Toradora! and that show has its place in 'history' now, but I'd rate True Tears' romance to be better than Toradora, especially when contrasting the MCs of the shows. But how many people have even watched True Tears? It might matter in a general sense, but I've shrugged off shows that have gotten high praise before, so it doesn't really matter to me, even if Tari Tari might deserve that recognition. Even this summer/year, so many other lesser shows are being praised right, left and center. And in no way, shape or form do I find them even remotely good, let alone being able to contend with Tari Tari. Yet those shows will probably be remembered longer. And to be honest, all Tari Tari did was a few things brilliantly. Most of the time it was just slice of life simplicity (which is fine), but there are those moments, especially with Wakana, that go above and beyond good, into brilliant. The whole year has been lackluster otherwise.
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2012-09-26, 16:50 | Link #1577 |
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Well, IMO, it's better to do a few things really well, than try and do a lot of things really badly.
Also, coming across random TT clips on Youtube I came across the one where Wakana is walking into the ocean and Konatsu thinks she's about to kill herself. Wonder if that's a VA reference-- the walking into the ocean part.
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2012-09-26, 19:00 | Link #1578 | |
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2012-09-26, 19:21 | Link #1579 | |
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And to get back to the idea of seminality - it's about memory reinforcement. For several seasons after Lucky Star, I'd watch a show and think "it's this season's Lucky Star". (Much like I watched Lucky Star and thought "Azumanga Daioh, how I missed thee"...) I watched True Tears, and it didn't leave much of a mark. But I can see it did on some people, who're forever looking for an excuse to bring it up. That, too, makes a show memorable. But I don't think there'll be a series in the near future which we'll accuse of being a blatant ripoff of Tari Tari. There'll be other stuff from PA Works, and I suppose some people may care to compare them with Tari Tari, but if all they've got in common are a few names in the credits, personally I'm not going to give a damn. |
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2012-09-26, 19:27 | Link #1580 |
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I'm actually surprised that no one brought up last season's Sakamichi no Apollon when making comparative statements with other slice-of-life shows. Out of curiosity, how would everyone compare it to Tari Tari? Both are slice-of-life shows based in school with a heavy music motif and a focus on the main characters' families. I personally prefer Sakamichi no Apollon because I have a preference towards jazz, but that's just on a personal level.
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