2007-06-24, 12:39 | Link #85 |
Obey the Darkly Cute ...
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Its a .... running gag.
The scene will always cut in at the last part of their conversation, leaving the viewer to forever speculate about what they are discussing. @Skane: but I suspect it'll be hen-pecked in a good way (the end of the day makes it worthwhile). What will be funny is the images that Kona will have to bleach her brain over as she imagines the happy couple.
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2007-06-25, 03:38 | Link #88 |
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Unless "user" has a reference citation, its just idiot-talk.
Nonetheless, I think it'd be very odd if L*S isn't licensed rather quickly after the series ends (just because its on a KyoAni licensing roll.... not because I think it'd be ultra popular here). After the Death Note "wait til a couple of episodes before the end and then HULK_SMASH" .... I'd be pretty pissed if the samething happened with L*S. What is odd is I've not heard squat about anyone licensing the manga. Note to industry spies: I *WILL* buy the gawddamm DVDs, eh? Please don't screw with my preview.
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2007-06-25, 12:46 | Link #90 |
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There is no typical when. It can be announced at any time. Some are announced before, some are announced during airing, some are announced after airing. Statistically, the majority of the licenses are announced after for series with fewer than 26 episodes. However, the licenses are probably picked up during the airing.
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2007-06-25, 12:54 | Link #91 | |
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ty, i guess we'll know when they announce it |
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2007-06-25, 13:50 | Link #92 |
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Lucky Star as an anime will probably fall flat in America, given how many uh...shall we say...mainstream people tolerated the first few episodes at the onset. The downside to Lucky Star is that while it's intensely funny to people who get the references, it's pretty bland to those who don't.
It's probably just the composition of people in my high school's anime club, but the show was not well-appreciated in there. In fact, a third of the people simply turned away to play Magic. I wanted to smack them. |
2007-06-25, 14:01 | Link #93 |
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You should smack them for playing Magic .... meh, they should be playing a tabletop RPG at least.
I'm finding a fair portion of people who say "they like anime" are in the same boat with people who say "they like science fiction" ... they really don't have a clue about the genre and they lose their focus if there aren't "tits and explosions". My recommendation: avoid those people if possible, life is too short.
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2007-06-25, 20:16 | Link #95 |
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I suspect that a license for L*S will be announced pretty soon. DVD distribution allows decent profits even for series that appeal to niches within the anime niche market. Furthermore, Kadokawa had English language promotional materials for L*S in time for the big conventions/trade shows when the series first aired. (I know because I saw a flier on asuki. :P )
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2007-06-25, 20:41 | Link #96 |
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Well...if they're licensing it, they better do a good job at it. That means lengthy cultural documentation over Americanization. If they in any way try to force Lucky*Star to be appropriate for American audiences, whichever firm that takes it will lose whatever little respect I have left for them.
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2007-06-25, 20:49 | Link #97 |
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As I'm probably getting R2 DVDs R1's not as important... I think this is a series which they can save money on by just do subtitles and sell DVDs with goodies. There's zero mainstream appeal and all the fans need are subs anyway. They'll save a lot of money not getting it dubbed and increase the chance it'll be released in the West.
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2007-06-25, 21:30 | Link #98 | |
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I'd bet Kadokawa will eventually bring this over. I don't think that time is now though. |
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2007-06-25, 22:29 | Link #99 | |
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2007-06-26, 03:31 | Link #100 |
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I don't think L*S will get licensed .. at least not this quickly. References aside, it seems just too random.
Did the domestic release of Paniponi Dash come with references packaged with the DVDs? I believe everything written on the chalkboard is at least translated, so it's up to the viewer to catch any references. But even if you ignored all that, the series itself was fairly linear enough to follow. Each episode had a plot or conflict that was eventually settled. Lucky Star isn't really much like that. Are there other Slice of Life series that have been licensed? L*S has no driving plot; you're just following these four girls through their Japanese lives, plus a load of cultural references and 4-koma-like non-linearity that would probably alienate the general Western viewer. And on first impressions, people might view the animation as "child-like" and think it a children's series, which is even worse for the market. I think Lucky Star has a smaller niche market than Haruhi, too.. |
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