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Marcus H. · 2016-12-31, 02:09

It's easily the best non-comedic adaptation within the last five years of their works.
That said, I'm ready for Violet Evergarden to shatter this bar Hibike has raised.

AB079 · 2016-12-31, 02:17

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Originally Posted by Marcus H.

It's easily the best non-comedic adaptation within the last five years of their works.
That said, I'm ready for Violet Evergarden to shatter this bar Hibike has raised.

Oh don't worry Violet Evergarden will kick the ball out of the stadium. No romance, no useless and poorly made drama, 20th century ambient with European style, War issues and episodic story that gives you fragments of the puzzle so when you reach the last part everything comes at you like a revelation.

Also ...

Spoiler for ....:

Liddo-kun · 2016-12-31, 02:33

Dropped the anime at episode 10. Still it was a fun experience. Not going to watch the last 3 episodes anymore. Too much drama for me. ><

Giving this show a high 7.5/10.

shanimebib · 2016-12-31, 02:41

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Originally Posted by Julio C

So now that the show is over, how well do you rank this KyoAni show since what?

Second most favourite anime after Clannad AS and I place it above Nichijou, although these are the only KyoAni TV anime to ever get a 10/10 from me (I specifically said TV anime because I have Disappearance and Love Story with 10/10s as well).

Clannad AS (6th) and Hibike! Euphonium 2 (8th) are the only two KyoAni shows are in my all time top 10 too, a top 10 I am really proud of myself!

My KyoAni ranking TV Series: 10/10, 9/10, 8/10, 7/10, 6/10

*1. Clannad ~ After Story
*2. Hibike! Euphonium 2
*3. Nichijou
*_. Clannad
*_. Hibike! Euphonium
*6. Hyouka
*_. K-On!!
*8. Kanon 2006
*_. Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu
10. Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!
11. Amagi Brilliant Park
12. Air
13. Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid
14. K-On!
15. Tamako Market
16. Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu (2009)
17. Free!
18. Kyoukai no Kanata
*_. Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! Ren
20. Musaigen no Phantom World

On Hold

**. Lucky Star
**. Free! Eternal Summer
**. Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu

Never Seen

**. Sora wo Miageru Shoujo no Hitomi ni Utsuru Sekai

PTW

**. Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon

Gravitas Free Zone · 2016-12-31, 07:15

Kumiko noise collection: Updated.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1l9hsLo2Qg

deadite · 2016-12-31, 09:25

When can we expect the OST?

Vegard Aune · 2016-12-31, 09:27

To me this is easily KyoAni's best show since Clannad AS, and their best product in general since Disappearance (which I still regard as the absolute best thing they've ever put out). I never really got the hype behind Hyouka. I mean it wasn't bad, but I don't see why that show in particular is considered the golden standard that all their subsequent shows are measured up against.

Kanon · 2016-12-31, 10:37

Although a lot was left open, this finale really felt final, what with the title drop, Kumiko's issues being mostly resolved and the reveal of the OTP (Kumiko x Asuka of course). I don't know. I feel like this is a perfectly fine way to end it. Of course, I would still love to see a third season.

FlareKnight · 2016-12-31, 14:31

I really enjoyed it. This season really did tackle and deal with basically all of Kumiko's issues. The ending worked for me. Of course would love to see more and see them actually get gold, but this feels good.

Even looking back on S1, really respect the effort KyoAni put in. The instruments really look good, the music was great, and they did a nice job letting the group sound better as they actually got better. Plus is kind of nice to see an instrument I played in highschool get some attention. Go Euphonium

.

The payoff was nice with Asuka. She was a difficult person to really get a feel for and I definitely see why Kumiko would get frustrated with her. Did pay off in the end and was something to see Kumiko be so open about her feelings and be emotional like that.

Pretty comfortable calling this my favorite of KyoAni's anime.

WhenTreesATK · 2016-12-31, 15:37

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Originally Posted by deadite

When can we expect the OST?

Jan 11th, 2017

BleedingUranium · 2016-12-31, 15:48

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Originally Posted by deadite

When can we expect the OST?

Following Omoide Music and Reflection Of Youthful Music, Ongaku Endless will be released on January 11.

As soon as they add the tracklist I'm going to post it here; I may need people's help again with the translations and/or proper real world titles for the performance pieces.

And with regards to the other shows people are talking about, I'm not even going to attempt to choose between this and K-ON!. They're both in my top three anime of all time, a trio I will never try to put in a specific order.

blakstealth · 2016-12-31, 17:43

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Originally Posted by Gravitas Free Zone

Kumiko noise collection: Updated.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1l9hsLo2Qg

Literally one full episode's worth of Kumiko noises.

BleedingUranium · 2016-12-31, 19:58

With the details of Vol 2 out, we now know the second special episode is titled "Welcome To The Pool!". It seems "Welcome To" is going to be the title theme for the specials.

Is there any chance we'll get another drama CD, radio CD, or more character song albums? If we were getting them, wouldn't we know already?

Dextro · 2016-12-31, 21:38

I've watched the final episode a couple of days ago but I've been digesting it a bit before posting my thoughts on the matter. I'm still not 100% sure on what to feel about it though. On the one hand it felt like the perfect ending for the story that Hibike was trying to tell but on another more selfish note I wanted more. I wanted a clear answer to the Shuuichi situation and some more room for Saphire and Hazuki to show up for example. I know this is just me being a bit selfish but I can't help but want them. I think it speaks to how interesting the entire cast was right down to the secondary characters when I just wanted more at the end.

But yeah, overall a pretty well put together epilogue for one of the nicest shows of the season. I don't think I can add much more over what others have said so I'll leave it at that (people have already harped on about the amazing character development that Yuko had so I won't add more

).

Overall I think I would rate this as the best show KyoAni has done since Hyouka. It's rather easy to make that call since I am one of those who rates Hyouka as one of the best shows KyoAni has done.

I think my top 5 KyoAni shows would be something like this now:

Clannad AS
Hyouka
K-On!!
Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya
Hibiki! Euphonium

I think Hibiki just barely edges out Full Metal Panic: The Second Raid for me in that top 5 but not by much. Ask me again in a day or two and I may switch that out and put TSR above Disappearance for example.

There's a reason KyoAni is such a polarizing subject matter in these forums: there was once a time when that studio managed to put out Hibiki quality stuff on a regular basis. It was only a couple of years ago that we got Chuunibyou and things started going downhill. Their shows still look consistently good but the same cannot be said for their plots.

Hopefully this means KyoAni is back in their A game and we'll be getting more Hyoukas and less Phantom Worlds from now on (to use the current punching bag :P )

blakstealth · 2017-01-01, 00:21

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Originally Posted by Liddo-kun

Dropped the anime at episode 10. Still it was a fun experience. Not going to watch the last 3 episodes anymore. Too much drama for me. ><

Giving this show a high 7.5/10.

nooooo, Liddo. nooooooooo

you're so close to the end. It's pretty much the home stretch.

Wandering Soul · 2017-01-01, 00:54

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Originally Posted by Julio C

So now that the show is over, how well do you rank this KyoAni show since what?

IMO, could I say best KyoAni show since Hyouka? or best KyoAni show since K-ON!!? (Wow that's way back now).

I need some think to think about this because saying that this KyoAni show is better than Hyouka is not easy.

This is easily the best KyoAni show for me. I don't really have as much experience with KyoAni as other people on this thread do though.

Boukenxha · 2017-01-01, 01:49

Hibike! Euphonium is right up there with Haruhi and the Key adaptations for me and stamped with the hallmark of Kyoani's magic are the incredibly high production values, possibly above all of their past works that I can remember.

Julio C · 2017-01-01, 03:54

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Originally Posted by Dextro

I think my top 5 KyoAni shows would be something like this now:

Clannad AS
Hyouka
K-On!!
Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya
Hibiki! Euphonium

That's pretty much my top 5 as well except that I would put Kanon in place of Hyouka, and Haruhi both TV show and movie count as one.

Now as for Anime of the Season, Hibike! Euphonium Season 2 gets my top spot, well I actually didn't watch anything else this season because it was horrible, just horrible! Worst anime season in the past 5-6 years I ever experience. This show save this season. I would put this show on the top for Anime of the Year 2016. I can't think of any other show in 2016 that was better than this.

BleedingUranium · 2017-01-01, 04:35

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Originally Posted by Julio C

I can't think of any other show in 2016 that was better than this.

I can't think of anything that was better either, but mostly because I didn't watch anything else from 2016.

Sixth · 2017-01-01, 05:27

Finally finished the finale episode.

Yuko is being the club president made me smile. Natsuki being VP made me burst of laughter. The amount of trolling from Asuka is priceless.

It is funny to see that Asuka was somewhat became an important figure, in fact more than Reina, for Kumiko in S2. Maybe because Kumiko has always seeing "Mamiko" in Asuka but she was denying sub-consciously.

I am satisfied that the series ended with Kumiko X Asuka route instead of other route.

Overall, it is a strong series for me. I would give it 8/10 for the whole series.

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Liddo-kun is this so? Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Gradius Home World	Dropped the anime at episode 10. Still it was a fun experience. Not going to watch the last 3 episodes anymore. Too much drama for me. >< Giving this show a high 7.5/10. __________________ Clearing 4 domain with Qiqi / MTGNexus - Magic Art Gallery / AnimEVO 2020 - EFZ tournament / Cool Japan Festival 2015

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Vegard Aune Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: In the middle of nowhere	To me this is easily KyoAni's best show since Clannad AS, and their best product in general since Disappearance (which I still regard as the absolute best thing they've ever put out). I never really got the hype behind Hyouka. I mean it wasn't bad, but I don't see why that show in particular is considered the golden standard that all their subsequent shows are measured up against. __________________ Thinking of stuff to put in a signature is hard...

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Kanon Kana Hanazawa ♥ Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: France Age: 37	Although a lot was left open, this finale really felt final, what with the title drop, Kumiko's issues being mostly resolved and the reveal of the OTP (Kumiko x Asuka of course). I don't know. I feel like this is a perfectly fine way to end it. Of course, I would still love to see a third season. __________________

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FlareKnight User of the "Fast Draw" Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Canada	I really enjoyed it. This season really did tackle and deal with basically all of Kumiko's issues. The ending worked for me. Of course would love to see more and see them actually get gold, but this feels good. Even looking back on S1, really respect the effort KyoAni put in. The instruments really look good, the music was great, and they did a nice job letting the group sound better as they actually got better. Plus is kind of nice to see an instrument I played in highschool get some attention. Go Euphonium . The payoff was nice with Asuka. She was a difficult person to really get a feel for and I definitely see why Kumiko would get frustrated with her. Did pay off in the end and was something to see Kumiko be so open about her feelings and be emotional like that. Pretty comfortable calling this my favorite of KyoAni's anime. __________________ Anime-Evo

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Gravitas Free Zone Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2012	Kumiko noise collection: Updated. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1l9hsLo2Qg

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deadite Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2010	When can we expect the OST?

2016-12-31, 19:58	Link #1433
BleedingUranium Who has the most fun wins Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Canada Age: 31	With the details of Vol 2 out, we now know the second special episode is titled "Welcome To The Pool!". It seems "Welcome To" is going to be the title theme for the specials. Is there any chance we'll get another drama CD, radio CD, or more character song albums? If we were getting them, wouldn't we know already? Last edited by BleedingUranium; 2016-12-31 at 20:30.

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Dextro He Without a Title Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: The land of tempura	I've watched the final episode a couple of days ago but I've been digesting it a bit before posting my thoughts on the matter. I'm still not 100% sure on what to feel about it though. On the one hand it felt like the perfect ending for the story that Hibike was trying to tell but on another more selfish note I wanted more. I wanted a clear answer to the Shuuichi situation and some more room for Saphire and Hazuki to show up for example. I know this is just me being a bit selfish but I can't help but want them. I think it speaks to how interesting the entire cast was right down to the secondary characters when I just wanted more at the end. But yeah, overall a pretty well put together epilogue for one of the nicest shows of the season. I don't think I can add much more over what others have said so I'll leave it at that (people have already harped on about the amazing character development that Yuko had so I won't add more ). Overall I think I would rate this as the best show KyoAni has done since Hyouka. It's rather easy to make that call since I am one of those who rates Hyouka as one of the best shows KyoAni has done. I think my top 5 KyoAni shows would be something like this now: Clannad AS Hyouka K-On!! Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya Hibiki! Euphonium I think Hibiki just barely edges out Full Metal Panic: The Second Raid for me in that top 5 but not by much. Ask me again in a day or two and I may switch that out and put TSR above Disappearance for example. There's a reason KyoAni is such a polarizing subject matter in these forums: there was once a time when that studio managed to put out Hibiki quality stuff on a regular basis. It was only a couple of years ago that we got Chuunibyou and things started going downhill. Their shows still look consistently good but the same cannot be said for their plots. Hopefully this means KyoAni is back in their A game and we'll be getting more Hyoukas and less Phantom Worlds from now on (to use the current punching bag :P ) __________________

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Boukenxha Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005	Hibike! Euphonium is right up there with Haruhi and the Key adaptations for me and stamped with the hallmark of Kyoani's magic are the incredibly high production values, possibly above all of their past works that I can remember.

2017-01-01, 05:27	Link #1440
Sixth Hu Tao Join Date: Oct 2006	Finally finished the finale episode. Yuko is being the club president made me smile. Natsuki being VP made me burst of laughter. The amount of trolling from Asuka is priceless. It is funny to see that Asuka was somewhat became an important figure, in fact more than Reina, for Kumiko in S2. Maybe because Kumiko has always seeing "Mamiko" in Asuka but she was denying sub-consciously. I am satisfied that the series ended with Kumiko X Asuka route instead of other route. Overall, it is a strong series for me. I would give it 8/10 for the whole series.