Natsuiro Kiseki

[karuroso]

Wait!? Did Natsumi almost said at the end what I think it might be? So yurilicious that last scene before the ed

[Kitsu Breaker]

Originally Posted by karuroso

Wait!? Did Natsumi almost said at the end what I think it might be? So yurilicious that last scene before the ed

You can bet!

Spoiler for epi 8:

Oh god,my prediction is going to be right, let's go Sunrise, give us a confection, a Kiss, a you know what girl do tonight together
After this, I hope Rin confess too and save Yuuka of the boys.

[blakstealth]

Originally Posted by serenade_beta

Spoiler for ep8:

This episode was... nostalgic. Ahh... Who would have thought this tragic (script-wise) anime would bring me such a feeling.
That nostalgia of terrible, hilarious animation. Anime these days don't really fall apart very badly, but then you have this...! And it's a shame, since I have a feeling the story of this episode was actually somewhat decent compared to the other ones. Too bad the animation was so distracting.
And what is with the father's eyes being so... blank...?

Spoiler for Who the hell...?:

I had to stop after that scene and laugh. This ep takes the cake for the best QUALITY.

It was a good thing the ep itself was decent.

[Miraluka]

Originally Posted by blakstealth

I had to stop after that scene and laugh. This ep takes the cake for the best QUALITY.

It was a good thing the ep itself was decent.

Yeah, quite a shame this episode had this eye-bleeding Quality .

[Utsuro no Hako]

If I was a member of Sphere, I'd be insulted by the quality of animation. It's like the studio isn't even trying to make the show look mediocre.

Also, isn't it odd that this episode was the first really gratuitous insert song? Up until this point, they've integrated the songs into the story instead of going with the in-your-face buy-the-soundtrack approach. At the start of the show, I expected a musical montage in every episode.

[Marina2]

Well, If I saw that my show won't do well inBD/DVD selling, I probably lose a lot of motivation to make it high quality too. LOL

If you don't know, according to Amazon ranking at 15 May 2012, this show has the lowest number of booking in this sesaon* with 12 BD and 453 DVD, the highest being Nyaruko with 5,781 BD and 767 DVD

note: *This ranking only listed 27 animes which already opened for booking


BUT I still love this show anyway ^^

[Dr. Casey]

Originally Posted by Marina2

If you don't know, at 15 May 2012, this show has the lowest number of booking in this sesaon

Uh, wow. If I had to venture a guess as to which Spring 2012 series scored the lowest in DVD sales, it sure as hell wouldn't have been this one. Why are shows about cute girls an instant recipe for success for pretty much every series except this one? :/ Especially considering that Natsuiro Kiseki's a good show and deserves success.

[Marina2]

Originally Posted by Dr. Casey

Uh, wow. If I had to venture a guess as to which Spring 2012 series scored the lowest in DVD sales, it sure as hell wouldn't have been this one. Why are shows about cute girls an instant recipe for success for pretty much every series except this one? :/ Especially considering that Natsuiro Kiseki's a good show and deserves success.

Opp, sorry I left out little details

Read my post again for a additional detail

[Kazu-kun]

Originally Posted by Dr. Casey

Why are shows about cute girls an instant recipe for success for pretty much every series except this one?

Because one of the girls likes a guy? And if the surfer who appeared at the end of this episode ends up being a boy too you can expect even crappier sales.

It doesn't really matter to me, but I think it's the typical respond from the Japanese fandom for this kind of series.

[Sol Falling]

Originally Posted by Marina2

Well, If I saw that my show won't do well inBD/DVD selling, I probably lose a lot of motivation to make it high quality too. LOL

If you don't know, according to Amazon ranking at 15 May 2012, this show has the lowest number of booking in this sesaon* with 12 BD and 453 DVD, the highest being Nyaruko with 5,781 BD and 767 DVD

note: *This ranking only listed 27 animes which already opened for booking


BUT I still love this show anyway ^^

Uh, but Natsuiro Kiseki's BD isn't being listed on Amazon. You can't actually preorder it except from the show's own website. Natsuiro Kiseki's presence on the list is the result of a glitch/mistake (preorders were opened like a couple hours on one day) because (I believe) Natsuiro Kiseki is part of the Amazon Bluray strike that Aniplex is doing.

Given Natsuiro Kiseki's DVD ranking, it's actually one of the higher sellers of this season. My personal expectation is that it's somewhere around Saki/Achiga levels, although we have yet to see if Aniplex's Amazon strike (by which quite a number of shows are affected) might have any negative consequences.

[blakstealth]

I'm pretty sure the surfer isn't a boy. The preview showed someone that looked like the surfer, and she had some babylons lol.

edit: Nevermind, both characters have different eye colors.

[inisipis]

After the superb episode that we had last week, Sunrise pulled in their B grade animators and handed them some ugly pencil sticks for episode 8. It's a great shame though the story was both emotionally intriguing and amusing at the same time with dramatic nuances that pushes the plot a lot of the whole series as we find the girls on this actual journey that focus the fun dynamic friendship that they have as well as the sad impending conclusion of it, with Saki's expected departure.

My votes still out on whether the surfer is a dude our a dudette, very hard to tell especially with that noticeable disparity between the artwork in this episode and to those in next weeks preview that show a girl with the mounds that Yuuka seems surprised to see(why is she surprised?). Especially with a Saki's 'one eye jump' scene and their bloated faces on a another in this episode don't instill much confidence.

[Kotohono]

Originally Posted by Kitsu Breaker

You can bet!

Spoiler for epi 8:

Oh god,my prediction is going to be right, let's go Sunrise, give us a confection, a Kiss, a you know what girl do tonight together
After this, I hope Rin confess too and save Yuuka of the boys.

My yuri goggles lost it on this scene , though I am enjoying the emotional stuff being show for Saki, I can relate to and understand her trying to ignore her own desires for the sake of her family/dad's dream.

[Kaioshin Sama]

Originally Posted by Marina2

Well, If I saw that my show won't do well inBD/DVD selling, I probably lose a lot of motivation to make it high quality too. LOL

If you don't know, according to Amazon ranking at 15 May 2012, this show has the lowest number of booking in this sesaon* with 12 BD and 453 DVD, the highest being Nyaruko with 5,781 BD and 767 DVD

note: *This ranking only listed 27 animes which already opened for booking


BUT I still love this show anyway ^^

Yeah it's funny that this seems to be the case for this show because Accel World honestly looks fantastic and so do like 90% of Sunrise's produced shows, but when they don't look good they really don't look good and there's usually a reason. I think it probably is the case though that the budget got slashed because after it became clear that Gundam Age wasn't doing so hot for Blu-Ray sales that show started looking not-so hot and it seems to be the case for this one as well.

Also if the Japanese fans actually expected a straight moe moe wish-fulfillment show from Sunrise that doesn't break any of moe otakudom's self-imposed taboos and which lacks any sort of twists or drama and just sticks to the moe moe then I find that expectation kind of amusing. Sunrise is a studio full of ambitious producers who rarely seem content to just allow a project to wing it on the storyline front so to speak for better or worse. I'm sure people have heard the stories of how they like to intervene when they feel a project isn't meeting their standards and goals. Personally I don't think that moe fandom is a demographic that this particular company can do well in revenue wise even though they seem to be gunning for it since it's basically one that demands you relax most of your instincts for creativity and creative license and just give the fanbase what it wants.

[gaiar31]

Spoiler:

Announcement on the train also conducted by the appointed decision-length character voice suddenly Izu Shimoda station Aisawa Natsumi "miracle summer color!"

[Midonin]

Spoiler for Girls' Life 09 - How Not to Be Seen:

Okay, the androgynous surfer from last week was a boy. He's not important. His twin sister captured my attention as quickly as a character can. A dark-skinned, busty islander girl with a go-for-it kind of personality. Still like the main four girls, but if she became the fifth, I would not object.

Though I feared the rock was losing its importance, the plot thickens. Not only does this island have another of Tom Dan's relatives (in the hot springs, no less), it works in the same way. This time, Saki is turned invisible. Consequently, she spends a majority of the episode walking around her new home in the nude. It's the best way to break in a new home.

Also a bit of melodrama involving Saki's family intruding onto the life Koharu and Chiharu knew. Also public nudity once the spell wears off. Saki feels pretty comfortable about her new life now... which arguably makes the fact that she's going to move worse. The countdown continues.

[Kazu-kun]

Originally Posted by Midonin

Spoiler:

the androgynous surfer from last week was a boy.

Spoiler for @the surfer:

No, Koharu is a girl. It's confirmed by Chiharu during the bath scene.

[Midonin]

My mistake, then.

[Chiaki_chan]

Originally Posted by Kazu-kun

Spoiler for @the surfer:

No, Koharu is a girl. It's confirmed by Chiharu during the bath scene.

Spoiler for episode:

Boy ... Then it's a girl but that she is in the bath to confirm that a girl?

[Marina2]

Ep.9

I can't believe they use one of my favorite plot/style in H-dojin for this ep.

Spoiler for What am I talking about:

Invisible naked girl

Good job 10/10 (For plot alone)