(CR) Rewrite (Anime) [anticipation]

[Crossheart]

It's finally happening!!!!!

I hope that it's at least 24 ep long

[Frontier]

I was wondering if this would ever happen, and excited to finally see an Anime adaption for Rewrite since I've heard a lot of good things about it and have been waiting for another anime based on a Key VN .

Also nice to see that they got the actual Visual Novel writer involved with the screenplays .

[Stark700]

The announcement video:

[Nachtwandler]

Visual Arts CEO mentioned about 2 years ago that they are in talks about ReWrite anime BTW. Probably it took as much time as with Grisaia to actually start making it.

[moodie]

if anyone played the VN for grisaia they can tell u that what the adaption did was give u the key elements and the purpose of what is suppose to be adapted. only thing u can disagree about is how yumiko's route was handled but other than that it got the essence of the game. of course 2 cours would have helped much more. and then the special and other season proved that they can do a good adaption of the VN.

looking at the tv announcement/playing the vn i can tell that 8bit, while may not be the best studio for the job certainly is a good one for it. i rather it go to 8bit than any other realistic choice. yes madhouse, white fox, kyoani, atm arent realistic choices. and i wouldnt want jc staff handling this for obvious reasons.

at the end of the day im excited for it and if it turns out to be 2 cour or longer (2 cour 2 seasons like clannad) i would be extremely happy.

i would like to speculate that this will be 2 cour....if we are judging by what key has done so far with VN ADAPTIONS (not the original works) only AIR was the 1 cour adaption.

[Reckoner]

Except I did, and the essence of the VN isn't mass pantsu and boobies. Every. Fricken. Second.

[Nachtwandler]

Objectively, it was hard to handle Yumiko's route and make it fit in the story as they need to make all the routs in one plot and with minimum of romance while most of Yumiko's route is runaway part that is mostly about her relationships with Yuuji and takes about a year of time.

Except I did, and the essence of the VN isn't mass pantsu and boobies. Every. Fricken. Second.

Fancervice was a problem, yes. But I doubt it was staff's decision. Most probably production team asked for it. And It didn't bothered me much personally.

[mistress_kisara]

Looks interesting I'll definitely check it out.

[Tyabann]

Welp. It finally happened.

Originally Posted by Reckoner

I like Rewrite, but it's hard to adapt, and we have a questionable studio driving this. Studio is not everything of course, as staff is more important, but studio cannot be ignored. It's all about resources that studio can employ and we know what they are capable of. This will be an uphill battle.

Rewrite is pretty much impossible to adapt well, yeah. I mean, you could do it, but it would require more liberties w/ the material than the staff is going to be allowed, so...

[Klashikari]

Similarly to other VN readers, I have a LOT of mixed feelings regarding an adaptation for Rewrite.
Story really exploits the VN format and there are things that will be difficult to convey without proper foreshadowing which will be very difficult to do without exploring every single heroine route.

Considering the VN adaptations as of late, I don't think I can expect anything decent if there aren't at least 2 cours, and to be frank, I think 3 is necessary to make this work justice.

[Archon_Wing]

This will be a difficult undertaking but I am glad it is being adapted

R07 we meet again, and honestly that is the star attraction for me.

[Nachtwandler]

Than the main writer of original himself involved as the main scriptwriter, it's a good sign.

[Klashikari]

Originally Posted by Archon_Wing

This will be a difficult undertaking but I am glad it is being adapted

R07 we meet again, and honestly that is the star attraction for me.

Reminder: Ryukishi only did 1 route, which is Lucia's.
Tanaka is the one who created the basis of the world setting and plot.

Originally Posted by Nachtwandler

Than the main writer of original himself involved as the main scriptwriter, it's a good sign.

It doesn't matter at all, really.
Even if the original author is involved, nothing guarantees they have complete control over the direction and execution.
That kind of announcements is pretty hollow as in some cases, the author merely gave his opinion without being able to fix what the staff has fucked up (Higurashi live action is a prime example of that).

[Archon_Wing]

Originally Posted by Klashikari

Reminder: Ryukishi only did 1 route, which is Lucia's.
Tanaka is the one who created the basis of the world setting and plot.

I'm aware. /cough

[Nachtwandler]

I understood that people here just angry that they butched Michiru's route in Grisaia no Kajitsu. But it has nothing to do with upcoming ReWrtite adaptation. And it has nothing to do with staff.

They are not at fault that producers didn't give enough money for 3-cour and asked to add more fancervice. Here 90% this won't be the case.

[Klashikari]

Production committee is responsibe for the number of cours, that's a given. But the direction of the series is mostly the director discretion with hardly any input from the production committee save perhaps rights holder and the likes.

Let's move on. Grisaia adaptation has nothing to do with Rewrite right here.

[Nachtwandler]

I'm just leaving this thread. Cause mods involved in discussion.

[Guardian Enzo]

Clannad got four cours and Little Busters got three, so I don't know why so many people are predicting disaster because the anime will be too short. Key adaptations generally make money - let's wait and see what we get.

[Dextro]

Originally Posted by Guardian Enzo

Clannad got four cours and Little Busters got three, so I don't know why so many people are predicting disaster because the anime will be too short. Key adaptations generally make money - let's wait and see what we get.

I'm with Enzo on this one. It would be really weird for a Key adaptation not to get at least a full cour.

[Klashikari]

Originally Posted by Guardian Enzo

Clannad got four cours and Little Busters got three, so I don't know why so many people are predicting disaster because the anime will be too short. Key adaptations generally make money - let's wait and see what we get.

There are various reasons why there are more worries than usual:
-Rewrite is not an "all acclaimed" flagship title like Clannad and LB. The plot and setting is very different and it generated lots of debates among "old key fans" and "new key fans", sort of.
-Rewrite didn't sell as much as Clannad or Little busters. In fact, it isn't even close to a fourth of any of them.
-Unlike previous adaptations and original anime productions, the choice of studio is quite unusual (KyoAni, PA Works and JC Staff have a higher profile than 8bits). It doesn't mean they aren't capable of doing the job, but comparing all the staff thus far, it is quite obvious that the staff isn't on the same tier than the previous ones.

That said, my main worry isn't exactly the staff behind that, but how they will have to settle with the direction because this franchise isn't your usual VN plot whatsoever.