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ACTL_33 · 2012-10-29, 01:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kaoru Chujo

That bothered me, too. I wish the staff had a made a different decision there. But I'm still enjoying the show.

Still not complaining because it's not a total loss. Thankfully, it's still something to marvel at in terms of the choreography during those times.

Flower · 2012-10-30, 01:35

Annddd ... ep 4 has been released!

Kaioshin Sama · 2012-10-30, 12:03

I haven't really been watching this show and seem to be in the majority here, but I have seen some clips and the like from recent episodes around some video sites and I think the thing that stands out most about this show at least from what I can tell is how crisp and vibrant the animation looks for a kids show. I don't know if it's because most of the kids shows I've watched are by Toei who really seem to love working on a shoe string budget even by 50 episode show standards or because just most kids shows don't take aesthetics into account as much as shows aimed at older audiences because they think they won't notice anyway, but it looks like Sunrise is throwing their typical amount of money at this one in spite of the usual trends and the impression is that in any given scene it's almost like the moe moe idols wouldn't dare go off model or lose detail for even a moment.

Still I kind of wonder if they know what they're doing here. Their last attempt to go into the realm of kids shows with Gundam AGE was pretty much a disaster that failed to find an audience and I'd have to wonder if this is really managing to find an audience in Japan either being such an out there concept budget or no. There's a difference between being risky and being reckless with productions and I'm not entirely convinced Sunrise hasn't crossed a little more over to the latter category in the last year or so.

Kaoru Chujo · 2012-10-30, 12:50

1. I enjoyed ep4. They may have a formula that will work. Happy to hear Sanpei Yuuko as the boy, too. She's the go-to girl to play boys, lol.

2. @Kaoishin_Sama: I think Sunrise has covered itself by having a tie-in with the Bandai girls' trading-card arcade game. And like other shows aimed at kids this actually has a strong sponsor in the list: McDonalds. So there will likely be publicity tie-ins there, too.

Liddo-kun · 2012-10-31, 06:52

Watched episode 4:

Spoiler:

Seihai · 2012-10-31, 23:33

Just watched the first episode. Story feels typical but to be honest I'm kinda new to idol anime and it doesn't look too bad. I didn't expect anything at all from the animation so it's actually... good? I cringed at the on-stage scenes though, actually got goosebumps from looking at them. But hey, the rest is pretty good, it's actually my kind of comedy+cuteness. Ichigo's VA is also addicting (the rest is a bit blunt in comparison).

Considering the audience aimed at, I think I'm actually on a good ride except the on-stage scenes and reading posts about how this show actually gets better makes me feel a lot more optimistic. Not gonna drop this.

RDF2050 · 2012-11-08, 03:15

I just fall in love with Ichigo's VA. Looking forward for the next episode. This is my AKB for this season

Liddo-kun · 2012-11-08, 06:17

Episode 5:

Spoiler:

Seihai · 2012-11-10, 13:50

Episode 5 was a nice and brief introduction to Rantarou and another good improvement for Ichigo. Once again the brief jokes in each episode really brighten up the atmosphere and further add to the happy-go-lucky vibes I get. My favorites were when Aoi went "tehe xP" on Ichigo. Or when Ichigo actually carried 10 books on her head?! And then fell down but... wow.

Anyway, it seems like Ran-chan is a very nice addition to them. Now we have Aoi as brains and Ran-chan as real life experience to support Ichigo on her goal to become a splendid idol. As Liddo-kun mentioned, I would find it very satisfying if they became an idol trio because I think they already started to get along very well this episode. That would outdo the legendary idol duo, right?

As for the next episode... I can already see we're in for some more entertaining Ran-sama and Ichigo antics.

I look forward to it.

The Based · 2012-11-14, 02:46

Stop calling a 13-year old sexy, Aoi! You girls are too young to worry about that sort of thing.

Liddo-kun · 2012-11-14, 08:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vanish

I would find it very satisfying if they became an idol trio because I think they already started to get along very well this episode. That would outdo the legendary idol duo, right?

Them wearing similar outfits in the ending theme seems to hint that.

Watched episode 6:

Spoiler:

Seihai · 2012-11-15, 09:51

Episode 6 was hilarious, the facial expressions were priceless:

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This moment cracked me up, too:

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The funny thing is I thought the exact same thing as Aoi when Ran-chan showed her dere side for a split second.

Haah~ gotta love this series.

The Based · 2012-11-22, 02:44

How do these girls feel about the tailors that are unemployed because they're too lazy to use a dressing room? BUT I guess it's OK as long you can sell out to the barons of big felt-tip pen industry.

This week Blue gets a powerup from Handyman but would've been easily defeated had Midriff-chan used her rare cards. Midriff-chan claims she doesn't use her rare cards on unworthy opponents to get small-time gigs.

Seihai · 2012-11-26, 13:47

I think Ran had a point with not having used her rare card. If you used your rare cards all the time they'd become boring to the audience after a while. And the audition wasn't as important to Ran as it was to Aoi. I guess Ran also tried to be the cooldere here but I still got the tsundere vibes off her. "I-it's not like I didn't use my rare cards for your sake or anything, okay?"

Another nice episode, this show is really solid stuff. Too bad the audience for this anime isn't broad at all. Oh well.

I thoroughly am enjoying the full OP and ED btw, especially the ED. Can't get enough of that "chu-chu Tuesday".

It gives me the second most "don't-worry-be-happy" vibes after the Girls und Panzer's ED.

P.S.: Ever since I started OniAi I have pointlessly started thinking up parallels between Ichigo and Alisa... arrgh! Mind distortion!

edit: After a few more thoughts, I think Ichigo and Alisa would actually make good friends... dat innocence.

Violet Rabbit · 2012-11-28, 08:23

Hu-zah!
I expected at least 50 episodes, and it seems like that's what I'm gonna get!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vanish

P.S.: Ever since I started OniAi I have pointlessly started thinking up parallels between Ichigo and Alisa... arrgh! Mind distortion!

edit: After a few more thoughts, I think Ichigo and Alisa would actually make good friends... dat innocence.

Yeah.

Though I do feel like a moron for... drooling at the voice and then checking the seiyuu...

(not)

Episode 8:

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For now?

Kreceir · 2012-11-28, 10:54

Maybe its the wrong place to ask but, Is it possible to make a Signature of the Ending?
It was lingering in my head that Ending would actually make a awesome Signature.

DXMichael · 2012-11-29, 09:00

Heh, I guess this anime isn't too popular on this forum

I can understand the reasons though, it wouldn't be everyone's cup of tea. The start was a bit rough but these past few episodes have been getting better and more entertaining (For me at least)

Mura · 2012-11-29, 09:02

Well episode 8 was my favorite episode, perhaps because it focused mainly on Ran. Tsundere ftw.

The Based · 2012-11-30, 03:59

How was Midriff-chan planning to attain a clean win over Pink by covering up her midriff while her opponent did the opposite? It's a counterproductive strategy.

Liddo-kun · 2012-11-30, 23:27

Episode 8:

Spoiler:

2012-10-30, 01:35	Link #22
Flower Blooming on the mountain Join Date: May 2010 Location: Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light....	Annddd ... ep 4 has been released! __________________

2012-10-30, 12:50	Link #24
Kaoru Chujo Yuuki Aoi Join Date: Jul 2004	1. I enjoyed ep4. They may have a formula that will work. Happy to hear Sanpei Yuuko as the boy, too. She's the go-to girl to play boys, lol. 2. @Kaoishin_Sama: I think Sunrise has covered itself by having a tie-in with the Bandai girls' trading-card arcade game. And like other shows aimed at kids this actually has a strong sponsor in the list: McDonalds. So there will likely be publicity tie-ins there, too. __________________ YUUKI Aoi 悠木碧. b92.03.27 (age 29). 2008 Kurenai (Murasaki). 2009 Yumeiro Pâtissière (Ichigo), Kiruminzuu (Riko), Yutori-chan (Yutori-chan). 2010 Vampire Bund (Mina Tepeş), Shiki (Sunako), Samurai Girls (Juubee), Pokémon: Black and White (Iris). 2011 Madoka Magica (Madoka), Gosick (Victorique), A-Channel (Tooru). 2012 Symphogear (Hibiki). 2014 Pilot's Love Song (Claire/Nina), Nanatsu no Taizai (Diane). 2015 Owari no Seraph (Krul Tepes), Rokka no Yuusha (Fremy). 2016 Boku no Hero Academia (Tsuyu, Froppy). 2017 Kino no Tabi (Kino). 2021 Kumo desu ga (watashi), Kaizoku Oujo (Karin), Heike Monogatari (Biwa), etc., etc. Total of 513 roles in anime and games.

2012-10-31, 06:52	Link #25
Liddo-kun is this so? Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Gradius Home World	Watched episode 4: Spoiler: Show is getting better. Some character development during this episode for Ichigo and Aoi. I guess it's happiness for an aspiring idol when they get fans. Minor complaint: I might have got used too much to Idolm@ster and AKB0048 where there's new song each episode.. but why is that testing song being used over and over here in Aikatsu? Don't they have other songs that can be used for testing applications? __________________ Clearing 4 domain with Qiqi / MTGNexus - Magic Art Gallery / AnimEVO 2020 - EFZ tournament / Cool Japan Festival 2015 Last edited by Liddo-kun; 2012-10-31 at 23:42.

2012-10-31, 23:33	Link #26
Seihai スマイリウム Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Iwakawa Base Age: 31	Just watched the first episode. Story feels typical but to be honest I'm kinda new to idol anime and it doesn't look too bad. I didn't expect anything at all from the animation so it's actually... good? I cringed at the on-stage scenes though, actually got goosebumps from looking at them. But hey, the rest is pretty good, it's actually my kind of comedy+cuteness. Ichigo's VA is also addicting (the rest is a bit blunt in comparison). Considering the audience aimed at, I think I'm actually on a good ride except the on-stage scenes and reading posts about how this show actually gets better makes me feel a lot more optimistic. Not gonna drop this. __________________

2012-11-08, 03:15	Link #27
RDF2050 Superidol Join Date: Dec 2008 Age: 34	I just fall in love with Ichigo's VA. Looking forward for the next episode. This is my AKB for this season __________________

2012-10-30, 12:03	Link #23
Kaioshin Sama Banned Join Date: May 2004 Location: Neither Here nor There Age: 39	I haven't really been watching this show and seem to be in the majority here, but I have seen some clips and the like from recent episodes around some video sites and I think the thing that stands out most about this show at least from what I can tell is how crisp and vibrant the animation looks for a kids show. I don't know if it's because most of the kids shows I've watched are by Toei who really seem to love working on a shoe string budget even by 50 episode show standards or because just most kids shows don't take aesthetics into account as much as shows aimed at older audiences because they think they won't notice anyway, but it looks like Sunrise is throwing their typical amount of money at this one in spite of the usual trends and the impression is that in any given scene it's almost like the moe moe idols wouldn't dare go off model or lose detail for even a moment. Still I kind of wonder if they know what they're doing here. Their last attempt to go into the realm of kids shows with Gundam AGE was pretty much a disaster that failed to find an audience and I'd have to wonder if this is really managing to find an audience in Japan either being such an out there concept budget or no. There's a difference between being risky and being reckless with productions and I'm not entirely convinced Sunrise hasn't crossed a little more over to the latter category in the last year or so.

2012-11-08, 06:17	Link #28
Liddo-kun is this so? Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Gradius Home World	Episode 5: Spoiler: Nice episode. And thank goodness they didn't reuse that previous audition song anymore. I do wonder if the 3 of them would form Ichigo, Aoi and Ran would form a 3 person idol group later on in the series. Because the plot seems to be moving towards the route that the 3 of them will be good friends. __________________ Clearing 4 domain with Qiqi / MTGNexus - Magic Art Gallery / AnimEVO 2020 - EFZ tournament / Cool Japan Festival 2015

2012-11-10, 13:50	Link #29
Seihai スマイリウム Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Iwakawa Base Age: 31	Episode 5 was a nice and brief introduction to Rantarou and another good improvement for Ichigo. Once again the brief jokes in each episode really brighten up the atmosphere and further add to the happy-go-lucky vibes I get. My favorites were when Aoi went "tehe xP" on Ichigo. Or when Ichigo actually carried 10 books on her head?! And then fell down but... wow. Anyway, it seems like Ran-chan is a very nice addition to them. Now we have Aoi as brains and Ran-chan as real life experience to support Ichigo on her goal to become a splendid idol. As Liddo-kun mentioned, I would find it very satisfying if they became an idol trio because I think they already started to get along very well this episode. That would outdo the legendary idol duo, right? As for the next episode... I can already see we're in for some more entertaining Ran-sama and Ichigo antics. I look forward to it. __________________

2012-11-14, 02:46	Link #30
The Based Member Join Date: Oct 2011	Stop calling a 13-year old sexy, Aoi! You girls are too young to worry about that sort of thing.

2012-11-15, 09:51	Link #32
Seihai スマイリウム Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Iwakawa Base Age: 31	Episode 6 was hilarious, the facial expressions were priceless: Images Sorry; dynamic content not loaded. Reload? This moment cracked me up, too: Images Sorry; dynamic content not loaded. Reload? The funny thing is I thought the exact same thing as Aoi when Ran-chan showed her dere side for a split second. Haah~ gotta love this series. __________________

2012-11-22, 02:44	Link #33
The Based Member Join Date: Oct 2011	How do these girls feel about the tailors that are unemployed because they're too lazy to use a dressing room? BUT I guess it's OK as long you can sell out to the barons of big felt-tip pen industry. This week Blue gets a powerup from Handyman but would've been easily defeated had Midriff-chan used her rare cards. Midriff-chan claims she doesn't use her rare cards on unworthy opponents to get small-time gigs.

2012-11-26, 13:47	Link #34
Seihai スマイリウム Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Iwakawa Base Age: 31	I think Ran had a point with not having used her rare card. If you used your rare cards all the time they'd become boring to the audience after a while. And the audition wasn't as important to Ran as it was to Aoi. I guess Ran also tried to be the cooldere here but I still got the tsundere vibes off her. "I-it's not like I didn't use my rare cards for your sake or anything, okay?" Another nice episode, this show is really solid stuff. Too bad the audience for this anime isn't broad at all. Oh well. I thoroughly am enjoying the full OP and ED btw, especially the ED. Can't get enough of that "chu-chu Tuesday". It gives me the second most "don't-worry-be-happy" vibes after the Girls und Panzer's ED. P.S.: Ever since I started OniAi I have pointlessly started thinking up parallels between Ichigo and Alisa... arrgh! Mind distortion! edit: After a few more thoughts, I think Ichigo and Alisa would actually make good friends... dat innocence. __________________ Last edited by Seihai; 2012-11-26 at 13:58.

2012-11-28, 10:54	Link #36
Kreceir Senior Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Derping in League of Legends Age: 30	Maybe its the wrong place to ask but, Is it possible to make a Signature of the Ending? It was lingering in my head that Ending would actually make a awesome Signature. __________________

2012-11-29, 09:00	Link #37
DXMichael Psycho Falling Deep Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: The Anime World Age: 29	Heh, I guess this anime isn't too popular on this forum I can understand the reasons though, it wouldn't be everyone's cup of tea. The start was a bit rough but these past few episodes have been getting better and more entertaining (For me at least) __________________

2012-11-29, 09:02	Link #38
Mura Now or Never Join Date: Jan 2012 Age: 37	Well episode 8 was my favorite episode, perhaps because it focused mainly on Ran. Tsundere ftw. __________________

2012-11-30, 03:59	Link #39
The Based Member Join Date: Oct 2011	How was Midriff-chan planning to attain a clean win over Pink by covering up her midriff while her opponent did the opposite? It's a counterproductive strategy.

2012-11-30, 23:27	Link #40
Liddo-kun is this so? Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Gradius Home World	Episode 8: Spoiler: Ran didn't win against her rival, but at least getting a tie is an improvement to losing. Looks like Ichigo, Aoi, and Ran are starting their way to becoming a group with next weeks episode. And what's said by Ran in the preview is a little funny: "I'm not a demon. Not yet at least". __________________ Clearing 4 domain with Qiqi / MTGNexus - Magic Art Gallery / AnimEVO 2020 - EFZ tournament / Cool Japan Festival 2015