(CR) Sket Dance

[Saturn Beaver]

Originally Posted by karuroso

Why this seriers has "Dance" on the title? did i missed something ? D=

It's kind of a pun, I think...well, Dan is a group, and su is just an addition at the end, so Dan-su = Dance. I guess it's kinda like this.

[Shiroth]

Originally Posted by LKK

Lacrosse? It looked more like a field hockey stick to me.

This is a lacrosse stick. Himeko's stick looked more like this hockey stick.

Yeah it's a field hockey stick. I guess Quarkboy might have been a bit confused with a regular hockey stick.

[Kanon]

Originally Posted by Saturn Beaver

It's kind of a pun, I think...well, Dan is a group, and su is just an addition at the end, so Dan-su = Dance. I guess it's kinda like this.

Pretty much this. Sket dan desu (we're the Sket dan) -> Sket dan su -> Sket dance. I've always wondered what the title meant until this episode. For a long time, I thought this series had some actual dance in it

[Quarkboy]

Originally Posted by LKK

Lacrosse? It looked more like a field hockey stick to me.

This is a lacrosse stick. Himeko's stick looked more like this hockey stick.

Sorry right. Fieldhockey. I knew that.

Still have nagisa on my brain I guess.

[aohige]

I felt like the anime director completely lacked the "style" the original manga had.
Bleach anime (especially the second OP) did a good job with doing Kubo Tite's style justice, but that's exactly what I felt this one was lacking.

And the usages of "tame" (stretch out a scene for dramatic effect) was totally off, I wish they get a better director.
And the gags weren't performed well... for the lack of equivalent English word, ギャグにキレがない。

That being said, it was still enjoyable, but I feel a lot could be improved on this anime rendition.

Oh, and on a personal note.... I'm disappointed with the treatment of Momoka and Reiko as random side mob characters in the ending!
I love Captain and Roman, but both Momoka and Reiko are just as important side characters as these two!
They get single-shots, and even the obscure-Chinese-games teacher and Visual-kei-obsessed freak get their own spots, but Momoka and Reiko are thrown in the mob bunch? Sacrilege!

Originally Posted by ahelo

Well I didn't think it was that funny and the way they're setting this up, it feels episodic but I like the characters and the energy. I'll watch another episode I guess. Maybe it gets better.

You should probably stick around for the "serious" episodes.
This series is usually nonsensical comedy and just general silliness, but when it gets to the "serious" episodes.... you'll need to be ready with a tissue box.
A BIG tissue box.

It's very hard-hitting, depressing, and heart-wrenching.
I'll admit, I bawled my eyes out in some of those arcs.
I really, REALLY hope the anime does justice to those episodes. If they do it right, it'll be among the best anime episodes you will see in all of 2011.

[numb3rs]

pondering wether or not to watch it.
seems eerily similar to Ookami-san To Sinchin No Namaka-Tachi from the summary...

[Shiroth]

Originally Posted by aohige

I felt like the anime director completely lacked the "style" the original manga had.
Bleach anime (especially the second OP) did a good job with doing Kubo Tite's style justice, but that's exactly what I felt this one was lacking.

And the usages of "tame" (stretch out a scene for dramatic effect) was totally off, I wish they get a better director.
And the gags weren't performed well... for the lack of equivalent English word, ギャグにキレがない。

Watching the episode again, and yeah we have a major problem which is the director who isn't translating the humour all that well. He's done comedy before, though Sket Dance is a whole different ball park.

I still think it'll take a few episodes until the director knows what he's doing.

Originally Posted by aohige

Oh, and on a personal note.... I'm disappointed with the treatment of Momoka and Reiko as random side mob characters in the ending!
I love Captain and Roman, but both Momoka and Reiko are just as important side characters as these two!

Momoko especially. She's one of my favourite characters in the series.

[Westlo]

Originally Posted by Shiroth

I still think it'll take a few episodes until the director knows what he's doing.

Well considering it took the manga more than a few chapters to find its feet than no problem right

Originally Posted by aohige

Oh, and on a personal note.... I'm disappointed with the treatment of Momoka and Reiko as random side mob characters in the ending!
I love Captain and Roman, but both Momoka and Reiko are just as important side characters as these two!
They get single-shots, and even the obscure-Chinese-games teacher and Visual-kei-obsessed freak get their own spots, but Momoka and Reiko are thrown in the mob bunch? Sacrilege!

Momoka > Roman > Captain > Reiko.

Surprised at the lack of focus Momoka got in the OP... I'm pretty damn sure she's been in the manga more than Captain and Reiko... I have to admit I was a bit annoyed at that...

[Shiroth]

Originally Posted by Westlo

Well considering it took the manga more than a few chapters to find its feet than no problem right

Seeing as though i brought that up a page back, yes.

Originally Posted by Westlo

Surprised at the lack of focus Momoka got in the OP... I'm pretty damn sure she's been in the manga more than Captain and Reiko... I have to admit I was a bit annoyed at that...

Momoko and Reiko have about the same screentime.

Looking at the OP's for Gintama, then i must say we're pretty lucky to even see some of these characters in the first OP. It just makes me think that the director plans to move chapters around and introduce everyone straight away, which is fine with me because i want to see my favourite arc animated if possible.

[FlavorOfLife]

Not bad, originally thought this was about some dancing group. Partially like Ookami i think

[Kurosu]

Originally Posted by Westlo

Surprised at the lack of focus Momoka got in the OP... I'm pretty damn sure she's been in the manga more than Captain and Reiko... I have to admit I was a bit annoyed at that...

Here's hoping Momoka has more of a presence in the ED, but still, I share your sentiments.

[blewin]

I quite enjoyed the first episode. Never guessed the transfer student was the culprit.
Looking forwad to more.

was a bit worried about Bossen acting like Victorica in Gossick... but he's better, I reckon.

Hilarious that the girl's the only one fighting. lol.

[Arabesque]

Originally Posted by Westlo

A certain character will not be happy @ these comments saying this lacks supernatural elements lol.

FYI, I'm a Switch fan, so I think you can figure out my response

Originally Posted by aohige

You should probably stick around for the "serious" episodes.
This series is usually nonsensical comedy and just general silliness, but when it gets to the "serious" episodes.... you'll need to be ready with a tissue box.
A BIG tissue box.

Several BIG tissue boxes.

Seriously.

Originally Posted by Westlo

Roman > Captain > Momoka > Reiko.

Surprised at the lack of focus Momoka got in the OP... I'm pretty damn sure she's been in the manga more than Captain and Reiko... I have to admit I was a bit annoyed at that...

Fixed

That being said it's somewhat strange how they've been sort of misplaced (? lol) in the opening, but I suppose it has to do with how much ''impact'' they had or rather how popular they were.

Originally Posted by blewin

was a bit worried about Bossen acting like Victorica in Gossick... but he's better, I reckon.

Oh my god LOLOLOLOL

I just had this wonderful vision.

[Kanon]

Spoiler for episode 2:

First half was very boring. The second half, however, was a lot better. Nakata Jouji's character was very entertaining.

Himeko is definitely my favorite character so far. She's the one that makes me laugh the most. Plus, you know, she's hot.

[Wakan Tanka]

Yelling all the time is no fun, it's so frigging annoying. I have to admit that the second part was good and got me laughing.

[Westlo]

Originally Posted by Arabesque

That being said it's somewhat strange how they've been sort of misplaced (? lol) in the opening, but I suppose it has to do with how much ''impact'' they had or rather how popular they were.

Hmm in the first character poll in chapter 68 (which having read again is brilliant lol) the order of popularity for those 4 is Roman (5th) > Momoka (8th) > Captain (13th) > Reiko (tied 15th). Daisy was 11th.

Second popularity poll in chapter 164 has Saaya 6th (Haven't seen her yet, I guess I need to catch up!) and she nearly doubles the votes of Captain who is 7th. Momoka is a few votes behind her in 8th and than quite a bit behind them is is Daisy (9th) and Roman (10th). Reiko is down to 32nd place...

I hope this goes for like 50-100 episodes....

[Saturn Beaver]

Well, personally I liked it better than the previous episode.

Spoiler for ep 2:

As expected, the monkey chasing hijinks was more exciting than the Samurai's half...he was never my favourite side character anyway. There's still some problems, they shout a bit too much like someone said and some of the comedic timing don't hit the mark perfectly in my opinion.

I do like the anime original touches though, adding the fire dragon shot and super saiyan Samurai was hilariously over the top. They also added more censors (and make it Switch's face) as a running gag, which I find pretty funny though. The pacing of 2 chapters per episode is perfect for me as well.

Unlike in this episode, the next one will focus on one of my favorite side character, so I'm looking forward to it. It looks more serious with some action scenes in the preview as well. Oh, and many thanks to the anime to have Himeko in pink cheerleader outfit: I heartily approve.

[Johnny]

Second part was better and them making fun of the teacher was hilarious...

Yelling is nothing out of the ordinary for the characters, so no problem for me...

[Blue-kun]

Spoiler for 2:

Haha, why was this so fun. I found the second half a bit better, but my favourite scene this episode is definitely the Friske slingshot Bossun. He's a really badass main character once he puts those googles to good use!

The monkey story was overal better, though, and if not for that previous scene the (english?) teacher would have stolen this show. He brought so much energy to it. His pitching skills while going "SHIT" cracked me up.

Last, it really was a new the pillows song! The ED, that is. Comic Sonic is great, and the ED itself is simple but effective. Thumbs up, overall, quite enjoyed it. Gotta thank Shiroth for the recommendation.

[Shiroth]

Yabasu, yasbasu.

Spoiler for Episode 2:

Was a little worried that this episode would be adapting two different chapters, though the pacing was decent enough. Shinzou is just so hilarious, and moe is just so :3. Two brilliant side characters that have great introductions, so i'm pleased they were adapted well. Anime additional censoring was pretty .

Momoko next week! <33333

Seriously liking that ED, and a new pillows song is just what i asked for! Comic Sonic. <3

Could i have an avatar made of Himeko licking the lollypop from the ED please? :3

Originally Posted by Blue-kun

Gotta thank Shiroth for the recommendation.

You're welcome. I just want as many people as possible to experience Sket Dance.