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naantje · 2004-10-03, 16:53

lunar just released episode 1 of this Drama/Romance.. looks good but im curious if i need to have seen kakyuusei 1 in order to understand the second thingy ?

silviachan · 2004-10-03, 17:52

Me, too... And I'd like to know if the group is gonna sub the first series as well.

ChibiDusk · 2004-10-03, 18:56

It's licensed by ADV. The first one that is.
Or so says this site: http://ho.ho.net/kakyuusei/ova.html

Timeless Enigma · 2004-10-03, 21:36

Yeah, Kakyuusei is licensed and at least one of the animated versions was hentai (the game(s) were as well if you look at that link ChibiDusk kindly provided).

I'm getting Lunar's sub of ep 1 right now, but I can't find ANY info on Kakyuusei 2. I tried AnimeNFO, ANN... maybe I should try AniDB.

tanuki · 2004-10-03, 21:44

Maybe watching the earlier anime is needed to understand Kakyuusei 2, because after watching the just released episode I came away with the impression that the viewer should have already been familiar with the characters and story. But lacking that info, the first episode seemed cryptic and a bit boring.

Greenish Growth · 2004-10-03, 21:47

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Originally Posted by ChibiDusk

It's licensed by ADV. The first one that is.
Or so says this site: http://ho.ho.net/kakyuusei/ova.html

That's another "Kakyuusei" anime.

There are THREE older anime with the title of "Kakyuusei or Kakyusei" (spelled either way). The oldest Kakyuusei anime from 1995 is unrelated to the later two Kakyuusei anime from 1997-1998 and 1999. Here they are in the order of their release. The easiest way to tell them apart is by examining the girls school uniforms:

1. Kakyuusei OVA (4 episodes)(1995)
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/ency...me.php?id=2392
The girl's school uniforms are orangish-red and white with light green trim.

2. Elf version Kakyuusei OVA (4 episodes)(1997-1998)
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/ency...me.php?id=2393
The girl's school uniforms are mostly dark red with dark blue trim.

3. Kakyuusei TV series (13 + 1 bonus episode)(1999)
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/ency...ime.php?id=179
The girl's school uniforms are mostly dark red with dark blue trim.

The first two episodes of the Kakyusei OVA (1995) were released in English under the title of "First Loves" by SoftCel on VHS. The third and fourth episodes were NEVER released into English. The story of this Kakyuusei anime was not based off a game.

The Elf version Kakyuusei OVA (4 episodes)(1997-1998) and the Kakyuusei TV series (13 + 1 bonus episode)(1999) were based off an Elf company ren'ai (romantic love) game called "Kakyuusei". Kakyuusei is one of the most popular ren'ai games of all time.

With the Kakyuusei 2 TV series just coming out (based off the Kakyuusei 2 game), there are now FOUR Kakyuusei anime series total.

And please nobody quote the mixed up AnimeNfo's "Kakyuusei" entry because it's all screwed up and wrong. I've given them information to correct it six or seven times and they still don't do anything. >_<

Nikolai · 2004-10-03, 21:50

Edit: Yeah, read what GG said above while I was typing this out. :P

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Originally Posted by ChibiDusk

It's licensed by ADV. The first one that is.
Or so says this site: http://ho.ho.net/kakyuusei/ova.html

The first OAV is, but not the first TV series.

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Originally Posted by naantje

im curious if i need to have seen kakyuusei 1 in order to understand the second thingy ?

It's not necessary; they're separate stories. But I still encourage you to check out Kakyuusei 1, since Anime-Faith and Miyuki-no-Tamari will be releasing the first episode of that soon.

Greenish Growth · 2004-10-03, 21:53

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Originally Posted by Nikolai

It's not necessary; they're separate stories. But I still encourage you to check out Kakyuusei 1, since Anime-Faith and Miyuki-no-Tamari will be releasing the first episode of that soon.

Are they doing the Elf version Kakyuusei OVA or the Kakyuusei TV series?

Timeless Enigma · 2004-10-04, 02:44

Well, I watched the LunarAnime sub, and I love it already. I'm looking forward to Anime-Faith's and Miyuki-no-Tamari's sub of the prequel (they are subbing the prequel to THIS Kakyuusei right?)

I agree with tanuki... I'm a bit lost from the get-go here, but I have no doubt the holes will fill themselves later on.

I'm already liking Ryouma and Tamaki, and the brown haired clarinet player, also the guy who likes to fish and his buddy.

I'm having a hard time figuring out who the main character is, or perhaps they share time equally since there's many girls, and... 4 guys.

Well, I look forward to the next episodes, now I'm occupied for autumn with this, Mai HiME, Akitate Ja-pan... and hopefully many more. (I have no life outside of anime, can you tell?)

paTKany · 2004-10-04, 04:58

Can anybody tell me (even in japanese) the titles of the opening and the ending song?

Lucier · 2004-10-04, 05:17

Intro song is "18"...
Ending song is "Koi no Uta"...

Both have been available for awhile ripped from the game...

I'm not translating KKS, though it's gonna be one of my favorites this season.
I might post some screen shots later to show the nice animation ^_^.

fernarias · 2004-10-04, 13:22

I just saw it last night. This anime was awful, the timing was so slow. 15 minutes into it and nothing had happened. It reminded me of One. I will not be downloading anymore episodes. I did like the character designs but that's it.

f.

kuru · 2004-10-04, 13:47

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Originally Posted by Greenish Growth

Are they doing the Elf version Kakyuusei OVA or the Kakyuusei TV series?

I hope it's the first TV series. No Name Losers have been working on the Kakyuusei elf version OVA for some time and should release it at some point.

dreamless · 2004-10-04, 14:16

quite good animation quality, I'd say so far (for ep1) it's one of the few game-to-anime conversion that the quality of the character graphics doesn't degrade much... the story seems to be somewhat different from the game... one minor complaint is that they use the OPs of the game as the anime OP and ED, which is somewhat strange for an anime IMO

I'll surely keep checking this up to see how it turns out

lordwu · 2004-10-04, 14:37

I might be wrong since I played only about an hour of Kakyuusei 2 (the game) and Kakyuusei 1 on Saturn a long long time ago. But to my understanding Kakyuusei 1 and 2 hold no relationships. I believe you don't need to watch Kakyuusei 1 first since the roles are totally different. Feel free to correct me though if that's not the case. Too busy to look up more information myself.

Episode 1 has been confusing for me since it started out different from the game. Maybe I should hurry up my progress with the game so I can understand more of the anime.

LastDuaL · 2004-10-04, 14:43

Too bad the animation for the anime isn't as high quality as the stuff they have in the game. After visiting elf's page i guess my hopes were a little too high. Background music is also kind of lacking. I'll stick with it a little longer though in hopes that the story picks up...

Nikolai · 2004-10-04, 18:59

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Originally Posted by Greenish Growth

Are they doing the Elf version Kakyuusei OVA or the Kakyuusei TV series?

We're doing the TV series.

ChibiDusk · 2004-10-04, 19:21

Thank you for subbing the TV series

hopefully it will help with some of the confussion in Kakyuusei 2. Probably not, but hehe, oh well.

Mr. Shabaz · 2004-10-05, 00:25

I just watched the first episode of this show. I think my thoughts can be summed up like this....

The animation was decent, and the characters looked pretty. Uhh... that's about it. Maybe cause I missed the first season or whatever, but I found this just boring as watching paint dry. Well maybe not that bad, only cause the characters did look pretty. Still gonna give it a chance and watch a couple more episodes. Hopefully it picks up cause I think there is a good story in there... somewhere... just crying out...

Greenish Growth · 2004-10-05, 01:01

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Originally Posted by Mr. Shabaz

I just watched the first episode of this show. I think my thoughts can be summed up like this....

You're not alone. I'm getting weird One First OVA vibes from watching it.

But whatever...we'll see how it goes.

Does anyone know if any of the first Kakyuusei game characters make a cameo appearance in the Kakyuusei 2 game (and hence may have a cameo in the anime as well)?

2004-10-03, 16:53	Link #1
naantje Annoyance :) Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: where the bitches at -x- Age: 38	Kakyuusei 2 lunar just released episode 1 of this Drama/Romance.. looks good but im curious if i need to have seen kakyuusei 1 in order to understand the second thingy ?

2004-10-03, 21:36	Link #4
Timeless Enigma Tsushima Masaki Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: British Columbia, Canada	Yeah, Kakyuusei is licensed and at least one of the animated versions was hentai (the game(s) were as well if you look at that link ChibiDusk kindly provided). I'm getting Lunar's sub of ep 1 right now, but I can't find ANY info on Kakyuusei 2. I tried AnimeNFO, ANN... maybe I should try AniDB. __________________

2004-10-04, 02:44	Link #9
Timeless Enigma Tsushima Masaki Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: British Columbia, Canada	Well, I watched the LunarAnime sub, and I love it already. I'm looking forward to Anime-Faith's and Miyuki-no-Tamari's sub of the prequel (they are subbing the prequel to THIS Kakyuusei right?) I agree with tanuki... I'm a bit lost from the get-go here, but I have no doubt the holes will fill themselves later on. I'm already liking Ryouma and Tamaki, and the brown haired clarinet player, also the guy who likes to fish and his buddy. I'm having a hard time figuring out who the main character is, or perhaps they share time equally since there's many girls, and... 4 guys. Well, I look forward to the next episodes, now I'm occupied for autumn with this, Mai HiME, Akitate Ja-pan... and hopefully many more. (I have no life outside of anime, can you tell?) __________________

2004-10-04, 14:16	Link #14
dreamless /Ultimate Magic Attack!!! Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Time Warp/Future	quite good animation quality, I'd say so far (for ep1) it's one of the few game-to-anime conversion that the quality of the character graphics doesn't degrade much... the story seems to be somewhat different from the game... one minor complaint is that they use the OPs of the game as the anime OP and ED, which is somewhat strange for an anime IMO I'll surely keep checking this up to see how it turns out Last edited by dreamless; 2004-10-19 at 14:15.

2004-10-03, 17:52	Link #2
silviachan Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: italy Age: 41	Me, too... And I'd like to know if the group is gonna sub the first series as well.

2004-10-03, 18:56	Link #3
ChibiDusk Back From The Dead? Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Canada Age: 34	It's licensed by ADV. The first one that is. Or so says this site: http://ho.ho.net/kakyuusei/ova.html

2004-10-03, 21:44	Link #5
tanuki Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003	Maybe watching the earlier anime is needed to understand Kakyuusei 2, because after watching the just released episode I came away with the impression that the viewer should have already been familiar with the characters and story. But lacking that info, the first episode seemed cryptic and a bit boring.

2004-10-04, 04:58	Link #10
paTKany Aasu Ⅷ Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Aasu residence	Can anybody tell me (even in japanese) the titles of the opening and the ending song?

2004-10-04, 05:17	Link #11
Lucier Lunar Translator Join Date: Mar 2003	Intro song is "18"... Ending song is "Koi no Uta"... Both have been available for awhile ripped from the game... I'm not translating KKS, though it's gonna be one of my favorites this season. I might post some screen shots later to show the nice animation ^_^.

2004-10-04, 13:22	Link #12
fernarias Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2004	I just saw it last night. This anime was awful, the timing was so slow. 15 minutes into it and nothing had happened. It reminded me of One. I will not be downloading anymore episodes. I did like the character designs but that's it. f.

2004-10-04, 14:37	Link #15
lordwu Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003	I might be wrong since I played only about an hour of Kakyuusei 2 (the game) and Kakyuusei 1 on Saturn a long long time ago. But to my understanding Kakyuusei 1 and 2 hold no relationships. I believe you don't need to watch Kakyuusei 1 first since the roles are totally different. Feel free to correct me though if that's not the case. Too busy to look up more information myself. Episode 1 has been confusing for me since it started out different from the game. Maybe I should hurry up my progress with the game so I can understand more of the anime.

2004-10-04, 14:43	Link #16
LastDuaL Drunken Samurai Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Florida, USA, Earth	Too bad the animation for the anime isn't as high quality as the stuff they have in the game. After visiting elf's page i guess my hopes were a little too high. Background music is also kind of lacking. I'll stick with it a little longer though in hopes that the story picks up...

2004-10-04, 19:21	Link #18
ChibiDusk Back From The Dead? Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Canada Age: 34	Thank you for subbing the TV series hopefully it will help with some of the confussion in Kakyuusei 2. Probably not, but hehe, oh well.

2004-10-05, 00:25	Link #19
Mr. Shabaz Lazy Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Boston Age: 42	I just watched the first episode of this show. I think my thoughts can be summed up like this.... The animation was decent, and the characters looked pretty. Uhh... that's about it. Maybe cause I missed the first season or whatever, but I found this just boring as watching paint dry. Well maybe not that bad, only cause the characters did look pretty. Still gonna give it a chance and watch a couple more episodes. Hopefully it picks up cause I think there is a good story in there... somewhere... just crying out...