chickdigger802
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probably more to the west. Wasn't it because of their youtube release that garnered enough popularity for them to consider ks in the first place?
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Summer 2013 Anime |10th Dimensional OT| the first ignoble truth: all of life is anime
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probably more to the west. Wasn't it because of their youtube release that garnered enough popularity for them to consider ks in the first place?
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Can't wait for Trigger's anime adaptation of the Conception video games right after Little Witch Academia 2.
Jex
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I wish they'd taken some more inspiration from other Western Kickstarters in terms of stretch goals and rewards, it feels like they could have made a lot more than they got.
hosannainexcelsis
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I don't think Kill la Kill is enough like LWA that you can predict the performance of one by the other.
Also:
Also:
dakkumauji
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Sign me up for that.
Directed by Kishi.
I think it's just his name in kanji (渡辺 信一郎.
Thanks. I remember them asking if I wanted it in both English and Japanese and I thought they were referring to the quote on the left when they were probably referring to his name. Cool.
ZachDeKoromaru
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Happy birthday DTL, have the only male character I have an overwhelming attraction to.
It's like True Tears keeps following me!
It's like True Tears keeps following me!
dakkumauji
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It's probably the only way I can enjoy the game in English so I'll still take it.
amishpriest99
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I was at the con myself, but didn't do the Kanno signing (and had to leave before the concert yesterday).
Should have some kind of AnimeGAF (or GAF in general) meetup next year if there already isn't something like that.
I don't think Kill la Kill is enough like LWA that you can predict the performance of one by the other.
Also:
Those points really aren't that valid. Not like it aired at all on TV in the US and calling it a Saturday morning cartoon is true in both countries but that's more indicative of the tone.
The OVA not being on sale yet means it would pull less of a crowd?I don't think Kill la Kill is enough like LWA that you can predict the performance of one by the other.
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Yeah Cute usually wins. The cuter, the more overpowered.
It so is. One of my favorites.
Japan what the hell are you doing?!
Kamisama Dolls is like a tiny bit of Narutaru but not nearly as disturbing or fucked up.
Jex
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I don't think Kill la Kill is enough like LWA that you can predict the performance of one by the other.
Also:
I think those are valid points to consider. If it really was badly organized e.g. not promoted early enough for people to make room in their diaries and poorly promoted in general I could believe that to be the biggest issue of all but I don't know nearly enough about the story to draw a conclusion.
hosannainexcelsis
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Not airing in visible spots on TV is just one of the ways the short would not have been able to gain visibility among the mainstream audience it appeals to.
Unless you know how well advertised this event was (and it appears it was not well advertised at all - there are several comments on the yaraon post along the lines of "This was a thing?"), you shouldn't judge the Japanese reception of LWA by the cancellation of this event. At least wait to see how the sales of Trigger's BD release are.
The biggest reason you shouldn't judge Kill la Kill by the performance of LWA, is because Kill la Kill has the behemoth Aniplex behind it with all their marketing power, whereas LWA has to rely on Trigger alone to promote it.
I think it was set on some ungodly time (what, 10pm~1am on a Thursday evening?), too, but considering where it's at, it's not unreasonable to be surprised at the lack of a turnout. It's a city with 13 million people. It's silly to make it a referendum on Japan as a whole or whatever, but the general lack of interest in the content presented is pretty off-putting.
Clearly the solution is to just bring along a popular VA next time.
Clearly the solution is to just bring along a popular VA next time.
Hellsing321
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Thats just Trigger being bad with business. Everyone knows you don't sell event tickets but included them in the Blu-rays to boost sales!
hosannainexcelsis
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And if none of those 13 million people knew the event was taking place, what then? I don't think you can say there's a lack of interest in the content of LWA; it's by far the most popular Anime Mirai short.
Yeah...
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Sailor Moon SuperSilly 138
The legend of fat Usagi.
Pretty much. the first few episodes didnt really put anybody off. See how many stick around when stuff really starts going stupid.
Why on earth would you do that MadP? Great shows bomb all the time. It happens everywhere.
I really think its possible.
Having a big event for a tiny not very well known OVA project does sound a bit ambitious.
This too lol. Thats why some bundled series blurays had lots of sales.
Which makes it so maddening that they'd later decide to diverge from that formula
(with 3.0 specifically).
But as it stands, it's such an odd mishmash of old ideas done badly, and new ones (which are even worse,) that there's a weird sense of indecision that runs throughout these movies. They just don't feel cohesive. As it stands, Rebuild has squandered pretty much everything it set out to do. Well, except maybe the money part.
KirbYuuYuu
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I don't know how I feel about this one
Hmm. Well that changes things a bit.
Usagi always sucks but a slightly meatier Minako would be fine.
Technosteve
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Damn jarmel inwould of mugged younif i knew what you had signed. Congrats!! This year's otakon was way to stressful, to many fucking people and all the local haunts turned to shit this year .
.Damn jarmel inwould of mugged younif i knew what you had signed. Congrats!! This year's otakon was way to stressful, to many fucking people and all the local haunts turned to shit this year
Isnt that how conventions typically are? Even ham radio conventions in populous locations are like that.
I'm not the one talking about how it'd affect bd sales, I'm just talking about the tickets for this particular event. We get indie comic dudes with nothing but scraps of art on tumblr who get similar turnouts for their shows. The content they offered - talking to the director - didn't appeal to most; otherwise, even on twitter, you'd get coverage.
Jex
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That's lunacy.
Trigger sounds pretty bad at organizing events. You should be using social media to supplement your traditional marketing, not make it your sole source.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Minako is too focused on becoming a pro to start gaining weight, though.
Jex
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You know, what's actually worse about 3.0 is that:
leaving aside some of the 'dressing' like the time-skip basically all the same events happen in the same order that they do in the TV series except that they're mostly done poorly.
True that maybe the event wasnt enticing enough. Guess the show needs more exposure or the director needs a bit more under his belt. Maybe after Kill La Kill such an event might be more successful.
see, Im totally cool with her like that. its more realistic than Anorexia Moon. She has that Rihoko thing going on.
Good stuff, Trigger.
Im gonna chalk it up to bad timing and poor public awareness. I refuse to believe Japan just doesnt like LWA. Its so adorable and good.
All it takes is scrolling through one page of the "Awesome" fan-art thread to see that those drawings really aren't that bad at all.
KirbYuuYuu
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This one is more appealing.
hosannainexcelsis
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Yoh Yoshinari isn't exactly a well-known figure outside hardcore animation nerds.
Name of artist please.
KirbYuuYuu
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Sailor Moon SuperSilly 139
I forgot to make a joke a couple episodes ago on how Yellow likes fresh young girls, indicating that he could be a potential lolicon. This episode only confirms it. Creeeeeeeeepy.
Little Girl Swordsman was adorable at least.
I forgot to make a joke a couple episodes ago on how Yellow likes fresh young girls, indicating that he could be a potential lolicon. This episode only confirms it. Creeeeeeeeepy.
Little Girl Swordsman was adorable at least.
amishpriest99
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Interesting reading your thoughts. I'm not sure I can even really properly articulate how I feel about the whole thing, especially after just having seen 3.0 at Otakon.
You don't need mainstream appeal or audience in order to sell 200 tickets.
This being poorly advertised and timing is a good reason as to why the event failed.
I was somewhat joking about KLK.
Pretty much.
Damn jarmel inwould of mugged younif i knew what you had signed. Congrats!! This year's otakon was way to stressful, to many fucking people and all the local haunts turned to shit this year
Thank you.
santeesioux
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I finally got Tales of Xillia in the mail, i'm not sure what that has to do with this topic, but i thought you guys would be very interested.
Jex
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So the Anime World Order have a podcast featuring a guest who has seen Miyazaki's new film The Wind Rises. As you might imagine it doesn't sound like a movie that's likely to blow you away* and Anno is a terrible voice actor.
I think the most interesting comment Mitsugi made about the movie was that it felt far more like a Takahata work than a traditional Miyazaki work and that it was even fairly dry. In addition the movie seems to lack any kind of strong female character but considering that it's supposed to be auto-biographical it's not odd to see Miyazaki diverge from his traditional formula.
*IGN.com
I think the most interesting comment Mitsugi made about the movie was that it felt far more like a Takahata work than a traditional Miyazaki work and that it was even fairly dry. In addition the movie seems to lack any kind of strong female character but considering that it's supposed to be auto-biographical it's not odd to see Miyazaki diverge from his traditional formula.
*IGN.com
KirbYuuYuu
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Well it is anime as fuck, so it counts.
santeesioux
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That was my line of thinking. Now i just need to figure out which character to play as.
zeroshiki making the podcast circuit
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