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You're looking into it way too much. KyoAni does better then pretty much any studio when it comes to animation, it's not really fair to compare the two.

Then it wouldn't be staying true to source material, like what many anime do to manga.

Anyway, I found the other heroines rather enjoyable, although I'm still pre-Refrain in VN.
I also enjoyed Angel Beats!, which was an anime original, like Madoka.



I can only hope so. I am hoping for Nodame animation and Toradora execution really. Honey & Clover doesn't really apply although it's what J.C. has not terribly wrecked as well. In short, I sincerely hope this does not fail.

I think some of you are just over-analyzing a short trailer.

I can't find Clannad's trailer, but Clannad's OP had scenes from After Story, yet After Story got its own season.

Let's just wait and see, shall we?

looks interesting ))

Changes on the original material would be nice if they turn to be improvements. There are some anime adaptations that I prefer more than the original source.

Now you say Angel Beats, don't know if I should say this but I have a feeling that if LB is beign produced with less episodes than necessary, it might turn into "2012 Angel Beats": somewhat rushed but dividing a lot os opinions.

My main worry is the animation quality. With J.C.Staff, I was hoping for at least some solid animation, but it seems really disappointing. Compare it to Hyouka, which KyoAni is currently doing. I feel like raging. >:

The first thing that pops into my mind about writing and J.C. Staff is the last arc of Railgun. Which was anime original. They messed up that too. Pretty badly.

FINALLY!!!!! XDDDDD

That much was expected.

In the meantime I'll just prepare myself for writing all the walls of text about what J.C. Staff is doing wrong.

no saya? T_T
sigh maybe i should just play the VN now and watch the anime and criticize it for how bad its gonna be

- Adaptation > Source Material CAN happen, though very rare. Ex: K-ON, although it's just a claim from some people since I didn't read K-ON manga. Again, quality is pretty relative.
- Don't over-analyze a trailer, which isn't a seasonal review. Clannad S1 has ushio in it, but Ushio never showed up in S1, right? I guess it's a purely logical decision to include teaser about refrain, the main selling point of LB.
- The official answer for your anxiety is it will be significantly long. I'm positive that it will be at least 26 eps (bye bye angel beats). My own prediction is 26+13, but we'll see later.

This is not the time to over-analyzing the future, I'm running out of popcorn already after numerous baseless discussion about Little Busters! Let's just wait.

p.s About Yui Horie, actually she is one of seiyuu that capable in long range of voice, so it's OK for me. Riki's voice in VN is already girly from the start.

I'm not keeping my expectations really high or anything, but I must say I'm a little annoyed by all the negative comments about how the anime is gonna suck when it's not even out yet. Sure it's gonna be JC Staff and of course they will cut out some details from the VN. It IS an anime adaptation, and we see that kind of stuff so frequently with different studios. I quote Sakurano Kurimu from Seitokai no Ichizon ep1: "Understand the differences between media!" As Little Busters fans, can't we all simply be happy of the fact that the VN we love is finally going to be animated?

LB fans should at least be happy that the VN they love will be divulgated for more people. Even if the anime sucks, probably will fulfill its function on attracting some more people to the original material.

I'm already attracted, even before the anime is aired! LOL

J.C Staff.. You know what to do... Don't make all people in the world hate you....

The source material doesn't have to change completely for the writing to improve. Like said above, it could add improvements. It's not fair to just assume the worst. KyoAni has done bad adaptions too, you know.

I enjoyed Angel Beats! as well, but what I'm saying is that people should be grateful for at least 26 episodes and hope that it doesn't turn out rushed like in AB! I agree with Mary_Vanucchi, though I think the dividing opinions thing is already set-in to happen. It's already happening and the anime hasn't even aired yet.

Someone also said something about overthinking a trailer, which I agree with as well. They aren't going to bring out the best animation and scenes in a 2 minute trailer, and just because it's in the trailer doesn't mean everything in it is limited to season one. I just think a lot of fans are scared and overreacting because of J.C. Staff's reputation and their love for the VN.

I'm pretty sure everyone will end up hating them though if they screw this up, which is why I'm more optimistic towards this adaption. I mean if they fuck up, they're done.

Wait, so it's not a baseball anime?

Looking from the positive side,

previous trailer :


recent trailer :


You can't deny that they already made a leap of improvement. Also, we get (another) remix of Little Busters! (OP)

Actually, I'm already pretty satisfied if they keep the animation in quality of that trailer. Comparing JC Staff product with Hyouka in term of animation is a suicide with expectation. Why you want to compare it with the best (pretty much almost not arguable) animation details and consistency in TV series in recent seasons?

Not just good, but one of the best ever. Oh wow, wait, does this mean opinions can differ from person to person? Really, hasn't everyone made their concerns about JC clear already? In thousands of posts in previous threads? We'll find out what's going to happen in a few months. That's not long now. I'm not going to spend that time worrying about things I can't control.

The PV looks pretty good. I've avoided all information I can about LB! so everything is new to me, but the characters seem like a varied enough group, and I like the designs. As much as I love Key music, I've held off on listening to any LB! music over the years because I wanted to save it for the anime, so while I've kinda heard scattered bits of the song I couldn't easily tell what's different about it. But I like the sound.

So far so good.

It's a story of friends who decide to play baseball and other funny-silly things for lulz, behind a "twist".

If Clannad is about family, the main theme of LB pretty much is about friendship.

Looks good so far from what I can tell. Now lets see if J.C. Staff can hit it out of the park.