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Nov 18, 2013 12:36 AM
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THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE.
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AI AM AIDORU

Plenty of Ai being cute and verbal insults being thrown Akkey's way. Some quick humor revolving on stuff we saw in the TV show, just what you would expect these kind of shorts. The ED had some nice visuals.
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Nov 18, 2013 12:46 AM
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LOL, is that in CG? Awkward.

Dem chibi designs though and music.
Nov 18, 2013 12:51 AM
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Clearly one reason for KyoAni to do it is to practice doing 3DCG dance.

A few thoughts:

- Ai-chan, a character that does not exist even in the LN, is the main character here - it even gets the top billing in credit and gets to sing the ED.

- It is not just the idol dancing but what Ai-chan said about how she got to be the chief justice (by election) and how she declined but finally accepted (sound very much like what the center in an idol group would say, trying to be modest but actually appealing herself) is very idol-like.

- Think 1-to-2 head proportion is a bit too much as it seems like dwarfs instead of cute idols dancing.
So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old?

I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them?

I wonder how long people would put up with this.

As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series.
Nov 18, 2013 2:11 AM
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Cute head judge. Chosen by voting.

3 mins. to get to main point. He is kimoi is the topic. And idol song "Judgement Ja (Judgementじゃ)" for getting the crime or not. Megane getting destroyed...

"Pobi no Kaerimichi (ポビの帰り道)" by the head judge girl.

Edit: Next ep. releasing December 2, 2013.
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Nov 18, 2013 6:40 AM
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Really strange CG dance... ;o


Nov 18, 2013 10:07 AM
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I thought these specials would be bad.

I was wrong.

This is fantastic.
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Nov 18, 2013 10:49 AM
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Ai-chan is <3

Fuyukai desu. Poor Mirai, her megane did nothing wrong :(
Nov 18, 2013 2:39 PM
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lol so these episodes turned out to use CGI. Wonder how the people that always argue that Kyoani has hands down total commitment to traditional 2D animation and an unequaled attention to detail are going to hand wave this one away and cause not only to not complain about it like people usually do with CGI but even praise it somehow. Also yet again Kyoani proves that it quite possibly has the most one dimensional and unfunny sense of humor ever. I'm honestly kind of baffled at how they continue to be this bad at making their shows funny, it's like they just try way to hard with middling material and insist on cramming the same jokes down the viewers throats over and over again and it ends up creating the opposite effect to that which is the concept of being humorous.

Truly hilarious as reality continues to crash with fantasy in new and unprecedented ways.
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Nov 18, 2013 3:26 PM
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lel Akihito being a Megane perb just doesn´t get old, CG dance was kinda awkward
Nov 18, 2013 9:02 PM
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The dancing at the end was just so random yet expected
Nov 18, 2013 10:00 PM

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Ai is 16?!

That was awesome! The songs were nice too the first being funny and the 2nd :O
Nov 18, 2013 11:39 PM

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What a way to hand out the verdict lol. The girls in chibi form are so cute.
Nov 19, 2013 1:26 AM

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Well, that dance was random but nice I guess. Chibis are always nice and cute.
Nov 19, 2013 1:50 AM

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Lots of screen time for Ai-chan <3
Nov 19, 2013 9:12 AM

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Loved it. Dat chibi is so damn cute.
Nov 19, 2013 9:39 AM
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WTF is this?
Nov 19, 2013 12:26 PM

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Not her glasses. NOOOOOO!!!!!!
Nov 19, 2013 12:38 PM

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And I thought the Toradora SOS was bad...
Nov 19, 2013 4:48 PM
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WTF? It was so moe that was beautiful.
Nov 19, 2013 7:14 PM
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The ED was probably the part for me, except the singing because Ai's singing voice doesn't really appeal to me.
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WTF is this?
My thoughts exactly. The "comedy" esepcially didn't make me laugh. I only laughed when I saw that they used CGI for the dancing part because I didn't expect that. But anyways, I did not know that Ai isn't a character from the LN...interesting.
Nov 20, 2013 6:59 AM

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0o0 AI DOESN'T EVEN LOOK 16!

... T.T Still, this was pretty cute. I was a bit stunned by the dancing idol chibis though.
0.0 And Ai... definitely my favorite character. XD I find her to be so adorable. And I love that her voice actress sang the ending theme here.
"Aiming for the mark takes precision, balance, and patience."

....Screw that, let's shoot the damn thing!
Nov 20, 2013 7:04 AM

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Very funny and best related to episode 6 with Chibi chars being even more moe
Not awesome though

The way Mirai's glasses got destroyed hit Akhito hard
Nov 20, 2013 11:22 AM

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I already thought it was adorable and then they started doing that dance number. xD I think every verdict should be presented like that. But oh no, what have the glasses ever done! I'd be crushed if mine were destroyed like that as well!
Nov 21, 2013 3:47 PM

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And I thought the Toradora SOS was bad...


Pretty much what I was thinking.

I cringed when the dance started, I'll be honest!
Nov 22, 2013 1:46 AM

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Well pretty random ONA, but hey it's Ai-chan with her scenes are too moe. And guilty for being gross for staring at the glasses store for seven hours XD. Dem chibis are everywhere especially at that dance.

Nov 22, 2013 2:14 PM

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Love 2d chibi Mitsuki. Also, hope this is a prelude to a future nendoroid release of the cast, speaking of nendoroids, that dance (which in my humble opinion was cute) reminded me of this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M05I5pyQUnQ&feature=html5_3d
Nov 22, 2013 10:36 PM

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Bless the people who voted Ai for the judge.

The moe idol lover in me is appeased.
Nov 26, 2013 10:18 PM

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Marow said:
I thought these specials would be bad.

I was wrong.

This is fantastic.

+1 but as long as you don't try to make sense out of it. I don't even want to know why did they dance out of freakin nowhere.

alexpte said:
The dancing at the end was just so random yet expected

Uhm.. expected? Lol.

Am I the only one that want to punch my screen every time Akihito speaks? It just feels so out with him there. Edit: His glasses obsession feels kinda unnatural too.

And, moe overload.
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Nov 27, 2013 3:01 AM

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That ending song had great graphics, didn't expect that
Dec 1, 2013 6:09 AM

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Fuyukai desu.
Dec 2, 2013 9:09 AM

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Oh mane. Dat moe'ness was good...The song was really nice too c:
Dec 10, 2013 10:13 AM

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Megane!!! Megane-sama!!! T_T
Dec 14, 2013 4:35 AM

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Sorry but this is strange.
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lol @Mirai in the end xD

Dec 17, 2013 10:18 AM

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3/5 but why breaking her Glasses???!

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Dec 23, 2013 6:49 AM

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Sooo Moeee *^*
Idol s2 haha Fuyukai desuu
Dec 24, 2013 3:12 AM
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M-Mirai's glasses. >___<
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I couldn't help but think of Nendoroid Generation op. when the dance started.

Also, Ai = best girl
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Dec 27, 2013 4:44 AM

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At first glance...i really bored watch this. but...it can be helped since i must get along with the special eps along with watch current episode...>:')

for episode 1 i scored: 7/10
Mar 13, 2014 12:33 PM
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Chibi!!! The four of them looks cute *o*
I was like what the fuck when they started dancing ahahaha.
Akihito was sentenced for being kimoi ahahaha. Nooooo, not the glasses!!!
Ending song was nice, the visuals too.
@tingy Yeah, I did not know that Ai isn't a character from the LN too.
Jul 22, 2014 8:03 PM

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lmao they broke the glasses XD
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Jan 7, 2015 12:03 PM

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Ai pissing people off intentionally by doing it uinntentionally is the best!
Jan 13, 2015 12:37 PM

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What the hell did I watch? At first I thought it's cute, but then that dance and song...in CGI -_-

May 10, 2015 5:00 PM

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Oh snap this was just totally adorable! Really lovely chibi design, just loved it! Nice ED as well!
Mar 16, 2016 7:29 PM

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At first I found the chibi versions of the girls adorable, and then I couldn't stop cringing when they started dancing.








“Even if the attention isn’t forever, I’ll keep singing.”
Mar 31, 2016 9:02 PM

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Idol dancing and song are amazing and cute <3
The insert song was none other than ZAQ who composed that song. If I haven't watched this ONA, I, being a fan of ZAQ, couldn't found this wonderful song.

Episode: 3.8/5

ED: Animation - 2.7/5, Song - 2.7/5
Jun 8, 2016 11:45 PM
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Ai is so cute as a judge. xD

It's interesting how Akihito is the only one to retain his form.

Lol I was wondering how they will input the Idol part of the title and we get a CGI dance. >_>

RIP Mirai's glasses.
Aug 5, 2016 7:01 PM

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I..mmmh...I just don't know what to say, but I liked it
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Lmao Akihito not in a chibi version of himself made it so much better when he said they looked creepy :D
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all this special episodes but no second season :'(
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