Additional Staff and Cast Members Announced for 'Kubikiri Cycle: Aoiro Savant to Zaregototsukai'

CG-Silver said:
So Dear LN readers, disappointed with the character designs or are these good enough despite being different from LN?

Vindstot said:
@tsubasalover, Morihito Ohara (Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica) should be credited for Art Setting. (Source: Official site)

The project staff looks decent, except I didn't exactly want Yuki Yase to handle this one. Hopefully they'll manage though.

moodie said:


Cant believe there are people crying about the art style muh Take. Do you read the novel or you just look at illustrations. Look at 1 comparison and you can tell its very similar.

There are plenty more similarities with other characters. Don't let ppl who haven't read the novel fool you.

moodie said:
Cant believe there are people crying about the art style muh Take. Do you read the novel or you just look at illustrations. Look at 1 comparison and you can tell its very similar.

There are plenty more similarities with other characters. Don't let ppl who haven't read the novel fool you.

Hongu said:
You're the resident Shaft fanboy, right?
I remember you saying that Shaft is the only studio which faithfully adapts character designs (which is total bullshit by the way), and when they actually don't you go in full damage control mode. Gotta love it.

moodie said:
@monali I wasnt even talking about you. I posted this 6 hours ago here http://www.kanyetothe.com/forum/index.php?topic=3858409.msg377364913#msg377364913

And for the discussion at hand. Its fine if you dont like it but its more similar to Take than what any other studio would have done.

monali said:

but I'm still included in your little criticism, that's why.
and I think katanagatari make your last point false.
I'm glad they nailed the design for you, but I think they could do a better job.

moodie said:
Sorry I dont want to be rude but I literally didnt even read what you posted when I posted here.

Its not that they nailed it for me. Its objectively similar.

monali said:

dude you're included me in your little criticism,that's all I care about.
and rude for what?? because you didn't read my post and here I am arguing with you,seriously that's fine by me you know.
any way I'm happy they objectively nailed the design for you.

moodie said:
Nah it isnt for me. Its for the world. But look you wasting both our times, mostly mine.

If you dont like it thats fine. As a person who has the first 2 copies and read the rest online I am excited.

Dont quote me unless its relevant.

monali said:
LOOOOL.
seriously you have to do something about your communication attitude.
No one wasting your time except yourself, I'm not forcing you to reply okay.
And I'm really sorry for taking you seriously.

monali said:

LOOOOL.
seriously you have to do something about your communication attitude.
No one wasting your time except yourself, I'm not forcing you to reply okay.
And I'm really sorry for taking you seriously.

moodie said:
My man all I ask is for a relevant response about the anime rather than this back and forth.

If you want to engage in actual discussion present points. If you just want to throw ad hominems then go somewhere else. I've watched almost everything Shaft has animated so yes I understand how great they are. So when I see these faithful adapted character design as models I know that when its in motion as a high quality OVA it will look great.

What do you want from me? If you want a "serious" discussion ill give you that but if you want to feel like a victim then get mad when i dont want to deal with you i wont have it.

What do you want? Because ive been on /a/ and twitter talking about this all day and i can keep talking about it.

Take's art in Zaregoto is stunning, so I was really disappointed with the gatari-like designs to be honest.

megmica said:

tilthead again. iican voice, uhm, normal? futsu?

Hongu said:
It's even worse than I thought, oh man. Literally everyone looks like a recolored Monogatari character.
They even forced in the head tilt too...

moodie said:
>when head tilts are your complaints lol

Hongu said:
They even forced in the head tilt too...

Hongu said:
Everyone looks like a Monogatari character. The lighting, atmosphere, direction, everything is literally Monogatari, it's no even like this is a different series at all. Shinbo proving once again that he cannot help himself in self-indulgence, his style is cookie cutter and boring at this point. It's as if he feels the need to shove in the fact that 'hey, I'm the Shaft guy! Here's a headtilt!' every ten seconds.
The music sounds like every Yuki Kajiura song ever. (I'm assuming it's her)
It's split into 8 monthly OVAs for some reason. All those episodes and it's only adapting the first novel.
Did I mention everything looks trite? Because it does.

Oh yeah, and Yuki Kaji.

AntwanMantilla said:
@megmica Can't see the video. Is there one that's not region locked, maybe on Dailymotion?

Dylan21 said:
@tsubasalover Yuki Yase never directed Monogatari Series Second Season only storyboarded a few episodes, should list him rather with Mekaku City Actors which he actually directed for accuracy (as other roles were as episode director).

Kryptiq said:

Here's a link : http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4qiylh_zaregoto-series-ova-vol-1-pv_fun

moodie said:
They dont look like monogatari characters they look like Akio characters. Which we already expected after the key visual and after seeing the character designs a couple hours ago.

Shinbo hasnt directed anything in years so please get educated on the industry because that claim is utterly dumb.

How is 8 monthly OVAs a bad thing? You rather have a rushed LN adaption go to the news thread and pick a new seasonal anime to watch.

Hongu said:
Weren't you the person who kept saying how the designs are faithful to the original? Yet here you are admitting that they're nothing more than Akio Watanabe characters. Nice.
And yeah, apparently I don't know how the industry works, because if someone's name is said to be a director then I expect them to be directing. And even if it isn't Shinbo it's one hell of a copycat. The director could have gone and used his own style but all he did was just rip off someone else's.
Of course I don't want a rushed adaptation, but to wait almost an entire year for 8 episodes, of which none probably will be Katanagatari's length and instead be a normal TV anime's length, is frustrating.

JkayW said:
I love Zaregoto a lot but I know shaft doing a mystery show with Shinbo directing it will be the most confusing shit ever.

Art style was adapted alright. No real complaints except for the colour palette being really bright.

Don't mind the VAs. Yuki Kajiura hype!

Why is it in OVA format over a year period? For fuck sake, they know this'll sell cus shaft and same author as the already popular Monogatari so I don't see the point in a year release. Sellouts.

tsubasalover said:
What does " Episode Director" mean, then? Didn't he do some kind of director?

Anyways, I will fix that anyways.

Dylan21 said:
Would take a bit to explain (can read here if you want for a full explantion: http://www.pelleas.net/aniTOP/index.php/the-anime-production-line) but basically the director is charge of the series as a whole and is higher in hierachy than an episode director. Also best to list what he directed as don't say which episodes he did in the forum post (although could check by clicking his name).

moodie said:
Katanagatari came a year after Bake. It was by your logic supposed to sell cuz hey its Nisio right? It sold less than 10k compared to bake selling 100k.

Shaft isnt a sure hit, no studio is.