Should they do a reboot as a TV series

360x said:
Definitely. A 1 or 2ish hour movie ain't gonna cut it.

Kittens-kun said:



Have you actually watched it?

bobzanny said:
Absolutely not, the movie is about as good as we're going to get. The manga has some questionable character arcs, in some cases worse than the movie. And I don't think the pacing is good for a 2-cour anime, not to mention the movie ending was better than the manga.

Kittens-kun said:



Have you actually watched it?

Broonos said:

U wanna tell me that anime had better ending? In what way its not all about concluding their problems its about concluding(to some extent) character relationships and that is what manga did at the end i get it that that was more about bgger mental problems in life and stuff the relationshp between the 2 MC is also very important and in the manga they gave us obvious answer in the anime other than confession there want anything about it i mean i love the anime because of animation and i didnt read the whole manga but i read quite alot ytd and ending was much better imo

bobzanny said:

In the manga there's this while conclusion arc where all the characters are talking about what their future entails, and it feels out of nowhere, plus it ends with Shouko and Ishida holding hands going to a reunion, pretty lackluster compared to the movie where it shows Ishida embracing his new high school life. Not to mention since the movie making arc, which was horrible, was cut then the anime isn't dragged down by boring characters such as Satoshi and Kwaii, that don't add much to the over all character arcs.
As well one of the best things about the movie ending was that they dropped the shitty romance plotlines and made it all about a character's redemption and change, and as I said before the pacing would be questionable at times, dealing with the movie and the grandmothers death.The 9/10 Movie is the best were going to get from an 8/10 manga.

Tenderizer17 said:
I don't think it should be rebooted as a TV series for the following reasons.

1. This movie, in my opinion, is perfect (With the exception of the atrociously bad subtitles).
2. It's a waste of Kyoto Animations effort, they're a great studio, and they don't need to waste their time making this again
3. The manga already exists, if you want the original Koe no Katachi story
4. The production values of this film are stellar. The animation quality, meticulousness of the direction and the soundtrack are all things that couldn't have happened in a series.
5. I couldn't imagine watching any section of this movie, only for it to cut to an end theme
6. It wouldn't be profitable

Broonos said:
it wasnt perfect it had its flaws, for example those side characters are just put in couple of scenes without any introductions while in manga they have bigger roles,the point of the story is well told but also movie didnt have concrete finale like manga and manga had a better ending to it

Tenderizer17 said:
I disagree. Just because the side characters are more frequently present in the manga, doesn't mean the movie is worse for it. The side characters are just side characters, and they are only fleshed out as thoroughly as they need to be, which isn't a point to the films demerit.

The ending to the manga wasn't concrete, it was lacking, and the movies ending was decisively conclusive, which is good.

And honestly, you can't properly evaluate the success of a film adaptation of a manga based on "the manga did this differently". The original source material isn't always better, and in this case, the movie surpasses the manga in many ways. The manga isn't going anywhere.

Broonos said:
the side characters are important and can improve and not only that but in the movie they were not introduced and they have been there just to be there so it felt rushed in that aspect to ME. Dont get me wrong i love the movie but it just felt to me incomplete bc also u cannot build a relationship during a movie that is clearly that of a lovers and not friends relationship,and than end it like that

Tenderizer17 said:
The characterization is largely present, but it's just conveyed through subtlety, as a consequence of the constrained time but also of the directors greater expectations of the viewers intelligence. There is a bit of a reduction to Mashiba's character, and while what was removed was important, Mashiba himself was extraneous. I understand why someone who's read the manga wouldn't pick up on the subtlety's (Because they'd be aware of these beforehand and so any attempt to convey these traits would be easily neglected), but that's more a consequence of the viewer assessing how the movie would fair to someone who hasn't read the manga, as opposed to a measure of how much they actually enjoyed the film.

Also, have you forgotten that the manga also ends without developing any of the romantic relationships.

Broonos said:
well i considered that last scene in the manga the beggining of their relationship bc he had no guts before she left and now after reunion they are together,if there were not any impications that they have a crush on one another i would be fine with movie ending(and disappointed bc the story didnt have romance) but since it had it felt like that part of the story (romantic part) was forgotten and only the message was important ,but since there was romance and confessoions i cannot fot those reasons give this anime a 10 like i did with Kimi no na wa

Tenderizer17 said:
I mean if you're gonna be nitpicky like that, Kimi no na Wa has a completely incomprehensible plot, structured more on the director's decisions as to what would grant the show greater mass appeal than to the logical chain of events that would ensue given the characters, circumstance and established mechanics of the world.

Koe no Katachi could have forced a romance, but it'd be starkly contrary to the understanding we were provided of the characters. Ishida feels a strong sense of guilt about what he did to Nishimiya in the past, and for him to form a relationship with her, would be egregiously irresponsible in his eyes. I interpreted the ending of the manga as not having any romantic resolution between Ishida and Nishimiya for that very reason. A relationship between them was impossible in the context of the story.

Broonos said:
he wanted to stay with her forever and didnt want her to leave bc of his romantic feelings and i interpretaded that final scene as them showing their true feelings and that they want to show the rest of the world their relationships thats based on each others trust and giving each other strenght. U cannot say that romance would be forced bc she confessed to him so the romance thing is real. But i get u,u think differently and i dunnot agree with it and especially about Your Name. i mean it has supernatural elements but its like saying Death Note is shit bc u cannot do that IRL