Additional Staff and Cast Members Announced for 'Kubikiri Cycle: Aoiro Savant to Zaregototsukai'
Cast
Akane: Yuu Shimamura (Bungou Stray Dogs)
Kanami: Ayako Kawasumi (Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works)
Sakaki: Kenji Hamada (ef: A Tale of Melodies.)
Maki: Aya Endou (So Ra No Wo To)
Yayoi: Haruna Ikezawa (Kimikiss Pure Rouge)
Iria: Mariya Ise (Hunter x Hunter (2011))
Rei: Houko Kuwashima (Hakuouki)
Akari: Natsuko Kuwatani (Mahou Sensei Negima!)
Hikari: Ryouko Shintani (Hidamari Sketch)
Teruko: Yuuko Gotou (Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu)
Aikawa: Yuuko Kaida (Ikkitousen)
Staff
Chief Director: Akiyuki Shinbou (Bakemonogatari)
Director: Yuki Yase (Mekaku City Actors)
Series Composition: Fuyashi Tou (Koyomimonogatari)
Script: Yukito Kizawa (Tsukimonogatari)
Animation Director: Hirofumi Suzuki (Colorful)
Art Director: Ken Naitou (Hanamonogatari)
Art Setting: Morihito Ohara (Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica)
Storyboard: okama (Getsumen To Heiki Mina)
Sound Director: Yota Tsuruoka (Owarimonogatari)
Director of Photography: Rei Egami (Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei)
Color Design: Yasuko Watanabe (Nisekoi), Jin Hibino (Soredemo Machi wa Mawatteiru)
Editing: Rie Matsubara (Sakamoto desu ga?)
Opening Theme Song: "Cobalt World" by Sangatsu no Phantasia
Ending Theme Song: "Märchen" by Kalafina
The OVA series will consist of eight episodes, with the first episode to be released on October 26, 2016.
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Aug 28, 2016 12:43 AM by Katsu-kun
Yes most of us wished for a shaft zaregoto series with Take's CD's but that isn't what we got so lets wait and see how it turns out in the show.
And Yuki Yase is the director for this series, not Sinbo who hasn't been the director of any series in years now. Chief directors aren't all that uncommon in anime and are basically consultants to the series director, and in shaft's case it is probably just Sinbo giving advice and clearance on decisions regarding his now-(in)famous signature style, which is shaft's now-iconic house style.
Aug 27, 2016 7:50 PM by GoldNautilus
i skip
Aug 27, 2016 2:40 AM by tragedydesu
The quick shot with the crows really gave me -gatari vibes.
Aug 27, 2016 2:38 AM by Boiiiiiiiiii
Talking about prod staff,
Shinbou is good but he most likely is just a name there. Still hoping he is somehow involved with Fate/Extra adaptation.
Yuki Yase did direct some great episodes of both madoka and gatari, if to ignore the mekaku nonsense.
Ken Naitou is responsible for Hanamonogatari's art direction which was fucking best.
Let's see which animators they are going to use for this tho.
Aug 27, 2016 2:04 AM by Ahenshihael
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.
Shaft isnt a sure hit, no studio is.
If you're counting the re-release for Bakemonogatari than yeah Katanagatari did sell over 10k.
Aug 27, 2016 1:48 AM by Z4K
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).
Aug 27, 2016 1:15 AM by tsubasalover
@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).
Anyways, I will fix that anyways.
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).
Aug 27, 2016 1:12 AM by CapedBaldy21
Director: Yuki Yase (Mekaku City Actors)
Series Composition: Fuyashi Tou (Koyomimonogatari)
Script: Yukito Kizawa (Tsukimonogatari)
Art Director: Ken Naitou (Hanamonogatari)
Sound Director: Yota Tsuruoka (Owarimonogatari)
Director of Photography: Rei Egami (Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei)
Color Design: Yasuko Watanabe (Nisekoi), Jin Hibino (Soredemo Machi wa Mawatteiru)
Shaf is fucking go all out with this anime i think.
looking foward to it.
Aug 27, 2016 12:54 AM by YizelTro
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.
Shaft isnt a sure hit, no studio is.
Aug 26, 2016 10:20 PM by moodie
Aug 26, 2016 10:02 PM by removed-user
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.
Aug 26, 2016 9:42 PM by JkayW
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.
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.
If you are so frustrated dont watch it no one putting a gun to your head. Shinbo is the chief director while the actually director is Yase.
In anime the director isnt the end all be all anyways there are people who do storyboard, episode direction, art directors and ect.
Im not trying to force you to like this but for me I think this is a great representation of zaregoto in visual form.
Aug 26, 2016 9:08 PM by moodie
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.
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.
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.
Aug 26, 2016 8:57 PM by Hongu
@megmica Can't see the video. Is there one that's not region locked, maybe on Dailymotion?
Here's a link : http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4qiylh_zaregoto-series-ova-vol-1-pv_fun
Thanks for the link. It looks really good and I'm excited for this.
Aug 26, 2016 8:56 PM by AntwanMantilla
@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).
Anyways, I will fix that anyways.
Aug 26, 2016 8:53 PM by tsubasalover
@megmica Can't see the video. Is there one that's not region locked, maybe on Dailymotion?
Here's a link : http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4qiylh_zaregoto-series-ova-vol-1-pv_fun
Aug 26, 2016 8:51 PM by KashKetchum
>when head tilts are your complaints lol
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.
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.
Aug 26, 2016 8:49 PM by moodie
They even forced in the head tilt too...
There are quite a few head tilts in the novel too, so I wouldn't really say they're forced just by looking at a single shot from the PV. Unless they really go overboard with it in the episodes, that'd be a different matter.
Aug 26, 2016 8:43 PM by Vindstot
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So Dear LN readers, disappointed with the character designs or are these good enough despite being different from LN?
I'm quite dissatisfied with the style Shaft chose, for several reasons. First, Take's art is, in my opinion, pretty darn amazing. It's a good part of why I love Katanagatari so much and also why it is so memorable to so many of its viewers. Take's art suits Zaregoto to a T. Without it, Zaregoto feels so wrong to me.
Secondly, while some characters look good, and some not too shabby, there are a few that just didn't hit the mark. Take Yayoi. She's supposed to be 30, according to the novels. Here, she looks like she's a middle school student dressed up as a chef. Jun's doesn't really show her personality accurately IMO. She looks like what other characters in the novel view her, but not who she actually is. Then again, Jun is one of the those characters that looks great in Take's style, and not so good in anyone else's.
Maki and Akane are alright, and Kanami is probably the best out of all of them.
Finally, why would they not use Take's style? Why use a style so different from the original? I would understand if the source material's art doesn't translate well animated, but Katanagatari proved its art could, in fact, be animated well.
Just want to point out that the toning of character designs are still under development, as stated at the bottom of the cast page on the official site. The coloring in the actual content may very well differ, which is likely.
In regards to the designs, they're at least not Akio Watanabe's typical products and seem to sort of try and reproduce Take's original style. It's understandable why many people would want to see Katanagatari-esque designs, but Monogatari Series did fairly well and they didn't quite follow VOFAN's original designs either.
In terms of Monogatari's designs, I feel like part of it is because Shaft put an honest effort to make that style work, which payed off in the end. Here, it looks like they're only using the same style because they think the OVAs will sell better with it. Factor in Yuki Kajiura's OST (think Madoka Magica), Kalafina (again, Madoka Magica) and Shimbo's involvement (who directed all of Shaft's other successful shows), and you can see this project is taking very few risks in favor of profit. That's the only good reason I can think of as to why they ditched Take's designs.
I'll try to watch the first episode, but as an LN reader, I'm dissappointed. This adaptation lacks soul. It feels like a means to make a profit off of NisiOisin's popularity, given the Monogatari well is starting to dry up.
Aug 28, 2016 7:26 PM by NanoZero