Crowdfunding Campaign for 'Kud Wafter' Anime Adaptation Reaches Goal

by Vindstot
Jul 21, 2017 3:27 PM | 34 Comments

A crowdfunding campaign for the previously planned anime adaptation of Little Busters!'s spin-off visual novel Kud Wafter has surpassed its initial goal of 30 million yen to create a 20-minute OVA. The campaign currently stands at 34 million yen (approximately $300,000) and an extra 10 minutes will be added to the episode if the fund raises 45 million yen, with the end goal being a theatrical release. The campaign was launched on Campfire website by Visual Art's on Wednesday and will end on September 28. A separate project for the international patrons will be announced at a later time.

Slated for Fall 2019, the anime project will be produced by J.C.Staff with supervision by Key, and will be the first part of the tenth anniversary commemoration of the release of Little Busters! visual novel.

Developed in June 2010, Kud Wafter is the eighth visual novel by Key. A PlayStation Portable version of the visual novel was released in May 2013, followed by a PlayStation Vita version in December 2013. A manga adaptation drawn by Bakutendou was serialized in Dengeki G's magazine between March 2010 and December 2013.

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Movie incoming.

Sep 25, 2017 8:38 AM by tsubasalover

FCKING HYPED was waiting for the news here on MAL. Really hope for they reach the final stretch goal :-: Just seeing the JC Staff artstyle brought tears to my eyes.

I wonder what the other parts for the 10th Anniv Commemoration are.

Anw with the LB spinoff slated for release... Tomoyo After anyone???(R.I.P. KyoAni)

Jul 23, 2017 7:44 PM by Neonoia

Literally, i came.

Jul 23, 2017 2:39 PM by Glutek

jc9622 said:

Vanschia said:
more wafuu~ is always welcome
but hell, $300,000?! that was impressive the fact that's it crowdfunded..
and scary at the same time

You think that's impressive? Then you haven't seen this one.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sekaiproject/nekopara-anime-ova

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-02-12/nekopara-kickstarter-campaign-ends-after-hitting-mini-visual-novel-stretch-goal/.112142

They actually managed to reach their $100,000 goal in just an hour and also got over $950,000 at the end of its campaign.

Nekopara was funded by people worldwide, but Kud Wafter is only allowed to be funded by people in Japan. So I'd say Kud Wafter is more impressive if it manages to raise over 100 million yen.

Jul 23, 2017 3:32 AM by AP24

Kud a shit though.

Jul 22, 2017 1:18 PM by Infatuate

Vanschia said:
more wafuu~ is always welcome
but hell, $300,000?! that was impressive the fact that's it crowdfunded..
and scary at the same time

Jul 22, 2017 7:01 AM by jc9622

@Kitsu-nee If hey are tight on money can they spare it on storyboards that won't be ever used? It just sounds cheap if you can add episode length as if it was some kind of fabric for drapes.

Jul 22, 2017 6:22 AM by Antanaru

Antanaru said:

an extra 10 minutes will be added to the episode if the fund raises 45 million yen

It makes me seriously question quality of storytelling when length depends on money avaible (or size of time slots for that matter), not the actual story there is to tell... So with more funds they would add another character?

Well, it is an adaptation of existing vn after all, so they probably prepared storyboards for each version, depending on how much they raise in this campaign - with Kud Wafter it'd be easy to make it just a short happy-go-lucky episode with some fanservice for fans, but if it's gonna be a feature-length movie they'll definitely go for some bigger drama.

Jul 22, 2017 4:47 AM by Kitsu-nee

Syrup- said:
Don't mind me, just a little upset that this had to be a crowdfunded project in the first place.

I get a feeling that crowdfunding campaign is being a trend recently...

rsc-pl said:
Thanks God it's not 8bit.

I don't really know why do you think it'll be 8-bit.

Jul 22, 2017 4:38 AM by Tennouji

Thanks God it's not 8bit.

Jul 22, 2017 4:37 AM by rsc-pl

an extra 10 minutes will be added to the episode if the fund raises 45 million yen

Jul 22, 2017 2:41 AM by Antanaru

The fuck? Fall 2019? Hope the english translation of the vn gets done before that time...

But it looks like the opening won't be the high-pitched loli voice one ;-;

Jul 22, 2017 1:04 AM by OtakuOne

Fall 2019 is way too damn far away.......

Jul 21, 2017 11:28 PM by Gridley

Hopefully it'll reach the 1hr mark. A 20-30 minute ova is a laughingstock, an introduction episode at best.

Jul 21, 2017 9:32 PM by Robiiii

more wafuu~ is always welcome
but hell, $300,000?! that was impressive the fact that's it crowdfunded..
and scary at the same time

Jul 21, 2017 8:10 PM by Vanschia

Wow.... I just know that an anime adaptation requires that much money... You could buy a house for a 30+ minutes OVA.. Lol XD

Jul 21, 2017 8:00 PM by Meira_Eve

Don't mind me, just a little upset that this had to be a crowdfunded project in the first place.

Jul 21, 2017 7:54 PM by Syrup-

>Slated for Fall 2019

The wait is long... :/

Jul 21, 2017 6:01 PM by LunyRem

A Key title that I'll never watch.

Holy shit I don't get it why this get an adaptation. Maybe JC Staff is desperate and now wants to fish out lolicon people for more money.

Jul 21, 2017 5:52 PM by Tennouji

Hope it'll soon reach extended goals as well :3

Jul 21, 2017 4:50 PM by Kitsu-nee

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