Grisaia no Kajitsu studio and staff announced (NSFW ads, translation in comments)
yaraon.blog109.fc2.com/blog-entry-23504.htmlPosted Apr 27, 2014, 3:16 AM UTC
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Production
- Studio: 8bit (Infinite Stratos, Tokyo Ravens)
Staff
- Director: Motoki Tanaka (Kiniro Mosaic, Katanagatari episode 7)
- Character Design: Akio Watanabe (Monogatari series, TWGOK)
- Series Composition: Hideyuki Kurata (TWGOK, R.O.D, OreImo)
Cast for the anime hasn't been announced yet.
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I'd expect for most of the cast to remain the same as the original VN, except of course for Yuuji who is just a mystery until they reveal it!
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Probably/maybe Kamiya Hiroshi.
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I'm expecting someone who sounds like stoic military type, like Tomokazu Seki.
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Kamiya Hiroshi seems a better fit IMO. Considering Yuuji's sarcastic nature Hiroshi's voice would fit perfectly. And if Hiroshi can pull off a military type, then all the better.
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Man, the studio isn't actually known for their stellar directing or their fantastic animation. They're not awful by any means, but Grisaia's a difficult work to adapt in that it's so Japanese. There's a fine line that'll make it seem absurd/crude; I don't know if this studio is capable of handling that.
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At first I was like "well, this might be mildly interesting to see how they pull it off...", but having both Character Design and Series Composition coming from guys who did TWGOK just put my hopes up. I'll be waiting for the first few episodes eagerly. Hopefully it turns out well. :)
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The potential for this to fail is very high. I am always skeptical of VN anime adaptations. I obviously want it to be very good, but I remain slightly pessimistic (rather be surprised than depressed).
Let's hope they pull it off well. I wouldn't mind an omnibus format so every character gets their limelight. I also wonder if this will approach ecchi being that the whole thing is sexually charged and filled with hilarious situations because of it.
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Hoping for 2 cour, 2-4 episodes of introduction or something, then an adapted version of Yuuji saving every girl. 4 eps each? 4 eps x 5 girls = 20 eps + 2-4 intro/in-between eps. 24 eps.
pls.
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We'd be lucky if it's even more than 12 episodes, but if it is, the intro might even have to be 6 episodes because the Common Route was so damn long.
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That is my worry, if they have to condense it down into 12 episodes it's going to butcher a lot of the stuff that made it great...Once again I have to set my expectations low as VN to anime adaptations are very VERY rarely any good ;_;
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2 cour is the only way to go without completely butchering it but I have my doubts about it getting that unless FrontWing have something they want to promote coming up. Between 8-bit, Hideyuki Kurata being a part of shows which cut out a lot of good stuff and the likelihood of it being 12 episodes it's really hard to be positive.
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Is it happening? it's fucking happening. Can't wait to see Michiru again.
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Yes, Mitcher best girl
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The studio has good animation, I'm ok with it. Director passes, I loved Katanagatari and episode 7 was one of the high points. Glad to know Akio Watanabe is still working on the franchise for the anime. For the series I've seen that Hideyuki has worked on I liked them and most of my faults I had with their writing belonged to the source rather than the adaptation.
Tentatively hyped. Oh who am I kidding, this is gonna be absolutely amazing to see animated. I hope they do Juicy Yuuji's character justice with voice and adaptation.
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My body won't be quite ready for Michiru's antics animated.
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Hmm, I wonder who's route they're going to take. Plastic bag route please!
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Not watching unless turkey route.
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Heard good things about the VN.
Reckon I should play it first, or just wait?
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The VN is long, so it's unlikely this anime will ever fully adapt it's greatness. Just go play it.
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I recommend playing it first. Get more of the story that way.
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Just play the story. I have yet to see an anime adaption that is better than the VN and Grisaia is a damn good VN. The way the game is setup there is no true route so chances are only one of the routes will be animated.
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Or Spoiler
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If you like SoL, you should go ahead and play the VN. I feel I was kinda misled by the potential premise of the badass MC which is never really exploited, and ended up "waiting" through nearly all of the game for it to pick up (it does, but remains SoL). Personally I thought it was garbage and thought the MC was a stuck up gary stu who tried too hard to be witty until I caught wind of some details about the sequels, which seem a lot more interesting than the first game and gave me interesting perspectives on the characters. If you only play one route to prime yourself for the TV series, I would recommend Amane's route, since it seems to have the most relevance to the overall series plot.
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I actually vote for Makina's and Amane's. Makina's actually gives reveals more about Yuuji, which helps you better understand him for the following routes. Amanes route was probably the best route, so obviously I recommend that one as well. In my opinion you can skip Michiru if you somehow get through the VN without realizing she's best girl, Black haired girl can be entirely skipped, it was so useless, and Sachi can be skipped as it drags on too long, though her ending was good.
I thought the VN was okay, but after just reading Muv Luv, I don't think the two can even compare.
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yeah true, Michiru is the best girl. Unfortunately I'm a sucker for tsunderes so I went with Yumiko on my first playthrough, big mistake. In retrospect, she's probably the worst heroine. I recommended Amane because it looks like this anime is Amane route spoiler. I thought Muv-Luv Unlimited was really good, been procrastinating on Alternative for a few months now for no good reason. Guess I should get on that really soon.
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O.O yea you need to start playing Muv Luv Alternative, especially if you like Muv Luv Unlimited. I did too, but a lot of people consider it a chore to make it through extra and unlimited in order to reach alternative.
But why is Kazuki holding a gun? Unless they're changing up the route so that it will end faster... VN Spiler I'm afraid though they might just make up their own story.
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This is going to be weird. The VN had multiple writers for the girls and the main writer only worked on the common route and the Amane route. Trying to blend any of the individual routes together would be... odd.
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Fujisaki (main writer) did Makina's route too. Hopefully they'll go for one of these routes rather than just combining everything.
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Holy fuck my hype is fucking sky rocketing I can't wait to see Sachi and chirchiru
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I should try and finish this before the anime airs, I've finished common route, Michiru and Sachi route.
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you should definitely try and finish at least amane's route before this airs
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[I knew it. They wont go the way of the first game. On the image is already] (/s "his sister")
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Yeah I saw that too so god knows how this'll play out
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lulwut, she even still hasn't VN spoiler And she didn't have a gun in Amane's route. So wtf do they have planned.
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As long as they keep the perverse sexual humor (Makina's masturbation jokes, Amane's horndog tendencies) I will be happy.
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I personally didn't think that any of the routes were that emotionally taxing. The most entertaining part of the Vn was the common route and how comedic is was. As long as the anime manages to do that I will be happy.
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As soon as my summer begins, I'm gonna read the visual novel! I heard the common route is funnier than Rewrite's. KEY writes hilarious shit, so I can only imagine how funny this one will be.
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It does get pretty hilarious, but Key's common routes don't feel as entirely "pointless' as Grisaia's. Grisaia's doesn't try to ease you into any plot or hint at character development or upcoming story. It's a really endless episodic comedy segment, but it's pretty good if you like the comedy. There are some moments that are just unforgettable, and there's a nice amount of CGs. I'm personally not a common route guy at all, but I do like a lot of moments from them in hindsight, especially when people bring up screenshots of stuff.
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so fumio isn't involved in character design for the anime?
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Doesn't look like it, but they haven't announced all of the staff yet. Akio Watanabe, the other original character designer, is though.
Wikipedia says Watanabe did Yumiko, Michiru, Chizuru, etc, and Fumio did Yuuji, Amane, Makina, etc.
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Good. I prefer Watanabe's signature look over Fumio's generic art, even if he recycles designs between works. (Yumiko is Senjougahara Hitagi, Michiru's Mayoi + Shinobu)
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They should be fine as long as their final result isn't something like that poster art. Their staff team looks capable, since most of what they have done before are anime people enjoyed.
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It's happening!
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Please be 24 episodes. Please. Looking forward to it
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The staff is promising, but the studio... ugh. I've kinda lost hope for this.
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"NSFW adds, what is he taking about, I dont see anything"
turns off adblocker
"Oh....OH"
I opened the post from my phone at first, and that ad covers the entire screen.
The internet is a scary place without Adblock... (not that this was half as bad as some stuff...)
i've tried several times with both adblocker and ghostly off and i have no idea what you people are talking about, i see no add relevant to the show/series
You missed the NSFW adds? We did not say relevant to series, just NSFW.