3-gatsu no Lion by SHAFT

>SHAFT

Nishishi, delicious hetfags tears

>>135706983
I'm glad it's not by JC Staff to be honest, they're busy with making a good Amanchu adaption. I believe in Shaft

Welp, it's going to be shit.

>>135706897
Can't wait

Does NHK mean it's 2 cour?

>>135707291
Shinbou has never done something like 3-gatsu iirc

>>135707315
Probably

>>135707315
Yuki Yase is the only one who MIGHT try to pull it off.

>>135706897
Hopefully Shinbou will actually direct this time instead of taking a backseat role.

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>>135708058
According to manga author's comment, Shinbou adapt this show is her dream, and she even said "either Shinbou direct it or don't do the anime adaption"

>>135708153
That means absolutely nothing though.

>>135708153
Oh cool. A bit weird that she wants Shinbou of all people to adapt this though. Though maybe we'll see a more subdued approach from Shinbou for once.

>>135708200
Yes of course it means something. It means she’s an idiot.

>>135707315
There's never been a SHAFT anime on NHK has there? It just feels like they'll be out of their element on this one, which will either be good or bad.

>>135708153
I'll judge it when it come out.

>>135708427
There has.

They advertised it as Shinbo directing, but it's actually going to be one of his cohorts doing most of the work, right?

>>135708777
If that's the case, who can do it?

>>135708795
I wouldn't mind Oishi doing it, but he has his hands busy with Kizu.

>>135708153
Kamiyan confirmed

>>135706897
>3-gatsu no Lion
God damn, I remember reading this a long ass time ago
How's it been /a/?

>>135708922
decent

>>135708874
Perhaps Yukihiro or Naoyuki? Itamura is probably going to have his hands full with some Monogatari.

>>135709037
The only one capable who's free at the time is Yuki Yase.

Suneohair ED please

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTYLmDv4Hq4

>>135708777
Not really no

>>135709184
>Suneohair ED please
Oh my fuck PLEEEAASSEE

I think that the gloomy and moody atmosphere Rei puts out with his narration will be executed well, but I'm not so sure about the drama or other characterizations.

I think your wrong with that. A director with confidence is a good thing.
Tetsuya Oya, one of Shinbo's 'clones' spent 5 years working on a single production to make, what looks like, SHAFT's best work to date. If that is antics then all the other directors in the anime industry aren't much better i'm afraid.
SHAFT do cater to a particular type of audience, because they have what 99% of studios lack, a STYLE, a STYLE THAT PEOPLE LOVE. They are known for being wacky and unique, and what's so bad with that? I've already read about 5 chapters of this series and SHAFT can perfect it. Absolutely perfect it. Text on the screen? So what? Head tilt? So fudging what? Random colours all over the place? Welcome to the artsy side of animation my friend. This is an art medium, you know that right? Its an art medium, not a story telling medium.
As for the source material and style you mentioned. I believe they do the right thing with that. People's perception of anime these days is that a series 'gotta be adaptation before being an anime'. That's not how it should be. This will be a SHAFT anime, first and foremost, then an adaptation.
I respect your opinion but the way you said it was like SHAFT and Shinbo aren't capable of this series, That they will ruin it. That is bull.

SHAFT are a fantastic studio for doing creative art and animation and Shinbo is a genius director if ye think outside the box and actually look at his stuff. Its insane.

Now do bear in mind this is from the perspective of a passionate animator, so I see animation much differently, but I prefer to have enjoyment then a faithfully adapted boring piece of crap like the crazy amount of 'hits' i've dropped over the years.

>>135709669
SHAFT have so much passion in them its unreal. And seeing how people are treating them on here makes my blood boil, ye have no idea how truly good the SHAFT style actually is. And its genuinely upsetting.

Well, I guess I can look forward to ye whining about the series when it comes out while i'm enjoying the hell out of it.

Sorry about being so aggressive. But it annoys me how everyone complains about anime that are the exact same, yet when a company is completely unique ye complain that they are 'too unique'. Its annoying. Most of this comment is general by the way, but reading your comment flicked the switch

I'm gonna place my bet right now, this will be an anime of the year contender, now lets see.

ANN? MAL? Reddit? Where'd you get it, anon?

>>135709669
>>135709690
The cancer is here.

>>135709669
>>135709690
I tip my hat to you good sir.

>>135708488
Which one

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>>135709669
>>135709690
I can't tell if you're an idiot or just a shitposter.

>>135709731

ANN

>>135709798
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juuni_Senshi_Bakuretsu_Eto_Ranger

>>135709669
>>135709690
This looks like pasta.

>>135708777
Well yeah, that's how it is for all Shaft shows. Shinbou very rarely draws storyboards and never directs episodes. He's really just a figurehead at this point.

They'll probably give this one to Miyamoto.

>>135709949
I miss when Team Shinbo was still a thing.

>>135706897
Cool! Nice to have another shogi series besides Shion no Ou. There is the potential to meet Hidimari Sketch levels of comfiness with Rei's found family.

Are Honey & Clover and Eden of the East the only other adaptations of Umino Chica's art? I wonder how SHAFT will compare to those other studios.

>>135709962
The Madoka concept movie was his first storyboard in 14 years.

>>135709992
more like 8 years

>>135709992
He storyboarded Hidamari's fever episode 9 years ago which I think that was the last time he ever did anything.

>>135709985
It'll probably be another Bake clone in terms of direction and photography, just like pretty much everything they've made past Bake.

Yuki Yase will be directing it.

>>135710087
What is SZS?

>>135710049
Oh, I didn't realize he had an alias. Oh well, it doesn't really change the point I trying to make by much.

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>>135709669
>Its an art medium, not a story telling medium.
end yourself

>>135710124
Yeah what is Vampire Bund, Maria Holic S2, Arakawa, Nisekoi, Denpa Ona, Sasami, Mekaku, and to a lesser extent Graffiti and Soredemo. All carbon copies of the Bake/Moon Phase style of direction and photography.

>>135706897
Shaft is generally doing a great stuff picking the perfect cast out of etablished and newcomers

I just want PPD again. ;_;

>>135708427
You mean like making an original magical girls anime?

Giving me Shinbo all over my body!

https://youtu.be/7vCqUFOfTJ0

>>135710284
This list really highlights how stale Shaft have become over the last few years. I guess it's wishful thinking to hope this adaptation will be anything different.

>>135710424
Not really with Hidamari airing at the time.

>>135710284
>carbon copy

Not even trying anymore.

Interesting.

Can't wait to see Hinata and Momo animated.

>>135710518
What?

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>>135710539

>>135710562
Your implication doesn't work when Hidamari was airing at the time Madoka was announced.

>>135710397
Maybe if you can go drag Oonuma's ass back to his cardboard box home in Shaft and find the icebox Shinbo hides Oishi's body in.

In two years Shaft will animate Yotsubato.

>>135710591
Please no.

>>135710580
Your post doesn't make sense.

>>135710620
Try using your brain next time.

>>135710580
The right reply to the wrong post.

>>135706897
Thank you based Shaft

>>135710392

They're one of the studios most guilty of casting the same people over and over again for every show

>>135710284
My point is SZS aired before Bake

>>135710717
That's wrong.

They are picking the right people over and over again.

>>135710717
but muh Kamiyan

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiCWbfjf8Tw

>>135710784
Many etablished and big VAs were all at an early state of their career when getting their first Shaft role.

see Kana Hanazawa, Miyuki Sawashiro, Eri Kitamura, Yuka Iguchi etc.

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You should all know by now that SHAFT will put 0 effort into anything that isn't Bake or Madoka. There will be QUALITY all over the place, shit pacing and amateurish animation to match that of TOEI or DEEN.

If you actually have hopes for this you're a fool.

Who do you want to hear in this, /a/?
Give your hypothetical seiyuu cast.

>>135710284
You call it Bake/Moon Phase style, but Bake and Moon Phase looked quite distinct. I think you just hate Shaft for some reason and look for an excuse to shit on it.

>>135711086
I think Mekaku City Actors is a bit of an exception where Shaft truly did not give an ounce of a fuck about the show. Other recent series like Koufuku Graffiti and Nisekoi looked nowhere near as bad.

>>135711086
They don't because Nisekoi, Mekaku, etc are garbage source material

>>135711365
Don't worry lad they made sure to Graffiti looks like shit in the BD.

>>135706897
This is not going to be a good anime.
/thread

>>135711455
You're still going to watch it.
/thread

>>135711513
Maybe.
/thread

>>135711455
Shaft are adapting decent source material this time so I don't see why it wouldn't be.

>>135711589
>Shaft
That is why.

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>>135711086
Meanwhile at GodAni

>>135708153
This is bizarre, but maybe she has something in mind?

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Why the fuck would you adapt this by Shaft? Are they stupid? Is the author retarded?
The tone of the series doesn't fit Shaft at all. I don't want stupidly over-exaggerated shoji matches that change colors 10 times. I don't want Rei's monologues to become some pseudo deep bullshit with 10 different camera angles.
And not to fucking mention everybody's going to shit on the show because >SHAFT.
Why.

>>135711878
Maybe she is not familiar with actual Shinbo directing and how he makes every female in his shows a literal cumdumpster whore. What SHAFT does to Bake girls is nothing compared to what Shitbo has done.

>>135711925
>everybody's going to shit on the show because >SHAFT.
Literally who cares?

>>135711787
Too bad that show is still shit, but at least it's good looking shit I guess.

>>135711363
Whenever I argue with these people, they wind up having such a broad idea of "Bake clone direction" that you might as well include Ikuhara's stuff in there.

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>>135711972
Who doesn't enjoy good looking turds? I mean the otaku in Japan are all over Bakeshit.

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>>135711990
Ikuhara was directing like that well before SHAFT was even in the map lad.

>>135711971
I'm sure people who've been reading this for years care. It's a genuinely good manga that's well recognized on /a/ for it's quality. Now it's going to be Shaft kiddie core and everybody's going to dismiss it and never even try the source.

>All that shitposting

I love how that guy thinks that shitposting will change anything about it.

>>135711365

I blame Aniplex and that scumbag Iwakami just as much on that one, probably a lot more really since this is the sort of thing that's been happening with most of their projects lately. This is more them trying to find a way to squeeze money out of a hot trendy title more than anything, realizing they were teenagers and working the most implausible and infamous marketing/packaging campaign I've really ever seen for an anime series (though the Kizumonogatari "trilogy" is looking to possibly top it) as well as him just falling back on one of his favorite studios that dealt him success before same as always. It was either them or ufoTABLE really who were no doubt busy at the time working on some Tales, God Eater or Fate thing.

The reason no fucks were given is that it was just them relying on the 500,000+ fanbase of preteen girls that bought the LN and watched the music videos clamoring to get the latest JIN singles and project. They even got him to write the scripts and do the music for it which was an absolute terrible idea to anyone but his fans since the guy has never written screenplays or scripts for anything in his life and has no business doing so, but I could say the same for a lot of people anime and especially Aniplex employs as writers now. It pretty much had no business being an anime other than Aniplex trying to make as much money as possible again while Shaft was just doing a job as fast as possible which showed in some of the awful CGI and QUALITY.

>>135708153
Aren't mangaka (or anyone related to the project for that matter) kind of forced to say things like that? It's just another cultural thing, means nothing.

>>135712135
Soredemo suffered this fate. The manga is actually good and funny, and the show wasn't half bad but the obligatory and out of place head tilts, eye close ups and slow-mo body movements made the whole show felt like a Shinbo circlejerk.

>>135711787

I can barely make out what's happening in these frames with all that blur. I forgot this had that much of that and now I see why people complain about it a bit when it comes to Kyoani.

I just hope this isn't another Mekakucity Actors...

>>135712064
Yes, that's my point. They group a broad style together and then call it all the same rehashed Monogatari shit. I've seen people try to throw in early Shinbo stuff and Silver Link's stuff with Oonuma and all that.

>>135711925

It's going to be a combination of people crapping on it for SHAFT failing to live up to the source material and not even trying and SHAFTfags fawning all over it because it's SHAFT. Either way nobody wins.

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>>135712247
The idiot who made those webms have a x1.5 speed for some reason.

>>135712135
Implying adaption by any other studio would change that. Everyone knew the shitposting commences as soon as anime adaption was announced. Just look at watamote threads before and after the anime announcement, and that wasn't even an meme studio.

If how /a/ treats the source can hurt your feelings, be grateful you didn't get Kyoani.

>>135712064

and Dezaki before Ikuhara, but he actually seemed to give a shit with his projects and it was as much about realizing their potential with them as it was about putting his stamp on it and experimenting with angles and action shots and what not. By comparison Shinbo is just a commercial hack, he even said his two primary goals are trying to make shows that will sell and please producers and keeping costs down.

>>135712206
No, they are often even pretty vocal against things.

Shaft also has a reputation of working pretty closely with the original creators. Jin Kobayashi even storyboarded an episode.

>>135712379
I'd ask for a source, but knowing this is Anti-Aniplex-kun again, why even bother?

>>135712135
their loss then

>>135712235
Fuck everything. I can already see them using that in every single scene with Kyouko.

>>135712378
I would much rather have shitposting and a good adaptation by Kyoani than shitposting and a garbage adaptation by SHAFT. I'm mad because there's no winning at this shit. At least Kyoani would've done a visually beautiful adaptation.

>>135712378
> Implying adaption by any other studio would change that
Not him, and I'm less annoyed that people will dismiss it and more annoyed at how much shitposting there will be, but this is not the type of content that attracts a ton of shitposting or crossboarder attention on its own, and the manga fanbase is pretty civil. If it weren't Shaft or KyoAni, I doubt we'd have had a lot of problems in the threads.

>>135712206
This isn't a vague "I'm very pleased that this studio is doing the adaptation and think they are the best choice to do it justice". If she says she demanded a specific director, she probably did.

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>/a/ suddenly hates Shaft
What happened?

And don't forget, Kyoani would be completely change the story by kicking out half of the cast and adding "anime original" characters and eposodes.

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>>135712378
>be grateful you didn't get Kyoani.
Careful with what you say friend or I'll fuck you up.

>>135712135

None of that matters now because it's Shaft/Shinbo's show now and people that have never seen it are going to tune in and praise it and shit up threads about it because they are strictly Shaft fanboys and obsessed with their style. For the first time ever really I kind of sympathize with people who complain about newfags and secondaries when it comes to anime adaptations and fans of the source material especially if Shaft does to it what many are expecting. It's just going to be awful for them listening to Shaft fanboys go on about the show and the exquisite "artistic and deep" stylizations of this or that scene that didn't need it in the first place while essentially supplanting the fans of the original franchise if not in terms of sheer numbers at least in terms of shitposting and the source fans feeling marginalized in threads where there should be cause for celebration of a long awaited anime adaptation.
This is probably one of the main reasons a lot of people hate Shaft, especially in a post Monogatari landscape, but they're equally as balanced out by people that will love anything Shaft/Shinbo craps out in their head tilty style. It's going to be ugly no matter what.

>>135712280

IMO the shows that have most illustrated what I would call a Shaft copycat kind of style of late would be Prisma Ilya and Saekano: How To Train a Boring Girlfriend. The former more for the aggressive fanservice overloads and how those scenes are directed and the latter just in general

so why did anyone think this was gonna air on noitamina again

>>135712546
I don't hate Shaft. There's plenty of shows that would only work with them and I recognize their talent. But Sangatsu is not, in any way, a show that they should be working on.

>>135712546
Rei would be recast as a high school bishonen, because GodAni Shop needs to sell more posters and prints.

>>135712546
It looks like a lot of Kyoani dicklickers suddenly popped up.

>>135712546
One guy.

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>>135712738
why

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>>135712753
I like the term KyoAnus licker more, it makes me imagine I'm licking the cute butthole of my waifu

>>135712546

I don't see that as what's happening at all. /a/ unconditionally adores trendy studios like Shaft and Kyoani.

>>135711925
what would be a better studio then?

Also this weekend

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYPJoA9udJo

>>135712809
>vlc
Sasuga

>>135712848
Amanchu's staff

>>135712833
SHAFT gets shit on whenever they're not making a new yearly season of Bakemonogatari, Hidamari Season 4926, or a new Madoka recap of a recap movie. Probably because when they step out of their comfort zone they tend to come up with atrocities such as Denpa Onna, Arakawa, Vampire Bund or Mekaku City Actors.

>>135712723
Cause HoneyClo and Eden both did.

>>135712900
>atrocities such as Arakawa

kill ur self

>>135712900
>atrocities
>Denpa Onna
>Arakawa

The fuck you sayin nigga, those 2 were pretty fuckin cool and Mekaku City was decent. I didn't watch Vampire Bund so no idea about it.

>>135709669
I'm not gonna check, but I really hope this is pasta.

>>135712792
Because it doesn't fit their directing style. Imagine if Shaft had worked on NNB or Tamayura.

>>135712848
Rather than a specific studio I just wanted a nice set of staff. Like some people said, Kyoani can go overboard with their changes so that's not nice either.
I think it should've been on NoitaminA for starters.

>>135712698
I didn't watch enough of Saekano to judge anything, but while Prisma Ilya's obviously got a similar style to Shaft's, I don't think you would mix up its direction with anyone's working for them now, and it's the same for Oonuma's other tricksy stuff since leaving, like Tasogare. It's clearly distinct, he's just been heavily influenced by Shinbo.

>>135712723
Because it's right up old noitamina's alley and also because everyone wanted to believe it'd be exactly like Honey & Clover and have the same staff and same timeslot and everything. Also because we all thought NHK General had abandoned anime.

>>135712900
I like Arakawa. It was off-beat enough to match the SHAFT style.

>>135712969
I tried several excerpts without obvious swap words and I don't think it is, unless it's too new for google to pick up.

>>135712698
Odd that you didn't mention Sankarea, considering that show was what clued people in that the mini-Shinbos are all moving on to their own studios.

>>135711878
I think she does because of how H&C turned out and her past experience in things lik graphic & fashion design.

I don't want to sound like my expectations are high, but I feel like with a series as popular and acclaimed as 3Gatsu is in Japan they'd put a little effort into making it decent. It'll be a massive letdown if they can't.

>>135713079
Probably because Sankarea's three times as old as those other ones.

>>135712698
also Sakura Trick

>>135708922
Rei just got some balls. It's been good.

>>135712512
>I can already see them using that in every single scene with Kyouko
People were saying it was one-cour in the last thread, so we're not going to get a lot of Kyouko, unfortunately.

>>135713267
Somehow I doubt it's going to stay one-cour for very long.

>>135713267
It's two cour.

>>135712900
>Arakawa
arakawa was fine

>>135713267
>1 cour
Yeah no, it's probably getting multiple seasons

>>135712698
How was Saekano a Shaft copycat?

>>135707033
>they're busy with making a good Amanchu adaption

Doubt it. They better deliver.

The author probably wanted Shaft because it's the only way it was going to make big bucks. Even if it's shit the adaptation is going to boost the manga's popularity. It's going to get all sorts of publicity.
I'm sure she would've said the same thing if it had been Kyoani.

>>135713407
Obviously I'm talking about what's been announced, not future seasons.

>>135713475
The manga is already the publisher's best-seller.

>>135713475
> The author probably wanted Shaft because
>I'm sure she would've said the same thing if it had been Kyoani.
You're not making sense.

>>135713445
He's probably thinking of the flat look, but that was mostly due to lazy/non-existing backgrounds than any actual Shinbo-derived directing cues.

>>135713475
is it really impossible that she wanted Shaft because she likes Shaft

>>135713528
And now it's going to get even more attention.

>>135713475
I don't think you realize how popular the manga is in Japan, it doesn't really need much more publicity

>>135713459
Chief Director: Junichi Sato (Aria the Animation)
Director: Kenichi Kasai (Honey & Clover, Nodame Cantabile, Bakuman.)
Series Composition: Deko Akao (Akagami no Shirayuki-hime)

>>135713528
they can still advertise it even then

>>135713565
>is it really impossible that she wanted Shaft because she likes Shaft
nobody likes shaft

but this makes me wonder how her collab with miura came into being as well. maybe she is more PR savvy than other mangaka.

>>135713475
Only thing is, the manga is already at the top of the lists. It's been promoted heavily (on trains and in subways) because it's very popular.

>>135713636
>nobody likes shaft
>nobody likes shaft
>nobody likes shaft

>>135713565
>she wanted a studio that constantly falls behind schedule and usually makes poor animation

Doubt it.
Actually what makes you think she even had a say in studio

>>135713667
Shh, you're going to bust their kyoanus bubble.

>>135713677
she's the author

no Shinbou, no anime

>>135713667
>nobody likes shaft

>>135713593
Wait, Sato's the chief director, not the other way around?

>>135710284
But they're distinctly different. Yes, you're right they do have a SHAFT-style. But for example Sasami isn't like Monogatari at all. Just because they share head tilts doesn't mean shit.

Not only that but the SHAFT-style has been present since before Monogatari, newfriend.

>>135713636
>but this makes me wonder how her collab with miura came into being as well.

Sangatsu and Berserk are from the same magazine.

>>135713677
see >>135708153
I like how you think those flaws are somehow exclusive to Shaft

>>135713677
>Actually what makes you think she even had a say in studio
Because she specifically said she did? Read the fucking reply chain.

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>>135708153
This does seem to be a weird show for SHAFT to adapt, then again the author from Vinland Saga wants KyoAni to adapt his manga so these mangakas are probably just spouting bullshit without knowing what they're getting themselves into.

>>135713767
Not exclusive of course, but they are one of the worst offenders.

>>135713636
>but this makes me wonder how her collab with miura came into being as well.
They're published in the same magazine, you nimrod.

>>135713786
>the author from Vinland Saga wants KyoAni to adapt his manga
Got a source on that? It'd be hilarious if true.

>>135713636
She's good friends with Miura, she's been consulting with him about Berserk for years, and if you mean that image he drew of the 3gatsu characters in Berserk, a bunch of the magazine's authors drew celebratory crossovers for its tenth anniversary. Not everything is some conniving PR stunt.

>>135713786
> the author from Vinland Saga wants KyoAni to adapt his manga
need source on that

>>135713756
What show would you point to when the "SHAFT style" is fully present then? Cossette? That wasn't even by shaft.

>>135713786
>the author from Vinland Saga wants KyoAni to adapt his manga
What?

>>135713821
>They're published in the same magazine, you nimrod.
I hope everyone is prepared for the amount of times the series is going to be mistaken for being shojo or josei because of the artwork.

Will Bump of Chicken do the OP?

>>135713903
Not like it matters.

>>135713957
yes, Bump of Chicken OP and Suneohair ED

>>135707983
>Yuki Yase

Please no. Shinbou or bust.

I'm just wondering how far the first season will go, I'm thinking it could get up to where Rei gets BTFO by sensei but that's kind of like the middle of a story arc.

>dat recent Nisekoi OVA

based Shaft

>>135712698
Oonuma Shin was Shaft long before you watched Shaft, nigger.

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>>135707983
>Yuki Yase
Really? He was terrible and responsible for this monstrosity.

>>135714347
The main question would be how much will Shaft focus on the shogi element.

>>135714347
I'm sure there's a dozen places in which it could end with Rei crying or sulking about it.

>>135709992
>>135710053
He apparently storyboarded/directed one of the Monogatari x Okitegami Kyouko commercials like last year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYXusSjThKk

>>135714403
I mean from the manga, shogi's a thing, but not that big of a thing that people off the street will know how to play. I'm really curious as well.

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>>135710717
>implying that's a bad thing

>>135713821
>They're published in the same magazine, you nimrod.
i know that you moron. it was more of a question of WHY this happened. i never thought about it too deeply but i was curious for a moment.
it's also because she asked for a director who is as as stylistic as shinbo.

>>135713840
do alternate covers happen often?

>>135713565
>>135713636
>>135713677
From looking at the Manga a bit, a lot of the panel framing is deliberately off. It doesn't seem to have any head tilts, but other than that Shaft's style fits so well it isn't impossible that it was a major inspiration for her drawing it in the first place.

>>135714445
Shinbo always uses a pseudonym when he does actual work. Pretty sure he the last time was at least PMMM.

>>135714504
All Madoka's directors and storyboarders are real people.

>>135714347
Probably right before the qualifying tournament, after he beats that drunkard and gets a cold.

>>135712206
Watch the second part of Shirobako.

>>135714504
At this point I'm more likely to believe that he just does uncredited work occasionally. There's no way it's actually been like a decade since he's done some actual creative work.

>>135714400
He was also responsible for Honeycomb, what's your point?

>>135714543
Aren't Fuyashi Tou one of Shinbo's pseudonyms?

>>135714543
Shinbo worked as Noriko NANASHIMA on Madoka.

>>135706897
so it's a powerpoint show?

>>135714768
It's a joint penname, I think.

>>135714768
It's a PN of whole shaft like Yadate Hajime.

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>>135706897
So what's this manga actually about?

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>>135714849
Yes

>>135714897
love

>>135714897
SoL, coming of age, shogi
watch/read Honey & Clover

>>135714897
A feral lion assaults a calm peaceful town in Japan. People struggle to drive him away hard because nips don't have guns.
Oh, it was March.

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>>135714907
anime when?

>>135714907
why does that lock of hair changes sides?

>>135714897
It's about fucking bitches and playing japanese chess

>>135714897
Being a shogi prodigy. Sort of.

Really the premise is of a kid who has lost his parents and his adoptive father basically exploiting the poor kid to live out some wild dream of shogi master (because of his actual parentage). Basically causes this kid to estrange this father and his actual kids and generally ends up a loner.

>>135715007
GET IN THE CAR, REI

>>135715014
As soon as Kumeta can get another manga to last more than a year.

>>135714897
"Monogatari/Shigatsu wa kimi no uso rip off"
/a/ in 2016

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>>135715007
I want this

>>135715158
God I fucking hate this place.

>>135715158
I can tolerate a whiny little bitch protagonist as long as he's voiced by Kamiya and not Natsuki Hanae.

>>135715158
Shigatsugatari

>>135715227
I thought Shitgatsugatari was more appropriate.

>>135715007
Better than the actual plot to tell you the truth.

>>135709892
>1995
Yeah, I bet all the staff that made that are still around.

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>>135715225
>Natsuki Hanae
Kamiya please save us

>>135715320
There are probably some.

>>135715320
Kubota?

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Not as bad as I thought. Although, I am quite surprised that the older series on here never actually got anime. You may as well rule out all the oneshot collections (although how the hell Nasu got its own movie is completely beyond me, because it was a short story collection about eggplants).

Still, I'd watch an 87 Clockers anime. Or Ballroom e Yokuso. Neither seems extremely ridiculous given their sales. 87 Clockers in particularly because Nodame and all. I would've thought Kakukaku Shikajika would at least have gotten a live action or something.

>>135716353
Voynich Hotel by Shaft when

>>135716453
Dowman might be too weird for Shaft.

>>135716453
Voynich Hotel by Yuasa?

>>135716353
Pygmalio has an anime.

>>135716453
Yeah, I don't think anyone would be complaining about Shaft if it was Voynich Hotel getting an adaptation.

>>135716556
No thanks.

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>>135716592
There, happy? I'm surprised anyone would even know. I don't think I've missed any others, but I could be wrong.

>>135716616
We need decapitated head tilts.

>>135706897
This is not even a good and proper game manga.

Hikaru no Go would still be superior to this manga.

>>135717101
But Shogi is a good game, unlike Go.

>>135717101
>reading it for shogi

>>135717101
It never was about the shogi to begin with, but I'm sure if you can play, you'd get a lot out of the tactical derails they end up going on.

>>135715000
>muh coming of age
Oh, one of 'those'. It will flop hard.

>>135716353
IIRC Clockers already got a live-action series too, I wouldn't be surprised if it gets an anime.

When will shaft make something of worth that isn't gatari?

>>135717425
When they're contracted to adapt source material that isn't shit. Which hasn't happened in a while.

>>135717501
Koufuku Graffiti

>>135717536
That was just mediocre.

>>135717536
Good joke.

>>135717536
Boring shit

>>135717330
Maybe when it's closer to ending probably. Right now, he's only at the very start of trying to beat Mike.

>>135717250
I don't think Honey and Clover bombed.

>>135712900
What the fuck did you just said about Arakawa?

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>>135714907
>Typical

We don't make fun of their (lack of) animation for nothing. Doing something at least decent is anything but typical for SHAFT.

This is the typical SHAFT slideshow. Static, wide shots, simple things moving in the background (usually CGI garbage, like the background itself), heavy use of face close ups, sticking to only mouth movements whenever possible, limb movement usually feels robotic.

>>135713786
>the author from Vinland Saga wants KyoAni to adapt his manga

cute Vikings doing cute decapitations?!

>>135714403
maybe they could put the Shogi details and analysis in single-frame flashed frames, like Monogatari. Also, this has been done before (Shion no Ou, Hikaru no Go). I'm also looking forward to the .5 short where his friend explains the rules of shogi using cats!

There are some weird ways they've done shogi analysis and thought process in live action dramas. The metaphor of a deep sea dive, for example.

Nanoha S1 looked pretty "normal" for a Shinbo anime.

>>135718517
>The metaphor of a deep sea dive, for example
Wait, is this an established thing she was drawing on?

>>135717931
It's called artistic style you dumbfuck........
Not all anime has to look super realistic and boring, anime is a medium of art btw. At least SHAFT shows don't look like the same as every other studips' shows do.

>>135718638
oh, was that already used in 3-gatsu? Not surprising, really. There aren't many ways you can express the intellectual difficulty of deep tactical analysis to a lay person. Nobody has really done a good job of it for chess, to my knowledge.

>>135718853
>........

>>135718853
Except half of nip studios now have a mini-Shinbo on their payrolls.

>>135718857
Yeah, it's come up in the most recent translated chapter, and I assumed it was just to go along with some other ocean imagery she's been using.

>>135718905
That just proves that other studios are now trying to copy SHAFT's greatness.

>>135719059
I don't think it can be called copying when they previously worked at Shaft.

>>135719111
If they're hiring people from SHAFT, it means they want to copy some things of SHAFT to make their studios better.

>>135717931
Maybe you should post a scene that demands a lot of animation

>>135718551
probably because he didn't do anything for that show

>>135719572
He did.

>>135718517
>I'm also looking forward to the .5 short where his friend explains the rules of shogi using cats!
Me too, it'd be really cool if they change up the animation for it.

Can someone explain Shinbou's role in Shaft these days? I know that he's labeled as Chief Director and takes a backseat role in many of their productions, but does he have any input into their creative process at all anymore, or does no one even know because of all the pseudonames he uses?

>>135720059
His role as "Chief Director" is akin to a department head in a university. You can get a sense of what he does in that role in PMMM Episode 6 commentary with Madoka's real Director Yukihiro Miyamoto. The Tri4 release has all the audio commentaries subbed.

>>135720059
https://asagichou.wordpress.com/2013/08/13/design-talk-from-the-honeycomb-production-note/

He gives input and someone executes, basically.

>>135716353
>terrarium in a drawer
read up to hal of it recently. it's her worst work. too random.

>a pasha's quest to save kebab
god damn it

>>135720828
>too random.
That's the point and your problem, because enough people thought it warranted an award nomination. I think I liked The Dragon's Seven Adorable Children better, but only because they were more interrelated.

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>get absolutely fucking perfect adaptation from JC staff
>actually an improvement on the manga, which is saying A LOT
>betrays both noitamina and JC staff for SHAFT XD

>>135720313
Alright thanks.

>>135720386
This was actually an interesting read. I wonder if he'll take up a directing role again now that the author has specifically requested his service. Probably not though.

Honey and Clover defined my career as an adult, and shaped me a lot. My absolutely best memories are watching it for the first time with /a/. I've seen it countless times since then.

I don't think I can handle them butchering 3gatsu, even though I don't like it as much. I do not understand the choice to give it to shaft.

>>135721010
The Japs also tend to like this shit. But, the other oneshot collections on that charts have all kinds of varied focuses. I like Ashizuri Aquarium and Henshin no News.

>>135721225
>inb4 SHAFT delivers

>>135721225
>I do not understand the choice to give it to shaft.
Maybe the author just isn't interested in seeing her manga adapted in a conventional way again. I'm not really sure why, but I can't think of any other reason as to why she would ask Shinbou to direct. Or maybe she feels that he can pull it out of the bag for some reason.

>>135721091
>betray noitamina for Shaft
Anon, they "betrayed" noitamina for NHK, and noitamina's been shit for years.

>>135721367
Is there any chance that this was the other way around? What if Shinbou was the one who liked the series?

>>135721010
i think sometimes nominations are just meant to encourage promising authors, especially newer ones.
terrarium felt very experimental. reminded me a little of dowman, except worse and more random.
i also liked dragons seven children much more.

>>135721327
I would really like that, and I was absolutely a major fucking shaft fan in the 2003-2008ish era, but I just hate most of their modern stuff.

Bake/madoka are not good series, despite having some impressive visuals and direction.

I love PPD, SZS, hidamari, soredemo, and I even liked koufuku for what it was. I just really hate nisekoi, maria holic s2, bakedoka - which is easily 95% of what they currently are - and cater their new titles towards.

I want it to be good, but I don't trust them any longer.

>>135721395
Maybe he likes the series as well, but we only have a comment from the author

>>135721468
I would've thought that too. Of course they never win, but as it turns out from groups of editors from different magazines choosing their favourites, they really are that hipster sometimes. And that's good to be honest. Manga doesn't need to be the cesspit that the anime industry is in.

>>135721395
I'm just going by this post here >>135708153
Maybe it's just you're standard complimentaries, but she seems to be going a bit far for that.

>>135721490
Oh yeah, don't let me forget to mention what a fucking abortion MCA was

>>135715025
>his adoptive father basically exploiting the poor kid to live out some wild dream of shogi master
Your comprehension is retarded or you didn't read the manga

>>135721799
If that's not what it is, it's how he feels.

>>135721490
Why does everyone use a fucking five-year-old show that's only now possibly getting a new TV anime as their example of "this is all Shaft does nowadays"? They have made about as much Nisekoi as they have Madoka.

>>135721933
Because it's popular

>>135721933
Because it's popular.
They could be doing literally anything else in it's place and the criticism would be the same.

>>135721920
Yeah you're definitely retarded

>>135721799
i don't think that anon worded it right, but still, isn't that basically one of the themes? basically parents living vicariously through their children? it's a theme in piano no mori as well.

>>135722074
Right, call me retarded when you offer no opinion on the matter. As far as I tell, you don't understand human motivation.

>>135721367
She probably recognizes that Shinbou likes to work closely with the original creators of the works he adapts.

>>135722100
>basically parents living vicariously through their children
Where are you getting this? His father hasn't really shown any sign of that sort of attitude when he's appeared in the present, and even in the past we've only seen expectations and pressure, no hint of a "do this for me" attitude or something (he talked quite a bit about the player having to want to do it themselves), and at that point I think the father himself was still improving as a shogi player. And that's basically the only relevant parent relationship in the translations so far, unless you count that player whose daughter apparently wanted to spend Christmas with him.

>>135722329
But you see how his other kids basically shunned Rei because he was taking up all his time and attention. They couldn't beat him at this game their father cherished so much. Rei has only ever had shogi and he uses it to get the only sense of validation from an adopted parental figure who he doesn't want to lose. That's exactly why he struggles to this day to keep playing and wedged himself until now. Even if the father is not doing it consciously, he should be aware of what he's doing to Rei and his family.

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>>135722700
I sincerely hope you aren't complimenting shitgatsu even 1%.

Music was not that great, visuals were a little offputting and at other times over the top. Story was shit, development was shit, CoA element was S H I T. It just wasn't good.

>>135722700
I haven't seen a single person comparing it to Shigatsu, but I've seen plenty of people predicting that it will be. You're just going to make your own prediction come true by encouraging it. And it wouldn't really be shitposted normally because without Shaft it would probably have one or two calm threads a week, and falseflaggers don't bother with those.

>>135722918
I feel like we're talking about different things entirely. Rei's under pressure, for sure, but there's no exploitation or living out your own dreams vicariously going on. He's not even in their house right now, and he's certainly not doing it for validation. We see him checking job catalogs and concluding that he couldn't quit if he wanted to because he can't support himself otherwise. He wants to be independent.

>>135722918
>>>
But you do realize that this is an entirely different concept from "basically parents living vicariously through their children"

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ITT

>>135723537
How?

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>>135712958
>Mekaku City was decent.

>>135712903
That was back when the block was made for women.

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>>135713475
>Shaft
>high profile studio with constant hits
They're literally only know as the Monogatari and Madoka factory. Those bitches got fucking lucky.

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>>135724382
>high profile studio with constant hits

>>135712723
IIRC, Umino isn't on good terms with FujiTV (probably something to do with Eden). I was at a noitaminA panel and someone brought up Sangatsu getting adapted for the slot. I believe the words "It's not possible" were used.

>>135724673
She must be fucking insane, because H&C literally defined noitamina's early years, secured its success, and set the tone for modern josei (still doing so)

>>135723431
Wasn't him.

>>135723379
>not doing it for validation
Not anymore.

>>135726180
Wait, if you're not that guy and don't think it's vicarious, then what exactly is your point? I'm lost.

>>135726328
Perhaps he overplayed the argument, but on the other hand, you seem to be underplaying it. And from the point of view from a sideline reader, I guess it's more how you interpret it.

>>135726368
> you seem to be underplaying it
But what you're saying has nothing to do with vicariousness?

>>135713667
I think even less anons like Kyoanus these days.

>>135715014
I wanna see that (something) Hotel manga animated first.

I forget the full title but it sounded up their alley.

>>135719059
Knk is proof that even Kyoanus was trembling so they decided to rip off Monogatari and Madoka for the price of one.

>>135726430
It's vicarious in the same way that Shimada represents his home-town. It's vicarious in the way that he's a substitute for his dead father. Have you seen a definition of the word?

>>135726869
Since you've been challenged twice on the fact that you were saying nothing about vicariousness and have refused to give a straight answer both times, I'm done here.

the actual guy you replied to here.

>>135722329
>we've only seen expectations and pressure
that's the thing though. he wanted his children to become successful in the shogi world. on the surface there is no problem with this. but think of it this way, if it was just that, then rei wouldn't have broken up the family like he did.
living vicariously means the father wanted his children to reach his goals. he evaluated them with those goals in mind as well (see his treatment of the three kids). wether a parent should do that is the question here.
this is what happens when you want your children to succeed your goals. that's the kind of theme we are exploring.

anyway, it is a matter of perspective. some may think it is perfectly fine for a child to follow the parents footsteps. but personally i can relate to this theme a lot.

Pick your dream cast /a/.

This is mine
Rei: Either Kaito Ishikawa or Nobunaga Shimazaki
Momo: Kotori Kawai
Hinata: Ari Ozawa or Eri Kitamura
Akari: Mai Nakahara, cause she does the best onee-sans and I think she's perfect for her

>>135727623
I don't see HanaKana on this list

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>>135727623

So, who does Kyoko?

>>135727680
Good, we'll make a SHAFT anime with a cast that does not consist of HanaKana

>>135727704
Risa Taneda

>>135706897
should have got the same studio behind usagi drop to adapt it. shaft doesn't fit.