What the fuck went so wrong?
The CG
They're wearing clothes.
>>150342541
They teased tank witches but didn't show them.
Same problem as CG and SS. The cast makes the show but the cast sucks.
>>150342541
Bad writing mostly, then CG.
>>150342541
Just an old franchise who aged really bad.
>>150342541
You for not waiting for tomorrow's episode.
As well the things we've been repeating for past month nonstop. Like seriously, your question has been the topic of OP for multiple threads if you'd bother to check archives.
>>150342833
Aurora will be in episode 10, I have a very good guts feeling about that.
>>150343022
Aging has nothing to do with being bad here.
>>150343282
I think he meant the hype died down when they finally decided to make a sequel.
Kinda like Shana that got third season when the fans already moved on.
>>150342541
They don't know what to do with the new cast.
>>150342717
/thread
They made it more serious compared to SW and have nothing to fill the content void left by it. They cut back the lewd and the aerial combat. There's literally nothing to watch. The girls spend their time eating, talking about food and teasing each other. They're on a military base in the middle of a city in the middle of a war and it's all empty except for them. And most of the cast does nothing. Doesn't fly, doesn't interact. Officers make decisions with their hands clasped behind their backs while staring out a window and aren't seen again. Hikari, the angry one and the klutz use the power of 3dmax to fly at neuroi for two minutes, yell at each other and then fly home as the sun sets.
Watching Brave Witches is like being served a cake that was never put in the oven.
The tsundere girl should stop being tsun 90% of the time
>>150342937
But the main girl is ten times better than the last one anon
>>150345139
I agree
>>150342709
>>150342709
>>150342709
god, this
I'm sure there's a contingent, myself included, who is enjoying it a lot so far. The calmer setting, mood, and characters, particularly Hikari as MC, are actually more to my liking than SW, the entirety of which I've also re-marathoned this season and still think is fantastic.
It also reminds me a lot of Sora no Woto, which I know a lot of people HATE on this board, but I found very memorable and likeable.
>>150344437 makes nothing but good points and I can see how this show has disappointed a lot of SW fans. It may be an unbaked cake, but I still love all these particular ingredients.
Yoshika > Hikari.
Having their base look almost exactly like a real place instead of the bullshit amalgam of hideous anime super-architecture from S2 in particular is nice.
>>150345565
Yoshika was a shitty mc
>>150345565
I agree.
>>150345834
>>150344437
Nailed it.
>>150345565
>>150342717
This, although Orussia is cold. I hope the next season is somewhere in the pacific or north Africa.
>>150344249
They are doing fine with Karibuchi like >>150345139
mentioned but the rest is not really fleshed out or memorable.
It's great. Sasha and Christmas episodes were 10/10.
I hope there will be another 502nd season or OVA with properly animated battles and some character development.
>>150346464
>next season
Wait what? Is there going to be another season?
Looks fantastic IMO.
>>150344437
It didn't have to be like this. The 502nd is a fantastic JFW
>>150345565
Miyafuji is better indeed but Hikari is very nice as well. Witch disliking is retarded in the first place.
>>150345467
I enjoy basically what little there is to enjoy, however I'm not delusional enough like >>150346986 to misguide myself not to see how it's much worse off in almost all terms to previous seasons and a huge disappointment in general.
I didn't know there are people who hate SnW, always thought it to be well liked, that or just people don't care.
>>150346964
Nothing has been announced. Anon is just hoping for a new season. I guess following official twitter and or using google is impossibru among helma.us/karlsland.net
>>150342541
I honestly think it's the best season in franchise. The cast is much more superior in my opinion. The dynamics between characters is great. And notYoshika is much more bearable MC being the useless unexperienced piece of countryside girl she is. The plot is less centered around her and it helps. Honestly it feels that Nipa is the main character here and she's great.
While 3dcg is ugly - I can appreciate the great background art like >>150346986 mentioned and overall art style. The music is also very nice. Personally I very appreciate the comfy atmosphere and focus on slice of life.
Fights with Neuroi while suffering from bad CG are actually very entertaining. It's really cool to see creators playing with the concept - each Neuroi of the week manages to display something interesting and unique.
Really hope there would be a second season with better budget,lewds and yuri.
>>150347135
Look at the sales
There won't be more SW seasons.
(Also 3 seasons, 1 movie and a few OVAs are enough, we suffer SW fatigue by now )
>>150342541
>What the fuck went so wrong?
The girls (too immature to be women) wear a lot more clothing and no longer fight in panties but wear buruma, boy shorts, whatever. So instead of dealing with desensitization of the audience by upping the ante (less clothing, more scandalous poses), the production committee decided to use buruma, boy shorts, and basically more clothing. It's probably related to members of the production committee"cashing in" by selling clothing items.
The plot takes a lot more liberties in ignoring practical fighting and practical tactics situations than Strike Witches. That creates more of a forced plot situation, but that can't be helped since people who like that kind of story are here and those who don't like that type of story are no longer around. This concept of fighting without pants or skirts is no longer unique.
Formula Writing. As seen in promotion, the production committee advertised Strike Witches and Brave Witches as part of the "World Witches Series" of media. So if the Brave Witches is profitable, there may be other witch series coming along.
self-inserts
>>150347512
>The plot is less centered around her and it helps.
Did you even watch the first four episodes? The last two episodes that have been good might've as well not have her around at all for once. Yeah, Nipa has been in spotlight greatly, no doubt thanks to her popularity.
CGI is shit, background shots are great but there's not really whole lot of them nor do they save anything when the character design is odd as well the animation being meh. The neurois have had originality to them, however the fights are utter shit tier boring and badly directed and are over in mere minutes, leaving with bad taste.
That'd be great but asking for too much with SL. The yuribaiting has been so damn nonexistent too.. Krupi has chance to redeem it tomorrow at least to some levels.
>>150347570
Sales do not dictate whether there will be more seasons and again, stalker threads are not indication of actual sales. Stalker shitposting overestimated Keijo sales by 30%, so you might as well throw dice with them always.
Nanbaka has S2 set for next season despite poor reception with the current one, Chaika had S2 in production before S1 had even aired, since contracts.
However I wouldn't be surprised if Kadokawa doesn't want to produce more seasons for SW, but I won't be surprised either if they announce new animation products. Lastly, the 1st BD sales will be known in February, so that's a long wait till then.
>>150347570
>we suffer SW fatigue by now
No, Brave Witches is mediocre past episode 3, but it could have been good. Silver Link just fucked up.
As long as the franchise continues to produce manga and figures, and Humikane continues to support it, we can hope for a new anime in the future.
Christ, why is this shit of a thread still up?
>>150344437
>There's literally nothing to watch.
They wear different clothing items and eat various food items. So that serves the merchandisers sponsoring the show.
This is what happens when anime is not made for the purpose of selling videos but for shilling merchandise. To sell videos, the story and writing have to be good or there has to be a fresh gimmick. But for selling merchandise, the plot and writing are compromised or sacrificed.
>>150346964
>Wait what? Is there going to be another season?
The production committee promoted it as part of the World Witches series of stories. So that implies there will be more series. To avoid the need to close plot holes and other problems caused by sloppy writing, they'll probably move on to different witch groups and just abandon dealing with the previous witches.
>>150342541
Horrible visuals.
SL just being incompetent fucks. And that is reflected in the poor fanservice, especially when compared to SW's godlike lewd, and the CGs.
Also no loli witches.
>>150348556
>Sales do not dictate whether there will be more seasons
Video sales don't dictate if there will be more seasons. It is the production committee that decides to green light another witch series. If europe is all worn out, maybe they will stir things up with a future american witch series particularly if the new harry potter five movies (set in america) are well received.
>>150348849
Fumi came up with the whole 'world witches' article series himself many years ago and continues it to this day. It's the general title for the universe tie-in, it only makes sense to use it with Brave Witches, since it's not SW anymore. To me it implies nothing, whether there will be more or not. One should just call Kadokawa stuff to ask for confirmation instead of speculating.
>>150348936
>poor fanservice, SW's godlike lewd.
Lewd and above all ecchi as a genre is never a good selling point and shows do not stand upon that alone, in most of the cases. Characters and the unique setting was what made people stay initially for a reason, and still is the reason there's even this much talking left despite poor season.
>>150348961
That's what I've been saying all this time. For this series the merchandise has been major thing anyways. It's a known fact though that sequels are more sure way to have success, so BW2 is most likely option still, that or something for 501st. But what do I know, I'm not part of the producers who decide these things.
>>150349181
I never said it should just be ecchi and nothing more, but you can't say that it wasn't amazing in SW, and a very strong charm point too.
>>150349226 >>150349181 >>150348729
No Pants was a gimmick item when Strike Witches came out to have people fighting in their panties or pantyhose. But it's old and worn out now. And covering up panties by using skirts and shorts means the investors can sell skirts and shorts.
Look at how Love Live sold millions of dollars of clothing each year. It's really profitable.
The clothing items you see on Rin Shubuya are sold in various stores. Nike made her shoes. Her leggings are used in exercise, running, and daywear. You can total up the cost of her clothing ensemble in just that one picture (and it's one of many) and see you'll spend $500.
>>150348456
>members of the production committee"cashing in" by selling clothing items.
>>150348729
>They wear different clothing items and eat various food items. So that serves the merchandisers sponsoring the show.
>>150349600
>Look at how Love Live sold millions of dollars of clothing each year. It's really profitable
Look at how Love Live sold millions of dollars of clothing each year. It's really profitable
Am I really supposed to believe that the only reason the witches are wearing (slightly) more clothes this time is so that the producers can make money off of selling said clothes? How in the fuck does that work with a series like this that probably has next to no girl fanbase and bland pseudo-period costume designs anyways?
Also, how would these food tie-ins work here? Is Japanese Denny's gonna promote a special "502nd Fighter Wing Hallucinogenic Mushroom Stew"?
Not that I don't understand where you're coming from, but those seem like incredibly outlandish explanations for this shows slight reduction of exposed skin and depiction of period European cuisine, usually in service of character or plot advancement.
I saw some threads in the past years showing all sorts of product tie ins. It's ironic you mention outlandish. Because there are a lot of tie-ins people posted that I never expected.
Various types of breads and buns shaped like footprints.
Weird soda drinks some that even have alcohol added. Anime soda pop with alcohol...
Lots and lots of shoe types.
Socks.
Toothpaste brands. Deodorants.
I wish I had saved the Love Live Panty Liners. They were meant for women who had active life styles.
Ghibli would mention curry in a show just so a curry company could then reference the show in its advertisements. In one of the DVD extras for one of the ghibli movies, that was mentioned after some fans subtitled the extra so that the explanation was available. Otherwise, that point of why curry was served at one dinner would have been lost.
Lack of frogs
>>150350063
They're full of shit that's all. They don't know what they're talking about so they are coming up with stupid stuff in order to say something.
The designs of the 502nd girls have existed for years prior to the anime. At least they are in the World Witches book that was released in early 2014, and I believe it's a compilation of material previously released on the course of a few years.
Also several of the 501st witches already had pantyhose (Perrine, Sanya, Eila) or skirt (Sanya). And as far as I know almost all witches from Gallia, Orussia and Suomus are wearing similar clothing.
>>150342541
It suffers from bad case of double ear syndrome
Continuing on >>150350658
I just realized there is the same number of girls with pantyhose in both JFW (3), so the argument on the clothing is really retarded.
>>150349181
>That's what I've been saying all this time. For this series the merchandise has been major thing anyways.
The witch defenders will keep on naysaying just like in past threads. They don't acknowledge that merchandise sales is why the production committee green lights the show. To them, it's got to be the plot and how good the show is as the reasons why production committees approve the show and not merchandise sales.
>>150351632
I'll naysay it just because I never got a Shirley Figma or even an AGP. That's the only merchandise I wanted.
>>150342541
MC is kind of boring and they spend all their time focusing on her, Naoe and Nippa and haven't bothered spending nearly enough time on the other girls. I can't even remember any of their names.
>>150342541
>What the fuck went so wrong?
Bland writing. No real objectives for the girls.
It's like this season was rushed to TV in order to stimulate waning Strike Witch merchandise sales.