I finished watching it recently. What's /a/'s opinion on it?

It wasn't complete shit but it was certainly mediocre. Okada was a mistake, yet it wasn't even the worst show she worked on that season.

>>151439639
Well I've only recently started watching anime and after Kill La Kill I just kinda started watching this.
It gave me good feels but not much more

>>151439712
If some decent Trigger is what you're after, Luluco is from the same season and way better despite being a short.

I had no strong feelings about it either way. If you want more entertaining Mari Okada-written anime, look up Ano Hana, Hanasaku Iroha and Nagi no Asukara.

It was okay. It had great art and directing and the cast was likeable. The story had some really strong moments but the show begged to be 24 episodes instead. Okada could have done worse but it really did feel like she wasnt good at utilizing this huge main cast.

>>151439768
Yeah I was meaning to look that up it sounds good
>>151439843
Thanks for the suggestions I'm gonna get into that as well!

regret watching it

>>151439611
Great character design was wasted on Okada show.

>>151439856
Yeah I see what you mean. In the last two to three episodes it really took the focus from the group to kacchon and sonozaki

It was pretty decent although I'm usually not into melodrama.
The writing was above average and the art beautiful.

By the way OP, if you like Studio Trigger, their new series Little Witch Academia is starting in a couple weeks, you can try live-watching it with /a/. In the meantime, there are already two OVAs of Little Witch Academia done by Trigger a couple years ago.

Also general Trigger-related suggestion: Gurren Lagann and Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt. They're technically Gainax, but the people who made them later broke off to found Trigger.

>>151439611
Terrible character designs and motivations lead to a bland story. Fujos loved it for the imaginary fag couples with the dudes. Disgusting.

>>151440004
Wow I didn't know /a/ did that kind of thing. Will definitely look it up!

>>151439611
It had my 2nd favorite ED of the season.

Okada, nothing else to say. 4/10

>>151440286
I likes the OP song a lot.

>>151439611
It's good

Hot fucking garbage.

>>151440317
The majority of /a/ seemed to as well. I was a bigger fan of the ED, but the OP was pretty good.

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>>151440317
Shame because we'll never hear another song from them again.

>>151440372
The poor blokes. I heard the singer passed away due to a brain tumor. :(

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>>151439611
It's okay, only worth watching for this cutie

Luluco was way better and it was a short.
Nips should refrain from writing serious stories, they're just terrible at it. They're better at the wacky, random shit.
Kiznaiver tried to do both and couldn't manage to reach the same high notes the short did.

I will forever wonder what kiznaiver could have been if it wasn't ruined by shitty melodrama. I blame okada for this.

>>151442466
Kiznaiver can't exist without the melodrama, they hired her for that reason. She wanted to branch out and do a battle shounen type story but they didn't want to go for it. Trigger itself wanted to branch out and do different things, hence the melodrama. Kinda ironic really.

>>151442592
I thought it was the other way round, and that trigger wanted to do an action focused series but okada pushed kiznaiver in the direction it ended up going. Do you have a source for this?

>>151442621
I'm pretty sure it was in the interviews that used to get posted in the threads. I don't have them saved, so maybe some other anon can provide.

>>151442621
He's poorly paraphrasing the words of Kobayashi Hiroshi, the director, who said that Okada wanted to do a bigger battle anime with a larger cast, but he said they should do a character drama with a smaller cast because that's what she's good at. On that note, it should be said that Kiznaiver was an Aniplex-driven anime and Okada was on board before Kobayashi, how it turned out was nothing about what Trigger wanted.

>>151439611
Art and direction were absolutely wonderful.

Writing was hit or miss (it's okada after all), imo it lacked any real dramatic tension... maybe 12 episodes weren't enough.

Overall, the plot was kinda weak even though the character interactions and designs were amazing.

I'd recommed watching it if you're into Okada, drama and highschool teen problems, or if you enjoy pretty shows.

>>151442827
>it should be said that Kiznaiver was an Aniplex-driven anime and Okada was on board before Kobayashi, how it turned out was nothing about what Trigger wanted.

Here we go with the Aniplex meme again.
Trigger and Okada made the show they wanted to make, it just sucked.

Kiznaiver wouldn't have been anything without the shitty melodrama.

Kiznaiver exists to prove how lame and gay TANG endings where all humans get their emotions Newtype'd are. Most became potatoes, Nori-chan became a long-suffering CUTE and MC just turned into an insensate brick.

>>151442943
I just remembered someone saying as much previously, but now that I look it up, you're right, my bad.

>>151439611
Hot garbage.

>>151439611
pretty disappointe. Dropped it after 4 eps

Dropped after one episode. Mediocre. Trite.

>>151439611
One of the worst shows that I actually completed.

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>>151444047
Forgot my image

>>151444070
He ruined the show and was pointless. Only the guy who used to be fat was interesting.

>>151439611
It was great. Loved all the characters and how gorgeous it was.

>>151440419
That sounds like a much better story than kiznaiver