Kemono Friends

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>>153291553
I'm extremely good at wasting time.

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What does it say?

>>153291744
Welp, that's cute.

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As much as I also want to have a Kemono Friends thread all week, it's better if this is the last.
Look at the thread right now, it's an empty image dump, we've discussed everything we could this week.

What's the deal with this series? Is it's "massive popularity" just an elaborate 2ch troll?

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I can already see your strong points.

>>153292546
It happens to be a good anime with a refreshing premise. Give it a try.

>>153292546
Some people will accept all manner of waste.

>>153292546
It's cute and sweet and fun and comfy. And then it adds a little something extra with mystery. Give it a try, grandpa.

>>153292546
It's like a nostalgic educational program for kids that comes on late at night complete with all the fun an adult could poke at it.

Mediocre, but with charm.

>>153292546
Fun things are fun.

>>153292546
>massive popularity
It's literally just one Friend that is good at faking popularity.

>>153293356
About time someone acknowledged all the hard work I have been putting in.

>>153293732
I appreciate your efforts, Friend.

>>153293801
I'm not your Friend, though.

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>>153292546
It has the best 'world building' of any series this year. The characters are cute as fuck and the ameteurish voice acting is addicting. I think a lot of Nips are digging it because Japari Park is a happy fantasy escape similar to Gensokyo.

fuck i want to live in Japari Park so bad ;_;

>>153293866
If you're not a friend, what are you doing in this thread?

>>153293894
Maybe he's the type of friend that doesn't know he's a friend?

>>153291787
It's Kemono Friends broadcast day!

Well, I guess it's not a big deal. (I don't remember what exactly are we translating her catchphrase as)

>>153292585
My niggah, you'll become a good wife

>>153291553
>>153291682
>>153291718
>>153291787
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>>153292571
>That feel when someone just made a CM3D2 mod for her
Time to defile

>>153294106
Gonna need some sauce anon.

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>>153294060
Thanks.

>>153292546
Literally Bushiroad sutema.

>>153294106
Sugoooooi.

>>153293887
I wouldn't say it has a great world building even if the world it depicts sure is nice and intriguing.
Then if you compare it to the other anime from this season, there isn't that much competition in that department but I'd say Acca 13 does it better.

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>>153294465
Yeah, I guess that was hyperbole and honestly I don't know the exact definition of world building, but its amazing how they took a concept so simple and turned into something interesting.

The world sort of reminds me of the WoW horde areas except all the enemies and monsters are cute girls who want to be friends.

Prairie dog a sloot.

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>two pairs of ears

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>>153294692
But it's just a greeting in America.

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>>153294810
>being a two-eared freak

>>153294465
ACCA's world building really isn't particularly good just because there's a lot of it. Especially with all the "As you know," exposition.

>>153295167
Stil better than Kemono Friends. But I agree that Acca's world building isn't anything special either.

>>153295250
Yeah, fair enough. Although I'd probably deduct ACCA points because it seems to be trying so hard, whereas Kemono Friends is keeping things simple but making it look effortless. At least ACCA has bags of style.

>>153295331
One of Kemono friends great strengths is that the director seems to be aware of what is possible in the format they use and makes the best of it rather than trying too hard and failing.

Well decided to check this out after seeing numerous threads about a show, ended up watching it all and still wanting more.

Thanks /a/!

sugo-i

>>153295331
The thing is that Kemono friends doesn't dump all the world building at you, they gave us small hints sporadically, the longest ones came from Serval, Hippo, Boss, Tsuchinoko and well that's pretty much it, the rest where up to the viewer with stuff like the broken bridge, the lava and other small lines the other characters made.

It's so small and well integrated it gets mixed in the fun adventure, it might not be extensive world building, but it is done nicely.

>>153291553
I think they might be more than friends.

>>153295331
I think Kemono Friends world building seems effortless, because it in fact doesn't make efforts. It's minimalist and the viewers are tempted to to fill the gap by themselves. For example we try to deduce the size of the world with shitty-looking maps with no scale, to find a logical explanation to the current state of the park or to where the fuck do the Japari Buns come from.
The world of Kemono Friends doesn't contains obvious contradictions and doesn't make you go "Shit, that doesn't make any sense!", because the information that would provoke this sort of thoughts isn't there in the place.
Note that I'm not saying it's a bad thing and I agree what those two are saying >>153295541 >>153296338

Acca on the other is at least trying, even if with every episode the bird country seems to make less and less sense and to be more out of a fairy tale than a history book.
I think that any real world is definitely more complex than anything an author can come up with, and giving a lot of information is a good way to make a world seems more believable even if it's not enough by itself.

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These doubled in price again.

They are just those 2" mini-figures that typically come with magazines or from 300 yen machines.

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Fuck that pink panther is adorable.

I have a question. How is kemono girls anime being perceived by the Japanese mass? What is the sales expectancy and other related reactions?
I think kemono girls is an exceptional anime and deserves more attention.

>>153296876
>sub 10k Yen
And now it's only 5 in stock.

>>153297158
Basically what happened to the talking ponies show over here, just in smaller scale and smaller shock value.

>>153296451
You said it yourself, ACCA tries but if you stop and think on the information given it stops making sense in the small scale, I'm not going to ditch their efforts but I like the presentation that Kemono Friends is giving us, they gave us a world and explore it bit by bit without going in an extensive info dump other than the recorded explanations.

I appreciate both kind of world building, but in this season KF is handling it better for its type of show.

>>153297158
>mobile game was a bust and died
>anime is advertising for something that's not even online anymore
>gains a bunch of fringe popularity out of the blue but will likely fade with the last episode, sales will probably be a flop

Everything about this situation seems like a tragic anomaly.

>>153297189

They were 4900 on wednesday, and even that seemed high.

There are no brakes on the serval train.

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>>153297599
It's always been popular on Futaba, but for some reason it got even more popular this week.

>>153297650
Otter a cute. Also, prairy dog's hyperactivity is contagious.

>>153297599
>sales will probably be a flop

Amazon and Rakuten literally sold out of pre-ordes, and BD/DVD for the next 5 volume are all trending as hot items.

People are already selling their preorder at double the price.

>>153291553
Rather than making a new mobage, kemono would be really good fit for a platform/puzzle game.
Since all the friends have different abilities, it'd be similar to Battle for Bikini bottom, where you have to switch between characters to solve different puzzles.

>>153297715
Mother of God.

>>153297158
>>153297231
Japanese have been liking little girls show for decades, and CGDCT has been a genre of anime for a good 10 years now. They also invented the word iyashikei.
I don't think a show that holds many similarities with those and could even be considered iyashikei being succesful is anything extraordinary. What's exceptionnal is that Kemono Friends is a cheap 3D anime part of a franchise of which the main product is a dead mobage. It's a total dark-horse and a surprise for everyone, that probably creates some sort of fascination and curiosity which compels people to give it a try.

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>>153297781

It was the #1 selling book in Japan (not #1 selling anime, but #1 selling book) on amazon this week until they pulled it because the supplier could not meet the demand.

>>153297861
This has a book?

How does the manga compare to the anime?

>>153297883

That is the official guidebook but it also includes episode 1 & 2.

>>153297715
What the hell is going on?

>>153297883
It's presented as an "official guide book" with a bonus BD. Obviously people are now buying it mainly for the BD.

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>>153297781
There's nothing weird about a good anime selling well.

>>153297824
Cute girls that are also cute animals. Or rather, animals that are also cute girls doing cute things.
Kemonomimis are great.

>>153298001
I'm not saying that in a bad way. I'm impressed that there is demand yet no supply for this.

I mean I understand the manufacturer being unable to supply the immediate demand but do we have news of a reprint?

Wow I didn't know Nexon made kemono friends mobile game

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Myamyamyamyamya~

>>153297957
>What the hell is going on?

This is a mild version of the bronie phenomenon. Something that adult men with disposable income were not expected to like suddenly attracted thousands of men with disposable income.

It caught the industry off guard and there is now a feeding frenzy going on as people fight over what little merchandise exists for this series. As things sell out it becomes more newsworthy and more people hear about it.

>>153297999

\Would headpat either. And probably get horribly
mauled in the process.

>>153298130
>Something that adult men with disposable income were not expected to like
Except it's not. How many times do we need to say this? Kemono Friends is a late-night show, it was aimed at Otaku from the beginning. They just didn't expect it to be so succesful.

>>153298130
Except Kemono Friends was aimed at adults.

>>153298340
It doesn't go full-on otaku pandering which confuses a lot of people
There's no self-insert male
There's no otaku who points out how much things are like a video game / light novel
There are no out of place fan service scenes
There are no still images of characters getting covered in some kind of sticky white goop.
With the exception of the sexy animal outfits, kemono is completely child friendly

>>153298480
child-friendly =/= aimed at children
It's the same kind of people that leaks from other boards and thinks K-on! is a show for little girls.

>>153298574
I'm not saying that its aimed for children, I'm just saying that its easy to think it is.

>>153298480
I don't think you've watched enough anime.

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Ppplease translate. I only understand half of it.

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>Where much is known of the larger cats of the Serengeti, the Serval has remained somewhat of a mystery. Yet, it is a beautiful animal, possessing the regal quality of the cats of ancient Egypt. The Serval also has a distinct character and filmmaker, Owen Newman, was astounded by its habits and abilities. It turns out to be a plucky little cat, driving off jackals after a kill and taking on storks, the biggest birds on the plains. Still, life is tough for these apparently delicate animals and this film proves that they are every bit as charming as their bigger relatives.
>Presented by: Sir David Attenborough

>>153298627
I got it, it wasn't directed at you. I just wanted to add something to your post.

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I sure hope they put Ibis song on the OST.

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>>153298480
There's other ways to pander to otaku.

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Just adding to the discussion. I'm South Korean and I'm interested in Asian economy in general.
>Korea made an animation "pororo" which started gaining excessive amount of attention from 2008
>Basically a story about animals who can talk and all that made in shitty CG
>Makes 600~750 million USD in sales yearly more than half of that comes from foreign market
>About 13 million USD comes from royalty, and 600 million USD comes from goods sales.
>Brand value estimated a little over 720 million USD

It's amazing considering that it was made in shit country like Korea. The reason it became famous is because the company focused its product advertisement and licensing abroad.
I think Kemono friends falls no short to what pororo showed in quality, so I believe there's no reason for the kemono friends to not shine.

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>>153298480
>girls kissing girls
>child friendly

>>153298887

American detected. Who but the merkins would prefer gun violence over a platonic kissu?

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>>153298887
Not everybody lives in puritan Murrica or in a muslim shithole.

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>>153297650
Why is Ibis always so lewd?

>>153298861
>The reason it became famous is because the company focused its product advertisement and licensing abroad.
Here's the thing. This show had almost no publicity at all and the staff was aware it was going to flop hard, hence the general confusion about his sudden success. It's also starting to spread here in the west, even if just around sakugafags and other circlejerkers of their kind.

>>153299267
Don't sakugadorks normally hate 3DCG because it is the devil's curse that is killing anime and other REEE-worthy nonsense?

>>153299222
It's the eyes.
Also, nice trips.

>>153299267
>around sakugafags
Aren't they just parroting the japanese social networks because they're attention whore?

>>153299356
I know little about them but from what I've gathered it seems so-called "sakufags" are essentially wannabe e-celeb that thinks they're some sort of elite otaku.

is this anime OK as religeonly...?

>>153299915

frikkin' saved. patboner.

>>153299267
>It's also starting to spread here in the west, even if just around sakugafags and other circlejerkers of their kind.
So, the true niwakas are pretending they like the show just because it's getting more and more popular on Japan, despite them hating everything to do with it and its animation.

>>153298659
You can tell he hasn't when he associate this with mlp getting popular as if Japan hasn't like animal girls for decades if not centuries.

>>153298861
Except Kemono friends airs at like 1:40am and no kid knows about it.
I assume Pororo is mostly popular because of its kid friendly adventure plot and cute mascots.
Kemono Friends would be similar but it's popular with adults.

>>153299222
They mentioned that they mate for life.

People actually undersell this show's writing, it's not that simple to have different yet cohesive stories that fit neatly into one episode while following a clear and concise goal. As far as tight writing goes, this show is one the best around, there is no rushed situation, no wasted time.

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Shhh! It's cute girl season.

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>>153300136
I think you're misunderstanding his post. He was explaining why some people suppose it's an anime for kids by displaying their line of thought. He's probably not the guy that mentionned the horses.

kids watch Kemono Friends confirmed
https://twitter.com/takumi1993/status/830192352220241920

>>153298861
This seems more similar to how Doraemon is popular with kids from several countries outside of Japan. It's quite different from the case of Kemono Friends.

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Is it Tuesday yet?

Kemono friendsu.

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what did she mean by this?

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>>153300572
She has probably also watched GaruPan, iM@S and Kimi no na wa.

>>153300755
>WoT
>slav runes

>>153300720
>kissanime

I don't want to enjoy this show but I can't stop enjoying it

help me

>>153301014
I see, you're a Friend who's good at enjoying things.

>>153300856
>>slav runes
I don't see them but maybe he's a Katyusha fag.

>>153301068
We don't see those on /a/ too often! Sugoi!

>>153301097
Oh I see them now.

I wonder how many servals will be sold in Japan after this.

I'm seriously addicted to this anime, and I don't know why.

>>153300720
Humans are thought to be extinct.

>>153301229
I'm addicted to the OP, the anime is a nice bonus.

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>>153301376
I'm addicted to PV song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8-2-XpA_nk

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>>153294106
> custom maid
Boo.
Only the official model is acceptable

I really, really, really can't wait for the next episode!

>>153302565
Auerochs seemed scary.

>>153302677
The actual episode actually seems to focus on Lion. Those at the end of the episode seem to be just minor roles, like Red Ibis.

Which Kemono Friend would you like to have as your friend? I would like to befriend Alpaca, she's tanoshii and sugo~i!

>>153302744
If I were to find her cafe during my travels, I'd stay there forever.

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>>153301503
Strong.

>>153302744
Me too, even if her design is kinda ugly. I like her coolness

>>153297599
Reminds me of Leviathan, bad CG and all, except the sequence of events is different, iirc they took the game down not long after the anime boosted the popularity

>>153302876
what the hell happened?

>>153302925
They tried rebooting it with a new loli mc
Its still up, but it seems to crash a lot and the offical twitter hasn't been updated in a while

>>153303170
Ziz, you mean? Wasn't she part of of the de R+ plans GREE was working on when they shut it down?

>>153296876
>>153297189
I need keychains.

>>153301503
I've already gone through the phases of PV before the anime aired, and the OP before the single came out. Now I have penguins pottering all over my brain. I wonder if they'll rush together a follow up CD.

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>>153298675
Damn... I read this with his voice playing in my mind.

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Servals are nocturnal hunters.

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>>153304193

>>153304193
>>153304224

Serval-san sure does like playing hunter and prey.

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>>153300135
Funny, isn't it?

>>153302744
I want to be in a quest searching for the fairest rose of Jabari park, for my friend tiger princess.

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>>153301530
It's not too bad.

>>153304482
Hair should be more yellowish, nice model though

Will they start making more merch now that its profitable, or are we stuck with what they originally planned?

>>153304775
Too soon to say anything about that. If they didn't planned anything beforehand we shouldn't expect anything more than a new batch of already existing but sold out products for at least the next few month.

>>153304470
Grate taste anon. Tigers are best cats.

Are there any similar shows to Kemono Friends?

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It should be a crime for Otter to be this arousing.

>>153304775
Well it's getting cards in April for that Chaos TCG thing that always releases cards for current anime series. Considering how late they're coming, that might be a new thing.

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Any other friend who has read Doubutsu no Kuni?

This series reminds me quite a bit of it. The general setting, sort of untouched park world, where humans are an absolute rarity and a mystery to the other animals. And the vast featuring of captivating wild animal life.

Quite uncanny.

>>153305211
Card things like that generally come out after the anime aired because otherwise there would be spoilers

>>153305045
Anything iyashikei. Anything for little girls that is also watched by adults. Any CGDCT.
I hope it helps.

If you mean something really similar there's maybe a few shows but they're mentionned regularly in the threads.

>>153298675
I'd watch it.

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>>153304470
>>153304955

>>153297842
fucking nips and their memes

https://twitter.com/zoc_t/status/830198854729363457

Huh. The Kemono Friends manga is ending next issue of Shounen Ace already apparently according to people who bought the newest issue.

I guess there's a chance they might make a new manga closer to the anime though?

realistically, are the big whigs going to see this as an actual source of profit, or just passing fad

>>153305551
Both.

>>153305131
Sex is fun!

>>153305551
A passing fad to cash in on while they still have the chance.

>>153305428
Don't underestimates the lack of reactivity of japanese corporates.

>>153305292
>Anything for little girls that is also watched by adults.
Then I recommend Time Travel Shoujo, that show was great.

>>153306176
I wasn't asking for recommendations, I was responsing to the guy that did.

>>153306176
In this case, I recommend Aikatsu. It's a lighthearted and cozy show as well.

>>153305551
Considering that the mobile game flunked so hard and so fast that it got shut down whilst the anime was in planning stages, and that the manga wasn't able to last long enough to benefit from the anime's popularity, I doubt we'll see anything other than figures after the show ends. That is unless they can quickly and cheaply shit out one more season whilst it's still popular.

>>153306573
yeah, thats what I was worried about.
I really doubt that the Japanese are flexible enough to make a profit off of this. Unfortunately they'll write the popularity off as a fluke and let the whole thing sink

>>153298675
You're the type of friend who learns all about friends! Suuuu~goooooooi!

>>153305249
I've never gotten around to finishing it since it got licensed, but amazingly I saw some volumes in a local library a couple years back. I should make it a resolution for this year.

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>>153307542
Surprised no one else has read or picked this here. It's really good.

>>153300572
Are you implying we aren't little girls, anon-chan?

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>>153291553
Holy shit, this show looks amazing.

>>153309025
Is that the duck Friend?

Might aswell check out this Kemono Friends that nips are so hyped about...

Shit, this is actually good, and I ended up watching it all in one sitting.

>>153305045
Leviathan girls.

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>>153309156
It's not a good show at all. It just has the typical amateurish charm that makes it enjoyable. People here are forcing themselves to think it's good out of sunken cost fallacy, and cannot admit that they fell into a stupid hype totally devoid of any substance.

>>153309629
Please stop being rude while posting the cutest friends.

https://twitter.com/tyawandesu/status/829618842607312896

>>153309629
>if it's popular it must be bad
It's a good anime.

Will there be a speculah compilation?

It won't be as good as the SnW threads but it will still be fun to read

>>153309629
Pretty much everything aside from animation is great. You must be a shallow friend.

>>153309629
Every sentence in this post is wrong. Like, literally the opposite of right.

>>153309629
Define "good". Like they said before, it doesn't have spectacular writing or anything like that but it executes the simple premise fairly well. If anything the CGI may be a turndown for some but that's just the a effect of having 0 budget.

Waiting for the inevitable for sick yuri bestiality guro fetish coming out of this. I like this show.

>>153310006
>it doesn't have spectacular writing
It does. The average anime would be doing pages of useless exposition with 0 subtlety.

>>153310006
The writing is one of the better ones this season, the plot/world is interesting and episodes are varied and creative.

>>153310166
Pretty much, the lack of exposition is what makes it so great.

>>153308253
I remember when it was first picked up the threads were pretty empty, I'm not sure if it was a lack of love for the author or if people were still too wary of animal characters (course we didn't know what direction it'd go from there). I think it picked up recognition when more humans showed up, but I can't say I've seen anyone post it in eons.

I've put in reserves on the first six volumes at the library. Wonder if I'll tear up the second time around. If Kemono Friends melts your brain into a happy state, then all I remember of Doubutsu no Kuni is melting my brain into a sense of teary camaraderie.

>>153299267
>The staff was aware it was going to flop hard

The power of low expectations. Funny how often doing things with no expectation of success or pressure to succeed sometimes produces something that feels unforced and natural.

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Cute!

>>153297122
I need the glasses ocelot in my life.

Thread music.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0ajl9zo22A

/a/ sings WELCOME TO YOUKOSO JAPARI PARK when?

>>153306176
TTS was for little girls?

>>153311032
You must be a friend who has good taste!

http://kemono-friends.jp/archives/zoo/037/

Oh shit i need more of her!

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I wanna be friends with that ass.

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>>153311742
That's a big penguin.

>>153311534
i would actually participate in this one. that song gives me those happy feelings that only friends can provide.

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>gee I wonder who was in charge of the kemono friends game that it failed miserably and was cancelled after 2 years
>nexon
>NEXON
> N E X O N

>>153311742
>every girl is 10/10
How's this possible?

>>153311843
フォユー

>>153311742
Please can we have Eretiscus too. Everyone always thinks of prehistoric penguins as giants, but there was also penguins as small or smaller than Little Penguin.

I also want European Robin and Little Auk. I just want lots of small opinionated birbs who dash as a mob when you throw pieces of bun.

>>153311697
It was an educational show for kids, was it not?

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>>153312867
Girls don't kiss girls in an educational show.

>>153312987
When did this happen? I might watch it.

>>153294879
Now this is the kind of art we need.

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>was expecting this show to be garbage
>it's actually AOTS

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>>153311139
I wasn't around when it was being published. Not sure I'd be overly hooked when it was being serialized either, but it's one hell of a story to read through in one go like I did. I picked it up from OPT's here when it was already finished, and the consensus seemed to be quite positive.

And yeah, despite the many similarities in setting and some of the mystery atmosphere, the feelings evoked by each series can be quite different. There's plenty of melting, light hearted moments too (specially in the beginning and towards the middle of it) but also a lot of dramatic "hit you in the feels" moments. Many manly tears were probably shed while reading the story (specially towards the end).

Just remembered other two plot elements that seem to resemble some of Kemono Friends's own (something close to the "library" and the manjus associated with the park).

I'm starting to think the production of this anime or franchise might have had some of DnK in mind when designing some of their world building elements.

>>153312987
We were talking about Time Travel Shoujo.

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This show makes me want to...LIVE in it for some reason.
Like, I'd willingly give up a varied diet to live off of Japari buns and just have platonic adventures every day with cute kemonomimi girls who probably don't even have a heat season.

Normally SoL doesn't do that.

I thought I had outgrown this sort of escapism urge, nigga.

Is the mobage this show spawned from still running at all? Or is it completely dead/dismantled and this show is a remnant of brave planning that couldn't be cancelled due to investment costs?

>>153313324
ep5, where Bag-kun resolves Beaver's anxiety and Prairie Dog's lack of architectural skill through simple abstract thought, resulting in a symbiotic relationship between the two that flourishes.

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waai

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>>153313837
The mobage was basically just a generic gatcha fighter, as far as I can tell.

I would love to play a 3d exploration game though. Imagine just wandering through the whole huge park and all the different lush environments, meeting friends finding little abandoned buildings and stuff, and sometimes there's little puzzles you have to solve like getting friends to help you rebuild a bridge so you can go to a new area and meet more friends ;_;

>>153313837
It's a completely harmless environment where there are monsters but no one really gives a fuck and everyone has a completely set identity from birth. There is no competition and the only struggle is to collect japari buns distributed mysteriously throughout the park and live every day in a haze of predetermined existence.
It's a paradise

>>153309629
>People here are forcing themselves
This meme is delightful

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>>153314010
god, that would be so awesome!
Open World Japari Park where you can meet Friends and resolve quests together.
Like a jrpg with cute friends and maximum comfy factor.
Hope that wouldn't be a crappy korean pay-to-win mmo.
And they need to release it on steam!

>>153314034
So, economy and failing infrastructures are their actual adversity?

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Is there any animal that can resist the power of the Human Headpats?

>>153313837
The whole show has this very "welcoming" feel. I mean, the OP is literally inviting you to Japari Park, there's even a line about how the Friends are always waiting for you with a smile. There's also Serval-chan, who is basically an angel who seems accepting of everyone. Well, that's probably true of all Friends, but she's the first one Bag-chan encounters and is the one who essentially "welcomes" her into Japari Park. Because of this, also probably accompanied by her somewhat mesmerizing voice and phrases, is why the Japanese have latched onto her in particular to take this role. I think this can also explain a good chunk of the reason it's so popular with the Japanese, while there are many SoL with cute girls out there, as you mentioned they don't quite give off this same feel. Other shows don't really make it seem like the viewer themselves is welcome, or even being invited into the show's world in the way that Kemono Friends does.

Also yes, the game is completely dead, they shut down the servers and mobage require an internet connection.

>>153313997
Doujins when?

>>153313997
Futaba sure loves arguing about the way the 'right' way to translate shit into English, huh

>>153314212
It was foreshadowed but we haven't seen anything yet. Beaver said she gave Professor a house and a month supply of japari buns, so they must have to put in some effort to collect them.
Perhaps it's like a prison where you only get a certain amount of japari bun a day and the rest must be friendly bargained for.

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>>153314248
NOW how will I play with cute kemo-mimi Friends?

Real animals poop and bite.

>This show is the most popular show right now in Japan
>Pixiv loves it
>Twitter is overflowing with images and mentions

How can a show rendered on a Playstation 1 become such a phenomenon overnight? What drives a show popularity in Japan?
It's a mystery.

>>153314248
I think it's Bag-chan. They did an interesting trick with her character in that the audience knows she's human but she doesn't. In ep1 she spends most of her screentime comparing herself to Serval, when the audience automatically assumes humans are the superior race they know full well that animals are more suited to the wild.
Thus, the otaku mindset of being worthless is subverted into the story. We are all Bag-chan.

>>153314294
The future of automation. How poignant.

>>153294596
>The world sort of reminds me of the WoW horde areas except all the enemies and monsters are cute girls who want to be friends.
I would still be playing WoW today if this were the premise.

>>153314414
That's a good point. Bag-chan makes for a good MC because she's fairly easy for the audience to self insert into, while still having character and being very cute herself.

>>153314414
>the audience knows she's human

This is a friend that jumps to conclusions!

I can't wait till they make it to the library so we can find out what type of animal bag is.

>>153314414
>the audience knows she's human
What?
Spoiler warning, jesus christ.

>>153314474
>MMO where all you do is befriend cute girls
sounds like animal crossing

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Anon, where is the translation of it's manga?
No translation out there Q.Q

>>153314193
>Hope that wouldn't be a crappy korean pay-to-win mmo.
DEFINITELY don't want Nexon, in that case.

>>153314555
I don't think that friend knows what he's talking about. I mean, has he even seen a human before?

What's stopping the stronger friends from taking weaker friends' japari bread

>>153314594
That is the idea!
Someting like doubutsu no mori, more huge, more japari park, more friends and with unreal engine 4 on PC.
Fully voiced!

>>153314700
Friends are nice unlike humans.

>>153314596
Raws where?

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>>153314373
Hansa life size plush.

>>153314700
Jaguar seems to spend her entire day swimming and there was no exchange of japari buns for her service, otherwise, how could Otter afford to ride her water taxi for fun twice a day?
They don't even take japari buns as payment for their services. No economy is needed because all are willing to contribute when necessary out of desire to be of use to each other.

Ｉｓ　ｂａｇ　ａ　ｂｏｙ　ｏｒ　ａ　ｇｉｒｌ？

>>153314700
There's a reason why they're Kemono Friends and not Kemono Bullies

>>153314248
One of the things I really love though is the contrast that's present in the world, there's a certain bittersweetness to it, with that "world-after-Man" feel. It's big and mysterious and lonely at first, until you look close and realize there are plenty of friends, you just have to meet them (>really makes you think).

Serval climbing the mountain with no one to help her if she falls, Ibis dimly aware she was once a different form of life, Alpaca sitting alone at that cafe, just wishing for a customer so she can show off the one skill she learned, for a length of time that feels like it could stretch back into the misty primordial past of these friendly creatures' awareness. It's a cute and simple show where you know nothing really bad or mindblowing is likely to happen, but there's a kind of subtle, fragile sense of existentialism to it all that's really evocative.

>>153314954
all kemono's seem to be female, whether Bag is female or a kemono remains to be seen

>>153314954
Yes

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うー！がおー！

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WAKE UP SHEEP FRIENDS
CEASE WATCHING THIS SHOW WITHOUT PROTECTION IMMEDIATELY!

It's fun? It's comfy? It's enjoyable and well made on many levels?
Ha!
Isn't that just way too convenient? Aren't you just making up excuses?
Don't be naive, you're all smarter than this!

It's the electromagnetic waves! They're encoded right into the files to turn your playback device into a MIND CONTROL DEVICE
They're just manipulating you to think you could be happy, forcing you to imagine you could have friends, it's unnatural!
Even though, especially since, it makes you feel happy and good, you know there's no way you'd feel like that without foul play

Don your leaded hats and fight back!! Don't give in!!
NEVER GIVE UP

>>153315034
I love how the IQ decreases part turns her into Otter screaming Tanoshii

>>153314596
> Q.Q
Don't do this.

>>153315061
Honestly I'm 90% certain I'm being brainwashed but I'm happy so I don't care.

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Any one care to translate? I found this in twitter with Guide-san

https://twitter.com/balpanther/status/826765519281811457

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>>153315247

Damn paint cropped the image in the bottom at least I posted the twit.

>>153314229
Tuatara, it has an eye on its head

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Toki is so lewd.

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>>153314788
i donno...
Buy the raws on bookwalker would be a idea

>>153315424
Tuatara actually have erogenous zones in their legs, they tend to rub them on some surfaces for no apparent reasons.

Think of scratching the lower back of a cat/dog, it's a similar reaction.

>>153315469
That's not a Big Mac.

It's not even from McDonald's.

>>153311522
Oh you are one clever friend.

>Yamata-no-Orochi: "I am Yamata-no-Orochi... The snake god of eight heads and eight tails. Long ago, I once guzzled so much liquor my eyes hurt, but that's how it is. Even now I love liquor!"

>Tsuchinoko: "That's why, don't steal my precious liquor! Suddenly appearing like that, it's clear you want to grab my liquor and run off, damn it!"

>Skyfish: "....! ....!"

>Park Guide: "Y-Yamata-no-Orochi-san!? In other words, right now in this cave, Yamata-no-Orochi-san, Tsuchinoko-san, and Skyfish-san are all existing together..."

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>>153315464

>>153315925
>>153315247
oops

>>153314954
Rucksack

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>>153315634

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>Japari park = Safari park
Mind blown.

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>>153315925
Thanks I thought there was more to it but it was just introducing the UMAs.

>>153316071
This is so good.

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Kemono Friends

>>153316071
Servals have really small heads.

>>153316716
Their proportions are weird in general, but it makes them cute.

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What if you Friends are the wives

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Feels good watching this since the beginning, not just jumping on to the bandwagon. Truly patrician.

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"There are a lot of animals." (It must be Kemono friends...)
"A lot of cute characters." (Kemono friends...)
"It's really addicting." (Kemono friends...)
"They die easily." (Happy tree friends!)

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>>153317044
I will wive the entirety of PPP.

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>>153317044
>kissanime
>.png
>1360x768

You're doing it wrong.

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The depiction is surprisingly scientifically correct.

>>153317135

Psa that female penguins go to work while the male stays, gonna be a tough house husband to deal with 5 different chick species

>>153317255
I want to see Serval scientifically correctly marking her territory

>>153315061
FUCK. I knew it.

>>153317240
Not mine, i saved it from facebook

>>153317512
Wow, so you're the cancer friend?
Sugoooi!

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>buying shonen ace just for the sake of mediocre friends poster
What am I doing with my life

>>153317548
>not having Friends

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I see. This show is that kind of slightly insane anime like Milky Holmes.

>>153314954
FILLED WITH DETERMINATION!

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Bandwagonners

>>153317631
Go back and kill yourself, thanks.

>>153317631
There's a difference between having friends and having Friends.

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>>153301530
>>153304482
Bang

Serval is SWOLE as freaking hell.

Carried the front end of he bus with battery operated engine and JUMPED 5 times 15 feet.

Fell down the side of the mountain and then started back up it 4X speed. Gets hit by a BUS and doesn't even cry or scream.

Didn't even tell Bag that she fell down the side of the mountain until she was ready for the news.

Serval is Love, Life.

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What do we have here?

>>153309629
You are a friend who is good at being wrong, sugoi!

>>153317942
>Episode 2: Japari Library
HAPPENING.

>>153318003
>Episode 2
I'm retarded.

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>watched first three episodes last night
>absolutely loved it
>avoided watching them all cause i want to spread out the comfy
>just got a nice cappuccino from doutor
>about to sit down and watch 4
I'm just so happy this exist, I didn't expect it to be so good.
I love meeting friends!

>>153298675

What kind of Friend is Attenborough?

>>153317942
>owl Friends soon
Neat, they look cute as hell.

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>>153314944
>kemono friends is a subtle description of an ideal anarchist society
How deep can this anime go, it has at least 3 or 4 levels of possible reading.

>>153317942
Episode 7
Finally reach the library and meet Professor konoha with Assistant mimi. "If you want to know the root of bag-chan, give me something tasty!" Suddenly it's a cooking battle?

>>153318121
>end of ep. 4
>Tsuchinoko remarks that Bag-chan wasn't annihilated
really deep

>>153314276
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhnUgAaea4M

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>>153311742
Transparencies for all your nefarious needs (for some reason Fennec is badly upscaled):
http://www.mediafire.com/file/tq777lu9nvqgcnb/zoo_001-080.zip

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>>153314954

I don't know anon I can't tell.

admit it, you were ecstatic when you finally saw those wheels spinning

Sloth friend when

Also ost when, I want to play it when playing zoo tycoon.

>>153318246
I want to enter her bag.

>>153318253
I thought all the Friends except Bag-chan was going to get scared by the engine noise.

>>153317942
>Owls
Yes. Gods be praise.

>>153317942
So those owls are the ones taking everyone's bread?

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>>153318253
I didn't notice any wheels at all, I was too busy looking at Friends.

>>153317651
The difference is that everyone involved in making Milky Holmes knew that all the characters except Henriette are dumb as can be while I'm slightly suspecting that the Kemono Friends staff are seriously trying to put out their best

>>153318121
It's a tragic one though, not The Culture or anything.

I haven't watched this and because of this thread I'm now going to.

What am I in for?

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は～やい！

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>>153317756
it's not a bad model, but it being that high-poly & detailed makes it lose the original's charm.

>>153318352
YKK+Zoobooks+taanoshiiiii

>>153318352
Something sugo~i that is not just omoshiro~i but also very, very tanoshii~!

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Going green yet getting annihilated. Drumpfags BTFO. Sugoi.

>>153318352
Not very good outside of its healing, sadly.

>>153318366
You cannot dick the original model.

>>153318344
It doesn't seem tragic, it seems everyone is happy. Not happy happy, but their problems are minor.
What's tragic is how humanity ended.

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>>153318424

Isn't charging the batteries for one hour really fast? I'm not sure solar panel of that amount would be enough to charge a car battery.

>>153318352
You'll be rewarded with F.U.N. if you can bypass its bleak animation

>>153317255
KO KE SHI
KO KE SHI
KO KE SHI

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>>153318487


>>153318484
We're not even sure if all the humans are dead. We've only seen inside the park. I remember that in the mobage humans and friends coexists in some form or another.

>>153318529
I'm pretty sure that park was still functioning in the mobage. I'm betting that human aren't exinct, just that they abandoned the park a long time ago. Last episode might be something like Bag-chan finding an exit from the park and a route back to the human world.

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食べるよ

>>153314010
That sounds really comfy, anon. I'm actually sad I missed out on the game. As subpar as the animation for this show is it's oddly charming.

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>>153317942
>owls
KITAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

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https://twitter.com/ienaga045/status/830327376730918912

I'm not sure but C looks kinda better than D

>>153318582
This could be a gaiden to the mobage and that Bag-chan becomes Guide-san, with that whole open secrets and what not, and she becomes some sort of mediator between humans and friends later on.

>>153318656
3DCG pig sugoii

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Servals VA looks Cute.