This is kemono, she is a friend
>>153578284
I'd be her friend. Thick and thighs save lives.
>>153580007
I want those thighs wrapped around my neck
>>153578284
I want to give her a prairie dog greeting
>>153578284
needs thigh indent at top of stockings
>>153578284
Is this a sex friend?
Why this show need to be CGI turd?
It would be glorious if animated traditional way.
>>153582531
Because no budget, this studio has something like 10 people working at it. I doubt this show will cost them more than 250k to produce, can't make a 12 ep anime with traditional animation for that.
>>153582531
It's the way it is, because it's CGI.
Steve Irwin's son was just on the Tonight Show and couldn't help but start humming La La La Laa. Dat armadillo screaming.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrVfuDx4ET8
>>153582531
Because this director likes CGI, look at his other works.
I don't mind it at all because it can be cute often enough (like it is being for this show).
>this alpaca
NO LEWDING THE FRIENDS
>>153584300
Alpaca is cute and nice. I hope her cafe finds a lot of business in the future.
>>153583973
Anon post some links kudasai
>>153582531
It is done to keep tasteless casuals like yourself out.
>>153582531
Most character designs would work terribly in 2D due to all those details in the outfits, unless you had Kyoni movie tier budget
Why does watching this show make me dread? It's so cute and cuddly. But it also seems very dangerous.
>>153583288
I miss Steve.
He died as he lived. With animals in his heart.
Poor mans Etotama
>>153584604
YAMEROOO
>>153584590
Probably because of the post-apocalyptic thing. We still don't know what happened. Also the ceruleans.
>>153584604
still too soon
>>153582531
Why this post need to be ESL turd?
It would be glorious if grammared traditional way.
>>153578284
Let's speculate, /a/.
What if Mirai the Park Guide is Kaban-chan'sfuture self and the anime is a prequel to the game all along?They even share the same VA.
>>153584762
Please no, I hate time travel fuckery.
>>153584762They could only afford a couple VAs.
>>153578284
>>153578284
Does she like creampies?
>>153584418
My favorites:
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm30621915
https://soundcloud.com/mary-celeste-2/17-0215wav
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeWIDFNEy1E
Yeah she could use one of these.
kemono friends is the only things that heal my soul
>>153584762
I suppose anything is still possible at this point. Maybe thats the future after they've fixed the park back up and are still battling the Ceruleans?
>>153584628
'Paca-tan' actually had a screentime here, this show is the best.
>>153584858
It's very good at healing.
>>153584804
Looks like a day's worth of calories and quadruple your daily sugar needs.
Oyasumi.
>>153578284
>Kemomimi now counts as kemono
I want to die.
>>153585036
Get wrecked kemonofag.
>>153584762
>>153584948
It would explain why the ending had abandoned amusement parks. They tried to control the Sandstar and failed, causing the volcano eruption and creation of the Ceruleans. They abandoned it and placed a No-Fly Zone over it and left it for decades.
Now Kaban-chan will help the Friends fix up the park and get a message off the (presumed) island to contact civilization. In the future she is then Mirai (which means future) who is the main guide to the park for everyone to enjoy it with the Friends.
>>153585026
>anon goes to sleep
>I wake up
The sun never sets on Japari Park.
>>153584762
I think the game and the anime are different canon. If they're linked then maybe Bag is a relative of Mirai but I doubt it.
>>153584804
That's just a bun with cream inside, anon. Here's a real creampie.
Why do they do this?
>>153585110
Forgot pic.
>>153585036
けもの != ケモノ
The more you know.
>>153585130
It's tanoshii
>>153585189
These people are not friends. Let us not pay them any mind.
>>153585189
Ignore and move on.
>>153585320
Seems mentally unstable.
>>153585400
>Alpaca was all alone, manning a cafe for who knows how long, just to serve someone some tea
>>153578284
Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith
>lalalala (LALALALA)
>lalalala (LALALALA)
>Welcome to the Japari Park!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeq2M6_sJP8
>>153585563
It's such a catchy and upbeat OP. Really makes me happy every time I hear it.
>>153585563
Are there any noteworthy mashups or remixes?
>>153585623
https://soundcloud.com/you_bootleg/sakura
>>153585623
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcBkhWiOJsU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVo1-JbKj5Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pIPjbfDhQI
>>153585807
>that first one
I'm dead
That's a big Friend.
>>153585805
That's my jam.
>>153585807
These are more on the funny side.
>>153586224
Ah, so you're a friend who likes eating puzzle pieces!
>>153586231
What's that friend good at?
>>153584604
Don't
>>153586309
This is starting to remind me of pokemon.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2117145
>>153584845
Thank you anon
>>153585189
The irony is he talks about enjoyment of a cartoon as being childish while he throws a completely childish tantrum over people enjoying said cartoon.
>>153586309
I wish someone would translate the interview on that page. It's an interview with Mine Yoshizaki where he is explaining all sorts about the show.
>>153586483
Would need a higher res version of the page. Squinting at pixels is never fun.
What if they are all dead? What if this is actually Heaven?
Boss is God, ceruleans are angels that transport human and animal souls between their personal paradises.
This one is made in the form of a safari park and designed for the souls of wild animals and adventurous little girls.
There are extinct animals and even mythical creatures born from the human collective unconscious.
They don't need to think about getting food, they can fall from tremendous heights and still be alive and well, they are just having たのしーい with friends all day every day.In the final episode, when Kaban-chan finishes her spiritual quest, she will leave the Japari Park and reincarnate.Serval will reincarnate as her cat.Beaver and Prairie Dog will be expelled from paradise for being homos.
>>153586716
https://yande.re/post/show/384083
Some of it looks pretty interesting.
>ゲーム用やアニメ用といった、特定した運用目的があるわけではなくて、単純にIP(商業展開できる版権キャラクタ)を作成してほしいという依頼だったんです。
This essentially says he wasn't requested to make designs for a specific purpose like a game or anime but was requested to make a new IP if I interpret it right?
where is yamabiko friend???
Shoebill seems like she's by far the most popular girl from the latest episode.
I kinda with the others would get a bit more attention.
>>153586790
>>153586810
I need art of Rhino Friend.
I want to fuck this otter
>>153586891
I want more of Otters fat ass.
Every single thread has tons of new fan art, this is unprecedented as for my stay in /a/
Sugo~i!
>>153587044
It's almost crazy how much the Japanese love it.
>>153584804
No. Only Japari buns.
I want to bow down to this emperor.
lion friend is too fat to play with!
>>153587299
You're a friend who's bad at recognizing friends!
>>153587299
>lion
>>153587299
Sugoi, you're a friend who can't tell the difference between lions and tigers.
How are the PP Penguins so SS-tier Sexy?
>>153587299
why are they over feeding our cheetah friends /a/!?
How are the preorders for this show doing anyways? It would be even weirder if I got super popular out of nowhere but was still selling like shit.
>>153587299
This is clearly a hamster anon.
>>153587445
I've seen them constantly top the list on Jap Amazon.
>>153587299
Clearly that's anAmericanFriend.
>>153587403
>>153587445
https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/bestsellers/books/ref=pd_dp_ts_b_1
It's doing good in the books section on Amazon.
I have no idea how it will sell though. The Amazon Stalker only tracks the DVD/BD section.
>>153587403
http://www.bilibili.com/video/av8485555/index_2.html
The world needs more penguins
>>153587823
Stop shitposting Chameleon-chan.
>>153587732
It's at the top of the preorders for general books whenever it isn't sold out. I imagine mainstream books sell much better than your average anime BD vol.
>>153587926
The only thing limiting sales of this anime is the fact that they didn't produce enough materials due to not expecting popularity and are this perpetually sold out.
>>153588227
I think the popularity boost came early enough that they should be able to get a good amount more than initially expected into production.
>>153586765
Depends what they'll do after the library episode
>>153588354
Nico Nico Paid Plays
Kemono Friends
Episode 2 - 26094
Episode 3 - 24900
Episode 4 - 20863
Episode 5 - 15062
Total - 86919
¥216*86919=¥18,774,504=$166,417
In comparison Youjo Senki has 37420 over its first 5 episodes although 5 was only just released yesterday.
>>153588405
That should say Youjo Senki over episodes 2-5 not first five.
>>153587445
Everything's selling out. Even the >$5 prize keychain figures are getting scalped for $100+
Since there are extincted animals and cryptid friends, where are the youkai friends?
>>153588537
You've got a fox and a racoon dog hunting the bag-girl.
わーい
>>153588537
Just watch Yokai Watch
>>153588537
The game had a couple (Kyubi, Orochi, 4 guardian beasts) and they were included in a recent promo image. I doubt they'll appear in the anime unless it's in the finale or something though since they seem too big for random encounters..
>>153586810
I doubt it'll happen but I really want that Tibetan fox friend to show up. She'd be guaranteed to spawn tons of cute art just like shoebill does right now.
Is there a cavy friend?
>There's still no fanarts of shoebill friend drowning baby duck friends / rabbit friends in the nearest rivers
>>153589289
She would never do that.
>tfw I can read and understand sugoi, tanoshii, and jiiiii in Japanese at a glance now
Now only is this show teaching me about animals, it's teaching me Japanese.
すっごーい!
>>153589318
She must be helping that duck, then.
I want an Ibis Friend. Can't get enough of those legs.
D O U J I N S
W
H
E
N
>>153589531
Toki is love.
>What safari animals do when they think you aren't looking
>>153589591
>>153589657
nyanyanyaynyanyanyanyaaaa!
>>153589657
I wasn't expecting MHxKemono fanart
>tell online friends Kemono Friends is my AOTS
>they laugh at me for having no taste and being a CGI moe shitter
>You see a wet beaver near a lake
Wat do, /a/?
>>153589758
Why would you need friends when you have Friends?
>>153589786
Back away slowly, I don't want to be buried alive.
Best girl.
>>153589633
I'm surprised Porcupine didn't pop any.
>not a single Porcupine image
This is not okay.
>>153589838
LOOKS LIKE IT'S GREETIN' TIME!
>>153578284
Why is she apologizing
>>153584845
That first one is amazing, thanks.
>>153590070
Yeah, it'd be cool if Aroma was in this show.
>>153578284
Haven't watch any of this, I don't know anything about this either, but tell me, why is this good?
Serious question, don't meme me please
>>153590156
Wa-i a friend who can't form his own opinions! Sugoi!
>>153590156
It's cute. Everyone helps each other out and it's heartwarming to see a show like this in recent times.
Also the setting appears to be some kind of post-apocalypse, so that's interesting.
>>153590156
It'sfun.
Hehe hehe
https://soundcloud.com/3xblast/vrc6-kemono-friends-youkoso-japari-park-e
>>153589786
Make deflating balloon noises in an attempt to communicate.
https://my.mixtape.moe/eheyao.webm
https://a.pomf.cat/sobdxw.ogg
>>153590195
It didn't catched my eye at the start of the season, it looked like a kid-show (the CGI didn't help eather), but it got popular, and I wanted to know why and maybe watch it when it ends.
>>153590198
>>153590199
Thank you
Low quality cgi works better for this kind of show. It's just like Toho and Ship girls. The original art is so shitty that people want to draw their own art.
>CGI
People enjoy this? Why?no, seriously, why?
>>153590354
Sugo~i! You're a märchen Friend!
>>153590028
It can't be helped, every artist who loved her is now in a coma because of her cute desuuus.
>>153590554
People don't get bothered by CGI. Only wannabe-hipsters who fell for the sakuga-meme by a tiny circlejerk talking about it all the time in their hugbox would get offended by it.
>>153590554
Waaaaa~i a friend that is not good at enjoying things!
>>153590554
I wasn't convinced at first too but I tried it and I liked it a lot.
Try it, if at chapter 4 you don't like it is because it's not for you.
>>153578284
Is she my friend?
>>153590603
It has nothing to do with "the sakuga-meme" all the sakuga fags are into it too. It is about casuals that think anything containing CGI is awful rather than accepting the show isn't trying to be the best looking thing in the world ever and being able to enjoy it for what it presents. So ingrained in the casual western fanbase is the hatred of CG that the majority literally cannot look past it. They think CG is bad because it is CG. Anyone reasonable doesn't have a problem with CG it is when the CG elements obviously clash with the 2D elements when they are trying to blend them together that thoughtful people hate.
>>153590715
She's everyone's friend.
>>153587196
She is some kind of new gap moe. A stern natural bitch face, misunderstood by appearance, and a uniform that rocks her body.. those tits are as stern as her face.
Holy shit why are the penguins so lewd?
>>153589758
Your friends aren't tanoshii.
>>153590156
Itsboku-no-good. Hard to be a serious question when now it always gets replies. Asking why KF is good is a troll question and will get troll replies.
>>153590806
Most fags watching are doing it just because it got popular, they wouldn't have given it a chance otherwise.
>>153590878
>those tits are as stern as her face
That's just fanartists being fanartists.
>>153591046
Is that bad though? For once many people can understand animation doesn't make the show.
Whatever increases the chances of getting more shows like Gdgd and Tesagure is a good thing in my book.
>>153590917
PPP stands for Puffy Pussy Penguins
>>153591046
Also honestly this is a pretty "hipster" show to like even before it got popular, like the Ishidate Kotaro shows like gdgd Fairies and Tesabu, along with things like Teekyu and that sort.
>>153591114
Apparently.
>>153591091
Fanartists will convert the show to what they want it to fetish; like touhou, It will live on with artists wanting to making the source better.
https://twitter.com/moyasiwhite/status/832557065390288896?s=09
>>153591120
>hipster
Yeah, I sure like forcing myself to watch things I don't like in order to feel superior.
>>153587445
When does the ED single come out, anyway?
>>153591297
If that is your definition of hipster it is rather warped.
>>153591046
I just watch everything at the start of the season, although I'll admit I gave it some shit at episode 1 and didn't really get into it until episode 3.
>>153590943
This is amazing.
>>153591319
The 22nd I think.
>>153587445
sold out since 2 weeks ago
>>153591319
22 or 23
I just started watching, got through all released episodes. This show is so fucking comfy holy shit I love how rock fucking stupid the Friends are, and not even in a mean way. Seeing a kid help solve their problems in Post Apocalyptic Zoo is so cute WHO IS THE PROFESSOR WHY DID THEY MORPH INTO WAIFUS WHY DOES SHOE-CHAN KNOW WHAT A HUMANS IS
I have so many questions but I dread the show taking a darker turn. 100% cutesy Friends helping each other with extremely dark undertones that are never addressed is the kind of gap Moe I never knew I wanted
>>153587413
with cheetos
It's not intentionally low quality like Ninja slayer. It's their best for the budget.
Thread theme:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4PM-4cRTx0
Tsuchinoko-chan was cute. Based Kobayashi Yuu, I want her in more loud, foul-mouthed roles.
>>153582297
Only Kaban can.
>>153587110
Translation?
>>153590943
It's playing "mating"!!
It's humpy-humpy slappy-slappy
*rub rub rub*
Stop it please~ssu
*hump hump*
>>153591559
One of us.
>>153589007
>they were included in a recent promo image
You're talking about this same poster or another promo image? I was made aware in another thread of each sacred beast being in their right cardinal point, which is quite clever (as with a bunch of things about this series).
Cute owls.
>>153591928
Which one is the professor?
A sense of adventure is a powerful feeling.
>>153591175
At least in this show's case it's a fact that some Friends have nice tiddies, and all of them have great legs and butts.
>>153591993
>M'aiq-chan
Sugoi! It's a friend good at breaking the fourth wall!
>>153591559
>WHO IS THE PROFESSOR
The Owls
>WHY DID THEY MORPH INTO WAIFUS
Sandstar
>DOES SHOE-CHAN KNOW WHAT A HUMANS IS
Tsuchinoko does too.
>>153591928
I hope they keep those blank expressions with huge eyes the entire episode.
/a/ loves innocent girl. Because anons want to be a cute girl in the depth's of their heart. Look at these characters who are popular on /a/. They are cute, innocent and baka.
>>153592032
I love the concept artist of this show. Yu can see there is a lot of thought put on the animal traits of the girls while aiming to appeal a wide otaku audience.
>>153591971
They both are?
>>153591559
welcome to japari park~
>>153592232
Don't bully Lucky Beasto
>>153592232
Please tell me this will be an actual game.
>>153592232
WAGA NA WA TOKIMEN.
>>153592284
It could have been from the original mobage that got axed before the show aired, but I have no clue, I'm like the guy who spammed caps lock earlier since I only picked it up today. I would like to see how the actual game was like though.
So what's this show about and why is it so popular now? This is one of the fastest growing popular shows I've seen in a while. The amount of costantly created fanart is insane!
>>153587926
>I imagine mainstream books sell much better than your average anime BD vol.
I've been wondering if books tend to be preordered on Amazon a lot, like anime BD are. Mainstream books sell more than anime, but that doesn't mean much in this case if those sells are made in bookshops.
I saw a beaver today.
>>153592344
imagine 2hu and boat girls with the varied designs that can inspire artists
>>153592344
Cute girls that are also cute animals.
Japan has loved that stuff since always.
>>153592402
すっごーい!
>>153592424
It was very cute! And nervous too.
>>153592229
No one is the assistant Mimi-chan and the other is Konoha Hakase.
>>153592417
Is it good tho?
It isn't all style no substance right?
>>153591880
Cute.
>>153592417
The cuteness and charm doesn't feel forced like most moe anime though, which is what really pulled me in.
>>153591971
the white one is the professor and the other is her assistant
>>153592185
I expect nothing less from the creator of Sgt. Frog.
Penguin spin off when
>>153592624
This was made by the same person as St Frog?
Really?
>>153592417
>You look like a feline Friend too! What are you good at?
>I'm good at things like sewing and guitar-nyan! What about you, Serval-chan?
>Sohing and gitah? What's that? Sugooi! I'm good at tree climbing and running and...
>>153592624
Oh that's cool. Keroro frogs did have pretty varied designs.
>>153592517
>Is it good tho?
Yes.
>It isn't all style no substance right?
It's pretty much the opposite.
>>153591744
>hippo isn't the slightest bit tubby
Lame.
>>153592658
Yes, there was even a crossover event in the game where the Keroros end up in Japari Park and turn into girls.
>>153592750
>>153592624
Fem Keroros can't be this cute!
>>153592690
Thank you, translator-friend.
>>153592658
Yeah. Yoshizaki Mine is the original character designer. He also create all the world setting. This season he does another show as well.
>>153578284
>perverted pedo losers sexualizing little girl characters
do you have no shame?
is there a gachi version of the japari park opening yet
>>153592819
that is cat thought
>>153592839
yeah because bestiality is so much better! yiff in hell
>>153592835
>WELCOME TO YOKUSO JABRONI PARK
Is this a reference to something?
https://mimidoshima.wordpress.com/2017/02/18/umberto-eco-will-be-proud-of-this-thinkpiece/
Serious blog post. Before you know it you will see these kinds of things on ANN and Crunchyroll probably.
>>153592918
Hey friend I think you got the wrong district, the library is two blocks down.
>>153592971
rape is nothing to joke about
>>153593058
THANK YOU LEATHERMAN
>>153592971
It's a reference to photos of prairie dogs.
are you a jabari bun??
fugg dont eat me :DDDD
>>153593140
That poster earlier never should have mentioned spurdo.
>>153593000
>The cutesy Kawaii appearance of the show may just be a mask to hide the post apocalyptic undertones underneath
Really fires up the neurons
Have we seen kaban-Chan without her hat? Is she just too dumb to check and see her animal ears?
>>153593140
kekd
>>153593167
why do you hate fun?
>>153592819
>little girl characters
the only little girl in this show is kaban, and you'd have to be a demon to think lewd thoughts about kaban. shes too pure
>>153593188
She took it off for a brief second in episode 1 before falling asleep.
>>153591046
I'm just here for the kemonomimi.
I went in fully expecting trash but was pleasantly surprised once it got going.
>>153593000
A friend that reads too much into things! Sugo~i
>>153593000
>horrible voice acting, shoddy production values, and an inane script that can be described as “contentless”
The writer clearly has a sub 100 IQ. Why do you even care about some random dumbfuck spouting retarded shit?
>>153593000
well I kinda agree with him, once the show ends there will be nothing for the fanbase to enjoy and "fluff" unlike 2hu and shipgirls. It actually has a ending.
>>153593000
>horrible voice acting
I think only really noticeably poor work in that respect was serval in episode 1 but she seems to have improved a lot as the series has continued.
>>153593000
>surely nobody would like a show for just being earnest simple fun
>I-IT HAS TO BE SOMETHING DEEP AND SERIOUS SO THAT I CAN I LIKE THIS SHOW AS WELL
Ah. Classic unfounded rationalization.
>>153593000
tl;dr but at least he shows how biased he is against the show in the first paragraph. Why must the west be so full of faggot friends, this isn't sugoi at all.
>>153592835
I saw one on NicoNico but it wasn't good.
>>153593000
I'll laugh if ANN and CR bandwagon onto it and start reading way too deeply into the show.
>>153593000
>But Kemono Friends is a CGI-animated anime with horrible voice acting
Stopped reading.
Fuck you for making me give that shitty author a click.
>>153593256
I don't think that's supposed to be his opinion but his interpretation of the general western opinion if you read the beginning of the next paragraph.
>>153593000
>People have become animals and it explains why the vocabulary level of these anthropomorphic animals is very low — they just say, “Tanoshii” and “Sugoi”, to questions that always have a standard reply.
Confirmed for not having watched the show.
>>153593140
Nice
>>153593140
Just turn Spurdo into a Friend instead, it would be much more fitting.
Calling all drawfags.
>>153593256
a friend that don't have attention span to read two paragraphs! sugoi!
>>153593305
I'm surprised crunchyroll aren't promoting it like fuck yet. They are actually investors in the show on the production committee funding its creation.
>>153593000
How did you find this trash
Why would you post it here
>>153593198
>little girl
>>153593305
ANN already hosts an AnimeNow article by the AnimeConsortiumJapan to try to explain why Kemono Friends is popular in Japan.
Basically, the same shitty arguments. It even uses the My Little Pony-stuff that some guy tried to force upon the threads.
Wouldn't surprise me if the author of that AnimeNow-article is in fact the very same guy who talked about My Little Pony all the time.
>>153592232
I hope this fan fighting game is happening. Reference is Hazuma from blazblue.
L I O N
LION
I want a Serval
>>153593000
I thought it's popular because it's cute girls doing cute things
Pretty much predicted this. The west is going to grasp at straws really hard because they can't accept the fact that a fun cute show without any pretense of irony or so-called "intellectual complexity" is more popular in nipland than their favorite animu.
>>153593391
>Wouldn't surprise me if the author of that AnimeNow-article is in fact the very same guy
Totally possible considering many paragraphs from that article looked almost like copy-pasted posts from these threads. But it's more likely a random lurker.
>>153593311
>>153593356
You can clearly see that there's a bit of his own opinion that paragraph as well, and he talks way too much about how this is bizarre as if normal humans would never get interested in a bunch of cute animal girls or something.
Please don't give attention to people like that and please don't go looking for blogposts holy fuck wai.
>>153593311
>>153593356
No, the part about general western opinion are the two sentences before that.
>don't have attention span to read two paragraphs
Yeah I sure missed out on the comparison with FNaF and the conclusion.
>The show will then becomes “contentless” when the hype dies out.
Totally not the blogger's opinion even though he repeats himself!
You are the ones who fucked up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzLc96v2O9E
>>153593498
>>153593391
I think it is probably just some guy that read the article and then thought it was a good trolling opportunity but could go either way.
Not sure if this has been translated or not.
>>153593188
>>153593494
It's better if they don't understand it, they'll pretend to know what they're talking about for a bit and then just give up, instead of ruining any english discussion like has happened for any show that got remotely popular in the west.
>>153593494
But why though?
>>153593385
I just saw it on twitter searching Kemono Friends.
>>153593575
>>153593585
RIP hat-chan
>>153593609
>>153593593
It's a difference in culture. Don't think too much about it. Happens every time.
>>153593391
What confuses me is why CR aren't pushing it harder though. They have had maybe 2 or 3 news articles on it yet they are actually investors in the whole project not just licensing the show from what I can tell.
>>153593603
Guess that's what you get by searching the western Twitter.
>>153593635
Can we just get a Beaver x Prairie Dog completely non-lewd doujin already? Jesus christ the purity between these two is too much.
>>153593669
>>153593711
And done. Seemed pretty cute.
>>153593691
>not lewd
they are rodents and they are gonna breed like that
>>153593000
>that entire FNAF comparison
Congratulations you motherfucker. You actually made me lose brain cells --- the bad kind and not the pure bliss kind that I experience when this show melts my brain.
>>153593305
>start reading way too deeply into the show.
>>153593391
>It even uses the My Little Pony-stuff
Yeah I hate it when other people think they know better why I like something than I myself. "Analysts" can fuck off. They don't seem to be able to get anything right these days.
>I don't understand the appeal
That's fine. Now fuck off and let people enjoy it.
Masaaki Endoh needs to cover the OP.
>>153593665
It is good to see the positive opinions there but also annoying to see the
>wtf why is this shitty CGI show so popular
>my TL is filled with Kemono Friends wtf is this
>why is this shitty kids show so popular
>going to have to watch Kemono Friends to see what all the memes are about
>watched Kemono Friends worst show ever don't get the popularity
Types of posts.
>shoebills are already Japanese meme animals
>Shoebill-chan has a really unique and clever design
It's no wonder her popularity exploded overnight.
>>153593797
Oh god this fucking needs to happen.
>>153593661
They probably expect that westerners won't like it at all, by comparing data of viewers with that of shows that were also made in 3DCG. Their investment in the show is very likely to be quite small.
Large enough that they will definitely get the rights to air it, but not so large that they require it to be a hit. It might even be that Crunchyroll invested into this show years ago, when the multimedia-project was in the starting phase.
>>153593494
Implying "the west's" favorite animu isn't Dragon Ball or Nayrootoe or One Piece or something to that effect but something with real or imagined "intellectual complexity".
>>153593824
I'm glad it did.
>>153593824
>her popularity exploded overnight
what do you mean? wasn't she very popular right after the episode aired?
>>153593198
Then I guess someone needs to exorcise me.
>>153593824
It's those angry-looking eyes.
>>153593494
I agree to some extent that westerner will have more of a proclivity to do this but the Japanese are very much doing it too although its just a smaller subset of the viewership and not the major draw. Here is a post I made the other day:
http://honeshabri.hatenablog.com/entry/kemono-friends
Holy shit. Some people really deep theorise on this show.
Apparently the first episode follows the history of evolution of humanity.
-Kaban-chan starts off no more than a beast unaware of her abilities.
-Then it is shown that humans develop an advantage over other animals through endurance with the scene where Serval pants.
-Humans even though outpaced by their prey and possibly weaker in the wild could often run far longer so would kill animals by exhausting them with superior endurance.
-Then the ability to throw at a target/goal which gave humans advantage in hunting and so on is shown when they fight the Cerulean.
It goes on further to go into some stuff about being expelled from paradise, gilgamesh, humbaba and ancient Mesopotamia which I don't really follow.
>>153593824
she has such a cool design
>>153593503
>please don't go looking for blogposts holy fuck wai.
I agree and I wouldn't post one myself, but when someone does it I feel compelled to read it and react on it if it's too dumb. I can't really help it.
>>153593494
From that article.
>What drives people to watch Kemono Friends is the endless speculating about how sugoi the setting is.
It's amazing how someone can be so clueless about something and at the same time think his opinion matters enough to write a lenghty blog post about it.
>>153593593
Your average western anime viewer only likes to watch the latest mature, dark show. Also, males aren't suppose to like cute things, a good example of this are those Kirby covers.
Also this kind of show would be seen as childish and "contentless" by your average westerner. I hate to bring it up, but it's part of why people made such a big deal about the MLP thing, while in Japan there's a good chance your average otaku watches both kids and late night anime.
PAKUPAKU
>>153593936
PIPAPU
>>153593390
I want to watch Kaban hunt down an animal while David Attenborough narrates.
>>153593886
Sometimes, autism is just autism, be it in the West or in Japan. Or anywhere else, really.
I've been listening to this on loop and i can;t stop.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-IIP75wgzg
>>153593886
Yes but the nips at least have the decency to merge their silly tinfoil hat theories with the fact that they also enjoy the show for what it is. Besides those are actually interesting observations instead of whatever stupid narrative the west tries to manufacture to build some sort of faux enjoyment for this show.
>>153593836
They did invest in the whole project if the way it is listed on the website is anything to go by and are fairly high up on the list but not super high. Given the relatively low budget though maybe the buy in wasn't so high.
Kemono Friends Project
Famima.com
TV Tokyo
KADOKAWA
Victor Entertainment
Crunchyroll
AT-X
SYS
Jinmyaku
Age Global Networks
Just Pro
DoCoMo anime store
Bushiroad
Klockworx
>>153593931
>Your average western anime viewer
... watches shounen battle anime.
> mature, dark show.
Lol, no.
>>153593962
Here's her hunting the Serval.
>>153593888
Someone with such mean looking eyes can't really be a bad person
>>153593494
>>153593886
>without any pretense of irony or so-called "intellectual complexity"
I don't get it. Why do some people want this pretentious shit? The only purpose of entertainment is to entertain. I have never learned anything meaningful from anime or any entertainment media as a whole. Want to stimulate your neurons? Then go study.
People who want to read intellectual depth into entertainment are stupid and immature. Often arrogant too because they are too stupid to notice their own stupidity.
>>153593931
There is an interviewthe much hated sakugablogposted recently where the president of Bones said:
"As of late, digital distribution has to be factor for sure. When the distribution is decided and there’s some quality to the product, you can also sell it overseas. But then, the overseas side says “sci-fi, action or fantasy” – I’m being told that if at least one of these genres is not included, the show won’t become really popular there. (laughs)"
>>153594163
I don't into Plamo but I'd buy this and learn how
>>153594118
I think you can do both. I find the idea that there is a complex mystery and deep lore to a show like this attractive and intriguing but at the same time that isn't at all why I am engaged with it or watching it. I watch it because of the good feeling it gives and the lovable characters.
>>153594118
>I have never learned anything meaningful from anime or any entertainment media as a whole.
that is more of your problem bud
>>153594163
>tfw have been doing sports and weight lifting for almost a decade
>this cheeky little fucking cunt comes along and outlifts me without any effort
Didn't want to post here but if someone could post Toki singing in the /wsg/ anime thread that would be great. Want others to hear her beautiful song.
>>153594031
>Bushiroad ends up being the committee member that makes the most money due to the cards being one of the few merchandise that is readily available for preorder
>>153593931
So you're saying that the average westerners are Narutards that loves edgy stuff and hates everything else?
>>153594214
This, it certainly enhances the show and makes it more engaging, but it's more of a bonus, where as most of the west seems to be convinced that must be why it got popular. I mean, god forbid anything get popular because it's fun and cute.
>>153594214
Yes, sure, fantasizing about back story in itself can be entertainment. But if you are unable to separate fanfiction from reality you are an idiot.
>>153594220
Go ahead, what did anime teach you?
>>153594302
What kind of friend will kokoro chan be?
>>153594307
just look at youjo sekai, yes they are.
Which should I go, zoo or library?
>>153594321
This is actually a better reply than I made.
>I mean, god forbid anything get popular because it's fun and cute.
On point here.
>>153594396
Zoo!
>>153594307
Sounds right to me.
>>153594342
>Go ahead, what did anime teach you?
You win the battle against the other big robot if you shout really loud.
>>153593661
>>153594031
If they're in the production committee and invested in the show they should somehow get a share of the profits, even if tiny. Maybe Kemono Friends being succesful in Japan is enough for them. It's likely that they never had the intention to push it in the West because they know it's not the kind of show westerners like and no amount of advertisement will change that.
>>153594302
Do you think they got Serval-chans VA the job too?
Servals VA is 尾崎由香 her agency is HiBiKi and HiBiKi is from what I can tell a subsidiary of Bushiroad. So maybe their producer pushed for one of their VAs without experience to get a good role and now they lucked out?
>>153587029
hey, i can actually read this
>>153594342
That children are dog-murdering terrible little humans.
>>153594535
Feels good when that happens when your Japanese is rudimentary.
>>153594302
What game is Kemono in?
>>153593888
yeah, shame its not completely original.
>>153594396
In high school we had a volunteer week where we had to workfor free. I picked the zoo, thought it would be fun. Turned out to be a terrible week. I was 14 years old, had to do thankless shitty work in bad condition all day and even had to pay 50 bucks to rent the zoo shirt "uniform". Never again. Zoos are terrible.
Go to a park instead. Parks are a great experience. Especially when you are just an arm's reach away from a lion.
>>153594385
Nip action otaku and western casual anime viewers practically like the same kind of shows. It's just that nip otaku actually do spend the money for those crazy-expensive anime discs, while westerners will just shake their head.
It's not like all nip otaku are some homogenized group. There's idol-fags, action-fags, mecha-fags, fantasy-fags, comedy-fags, military-fags and whatever (plus -faglerinas of course).
>>153594490
Yeah still it costs nothing for them to post articles and such advertising a show. They do more work on that front for shows they aren't even invested in. Flip Flappers was getting articles and news posts every other day during its cycle.
>>153594499
Most likely I guess. They probably thought that it would be good training for a newbie seiyuu, letting her try acting as a lead in a show no one would be watching.
>this is Mine Yoshizaki's biggest hit since Keroro
Some of you guys need to cut the weeb down.
*You're* watching the show, are *you* japanese?
Since when did the taste of normies on mal or reddit or wherever the fuck start mattering anyways>?
>>153594583
Is it Chaos? I don't know anything about TCG though.
>>153594591
I feel like Zoos are one of those places (although it's true pretty much everywhere) that if you have no degree or specialization and are just another body, it's one of the worst places to work, whereas if you get to care, medically help, play with, and are exposed to the animals in non-manual labor ways, it's fucking awesome. You always wanna be that guy on youtube who's cuddling the Leopard compared to the guy who inevitably has to shovel out all of it's shit.
>>153594683
Yep your right. Damn that sucks. That's like the only one that sees no play anywhere else.
>>153594680
I am. Only I browse 4chan more than 2ch.
>>153594661
She seemed really excited on her twitter that her name got on the cover of a VA magazine because of the show and the fact that it was her first MC reoccurring role. She must be so excited now that so many people hear her and she has the voice that created the sugoi meme. I want to follow her career a bit now, I never really cared about VA before though.
>>153594680
You are right tbqh. Why should we care what some random losers think? I only care about what I think and only reason I hang out in these threads are because they are tanoshii, my friends.
>>153594680
i dont understand what did you try to say friend, but you voice is sugoii!
>>153594753
I often switch depending on shows between 2ch, futaba and 4chan.
>>153592417
>>153592690
>>153594812
Could you elaborate on that?
>>153594724
I wish I had to shovel shit. That would have been a lot easier and more pleasant than what I actually had to do. No, I just got extremely unlucky and was too young to handle the situation.
But yeah, actually handling the animals is great. What I like about animals is that they are direct and honest. You can pet and cuddle an animal you have never seen before. Now try to do that with a human.
I picked this show up today because of this image of Shoebill-chan I found. I'm glad I did. Tanoshii~
>>153594927
Just browsing wherever the most interesting discussion happens for each show.
>>153578284
What kind of body type is this?
>>153594978
Shoebill-chan is so cute. I want her to じー at me.
>>153592798
Source on that?
>>153594978
Yeah, I did not even know that this show existed until I saw a webm of episode 4. Then I immediately realized I'd like it.
>>153594978
Shoebill is a very good bird. My Shoebill folder currently has 108 pictures. I should probably find a better use of my time.
>>153594996
I can't handle 2ch. I'm too at home with actual image boards so only futaba for me.
>>153595067
Can you post the highest quality ones you got? Or do you have some that are especially well suited as reaction pics? Please post them.
>>153595049
He isn't on the staff of AKIBA's TRIP to my knowledge, he is credit with Concept Design on Kemono Friends though and from all the interviews I have read the world setting is very much his. Take a look at
>>153511349
>>153594899
Sugoi.
>>153594978
Yayaka?
>>153595144
It's always good if anime directors can implement some anime original content into an adaptation.
>>153595049
I don't think Yoshizaki Mine is involved in Akiba's Trip. It's probably just anon trying to "trick" people into watching it. You should do it if you're not already watching it, it's great.
>>153595234
From what I gather Yoshizaki came up with a general world setting (Japari Park) and the characters initially and then aided the creators of various media versions (game, manga, anime) in creating their own takes on it.
>>153595230
is their lost, not every friend can appreciate this tanoshii
I want to ride on Jaguar-san's river ferry!
>>153595353
I want to ride Jaguar-san.
>>153595353
What is Otter doing
>>153595353
Are those floaters in front of her?
>>153594118
Making a gross blanket statement about intellectualism by calling something you don't like "stupid and immature" does not lend much credibility to your opinions.
>>153595368
melting
>>153595368
Having a head like a happy meal. Feeling her IQ melting.
>>153595368
What she always does.
>>153595230
>posted by a westerner
whos the meme now huh?
>>153595397
not an argument
>>153595368
She's drowning. I told her it's tanoshii~
>>153595397
The telling thing is that he thinks learning and entertainment are two entirely separate and incompatible things. Outside of anime I get most of my entertainment from learning and even spend a large amount of my "anime time" on research.
>>153594265
3x5 serval jumps come on HIGHER FAGGOT
>>153595368
Probably something tanoshii.
>>153595353
Jaguars are sugoi
https://youtu.be/DBNYwxDZ_pA
>>153595473
Which is quite farcical. Entertainment is one of the most powerful medium to educate people.
>>153595500
I watched a documentary about Jaguars because of Kemono Friends. It was impressive how the cubs don't even cry when they are abandoned by the mother if there is a threat and they cant all get away together without being spotted. They just go find somewhere nearby to hide and stay there for hours even days without making a sound.
>/a/ caring about casual tastes
can we not
>>153595552
I think that attitude is probably the product of poor schooling, a dull mind or a teenage attitude to be honest. Poor schooling would lead you to think all learning is dull if you've never had enthusiasm for it due to poor teaching and a dull mind would lead you to think all learning was dull due to difficulty.
>>153595098
I think we should try to limit reposting of images, and pure image dumping on a /a/ thread isn't super tanoshii. Maybe try making a Kemono Friends thread on /c/ if there isn't already one.
>>153595608
I don't think anyone "cares" the marked difference is just interesting.
Wa~i
>>153595667
thats why I said post the best, not all
youre overthinking this
It's funny because people say that it's shit but it has a huge popularity. Can't they see that maybe their opinion is wrong or something? Or that they need to see the anime first and then make their opinion?
>>153595683
thick otter tail
>>153595683
FRIENDS ARE NOT FOR LEWD
>>153595667
I think posting new stuff is fine as it comes out, but just dumping things is a bad path.
>>153594970
> You can pet and cuddle an animal you have never seen before.
Most animals aren't immediately willing to be cuddled. Even with ones that are friendly they may try to get away if you just run up and grab them.
>>153595683
She is having so much fun.
>>153595608
This show is the perfect example of the rift between western audiences and Japanese audiences. It's just kind of interesting how most of the west doesn't know how to have fun, and also can't fathom that the Japanese might be enjoying a show for such a reason.
>>153595747
Otter lewd is tanoshii.
>>153595573
Kemono friends made me look up about Shoebills, and it's highly entertaining how that Shoebill got to meme status in Japan at 2014 because Chiba zoo, one of the few zoos that feature the animal ran a zoo popularity contest and Shoebill somehow took first place as a dark horse.
After the win at Chiba, Tokyo's zoo at Ueno park featured the Shoebill, and it started a trend where animal watchers would wait for hours in order to see the Shoebill at the zoo actually moving. It's sort of like starting the Buckingham Palace Royal Guards.
>>153595353
>finds a piece of broken bridge
>is a good swimmer and strong to boot
>decides to operate a free river ferry service for Friends who can't swim
Jaguar-san has a good heart.
>>153595683
I think Otter might be my best girl for years. She is just so fucking simple.
I used to photograph otters with an SLR camera in the 90s. Tanoshii.
>>153595283
Someone's saying it in the Akiba's Trip thread too, though.
>>153595810
This needs updating.
I wish Toki would bully me.
>>153595608
Its just a stealth way for wabo friends to shitpost their sugoi yamato damashii grorious nippon banzai fever.
>>153595637
Intellectual curiosity is at the heart of learning. The pursuit of knowledge in itself is a joy, and I don't think people who obsess about bolt carriers are any less giddy than the Otter as their state of mind really goes all happy meal when they think about the machining.
>>153595810
This image needs an update. I feel like the latest episode added a lot of Friends to the "考えるのが苦手なフレンズ" and "バカ" sections.
>>153595756
>they may try to get away if you just run up and grab them
Yeah of course you can't just walk up to them and grab em. You have to communicate with the animal. But if you have any experience with animals you know how to do this.
>>153595850
She wouldn't bully her fans.
>>153595747
It's only lewd if you are lewd, friend.
>>153595794
All animals are chill as hell, even Lion is all "Eh somebody could get hurt"
I want Jaguar to give me a ride~
>>153595779
I blame westerner fans being mostly college-goers who are supposed to see a logic or an explanation or a hidden symbolic message behind everything, and the need to sound intellectual all the time.
>>153595608
>can we not
did you get triggered
>>153595779
>the west is one person
>the west doesn't know how to have fun
>>153595954
Being a Pride leader seems like a nice life. You get to be lazy all day while the lionesses get you food, and you still get the biggest share. Your only worries are if someone decides to become the new alpha male, but if you're competent enough to win then there's nothing to be concerned about.
I wish I had friends
>>153595954
Lions are pretty chill when their territory isn't being threatened.
>>153595954
I hnnngged so hard when auroch and oryx got all scared when they thought they'd actually hurt moose.
>>153595954
of course the lion is chill as hell. thats what lions do, lie around all day
>>153595963
This art style looks familiar.
>>153595935
Not even if they ask?
>>153595954
Lion is a lazy friend.
>>153595637
Not that anon, but try to teach a child about division and do it in a manner that the child doesn't end bored.
I did that with my cousin, teaching him via flashy problems and talking about things related to division, but I don't think that a teacher with.. lets say twenty kids can go with that method because every child is different and cannot grasp the same theory on the same manner.
I'm not saying that you are wrong, it depends on what you are teaching and to who.
>>153596015
You are my friend anon and I will always be here for you.
>>153596041
>think you knocked someone's head off
>then they put their head back on
I'd be terrified too.
>>153591928
I like how their eyes are wide open and inquisitive
>>153596074
It's this guy I guess, whoever that is
https://twitter.com/masayasuf
http://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=7470146
Cats doing cat things
Why is this shit so popular?
It's really bad.
>>153596013
It's more on her opponent being Moose
>>153596148
> All those cats
Good taste.
>>153595683
It's good to know that we weren't the only ones who noticed.
>>153596217
Its tanoshii.
>>153596217
Ah, so you're a friend with shit taste. Sugoi!
>>153596122
I always got paid special attention in school due to being above average intelligence and being very eager to learn so maybe I have a distorted view of education.
>>153596197
Her and Serval just going cat things was the cutest.
>Go to /an/
>There is a serval thread
>It's not a Friends thread
>>153595353
I like her because she is Yui.
>>153595779
I don't understand why we even call a divide, I'm canadian and i love this show.
>>153596217
You say is bad because you watched or because other people say it's bad?
>>153596282
Because that's allowed on the board, silly cross boarder
>>153595954
The Lion's actually quite smart in realizing this, and I am not surprised given just how powerful the moose is. We know that getting wounds aren't matters to be taken lightly in the animal kingdom.
>>153595794
All of the animals are really are friends. Take Alpaca. All she wanted to do is to run the cafe and provide tea to friends, and she traded Japari buns to learn how to do that.
>>153595825
I don't see any mention of Yoshizaki Mine on the ANN page for Akiba's Trip, neither on the official website. And I don't see any mention of Akiba's Trip on Yoshizaki Mine japanese Wikipedia, while Japanese are quite autistic with their Wikipedia.
It's maybe a weird kind of trolling or a joke he's the only one to understand.
>>153596339
Jaguar is pretty much Yui from Nyanyashiki.
>>153595810
>頭がハッピーセット
I actually thought the Happy Meal head was an /a/ thing.
>>153596417
/a/ isn't that clever.
>>153596371
>Alpaca traded buns to the owls to learn how to make tea
>Beaver traded buns to the owls for house materials
Do the Owls control the Buns?
>>153596282
> post 2 in the thread
Stealth Friend?
>>153596445
The buns must flow.
>>153596217
Wow! You're a friend who's not good at bait! But that's ok, we'll find what you're good at!
>>153596350
Because I watched 2 episodes and found no entertainment in them. Plus, the show is just ugly.
>>153596472
Post 3, rather.
>>153596445
They probably make them, which is why next episode mentioned a cooking battle.
>>153596445
Can we assume then that the owls are the jews of Japari park?
>>153596344
That's because you're on /a/.
Someone posted a 2ch post a few threads back that pretty much hit the nail on the head, saying something along the lines of 4chan having taste closer to the Japanese, and that's why we go through 2 to 3 threads a day as opposed to the almost no english discussion of the show everywhere else.
>>153596484
Well then, don't watch it. Sometimes, you just are different from the others, and just need to be shunned and treated as a pariah.
Happens all the time.
>>153596484
Well, different tastes I suppose. I enjoyed it even when I just laughed at the cg at first.
But you gave it a chance at least. A lot more that some ''critics'' do. Well done friend.
>>153596445
Where do the animals even get their own buns from?
>>153593000
>muh deep
The nips love the cute girls, not that dark shit.
>>153596590
Smaller owls.
>>153596516
Most of 4chan's old-ass memes were imported wholesale from Futaba, so it's really not surprising that we would share the same tastes as them.
>>153596131
Doesn't this strip have 2 parts? The guy became a friend and turned into a girl.
Saw this on twitter
Can someone confirm this?
>>153596484
This is going to sound like just criticism and shitposting but it really isn't meant as such, butyou might like it more when you're older and more experienced at watching anime.
>>153596664
It has 4 pages, yeah.
http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=61330991
>>153596688
That is the correct translation of "suugooi", yes
>>153596688
CrunchyRoll may meme up their subs like they're doing with Gabriel Dropout, but they don't usually stick in Japanese text.
>>153587110
>>153587110
Ahh.... I sure am glad to be living here.
Yeah, for sure.
I used to live in a huge group so having someone around is really relaxing.
I, like, used to live with family, so having Prairie-san around is a lot of fun!
Praire-san!
Yes?
Ah, uh, in Prairie-san style...
Like, a greeting to say, please treat me well..
This is the first time I've gotten that greeting from another Friend...
It feels rather strange.
Wha- you didn't like it!?
No, it's that I didn't like it, but...
If you're gonna greet someone properly, you gotta use a bit more force and really get your tongue into your partner's mouth, like this!
>>153596664
>The guy became a friend and turned into a girl.
Sounds wonderful.
>>153596690
Because of the wonder on how it manages to keep it comfy despite its simple plot for each episode?
That story yesterday was too fucking hilarious to pass up. I want you to know anon that your pet probably loves you.
The animal commentaries by professionals is neat.
>>153590496
>not watching as it airs so you can share the tanoshi with other anons
Your a friend who likes to binge watch. Sugoi!
>>153596690
This is honestly good advice. People who can't appreciate it's simplicity haven't probably barely scratched the surface of japanese media at all.
>>153596806
I like how you can hear their chairs squeaking and stuff, like they're just sitting in an office or library smoking a pipe and bestowing their knowledge on you
>So, she wasn't annihilated, huh?
>>153591046
The BDs showed up in my Amazon recommendations and after checking out the official PVs I figured I was in the mood for a cheap-looking show about dumb genki animal girls. The fact that it was actually good was just an extra surprise.
>>153596798
Context?
>>153595988
> college-goers who are supposed to see a logic or an explanation or a hidden symbolic message behind everything, and the need to sound intellectual all the time.
I seriously detest people with that kind of pretentious attitude about rational thinking. Adhering to the scientific school of thought is just a structured way to answer the curiosities all around us, as is with being reductionist.
Anyone who's really there to pursue learning do this because an insatiable desire to know things and to sate that curiosity. The others are just treating the degree as a tool.
>>153596852
You knew that line was coming since the start.
>>153596852
It's not annihilated. What Tsuchinoko really said was:
"So they didn't go extinct, huh"
>>153596798
I do love it when these threads devolve into petfaggotry every once in a while.
>>153596857
An Anon has a pet turtle. The anon is a tsundere, the pet turtle a kuudere. Together they have a beautiful relationship.
>>153586271
>>153591744
Waaaaai!I might kinda sorta want this! No homo!
>>153596798
A very high maintenance living rock that will probably outlive you indeed
>>153596798
Sugoi!
>>153596857
Some guy was ranting about how he feels like his box turtle doesn't love him, or something like that.
>>153596857
An anon brought up his/her story on how the show reminded his/her current love and hate relationship on his/her pet box turtle. The turtle doesn't put out any affection (because its just a turtle), yet the anon keeps on voicing his/her problems, taking care of it, and protecting it from rowdy nephews and nieces
The anon also takes care of a cactus
>>153596921
I want /an/ to stay.
>>153596905
It's worse than just 'Kaban' not having perished. Futaba, 2ch and anon here have obsessed about what Tsuchinoko really meant with 'extinction'.
>>153596946
Why a cactus?
>>153591928
>cute
>>153596798
Nice. I hope cactus-anon is going to see it.
Also it would be fun to see this image reposted much later and out of context.
>>153596869
It doesn't help that American education literally beats it into your head that everything in fiction has to have some deep underlying meaning, and it's trash if it doesn't have that. Or even if the author didn't intend for it to have a deeper meaning it still has some kind of meaning they subconsciously added in relating to their society at the time.
>>153597004
Don't forget about how he's worried about how one day he'll die and his turtle will assimilate his body.
>>153597042
Because cactus is the most tsundere of plants.
>>153597042
He also has a cactus that gives him ''as much love as that shitty turtle''
>>153596516
so we are honorary nipponese?
>>153597068
And how reminds his turtle that if he dies it goes down with him.
>Westerners enjoyed Wall-E, a cute love and adventure story with a post-apocalyptic setting
>Westerners are baffled at a cute friendship and adventure story with a possible post-apocalyptic setting
Still, who knows, there might be people outside the park
>>153597168
Because Pixar's animation.
>>153597060
I don't think "death of the author" is limited to US education.
I've given up on literary analysis, though. I don't care if the books I read have deeper meanings, I read them for the plot and characters, not the symbolism.
>>153597168
Because anime is supposed to be something with deep story and characters in sakuga 2D animation according to the west
>>153597155
wat
>>153597141
We're engaging in the time honored European tradition of of culturally appropriating the colonial savages and improving it for our own devices.
Get wild ep6
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm30651862
>Go to Big Cat Rescue
>They sign off every night with "Good Night, Friends, Sleep Well"
https://twitter.com/bigcatrescue
Sugoi, Friends that rescue other Friends!
>>153597256
I think they are the ones assimilating us.
>>153582531
They were going to promote a game, but the game flopped.
They already bought the time slot, so they NEEDED to fill it.
They are filling it in the absolute cheapest way they can.
This show isn't about turning a profit, it's about cutting losses.
>>153597060
I thought it was a requirement to train students to constantly double think
I remembered when I was required to take one literature class as part of my college curriculum and everything was "loaded"
>>153597060
It's not entirely false, but searching for that meaning take a bit more than trying to infer from the text. I couldn't believe how that anon are quick to recognize the college-goers who are supposed to see a logic or an explanation or a hidden symbolic message behind everything, and the need to sound intellectual all the time.
It's almost pathetic that anon is quick to recognize the memetics behind Shoebill in the context of memes, and how Cryptids have driven humanity's pursuit on zoology, or that Kemono Friends simply isn't written as a typical Japanese toy commercial anime.
>>153597273
You're a big friend.
>>153597060
Every piece of fiction is a product of the society the author lives in.
>>153587110
>>153596759
Thanks.
>>153597273
Big tora
>>153597155
>>153597304
> Post about sand cats
Hah
>>153597060
It's not false though. The problem is when a person thinks he can find that hidden meaning on his own without any effort just because he has a college degree, and that it's the only valid way to analyze a work.
>>153597168
American blockbuster somehow get a free-pass. And yet they're still seen through the scope of "entertainment for children".
>>153597331
Well, they better make more merch to make less losses
>>153597378
Sua
>>153596798
>>153596857
For posterity.
>>153597331
It's also funny how so many people seem to assume that just because the show is pure CGI, there's absolutely no effort poured into it.
Donkey friend is smart.
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm30616884
>>153597304
>We have a serval named Desiree that only has 3 legs;_;
>>153597428
>>153597332
The problem is not in doublethinking. The problem is where are you looking in forming alternate perspectives. The context that a lot of these posters are drawing from are totally grounded in the american environment, which is really depressing when given that you are not addressing the Japanese situation on the ground by framing yourself to the world according to Disney, Comedy Central and Hasbro.
>>153597428
>it posted itself before I finished typing my post
Wa~i! My phone is a Skynet Friend!
>>153597315
In the sense that Rome was 'assimilated' by Greece, perhaps.
>>153597398
Well they are the ones that gave the sand cat commentary used in the anime.
>>153596798
Unexpected hnnnghs
Thanks Art Friend.
>>153597291
That fucking zoom out
>>153597411
Good thing they didn't try this on a Bewear
>>153597505
delete this
>ttw there's friends who are good with thinking about thinking!
I actually found this to be tanoshii.
>>153597331
The anime development started way before the game ended, though.
>>153597468
There's plenty of friends who pointed that your tortoise does love you, and you should stop referring to the tortoise as a turtle.
>>153597468
>twenty year old turtle
Holy shit.
With how the anon is acting isn't he technically married to his turtle at this point?
>>153597582
Box turtles are turtles, friend!
>>153597556
Metathinking?
>>153597582
>Although box turtles are superficially similar to tortoises in terrestrial habits and overall appearance, they are actually members of the American pond turtle family (Emydidae).
>>153597331
>>153597490
Some of the best work around, including a lot of classic anime, was done on shoestring budgets because that's the best they could do with what they had. It doesn't mean people aren't putting their 100% into it.
>>153597589
The anon's just so tsundere.
Yes, this is my mental image of him.
Finally some guide san art
>>153597291
okay this was cool
>>153597680
Mirai's pretty interesting. She loves animals, and sometimes you can imagine her being almost moist at the sight of new friends in the game.
>>153597589
Box turtles can live to 100.
>>153597331
That's false. The anime wasn't meant as a direct advertisement of the game, but rather as two independent installments in a cross-media franchise. And the director wrote thay he had been working on the anime for 500 days, so it was not made at the last moment to "fill a time slot".
>>153597468
This is too good. I want an anime of these two.
I think the fact that the show has an OP that changes with newly introduced Friends is testament to how the production team are trying their best despite limited resources. They could have easily just used the same footage from beginning till end.
>>153597732
>500 days
wait what I cant believe it
>>153597723
Shoebill's ouftit makes me think of Hellsing.
>>153597755
It is the same footage anon, they're just making the friend silhouettes not black anymore
>>153597331
This is so wrong, not even fanfic tier
>>153597755
They didn't add any of the new Friends from this week's episode, though.
D-don't bully Turtle-chan!
>>153597589
Isn't it obvious? The anon is taking care of his turtle really well so that when he dies, the turtle will have a 100% chance of dying without his care.
How can you be so blind /a/? He's not a tsundere.He was a yandere all along.
>>153594307
Are they wrong? Topselling manga are Naruto, Bleach, attack on Titan and Tokyo ghoul...
>>153597759
Think about it. The creator of Keroro was tasked with designing the animals and set up the worldbuilding. Do you really think that the production committee was thinking only in terms of a game? You don't get a guy with that kind of cred just for the sake of a game.
Same could be said with Fumikane Shimada who designed for GuP. (Yes, Fumikane did design a few ship girls as well, but that's well after KanColle hit it big)
>>153597800
I'm hoping they'll change it next episode, they always changed the silhouettes the episode after that Friend appears.
>>153597858
>welcome to
where's the youkoso?
>>153597759
I think he implied there was some production problems and it cumulated a lot of delays.
Also it's only the director, I doubt there was a full team at work for 500 days. Even if apparently their full team is like twelve people.
>>153597887
When I first I heard it I was really trying to figure out what the significance of こそ was in "Welcome to your こそ Japari park." The embarrassment afterwards was real.
>>153597726
That doesn't fit Kaban-chans personality so naybe she grows up to be like that.
>>153594307
>>153594385
>>153597824
They do like One Piece.
>>153597849
It's also worth mentioning that there seems to be no involvement in the anime by Nexon, the developers of the game. If it had started as the game you'd think their name would be somewhere on the anime.
>>153597680
You have to look at older posts, artists have been drawing stuff since mid 2015 or so because of the game. Not nearly as many as now, but there's some stuff.
>>153597946
Nexon's only involved with getting that game out and hosting it. They don't hold the IP, so a new game could be made without much fuss.
>>153597887
"Welcome to the Japari Park" is another line in the song.
>>153597778
Yeah I thought it was the Hellsing author as well but it looks like someone else.
https://twitter.com/First_Lottery/status/832773484690317313
>>153597945
maybe western adults like anime with serious and mature tones with blood and edge but are actually aimed at teenagers here in japan but we like anything that can make us happy and forget the stress of living in city? do not think i know people who read shonen jump after high school
>prairie dog and beaver episode
Is this show supposed to be this funny?
>>153598070
Lion and Moose are the best couple after Beaver and Prairie
bigfoot cryptid friend when?
>>153596339
>>153597468
>box turtle
>that really angry writing style
>turtle ages match
Wait a minute. Is that bestalityanon?
>>153598168
Aurochs is cool, even though her head is an angus beef happy meal.
>>153589007
I just realized the one with the three spooky arms is supposed to be Yatagarasu.
>>153598034
No, I mean in general. Her outfit makes me think of Seras'.
>>153598091
Yes.
>>153584845
Church of Kemono.
>>153598052
>we like anything that can make us happy and forget the stress of living in city?
Given the proliferation of wish fulfilment isekai I guess we can safely say that that is the case.
>>153598194
he sounds like a SEAnigger
>>153597957
Yeah but I'm looking at the けものフレンズ tag in twitter and it's the first art I've seen of her there.
>>153597468
>>153598194
Hot damn this guy is a riot.
>>153597974
How many people here are hikikomori Friends?
>>153598194
Holy shit
>>153598223
They love SAO for example.
>>153598333
Something went wrong with this Toki
>>153598194
So he's a known blogshitter. That makes it even funnier.
>>153598194
His legacy continues. And now I realize why he acted like such a faggot.
He was fucking in love with his turtle.
Astounding.
>>153598333
This Toki looks deranged.
What did he do to Serval?
https://twitter.com/Gundam_TV/status/829233269568856064
You must be a friend who's really good at cutting things! Sugoi!
>>153598439
That's how cats act when you get up in their grill when they don't want you to.
>>153598365
What's especially funny is that the countryside blog was from two years ago and he was only found out again because of his turtle of all things.
>>153597777
Eeeeh? Deadline? You've missed it!? Sounds bad!
Where do you think the missing deadline might be? Let's look for it together, okay? Don't worry! We'll definitely find it!!TL note: "To drop the manuscript" means to miss a publishing cutoff date, say, Comic Market's. If you can make the joke work better in English you're welcome to.
>>153598464
Now I want art of Wolverine hanging out with a wolverine Friend.
>>153598292
You can use that tag on pixiv and switch to oldest first. I only saved a couple of her though, there wasn't much. There's lots of other nice stuff.
>>153598439
serval hates his hairstyle!
>>153598194
I wonder if cornfapper's still here.
>>153598194
That's legitimately hilarious.
It's great that there are elusive recurring non-tripfag anons that you can somehow track down every now and then. It makes this place feel real homely knowing that it's just the same retarded faggots browsing it.
>>153598506
The joke also works a little better in Japanese because I think there's more of an appreciation that missing a Comiket deadline is basically suicide-tier.
>>153598504
>2 years ago I was laughing at him
man time sure flies;_;
>>153598194
>after he failed to hit it off with city girl he got a cactus
>>153598640
Is there a hefty fine or something? Or is it more like a career suicide?
>>153598823
This is the Japanese we're talking about, it's a sudoku thing.
>>153598845
It's funny how "sudoku" has pretty much replaced "seppuku" across this site.
>>153598623
We're all stuck here. I've been here for a while, but I know there's plenty of you guys who have been here way longer than I have.
These kinds of threads are especially good because a show like Kemono Friends is a complete deterrent to all the redditfags and normalfags.
>they just left Bossu next to to the bus the whole time
>>153597468
>>153598194
I need an anime of this guy.
It's like Barakamon meets Welcome to the NHK. Literally AOTY material.
>>153598909
awawawawawa
>>153598909
boss has gps capabilities anyway
she cannot get lost
>>153598845
"I have failed my fans by not delivering and must thus sudoku to pay for this dishonorabu conduct"?
>>153598952
>bossu is a she
WAT
>>153598980
Boss is a robot, I don't think gender applies to him.
>>153598194
Definitely a flipflag. The water buffalo, the rusted bolo, the bus terminal and rice wine all sounds like things you'd find in a flip country side.
>>153598980
well its a robot but since all of the Friends are female so she might as well be female
>>153598923
> ED is the turtle and cactus dancing
>>153599024
Racoon calls him a "him" in ep 6.
>>153598955
Something like that.
>>153598952
Boss gps is shit. Can't recalculate a route.
Maybe that's why in that world humanity disappeared. They developed science to the point of creating catgirls but their gps technology was years behind.
>>153598923
He also has a "fuck all you hillbilly niggers" inner attitude akin to 8man rather than Sensei's naivete. Truly AOTY.
>>153598506
What's the title?
>>153599053
There's a good chance that the Japanese term was gender-neutral.
I feel like his (her? it's?) regular voice is synthesized male but he's got the rerecorded girl's voice loaded inside.
>>153599053
in the subtitles or in the dialogs?
>>153599065
if i can recall boss did end up finding bag and serval at the end of the maze
>>153599053
No. You are reading from English subtitle. What Raccoon said was that:
"Arai-san can make it talk too!"
No specific gender was assigned.
>>153599009
Sounds like my kind of flipfag desu.
>>153599065
>humanity was wiped out because they kept running into rocks or drowning in a river because a bridge wasn't there
>>153599152
>>153599194
Just take off the armor!
>>153599065
>>153599132
>humanity disappeared.
Recall Sandstar. This could've been a global environmental disaster.
>>153599205
Okay then, I'll help.
>>153593256
It's tru tho
>>153599081
Title: "Yasashii~"
I feel pretty suspicious about liberal translations in general, but "manuscript deadline" might make it flow better.
>>153599248
Bossu!
>>153599248
put it back on
>>153599205
>83% of White Rhinos die from insecurity if they ever lose their armor
>The remaining 17% accidentally fall into water and drown
>>153598052
All these shows from Naruto to Attack on Titan are consumed mostly by teenagers in the west too. Adults might consider them "not suitable for children" in some cases. But that doesn't mean they consider them "mature".
>>153599261
it really tanoshiis your friends
no one noticed my fanart!
lets just make a new thread and forget that i tried!
>>153599370
I'll help you forget
>>153598194
Holy shit this guy's a legend.
Why haven't I heard of him in all this time?
>>153599328
I need PPP doing more than just episode previews.
>>153599370
>678 / 219 / 123 / 10
Wait 'til 700.
>>153599370
It's hard to tell which fanart it's made by /a/ in these threads.
>>153599429
The PPP song is addictive too. The OP though is brain melting.
>>153599370
Forgetting sounds good.
>>153599429
They do have models, so hopefully it'll happen.
>>153599370
Don't be shy, tell us which one it was.
>>153599486
I hope Giant Penguin joins the PPP even if she's extinct.
>>153599205
>Just take off the armor!
This kills the rhino.
>when they knock the moose hat off serval
oh my fucking god i'm dying
>>153599461
link to the song?
>>153599529
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm30657217
>>153599529
It's on the OP single on nyaa.
>>153599529
>>153599565
>>153599552
here.
https://www.bilibili.com/mobile/video/av8485555.html