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If they really wanted to end things on a downer, they would've ended it with Tomoko screwing her brother out of getting into a good high school. That was depressing as hell because she was actually ruining things for someone else.
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Harettazetta posted:Shoo-in for my 2013 anime of the year, so far. This site puts it under Teekyuu (very low budget anime that could make it's investment back with like 2 sales) and Rokyubu (hahaha, Watamote is hosed).
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Sep 25, 2013 04:46
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RIP an actually good current anime.
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Sep 25, 2013 04:51
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Like Flowers of Evil before it, WATAMOTE anime was too good for this world.
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Sep 25, 2013 05:05
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Well how are manga sales doing? Remember that Chihayafuru had rather poor DVD/Bluray sales but manga sales significantly increased thanks to the first season and we got a second one as a result. So there may be hope for a second season assuming the manga is selling well. If not, then oh well. 
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Sep 25, 2013 05:09
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I can't make out much of what the numbers mean on that site, (What does a Star or Circle mean? What do points mean? *edit* Stars are Blu-rays, circles are DVD, circle in a circle is box set) but it looks like it's not actually on sale yet, so.. does that help any? Plus if we go by this list, Kiniro Mosaic is doing well enough to get infinity seasons, and while that's cute, I find that hard to believe. Also if you order it by what I think is number of new reservations? it's in 6th place, is that any good? 
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Sep 25, 2013 06:21
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The first numbers are the estimated sales based on Amazon preorders. The second number is the number of preorders confirmed through the Niconico Marketplace. And Kiniro Mosaic isn't doing as well as you think. To put it in perspective, Nekomonogatari on that list is expected to make around 30,000 sales while Kiniro is only expected to make around 4k. Edit: Basically anything with over 5k total sales is certain to get a second season and anything between 3-5k has the possibility. Anything lower than that will have to have outside forces push for the second season like manga sales, merchandise sales or promotion reasons. Zettace fucked around with this message at 11:49 on Sep 25, 2013 |
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Sep 25, 2013 11:35
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I'm not sure I really got that epiphany at the end. Did she finally get over the whole popularity thing and just doesn't care anymore? I'm not too sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing.
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Sep 25, 2013 13:02
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Besides the 'Another' reference, could we say that the running part at the end was in reference to Nichijou?
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Sep 25, 2013 14:44
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I don't think I've ever felt as much sympathetic pain while watching an anime as I did while watching this one. It's definitely one of the best anime to come out this year. The ending scene of Tomoko fleeing as the theme song played was the perfect way to end.HGH posted:I'm not sure I really got that epiphany at the end. Did she finally get over the whole popularity thing and just doesn't care anymore? I think they were just finishing things off with a glimmer of hope, because not doing so would have been too cruel to her and the viewer.
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Sep 25, 2013 18:13
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HGH posted:I'm not sure I really got that epiphany at the end. Did she finally get over the whole popularity thing and just doesn't care anymore? Nah it ended on a slightly high note but she didn't learn a ton, if this show does somehow get a second season it'll be easy to write her as just going 'wait yea I do care a lot poo poo' because even though she did grow in small steps she's still the same otaku spaz.
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Sep 25, 2013 19:00
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That's basically how the manga goes, yes.
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I saw a section on the NHK news channel today (Japanese news station) in it they spoke about Watamote and that stated the anime has been a massive hit, especially with the western market. I'm pretty sure they said in response to the wests positive reaction towards the series this has generated quite a bit of hype amoungst Japanese consumers leading to decent sales of the manga. Maybe I'm clutching at straws but maybe it is not doing as bad as we all think it is, I'm hoping that we could see a second series of this, its nice to see something original in the "school genre" of anime
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The most interesting thing about that is Japan giving a poo poo about a series' popularity in non-Japan markets outside of "huh, that's a thing".
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MadRhetoric posted:The most interesting thing about that is Japan giving a poo poo about a series' popularity in non-Japan markets outside of "huh, that's a thing". National pride, I guess?
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VoLaTiLe posted:I saw a section on the NHK news channel today (Japanese news station) in it they spoke about Watamote and that stated the anime has been a massive hit, especially with the western market. We can always hope. I do really hope this ends up as another Chihayafuru at the very least where the manga sales are driving the anime. As long as we get a second season. Regardless of a second season, at least we're getting an OVA. 
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MadRhetoric posted:The most interesting thing about that is Japan giving a poo poo about a series' popularity in non-Japan markets outside of "huh, that's a thing". Yea I thought outside markets had little real effect on Japanese sales and treatments unless it was a huge thing that went straight up global in success.
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HGH posted:I'm not sure I really got that epiphany at the end. Did she finally get over the whole popularity thing and just doesn't care anymore? She accepted herself, sans the clapping/congratulations.
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Sep 25, 2013 23:28
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VoLaTiLe posted:I saw a section on the NHK news channel today (Japanese news station) in it they spoke about Watamote and that stated the anime has been a massive hit, especially with the western market. Isn't that basically saying "a lot of people are watching it on Crunchyroll"? That might be a big deal for that service if views there are enough to make an impact on the production team. Of course this is in many ways the Watamote team finding something positive to say, and like, it might not be enough to actually affect what is made, but still, I think it's a cool thing.
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Tatum Girlparts posted:Yea I thought outside markets had little real effect on Japanese sales and treatments unless it was a huge thing that went straight up global in success. Spike Chunsoft have said that 9 Hours, 9 Persons, 9 Doors wouldn't have gotten a sequel if it wasn't for its success in the west. So western success can save a series struggling in Japan sometimes.
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njsykora posted:Spike Chunsoft have said that 9 Hours, 9 Persons, 9 Doors wouldn't have gotten a sequel if it wasn't for its success in the west. So western success can save a series struggling in Japan sometimes. Games also do a LOT better in North America and the original devs more than likely get a bigger cut of the pie than anime gives back. In the anime boom, there was several anime that was funded using North American companies money (Kino's Journey I believe, had ADV listed as part of its committee). However, the boom is over and unless it's already a huge series on its own, the amount of money a show can ask top dollar for is very slim (Attack on Titan probably cost Funimation a pretty penny) and there's no way that Watamote is going to be able to fund a second season on North American sales considering the license has already been paid for and royalties/bonuses, if even there are any, are going to amount for jack poo poo in the long run.
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What's up with her classmates being freaked out at her killing a cockroach? Is that a Japanese thing? Where I grew up in the States and where I've lived in China everyone would have A) Ignored the thing and B) Killed it if they didn't ignore it. As far as outside markets go, this show seems super unpopular in China. I work in an incredibly nerdy office (though anime is a whole lot more "mainstream" here as a whole) where people have Gundams on their desks and talk about attack on titan all day but I mentioned this once to a friend and she pretty much went "ahhhh that show is terrible don't watch it!" and no one else had even heard of it. Though for reference, if Chinese streamviews are to be reliable Chinese audiences have amazing taste and just can't get enough To Love Ru sequels. Ailumao fucked around with this message at 16:06 on Sep 26, 2013 |
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Magna Kaser posted:What's up with her classmates being freaked out at her killing a cockroach? Is that a Japanese thing? Where I grew up in the States and where I've lived in China everyone would have A) Ignored the thing and B) Killed it if they didn't ignore it. I think the freak out is more over the gleeful way she killed it, than that she killed it at all. Also that she's a girl, and the gossipers are girls. I suspect that the Tomoko experience is utterly, completely alien to the Chinese single-child/academic hothouse/massive-socio-economic-change environment. To the Chinese view, Tomoko is (a) incredibly spoilt and/or rich to have a personal computer and TV and games console, (b) outright breaking the law by having access to pornographic material, and (c) living in an unbelievably lax school, since she never worries about exams or homework, (d) really lucky and/or is breaking the law to have Tomoki actually exist at all. So instead of being sympathetic, or at least pathetic, the series is First World Problems: The Anime. Fangz fucked around with this message at 17:06 on Sep 26, 2013 |
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Sep 26, 2013 17:02
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Fangz posted:So instead of being sympathetic, or at least pathetic, the series is First World Problems: The Anime. This is basically how a Chinese friend of mine described it. She thought it was interesting but couldn't get past the thought of 'she has her own computer and TV and poo poo, and doesn't constantly stress over exams? What is she bitching about not going to cafes for?'
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Sep 26, 2013 19:25
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Fangz posted:So instead of being sympathetic, or at least pathetic, the series is First World Problems: The Anime. snucks fucked around with this message at 05:42 on Sep 27, 2013 |
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Sep 27, 2013 05:37
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New Manga episode... not really, it's an Omake. It is relevant as it mostly tells us what the creators thought about the production of the anime. "We are really sorry that you have to do this" There's also a two-page for the main story. It is pretty funny and pretty goddamn disturbing...
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Sep 27, 2013 14:33
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Is 48 the last chapter of the manga? If it is I just finished it and now desperately need more in my life. Now I want the show to get a second season even more because somehow stuff gets even better in the chapters after the first season's.
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The manga is ongoing, but it's technically an online comic. The Omake came from the published version of Volume 5 which came out on the 21st. Chapter 48 was out on the 19th. http://www.ganganonline.com/comic/watashiga/ 
Dehry fucked around with this message at 20:20 on Sep 27, 2013 |
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Sep 27, 2013 20:15
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Yea that was dumb I meant last released chapter, just making sure the site I was on wasn't behind or anything.
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Oh wow.  I'm sure it will look great where ever you choose display it. http://mikatan.goodsmile.info/en/2013/09/30/nendoroid-kuroko-tomoki/
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Nendoroid has really hit it out of the park lately with this and the Colossal Titan. First time I've actually wanted to buy any of the drat things if I could justify spending the fairly ridiculous sums on them.
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To me, the most interesting thing about this show is the hentai. Because of the central premise that Tomoko is unloveable, it would be out of character for men to be loving her, even if they have no faces. So there's a disproportionate amount of solo and ecchi. Some also use loopholes by making the men disgusted as they gently caress, or by having the scenario be something she's imagining in a thought bubble. Some of it doesn't consider this at all, and it's always of the worst quality, as if these considerations go along with the general thoughtfulness one needs to make good art. (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)
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What?
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Ignore him, he's a troll who will be banned very soon.
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Takoluka posted:What? Normally in hentai, you would expect the main character to be having sex, yes? But since it's Tomoko, that would be strange. So the various approaches hentai artists take to this problem are interesting. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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How did you get unbanned?
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Oct 3, 2013 04:40
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Pollyanna posted:How did you get unbanned? The mods realized that I hadn't been trolling and unbanned me.
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A Major Fucker posted:The mods realized that I hadn't been trolling and unbanned me. If you aren't trolling that makes it worse. I didn't realize anyone could unironically compare Watamote to hentai, yet here you are. This is a comedy show about a socially incompetent girl, not porn or even a parody of porn.
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Oct 3, 2013 06:45
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Why the hell are you replying to someone already on probation?
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I really want to believe he copied that post from somewhere else where people are having intricate and verbose discussions about how particular anime porn is decidedly bizarre sue to the nature of the source material I have a PhD in anime please like and reblog these important issues
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