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Juno016



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PostPosted: Wed May 16, 2012 12:52 am Reply with quote
I'm kinda thinking that they're trying to ride the success of Kajiura Yuki as a popular composer recently, and also trying to pull on the strings of fans of .hack who loved .hack//SIGN in Japan since she also did the composition for that anime, too.

I mean, it's a good tactic in business. But Kajiura Yuki isn't cheap to hire, so I'm not exactly disappointed. I bought the first volume of the novel while I was in Japan, but never read it. I think I'm going to start reading it now...
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superdry



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PostPosted: Wed May 16, 2012 12:33 pm Reply with quote
Juno016 wrote:
I'm kinda thinking that they're trying to ride the success of Kajiura Yuki as a popular composer recently, and also trying to pull on the strings of fans of .hack who loved .hack//SIGN in Japan since she also did the composition for that anime, too.

I mean, it's a good tactic in business. But Kajiura Yuki isn't cheap to hire, so I'm not exactly disappointed. I bought the first volume of the novel while I was in Japan, but never read it. I think I'm going to start reading it now...


SAO is also a pretty popular property and I would say the anime is highly anticipated. So, I'm not surprised at the production committee going with Kajiura. Go with a big popular name for a popular title.
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rejer



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PostPosted: Wed May 16, 2012 7:50 pm Reply with quote
AW was cool like until last few episodes. I liked it when it was featuring a useless protagonist and how he was trying to get over it. But lately he started to getting stronger and popular and all... kinda meh.

But I'm looking forward to SAO as well. As always Kajiura's music is awesome.
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RyanSaotome



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PostPosted: Wed May 16, 2012 7:54 pm Reply with quote
Regarding SAOs existing popularity...

animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-11-30/top-selling-light-novels-in-japan/2011

Its the best selling light novel of 2011 that doesn't have an anime, and anime often boost a light novels sales by double if not more. It could get to the Index, Haganai and Oreimo level of popularity once it gets its anime.
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Juno016



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PostPosted: Wed May 16, 2012 9:31 pm Reply with quote
RyanSaotome wrote:
Regarding SAOs existing popularity...

animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-11-30/top-selling-light-novels-in-japan/2011

Its the best selling light novel of 2011 that doesn't have an anime, and anime often boost a light novels sales by double if not more. It could get to the Index, Haganai and Oreimo level of popularity once it gets its anime.


I know I'll see lots of fanservice from the merchandise and fan sides of the series... but I really hope the series itself avoids being as fanservice-dependent as some of the other series. I liked every one, but they still deterred me at some point.
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