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NEWS: K Anime Gets Sequel Green-Lit

RyanSaotome wrote:

Makes sense. It sold pretty well...

It did? Huh, the Oricon figures were very disappointing, I thought.

Megiddo wrote:

PrecisionCrab wrote: Is this show any decent? Please say it is. Did you like Durarara? Do you like style over substance? If you answered yes to either of those, then you'll probably think the show is decent.

I liked durarara but that is not style over substance atleast not anywhere close to the degree that durarara was. durarara has a carefully unfolding narrative I seriously doubt that is the case with K.

glitteringloke wrote:

the only reason i didn't drop it after my 3 trial eps was that it was ONLY 13 eps long. >< the writing is a hot mess. most of it doesn't make sense and when they do try and explain things, it's so far down the line that i just don't CARE. it's pretty and has great voice acting. that's all i see going for it. it's the disappointment level that Togainu no Chi gave me :/ so much wasted potential

Hey who cares about the plot when the cleaning robots have a recognizable voice actor.

Honestly that's the one complaint against the show I've never really gotten. I can understand if you think they didn't explain a lot (and you do have to connect the dots for some of it) but it's honestly not that hard to follow and most of the events are foreshadowed enough in advance that it makes sense within the context of the show. Heck even half the stuff they didn't fully explain wasn't all that hard to piece together.

The show does have problems though(the biggest being having way too many characters for a 13 episode show to have a fully fleshed out cast) though I think if the show had been marketed as a mystery series(which is quite obviously what it actually is) instead of whatever...that marketing campaign was it could have avoided some of the issues with initial reactions but eh. Ultimently the show isn't as bad as it'll probably be remembered as.

K was fun.

It was insane, bizarre, disjointed, confusing, beautiful, blue and fun.

I thoroughly enjoyed the show from start to (hopefully at least, will find out shortly) finish.

Its one of those shows where you can tell everyone involved had a lot of fun.

Anyways, does it end on a cliffhanger? I like to marathon shows. Is the story cohesive enough to warrant waiting for the second season?

Megiddo wrote:

Probably not, considering Shuffle had that whole Kitto Kitto Kaede club.

"Not the guys with the sheets."

Like Medaka Box a few seasons back, worst anime of the season gets a sequel. Oh, Japan.

And since Sword Art Online is almost definitely getting a sequel, that would make three seasons in a row where the worst show gets a sequel.

Not gonna rant about fujoshi haters because it's known that K was meant to appeal to both demographics and every series with at least 2 male characters will have fujoshis like it or not.

But K being shallow or not having a decent plot is really false if you've seen the whole series and have paid attention to the visual hints spoiler[like the poster of the Isana temple (Isana Yashiro in Japanese) which already gave away that Shiro made up his name in the first episode].

Remember that K is not only an anime it has two ongoing mangas, K: Memory of Red which is selling pretty good, especially since it's set before Totsuka was killed and focuses on the Homra characters who are always on the background in the anime and K: Stray Dog story which is just Yatogami Kuroh's adventures before the anime; and two novels which were sold out before they were even released, especially K: Red side.

All this material aside from the anime has sell very well and helps you to understand more things, although K: Blue side had some part of its plot still unsolved, probably to sell more novels in the future or for this second season.

Red Fox of Fire wrote:

Megiddo wrote: Probably not, considering Shuffle had that whole Kitto Kitto Kaede club. "Not the guys with the sheets." Like Medaka Box a few seasons back, worst anime of the season gets a sequel. Oh, Japan. And since Sword Art Online is almost definitely getting a sequel, that would make three seasons in a row where the worst show gets a sequel.

You must have watched a completely different SAO than the rest of the population.

daisy23 wrote:

Not gonna rant about fujoshi haters because it's known that K was meant to appeal to both demographics and every series with at least 2 male characters will have fujoshis like it or not. But K being shallow or not having a decent plot is really false if you've seen the whole series and have paid attention to the visual hints spoiler[like the poster of the Isana temple (Isana Yashiro in Japanese) which already gave away that Shiro made up his name in the first episode]. Remember that K is not only an anime it has two ongoing mangas, K: Memory of Red which is selling pretty good, especially since it's set before Totsuka was killed and focuses on the Homra characters who are always on the background in the anime and K: Stray Dog story which is just Yatogami Kuroh's adventures before the anime; and two novels which were sold out before they were even released, especially K: Red side. All this material aside from the anime has sell very well and helps you to understand more things, although K: Blue side had some part of its plot still unsolved, probably to sell more novels in the future or for this second season.

Thanks for the explanation. I was wondering what could be done on a second season. I did find the series interesting.

You don't need to quote an entire post containing quotes from three other posts just to say you disagree with someone's opinion of two shows that aren't even on topic for this thread.