Forum - View topicNEWS: Crunchyroll Adds Kiddy Girl-and, Mushi-Uta
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Shiroi Hane
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These titles are all part of their Kadokawa partnership deal: animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2010-09-15/kadokawa-pictures-to-stream-16-anime-series-on-crunchyroll |
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Sacto0562
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Kiddy Grade (I have it on DVD)--surprisingly good series, and one of series that put the GONZO animation atudio "on the map."
Kiddy Girl-and--talk about a big drop in storytelling quality!  Animation is not bad, though.
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agila61
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If only people had listened to Ginko! I didn't have TAO's reaction of marathoning it, but after watching the first, I'll watch more. |
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dragonrider_cody
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I think he was referring to Funi not picking up the second and third seasons of Hell Girl, after the first season disappointed in sales. So in that case, we ended up with a longer wait and then received them sub-only. So Funi didn't actually acquire or dub the entire series. Though I don't see how someone can get mad over Funimation making a business decision based on the data they had. If they could have acquired the later seasons, dubbed them and made a profit, they likely would have. Kiddy Grade was one of their first non-DBZ successes and it would make sense to pick it up. As to whether or not Funi will pick it up, unless it's ridiculously over priced or there are other issues, it should be grabbed sooner or later. I could see them waiting until CR's streaming window is over though. As for Kiddy Girl, while I liked Kiddy Grade, it was far from a quality title, particularly at the end where the plot fell apart. But it was a fun show and I did enjoy it. But if Girl and really was much worse as many have suggested, then I will probably pass for now. |
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TJR
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They're vastly different series. Kiddy Grade was a fairly conventional sci-fi action show (with a bit of a psychological angle) for its time. However, Girl-AND shook things up to keep up with today's trends. Characters were (unsuccessfully) refocussed to exude moe and the episode plots became extremely silly. The writer also tried to throw in otaku-centric parody at random so as to appeal to fans of gag anime. The problem is that most of it was forced and poorly done. With Kiddy Grade, they at least had a clear vision of the type of show they wanted. However, Girl-AND suffered from confused direction and a half-hearted attempt at becoming popular with too many people. Note: From the eight or so episodes I followed, I didn't think Girl-AND was all bad. A couple eps were decent time wasters, and a couple more were mediocre/passable but not altogether cringeworthy. And then a few were horrendous. I don't have the time to waste on the show, but you could certainly do worse. I think the Kiddy Grade connection just makes people more hostile toward it. |
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Megiddo
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Don't forget that Kiddy Grade actually had entertaining main characters and side characters, whereas in Kiddy Girl, Ascoeur will just get on your nerves and the quiet girl will just remain quiet, though still not be as awesome as Lumiere.
Really made me wish they had actually gone ahead with what they showed in the "Kiddy Grade 2" trailer years ago. Then at least we would have gotten more screentime with good characters, instead of a girl who will take off her panties at any invitation to do so. |
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Shiroi Hane
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..and Lucky Star is a show all about food. |
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egoist
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Well, I just finished doing the same thing. I must say that the first impression it gives (antihero) was somewhat misleading. But it was worth it, nothing beyond a 7/10 which is probably what it'll get from me. |
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