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Shii
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| marie-antoinette wrote: | | Kyogissun wrote: | ...What? Huh?
Yotsuba&! is HARDLY otaku material, have you read it? Where the hell does being in a specific serialization determine its air time? .-.
It's extremely family friendly, completely harmless and is what I'd call, a GREAT all ages series. It's simple and quirky, it's quite capable of wide appeal as an anime. |
You'd probably say the same thing about Azumanga Daioh, which also was an otaku-aimed show in Japan. It might seem strange to Western sensibilities (I honestly don't understand it), but that doesn't stop it from being true. |
Actually, I gave Yotsuba&! volume 1 to a little girl I know and she's been its number one fan for three years running now. I've also seen it in conbini in Japan. Its mainstream appeal is undeniable. |
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Richard J.
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| Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 10:32 am |
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| RadicaLElly wrote: | | Oh, you mean as opposed to Azumanga Daioh where there was a scene where nothing happened but Sakaki petting Mr. Tadakichi for at least 30 seconds? |
And that is one of my five all-time favorite scenes in Azumanga Daioh. No offense to Azuma but his claims seems a tad weak. More likely, there's no anime being made right now because no one in Japan thinks they can sell enough DVDs and merch to make it profitable. (Or everyone's busy with other projects.)
It costs a lot of yen to make anime and get it out on TV over there.
Then again, they've made a lot of stuff into anime that seems less likely to sell compared to Yotsuba&! |
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Chrno2
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| Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 10:47 am |
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Funny that I've been thinking about the possibility of an anime and they're talking about debunking a rumor. Again there seems to be a "base" for it. But the problem is trying to direct it. His storytelling with 'Yotsuba' is very different from 'Azumanga Daioh'. I'd be interested to hear what his feelings were on 'Azumanga Daioh'. From what I can tell he had "friction". Hoo boo.
I personally would love to see an anime adaption of this series. I mean I'm surprised that nothing was pushed. With all the "drama" albums being published.
Well, at least ADVfilms is back on track and will be publishing the rest of the books. Think so far the series is up to 7, but we'll be getting vol. 6. |
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DuelLadyS
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| Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 10:51 am |
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| cetriya wrote: | them making an anime is not my issue right now.
My issue is getting a legit english version (if not, I'll see if there's a french one) |
My thoughts excactly- just keep my manga comin' and you can make whatever (weak) excuses you want for no anime adaption.  |
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RadicaLElly
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| Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 11:12 am |
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| cetriya wrote: | them making an anime is not my issue right now.
My issue is getting a legit english version (if not, I'll see if there's a french one) |
My issue is getting a COMPLETE English version. ADV stopped 3 years ago at volume 6 and there's no sign of them continuing anytime soon -_- |
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kyokun703
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| Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 11:21 am |
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| DuelLadyS wrote: | | cetriya wrote: | them making an anime is not my issue right now.
My issue is getting a legit english version (if not, I'll see if there's a french one) |
My thoughts excactly- just keep my manga comin' and you can make whatever (weak) excuses you want for no anime adaption. |
Seriously. While I'd love to see an anime of Yotsuba&! (I would probably die from laughter), I'd really rather continue reading the Yotsuba&! manga.  I still have my vol. 6 on preorder, just hoping... |
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PingSoni
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| Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 11:40 am |
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| cetriya wrote: | | My issue is getting a legit english version (if not, I'll see if there's a french one) |
If you know any Japanese at all, Yotsuba&! is easy to read. Yotsuba speaks in hiragana, as does almost everyone speaking to her or including her in a conversation. There's very little kanji used at all, except for a few names. Volumes 6, 7 and 8 are out in Japan. |
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TatsuGero23
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| Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 11:43 am |
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| bleuster wrote: |
I can see what Azuma is saying. You should also keep in mind that while the chapters have been published consistently for several years, in the Yotsuba universe only 3 or 4 months have passed. How well that would adapt to even a OVA or 13 ep. series, I don't know. You can stretch so much in a half hour show.
We'll see. |
I agree, when you read the manga, its very day to day rather then jumps through events or time. Alot of chapters are, something happens day 1, then the next chapter is day 2 or inspired by day 1 and such and such. Odds are a Yotsuba anime will only come out after the manga finishes or is close to finishing like Azumanga Daioh. Yotsuba doesn't seem like a anime you can leave open ended or make an anime only ending for.
I just wish ADV would just sell the Yotsuba rights to someone else already. I loved their mangas and its quality but if they aren't going to do manga anymore then come on already. |
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melonbread
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| Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 1:16 pm |
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That's a stupid excuse to not be able to do an anime.
The point of anime is that ANYTHING can happen. As proved countless times. So what if there is a scene where nothing happens for a few seconds? Sounds hilarious to me. I'm interested in this manga now. |
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dormcat
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| Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 1:52 pm |
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| Shii wrote: | | I've also seen it in conbini in Japan. |
Yeah right. We've also got BL manga and To Love-Ru figures in conbini. Are those mainstream too?
Those are popular among fans, but still far, far from mainstream. |
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Twilight Elk
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| Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 3:29 pm |
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Wait, did volume 6 ever come out? I never was able to find it.
Anyhow, I have heard the various rumors of Azuma being hesitant to turn Yotsuba&! into an anime, but I didn't hear about them because of the alleged problems. |
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bleuster
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| Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 3:35 pm |
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| marie-antoinette wrote: | | You'd probably say the same thing about Azumanga Daioh, which also was an otaku-aimed show in Japan. It might seem strange to Western sensibilities (I honestly don't understand it), but that doesn't stop it from being true. |
It might seem strange since I don't see any otaku centric features in AzuDai at all.
I know someone here mentioned about that and I just don't see it. The charming characters and playful sense of humor should be enough to be accessible and be up any one's alley, not just nerds.
If that someone just meant what you mentioned as a thing in Japan, then fine. I don't understand it, but alright. But to say that is also the case in the West, I don't think so.
Also, what the articles doesn't mention, Azuma is just plain 'ol busy. He doesn't seem eager to jump on the animation train and I'm personally fine with that idea. |
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Shiroi Hane
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| Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 3:39 pm |
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Whenever I read Yotsuba&! I can clearly hear Yotsuba's voice but I've never been able to figure out whose voice it is.
My biggest problem with the Azudai anime was when they tried to stretch a 4-coma gag out to half an episode and the pacing suffered as a result. One of my favourite strips is where Osaka walks into Yukari's room with a knife. The anime stretched it out way too long IMO. Other gags were padded out with extra dialog or telegraphing and suffered as a result. |
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RadicaLElly
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| Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 4:26 pm |
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| Twilight Elk wrote: | Wait, did volume 6 ever come out? I never was able to find it.
Anyhow, I have heard the various rumors of Azuma being hesitant to turn Yotsuba&! into an anime, but I didn't hear about them because of the alleged problems. |
It was supposed to have come out back in February but it's been put on hold indefinitely |
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marie-antoinette
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| Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 6:23 pm |
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| bleuster wrote: | | marie-antoinette wrote: | | You'd probably say the same thing about Azumanga Daioh, which also was an otaku-aimed show in Japan. It might seem strange to Western sensibilities (I honestly don't understand it), but that doesn't stop it from being true. |
It might seem strange since I don't see any otaku centric features in AzuDai at all.
I know someone here mentioned about that and I just don't see it. The charming characters and playful sense of humor should be enough to be accessible and be up any one's alley, not just nerds.
If that someone just meant what you mentioned as a thing in Japan, then fine. I don't understand it, but alright. But to say that is also the case in the West, I don't think so.
Also, what the articles doesn't mention, Azuma is just plain 'ol busy. He doesn't seem eager to jump on the animation train and I'm personally fine with that idea. |
I'm not saying it is the same in the West, because probably the reverse is true. But anime is still made with the Japanese target audience in mind (at least initially) and that audience would most likely be the "otaku" market.
Also, I don't see why Azuma being busy would have anything to do with it. I doubt creators are really that involved with anime (or at least they don't have to be). |
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