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Sep 28, 2015 9:01 PM
#1
The cast of the Fall 2015 anime Gakusen Toshi Asterisk (The Asterisk War) announced on Sunday that the series will be split into two separate cours of 12 episodes each. The second cours will air in Spring 2016. The announcement was made during the Niconico Live program Gakusen Toshi Asterisk 2nd Meeting. The series is an adaptation of the light novel written by Yuu Miyazaki and illustrated by okiura. It began publishing in September 2012 and currently has nine volumes in print by Media Factory. Gakusen Toshi Asterisk begins airing on October 3. Source: Niconico Live Gakusen Toshi Asterisk 2nd Season on MAL |
arsonalNov 17, 2015 6:20 PM
Sep 28, 2015 9:15 PM
#2
Glad for the fans and let's hope A-1 can keep up that high production value with this being split-cour. Seems like AMA by Silver-Link and Heavy Object by J.C Staff might be split-cours too so these three will probably be going at it again next Spring. |
EasyGo-erSep 28, 2015 9:22 PM
Sep 28, 2015 9:20 PM
#3
They did this a service by changing the character designs. |
Sep 28, 2015 9:25 PM
#4
EasyGo-er said: Glad for the fans and let's hope A-1 can keep up that high production value with this being split-cour. Seems like AMA by Silver-Link and Heavy Object by J.C Staff might be split-cours too so these three will probably be going at it again next Spring. Yeah HO is likely as well. Seems to be a common trend of recently. |
Sep 28, 2015 9:26 PM
#5
Cool, looking forward to it. The same thing might happen with AntiMagic Academy 35th Test Platoon (Taimadou Gakuen 35 Shiken Shoutai). |
Sep 28, 2015 9:49 PM
#7
EasyGo-er said: Seems like AMA by Silver-Link and Heavy Object by J.C Staff might be split-cours too so these three will probably be going at it again next Spring. And I picked all three of these shows. This bodes well for my team (even though other shows will likely do better in the end). FAL FALL 2015 YOU ARE MINE HA HA HA |
Sep 28, 2015 10:24 PM
#8
Pretty cool, but what is the obsession with making everything split-cour rather than simply making something 2-cour in one go? It seems to be becoming more and more of a recent trend, and I don't get why. |
Sep 28, 2015 10:37 PM
#10
Sep 28, 2015 11:28 PM
#12
FUCK YEAH that means we get a double harem/ecchi for both this year and next year |
Sep 29, 2015 12:14 AM
#14
Meh |
:3 |
Sep 29, 2015 12:33 AM
#15
Oh no, two times the cancer.... |
Steel Ball Run anime when? |
Sep 29, 2015 1:02 AM
#16
LittleCr0wxx said: FUCK YEAH that means we get a double harem/ecchi for both this year and next year i like the sound of that |
Sep 29, 2015 1:02 AM
#17
I prefer split cours to delays, it works better this way but I'm not sure about flow.. I wasn't too interested in this for the Fall season, but I'll keep an eye on it. |
Sep 29, 2015 1:09 AM
#18
Sep 29, 2015 1:54 AM
#19
danieltortoisee said: Pretty cool, but what is the obsession with making everything split-cour rather than simply making something 2-cour in one go? It seems to be becoming more and more of a recent trend, and I don't get why. It allows companies for higher more consistent animation quality. If the first cour was good, it also lets more people find out about the show in between the two cours, and builds more hype. |
Sep 29, 2015 3:26 AM
#20
Sep 29, 2015 4:11 AM
#21
like your common RomComs LN but the graphics on the anime looks awesome reading has mahouka,serei tsukai feels |
Sep 29, 2015 4:14 AM
#22
Yay i guess....... |
Lies are full of endless possibilies. |
Sep 29, 2015 4:35 AM
#23
Miragee said: I hate split cours... It used to be you'd expect to see 25+25 for stuff like Gundam 00 or Code Geass back when you could reasonably expect to see an anime series run 50 episodes, at least that's when I first remember it becoming a thing. Now the 12+12 split cour thing just fucks up the pacing and tends to create tonal dissonance and pointless time skips in shows pretty much always. With the amount of stuff that A-1 is crapping out nowadays though and just their general operating conditions the whole production on some shows would probably seize up if it didn't do this though and even then it kind of still does. |
Sep 29, 2015 5:01 AM
#24
eehh,not a fan of this split-cour trend because: 1. I'm not sure if I should look at it as 1 complete series or 2 seperate seasons (especially if the split gets announced right away) it makes rating the show harder. 2. I prefer watching series when they finish airing,so having to wait 3 extra months kind of sucks. 3. Due to the split,the creators can do some lazy timeskips and stuff between the cours making it a weird "not-quite-sequel, but doesn't continue where the first cour ended either" type of thing. 4. it fills up 1 timeslot from an upcoming season with something that isn't new. 5. It kind of boost the advertisement nature of anime even more,like no one is willing to take the risk to make 24+ episodes in one go; only playing it safe,everything needs to be backed with advertising. That being said, I'd still rather watch split-cour anime than no anime at all. I guess it does have a lot of pro's for the studios. (like having a better budget and also more time to make later episodes) + they can use the time between cours to build hype and advertise. So as much as I personally dislike split-cours,if it helps the industry then its ok. |
Sep 29, 2015 8:49 AM
#27
more julis hypeeee |
Sep 29, 2015 8:50 AM
#28
Not expecting much but with at least 24 episodes, it might actually get somewhere unlike other generic LN adaptions. |
Sep 29, 2015 8:57 AM
#29
Miragee said: I hate split cours... I get the feeling its gonna be same dull crap we been getting for the past few years. Summary seems generic enough and yet I'm still gonna watch this. The stupidity is off the charts! |
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Sep 29, 2015 10:27 AM
#30
Kaioshin_Sama said: Miragee said: I hate split cours... It used to be you'd expect to see 25+25 for stuff like Gundam 00 or Code Geass back when you could reasonably expect to see an anime series run 50 episodes, at least that's when I first remember it becoming a thing. Now the 12+12 split cour thing just fucks up the pacing and tends to create tonal dissonance and pointless time skips in shows pretty much always. With the amount of stuff that A-1 is crapping out nowadays though and just their general operating conditions the whole production on some shows would probably seize up if it didn't do this though and even then it kind of still does. What is your beef with A-1 I know your an avid gundam fan so I don't need the whole they try to be rival gundam but a real reason why your not a fan. |
Sep 30, 2015 12:20 AM
#31
Well, A-1 is pretty much crap when it comes to anything that contains action and their cooperation with Aniplex led to tons of rushed, mediocre to bad anime... Their shows almost never have any lasting impact writing or direction wise outside of the strengths of the source material, they are really bad when it comes down to bringing material to life - and yet, they massproduce. A-1 are the personification of mediocre adaptions at this point, along with the usual LN-focussed studios like 8bit, but these are even worse. |
Steel Ball Run anime when? |
Sep 30, 2015 5:49 AM
#32
Better production values I guess. |
All credit goes to Sacred. |
Oct 1, 2015 2:59 AM
#33
I hate split cours, but I guess this will be a good thing. They announced this in America first, so they are clearly trying to not disappoint with the budget they put into this. Rakudai Cavalry looks pretty damn good too in terms of productions values, but Asterisk manages to blow it out of the water. We're getting a decent amount of episodes even if they're split, so that's good. And with the staff and production values they're kind of touting it as the next (if not better than) Mahouka Irregular. So we'll see. IndigoBangarang said: eehh,not a fan of this split-cour trend because: 1. I'm not sure if I should look at it as 1 complete series or 2 seperate seasons (especially if the split gets announced right away) it makes rating the show harder. 2. I prefer watching series when they finish airing,so having to wait 3 extra months kind of sucks. 3. Due to the split,the creators can do some lazy timeskips and stuff between the cours making it a weird "not-quite-sequel, but doesn't continue where the first cour ended either" type of thing. 4. it fills up 1 timeslot from an upcoming season with something that isn't new. 5. It kind of boost the advertisement nature of anime even more,like no one is willing to take the risk to make 24+ episodes in one go; only playing it safe,everything needs to be backed with advertising. That being said, I'd still rather watch split-cour anime than no anime at all. I guess it does have a lot of pro's for the studios. (like having a better budget and also more time to make later episodes) + they can use the time between cours to build hype and advertise. So as much as I personally dislike split-cours,if it helps the industry then its ok. 5 might actually be a good thing. If the advertising leads to sales that's always a plus. Since sales seems to be something anime is getting lately #RIPManglobe |
Oct 9, 2015 10:22 AM
#34
I'm really disappointed.. |
Oct 9, 2015 10:24 AM
#35
Red_Keys said: it is shitSounds like shit. |
Oct 9, 2015 10:50 AM
#36
Well, maybe it will look more original in the Spring than it does now where there's another anime that looks just like it. |
Oct 9, 2015 10:51 AM
#37
JayBlue said: there's always an anime that looks just like this.Well, maybe it will look more original in the Spring than it does now where there's another anime that looks just like it. |
Oct 16, 2015 8:28 PM
#38
Well since it's gonna be 24 episodes instead of the usual 12 episodes for these kind of anime, I hope it evolves into something more than just harem/ecchi. |
Oct 25, 2015 2:52 AM
#39
Oct 25, 2015 3:32 AM
#40
Neko_Damashi said: Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry deserves season 2 than this show Nope. |
Oct 28, 2015 4:03 AM
#41
Dragon_Slayer_X said: Neko_Damashi said: Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry deserves season 2 than this show Nope. Actually yes it does. Cavalry at least is creative, has an actual good romance and the lead you can cheer for(and fight scenes that actually look great). Asterisk is just another harem LN adaptation. Frankly in a fair and better world, Cavalry would have Asterisk's budget and would be 2 cour. |
Oct 28, 2015 4:49 AM
#42
CookingPriest said: Dragon_Slayer_X said: Neko_Damashi said: Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry deserves season 2 than this show Nope. Actually yes it does. Cavalry at least is creative, has an actual good romance and the lead you can cheer for(and fight scenes that actually look great). Asterisk is just another harem LN adaptation. Frankly in a fair and better world, Cavalry would have Asterisk's budget and would be 2 cour. Nope........Rakudai getting a second season has nothing to do with Asterisk. "Deserves" is subjective and having read both LNs, i would put Asterisk above. I will be honest......Rakudai fans are being way too petty as they continue to berate Asterisk time and again. The only uncommon thing Rakudai did is establish a couple right at the start.........but it's still a normal action-romance show with a linearstory. People who tried to say Rakudai is much more than that didn't present much evidence in their case and once you get past the emotional moment of the fights, you will see the issues. Asterisk starts out slow but it gets better as the series progresses. The story and development is pretty good as well. It has a over reaching plot, most of the characters are involved in the story and they get some pretty good development. It's anything but a typical harem..........there isn't even that much fan service after volume 1. Also let's be honest, you are partially biased towards Rakudai because of Oonuma Shin. You don't even know whether Rakudai will get a second season or not, so it's simply pointless and quite unfair to bash Asterisk like this. Sadly, a lot of people are doing it continuously. |
Dragon_Slayer_XOct 28, 2015 4:57 AM
Oct 28, 2015 5:01 AM
#43
Dragon_Slayer_X said: CookingPriest said: Dragon_Slayer_X said: Neko_Damashi said: Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry deserves season 2 than this show Nope. Actually yes it does. Cavalry at least is creative, has an actual good romance and the lead you can cheer for(and fight scenes that actually look great). Asterisk is just another harem LN adaptation. Frankly in a fair and better world, Cavalry would have Asterisk's budget and would be 2 cour. Nope........Rakudai getting a second season has nothing to do with Asterisk. "Deserves" is subjective and having read both LNs, i would put Asterisk above. I will be honest......Rakudai fans are being way too petty as they continue to berate Asterisk time and again. The only uncommon thing Rakudai did is establish a couple right at the start.........but it's still a normal action-romance show with a linearstory. People who tried to say Rakudai is much more than that didn't present much evidence in their case and once you get past the emotional moment of the fights, you will see the issues. Asterisk starts out slow but it gets better as the series progresses. The story and development is pretty good as well. It has a over reaching plot, most of the characters are involved in the story and they get some pretty good development. It's anything but a typical harem..........there isn't even that much fan service after volume 1. Also let's be honest, you are partially biased towards Rakudai because of Oonuma Shin. You don't even know whether Rakudai will get a second season or not, so it's simply pointless and quite unfair to bash Asterisk like this. Sadly, a lot of people are doing it continuously. Cavalry wins out because it feels far more self-aware. Its like narrative KNOWS that it is an LN, while Asterisk plays it completely straight and srs. The comparison between the "seeing someone naked" scenes tells it all. The MC of Cavalry is also more likeable. Its always easier to cheer for an underdog who has to prove himself instead of "omg I am so overpowered that I just can't be arsed, otherwise I would be new god" MC of Asterisk. The fact that Cavalry did not have the cringe on the level of that fight in the latest Asterisk episode also helps ( "Omg I am so overpowered that I can own those haxx robots with one hand while holding this helpless waifu from my harem in other, please insert into me, dear reader" Asterisk feels a lot more by-the-book Mahouka-look-alike which is a big NOPE for me. Cavalry on other hand feels fresher and also the writers of anime seem to be modifying parts of it to make it even less LN-y than it already is. Also yes, actually NOT being a harem is helpful thing, as is having Oonuma Shin direct the action sequences. So yes, Cavalry deserves it more because at least I can see good in it. I have yet to see a reason to continue watching Asterisk after these four episodes. |
AhenshihaelOct 28, 2015 5:07 AM
Oct 28, 2015 5:22 AM
#44
CookingPriest said: Cavalry wins out because it feels far more self-aware. Its like narrative KNOWS that it is an LN, while Asterisk plays it completely straight and srs. The comparison between the "seeing someone naked" scenes tells it all. The MC of Cavalry is also more likeable. Its always easier to cheer for an underdog who has to prove himself instead of "omg I am so overpowered that I just can't be arsed, otherwise I would be new god" MC of Asterisk. Also yes, actually NOT being a harem is helpful thing, as is having Oonuma Shin direct the action sequences The fact that Cavalry did not have the cringe on the level of that fight in the latest Asterisk episode also helps ( "Omg I am so overpowered that I can own those haxx robots with one hand while holding this helpless waifu from my harem in other, please insert into me, dear reader" Dude please, stop changing scenes for your own convenience. And it's easy to cheer for the under dog but after the cheering ends it becomes much like "Power of Love and Efforts".........not a bad hing though but not a good thing bring about for bashing other shows. In Asterisk, there are way more powerful people than the MC even with his unsealed state so no he is not "OMG OP Gary Stu" kind of MC. Also he can handle rough situations quite calmly instead of resorting to violence right at the start.........like it or not, that's a fact already shown multiple times. The limitation doesn't make the battles easy either. Also anybody with a functioning brain could understand why the MC carried around his waifu instead of some stupid comment. - Julis as injured in the leg and Silas like to play dirty - Leaving Julis alone would make the fight much harder since Silas will just target her to distract Ayato Maybe cringe worthy to you but in no way illogical. Yes Julis could have defended somewhat but taking care of himself and Julis separately would just be harder and time consuming and time is something he didn't had. So all in all, he went with the best option. While this talk was skipped in the anime, it doesn't really need to be said to understand. But hey who cares, let use BULLSHIT and BUZZWORDs to bash the show just because i don't like it. CookingPriest said: So yes, Cavalry deserves it more because at least I can see good in it. I have yet to see a reason to continue watching Asterisk after these four episodes. This isn't a thread about which deserve a second season and "I can see good in it" doesn't help since it's still subjective opinion. Nobody is telling you to watch Asterisk but this complaining is pointless as well. Sigh whatever, whether you like it or not doesn't matter. Asterisk was already announced as 2 course and people whining won't change anything and there is absolute no reason to bash it because Rakudai got only 1 course for now. It's just Rakudai fans having issues and being petty...........nothing else. If the sales are good, it will get another season since there is enough material. |
Dragon_Slayer_XOct 28, 2015 5:27 AM
Oct 28, 2015 6:26 AM
#45
CookingPriest said: The MC of Cavalry is also more likeable. Its always easier to cheer for an underdog who has to prove himself instead of "omg I am so overpowered that I just can't be arsed, otherwise I would be new god" MC of Asterisk. The fact that Cavalry did not have the cringe on the level of that fight in the latest Asterisk episode also helps ( "Omg I am so overpowered that I can own those haxx robots with one hand while holding this helpless waifu from my harem in other, please insert into me, dear reader" Asterisk feels a lot more by-the-book Mahouka-look-alike which is a big NOPE for me. Cavalry on other hand feels fresher and also the writers of anime seem to be modifying parts of it to make it even less LN-y than it already is. Also yes, actually NOT being a harem is helpful thing, as is having Oonuma Shin direct the action sequences. So yes, Cavalry deserves it more because at least I can see good in it. I have yet to see a reason to continue watching Asterisk after these four episodes. After 4 episodes I feel they're both OP. They also have something that prevents them from being OP 24/7. Cavalry has some cringe scenes too. Remember the hostage scene? Telling Stella to strip ruined the moment for me. It actually made me enjoy the fight scene less. There was also that kiss with his sister. Episode 4 doesn't erase the first 3 episodes. Both show has problems. I still like them both. I hope Cavalry gets a second season. |
Oct 28, 2015 8:17 AM
#46
garydai said: After 4 episodes I feel they're both OP. They also have something that prevents them from being OP 24/7. Well I prefer " I might not have sheer power but I have tactics, planning and hard work and what restricts me is circumstacnces" than "I am basically god but since I am lazy I do nothing" Cavalry has some cringe scenes too. Remember the hostage scene? Telling Stella to strip ruined the moment for me. It actually made me enjoy the fight scene less. There was also that kiss with his sister. Episode 4 doesn't erase the first 3 episodes. The first scene I very much liked because they actually changed it from LN - instead of wimpering and Crying, Stella retained calm confrontative face and was allowed to rek some minion. The kiss was also great because unlike other LN work, literally Every single person not named Shizuku(including even background people) went "Wtf you are doing this is not okay". And that for once we can comprehend her obsession with her brother due to overcompensation. She is not "in love" with him. She just overcompensates because she feels guilty with how he was treated in the family. And in Ep4 she clearly concedes to Stella seeing her as someone who genuinely cares for him. The only episode I was meh about was Ep2 mainly because of harem elements, but even that had enough subversions to ell it. Ep3(especially the mall fight scene) completely sold me on the show I keep waiting for Asterisk to surprise me and it is surprising for me on just how much weight A1 is putting behind it... |
Oct 28, 2015 9:04 AM
#47
CookingPriest said: Well I prefer " I might not have sheer power but I have tactics, planning and hard work and what restricts me is circumstacnces" than "I am basically god but since I am lazy I do nothing" So much biased BS......did you miss the scene where he went out early in the morning in the second episode? I guess they have to show that at every episode to say that he has his own daily routine that he doesn't neglect it. Or did you miss that he was in a dojo in his flashbacks or the name of his style? Ayato didn't learn techniques because he is God but because he trained in his family style. Even when his powers are heavily restricted he managed to hold on his own for some time in the first episode, managed to deflect an surprise attack at point blank range and managed to locate Yabuki even among the crowd. That comes from experience and training not your shitty reasoning of "I am God". Keep missing these details for your own convenience. For someone praising Rakudai so much for details, you sure miss obvious things in Asterisk. Shitty bias running rampant again, as expected from Fai. Lastly Asterisk is slow-paced, stop jumping to conclusions when you conveniently miss small details. |
Dragon_Slayer_XOct 28, 2015 9:36 AM
Jan 26, 2016 8:41 PM
#48
what will be the last volume of gakusen ? or it will have 20+ light novel volume ? |
Jan 26, 2016 10:05 PM
#49
how many light novel volume it will be the gakusen ? any1 know ? |
Mar 28, 2016 4:59 AM
#50
I can't wait to air it on April 2 |
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