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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- It was cute I guess although animation feels a bit goofy at times. It shows our two main girls. I find their chemistry to be kinda interesting consider how close they become already. eh, the songs were okay I guess when the two performed a sort of duo together. Not sure how I feel about the performance they put at the end of the show. It seems catchy but I didn't find it groundbreaking. |
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| One big immature, excessive and noisy advertisement. Anime Mirai 2015, I expected better. And good luck having the most generic idol group name and personality. |
raveninthemuddleMar 25, 2015 1:54 AM
| Garbage tier pseudo-yuri. |
| The songs were a bit weird, but overall it was okay. Those 25 minutes were plenty, though. |
| The only thing about this show was the art. The drama didn't feel like a drama after all and the choice for one of the characters' voice actors really bugged me all the time (The red-haired girl) |
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| I hope this gets a full-length series or something. Looking at the next K-On! sensation right here! |
naki12 said: Anyway, animation was good, colourful art, girls were cute reminds of Sakura Trick but story needed more time! So I wasn't the only one being reminded of Sakura Trick while watching this. Even the uniforms were identical. Well, both are done by Studio DEEN so I guess that's expected. The song was pretty average, but decent enough for an experimental project. If this gets a full series, hopefully they'll include better music. |
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| Congratulations to the people here who were reminded of "Sakura Trick" (2014)! The director Ken'ichi Ishikura also directed "Sakura Trick" and "Maria Holic". The producer Norimitsu Urasaki also produced "Sakura Trick". That could account for some of the Yuri vibes. See here: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-07-10/anime-mirai-announces-projects-for-2015/.76507 To understand Anime Mirai 2015, here is a good English-language Wikipedia article explaining what it is about: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Animator_Training_Project If I understand correctly, this year is the final year that the Japanese government will be putting all of that money into this program: http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2014/06/23-1/anime-mirai-accepting-proposals-through-june-27th It is not clear specifically what is going to happen next year. In any case, for the past five years the Japanese government's Agency for Cultural Affairs has been putting in about US$2.27 million. Each year, they have funded four "projects". I guess each "project" is a 25-minute thing along the lines of an OVA. US$2.27 million may not sound like a lot of money to you and me. However, this is the budget for a normal 13-episode series. So basically these are extremely expensive student training projects. See here: http://www.crunchyroll.ca/anime-news/2011/10/30-1/how-much-does-one-episode-of-anime-cost-to-make Since I am not paying any taxes to the Japanese government, this sounds like a great idea. But it doesn't look like any surprise at all that this program is being dropped. It has been announced that it will now be run by the Association of Japanese Animations industry group. However, reading between the lines, that sounds like a face-saving and graceful way of shutting it down for good. But maybe they will keep going through the motions of putting on this annual Anime Mirai student-produced film festival. If anime studios want to train people, they should probably do it on their own nickel. If the Japanese government wants to subsidize the industry, then go ahead. In my country, our government pumps huge amounts of money into our animation industry. That is why a lot of animation gets done here. It sounds like a better idea just to throw money into the studios rather than having a special condition that it has to be used for a training program. Here are details in case anybody wants to get government support to make a cartoon series in my country (and they subsidize regular movies as well): http://www.pwc.com/ca/en/entertainment-media/publications/pwc-big-table-digital-animation-2014-08-en.pdf I hope that many young girls in Japan will end up watching this and be inspired to form their own "idol unit" and post their videos on "Noco Noco" and perhaps even YooToob as well. Nowadays, that is the way to get discovered. |
okanaganMar 30, 2015 9:13 PM
| I am not seeing things she was definitely eating her fist. |
| Wow that was awful. |
| added the fourth most popular anime onto this site |
| The art was ok, but the story was rushed like hell. And what's the point in making their voices much louder than music? I didn't like it. |
| That was a fun short movie for what it was worth. Surprisingly, it reminded me of "Your Lie in April". I am anticipating the other three Anime Mirai 2015 works. |
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| It was good for a one shot all the way up to when they needed to perform and then it just lost all it's flavor. The animation was appealing and again the little story wasn't bad until the last few minutes where it kind of unraveled. Just sorta lost it's charm come stage day. |
| Supporting characters (in case MAL doesn't update): 中山さくら - 早見沙織 Nakayama Sakura - Hayami Saori 坂田先生 - 内匠靖明 Sakata-sensei - Yakumi Yasuaki |
| The last song wasn't that great. The high notes were not fun to listen to. It was cuter than I thought it would be. Eri <3 Has this franchise/idea been around for a while? I have found online 4 Ongaku Shoujo CDs going back like...to 2013 even? |
Gar_LoganMar 30, 2015 11:48 PM
| I found Haru pretty annoying, lol. That aside I found this to be pretty bad. The animation was kinda nice, though, and I guess it has served its purpose. I would've liked more fan service. Oh well. |
"Be the change you wish to see in the world."  |
| Oh Look a blade-less fan! On MAL info it is said that this is a Movie...maybe a short movie? |
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| Yes, the four "Anime Mirai 2015" shorts are correctly called "movies". That is because they were screened at the Tokyo Anime Award Festival 2015. Since they each are only 25 minutes long, they are not "feature-length movies". Instead, they are called "shorts". But a "short" is one kind of "movie". |
kikohunter said: That was absolute trash. What a bad way to finish off Anime Mirai. Good riddance. Absolutely trash. I usually look forward to Anime Mirai too. >> Pretty animation, but wow Haru is ridiculously annoying. Archtype characters and painful fanservice. Designs were crap. Drama was crap. It was absolute crap. Even as an idol show.... ugh. Songs were completely lacking professionalism... which is fine for the amateur nature I guess, but lyrics were atrocious. Overall, horrible impression of Anime Mirai 2015. Hopefully Aki no Kanade and Kumi to Tulip are better. :( |
| This Haru is quite the bitch, and very well deserved that flying kick. Liked the music though. |
| Eriiiiiiiiiiii~~~~ |
| A book and who seek it attract one another. -Dantalian no Shoka |
| Does anyone know the background song which played about halfway of the episode? |
| Mori or Caffeine subs preferred? |
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Vampiress_D said: Mori or Caffeine subs preferred? I watched it with Mori Subs and there were zero problems with its translations as well as grammar from what I could tell. The typesetting chosen was well-defined and pleasant to look at as well. |
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Akarin said: The art was ok, but the story was rushed like hell. And what's the point in making their voices much louder than music? I didn't like it. And whats the point of giving the main girl two names when she's only going to use one? |
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| Cute and funny OVA. The first song sang by Haru was beautiful, but the others were just alright. I want the same desk for my computer ! |
Mimi_miau said: Does anyone know the background song which played about halfway of the episode? World Heroes, last track of their 2nd album. actually, I think that the music was quite good |
| pink bows hair is absolutely ridiculous :') |
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| Well, the character designs were colorful aaaand that's about it! This was a big disappointment compared to the other Anime Mirai I watched. The relationship between the two girls felt rushed and could in no way being accurately portrayed in such a short time. I mean they went from "I don't want to associate with her" at the beginning to "you are my reason to live, don't go away" in only 20 minutes. It didn't help that both were not really likable, Haru especially could not be any more obnoxious. The drama at the end was also forced and not needed. Meh! |
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| Lol, you guys expected too much. This was ok. It was cute. Didn't try to be deep or clever. Just wanted to rely a message, show some animation that wasn't bad although not amazing, introduce a catchy song, and be fun about it. It did just that in my opinion. |
Honoka is my Hero! Click Me! |
| Eh, it was ok. Really had to double check to see if this wasn't made by SHAFT, it's by Sakura Trick's director though, who used to work for SHAFT, so it's not very far off, liked the style it had. Really liked the sorta of glow the characters had too, really nice. First half was pretty nice, standard stuff but still pretty enjoyable, the second half was pretty meh though, especially the stage drama, song was kinda meh and boring really. I really like this song of theirs though. |
Paulo27Apr 11, 2015 6:09 PM
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| Hmm, it wasn't so bad I guess. Visually it was nice enough. But I would really do without that overly flashy fanservice, it wasn't needed to tell story like this. In fact, it was kinda counterproductive. Story was a bit unispired too. And the end was... well, I expected Haru either go away or to stay after the concert but they fade to black with no explanation. I take it they didn't win either as their singing was bad but at least they accomplished their dream. 5/10 |
| inspiring message, I liked it. |
| I like it actually. Didn't go in expecting a masterpiece, didn't get one, simple as that. |
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Hm... I see something simillar to Suzumiya Haruhi, Hatsune Miku, Akemi Homura and Kaname Madoka xD |
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| A rather beautiful show with nice characters. That's it. Music was generic, story was plain and lacking. Yuri didn't happen. Haru is transferring. So, basically, ohter than the visual aspect it failed in everything else. But it was cute, so, i guess ... whatever. |
| For me it was all rushed, they could have done a longer episode. I liked the yuri vibes, it would be great in a 12 episodes serie, I mean for the end it was like Haru would still go back after this, in a longer serie they could change that 7/10 |
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| Boring yuri-bait shit, most likely Sakura Trick told in one episode. It was really boring and the dumb rainbow girl was an annoying bitch. Wasted of time. |
 "Your sight, my delight. Will you marry me?" |
| Super-excitable girl and introverted, testy girl. Lots of bad "odd couple" humor. Huge-breasted mild-tempered secondary character. Girl band. Idol girl band. Gradient hair. Pigeon toes. "Studying overseas" separation drama. Big sappy speech that solves the problem. Yuri teasing. Generic in every way. The only good thing is that it's short. I can easily imagine this getting padded out to 12 or 13 episodes. Well, actually, while that probably would mostly be padding, the central story concepts could use some fleshing out as they're pretty shallow as it is. |
| Plain and generic. Nothing special about it at all. Taiko short > This |
| Wasn't a too huge fan of the story, but the art and animation sure were superb! |
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| Underrated Especially compared with other anime mirai stories |
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| Needs a TV show please. |
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| Nothing new in this show. |
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| What a disappointment, the first 5 minutes was really good, really colourful and I thought it was gonna be something great. It's such a shame that imo the OVA jumped the shark. They failed to make the relationship between Haru and Eri interesting, their goal felt really meh, the drama was overblown, and the resolution was cringey. Good for whoever worked on animating this though, already getting used to animating female proportions as a newb. The animation and directing were good, but storyboard shits the bed. |
| Honobono Log - best slice of life short -------------------------------------------- most kawaii loli overlord ---------------------------- Donquixote Doflamingo AMV - Control |
| Bad Ova with a horrible plot, very comun and simple...girl find gir, girl help friend to sing, friend has problems and arrives the drama and in the last second all end happy!!!!....the best, the characters, very atractives, but this not were enough to save this animation!!! 3/10. |
| I liked Eri, the music and the animation is honestly beautiful? I know it probably doesn't look too impressive to other people, but I really like it. But it could've been much better. 6/10 |
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