Sound! Euphonium (light novel)
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| Best episode so far. Really liked it. Character development is going strong. It was nice seeing her smiling, she cute! Then again, KyoAni never disappoints, hehe. Can't wait for the next episode. |
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shirozawa-shiro said: I find it very unlikely i think the red string thing in the ending have more to do with friendship than love My thoughts exactly, hold your horses people. It's obvious Reina went there for the Sensei, though I think she probably has a soft spot for people with harsh opinions like Taki & Kumiko. |
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vodall said: Okay, then next time we'll have all the girls in Gundam mechas battling it out with the evil Noise. Will that make the slice-of-life more interesting to watch?I don't know why people are saying this episode was rushed; it was unbearably slow, much like the rest of the show. |
| What if the Hokey Pokey is what it is all about? |
vodall said: This series is the very definition of slice-of-life, unless you're life is a lot more exciting than most peoples. As you've been reading, most posters here can relate to what's going on in the story.sbyrstall said: Okay, then next time we'll have all the girls in Gundam mechas battling it out with the evil Noise. Will that make the slice-of-life more interesting to watch? If this was a slice of life, I wouldn't have as much of a problem with it. But it's not. |
| What if the Hokey Pokey is what it is all about? |
| am i the only one that shipping Reina x Taki ??? |
| Love this episode, Kumiko with her insecurities, and how she was struck by Kousaka smile, because me too! The visual, especially in the eyes, is very nice. And the way Kousaka break the commotion with her trumpet is just so cool. The marching part really reminds me of my marching band time. |
| great episode backgrounds continue to be really impressive |
| practicing band march i see the pacing was a little fast but they did a good job at the festival |
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JPthugnificent said: Ugh, this episode reminded me of my high school days when I was in marching band... practices under the summer heat was always killer, and when we had to march with our uniforms, it got even worse. Not saying this was bad, just brought back some painful memories :/ Also, I see that they're not using the marching tubas. Which is kinda weird, since those tubas are usually the things that stick out. Fun episode! They're not using the marching tubas but they are using sousaphones.   I think that Hazuki is doing pom because she's still a beginner at the tuba. |
| Man, just what was that? So relaxing and engaging. Reina reminded me of Rin (yeah the guy from Free) with her hair tousling. God, even in anime, the sound of alarm clocks is annoying. I freaking love Shuichi x Kumiko. That tch was awesome. So Taki-sensei is bad with directions, another character in my squad. Reina is freaking fab. That hair flip, I am in love. That performance was awesome! I am so HYPED. They all did a great job, I am proud of you all. Wow. |
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shirozawa-shiro said: zensunni said: I find it very unlikely i think the red string thing in the ending have more to do with friendship than loveWell, I never took my yuri goggles off, but this episode really cements the growing yuri vibe. I loved the glances Kumiko and Reina tossed at each other when they were trying on the uniforms, and that hair toss/smile when they were going home. To die for! So sorry for the trombone shippers and the Reina/Sensei shippers. The red string of fate in the ED doesn't lie. Note that in the ED, Kumiko is surprised that the string is there, but the look on Riena's face says, "Of course it is attached to me!" I think that it isn't the teacher that made her want to apply to this high school, but someone else who has applied there... :) We should just add that shoujo ai tag to this one already! Maybe it will turn into a yuri tag later. As I commented in more detail over in the thread specifically about whether this is shoujo ai/yuri or not, if you can find me ONE reputable source that talks about the "Red String of Fate/Destiny" meaning anything other than that the two people are destined to be lovers, I will entertain the idea that all of the yuri flags are false. Until then, I will stick with my initial interpretation. xSanox said: great episode backgrounds continue to be really impressive You can say that again! I am always a serious scenery porn lover and this series ranks up there with the best of them so far! Lovin' it! |
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Smudy said:  I fell in love on Reina in this scene. |
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| Man people just like to go on and on and on about that one scene with the hair flick thing holy crap. It's simply not within the capacity of my interests to find something like that that bloody interesting and worth mentioning over and over again. Hell even the scenes I do find interesting in anime I can't see myself going on and on about and posting constantly to that sort of degree. If you ask me this just seems like yet another show where everything just seems to revolve around glitzy visuals and while I know that people love to point out that anime is a visual medium it can't just all be about that all the time. As Tomino said anime can't just be all about bishoujo and iyashikei all season every season as the gold standard and expect to build interest as a medium as a whole. |
Hotokotenshi said: derickpetate said: WHAT SONG DID KITAUJI PLAY PLEASE The song is YMO's Rydeen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFu66ye6YWM We can't forget about this version too! Such a masterpiece~ |
nikkochi said: We can't forget about this version too! Such a masterpiece~ Is it wrong that I assumed this was K-Pop before looking at the video based on the thumbnail image? |
| At least they didn't overuse the CG during the marching. I was getting a Love Live trigger from it. |
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Kaioshin_Sama said: Is it wrong that I assumed this was K-Pop before looking at the video based on the thumbnail image? You're not the first that thought this XD |
| That was a great episode. Reina is <3 Plus seeing the people's reaction to Kitauji's performance is awesome. It felt really good! |
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| KyoAnime never lets me down, seriously. KUMIKOOOO <3 <3 <3 |
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| Constantly impressed with the use of cinematography in this series. Very nice background blur effect and knowing how to keep the foreground and background from feeling muddled. Although I felt the SunRes festival was downplayed it's still building things at a nice even pace. |
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Incidentally before people praise the backgrounds in this episode too much I feel it's woth mentioning that they're actually photographs that the animators took and added some blur too to make look a bit more like artwork and superimposed the characters on: While hardly an uncommon technique (Love Live does it too) usually you'll see more alterations done to these sorts of scenes to make it harder to identify as a real life photo and you'll see some tracing or personal touches to give it more of an anime feel rather than just a blur filter. It's become a minor controversy in Japan since people thought it was drawn and were impressed until somebody found the actual train and made this gif which showed that not all that much effort actually went into it beyond post processing. Personally I see why they do this sort of thing because it saves money and looks pretty good, but I still prefer it when animators come up with their own backgrounds from scratch that still look good. |
parfaited said: Still rather boring though a large part of that just might be me projecting because I was in the string orchestra and we had a rivalry of sorts with the band. Those losers marching outside in the heat while we were indoors being classy as fuck. String orchestra master race reporting in here, I see. |
Kaioshin_Sama said: Damn Man, Where've you been??? Ever since G-Reco and Aldnoah. ended I've been missing your constant bitching and whining |
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Devil-Saint said: Kaioshin_Sama said: Damn Man, Where've you been??? Ever since G-Reco and Aldnoah. ended I've been missing your constant bitching and whining shots fired |
| This is getting a bit gay. |
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Kaioshin_Sama said: Old news. Ever heard the idea of referencing? They used this same technique/idea in Chuuni, Hyouka, FREE!, TLS, Disappearnce in the past. If absolutely everyone could have done it even a fraction of what they can do though. This was the actual picture taken by KyoAni stuff. They animate using the reference. It's not plain and simple making blur and adding characters. What makes KyoAni outstanding is they make the BGs look more vivid than the actual places are. I have already seen more than this capture and someone also pointed out that the dimensions don't match. Which means, they are redrawn from the reference. |
shanimebibMay 6, 2015 10:20 PM
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| This episode was pretty cool for a couple of reasons. It really reminded me when I was in high school band and our band (a relative unknown) performed at a popular festival that had some of the best bands in the state play in the parade...and the bands are also judged. The band I was in ended up taking second place in the competition, which was a huge stunner because we were not expected to finish even in the top five. It was hilarious when they announced the results and how we reacted when we found out we got second. You'd have think we just won the national championship with our reaction because it was so stunning that we beat some of the bands that we beat. Our band was never a powerhouse, so to climb into that echelon was pretty cool. It's pretty cool when your band gets recognized in a competition/festival like that, especially when you're considered "underdogs." |
shanimebib said: Kaioshin_Sama said: Old news. Ever heard the idea of referencing? They used this same technique/idea in Chuuni, Hyouka, FREE!, TLS, Disappearnce in the past. If absolutely everyone could have done it even a fraction of what they can do though. This was the actual picture taken by KyoAni stuff. They animate using the reference. It's not plain and simple making blur and adding characters. What makes KyoAni outstanding is they make the BGs look more vivid than the actual places are. I have already seen more than this capture and someone also pointed out that the dimensions don't match. Which means, they are redrawn from the reference. Dude I don't really care, I'm just pointing out stuff. Don't worry Kyoani will still be around tomorrow even though I made a point of this. I literally just said it's not even that uncommon too and pointed out another example and you still felt you needed to give me the whole "Kyoani is the greatest" spiel I've heard a hundred times before (literally) and put words in my mouth. It's like why do I even bother trying when people are so defensive nowadays. Also I disagree that they look more vivid here, maybe more blurry but hey what are you gonna do, different people obviously see these things very differently. You've literally told me nothing I'm not already aware of about animation techniques or explained anything more than already did, just added your own version of it. |
PeacingOutMay 6, 2015 11:10 PM
Kaioshin_Sama said: shanimebib said: Old news. Ever heard the idea of referencing? They used this same technique/idea in Chuuni, Hyouka, FREE!, TLS, Disappearnce in the past. If absolutely everyone could have done it even a fraction of what they can do though. This was the actual picture taken by KyoAni stuff. They animate using the reference. It's not plain and simple making blur and adding characters. What makes KyoAni outstanding is they make the BGs look more vivid than the actual places are. I have already seen more than this capture and someone also pointed out that the dimensions don't match. Which means, they are redrawn from the reference. Dude I don't really care, I'm just pointing out stuff. Don't worry Kyoani will still be around tomorrow even though I made a point of this. I literally just said it's not even that uncommon too and pointed out another example and you still felt you needed to give me a spiel and put words in my mouth. It's like why do I even bother trying when people are so defensive nowadays Yea, it's not an A1/Aniplex/Sawano show so there's no reason to make a big deal out of petty, insignificant things. |
fst said: Kaioshin_Sama said: Dude I don't really care, I'm just pointing out stuff. Don't worry Kyoani will still be around tomorrow even though I made a point of this. I literally just said it's not even that uncommon too and pointed out another example and you still felt you needed to give me a spiel and put words in my mouth. It's like why do I even bother trying when people are so defensive nowadays Yea, it's not an A1/Aniplex/Sawano show so there's no reason to make a big deal out of petty, insignificant things. Eh it pretty much happens all the time. If you point out anything that people see as a criticism of Kyoani's animation style even if it's not really then they tend to get really really defensive. I'm pretty sure they'd even get defensive if you said you liked other studios animation styles too and failed to add "but Kyoani's is better" or something. They just always have to be acknowledged as the best ever at least every other 5 posts in any given thread it would seem. |
| Moe or not, they were cute on this episode. Wish the parade had lasted longer. |
Kaioshin_Sama said: It's like why do I even bother trying LOL.........It says alot when even you do'nt know why you're such an obsessive Git Kaioshin_Sama said: Eh it pretty much happens all the time. If you point out anything that people see as a criticism of Kyoani's animation style even if it's not really then they tend to get really really defensive. I'm pretty sure they'd even get defensive if you said you liked other studios animation styles too and failed to add "but Kyoani's is better" or something. They just always have to be acknowledged as the best ever at least every other 5 posts in any given thread it would seem. Wait..........I thought A-1 was the most popular studio |
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| This episode made my KyoAni Boner so raging hard. Good stuff. |
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Kumiko looks depressed after seeing Asuka's chest, hehe.... I'm glad that Kousaka and Kumiko can get through together this time. I want to see Kousaka smile more! So far, so good. I like it! |
parfaited said: Yeah, sounds like projecting. In college there were a fair amount of the members of the orchestra that marched. So you were either a string (which is understandable) or one of those snobby "I'm to good to march" winds or brass players, but those were very few. In fact, a few orchestra sting players took up an instrument or flag. There was hardly any rivalry because of the crossing over.Still rather boring though a large part of that just might be me projecting because I was in the string orchestra and we had a rivalry of sorts with the band. Those losers marching outside in the heat while we were indoors being classy as fuck. sbyrstall said: This series is the very definition of slice-of-life, unless you're life is a lot more exciting than most peoples. As you've been reading, most posters here can relate to what's going on in the story. Their fishing has reached a new low. FYI, you might want to look at drum corps which you can easily find on Youtube. They put a lot of other music groups to shame. |
| What if the Hokey Pokey is what it is all about? |
| Nice and decent ep. I love that the friendship between Kusaka and Kumiko is slowly build up and not that they become friends in a second. Beside from that I liked how they become better to get ready for the Nationals. The outfit for the Sunrise festival were cute though and they did a nice performance, though I think their performance should have lasted longer. :) Anygays, nice build-up ep. |
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Ruben_Jb said: Those two scenes really stood out in animation! This was just so beautifully done! It's a shame those pictures aren't as beautiful here on my computer screen as when I'm playing this show on my big TV screen.  This is the GIF picture of her smiling: http://giant.gfycat.com/LazySkeletalGlowworm.gif  Great episode overall! yeah, the animation in that ep. were great. actually generally it's great too. though I think the blushing should be many red lines between each of their cheek than a two red spots. What also suck about the animation is that only girl are blushing. I know it's shojou, but stll it's weird. And that they blush all the time. That's a little bit annoying too. |
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| Best series this season so far IMO. The animation is a thing of beauty. The story isn't optimal but they are doing their best. The moment when the train doors slam shut, until Reina walks away from Kumiko- every second is perfect. |
LanzMay 7, 2015 9:57 AM
GohanwaOkazu said: Devil-Saint said: Wait..........I thought A-1 was the most popular studio Whether A-1 Pictures is the most popular studio is debatable (I am not saying that it is not). A-1 Pictures has been producing more than one series in the same season; some of them have enjoyed big disk sales like Sword Art Online (35,879), Uta no Prince Sama (33,593), Anohana (31,524), Working! (17,695), and Idol Master SG (15,163). Those disk sales are comparable to those which KyoAni has produced, like K-On! (43,883), Haruhi (42,525), Lucky Star (29,146), Free (29,033), Clannad (24,808), Chunibyo (15,466). However, A-1 has also made several flops like Fractal (785), Fairly Tale (665), Galileidonna (643), Shinsekai Yori (587), Tsurugajo NaNaNa (528), whereas KyoAni's sales flops have probably been just Nichijo (2,765) and the Munto Series (which was a sort of experimental venture without wide airing). If you compare the overall average sales, KyoAni would probably win (although I haven't and won't be bothered to do the calculations). A-1 Pictures might not have a strong "fan base" like KyoAni, Shaft, PA, etc., as the styles and quality largely vary by the series. This is due to the fact that the directors and/or chief animators are often not the in-house staffs of the company. KyoAni relies mostly on a core of in-house animators, who are actually even members of the executive board of the company (Ishihara, Takemoto, Ikeda, Kigami [aka Miyoshi]), ie those who have rights on deciding the corporate orientation. So KyoAni is an "animators' company" (the Executive Director Yoko Yata is an animator and she apparently has the final say in most practical things; her husband is the CEO). KyoAni is also a regional company based in the suburbs of Japan's former capital city (Kyoto, Uji to be more precise)- it has a strong attachment to the Kansai Region and naturally many locals like that. Tamako and Euphonium are explicitly Kyoto-ish by nature of story as well as the background scenery; K-On! and Chunibyo takes scenery from Kyoto and nearby Shiga Prefecture; Kyokai no Kanata from Nara Prefecture. Haruhi is tied to Nishinomiya area between Kobe and Osaka. It is similar to PA Works which shows considerable attachment to the Hokuriku Area in which it is based. A-1 Pictures does not have that regional attachment/fan base as they are based in Tokyo. That does not mean that A-1 is inherently bad, although it has been criticized publicly for being one of the so-called "Black Corporations", which won't pay attention to the well-being of workers. According to the Labor Standards Inspection Office of Shinjuku Ward, A-1 made one of the staffs heavily overwork for 600 hours per month without payment, which led to his suicide in 2010. Because of this, A-1 Pictures received the dishonorable Black Industry Award in 2014, thus it is not really a production company that many animation fans praise about. The fans of Anohana are fans of the series, the style of the director Tatsuyuki Nagai (freelancer), and the scriptwriter Mari Okada (freelancer), as well as the voice actresses; they are not fans of A-1 Pictures. All this does not necessarily mean that A-1 Pictures produces bad animation and aren't the most popular. It's just that the target market and the company's orientation are a bit different. I like some of the works of A-1; whereas I like many (perhaps even most) of KyoAni's works with varying degrees. I'd say in terms of Disk Sales Sunrise is right up there too, probably hold the all time record for most hits throughout the years stretching back to the 80's and even as recently as last week they had a chart topper with Gundam The Origin. They also have Love Live The School Idol Movie, Gintama and Code Geass Akito the Exiled Part III coming up. What's more usually the hits they've done have come from scratch that they've built from the ground up which is a lot harder to do. Most people seem either completely unaware of this or just don't care because a lot of their titles just haven't caught on of late outside of Japan for whatever reason. Probably not putting a lot of them on Crunchyroll has a lot to do with it. IMO A-1 just does the most stuff lately and always seems to be in a position to choose from stuff that's already extremely popular (Idolmaster, SAO, Uta no Prince, Nanoha, Persona, Seven Deadly Sins etc.) and comes with a massive preinstalled fanbase from it's original source making it really hard to tell if it's because of them and if it's the sources that are popular or A-1 (I think it's the former). Personally I find most of their work pretty crap lately, especially this season but I think that's no secret. Kyoani it's definitely the studios brand popularity that moves their product which has a lot to do with the consistency though they did have their period where they got to choose from stuff that was already really popular like the KEY and Kadokawa Shoten adaptation and unsurprisingly a lot of their best sellers in the 20K+ region come from that era. |
GohanwaOkazu said: 1) Anti-Kyoani fanatics have been claiming that this is an infringement of copyright and a crime. In fact, as the ending credit clearly states, KyoAni has been making this series in cooperation with the railway company. 2) Crazy fans apparently phoned the railway company; the railway company replied that they've been providing KyoAni with materials on trains. So no copyright infringement (which is evident if they used common sense without bothering people at work). 3) The anime picture and the photo put forward by an anti-KyoAni fanatic are apparently different. Anime picture is probably taken from Car No.1 of the train set, as the door leading to the driver's cockpit is white (and the Car preceding it is not visible as it should be. Photo is taken from Car No.2, as the door in front leading to Car No.1 is dark grey in color. In any case, there is blur and movements of straps in the animation, so it's not a simple reuse of photos with effects. It's a waste of time of watching an anime just to slate it. There are dozens of animes that aren't worth watching and not even worthy of mention. FYI The words in the blue rectangle in the picture of the ending subtitle says,  Railroad Support - Keihan Electric Railway Co., Ltd. |
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