tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769341.post1706406197538887469..comments2024-02-18T03:10:48.829-05:00Comments on Blogfonte: Mitch H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01630047498946143646noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769341.post-4067070730989414422010-09-24T19:01:38.522-04:002010-09-24T19:01:38.522-04:00I guess I'm a little late here, but having pla...I guess I'm a little late here, but having played a good bit of Little Busters! myself, I can tell you that it's definitely not an "autumn" story. More like late spring/early summer. I've heard speculation that the "autumn" story is ONE, which was made by the founders of Key under the banner of Tactics (another galge studio) before they left to form Key. It was actually adapted into a couple of OVA series, one H and one non-H. I've seen the latter, and wouldn't really recommend it... if you thought Toei screwed up by attempting to fit all of Kanon into 13 TV episodes, imagine trying to fit a story of similar scale into four half-hour OVAs.<br /><br />For what it's worth, my opinions of KyoAni's Air, Kanon, and Clannad correlate roughly with yours (and Wonderduck's), and what I've played of Little Busters! beats all of them. Definitely looking forward to the anime adaptation.Andrew F.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769341.post-35428922881945514912010-09-19T16:29:18.175-04:002010-09-19T16:29:18.175-04:00Yeah, KyoAni apparently decided that the success o...Yeah, KyoAni apparently decided that the success of <i>Lucky Star</i> was due to the character designs, so now everything they do looks like that. Even <i>Clannad ~After Story~</i> suffered from LuckyStarification, which annoyed me to no end.<br /><br />Still, one can only hope that they'll come to their senses.<br /><br />The title <i>Little Busters</i> comes from the story, which near as I can figure follows a group of friends who have known each other since childhood. They hung around together so much, their little group earned the nickname of "little busters." The VN follows the story of the group now that they're in high school.<br /><br />So the title doesn't really have anything to do with the story, the way <i>Kanon, Clannad</i> or <i>Air</i> does.Wonderduckhttp://wonderduck.mu.nunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769341.post-86311666480055027292010-09-18T14:34:59.631-04:002010-09-18T14:34:59.631-04:00OK, Little Busters it is - doesn't sound like ...OK, <i>Little Busters</i> it is - doesn't sound like a promising title, but we'll see. As for Kyoto, I'm of a mind these days to not take any of the studios for heroes or villains; they're companies, like any other IP companies. I've got the new Bandai <i>Haruhi</i> second season set, and boy, they let things slide *bad* this time 'round. Haruhi and Mikuru look like the older cousins of the K-On! sisters, and even the backgrounds are kind of subdued, muddy, and wilted - as close to watercolor as KyoAni has ever gotten, AFAIK.<br /><br />I really didn't think much of what I've seen of <i>K-On!</i> for that matter. It strikes me as <i>Lucky Star</i> without Konata, Akira, or, really, anyone in the production giving much of a damn. There's just no "spark" to it.Mitch H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01630047498946143646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5769341.post-50955489801180184062010-09-18T02:10:23.469-04:002010-09-18T02:10:23.469-04:00I don't know if one of Key's other visual ...<i>I don't know if one of Key's other visual novels is the missing "autumn" or if it's just the three.</i><br /><br />"Autumn" is the VN <i>Little Busters</i> which doesn't have an anime... yet. I'd expect it to come along any season now.<br /><br />I'm a KyoAnimaniac. I feel that they can do no wrong, as long as they're covering someone else's work. I also feel that the only thing good about their production of <i>Air</i> is the scenery porn and the three second appearance of the <i>Kanon</i> girls in ep02 (I think it was 02).<br /><br />So, yeah, <i>Air</i> has its moments, but not much more than that.Wonderduckhttp://wonderduck.mu.nunoreply@blogger.com