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pokoko on 24 June 2016
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Cloudman said:

Yeah, that is true. I just can't help but wonder a bit why they would show all of the witches. Part of the joy of reading it was the mystery of the next witch, like what they looked like, and what their power was. They even showed the most dangerous one too! I just feel maybe they could have left some of it a mystery? Just a nitpick from me.


Also, I read the 1st chapter of Again!!, and it's really good! The art is great, the main characters are interesting, and the story's got me hook, line and sinker. I didn't expect that girl to be sent back as well, let alone continue to stick with the main guy.

That was one of the twists I mentioned, Aki being there.  It really changes the dynamic of the story.  She's a really funny character, too.  She's up there with Usami, the Danchou, who I think is a fantastic character.  Usami is a really good person but she is so stubborn that she is her own worst enemy.  Really, it kills me that she messes up the main character's attempts to fix everything almost as much as the primary antagonist.  The author did a good job creating personalities that clash, thus creating natural conflict.

Actually, I just found out earlier that the mangaka is female and that she's writing/designing the new upcoming anime Yuri!!! on Ice, which is about male figure skaters.

Super_Boom said:
pokoko said:

Of course, many of those in Japan who watched the anime already knew the story from the manga.  I've seen anime openings which have characters who won't even appear in the anime.  They're less concerned with anime spoilers than we are.  Pre-release trailers will often show a lot of key moments.

I've always found it interesting how an animated work, where so much more effort goes into production, is often used simply to promote the written work. I mean, I suppose it makes sense based on the profit margins of both (mangaka salary vs. animation team, manga volume sales+magazine vs. DVD)...but it's such a difference with how this type of material is treated in the west.

I guess that's a bit of an aside, but it came to mind reading your post. It seems like a given that the Japanese audience is familiar with the source material, since the manga industry is so substantial there.

Yeah, it really does feel backwards, almost.  I see a lot of new anime fans here who have not yet realized that manga is the key industry in Japan, not anime.  Most anime is basically paid advertising that airs really late at night.  The fact that they're trying to use anime to sell figures and posters and such actually explains a lot about some of the copy-cat anime that gets produced.  

What kind of reinforced that realization for me was then I noticed that manga/anime characters read manga all the time but they only seem to watch anime when the narrative is trying to stress that they're otaku.