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Dominic Hokage: Nov 11, 2003

Heh.

# ? May 2, 2009 15:42

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# ? May 24, 2013 05:00

Buffis: Apr 29, 2006; I paid for this

Do want.

# ? May 2, 2009 15:56

AnacondaHL: Feb 15, 2009; "I'm curious!!"
"...ah...w-well..."

This show has already turned my brain into mush, and I have limited Internet capability, so I don't care if this is a stupid question.

Is that a photoshop?

# ? May 2, 2009 16:54

Konstantin: Jun 20, 2005

AnacondaHL posted:

This show has already turned my brain into mush, and I have limited Internet capability, so I don't care if this is a stupid question.

Is that a photoshop?

Looks like it, googling doesn't turn up anything, and nothing is listed on a quick check of blogs that would report this sort of thing. Also, why would they release it on the Xbox360, the least popular current gen console in Japan? Finally, the game is rated 'Z', equivalent to the ESRB 'AO' rating. I doubt a K-ON! version of Guitar Hero would be rated Z. Still, I would buy Cageyake! Girls as DLC in an instant if it was offered.

# ? May 2, 2009 17:11

Radish: Aug 13, 2003; not so ruff onichan

Xbox has Idolmaker so I would guess the type of people that would buy a moe themed guitar hero controller already have the system.

# ? May 2, 2009 17:26

pee-chan: Apr 10, 2009; by Fistgrrl

I have no shame.

# ? May 3, 2009 03:57

Network: Sep 16, 2008

This new episode just redeemed the whole series for me. I hope it stays like this now, instead of fan service episodes.

# ? May 3, 2009 04:23

Beautiful Ninja: Mar 25, 2009; Five time FCW Champion...of my heart.

Well this show took a turn to the Nanoha with the last episode.

# ? May 4, 2009 12:09

Revolver Bunker: May 12, 2004; 「この一撃にかけるっ!」

Beautiful Ninja posted:

Well this show took a turn to the Nanoha with the last episode.

Huh? Explain.

# ? May 4, 2009 16:24

WillieWestwood: Jun 23, 2004; Happy Thanksgiving!

Revolver Bunker posted:

Huh? Explain.

I think he means it's mirroring Nanoha's first season, where the first five or six eps were just about finding jewel seeds. Then the first real battle came along, changed the direction of the show and made it awesome.

WillieWestwood fucked around with this message at May 4, 2009 around 17:40

# ? May 4, 2009 17:38

Nate RFB: Jan 17, 2005; CG: IT'S ME AGAIN, ASSHOLE
CG: THE ONE WHO HATES YOU, REMEMBER?

Also known as Growing The Beard.

# ? May 4, 2009 17:52

jaymack: Nov 27, 2007; ok

Nate RFB posted:

Also known as Growing The Beard.

I like this explanation the best.

# ? May 4, 2009 19:29

Revolver Bunker: May 12, 2004; 「この一撃にかけるっ!」

Nate RFB posted:

Also known as Growing The Beard.

Ah, okay that makes sense then. I assume he's talking about episode 5.

Edit: Meant episode 5. Curse my counting ability.

Revolver Bunker fucked around with this message at May 6, 2009 around 06:57

# ? May 4, 2009 23:10

sleeps-chan: Jan 7, 2006; by T. Fine

here some cool k-on pics, I guess

I wonder if instrument sells are up?

# ? May 8, 2009 00:12

AnacondaHL: Feb 15, 2009; "I'm curious!!"
"...ah...w-well..."

sleeps-chan posted:

That bass isn't left-handed.

# ? May 8, 2009 00:31

darkgray: Dec 20, 2005

Episode 6 has the worst depicted live performance I've seen in anime, I think. Huge disappointment, considering Haruhi.

# ? May 8, 2009 00:36

WillieWestwood: Jun 23, 2004; Happy Thanksgiving!

darkgray posted:

Episode 6 has the worst depicted live performance I've seen in anime, I think. Huge disappointment, considering Haruhi.

Haha, I thought the only reason the anime was made was that someone like Live Alive and thought a moe music anime about aspiring high school girl rockers would be a good thing.

On the other hand, the music video was a nice if improbable touch.

WillieWestwood fucked around with this message at May 8, 2009 around 10:46

# ? May 8, 2009 04:51

pokecapn: Oct 17, 2003; yeah, galo sengen

darkgray posted:

Episode 6 has the worst depicted live performance I've seen in anime, I think. Huge disappointment, considering Haruhi.

Alternately, for people who think that a music video featuring the girls is a lot more entertaining than sweat dripping off Haruhi's hair, the performance was pretty rad.

edit: I guess I should say Coalguys's 6 is out, but the raw they used is pretty grainy.

# ? May 8, 2009 08:20

bubblegumbo0: Apr 24, 2008; 我的機動戰士是個ヤンデレ!

Their live song was pretty forgettable and not too great, where as the song from the Haruhi one was much better in my opinion, even though I've only watched it twice and it's been like two years at least since I last heard it.

Kinda disappointing considering the theme of this series.

# ? May 8, 2009 10:44

Kweh: Jul 20, 2006; ROYAL
STRAIGHT
FLUSH

I warned you people (actually I didn't) but you still got your hopes up that the music was going to be good.

# ? May 8, 2009 11:02

Oceanbound: Jan 19, 2008; 回回回回回回回回回

Wow, a song that had lyrics about fluffy bunnies and written by inexperienced beginners isn't really great. Who woulda thought it. Plus if you want a live scene done like Haruhi then you should just watch the live scene in Haruhi. From the sounds of things I thought that the animation quality in the scene would be dreadful, and it was, but they masked over their lack of budget pretty well by not even trying to do another Haruhi.

But the most important thing is that the rest of the show would be much better if Yui's voice broke permanently.

# ? May 8, 2009 12:24

Buffis: Apr 29, 2006; I paid for this

I kind of like episode 6. It was absolutely a step down from the last one, but this show is still really entertaining.

# ? May 8, 2009 14:17

Xythar: Dec 22, 2004; echoes of a contemporary nation

I thought episode 6 was okay until that loving ending, christ. How do you even go from episode 1/2/5 to fanservice as blatant as this? It's just one step forwards two steps back with this show

Also, the music video was pretty obviously put in there to save money on animating the actual concert, seeing as you barely see them play at all. I guess if the alternative is a concert animated like the ED then it's the lesser of two evils. But why exactly do they need to be stingy with the animation budget in the first place, I thought like a bajillion people were watching this?

# ? May 8, 2009 17:36

SDShamshel: Jun 19, 2004; Picturing You Naked

I think you guys are confused.

Turns out, this show isn't Haruhi or whatever with instruments, it's Jem and the Holograms with Moe.

# ? May 8, 2009 19:57

InterceptorV8: Mar 9, 2004; Would have been a shame to blow it up.

Xythar posted:

I thought episode 6 was okay until that loving ending, christ. How do you even go from episode 1/2/5 to fanservice as blatant as this? It's just one step forwards two steps back with this show

I think I must not understand what a ricebowl has to do with life.

# ? May 8, 2009 21:58

SpazmasterX: Jul 13, 2006; MORE ROBUST THAN EVER BEFORE.

InterceptorV8 posted:

I think I must not understand what a ricebowl has to do with life.

# ? May 8, 2009 22:10

InterceptorV8: Mar 9, 2004; Would have been a shame to blow it up.

SpazmasterX posted:

Oh hell no.

# ? May 8, 2009 22:23

WillieWestwood: Jun 23, 2004; Happy Thanksgiving!

InterceptorV8 posted:

Oh hell no.

It was a rather nice euphemism.

# ? May 8, 2009 22:30

Plorkyeran: Mar 21, 2007; Plorky Pig, let's get that Maria+Holic typesetting done yeah? You're starting to develop the requtation of lazy and slow, so ammend that for your own sake

Now add in porn music and... (mildly nws)

# ? May 8, 2009 22:49

Rommelous: Jun 28, 2008; FA-BU-LOUS

Plorkyeran posted:

Now add in porn music and... (mildly nws)

I don't even know what to say.

What the gently caress have you just done, Japan.

# ? May 8, 2009 23:05

Xythar: Dec 22, 2004; echoes of a contemporary nation

InterceptorV8 posted:

I think I must not understand what a ricebowl has to do with life.

Okay, so now the other thing that makes me angry about the ending is that I actually knew what they were getting at.

# ? May 8, 2009 23:21

ColdPie: Jun 9, 2006

Oh my god, it's spreading!

Before you know it they'll be nothing more than heads on bodies.

# ? May 9, 2009 04:08

leather fedora: Jun 26, 2004; The closest acceptable translation is
"die properly"

I thought the music video was an interesting idea and the bowl joke was really funny. Episode 5 was way better of course, but they did need to progress with the series and actually perform at some point.

# ? May 9, 2009 10:29

Dominic Hokage: Nov 11, 2003

Come on, it's been only 6 episodes and clearly the climax is Budokan, so let's enjoy the series for what it is.

# ? May 9, 2009 16:35

jassa: Nov 7, 2005; "He's so awesome!"
He really is!

Xythar posted:

Also, the music video was pretty obviously put in there to save money on animating the actual concert, seeing as you barely see them play at all. I guess if the alternative is a concert animated like the ED then it's the lesser of two evils. But why exactly do they need to be stingy with the animation budget in the first place, I thought like a bajillion people were watching this?

How is it cheaper to animate a music video than animate them playing the instruments?

# ? May 10, 2009 10:41

Xythar: Dec 22, 2004; echoes of a contemporary nation

jassa posted:

How is it cheaper to animate a music video than animate them playing the instruments?

Because it's a lot easier to just draw them statically driving someplace in a car than it is to do all the intricate animations of them performing music?

I mean if it's so easy to animate someone playing an instrument then the ED wouldn't look so ridiculous. I mean just look at Ritsu's freaking arms.

# ? May 10, 2009 12:30

InterceptorV8: Mar 9, 2004; Would have been a shame to blow it up.

Xythar posted:

Okay, so now the other thing that makes me angry about the ending is that I actually knew what they were getting at.

Shame on you!

# ? May 10, 2009 13:47

AnacondaHL: Feb 15, 2009; "I'm curious!!"
"...ah...w-well..."

Xythar posted:

Because it's a lot easier to just draw them statically driving someplace in a car than it is to do all the intricate animations of them performing music?

I mean if it's so easy to animate someone playing an instrument then the ED wouldn't look so ridiculous. I mean just look at Ritsu's freaking arms.

Yea. I mean, you guys do see even in the OP the same music playing sequence is shown like 4 times right?

# ? May 10, 2009 17:14

jassa: Nov 7, 2005; "He's so awesome!"
He really is!

Xythar posted:

Because it's a lot easier to just draw them statically driving someplace in a car than it is to do all the intricate animations of them performing music?

I mean if it's so easy to animate someone playing an instrument then the ED wouldn't look so ridiculous. I mean just look at Ritsu's freaking arms.

But that's not what the music video was. It had its fair share of still shots, but had plenty of animation too.

I guess I don't see why you think it's more difficult to compile a few mid-range shots of them playing their instruments while making generic gestures (strumming, banging drums, thumping on the keyboard) and play those on loop, than it is to generate a music video.

# ? May 10, 2009 18:29

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# ? May 24, 2013 05:00

Dominic Hokage: Nov 11, 2003

My guess: K-ON! DVD Vol. N: Exclusive Special Bonus - 'Fuwa Fuwa Time' Full Version!

# ? May 10, 2009 18:48

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