Aku no Hana had a petty damn big budget from what I gather, though.

>>17478
Yeah, it was big, but it wasn't big enough to produce animation without a lot of cheap-looking scenes - hence the term budget-starved (insufficient budget to look consistently good), as opposed to low budget (no money whatsoever).

But I already did and I loved it. It looks great and I really like the setting and ambient of countryside Japan.

Hopefully they're going to get a ton of money from this, which they deserve btw.

>>17556
I hope so. I believe the sales are going well.

Also, here's the link for a japanese person who photographed some of the locations that were used as reference for Non Non Biyori's school.

http://blog.livedoor.jp/hauyashi/archives/7356583.html

>>17559
The real ones are so depressing compared to the anime ones.

Man That bus driver is a real asshole. There's no way he didn't see them chasing after him.

>>17566
The photos are taken without sunlight whereas in the show the sun is shining in almost every shot, so the difference is somewhat overstated. The anime does have pastel colors and super brightness but the difference isn't THAT great if the lighting conditions were equivalent.

>>17568
Nah, don't sweat it.
2D>>>>3D. It's really that simple.

>>17566
Haha

This is the best thing since... well, in a long while either way. It could very well top Yurishiki. Can't believe I was about to miss out on this.

Poor Koma-chan. You won't ever be a grown-up woman if you don't know about them ara-ara~s.

>>17624
In your case, you might go into a Morse code unidimensional heaven.

>>17624

Haha, poor Natsumi. That's one of those things you're better of never thinking about.

Ep 3 was rather disappointing, major stepdown compared to first two eps. I hear ep 4 will adapt ch 17 from the manga and it's considered one of the best chapters so far so I'm optimistic about next week.

But man this show really reminds me that back in the day tons of studios blew their budgets on the OPs since they knew they'd be using those for like half a year. Nowadays most OPs are Non Non Biyori-tier (so basically slideshows).

I like the next ep previews, creative way to do those.

So is this what Saki was up to before going into the newspaper business?

>>17687
don't even go there, pal.

Hotaru is wonderfully proactive.

>>17794
and not in a creepy way, not one bit.

Why did they wait more than half an hour before announcing they found a lost child?

>>18017
walking to there takes time, and they may've lost her a couple of times along the way.

I wonder why Natsumi's mother doesn't just accept the fact that some people (such as her daughter) are just idiots and always will be.

>>18072

That's a terribly weak willed and backwards parenting strategy.
It's almost as bad as giving the child ritalin or some similar medication for the sin of acting as expected of a child.

Anything wrong with the child can be beaten out of them with due time and a diligent and stern arm.
If the child isn't humbly prostrating itself before you in apology for doing something they damn well knew they shouldn't do, as well as having a damn good reason for doing so, you have failed as a parent.

>>18073
>If the child isn't humbly prostrating itself before you in apology for doing something they damn well knew they shouldn't do, as well as having a damn good reason for doing so, you have failed as a parent.

oh for sure! but does this include things out of their control? Natsumi seems naturally dumb and I don't think anything anyone does would ever change that. May as well beat your blind kid for not growing their eyesight back.

Oh man, this brings back so many memories. I used to play with those planes so much but I completely forgot they existed.

All those years and her feelings haven't changed.

>>18074
>oh for sure! but does this include things out of their control?
Of course not. I'm talking about the obvious things that the child clearly knows they will get in trouble for, but do it anyway. For example, the friend, whose parents ingrained into her enough sense to realize when you should shut up or else. That was good parenting. komai and her little sister, on the other hand, really could use more discipline (though if they learned common sense, a large portion of the humor for the show would be lost).

>>18121

>All those years and her feelings haven't changed.

What?

That was probably just fucking embarassing.

Natsume’s brother is pretty cool.

Where's the sense in them both standing in there like that? They're clearly blocking the bunny's path. and didn't Hotaru say something about going off to hide?

>>18102

And it's happening again this week; them rainbow springs. Actually I played with pretty much everything they've included over the course of this ep. Feels bad to be an old fart.

That's exactly what I thought, too.

Was he playing A Heart Full of Black by Burning brides?

>>18161
It's an extremely similar riff but the last 3 chords or so sound a bit different than the actual song. It could just be a variation of that riff though.

This guy is pretty based, even if he is too cool to ever say anything.

>>18166
>It's an extremely similar riff but the last 3 chords or so sound a bit different than the actual song.
for copyright reasons.

>>18168
When it comes to American music all it takes is half a second for some (greedy)crybaby artist to call foul and sue based on copyright claims. 3 chords or so wouldn't make much of a difference in court.

Anyone else guess it right away?

>>18217
Clearly a snail.

>>18218

Yup, second, I thought it's a snail, too.

I guessed right, too. Nice to know I'm on the same wavelength as a seven-year-old.

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What I wouldn't give for another season.

>>18447
The subs for the OVA are out.

at last... the OVA!

If he won a trip for 4, why did half the town go?

>>20172
Because the town has eight inhabitants.

>>20201
I just think it was strange Suguru won that trip and the opening scene made it look like he was uninterested by how he gave it to Natsumi and her friends. Sure you gotta have Renge's sister as a chaperone, but then Suguru ends up going too anyways, and the seldom seen Hikage, and even the candy store lady for some reason.

>>20172

I guess 4 of them went for 'free' using that prize and the rest paid for all of their expenses.

More importantly I felt like almost all the voices were slightly off and this barely ever happens to me. Renge used to be a tad deeper and lower pitched, Dagashiya was definitely noticeably higher pitched, Kazuho (Renge's sister) used to draw out her sentences a bit more, Hotaru... was hard to put a finger on; she improved after a couple of lines and it didn't bother me afterwards.

Weird, I never really experience anything like this. Maybe one character sounding off somewhere but the rest sounds fine usually. Maybe I started to pay too much attention to it after I felt Renge-chon sounded off. Or maybe it's simply just me misremembering the voices to begin with.

>>20442
>the rest paid for all of their expenses.
That seems like a fair assumption, but they don't seem like they could afford those extra tickets. People in the area seemed like they're barely getting by. Like, I can't imagine the candy shop owner has the kind of money laying around to go on vacations when the town has something like 5 kids.

>>20449

>People in the area seemed like they're barely getting by.

Well, that's kinda questionable for most characters. Hotaru's family seems really well off. Renge's family owns a huge mountain so I doubt they are poor. Koshigayas felt about average but since it's their brother who won the prize maybe all of them went for free.

Dagashiya on the other hand is a mystery worthy of a novel. Just how she manages to keep herself fed to begin with is unfathomable.

>>20460
I don't think those kind of prizes work like that. I think it's a set number of people and it doesn't matter if it's friends or family.

>Renge's family owns a huge mountain so I doubt they are poor
Unless that mountain is filled with gold I don't see how it would have much impact on their financial situation. Owning large amounts of practically worthless land doesn't mean someone is well off. A random mountain in the middle of nowhere probably wouldn't be an easy sale either.

I didn't mean 'poor' as if they're needing to beg people for money. I simply meant people in that town seem like they have just enough to get by but not much for anything extravagant or fancy like a vacation. ...with the exception of Hotaru's family of course.

Second season started today.

>>23441
I think its the strongest show this season

Some really nice background art, as expected.

>>23444
I really do like the rural backdrop, its a good change of pace from shows set in urban areas

>>23445
Yeah it's great.

With how commercialy successful S1 has been I kinda expected S2 to have better production values. Instead I got QUALITY in the opening. You know, the part of the show where studios like to blow the budget.

In other news I didn't fully realize it's a prequel ep until the very las second, when they showed Hotaru moving into her new home. I managed to somehow rationalize every other element that should've made me realize what's what - it's been a while.

>>23462
At least we got a nice slide show for the second half...

>>23462
I don't think anyone would or could blame you for not noticing, this show isn't exactly known for it's twisting and turning plot after all.
It took me a few minutes to realize that myself. At first I could have sworn Renge already had a randoseru in S1, also thought the uniform pass down thing was odd too. Then noticed Hotaru was nowhere to be seen the whole time. Honestly it was all very subtle.

Who knew watching girls play with rulers could be so entertaining?

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Bit weird that even ep2 took place around the start of season 1. It's not like everyone died at the end of season 1, why back track like this? The show doesin't even really have a plot what's the point?
I guess it was nice that they were able to add some insight into the relationship between Hotaru Komari, but even that doesn't seem to warrant the backtracking. For all intents and purposes this ep could have taken place after season 1 and nothing would have changed at all.

>>23494
My guess is it's because of how unexpectedly successful season 1 was. I think they're trying to mimic the circumstances of the first season as best they can, and that includes having this season set along side the first season.

>>23494
>>23495

They're just animating what they haven't adapted in the first season.

>>23497

This is why I'm very disappointed with S2 so far. There's no continuity. It feels very disjointed and chaotic. I spend too much time trying to figure out when the events are supposed to take place instead of shutting my brain off and just enjoying nothing happening.

I hope we'll actually get back to 'present time' at some point. Right now this feels much more like BD special omakes than proper new eps.

>>23498
>Right now this feels much more like BD special omakes than proper new eps.
That's where unadapted material should be left I think. I agree they should have just continued where they left off with the first season. After all they skipped the content during the first season for a reason, why dig it up now?

It is called 'repeat', after all.

I don't mind it; not like it matters when cute girls do cute things, just that they are.

So I guess with ep 3 we're back on track onto stuff that takes place after season one now?
Everyone seemed pretty casual/familiar around Hotaru and I didn't notice anything to indicate we were taking another step back.

Why does a district with all of five students and a single teacher need such a large school? Heck, seemed like for a while there they apparently only had three students before Renge became old enough to attend.

>>23542

The school is old. Back in the day a school that size was probably needed but then people started moving to the cities en masse. They don't need such a huge building but that's what they have so might as well use it.

>>23545
That thought crossed my mind but wasn't sure if the area really had more people before, but yeah that makes sense.

That's a nice umbrella.

It was kinda interesting to see Renge learn about the cycle of life.

>>23628
She's way too good of an artiest for someone of her age.

Fuck yeah chopsticks!

>>23541

Well, after ep 5 I think it's okay to assume we're safe now. Makes the first two eps all the weirder, though. If they didn't have enough material to adapt - which I doubt - they could've just made an anime-original story or two.

Lonely Hotaru was cute.

>>23703
I think ep3 might have been set in the past too because of that bike thing, but I'm not sure.

>>23707

The point is it doesn't really matter. It might be set in the past and it might be not. But there are no crystal clear indicators that it's not and as such I can just pretend it is instead of trying to figure out at what point in the series are these events even supposed to take place.

>>23708
True, even that bike thing was mostly irrelevant anyways. As it's been pointed out, this show doesn't exactly have much of a plot so it really doesn't matter in the end.

I'm finding this season a lot more entertaining than the first.

Which season of Pretty Cute is your favorite? Mine's Heart Toss Pretty Cute.

Ah, blueballed. I wanted to see Hotaru's reaction to newts.
... Now that I think about it I feel Komari has less screentime in S2.

>>23738

I disagree although I wouldn't say it's much worse. The first ~3 eps weight heavily on my judgment: aside from that it's been about the same level as S1.

Does Renge have no parents? Have I missed the part where the anime explains why they are always absent or is there no such part?

>>23790
Renge is secretly grooming the other girls to be part of her harem. As I'm sure many are aware in the world of anime for a person to have a harem it's necessary for them to murder their parents as a sacrifice.

That really doesn't seem very safe, at all.

Wait, they go to school on Saturdays? How, horrible. Why?

>>23798
I think schools in Japan sometimes are in session on saturday. Sometimes it is shorter maybe than a normal weekday. But this is just going by what I've seen in anime/VNs so... who knows.

>>23790

I think this scene might've been an answer to that question.
I didn't realize it before but Hikage has the same eyes as Renge. Kazuho can't open hers, either. Guess it runs in the family.

Farmers have been doing it all wrong for Centuries.

I see no nails or glue or chisel. How the fug are you supposed to make anything with that?

Maybe instead of telling a baby to stop doing something you should just stop them from doing it?

Weird, I could have sworn Candyshop was an adult. This makes it seem like she's actually in her mid teens at best.

>>23840

Candy Store is 20.

>>23845
Still a bit younger than I expected.

Because I'm waiting for the BDs. I know this show is worth watching, so I want to do it properly instead of suffering through the agonising wait for weekly TV rips.

>>23852

Normally I wait for BDs myself but SoLs aren't really something I'd actually want to marathon.

>>23854
Same, I feel episodic shows like this are best taken in doses.

Was this girl around before that flash back segment? I honestly don't remember her but now it seems like we're supposed to believe she's always been there?

>>23889

She was. She appears in S1 as well. She's just not a regular.

How many times does the guy need to be slapped in the face with fish before he tries to block, dodge, or catch them?

>>23894
4.

Hikage is hilarious.

This really seems like the sort of thing her parents should be there for.

That moment when you realize everyone you ever knew was actually a monster in disguise the whole time.

That's an interesting and surprising aspect of her personality.

>>23825

Well then, there goes my theory. Thanks for being misleading about this, NNB!

>>23940

You just jumped to conclusions.

>>23943

Eh, when you don't see their parents once over the course of 22 eps (while parents of other characters do actually appear in the show), see their daughter place 2 rices of bowl on the altar etc. I think it's pretty much an educated guess to assume they're gone. But yeah, I was wrong.

>>23949
yeah seemed like a safe assumption to me.

>>23949

>Eh, when you don't see their parents

So what, you don't have to see their parents to know they're alive.

I'm pretty sure that Hikage and Nee-nee talked about them multiple times throughout the series (they're working in the fields, they're coming late tonight etc.)

>>23952

Pretty sure this was the first time they got brought up in S2. I don't remember S2 well enough anymore, my memory is shit.

>>23938
Ohoohohohohohohohohohohooooo

Oh god.. it's spreading.

Even those obnoxious ugly selfies can look cute in 2D.

Oh god that was adorable.