http://xebek.animeblogger.net/2007/11/28/shakugan-no-shana-ii-08/ Useless ramblings of an insane maniac Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:34:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 http://xebek.animeblogger.net/2007/11/28/shakugan-no-shana-ii-08/#comment-52087 Mareel Sun, 02 Dec 2007 04:27:54 +0000 http://xebek.animeblogger.net/2007/11/28/shakugan-no-shana-ii-08/#comment-52087 I agree with you whole heartedly, however...I think the problem lies with the fact that the anime is based on a long series of novels. Those in charge of the anime's productions are most likely trying to follow the path of events in the novels, and given that the novel series has well over 10 light novels the author probably intended originally to introduce these topics slowly. I really wish there had been some way to speed up/compress episodes 3-6/7 into more like 2 episodes, but they did have some character development. So while they were boring, they they will probably end up making later (and hopefully more exciting) episodes have more impact. I love the whole world of Shakugan no Shana, and I know I'm stuck with watching it (and later buying it) regardless of how shoddy I think the past episodes in this second season have been, but the people in charge of the anime should have realized that they are not going to attract new viewers to the series by having 5 episodes of dreadfully mundane shit. You can get away with this in a series of novels, or hell even in the middle of a season, but not in the beginning of a season if you intend to draw in new people. Novels, people can easily pick up by buying the first book for pretty cheap whenever they want, but with a broadcast anime, for new viewers to get enough interest to go out and buy the first season to make sense of, and continue watching a show in a second season you have to do something differently than has been done in the beginning of season 2. Oh well, hopefully this episode which was fantastic is a sign of good things to come (as I am sure it is, because no novel series would sell that many books without being pretty solid). I agree with you whole heartedly, however…I think the problem lies with the fact that the anime is based on a long series of novels. Those in charge of the anime’s productions are most likely trying to follow the path of events in the novels, and given that the novel series has well over 10 light novels the author probably intended originally to introduce these topics slowly. I really wish there had been some way to speed up/compress episodes 3-6/7 into more like 2 episodes, but they did have some character development. So while they were boring, they they will probably end up making later (and hopefully more exciting) episodes have more impact. I love the whole world of Shakugan no Shana, and I know I’m stuck with watching it (and later buying it) regardless of how shoddy I think the past episodes in this second season have been, but the people in charge of the anime should have realized that they are not going to attract new viewers to the series by having 5 episodes of dreadfully mundane shit. You can get away with this in a series of novels, or hell even in the middle of a season, but not in the beginning of a season if you intend to draw in new people. Novels, people can easily pick up by buying the first book for pretty cheap whenever they want, but with a broadcast anime, for new viewers to get enough interest to go out and buy the first season to make sense of, and continue watching a show in a second season you have to do something differently than has been done in the beginning of season 2. Oh well, hopefully this episode which was fantastic is a sign of good things to come (as I am sure it is, because no novel series would sell that many books without being pretty solid).

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