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With the advent of a fresh CM, Little Busters’ upcoming anime is looking worse than ever – confirming scenes of single frame action to be present alongside the MS Paint backgrounds and not so splendid characters.

One truly wants this series to be something at least half-respectable, although when one is met with the sight of characters running like ragdolls atop an abnormal block of vivid green, perhaps intended to be grass, the level of promise is looking settled at a number much less than zero. That, however, was a worry already established – this latest commercial clip furthers concerns as it shows some fidgeting in the animation, jumping around between frames in a manner absent of smooth transition.

This clip is intended to highlight the loli heroine of the series, Natsume Rin – yet it seems instead, the video merely does her an injustice by portraying her quite poorly, particularly during a moment near the end of the video in which she lands a kick upon some infidel through no more than a single still frame.

It’s as if JC Staff saw the sort of half-baked goods A-1 Pictures can manage to push and still secure a popular vote – subsequently formulating their operations around this tactic taken from the 1960′s, sub-par single frame action. The difference however between seeing it now, and 52 years ago, is that 52 years ago, it was actually a cutting-edge effect – now it is merely a trending budget-cutting technique.

Whilst one would normally say a series as this looks “terrible”, that would be quite an understatement in this instance unfortunately.

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35 Comments

  • gargamesh says:

    Oh, God J.C. Staff, Why,

  • Anonymous says:

    But why did they have to change the main character, Riki’s voice?
    Yui Horie, yes, she’s a good seiyuu… but not for a boy main character like Riki in LB… damn, what a shit, but what can we expect after Mio’s VA change…
    I think this is enough problems in itself, not to speak about the J.C. Staff Animation “Quality”…

  • Anonymous says:

    Air from KyoAni, which aired many many years ago, looks better than this.

    HOWEVER, there’s still a chance that you will enjoy this anime: Keep your expectations low, DO NOT TOUCH THE VISUAL NOVEL, and try to forget anything related to KyoAni that you’ve ever watched.

    Also, try not compare the animation of both studios, otherwise J.C Staff’s glaring flaws in the animation will show.

    • Seven says:

      Also, it is pertinent that you have no knowledge of animation whatsoever – otherwise, you’ll notice the many aspects which are best summarized as simply “depressing”.

      • Anonymous says:

        Most people don’t mind/don’t notice. Casual viewers will most certainly enjoy this.

        • Seven says:

          I feel even the casual viewer will mind – they of course won’t obsess over key frames, or character designs, they haven’t the knowledge of such concepts, yet they will still be cognizant of something’s absence or general overall quality.

  • nikolai131 says:

    Looks good to me xD I knew from the beginning that it won’t be on KyoAni’s level of animation, but it’s still good

  • Anonymous says:

    I want to cry, and I wish this was a joke so badly. So many years of waiting and THIS is what I get! I was trying to keep my hopes up even though the earlier trailer was really horrible in animation quality as well, but… I can’t do that anymore. I might forgive them if they can adapt the plot/story in a proper way, though I doubt that’ll happen seeing this is J.C. Staff we’re dealing with and they’re kind of pro at messing up light- as well as visual novels. Besides, I was pretty sure the character designs by Iizuka was suppose to be easy to put to motion, but apperantly J.C. couldn’t even do that right… As far as I’ve seen, judging by the released trailers, this is probably going to be a disgrace to the Visual Novel.

  • gargamesh says:

    Key works that were animated compared to this:

    Kanon-2002-Kyoani-Looked so much better and more fluid animations
    Air-2005-Kyoani-Had so much more detail and smooth movements
    Kanon-2006-Kyoani- Years older , yet has more quality
    Clannad-2008-Kyoani-Makes this look like scribbles
    Clannad After Story-2009-Still Kyoani- Can’t. Even. Compare

    Little Busters-J.C. Staff-2012- Still Frame animations, Horrific Backgrounds, Irregular motions And inferior character designs

    Way to go J.C. Staff

    • Seven says:

      It doesn’t take much a comparison to see this is quality deficient on its own.

      • Anonymous says:

        Kanon-2002 = TOEI, but yep… even that looked better than this shit
        which really are better, and can’t be compared to, are KyoAni’s works though

        • gargamesh says:

          sorry, a mistake on my part, but yeah, It still looks better, and you have to take the account that its a decade old

  • Anonymous says:

    I haven’t played the VN but I think I now know why this show will be depressing…

  • Firetribe says:

    Pray KyoAni remakes it in a few years.

    • Anonymous says:

      Well….If KyoAni will make another Key VN, I hope they will focus on Rewrite….let’s forget LB!….let’s forget this was the first ever VN I’ve ever played….let it rest in peace and let KyoAni focus on another Key works…

    • gargamesh says:

      That really would be awesome, and if you look at the quality of their late work Hyouka, it would have been phenomenal to see LB in their hands, too bad they’re too fixated on moeblob now…

    • blaziken says:

      They can remake it like they’d done the 2002 Kanon adaption from Toei.
      That is, if they can get out of their current moeblob sleepwalking.

    • Seven says:

      In their current state, Kyoto Animation would turn it into a moeblob series.

  • Anonymous says:

    @gargamesh. I thought Kanon 2002 was from Toei Animation…

  • Anonymous says:

    Am I the only one who thinks, the faces of the girls look practically the same with different eye colors.

  • avatar flamestrike says:

    What is this I don’t even-….. Goddamit JC staff. Way to take grade A+ source material and turn it into D grade animation. *sigh*

  • Anonymous says:

    it’s so sad that when they finally make anime from Little Busters it turns out so bad… :(

  • Anonymous says:

    i expect little busters! remake by kyoani 4 years from now, just like kanon

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