Wild Continuation Wishes

[krpalmer]

The Otaku USA news item emails I haven’t got to the point of unsubscribing from do keep dragging me to the different point of following a link every so often. A “survey of what anime series Japanese fans would like to see sequels to” (sourced from a different site that did the actual translation) would seem to have as much to do with who contributed to it as anything, and yet for all of the titles in the list that I haven’t seen myself it did get my attention when the number three pick was Bloom Into You (picked by about sixty-six voters). Its anime adaptation did just sort of leave off midway through, even if a part of me wonders if a particular part of the manga’s conclusion, in appealing to my skewed tastes, couldn’t get on TV. On a less sensational note, I also have just enough of an understanding that Adachi and Shimamura is a “girls’ love” title to ponder it being the number four pick, and can in any case admit my own “hopeless hope” for a continuation hit on Harukana Receive. The manga’s art has improved somewhat from its beginning as I approach its conclusion, but its anime was done well enough I can still suppose it turned out more appealing.

Comments

[lovelyangel]

I've been thinking that there's probably not enough volumes remaining in Bloom Into You to make a complete season (unless they add filler or expand using the light novels). So I'm hoping for one or two OVA/movies. And I'm sure they could cut some of the scene that couldn't be shown on TV but still keep the essence.

I'm glad that Haikyuu!! was at the top of the list. They really do need to wrap up that anime.

I was disappointed in Adachi and Shimamura, so lack of a second season isn't bothering me. (And, sorry, I'm in the same boat for Harukana Receive.)

I'd love to see another season of Yona of the Dawn, but after getting caught up with the manga, I don't see how any studio would commit to the number of seasons needed to cover the series.

I am fully on board for more seasons of Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun, 86 -Eighty-Six-, and Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai.

[krpalmer]

It might be a bit late to mention, but a thought or two about your interest in Haikyuu (and knowing other people like it too) might have come to mind when first looking at the list. I also remember you winding up dissatisfied with Harukana Receive; the thing I should admit is "I wasn't interested just because of the plot..." (I've never quite managed to get around to Haikyuu myself, although my hard-bitten eye for "fansubs" did get me watching all the way through Attack No. 1, a volleyball anime from the beginning of the 1970s...)

Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun, 86, and "Bunny Girl Senpai" just about round out the titles from the original list that also caught my eye. I've kept reading the Nozaki-kun manga (even if I have to admit "inertia" might keep me reading as much as anything; maybe I was more interested in "oddballs making manga" than "oddballs not quite working out real-world romance...) "Bunny Girl Senpai," I'm afraid, is one more series the description of ("kind of like Bakemonogatari, but not anywhere near as juicily skeevy") doesn't outweigh my sour-grapes feelings when it comes to Aniplex-licensed series. I would, anyway, be interested in seeing the 86 adaptation continue even if I'm getting close to reading in translation through the original novels covering what did get adapted.