Ascendance of a Bookworm - anime discussion

xdrfiredogx

Well, 12 eps is pretty standard, so I'm good with it... So long as we get 12 more later!

Money, time, and talent is always going to factor in to how a series looks. How could it not? But despite being a smaller production with a lower budget, I do get the feeling that they do care and have done their best, and that buys a fair amount of credit from me. Sometimes a series just seems like it was simply "work for hire" and it tends to show. That hasn't seemed to be the case here.

AlexUsman

I think this one should be in Anime, not Members.

hiroto

http://booklove-anime.jp/news/351

It is announced that the OVA will be "distributed". Not obvious to me if it means "streamed". Details will be announced later.

AlexUsman

@hiroto Having a translation would be good indeed. But I'm more worried about BD that should be included with P5V1 book.
I preordered it to get it for sure but lately japs adopted that shitty practice to give you a code for additional goods or even a code for a discount instead of including those goods with your shipment.
That's a major problem for me because I have to use a proxy service.

LurkingMcLurk

@hiroto
New update on that post.
http://booklove-anime.jp/news/370

hiroto

@lurkingmclurk said in Ascendance of a Bookworm - anime discussion:

@hiroto
New update on that post.
http://booklove-anime.jp/news/370

So, they announced streaming in Japan on the same day Part 5 Volume 1 is going on sale on 3/10 for premium streaming and 3/17 for everybody else. Would it be available on crunchyroll?

AlexUsman

I thought he is Eckhart but turns out he's Eckhalt. Does this name even exist these days?
(or maybe that's just anime company's doing, if so it's worth nothing)

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I wonder if ユストクス stands for some weird name too.

LurkingMcLurk

@alexusman
Ah Japan, it’d be great if you would consult with your English LN/manga translator before deciding on romanisations like this.
Anyway hopefully if they ever use a romanisation of his name again they’ll use quof’s Eckehard instead of Eckhalt. The Japan side aren’t consistent with wether our beloved priest should be Ferdinando or Ferdinand.

AlexUsman

I wish they wouldn't do it at all.
Also lol, why Eckehard? Why changing Ekkuharuto to Eckehard if it's a perfectly fine name already? Just for the sake of changing?
What's the point of turning T into D and where did that E came from?

@lurkingmclurk said in Ascendance of a Bookworm - anime discussion:

Ferdinando

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hiroto

So, dub version has completed today. Has anybody been watching it?

LegitPancake

@hiroto I've seen every other episode up to 12 in dub, and plan to watch the last two soon. It's very good, in my opinion. It's unfortunate about the Tuuri, Eva, Head Priest stuff, but overall I think it's very well done. I especially like Myne's voice.

LurkingMcLurk

Part 2 Anime Trailer
https://youtube.com/watch?v=8BQs59MW7tA

hiroto

@LurkingMcLurk said in Ascendance of a Bookworm - anime discussion:

Part 2 Anime Trailer
https://youtube.com/watch?v=8BQs59MW7tA

Well, that pretty much covered whole essence of Part 2 Vol 1 and Vol 2. I'm glad it didn't go any further.

LegitPancake

Also CR confirmed the English dub will continue, and CR will get the two OVA episodes on March 9. https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2020/03/05/ascendance-of-a-bookworm-opens-the-book-on-part-2-in-new-promo

unsynchedcheese

@LurkingMcLurk Trailer is blocked in my region. Any summaries?

LurkingMcLurk

@unsynchedcheese
Is this one better?
https://youtu.be/bD53ze25S_E

unsynchedcheese

@LurkingMcLurk Works, thanks.

Definitely looks like Part 2 Volumes 1 and 2, as @hiroto said, yeah. Certain characters look a bit different (less "pop" from the background) than I expected, but I suppose I'll get used to it soon enough.

I wonder if eventually they'll just pile season upon season to continue the books, or if it'll end here with "go read the books for the resolution".

LurkingMcLurk

@unsynchedcheese
I wouldn’t bet on it because the reason we’re getting this so fast is because both cours were commissioned at the same time, and a complete adaption is a huge undertaking, but if it has done well enough in its job as an advertisement anything is possible.

b.scot.morgan

@hiroto said in Ascendance of a Bookworm - anime discussion:

@LurkingMcLurk said in Ascendance of a Bookworm - anime discussion:

Part 2 Anime Trailer
https://youtube.com/watch?v=8BQs59MW7tA

Well, that pretty much covered whole essence of Part 2 Vol 1 and Vol 2. I'm glad it didn't go any further.

It looks like it will also cover some stuff from the end of Part 1 Vol 3, based on the scene with Gunther drinking and the one with Freida and Elise.

I hope you’re right about it not going further than Part 2 Vol 2. The promotional pictures that have reversi boards in them make me uneasy, though.

hopebestman

They will use 4 books or just 2? Trailer showed almost fist 2 books. Im really confused. In some forums people say this trailer showed 9-10 eps out of 12 eps. If its true , i loved it but still scared. First season was 3 books which is part 1. So i thought this season will be 4 books which is part 2.