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    • hirotoH
      hiroto
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      How much of a delay does it usually take for DVD like this to be available in US?

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      • SomeOldGuyS
        SomeOldGuy Premium Member @hiroto
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        @hiroto My experience with the "bundled" DVDs is that, unless you order the bundle from Japan, you won't get it. Even when a series gets translated (like To Love-Ru, announced just days after I got the final manga from Japan), the OVA DVDs are not released with the translation.

        But, my experience has been limited so far.

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        • LegitPancakeL
          LegitPancake Premium Member @hiroto
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          @hiroto Crunchyroll so far is the only company to have rights in the west, that we’ve heard of. Even when they dub their own series (like Konosuba) they are very inconsistent with getting their series on home video. The ones that were shared with Funimation and dubbed there have had consistent home video releases, at about a year or so after the Japanese premiere (minus Masamune kun for some reason). They recently entered a deal with Viz Media for home video distribution, but nothing has come to fruition.

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          • hirotoH
            hiroto
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            A few cuts from the first episode.

            https://twitter.com/anime_booklove/status/1176333447083614208

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            • smashman42S
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              So the whole thing is going to be spoilers for like the next two years of books then? That kinda sucks

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              • Paul NebelingP
                Paul Nebeling Premium Member @smashman42
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                @smashman42 I wouldn't think they're going that far.

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                • TheRedJetT
                  TheRedJet @smashman42
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                  @smashman42 from the trailer it will adapt 1st and 2nd Arc(7volumes)in 14ep.!

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                  • TUSFT
                    TUSF Member @TheRedJet
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                    @theredjet Nah, it's likely only the first 3 volumes will be adapted. That Part 2 scene in the trailer is from the first episode.

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                    • smashman42S
                      smashman42 Premium Member @Paul Nebeling
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                      @paul-nebeling & @TheRedJet I misread a few things earlier in the thread & thought the first arc (part 1 vols 1-3 I assume?) would be a quick montage then the season would be mostly the second and third parts/arcs.

                      If it is really just parts 1 & 2 (7 volumes) that isn't too spoilerific, I guess? Though the team here have not long started vol 1 of part 2 (part 4 of 12?), then at best part 2 vol 2 might be finished by the end of it airing, so between one and a half & two vols of spoilers.

                      Am I on the right page now do ya'll think?

                      Edit: @tusf they had a scene in the end of the trailer that didn't match up with anything by the end of part 1 vol 3 as far as I know....

                      (spoiler tags contains end of part 1 vol 3 spoilers comparison with the trailer)

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                      • hirotoH
                        hiroto
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                        There is one interesting data point that "Cast" listing only shows characters from Part 1. Like Fran, who is a major character starting in Part 2 is not listed there, and neither Gil nor Delia.

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                        • TUSFT
                          TUSF Member @smashman42
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                          @smashman42 Check out earlier discussion on Page 3. A low-res version of the first episode is already out (released with limited edition 20th vol (Part 4, vol 8)), and the scene in question is at the very start of that episode.

                          If you want to see for yourself, there's a rip available at the usual place.

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                          • hirotoH
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                            A quarter page (I think) Ad was put out on a national news paper (Yomiuri) this morning to advertise the book series and the start of the anime on 10/2.

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                            • LegitPancakeL
                              LegitPancake Premium Member
                              last edited by LegitPancake

                              Just watched the first episode on Crunchyroll. Yea, the first 90 seconds were a spoiler that most light novel readers may want to skip until we get to that point (which supposedly is in part 2 v2). I think it kinda made sense to include from a narrative standpoint. The animation and art are simple, not overly beautiful or a trainwreck, but doable.
                              Edit: After credits has a rather funny scene too, so don't miss that :)
                              Also endcard:
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                              • hirotoH
                                hiroto @LegitPancake
                                last edited by hiroto

                                @legitpancake said in Ascendance of a BookWorm gets TV anime:

                                Yea, the first 90 seconds were a spoiler that most light novel readers may want to skip until we get to that point (which supposedly is in part 2 v2).

                                Interesting. I only saw the 2 min free teaser, but they just started from that scene, and then jump to the original beginning of the story. Sort of flash-forward? If that's all for the use of that scene, I feel more confident that we are only going as far as end of Part 1, which is a good pace for the translation because we'll be all done with Part 2 before the beginning of the 2nd season next year.

                                Yes, it is a spoiler, but the worst thing it is spoiling is to expose that there is magic in this world, which we already know, but a major spoiler for the people who is getting into the story for the first time.

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                                • lighthawk96L
                                  lighthawk96 Premium Member
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                                  Just saw the first episode and I have to say that I am very happy with what I've seen. The anime seems to do the LN and the Manga justice. The animation seems to be done very well and they are sticking to the story line pretty closesly. While some other anime this last season have left a sour taste in our mouths, ArifuretaHint Hint, I am getting the feeling that this one will not be one of those. But I have to say that the lead in might have a little spoiler in there. But with how far along JNC is on the translation I don't think we are too far off from where that will happen in the story.

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                                  • yumenokageY
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                                    Can't say I'm super fond of the art and animation but I still have hopes that it will otherwise manage things well.

                                    Also, is it just me or does Myne look older than she does in the manga and LN illustrations?

                                    License Wishlist: Kino's Journey, Crest/Banner anthology, SukaMoka
                                    Favorite JNC Series: Bookworm, Faraway Paladin, Dendro, Grimgar, Crest/Banner of the Stars, Tearmoon Empire, Skull Dragon's Precious Daughter, Apothecary Diaries, Otome Heroine's Fight

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                                    • Paul NebelingP
                                      Paul Nebeling Premium Member
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                                      I just finished watching the first episode. I'm happy. I didn't consider that opening scene to be any sort of spoiler, but it does frame everything as a flashback/recollection of sorts. That post-credit scene sort of nailed that impression, and I got quite the chuckle from the High Priest's "No spoilers, fool!"

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                                        BunnyFuFu Premium Member
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                                        I overall agree that the lead in is not much of a spoiler. I feel that they needed to show that this was a magic world in order to hook some of the viewers. The light novels do not mention or even imply anything about magic till the very end of book 1 part 1.

                                        Edit: Added the "part 1" due to the odd way the books are named for this series

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                                        • Eternal WandererE
                                          Eternal Wanderer Premium Member
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                                          I will admit the beginning isn't much of a spoiler but I still would have preferred that not show it.

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                                          • shyevsaS
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                                            1st episode is quite good. the first 90s is something of the part 2 but its not something I will consider spoiler and quite justified because the story telling require a lot of narrative.
                                            the artwork and animation do resemble 90ish anime tho. especially when Mayne do the "cartoons" narrative.

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