Author Topic: Saki (Read 22003 times)

relic2279 · « **Reply #200 on:** May 31, 2010, 09:46:19 AM »

Gonzo isn't doing much at the moment (thanks erious

) They were partially absorbed by their parent company.

But their successful IP's don't seem to be in limbo. Strike Witches 2 is being done by AIC and the last half of Saki was done by picture magic. Saki is based on a manga, so that helps it's chances. I think there will be a season 2, but given the time between strike witches seasons (3 1/2 years) and where the Saki manga is, it might be a year or 2... or 3.

Also, this was the last frame of the last episode:

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Southrop · « **Reply #201 on:** May 31, 2010, 10:55:16 AM »

Merged with old thread.

NaiveEden · « **Reply #202 on:** May 31, 2010, 11:06:03 AM »

Gotta say, I hated Saki, it was awful Oo **ducks to avoid the burning chair**
Dropped at episode 8 or something I think, but maybe I'm not really objective, can't really think of an ecchi anime I actually liked or finished lol.

relic2279 · « **Reply #203 on:** May 31, 2010, 11:21:12 AM »

Quote from: NaiveEden on May 31, 2010, 11:06:03 AM

can't really think of an ecchi anime I actually liked or finished lol.

Your quote from another thread:

Quote

As a side note, I enjoy ecchi in animes

Saki is on the low end of the ecchi spectrum. Not even close to full blown ecchi shows like queens blade, or Rosario+Vampire. Saki did have a lot of moe-blob yuri. Perhaps that is what you meant?

Epy · « **Reply #204 on:** May 31, 2010, 11:34:44 AM »

Quote from: Sosseres on July 22, 2009, 12:24:21 PM

Quote from: sdedalus83 on July 22, 2009, 11:50:10 AM
Slice of life my ass.

Think hikaru no go stripped of all authenticity, replace every character with a moe moe lesbian, add in levelling and ridiculous avatar battles, subtract all panties, especially from the lolis, and suddenly remember it's about a board game just in time for the standard tournament arc.

It's a complete mess, but it's fun. Much like strike witches before it.

This is a much better summary than slice of life. It is basically a fan service series that just happen to take place around mah-jong (whose rules you don't need to know).

hence why i've dropped it after three episodes (that was way more than it deserved already)
scrolled through the episodes a bit as well, i know i won't be missing anything
i was secretly hoping for an akagi approach but they are nothing alike

watching http://www.anime-planet.com/anime/shion-no-oh as well, so far that one seems ok, doesn't seem to be fan service/ecchi/no substance garbage

relic2279 · « **Reply #205 on:** May 31, 2010, 12:17:58 PM »

Quote from: Epy on May 31, 2010, 11:34:44 AM

i was secretly hoping for an akagi approach but they are nothing alike

You were hoping for an akagi/death note like anime from a gonzo show with moeblobs? Interesting...

Moeblob shows aren't for everyone. They're an acquired taste. Like coffee. But Saki did have it's share of mahjong play. One particular round lasted 5 eps. Three quarters of the show took place during a mahjong match. The way you make it sound, it's as if every other episode was a beach episode.
To each his own I guess.
As an avid mahjong player, and given the current crop of mahjong anime that exists, I thought it was a refreshing change of pace.

NaiveEden · « **Reply #206 on:** May 31, 2010, 12:28:24 PM »

Quote from: relic2279 on May 31, 2010, 11:21:12 AM

Quote from: NaiveEden on May 31, 2010, 11:06:03 AM
can't really think of an ecchi anime I actually liked or finished lol.

Your quote from another thread:

Quote
As a side note, I enjoy ecchi in animes

Saki is on the low end of the ecchi spectrum. Not even close to full blown ecchi shows like queens blade, or Rosario+Vampire. Saki did have a lot of moe-blob yuri. Perhaps that is what you meant?

Yup, again, cant say I enjoyed an ecchi anime. By "ecchi anime" I mean anime with focus on ecchi, maybe saki doesnt focus on ecchi like say Rosario+Vampire, but theres more focus than say Code Geass.
My quote stating that I enjoy ecchi in anime is correct, cause I do! good examples would be Code Geass and maybe Michiko to Hatchin, animes that have ecchi in them but they don't let the ecchi have more focus than it should.
In Saki's case I felt the focus on ecchi was way bigger and that it was actually too focused on the ecchi that not enough focus was given into the Plot, while I didn't really expect much the plot was overall boring, cliche, and very predictable, and I think that if the studio tried to work more on the plot instead of the ecchi elements, I might've liked the anime better.

tl;dr - I like ecchi in animes, don't like it when the focus on the ecchi comes instead of plot, characters etc..

Edit: about the part concerning "Moe-Blob" while I'm not 100% sure I know what it is, if it is what I think it is, I consider that as ecchi even if its not ecchi per se.

Epy · « **Reply #207 on:** May 31, 2010, 01:01:11 PM »

Quote from: relic2279 on May 31, 2010, 12:17:58 PM

You were hoping for an akagi/death note like anime from a gonzo show with moeblobs? Interesting...

Moeblob shows aren't for everyone. They're an acquired taste. Like coffee. But Saki did have it's share of mahjong play. One particular round lasted 5 eps. Three quarters of the show took place during a mahjong match. The way you make it sound, it's as if every other episode was a beach episode.
To each his own I guess.
As an avid mahjong player, and given the current crop of mahjong anime that exists, I thought it was a refreshing change of pace.

keyword: secretly
i knew it wasn't going to be like akagi...
but i did hope it would actually be about something, turns out it's just garbage
also i refuse to call moeblob a "taste"

Havoc10K · « **Reply #208 on:** May 31, 2010, 01:03:04 PM »

Quote from: Southrop on May 31, 2010, 10:55:16 AM

Merged with old thread.

Kudos for you :]

as for the second season, as l said earlier, you should patiently wait, they have projects to follow, just sign up for newsletters l supose, l waited my share of time for Slayers, and wasn't entirely dissapointed as l only wanted to see more Lina Inverse, and was rewarded for it, l think they know ppl want to see S2 of Saki, give them time to do their work and they wil lrewards patient fans.

relic2279 · « **Reply #209 on:** May 31, 2010, 01:27:49 PM »

Quote from: Epy on May 31, 2010, 01:01:11 PM

also i refuse to call moeblob a "taste"

"Taste" is a word that defines someones like or dislike. Basically, someones opinion. I think half of Japan would disagree with you given the popularity there of moeblob shows like Sora no Oto and K-On. If refusing to accept stuff works, let me know. I want to refuse gravity first and foremost.

Epy · « **Reply #210 on:** May 31, 2010, 01:31:14 PM »

Quote from: relic2279 on May 31, 2010, 01:27:49 PM

Quote from: Epy on May 31, 2010, 01:01:11 PM
also i refuse to call moeblob a "taste"

"Taste" is a word that defines someones like or dislike. Basically, someones opinion. I think half of Japan would disagree with you given the popularity there of moeblob shows like Sora no Oto and K-On. If refusing to accept stuff works, let me know. I want to refuse gravity first and foremost.

in my opinion it has nothing to do with taste (if anything it should be classified as "no taste"), more to do with something being wrong in the brain and with society
i call it the paris hilton phenomenon
it was bound to infect anime as well

relic2279 · « **Reply #211 on:** May 31, 2010, 01:52:40 PM »

* Relic2279 flies away

Epy · « **Reply #212 on:** May 31, 2010, 02:13:54 PM »

bye, maybe we'll fly into eachother again?

GoGeTa006 · « **Reply #213 on:** May 31, 2010, 05:00:20 PM »

aw man! when I saw a new post in this thread i was like "FK YEAH! news about the second season!?"

but noOOoo. . .

I know there's a couple of mangas dedicated to the yuriness of the show arent there?

and when will the DVD releases be complete? (or are they?) cause I think thats a good starting point for a second season.

relic2279 · « **Reply #214 on:** August 25, 2010, 07:27:24 AM »

I love this show, but found some flaws... Here is the first one I guess:

Kana discards a 4 of characters,

(click to show/hide)

Then proceeds to immediate call a Kan with the 4 of characters. Which would mean she had 5 total. Since 4 is a kan. That's like having 5 aces in a game of poker...

(click to show/hide)

All of this happens within the 7:50 -- 8:00 in the 16th episode.

Just a fun fact.

Mirgond · « **Reply #215 on:** August 25, 2010, 08:32:52 AM »

IIRC they added the same errors in the game to the anime which were already in the manga...
Two or three or so...

Lord of Fire · « **Reply #216 on:** August 25, 2010, 04:01:02 PM »

I believe there were more errors than those throughout the show (like there being more stones for each player than there should be).

Some are probably fixed in the DVDs, though I don't know how much, and if errors like these are treated in the first place.

Meomix · « **Reply #217 on:** August 25, 2010, 04:21:40 PM »

Quote from: relic2279 on May 31, 2010, 12:17:58 PM

Quote from: Epy on May 31, 2010, 11:34:44 AM
i was secretly hoping for an akagi approach but they are nothing alike

You were hoping for an akagi/death note like anime from a gonzo show with moeblobs? Interesting...

Higurashi no naku koro ni had one majong episode, pity as they did a pretty good job with it.

Areguzanda · « **Reply #218 on:** June 02, 2012, 04:59:08 PM »

I just found some new BD releases of Saki on Nyaa
Anyone know what group this is, and how the quality is?

Edit: sorry about the link newy! :3
Guess I can post for the group's AniDB page? SakuraCircle
Too bad I haven't found a homepage for them yet.

but yeah.. I saw the release was removed from Nyaa.... wonder why O.o

Edit2: eps 1 from SakuraCircle is back on Nyaa. both 480p and 720p
I'll get the 720p and check it out.

newy EDIT: Link removed. No links to sites with blacklisted material.

vuzedome · « **Reply #219 on:** June 03, 2012, 08:13:18 PM »

The recent one?
Your link was removed so I'm just guessing.
Their torrent on Nyaa was removed as well so

They look decent though when I last saw it.

The only other BD version I saw was from Kotori-Asobi, quality was pretty bad if you asked me.