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Vaisaga
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I really hope they release the movie someday. It was absolutely amazing. The show, while enjoyable, was pretty meh but the movie more than made up for it.
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BlackPoint.
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Agreed the movie was amazing specialy for all the romance fans, wouldnt mind if they ever make a 2nd movie to show us some more of that after that ending^^ |
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ultimatemegax
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The KyoAni guidebook for the franchise, Tamako Memory Note(book) includes the bonus illustration from the pamphlet which shows the return to the shopping district and a little short from Anko's POV that occurs later (and a little hilarious gag when Tamako accidentally sends the text Kanna wrote in the movie). That's about as much as we'll see from Tamako, as sad as it is. |
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navycherub
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It's funny, I like Dera and mascot characters like him in general, and in a vacuum Dera is amusing and endearing in his own way. He is just in entirely the wrong show here and both his appeal and Tamako Market's are brought down by how little they mesh, I think. Two rights sometimes make a wrong?
I agree with this, and feel the same way about Kyoukai no Kanata. In fact, Tamako Love Story is my favorite anime film period. Kyoto Animation movies seem to be more focused, concentrated efforts that allow strengths to shine more brightly than TV efforts that are almost always also good but tend to waver as more artistic voices and ideas are included for better or worse. Looking forward to A Silent Voice largely because of that track record of great movies. (Of course, I have yet to see High Speed!. Hope that is good! Loved Eternal Summer.) |
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Vaisaga
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I didn't mind Dera either. But this show was originally going to be a magical girl show. Most of that stuff got cut when it switched over to slice of life and Dera is the only leftover from that. |
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Thatguy3331
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While I like Tamako Market more than K-on (I don't care how well directed it is, it means jack if I don't give a crap about anything going on.) I have absolutely no motivation whatsoever to go back to it again. I might buy the film if they release that since that'd be a good slice of that director's work, (of whom I have a bit more faith in doing a silent voice now, but that's more thanks to the better parts sound euphonium than anything else.)As a whole I like it's theme of love and how they choose to have various episodes surround that, but I guess it never gets to a place where I felt the show earned it's place as something I'd want to watch again and again, which I find to be the strength of these kinds of shows.
I'd agree dera doesn't help, but I found him more funny than anything else in the show, which to it's credit is cute in a more silly way than "please buy our figurines" kind of way, and I like silly in that sense but it doesn't equate to being funny. And if I wanted a silly show, I'd watch Nichijo over this in a heartbeat. (which... still has no home video release...*sighs*) It's a perfectly fine show with nothing to really hate about it but at the same time it's just there for me. |
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lemurs
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Without Dera and his eventual entourage and there wouldn't be much of a show at all. The problem is there's no weight to the Prince plot since the notion of Tamako running off to some unnamed land with a guy she just met is absurd; there's zero chance of that happening from the get-go. So all the fretting about it is more of a learning experience for the shop keepers than for the main character.
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Ali07
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While I agree with this, I wouldn't say that it takes away enough from my overall enjoyment for the series. I like Dera, and enjoy the comedic moments that he is involved in. But, his part of the story really does seem way out of place in this one. Still, aside from that ill fitting piece, this series is one of my favourites. Though, strangely, I'm unsure if I'd ever rewatch it. Mainly because, I'd want to watch the movie right after the TV series. And, as things stand, I can't do that as I don't have access to the movie on disc with subs...
Ah, you've found the other anime series I love...but wouldn't want to own it without the chance of owning the movie. I really hope that both Tamako's and BtB's movies get licensed, as they are direct sequels to the TV series. And, while I'm going on about KyoAni movies...I'd like to see Chu2Koi's movie licensed too. I'm doubtful of either movie getting licensed, but at least Chu2Koi's is just a recap movie... |
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Brizent
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I feel the problem with Dera isnt so much that he is out of place, it the plot he introduces. He and the characters associated with the prince side of thing take up to much damn space in the narrative. The show is too crowded and they devote alot of screentime to a part of the show that isn't all that engaging. The show only has 12 episodes, but a huge amount of characters that are never given enough depth or personallity and strength of characters is no. 1 in SoL shows. I never felt like I new much about any of the characters besides Dera, Tamako, Choi and maybe Tamako's father, everyone else is very undereveloped. Even they are as devolped as they should be.
Tamako love story throws the dera side out of the window and is a far better piece because of it. |
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motormind
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I love this show! Last time I was in Kyoto, I visited the Masugata Shōtengai which was used as inspiration for the Usagiyama shopping street. I even had some mochi at the famous Demachi Futaba. Yummy! In the end I wound up at the music cafe that all the characters go to.
All in all, it was a rather heady experience. |
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Animegomaniac
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Dera: "Like I said, everybody loves somebody". The baffling thing is that the series doesn't end with this phrase, it just ends an episode. That lack of planning pretty much lowers the quality of the series so that it'll never be more than just good.
Sure, it's a series of unrequited love but it didn't also have to be unrequited character arcs. I think Dera is the only one who came off well and he's an unexplained talking bird with further unexplained telepathic/magic powers. I have to say I loved the dub with Jay Hickman's performance as Dera stealing every scene he's in. |
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