[JP] Tari Tari

[Damius]

Originally Posted by HitokiriShadow

Maybe it would be a good idea to watch past episode 1 before jumping to those kinds of conclusions? Sure, a lot of people were taken aback by how much ground episode 2 covered (though I didn't mind it), but pacing hasn't been a problem since then. Maybe you won't like it enough to import, but I'm not sure how you went from "this show is a lock for import" a few days ago to "almost certain"ly passing when you've only seen one episode.

Well, you are probably right. The reason I passed from X to Y is because when I watched the first episode it reminded me of Hanasaku Iroha, but then when I heard fast-paced, I got "afraid" to like it less that I would have thought after episode 1. Since in Hanasaku Iroha one thing I really love is the fact that it's slow-paced. Another reason would be that since so much seems to be cover in 1 episode, it's possible that for the following episode I would say: "I would have like so much for them to get more time to let us know how they got there".

[ultimatemegax]

Originally Posted by HitokiriShadow

CE? Normally I would think that stood for "Collector's Edition" but that doesn't make sense here.

"Common Edition" I tend to inter-change it and "Regular Edition" often.

Originally Posted by HitokiriShadow

So these are in-character commentaries, like Bakemonogatari?

Yes. Just like the ones on the Hanasaku Iroha volumes (Minchi/Wakana's still makes me laugh).

Originally Posted by HitokiriShadow

Oh yay, a box! I didn't even really consider that it might get one. I just assume shows don't have boxes these days. Well, ones that don't require you to buy all of the volumes from Animate or some other specific store, which is a prohibitively expensive cost increase.

Most do, but we're starting to see more publishers include them. I was shocked to see Hyouka have 4, but that could've been a KyoAni decision.

Originally Posted by Damius

Well, you are probably right. The reason I passed from X to Y is because when I watched the first episode it reminded me of Hanasaku Iroha, but then when I heard fast-paced, I got "afraid" to like it less that I would have thought after episode 1. Since in Hanasaku Iroha one thing I really love is the fact that it's slow-paced. Another reason would be that since so much seems to be cover in 1 episode, it's possible that for the following episode I would say: "I would have like so much for them to get more time to let us know how they got there".

Definitely watch more. It was more a shock to me than anything. It's not a deal-breaker to me, but I can't deny that I wasn't disappointed. I personally feel the show could've gone in a different direction than what it did, but it's not bad at all.

[Damius]

Originally Posted by ultimatemegax

Definitely watch more. It was more a shock to me than anything. It's not a deal-breaker to me, but I can't deny that I wasn't disappointed. I personally feel the show could've gone in a different direction than what it did, but it's not bad at all.

I will definitely watch more. I hope to not be late like this for the following seasons to not have this kind of reactions again (reactions based on what I read and not what I watch). At least I'll be able to catch up in the following 2-3 weeks for every show.

[ultimatemegax]

Originally Posted by ultimatemegax

V2 LE BD will come with a box to hold all 6 volumes illustrated by tanu.

Cover art

[Damius]

Originally Posted by ultimatemegax

Cover art

No doubt that it looks really nice.

[HitokiriShadow]

Originally Posted by ultimatemegax

Cover art

Very nice. But who are those two guys on the left? Are they in the show?

[something]

Originally Posted by HitokiriShadow

Very nice. But who are those two guys on the left? Are they in the show?

Hell, I only see one character. Very odd show, this!

[Damius]

Originally Posted by HitokiriShadow

Very nice. But who are those two guys on the left? Are they in the show?

They will be hide in anyone shelf... They don't exist...they don't!

[Nico87]

Box looks superb. Any comment on the series itself? Pros? Cons? Rating, whatever? Top tier for spring/summer?

This might become my first import that doesn't have English subs. Really nice box and one cour fits me perfectly, and I can get the BD's one after another at release instead of buying everything together for a lot of money later on. I like 'em spread (no 'legs' pun intented).

Need to give it a watch.

[webkid94]

It's a good show that knows its limitations being only 13 episodes. What the main issue is right now is the lack of real attention on the male characters, and I feel that is keeping Tari Tari from being even better than it is. Honestly I feel the same and may import this even though I don't have a Blu-ray player (plan to buy one before vol.1 comes out) yet. Well, it may be the best summer series so far but that says a lot when everything else is pretty bad or didn't meet expectations. But yeah the illustrations on the BD and the box are pretty much convincing me to buy this and to finally enter the age of Blu-ray.

(just slightly o/t, I apologize) For those who are veterans with importing: I've heard a lot of negative stories about Amazon Japan, is HMV any good or others like CDJapan and Animate?