GA: Geijutsuka Art design class Anime (Pre-Airing Thread)

[Suwako Moriya]

As some of you may already know, Geijutsuka Art design class is going to be getting an anime. A story revealed on ANN back in December. Which makes me wonder why I can't find a thread for it. Maybe searching sucks or perhaps one was never made... Either way it just means I'll need to create the topic myself in order to say what I want to say.

The first thing I want to say is this. After reading the first volume of the manga, my interest in this anime has increased quite a bit. If you're familiar with my tastes and familiar with what Geijutsuka Art Design Class is then you can tell why my interest in the anime was already high.

The second is after reading the manga, I decided to do some browsing and discovered the anime has a trailer and felt like showing it off for some reason. Just in case anyone was interested. Yes, I know that trailer is a month old, but it took me awhile to notice it.

The third I guess is more of a question than anything else. Ie if anyone else has any more information about the anime. Including some idea of when it's supposed to airing. I'm hoping it will be a Summer. However I fully realize the gap between the announcement of an anime and it actually airing tends to vary quite a bit.

On a side note, if a thread already does exist and I missed it then I apologize. I tried multiple times to search for one, but could find nothing relating to it.

Edit: The old trailer link no longer works, so I had to change it. Hopefully an official site will go live soona and that will have a trailer.

[Ashyukun]

Though I would have blind-watched it simply for having the word 'art' in the title, watching through the promo video for it I can say fairly definitively that I'll be watching this and quite enjoying it.

[Suwako Moriya]

Originally Posted by Ashyukun

Though I would have blind-watched it simply for having the word 'art' in the title, watching through the promo video for it I can say fairly definitively that I'll be watching this and quite enjoying it.

For some reason I feel like promoting the manga now and telling people to read it. That way it can tide them over while they wait for the anime. A wait with a currently undetermined period.

In any case, I get the feeling that the song playing during the trailer is likely to be the opening. At least it sounds more like an opening than an ending. It's also possible (part of) that is the opening. Granted I could be wrong though.

On a side note, I'm not 100% decided on my favorite yet as I like all five of them. However part of me is leaning towards either Miyabi or Miki. At least going based on the manga. Although seeing the girls in action with voices will either make the choice easier or harder.

It's kind of funny. My love for Sunshine Sketch is part of the reason I checked out Sketchbook. While my love for both of those is part of the reason I became interested in Geijutsuka Art Design Class.

Yes, I know that other than sharing the traits of art students and 4 Koma origins, they're different series. However for me that's part of the fun. Being able to see a different take on a theme I've grown fond of.

Finally, I was looking at the voice cast ANN provides and noticed they don't list Miyabi. However I do know that Miyabi has a nickname. Which at least in the manga is "Professor". I wonder if that's what Kyōju translates to. Still kind of funny to list a character by an untranslated nickname and not the real one...

[Ashyukun]

I didn't realize that the manga was being released domestically- and since looking it up on TRSI alerted me to the fact that I'd somehow COMPLETELY overlooked the release tomorrow of the third volume of Hidamari (which is especially stupid since I skimmed through all the pre-release listings yesterday when I made my May 5/12 DVD release pre-order...) I'm going to pick it up as well.

[Suwako Moriya]

Originally Posted by Ashyukun

I didn't realize that the manga was being released domestically-

Heh, it actually took this topic to remind that the manga was licensed. The fun part is it took me less than 24 hours after to place an order.

In regards to Sunshine Sketch Volume 3, I've had that on pre-order for awhile. Here's hoping that TSRI's copies of the said volume come in on time. So I can have more Sketch goodness to read.

[Ashyukun]

I'd normally have had Hidamari pre-ordered, but somehow it slipped through the cracks. I've shifted recently from pre-ordering everything I want as soon as it can be pre-ordered to waiting until a week or so prior to release- too many times I've ordered a bunch of stuff and then had a sale pop up that would have saved me a good bit, so I now wait until I can be pretty sure there isn't going to be a sale on what I'm going to order before putting the order in. Unfortunately this means I have to keep track of things better- and rely on serendipity such as this to make sure the things I somehow miss get picked back up.

[Draneor]

Originally Posted by Ashyukun

I'd normally have had Hidamari pre-ordered, but somehow it slipped through the cracks.

Well, it doesn't help that that the last Yen Press sale at TRSI was last September. That's my excuse, anyway.

[Ty]

The manga is fairly high on my list since I learned about it. Seems like a cross between Sketchbook and Hidamari.

[Suwako Moriya]

Originally Posted by Draneor

Well, it doesn't help that that the last Yen Press sale at TRSI was last September. That's my excuse, anyway.

That means even if the Yen Press Sale were to come up next we'd have a seven month gap. I'm not sure I could wait that long between orders. It kind of makes me glad for the standard 25% discount even more.

Granted my orders have been a mixture of Amazon and TSRI. For the record, I order the first volume of GA from Amazon. Only time will where I order the second volume from.

Of course if the anime were to get licensed by say Nozomi then I'd likely want to order it from TSRI for the heck of it. Yes, I know it hasn't started airing yet. However that's not going to stop me from making poorly disguised requests.

[Suwako Moriya]

Originally Posted by Ty

Seems like a cross between Sketchbook and Hidamari.

Granted it has its own flavor, but it does remind me a bit of both those series. Regardless I love the idea of describing this series that way. Granted I could be biased.