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Most unexpected 2009 anime?

Kaioshin_Sama wrote:

K-On was hardly unexpected given how hyped up every Kyoani BS series is. They could do almost anything and people would still prostrate before it (actually Endless Eight almost proves they CAN do anything and people will worship them as prophets of anime). Frankly there is no such thing as a surprise disappointment from them since everything I have ever seen from them has failed to live up to even a miniscule fraction of the hype and worship it receives from new age anime fans. They practically need their own scale and seperate considerations from other studios anime's given how bloated, inflated and seperated from reality their reputation has become in the past few years.

I guess Munto is the exception than lol, I'll never consider KyoAni to be anywhere near as good as some other studios until they produce something of note that is an original concept... lol Munto. It's kinda sad that A-1 Pictures are going to put out 3 original concept tv series this year as well as an original concept Feature Movie and all KyoAni have is Munto.

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Honestly though I can't think of any series in 2009 that was unexpected. Maybe Bakemonogatari since nobody would have called it as a hit before it started airing.

Only people really following Bakemonogatari pre-airing were people who were Shinbo fans (like Shiroth) and others interested in future light novel adaptions and Nisio. IIRC there wasn't really any trailer of sorts (the trailer out for months was just stills of text and like 2 secs of animation) until a week or so before it aired. And I doubt anyone expected it to be so well received on English forums as well as being one of the best selling tv series in Japan ever.

I doubt any other Nisio show ever goes under the rader ever again. Even if Katanagatari blows people will point to it being Nisio's worst received series.. with his best in Zaregoto not even confirmed for anime yet.

A-1 = Aniplex = Sony

They're the instrument of one of the large anime financiers - one that has been smoking hot lately with Bakemonogatari, Kara no Kyoukai, Kuroshitsuji, Darker than Black, etc.

You can't compare them to an independent studio. Those original projects are entirely corporate initiatives (Aniplex) and not something studio staff could've initiated on their own.

TJR wrote:

A-1 = Aniplex = Sony They're the instrument of one of the large anime financiers - one that has been smoking hot lately with Bakemonogatari, Kara no Kyoukai, Kuroshitsuji, Darker than Black, etc. You can't compare them to an independent studio. Those original projects are entirely corporate initiatives (Aniplex) and not something studio staff could've initiated on their own.

I suggest you look up who Kadokawa are, like Aniplex they fund shows, KyoAni are just an animation studio like A-1. The difference is A-1 are a part of Aniplex whereas KyoAni are just hired by Kadokawa, for say the Haruhi series.