Perhaps tiring of being criticised for being entirely bereft of production quality, quality anime Akikan has opted to simply abandon the tedious business of animating characters and instead just film the seiyuu having a chat, replacing the normal episode with it. Fans quickly noted the increase in production values.
It’s not clear whether this quality will be finding its way into the DVD edition. It’s also not the first time they have opted to save themselves a spot of this whole silly animation business.
Be thankful they thought of this before Kadokawa did…
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Ehhhh, gladd I didn't start the series then =P... would've hated it if a series I was watching ended up like this.
"Nothing gained, nothing lost" was it...? In that case, don't try anything new ever again and you'll be fine.
I remember when Space Ghost Coast to Coast did this.
Yeah, but unlike Akikan, Space Ghost is actually funny. -_-
Inukami was pure bullshit. This is still pure bullshit but they're puréeing it to the max. I can't compare the quality of shitty shows. It feels like I'm losing a part of my soul everytime I do so.
Uh oh, someone just introduced them to Adult Swim... Next, they'll start killing the cast off every episode and awkwardly replace a key character.
I like story but the graphics.. Poor as dmil666 said writing sucks...
I couldn't stand the anime from episode 1 because of poor production values. This pretty much is the coup de grace.
Just like a video game, its success depends solely on the visuals, right? It's the law of the land, and nothing or no one will EVER fucking change that. Ever.
Why the hate for this show? It has a low budget and the concept is silly, but the show is consistently funny and quotable.
This post would have been so much better had it been titled "Akikan Abandons Anime Altogether". Alliteration ftw!
what a nerd u made me lolz
Akikan = Best show of the 2009 Season. Prove me wrong, faggots.
The show sucks, your proved wrong buttpirate. Throw a bunch of half assed humor and call it a show? For a minute there, I thought Gonzo was producing it.
I see ugly people.
Wow! Don't scare me with a title like Abandon Anime! I almost thought the Anime was stalled!!
I don't care as long Jun Fukuyama still there <3.
Fans quickly noted the increase in production values.
lol
I gave this anime a 9/10 in the ratings
Well deserved rating.
Huh... if not Kadokawa, then at least KyoAni already did something similar. (Lucky Star OAV's Lucky Channel)
At first look, I thought your avatar is a baked potato
Haha!
Poor Botan ^^
In case it isn't obvious, this is simply because it's a 12-episode series in a 13-episode time slot, so rather than be done a week early, they put this in instead. Most other 12-episode shows started a week later due to the New Year's Holidays, so don't have this issue. They could have just ended the run a week early, but threw this in to fill the time (since they already paid for it). There was never going to be 13 episodes anyway, so it's not like they replaced a planned episode with this or something (or "abandoned anime").
As usual, the truth is many times more mundane than the headline. (Though the ability to make a story out of anything, no matter how otherwise irrelevant, is perhaps something to be feared.)
Not anime airing in an anime timeslot. Normally an anime does not insert this kind of thing into their run. The anime in question already has a reputation. It is hard to see how this is not noteworthy as such.
Well, I guess it was either that or a clip show (which many shows have done in their run). It's more the fact that, as usual, there's actually a perfectly logical mundane explanation for this that was conveniently excised... ^^;
was a crappy anime series anyways
I KNOW RIGHT?
/sarcasm
Anonymous hath spoken. IT SHALL BE.
>Be thankful they thought of this before Kadokawa did…
I fully agree to this.
I would have liked to see that RAGEing inferno.
So is Akikan really canned or just a break?
It was canned to begin with. But to answer your question, nobody has said or suggested anything of the sort.
>canned
I see what you did there.
Shit, forget that other comment, Artefact said it is, so it must be. IT MUST.
Ouch.
PHAIL
HURRRRR LULZ XD
LOL almost like phalic XD u so clever
Say what you will about how crappy the series is because I agree with most of it, BUT it still makes me laugh. That's more than I can say about other supposed comedy series I've seen.
I'll still watch 6.5 to hear/see Mamiko Noto.
Holy crap someone understands :D
Me too. Mamiko Noto's voice is purity incarnate.
+1
Her voice is heavenly.
another +1
Mamiko Noto is one of the main reasons to watch this anime.
+ another 4 making it 6#
Her smile is pure heart warming~ :3
I've been following (not to mention buying) the anime's she (Mamiko Noto) had voiced that characters in before, so to say that her voice atracts me to watch the anime whether its an epic fail or not.
But the again, to have this episode 6.5 aired.....That means ep.7 may be cancelled or redrawn completely as to make up for the epic drawing failures......What I do hope is that it does not stop airing.
Yep. Production quality is better. Writing still sucks tho'.
AMAZING B ANIME IS AMAZING.
I mean THE PRODUCTION QUALITY IS SO TERRIBLE HURP DURP THAT'S WHY I LOOK AT EVERY FRAME OF ANIMATION TO SPOT ERRORS.
Overall the production quality is average.
It's not great but it doesn't deserve the "EPIC FAIL LULZ XD" shit that 2ch and Artefact give it.
Sidenote: Sometimes I hate 4chan, more specifically /b/, for spreading EPIC FAIL and other shit to the general public.
Wow, do you honestly have nothing better to do than LOOK AT EACH AND EVERY FUCKING FRAME START TO FINISH SO YOU CAN SPOT PHYSICS-DEFYING MISTAKES IN AN ALREADY PHYSICS-DEFYING SHOW JUST SO YOU CAN POST SAID MISTAKES ON THE INTERNET FOR ALL TO SEE AND DEEM IT A PLAGUE ON THE WORLD?
...Pardon? That was sarcasm? Oh, sorry, but I'm not very good at noticing these things in print.
Yes my good sir that was sarcasm.
I thought the HURP DURP would have given it away though.....
couldnt have said it better myself.
Are you serious? LOL this is the funniest thing I have heard all year. That probably cost more than a real episode though.
Oh forgot to ask, is that technically episode 7?
Nope, its labeled as 6.5, actually.
Okay.
What.
This show killed the last shred of respect I had for Fukuyama Jun. Sure, the guy's gotta make a living, but these roles... Too bad, he started out so well.
Did you not watch Inukami? His character in that is almost worse than Kakeru.
Inukami just rocked but it was more full of innuendo rather than Akikan which lacks subtlelty.
I've abandoned watching this show it the early streamed time... but i'd love to come back for this episode :O
Fukuyama Jun doesn't have the badass look thar :(
This was actually one of this years shows I was looking forward to.
Not anymore however...
InuKami > Akikan.
Although Akikan is still a good anime.
Although hardly the best this season.