Natsu no Arashi: Storm of Quality & Scandal

is this... really SHAFT?
i need some clarification.

seriously. someone, please come up with some sort of explanation.

I can't seem to get past how the guy looks like a taller version of Detective Conan...

what...
so no execs from SHAFT ever monitor the production?
this is as mind-baffling as a kleine bottle (or whatever it's spelled.)

Chya... I'll still watch it.
Is just the art-style.

Hmm, looks like they forgot to feed the Korean animators again.

The character design is.... filled with double stuffing of fail. Let's not get to "it's a character design, that's their style" line.

Visually this fails. Only hope for them is to make the execution of the story well laid out.

The very first picture doesn't seem all the bad to me...maybe I'm just ignorant on this series/book/whatever it is based off of.

Its not that bad, kinda reminds me of old school anime which is a real treat in todays anime trends.

What the hell, Shaft? Did they phone this in or something?

I guess this means we'll have to wait for DVD...

Hang your head in shame :P

My theory is that there are two shaft.
The shaft "dream team": the one that produced series as: "Ef: A Tale of Melodies" and "Sayonara Zetsubou-Sensei", etc.
The other Shaft that I call "Shit Shaft" that produced things as: The three-Ovas of Negima (Ala Alba) and recently "Natsu no Arashi!"

I will put this on my list of things to watch, looks neat.

They took a different art direction and it seems to work out just fine. Clean animation with bold color palettes. The series is one of the better ones of the season...at least by the look of episode 1.

idk, why you guys complain so much, the manga version, is well done, if you do not like how the author draws his images, well just move on. i certainly have enjoy every single episode of the series so far. what drew me closer to this amine was quality of the work, sure there may be some other anime out there with a better quality, but i happen to enjoy how it looks, don't bash it, before you even get a chance to view it.
also marketing is marketing, they got you talking about either way..anyways take a look at it, and hope you guys enjoy it as much as i am!!! watching ep 6 at the moment on crunchyroll.

peace out!

This makes me want to cry...

I tried watching this anime yesterday, because it's from SHAFT. It certainly feels like shaft which is a good thing, but sadly it fails to entertain. Even if it got delicious traps and time travel.

The people that drew the anime drew it terribly compared to School Rumble, really...I mean Jin Kobayashi's work is good...but this time, the anime was a bit...off.

Late comment!!

meh the quality was bad but became good on the later episodes..

Don't dis the series until you watch the series. Although coming late to reply, it actually has a really good animation quality, just the promotion material lacks. After seeing it, it's quality is entirely better than School Rumble Series. And i don't take quality lightly.

I really thought the art and animation would be more like School Rumble, but I guess I was wrong. I might have to drop this series, if it ends up like Akikan.

WTH, way to ruin an anime . . .

Holy shit.....Arashi's eyes are too narrow.....

Thought she'll be the long-haired version of Yakumo and this is what I get ? One nasty Kamura Reiri & Enma Ai character with a pair of large & narrow red-eye !? Looking forward to this anime.

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NUOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOO OOOOOOO OOOOOO
QUALITY IS SHITE!!!! NUOOOOOOOO
Arashi's eyes are supposed to be ONE eye apart.. not half!!!! aaargghhhhh stupid realistic eyes... bugs me as badly as real eyes that look damn close... nuuuooooo
at least Kaja is still gorgeous enough....

Well maybe this is a good reason why anime studios shouldn't rely on outsourcing production so much.

Shaft's a studio I consider hit or miss on their productions.

Maybe studios should just not over produce and rush shows.

Okay. So that means one less show to watch?
Fuck you SHAFT.

"Source Neko to Negima"

reminds me of the "Magister quality" of the third OVA.

Summer Troll indeed, though a bit early.

Poor Kobayashi Jin. That's what he get for ditching the School Rumble series..

I could care less about animation qaulity its all a illusion to accentuate the story and likable characters.

The top image is misleading. Just look at the damn PV!

Anime character designs look different compared to manga character designs - it happens all the time, so what.

That viral marketing scheme is really sad, though.

that's sad, and i wanted to watch this. :(

Exactly what someone above said, this is some divine retribution for fucking up School Rumble so badly. Perhaps if this flops he'll retcon his shitty ending.

Was hoping the chick would look like Eri Sawachika, nvm.

oh god
that really dissapointiing. though it would be drawn like on the wallpaper -.-

I wanted to watch it but know...

wow the anime character designs look like something from the 70s/80s and yet the manga's from 07

It's like they already know it's shit, and wants users to distract from that.

C'mon guyze, watz with the long face?

WOW...insta-pass now. Thought the book art looked good enough to check into the anime.

this is starting to become a trend - minami-ke okaeri/okawari, akikan