A Chuunibyou movie has been announced in the form of Takanashi Rikka: Kai – however, it is merely to be a much reviled “season highlights” movie, albeit one refocused on Rikka rather than the token male protagonist of the series.
The trailer, revealing it is due in on the 14th of September:
The production staff admit that “just making a highlights compilation movie wouldn’t be interesting to viewers” and so have promised to introduce “new elements” centred on Rikka’s perspective on events, possibly making the whole thing interesting.
The movie apparently does not have any bearing on the second season, which should follow afterwards.
As a person who hasn’t watched this anime yet. What? the protagonist is the dude?
Should have made the whole thing based on the dvd/bd extras. The chuuni mode.
Well at least this is more interesting than that shitastic yaoi swimming anime.
Even if it’s highlight People will still pay out the nose for KyoAni’s work. I am looking forward to the movie anyway. :>
Every one knows that this movie os a desperate attempt for KyoAni to reclaim their fanboys who dropped them because of the fujoshit animu.
Let’s see:
1. Tamako Market didn’t sell good – KyoAni loses
2. no anime this season – no profit
3. summer season has “Free!”, which most likely will be mainly for females – profit from fujoshi, no profit from male otaku = big loss
4. Chuunibyou recap movie to promote the 2nd season of their last good selling show = rather low cost production (reusing scenes, or at least existing material to work with, instead of creating something completely new) + making good profit
5. 2nd season – good profit, but lower than 1st season
6. winter season probably Kyoukai no Kanata – should turn out a profitable hit
2013: loss, loss, fujoshi-gain+male-otaku-loss, (gain – movie) + gain, gain
Ah, well… I forgot that Kyoukai no Kanata would be Winter 2014… so without that 2013 doesn’t look all too good for KyoAni.
They start with a big loss, then do nothing, then they’ll have to rely on female buyers… and at the end of the year they rely on the 2nd season of Chuunibyou and a low cost recap movie.
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Source material for Free! won some kinda honourable mention as a novel though. Must have some semblence of a story…