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Natsu no Arashi: Storm of Quality & Scandal

Author: Artefact
Categories: Anime, News
Date: Mar 31, 2009 05:09 JST

Tags: Blogs, Internet, Marketing, Natsu no Arashi!, Production Controversy, Starchild

Upcoming anime 夏のあらし！ / Natsu no Arashi! (Storm of Summer), airing April 5th, has succeeded in attracting attention to itself for all the wrong reasons.

Preview images show Asread Quality in evidence, and as if to inadvertently draw attention to this, the producer Starchild has incited a storm of criticism after retaining the services of a marketing firm (“Blogscout”) whose innovative PR move was to offer bloggers a paltry ¥1,000 Amazon gift voucher if they would write about the show on their blogs, subject to several conditions.

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Chen-04 commented on November 13, 2010 17:01
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.... More
lol commented on August 23, 2009 07:06
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.... More

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