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Sword Art Online Producer Shinichiro Kashiwada & Voice Actor Yoshitsugu Matsuoka


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SquadmemberRitsu



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PostPosted: Mon May 18, 2015 11:59 am Reply with quote
Honestly, I think both the main arcs of SAO II (Especially Mother's Rosario) are leaps and bounds better than the first series. But I'm not sure whether the anime community at large agrees.

Granted, a lot the negativity towards SAO II was even more uncalled for than it was with the first series.
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PostPosted: Mon May 18, 2015 12:48 pm Reply with quote
Damn, I was hoping Kashiwada would drop some suggestive hints about an adaptation of the Alicization arc for SAO III. Oh well, I'm sure SAO III isn't too far off anyways. Wouldn't be surprised if Extra Edition 2 is coming out around December time this year like EE1 was in Dec. 2013 which had the SAO II announcement.
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PostPosted: Mon May 18, 2015 12:59 pm Reply with quote
Calculus20 wrote:
Damn, I was hoping Kashiwada would drop some suggestive hints about an adaptation of the Alicization arc for SAO III. Oh well, I'm sure SAO III isn't too far off anyways. Wouldn't be surprised if Extra Edition 2 is coming out around December time this year like EE1 was in Dec. 2013 which had the SAO II announcement.


That depends on what you would consider as "isn't too far off"; they have a lot on their hands in the coming future.
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PostPosted: Mon May 18, 2015 1:21 pm Reply with quote
ANN: Asking the hard questions you want answered
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PostPosted: Mon May 18, 2015 1:25 pm Reply with quote
Hameyadea wrote:
Calculus20 wrote:
Damn, I was hoping Kashiwada would drop some suggestive hints about an adaptation of the Alicization arc for SAO III. Oh well, I'm sure SAO III isn't too far off anyways. Wouldn't be surprised if Extra Edition 2 is coming out around December time this year like EE1 was in Dec. 2013 which had the SAO II announcement.


That depends on what you would consider as "isn't too far off"; they have a lot on their hands in the coming future.


Well most of those shows are slated for this Summer and Fall. I'm not really expecting a new SAO season until Summer 2016 similar to s1 being Summer 2012 and s2 being Summer 2014.
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PostPosted: Mon May 18, 2015 1:31 pm Reply with quote
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ANN: Asking the hard questions you want answered


Yeah... somebody else might have asked something like " why is SAO always losing quality on it's second half (more on the first Season)?"
And about "Alicization" I have to say that Aincrad arc and Alicization Arc are my favorites by FAR coming Mother's Rosario Arc in third place.

I think that the sales are the thing that will probably stop the third season because story wise... the web novel already finished and the LN is on Volume 15 (I think).
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spoiler[PS: Alice is love. Alice is life. O.o'']
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PostPosted: Mon May 18, 2015 3:22 pm Reply with quote
"Guns are more popular in America".

No, I'm pretty sure that's not what makes SAO II good. lol I prefer the atmospheres and settings of both Aincrad and ALO over Gun Gale. But Gun Gale has a much more interesting heroines with real problems that people can relate to and they were able to interact with a boy yet NOT be made into more love interests. That is why SAO II is good.
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PostPosted: Mon May 18, 2015 4:16 pm Reply with quote
Lemonchest wrote:
ANN: Asking the hard questions you want answered


While I think this interview is fine (if not simply very typical) we did have another half-dozen questions or so I really wish we'd have been given time to ask.

All questions are also put through an approval process with the guest's handlers beforehand.
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PostPosted: Mon May 18, 2015 4:21 pm Reply with quote
Zac wrote:
Lemonchest wrote:
ANN: Asking the hard questions you want answered


While I think this interview is fine (if not simply very typical) we did have another half-dozen questions or so I really wish we'd have been given time to ask.

All questions are also put through an approval process with the guest's handlers beforehand.


Don't worry, I know in interviews like this you're lucky to get more than a rehearsed soundbite or empty platitude out of them.
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PostPosted: Mon May 18, 2015 4:25 pm Reply with quote
I don't know if it was intentional, but I found it funny how in the question about SAO II > SAO I, Kashiwada just completely avoided mentioning Fairy Dance, which is I think, the one that's considered the worse by most of the fandom afaik.

Can't help feeling mildly bothered that he implied how GGO was more popular just because Murricans love 'em some guns. I was not excited about GGO because I actually find fantasy/magic settings much more exciting than people shooting at each other, but the writing in GGO and Sinon's character completely trumped anything else S1 did. I honestly didn't expect to like it, given how much I ended up hating S1 and it was a really pleasant surprise.
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PostPosted: Mon May 18, 2015 5:00 pm Reply with quote
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Can't help feeling mildly bothered that he implied how GGO was more popular just because Murricans love 'em some guns.

Yeah, that one bothered me a bit, too. If I look at the U.S. from an outsider's perspective, though - and especially from the perspective of a citizen of a country where firearm access is tightly-restricted, like Japan is - I can certainly understand how one might get that impression.
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PostPosted: Mon May 18, 2015 5:03 pm Reply with quote
Thank you for the interview, Anime News Network, Shinichiro Kashiwada, and Yoshitsugu Matsuoka!

On another note...
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As fa as anything unusual, everything became so busy that I didn't have time to even think about it.

The 'r' is missing in far.
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PostPosted: Mon May 18, 2015 5:04 pm Reply with quote
CrowLia wrote:

Can't help feeling mildly bothered that he implied how GGO was more popular just because Murricans love 'em some guns.


i agree with you on the fact that the story was much better but i think he was also saying it from the japonese point of view...

And kirito, the sword maniac, going around with a gun probably atracted a lot of atention.
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PostPosted: Mon May 18, 2015 5:10 pm Reply with quote
I doubt he's put much thought into why non-Japanese people like a cartoon he worked on before being asked the question.
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PostPosted: Mon May 18, 2015 5:22 pm Reply with quote
It's a stereotype of America given the gun culture, movies, and video games. If pressed for a quick answer, it's easy to pick out something like this especially if no specific research has been done on the subject.
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