No.839720
Set up before Kaiji, Hyoudou is bored and orders Tonegawa to do set up something to entertain him, like some death games. So now Tonegawa has to work towards doing that together with his subordinates and villains from Kaiji. Tonegawa is pretty capable but also kind of autistic so how will this shit end up? I dunno.
I feel like the narrator's voice isn't deep enough for over-dramatic delivery and the speaking style isn't helping either. The gags seems like they will consist of extremely capable Tonegawa struggling on menial stuff because of his autism or some high-up choices making his job harder. Probably working together with other characters whose quirks will piss him off and each episode is him getting pissed at them till he explodes.
I get this sensation the jokes run for too long, killing the momentum so the payoff isn't that great as result. I wonder if this is how every episode is going to be.
>"Give your name."
>"My name is Yamazaki Kenji and my hobby is bowling"
>"Ok, next."
>"I'm Kawasaki Toshimasa and my hobby is bowling"
<Oh no, their names sound similar! This is so confusing!
>Every subordinate's hobby is bowling.
<Tonegawa's autism didn't let him skip past those details so now it is bothering him a lot! He can't concentrate! What a dilemma!
>5min revolving around Tonegawa hearing similar sounding names and struggling to remember them with ざわ‥ ざわ‥ sound in the background.
>Spergs out, calls it a day.
>Tonegawa stays alone in the office while all the subordinates go bowling, wondering what made him so angry.
I really hope this thing gets better later on. I'm worried that if this fails any hope of Kaiji s3 will go poof. What do you think /a/?
No.839747
>>839720
I'm a fan of Fukumoto and I thought it was enjoyable. This episode showed how he has to please his unreasonable boss and the cloned man in black at the same time. Also Saemon-saburou Jirou joke was pretty funny, and how they use visual and sound effects used in high stakes gambling for mundane shit. This is just fanservice for Kaiji universe after all, no need to criticize it heavily. Madhouse is also doing Overlord 3 too this season.
Kaiji season 3 might never happen anyways because of the weed thing. They would've got another guy and did it if they could.
No.839759
>>839720
The new guy can't deliver for shit. I wonder if Tachiki-san was too busy.
No.839787
>that narrator
>that ざわ
That's some weak shit, I want the previous ones back.
No.839798
New narrator is a good contrast between Tonegawa's serious tone just as Kaiji's narrator was a good contrast to his laid back personality.
I really love this so far. I do agree it is kind of lame in comparison but frankly I'm just glad this exists.
The naming gag was fucking great. I struggle with this shit all the time with new groups.
No.839826
HookTube embed. Click on thumbnail to play.
Also this OP is a thing of legend.
No.839829
I thought it was a lot of fun. Not having read the manga, I'm really curious what the tone of this show is going to be. It seems far more relaxed than Kaiji or Akagi. I think Kurosawa had a balanced mix of comedy and seriousness, so maybe it will be like that? The narrator certainly makes it feel like a more happy-go-lucky kind of show. I'm excited for more.
No.839847
>>839720
>I feel like the narrator's voice isn't deep enough for over-dramatic delivery and the speaking style isn't helping either.
>I get this sensation the jokes run for too long, killing the momentum so the payoff isn't that great as result.
I suspect these are related to some extent. If you had the narrator deliver his lines seriously like the old one, I think it would add a tension to the story and make it seem less sluggish even when there are no actual stakes involved. Tonegawa's stress should build the same way Kaiji's does, even if they are fundamentally different. This builds anticipation for a comedic payoff just like the main series does a dramatic one. This comedic, tongue-in-cheek tone the anime narrator not only diminishes the humor itself but also releases the tension from each gag.
>>839829
There's only a couple translated chapters so it's hard to speak for the whole thing, but the tone seems like it's exactly what you already saw: Light-hearted comedy with an occasional dash of Teiai black-hearted cruelty to add punch to the jokes.
No.839859
No.839871
>>839859
Quick search says the person who scored Kaiji was busted for possession of the 420.
No.839892
>>839871
Yeah that's it, Japan is really anal about weed. The band that did OP for Hyouge mono got caught with weed and the Mangaka distanced himself from the anime, went from "Original creator" to "Original idea by". Even though the fucking band that sung the OP theme has nothing to do with the production of anime.
No.839974
>>839892
I didn't even think of it like that. I forgot that Japan doesn't have a 'bad apple' mentality with things like that but sees it as a failure of the group. I remember a Japanese girl being mad at me once because I went to a party where some other guy did cocaine. I thought it was weird because I don't touch the shit myself. I had no idea someone would be mad at me over what someone else did with their own dumb ass.
Well, hopefully this will be a chance to mend relations with the mangaka.
No.839989
I wasnt too thrilled with the first episode but i hope it does well so we can see more of fukumoto's stuff animated. Tonegawa's mindset seems like its gonna be the main focus of the show with less intensive gambling/struggles. Maybe some of the henchmen will challenge him, that would be fun.
No.839992
>>839989
>challenge him
To a bowling match?
No.840008
>>839974
>Well, hopefully this will be a chance to mend relations with the mangaka.
The one I mentioned was a different anime, Hyouge mono. I don't think Fukumoto has any problems with another anime. The sound guy being in jail or blacklisted probably keeps it from happening.
Also irrelevant but Fukumoto once did an anti-drug PSA manga for government.
No.840138
Tonegawa is love, Tonegawa is life. The most GAR man and best character from a great series has returned to save anime. I was plenty hype for this and the first episode did not disappoint, can't wait to see what wacky antics Hyoudou gets up to each week and Tonegawa's attempts to deal with all his bullshit.
No.840197
They did not get any of the original voice actors back. Tonegawa is changed. The narrator is changed (and absolutely terrible). Hyoudou is either changed or the voice actor had a stroke.
I have watched Kaiji at least 5 times and I cannot get over this.
No.840329
>>840008
> zawa zawa is the sound of the drugs kicking in
It all makes sense now.
No.840332
>>840197
To me what was missed was the composer himself. Plucky comedy music for the gag scenes reminds me too much of Naruto filler. Sadly this thread has made it very clear we aren't getting him back.
No.840360
>>839992
Tonegawa's autism would make bowling pretty interesting.
No.841884
So on positive this week:
- Was decently funny
- I'm still pleasantly satisfied of the concept of showing the normal struggles of this company of cold-hearted bastards.
- Had a nod to Akaigi
Negatives:
- Kind of waiting for some of the dark humor to add gravity to the camp so far like >>839847 indicated.
- New sound direction feels more generic, which is unfortunate.
- Nothing happened this episode. Considering this is like Kaiji and Akagi, that is bound to happen a lot but still...
Overall still loving it, but not a ton I am finding to say about it this week.
No.842121
I think I may just wait for all episodes to drop and watch'em in one go.
No.842286
>>842121
I've thought about it too, but I think I'll watch them weekly, which is bound to get slow at times.
No.842561
The pacing is slower than I expected - they could easily get at least two chapters in one episode - but I still found myself engrossed. I guess the same thing was true for other FKMT adaptations. You read the manga and you're done within a few minutes, but the anime really indulges in the colorful metaphors and mental introspection between each action.
No.843067
I was very negative last week because of all the changed voice actors and substandard animation, but this week was pretty good. I will continue watching it.
No.843197
>>843067
I mean that is fairly valid since they did change all the VAs. I wonder if it is because they don't want it to sound anything like the vision of the man who was under the influence of the devil weed.
No.843199
>>843197
Unlikely. They used a song from Kaiji at the start of the first episode. I think the changes are very likely just budget related.
No.843883
What was he trying to convey with this face?
No.843926
I just wanted more FKMT animated.
I'm happy
No.843943
I'm happy this got an anime and all but wouldn't Kurosawa be a better fit?
No.843984
No.843988
>>843943
Though I haven't read the Tonegawa manga, it is my impression that Kurosawa is far more worthy of an anime. Still I can't help but agree with >>843926. At least this means animated Kurosawa could still happen.
No.844021
>>843883
Sinister sleepy agreement... Also that he shit his adult diaper.
No.844081
YouTube embed. Click thumbnail to play.
>>843988
That I can agree with. I don't think Kaiji can be worked into another anime yet though, since they just finished their last gamble and are just escaping with the money, at least for now the anime can't reach that point. Also reminder that a Pachinko game slot has scenes from the MahJong arc. No hooktube cause it's dead.
No.844153
This episode was pretty brilliant. Remember not to let your griddles rust.
No.844249
This episode was a huge improvement from the other 2. I think it has a lot to do Yamazaki's perspective. I bet He felt as disgusted and conflicted as if if he had found a kid inflating a condom with his mouth because he thought it was a balloon and then then asked to play with it.
No.844432
>>844249
Part of it is probably that it is nice to have any semblance of group dynamic at all rather than Tonegawa talking to a bowling hivemind.
No.844438
This episode was a lot of fun. FKMT is legendary at creating tension, but the humor in this show comes from the absurdity of the situations he yanks the tension out of. I started out just liking the OP, but now the ED has really grown on me. I'm happy this show is turning into a worthwhile experience.
>>844055
I'm not sure which smile I want to protect more.
No.844451
YouTube embed. Click thumbnail to play.
Is the music just as intense
No.844626
This episode was so much fun. Never knew i would've enjoyed the backstory of a fucking grill
No.844629
>>844451
Not really, the tone of the show isn't dark like kaiji so it's not like that hurts the show. It uses tracks from kaiji's ost from time to time though.
No.844673
>>844081
>fucking mahJong again.
Why can't they stick to the interesting games?
No.844694
Well fuck me sideways, I really enjoyed this episode.
>>844673
What do you mean, anon? He lychee'd the baka of 9s into a double-reverse counter bluff.
No.844706
>>844673
Minefield Mahjong is mahjong in the same way that RRPS is janken or One Poker is poker.
No.844766
This was a lot of fun. I think I'm going to play around with Kdenlive more in the future.
No.844891
Great episode. Most of my doubt and disappointment is gone. I hope this keeps up so we can get another season of Kaiji and Strongest Man Kurosawa!
No.844896
>>844766
That's some fresh OC.
No.844899
>>844673
This gamble was pretty cool actually it's a modified version of mahjong and most of it is about how both Kaiji and the Prez are trying to get the upper hand by cheating and pretending to cheat.
No.845506
The Tonegawa show is the most boring shit I've seen this season. Nothing happens, jokes that shouldn't last for more than 5 minutes last for the whole episode and no one accomplishes anything.
Tonegawa gets tasked to come up with a game and so far zero progress with 3 episodes in.
Episode 1. Names suck
Episode 2. Ideas suck
Episode 3. Vacations from our hard non-progress.
I'm done with this shit. I'd rather watch nuLoGH than this piece of crap.
No.845510
>>844766
Good job there anon.
No.845512
>>845506
It's mostly just for people who like FKMT and references. Really puts in perspective the world building, who and why the hell would someone make a death gamble game about Janken?
If you want the same kind of comedy but done much better and more densely packed, read the Akagi anthology.
No.846007
No.846061
No.846577
>>845506
Episode 4 has what you're waiting for tho. They finally come up with ideas for death games and it was a nice episode overall.
No.848226
Eigakan Kanriroku Tonegawa
No.849666
Thank God we never got an English dub of Kaiji
English dub for Tonegawa is out though
No.849669
>>848226
The black suits all oohing and aahing like idiots at the fucking Matrix still makes me chuckle a week later. This is the show I never knew I wanted.
No.849675
Don't mind me just throwing this reaction webm I made here.
No.849928
>>849669
legit becoming the best shit FKMT has ever penned. I bet he stole half the jokes from interns and the anthology guys badmouthing him
No.850098
I expected Ebitani to fuck up but this was way above of what I ever expected. Great episode.
No.850172
>>849928
It's bizarre how well this show is turning out. I didn't expect Tonegawa to be so likable as a protagonist. The way he tries so hard to remember everyone's names and be a constructive boss is almost cute.
No.851782
>nipponese cold knocks average animu character on their ass for weeks, spending most of the time at the ICU
>nipponese flu grim reaper gets his shit kicked in by Tonegawa after spending 2 days at home
<tfw you will never be as ハードボイルド as him
No.851909
They're really begging for a giant Engrish supercut once it's done airing.
No.852054
>Ebitani gets removed from the opening
No.852092
>>852054
Ebitani... had a hard life.
No.853381
>>853378
EBI GOALLLLLLLLLL
No.853388
Can't wait for Fish Wholesale Blues Ebitani.
No.853399
This single frame is the most hilarious thing in this show so far.
No.853402
>>850172
Yeah, even though this is a gag anime it really gives some weight to Tonegawa's character. Despite his warped views on life he can still care about others and he genuinely believes in what he says. Makes it even worse when the only thing Kaiji, the guy who should have "woken up", learned from him was that you can scam Teiai goons for lodsofemone.
No.853428
How is everything that FKMT has made in the past five years absolutely terrible but this anime/manga manages to blow everything else out of the water by being a straight FKMT manga?
>>853378
>Cattura.JPG
No.853458
I am amazed at how Ebitani just keeps failing.
No.856128
Buff Tonegawa is best Tonegawa.
No.856131
>>856128
Damn, he's over the flu and comin' for you.
No.856136
>>856128
Was I the only one who felt a little inspired by this
No.856477
>>856136
The Slime-like katsu monster made me lose my appetite.
No.856479
>>856477
I would eat a slime. Or fug, depending on the form.
No.856553
>>856136
I was as well. Tonegawa has a titanium will to get shit done and get it done right. He's a model man in many ways.
No.856584
A real human bean, and a real hero.
No.858821
>>856623
>is this show a plot to trick neets into working?
Something like that.
No.858827
The Kaiji tease, with original soundtrack. Lost my sides.
No.858985
This show just keeps getting better.
No.859002
I'm glad I didn't end up putting it into the backlog.
No.859035
>>859002
Those boxes look comfy as fuck. Except the cosmos one, what the hell was that guy thinking?
No.859106
>>859035
I guess it's a way of beating claustrophobia.
Hot-damn that Kaiji tease got me real good.
No.859123
>box with live animals in it
What would the guy do if one of the cats took a shit?
No.859134
>>859123
Scoop it up and discretely shove through the hole in the ceiling?
No.859647
What happened to Tonegawa exactly? Another director took his role, but that's all we know. I assume he got fired and who the hell knows what else.
No.859657
>>859647
He got fired, and I'm sure that the end of the Tonegawa manga will give info on what happened to him (maybe it'll coincide with the current Kaiji arc?).
The second Kaiji movie had Tonegawa show up to help Kaiji fight the Bog
No.859663
>>859657
I thought that was the debt collector. who loaned Kaiji money at compound interest per minute then made off with his share of the winnings
No.860373
>Tonegawa-sensei will never fix your abysmal fashion sense
What's the point in going on with life?
No.860393
>>860388
That may be true, but he's still just a boy.
No.860397
>>860393
>1920x2160
Not resizing your shit is unfashionable, baka.
No.861067
>>859663
Yeah that was him
>>859657
>>859647
There are rumors that Tonegawa and Ichijou will be part of a future gamble right after the escape arc. I predict they're going to lose even more money before Mario and Chang can get out of the country and Kaiji will undoubtedly fuck up something and get captured by Teiai again.
At this point I'd rather know what Mario and Chang will do after they've left Japan, especially because theirs are the only two backstories I've liked so far other than Ishida-san's (who was too good for this world, too pure).
No.862261
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No.862264
>>862261
>dumped in the forest like an unwanted pet
My sides just took a 6.000.000.000 yen loan from Teiai.
No.862281
>>862264
>Expecting Tonegawa to play the straight man and say he isn't a pet or something to that effect
>He just rolls with it
No.862382
This is the wackiest bullshit ever and I'm so happy I kept up with the series so I could watch a bunch of adult Japanese salarymen create a feral, steak munching, old man.
>Endou has made every scene he's in better.
No.863186
>>839787
By now I like the ざわ!
No.863975
Akagi Shigeru died on September 26th, 19 years ago at the age of 53
How has Akagi inspired you anon?
No.865525
This week's episode was rather profane.
No.865554
Is this even written by FKMT?
No.865561
>>865525
>>865544
I wonder what the book said about him.
No.865562
That was the most intense personality quiz I've ever seen.
No.865675
For those who don't know there's 3 untranslated TonegawaxTouhou comedy doujins. They're pretty funny.
No.865795
So Funai and Kitami went to the Espoir at least 3 times. Funai said in Kaiji that he did restricted janken before but I didn't know Kitami also went to the ship 2 times before Kaiji met him. Is this new info or just something that wasn't mentioned in the kaiji anime?
No.865803
>>865795
They are going to go through all of kaiji through tonegawas perspective? Interesting.
No.868029
I read 20-something chapters of 一日外出録ハンチョウ not too long ago, so this was kind of nice.
No.868072
This show is reaching peak /ck/. Either way, hope Ootsuki keeps up finding ways to fuck with the people around him.
No.868096
>Ootsuki episode
>Ootsuki is somehow likable now
What the fuck is going on. New ED makes him look like a new main character too.
No.868098
Ichijou isn't in the credits, but now there's a cute suit.
No.868105
What a nice change of pace. This episode gave me some truly heartwarming chuckles.
No.868109
Such a comfy episode. I wouldn't mind have more episodes with Ootsuki. But I just hope they leave enough room to see what happens to Tonegawa after the E-card game.
No.871087
Don't really understand the point of this show.
>>868096
He was still a prick.
No.871482
Ootsuki could make even the devil second-guess his dinner choice.
No.871490
Yay he's back! Ootsuki's just too much of a snake to be able to fill those shoes.
>>871087
Comedic spin on a famously intense/grueling series. Half the fun of it is how it plays off of that intensity in light-hearted ways, so it's probably not very enjoyable if you're out of the loop. or you just have shit taste
No.871608
>>865675
its depressing those are untranslated, they are amazing
No.871998
It's practically become a food show now. I love it.
No.873275
>Tonegawa vexed, as absolute madman keeps getting away with it
Incredible.
No.873429
>>873420
But Tony's a fragile mess.
No.875001
It's been a while since we've focused on the Men in Black. The drinking breakdown scene had its way with my sides.
No.875013
>>865675
Seems interesting. Are there raws for it?
No.875180
>>839787
<ざわ ざわ
>Anon doesn't like his signature onomatopoeia! He doesn't like it one bit!
<ざわ ざわ
>How will Fukumoto-san respond?!
No.876235
I CAN'T BELIEVE TONEGAWA GOT FUCKING BULLIED!
I was thinking "Wow, that's some real Makoto Shinkai shit right there." and then they pull that.
Fuckin' A.
No.876263
I usually don't laugh out loud at anime comedies, but this one does me in almost every episode.
Also, >Tonegawa vaping
No.876270
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No.876343
>>875013
They're on sadpanda.
No.877984
>>877747
>being a kiss-ass
セクハー。。。許じゃ！
No.880924
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I nearly coughed up my snack mix.
No.882465
This week on Tonegawa...
Tonegawa watches moe anime, and shares it with the internet.
No.882470
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Honestly surprised CR even bothered to translate the tweets. They probably have nightmares about frames like this first one.
No.882476
>2 cliffhangers in one episode.
Why would they do that? This isn't fair.
No.882478
>>882467
I feel like this scene is ideal material for the Drawing Improvement Club
No.884223
Having to watch all this delicious food and not getting any is a fate worse than twitter prison.
No.884291
Loli Odagiri is surprisingly cute.
No.884382
>>884291
Except for the voice.
No.884805
>>884322
This is exactly what I was looking for, thank you.
No.886394
That was a fun excursion, but does this actually work?
No.886828
>>886394
Can't say, but I'd guess it's a similar principal to putting a bowl of water on the radiator to accelerate evaporation and get some moisture into the air, perhaps because of the paper's properties it loses water to the air faster.
No.891536
No.891568
>>891536
I'm going to say that's a yes.
No.891586
I checked 5ch out of curiosity and one guy said the manga did the same thing. Not surprising, considering just about everything relating to the Human Derby would not stand up to scrutiny. Better to leave it unexamined.
No.891595
>>886828
>>886394
It's because of the increased surface area, swamp coolers tend to have a paper mesh in them that does a similar thing.
No.891634
It was really good, about on par with the original for me, just in a different genre. Very good adaptation, too. Ootsuki's parts were generally the less interesting ones, but they complimented the main story well.
No.891713
I really enjoyed it, and I'm especially thankful that it got a 2-cour broadcast. The humor was great, and the less-funny episodes made up for it by being comfy foody experiences. It makes me hope Tonegawa gets some kind of comeback in the Kaiji story even if it never gets animated.
No.891828
>>891568
I want Tonegawa to be my gramps
No.892423
>>891828
>Tonegawa as a doting jii-chan
Yes, please.
No.896594
Did Kaiji actually show up at any point during this? I skimmed through and only found a couple cameos.
No.897045
>>844766
THEY USED THE FUCKING TORTURE DEVICE TO GRILL STEAKS
OH MY GOD