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Added by gia manry on Dec. 4, 2008

Yotsuba&!
Yotsuba&!
Kiyohiko Azuma has once again posted to his personal blog talking about the people who want an anime adaptation of Yotsuba&!. Actually, he opens by talking about people who say they’ve heard that Azuma didn’t enjoy the process of Azumanga Daioh’s adaptation to anime, and that’s why he won’t do an anime again. Azuma says he mostly ignores such questions, but he’s been getting a lot of them lately, so he is officially pronouncing: it’s not true.

He goes on to talk about his feelings on the matter, such as fans who seem to think that manga is simply a stepping stone to anime—he says that as a mangaka, he thinks that manga is manga, and not something that you make only because you want it to be animated.

As to Yotsuba&! Specifically, he says it would be very difficult to animate the series, and that if he thought it was doable he’d go for it…but it’s probably not. I’m not 100% clear on the rest of what he says, but I gather that he thinks too many very short scenes or bits would have to be cut that he feels are important.

So if the lack of a Yotsuba&! anime thus far wasn’t enough to convince you, Azuma assures us that such an anime is probably not going to happen.

I think American anime fans would probably feel better about it if we were actually getting the manga regularly again…



11 Comments

Sigue
on Dec. 4, 2008
I'm crying right now.

Kuro
on Dec. 4, 2008
I really do want a Yotsuba& anime.

oslapedo
on Dec. 4, 2008
I need to read Yotsuba still.

omo
on Dec. 4, 2008
It'll happen sooner or later.

darkjester74
on Dec. 5, 2008
Dude what?  Azumanga Daioh is one of my fav animes of all time!  If this is anything like it it would be awesome!

gia
on Dec. 5, 2008
darkjester, I think that's what a LOT of people think, and Yotsuba&! definitely has Azuma's zany humor style-- but it's combined with the powerful force of a charmingly zany little kid. On the other hand, I can understand Azuma's concern that some of the charm would have to get lost in the translation to animation.

Maybe they should work it out as an OVA instead of a TV series, or even an Internet OVA. Then they can make it as many episodes as they want and whatever length they want. If only~

Josh
on Dec. 5, 2008
I respect Azuma a great deal, but in this, he's wrong. I want a Yotsubato anime. I don't care if he doesn't think it would work. The Azumanga Daioh anime is quite possibly the best manga to anime adaptation of  I've ever seen, and I don't see why Yotsubato wouldn't be just as brilliant, assuming the same people work on it that did AD.

Chibi_Kaji
on Dec. 5, 2008
That a little sad to hear. I'm really hoping he changes his mind sometime.

MoonStorm
on Dec. 5, 2008
Well, not everything need to be an anime, but it is kind disappointing. Lets see how long it will stay like that tell some one put up enough  money.

TheBigN
on Dec. 5, 2008
I agree with omo. It just depends on who handles it, and if they can work with it's sorta-unique-but-not-really pace and style.

Lunarmoth
on Dec. 5, 2008
I love Yotsuba&! it is one of my favorite manga series I have read so far. With many of you I agree it  would make a good anime. But, I am glad Azuma is being careful in jumping on the idea. I think we will be more likely to see a anime when the manga work has been completed and Azuma has confidence the anime series wouldn't be pressure to go out of his control going a different direction.


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