They could also make an anime with the content of the drama cd’s!
I have a new idea for the Rewrite’s anime.
first season should have 26 episodes, it should adapt the common route, Kotori’s route, Chihaya’s route, Shizuru’s route and Akane’s route (5 eps each, also Tanaka and Kai should change stuff in Chihaya and Shizuru’s routes)
What about Lucia’s route ?
its a great route but it doesn’t add much to the story of Rewrite, they can just release just like Little Busters EX anime, 1 episode with each blu-ray vol, it can have total of 6 eps.
and then they can do a 13 episodes second season, first two episodes will adapt Moon and the rest will adapt Terra.
If you have some good ideas please tell me 
If we’re talking about the “story of Rewrite”, then in the grand scheme of things (Moon/Terra)none of the character routes really matter, because they’re all just fleeting glimpses of Kotarou during the alternate possibilities that would fail. They serve a purpose only in that they explain the characters, the character relations (which vary from route to route to some extent) and the setting for Terra, which is where the actual plot-driving forces happen.
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I’m talking about the explanations on whats going on in the world and what are Gaia and Guardian
Reading Kotori, Chihaya, Shizuru and Akane’s routes are enough.
Lucia’s route is more of a complete standalone rather than a route that gives more information about the world of Rewrite
Lucia fans get fucked hard.
Hello, I’m new to this forum (I know that this is not where you introduce yourself).
Does anybody think that the animation will be as bad as Grisaia?
I think they will at least animate the common route with bits of every character and the total of Chihaya route (don’t mistake Sakuya’s route for Chihaya’s route which is only present in common).
It will be ideal that they animate every route in Amagami style or in the worst case, skip some route like Lucia and Sakuya’s route which doesn’t have much weight in the series (I know they are great, but Lucia’s route is not important for the plot and the important bit of Sakuya’s route could be in the form of an ova).
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Anyways, I don’t think Grisaia’s animation was that bad. I watched season one and wasn’t thinking ‘uuggh my eye’s hurt’. There are better animations out there, yes, but I’m fine with 8-bits animation. Also, I think studios improve over time. There’s a good chance that rewrites animations will be better than Grisaia’s.
I wouldn’t mind if they skip Lucias route. It really doesn’t explain much about rewrites world. But at the same time I really want it to be animated because I love her route.
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I’m still sticking with this one
Because I want every route to be animated. I suppose that seeing different versions of Kotarou would also elaborates to the explanation of the plot in Moon route.
I wonder how it will turn out if they decide to merge all the routes like how they did with LB or CLANNAD (different studios, i know)…
Romeo Tanaka said in an interview that (Moon route spoiler) All the 5 heroines routes exist in moon so yeah, making all the routes of Rewrite into a linear plot-line will destroy Rewrite’s structure.
Rewrite is actually pretty easy to adapt thanks to Moon route
it just needs the right episode count
I wouldnt be able to live if muh sakuya wont be in the anime. Therefore I hope for chihaya route and somehow intergrate sakuya, cuz hes a badass char etc.
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Don’t worry, Sakuya is one of the main characters, if Chihaya’s route get animated, Sakuya will be present most of the time in that arc, like in the vn, since that route was just Sakuya’s route being camulfated as a heroine’s route.
My biggest worry is the chapter count, because if there is just 12 chapters, forget about Sakuya’s route, even Shizuru’s route will dissapear and the only choice would be to animate Kotori or Akane’s route.
I already gave up on Lucia having a route if the episode count is less than 24, even though I liked her story as much as the rest of the heroines + Sakuya.
I’m not sure what you mean by this. That spoiler about the Moon route makes it easier to linearize the story because of infinite parallel simulations. The anime could screw around with the routes as much as it wants and it could arguably just be called one of the simulations we didn’t see in the VN. That the routes are all just simulations on the Moon is exactly what makes merging them without changing the true story so feasible. The important thing is how well everything pre-Moon helps to convey and connect to Moon’s reveals. A single, linear route can work but would need some subtle hints to be carefully placed. Yes, it would ruin parts of the routes, but as I said before, I am an advocate for prioritizing Moon over the heroine routes.
My biggest complaint about an omnibus format is it’s really lazy and bad storyboarding. It’s basically saying “we don’t know how to make an anime out of this so we’ll just copy paste the VN format into the anime.” That format is very unnatural to the anime medium, and while sure, the story is preserved, and a 50+ ep anime like that could technically cover the VN scene for scene, it’s not really an adaptation. It doesn’t try to tell the story through the anime medium; it merely becomes animated scenes of the VN, which I get that some people are perfectly happy with. But I would hesitate to call something like that a good anime adaptation when it’s only animating and not doing any adapting. Granted, a linear novel getting a 1:1 anime adaptation may very well be a good adaptation but that just means it was easy to adapt whereas if Rewrite did that, it would be actively avoiding changing things for the sake of preserving the source, at the cost of ignoring the strengths and weaknesses of different mediums.
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Here is the “good” translation of the messages section in the Rewrite anime site :
Original text (Japanese only) http://www.rewrite-anime.tv/message/
This is Tenshou, who is doing the direction. I originally did the anime movie from the development stage of the game under an old name, and now around 5 years later the anime adaption is truly happening. It was something I’ve been eager to do from for start, so I really have the spirit!
I’ll put my best into it as a representative of the fans, so please treat me well!!!
Hello, this is Inoue Itaru. I was very happy that Rewrite was announced to be getting an anime soon.
I thought the contents of Rewrite would be difficult to adapt, but all of the staff are doing their very best! I am really excited. Everyone please look toward to it. Don’t forget to (re)play the original game.
This is Tanaka. Following from the game version, I’m helping with the adaption of the anime version. Right now we are still in the middle of the screenplay and plot, until the plot development and lines match up, we are sturdily examining and working on the energetic parts everyday is overwhelming.
We have a very capable staff with us, but more than that, we have the director with us that made the animation for the game OP, so we can expect players of the game to be very excited. For a Key work, the contents are very different, but please look forward to it!
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So does anybody feel confident enough to make predictions of when this will commence broadcast?
To you. To me, using that format is saying “we’re not gonna be stupid like most studios are.” It’s not a VN-only format. It doesn’t even work for all VNs. Rewrite is one of the VNs that it DOES work for, so they should take advantage of that. If they don’t, they’re being dumb.
Trying to make it all into one linear plot can be just as bad. It all depends on how they do it.
It is an adaptation. Just because the story is preserved, and even in a crazy scenario where they could adapt the VN scene for scene… It doesn’t mean they won’t change anything. They may not have Kotarou’s thoughts. They may choose to change the music or presentation of a scene. If I was them, there are moments that I’d cut in half to actually fix the pacing of the story.
Using a reset mechanic to present routes doesn’t mean it’s a lazy adaptation, or that it’s not an adaptation at all. It’s just another format that can be used. The problem is that so few creators use it in anime that some might not see the stark contrast between using it at the right time, and using it at the wrong time.
For example, Litbus could have been smart. Early on, throw in a shot of Riki waking up. At the start and end of each heroine route, have a narcolepsy moment, and have him wake up to the same scene as earlier. Don’t reveal that the story isn’t a linear plot until later on. There’s one correct way to use it - One of many. Litbus is the right type of VN to use it on. So is Rewrite.
Fall 2016 would be my latest guess. Spring/Summer sounds nicer though.
Spring 2016. After Comet Lucifer 8bit has nothing announced besides Rewrite and aside from their first anime (IS) I don’t think there’s ever been more than 1 cour off for them.
I think anime has a lot of storyboarding potential beyond a mere 1:1 adaptation, and I think they should take advantage of that.
Eh, any side can be right with “it depends how they do it.” I’m not even being sarcastic.
That’s fair. I guess I was too tunnel-visioned after listening to so many other people (not necessarily this forum) wanting an exact 1:1 adaptation with no changes from the VN, as if that’s the only way to go about it, when they refer to omnibus format. Like, really, you don’t think the anime should change anything? My bad for not being clear about what my complaints were.
Uhh, so I’m actually pro-reset mechanic; I just don’t want it in the way I’ve seen many people suggest (i.e. pure omnibus, adapt everything from the routes 1:1, don’t bother with trying to hide it). I was only saying linearization is viable, depending on how they do it, and wouldn’t inherently “destroy Rewrite’s structure.” My personal suggestion in this thread was a mix of linearization and resetting to help cut material while maintaining that mechanic. Anyway I definitely agree with you on:
That was pretty much my exact thoughts when LB was airing. For Rewrite, I’m less enthusiastic mainly due to the world being destroyed each time, which is harder to be subtle about the reset. If they changed it enough so that spoiler is avoided, or at least is a little subtle about it, and if they also reduced the number of resets (because by the 4th/5th time, it gets old), I think that could work.
Spring 2016 is my guess. I suspect they want it airing as they promote it at AX and Japan Expo in the summer, but maybe I’m just being too hopeful. I doubt summer because I’m going to assume Rewrite will be 2 cour and 2 cour anime generally (not 100%, but there’s a clear trend) air in spring/fall.
I have a feeling if it is 2 cour (which I hope) it’s going to be split. I’m not exactly sure why I get this feeling though.
Low KEY rewrite anime release date speculation from Hinoue Itaru? Though just saying next year is obvious and most certainly with alot of people’s guesses.
on a side note seems like she is also intrested in doing a talk show next year but this is just random ramblings from drinking.
