Comments on: Allison to Lillia - 05 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/05/02/allison-to-lillia-05/ An anime blog covering a large variety of series, both popular and underrated. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:51:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Zerozaki http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/05/02/allison-to-lillia-05/#comment-7442 Sat, 03 May 2008 05:04:25 +0100 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/05/02/allison-to-lillia-05/#comment-7442 The first novel was definitely streamlined; they had to cut a lot of smaller details or scenes and focus on the plot. I don't think they did a great job with this, cutting too many of the best bits. I'd also point out that the characterization is the work of the novel author, Keiichi Sigsawa, and the director is doing a fairly average job of presenting it. It isn't his biggest weakness, but he definitely doesn't seem to have much grasp of how to make a story feel properly epic. The first novel was definitely streamlined; they had to cut a lot of smaller details or scenes and focus on the plot. I don’t think they did a great job with this, cutting too many of the best bits.
I’d also point out that the characterization is the work of the novel author, Keiichi Sigsawa, and the director is doing a fairly average job of presenting it. It isn’t his biggest weakness, but he definitely doesn’t seem to have much grasp of how to make a story feel properly epic.

]]> by: Windspirit http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/05/02/allison-to-lillia-05/#comment-7432 Fri, 02 May 2008 12:51:59 +0100 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/05/02/allison-to-lillia-05/#comment-7432 Light novels are quite different from mangas, actually, and some light novels are different from OTHER light novels. Saiunkoku Monogatari are light novels full of dialogue, and if 12 of them were used to make 78 episodes, it would mean 78/12 = 6 1/2 episodes for a volume. Spice and Wolf, for example, adapted two of them in 13 episodes. Sounds right to me. Soul Eater is a manga, 11 volumes can EASILY be used to make a 51-episodes series. Five episodes per volume sounds right to me for this kind of series. And as for Allison & Lillia, yes, there are 10 light novels, but I don't know crap about their pacing or descriptive deepness, so it can be used to make a 26-episodes series OR a 52-episodes series, with a hypothetically second season. You don't know, maybe the author spent pages describing the universe for the sake of the reader's amazement, and these descriptions were simply designed in the anime. A picture is worth 1000 words... All of this to say : don't worry about such details and enjoy the show, there's too many things to take in consideration in order to have a proper discussion about the subject. Light novels are quite different from mangas, actually, and some light novels are different from OTHER light novels.

Saiunkoku Monogatari are light novels full of dialogue, and if 12 of them were used to make 78 episodes, it would mean 78/12 = 6 1/2 episodes for a volume. Spice and Wolf, for example, adapted two of them in 13 episodes. Sounds right to me.

Soul Eater is a manga, 11 volumes can EASILY be used to make a 51-episodes series. Five episodes per volume sounds right to me for this kind of series.

And as for Allison & Lillia, yes, there are 10 light novels, but I don’t know crap about their pacing or descriptive deepness, so it can be used to make a 26-episodes series OR a 52-episodes series, with a hypothetically second season.
You don’t know, maybe the author spent pages describing the universe for the sake of the reader’s amazement, and these descriptions were simply designed in the anime. A picture is worth 1000 words…

All of this to say : don’t worry about such details and enjoy the show, there’s too many things to take in consideration in order to have a proper discussion about the subject.

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