How are they even going to handle the voice casting though. It's one thing to have a manga adaptation following just Kumoko, but an anime adaptation would mean that whoever the fuck voices Kumoko will be literally talking to herself in an otherwise empty room for probably 80 to 90% of one cour.
Seems like an awful waste of a studio rental really.
Talented, versatile voice actresses aren't actually in that short supply. The tricky part is going to be voice direction
As long as they get all the lines they need, they'll have their money's worth out of the studio rental. It's not like they can record multiple lines simultaneously in a single studio. So whether there's, say, seventy lines being recorded by a single actress, or by four actors shouldn't matter one bit.
(Manga) volume 5 is coming out in a few days, so I'll likely pick it up on release.
I'm at a bit of a loss, though. If the manga really is sidelining as much important stuff as it sounds like (not to mention the glacial release pace), I really should just read the novels - but boy, do Japanese novels make my eyes hurt.
It's been fun.^ To be honest, her described appearance doesn't match my mental image of her anyway. For some reason in my head she's weirdly close to a cat girl. With a tail. No, I have absolutely no idea as to why. Hopefully the manga will kill off that picture in my head.
By the way, I kind of like how everyone has different interpretations of the other characters. Like how Shiraori being socially hopeless comes across even in how she judges Ariel with only a kind of vague understanding that her bottomless hatred probably fucked with her own head through the link between them and played a part in the coming rampage. All she sees is wacky NEET grandma. And the fact that Shiraori's quirky loser failure to communicate is actually an incredibly serious flaw.
^^ As for what the manga is leaving out I suspect it's going to go through all that in a brief cut from the actions of our favorite arachnid. From what I can tell the manga is an adaptation of the light novels, not the web novel, so I think soon we're going to be getting some stuff I've only heard about from the trope page. As such I'll be getting to read some new stuff too. Like that egg was definitely not in the web novel, so I assume it'll be coming back into the story in one form or another, but I don't know when.
If you do decide to read the webnovel, just two quick things. One, there's no cute art to distract from it taking a billion chapters to get to the first spoken word in the story. Two, all three translations have issues. I suggest you read Turbo's stuff only when necessary and stick with Blastron as long as possible.
Edit: Oh yeah, the light novels. I'm tempted to buy those to support the series but I remember how much I hated the translation that Hataraku Maou Sama got. Actually, it turned out that the anime was a lot better than the light novels.
Edited by Arha on Jul 8th 2018 at 3:33:03 AM
It's easier for me to access the Japanese ones, and I'd prefer to read those (I'm iffy toward relying on other translators, especially when the flaws are as visible as in the current manga translator or webnovel translations), but as I said, reading Japanese novels is still enough of a pain that it feels like a busman's holiday, and not really good for relaxing.
It's been fun.
I'm not really sure, honestly.
- Trigger does high-octane action and wackiness well, but typically does better with original anime.
- Dogakobo usually does light and fluffy stuff. And looking at what they've done, it's extremely unlikely that they'll pick this up.
- Silver Link does both dialogue and action somewhat well, but only if it's a big show. They tend to cut corners if the show's not a high-profile one, it feels like.
- Shaft has proven that they can make pure dialogue interesting, but I'm not sure how well they'll handle action. I don't doubt that the action will look presentable, I just don't think that it'll look as good as it could.
- Kinema Citrus did an excellent job on Made in Abyss, and I think that tone and animation could carry over well. However, that studio really only worked on Made in Abyss because they're huge fans of it, so I can't expect them to pick this one up too.
- BONES is another strong contender, but they probably already have a lot on their plate right now.
- Kyo Ani - nope, not happening. They don't seem to adapt stuff like this.
- Madhouse - not happening either, probably. Too much of a heavyweight for a title like this...
- I hope to God neither DEEN nor J.C.Staff will pick this up. The former produces consistently Off-Model works with low-quality art, and the latter totally butchered Danmachi (and the spin-off, which are both light novels).
EDIT: Looking at what studios have handled adaptations for previous Kadokawa properties doesn't help. It doesn't seem like they have any real preference. Incidentally, Death March is a Kadokawa light novel also under the Kadokawa Books line, and that adaptation was handled by Silver Link and Connect. It's also the only other work under "Kadokawa Books" that has had an anime adaptation so far.
Edited by HanabiraKage on Aug 6th 2018 at 9:46:55 PM

I really don't think it would work. That's just way too many episodes without any dialogue.