In 2011 Kyoto Animation adapted the Keiichi Arawi Manga “Nichijou” into an anime that currently has a score of 8.47 on MAL.
In 2025, Kyoto Animation will adapt the Keiichi Arawi Manga “CITY” into an anime.
Will it score better? I will resolve this market after the airing of the last episode of CITY based on the MAL score at the time I look it up.
Update 2025-07-07 (PST) (AI summary of creator comment): The creator has clarified the resolution timing:
The market will be resolved within 24 hours of the final episode's airing (12:30 am JST).
If a user provides a Wayback Machine archive link of the MAL page from a time closer to the episode's airing, that score will be used for resolution.
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3.00"I will resolve this market after the airing of the last episode of CITY based on the MAL score at the time I look it up."
Are we doing any upper bound on how late after the last episode this will be?
Looking at Apocalypse Hotel as a comparison it managed a total score drift of 0.73. But had only 0.68 gained from first weeks until the day after the last episode aired.
After a deeper look at the data I think we might very well end up in a situation where CITY might creep from 8.43 to 8.48 over the week or two after the final episode.
@Tarl I don't want to commit to a specific date, since I don't know if there's an official episode count yet (presumably 13). But let's say:
I commit to doing this within 24 hours of 12:30 am JST when it airs.
I would appreciate a reminder to do this, just in case I happen to be busy that day.
If someone else gets a Wayback Machine archive link closer to the airing time and posts it here, I will honor their results.
I think that strikes a good balance of not-annoying-for-me-personally and fair-to-no-holders-if-there-is-drift.
@RussellRollins will have to see with my own two feet when I get home. It might be incredible but to be better than Nichijou, incredible isn't enough
@Tarl I disagree. My pitch for yes is partly that I think it will actually be better and partly that I think it will review better (resolution criteria is MAL score not my personal opinion on quality)
I think the CITY manga is even better than the Nichijou manga. So if the adaptation is good I think we're already off to a good start.
I think the art style for the CITY anime is gorgeous, it looks much more like the source material and is just visually stunning. I think people are going to eat it up.
The "sequel effect". If you already watched Nichijou and bounced off it (which is not uncommon, some people just do not vibe with this type of humor) you simply won't watch CITY (it's not technically a sequel but I think this will still hold).
@RussellRollins hmm. Some good points but i think the selection effect of Nichijou would be pretty weak. It's been 14 years since the anime release.
The CITY manga is currently sitting almost 0.5 lower in rating than Nichijou. So it seems that it isn't resonating with MAL users as well.
Finally the saddest point is that a notable part of the staff that made the Nichijou anime great are no longer with us