I have found myself watching episodes 1 and 2 again and again this week. My conclusion: this is a very good show. The character design is extremely effective, and the good voice acting helps it make the characters real. The emotions make sense and are well portrayed. The contrast between the CG and the washy backgrounds is very artistic. The music is outstanding, almost a character on its own, with a very artistic effect on the whole piece. And the story and setting are real science fiction, carrying us into a really different world.
The show has an
excellent blog, with caps from and discussion of the next episode. Next week: Mizuki Nana joins the crew. We will have Mizuki Nana, Takahashi Mikako (the girl with braids), Mamiko Noto (the little girl with blue hair, her second role in the show) and Toyoguchi Megumi (young with straight brown hair) in Cor Tempest.
And I really have to give credit to
Takahashi Rieko, who does such an outstanding job of working with the outstanding character design to make Neviriru (direct transliteration of the Japanese on the website) such a strong character. I'm still wrestling with the voice of Niino Michi for Aaeru (transliteration from the site). The voice is as rambunctious as the character, lol.
And there is now a
glossary of terms on the official site.
EDIT: I've now translated the glossary and put it on my
blog.
EDIT2: Big thanks to Yui from Okinawa for his great pages.