2006-04-06, 01:33 | Link #42 |
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The more I listen to the OP the more I come to love it.
The lyrics works so well with the music even if I don't understand them yet. It almost sounds like the whole thing is rhyming in step with all of its parts.
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2006-04-08, 10:18 | Link #43 | |
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I do wonder how much there is to Utawarerumono, I love adventure/action/drama/Slice of comedy shows that tend to try and have some good meaning in the show which in turn bring more vaule to the show, like kenshin ^^; even though its based on a ero-game it still can still be great!, its all up to the anime team, which I'm sure will do a good job. Right now, I just cant see myself getting dissapointed watching the show Last edited by evil-samurai; 2006-04-08 at 12:42. |
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2006-04-09, 16:51 | Link #46 | |
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2006-04-09, 17:45 | Link #47 | ||
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Anyway, so far I like this series. I was sort of looking foward to it, but I'm glad it hasn't dissappointed. Quote:
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2006-04-09, 18:03 | Link #48 | |
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2006-04-09, 18:42 | Link #49 | |
tsubasa o sagashite
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Spoiler for comedy scene in game that's not covered in the anime:
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2006-04-09, 21:03 | Link #52 |
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Join Date: May 2004
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Actually, the first episode does a decent job to introduce us to the main characters, how do they behave, and what types of personality shines most in them. It's got the RPG game feel, because the anime was adapted from the game that goes by the same name, right?
All the budget was well spent in both animation and soundtrack, and I could swear the quality for the TV anime resembles to that of a movie particularly to those of Miyazakis' films. I just have a weakness to score that uses drums and flute music within folklore songs; sounds derivative from nature and spiritualism. Utwarerumono introduces us to a feudal Japan of an alternate reality where Shinto magic, civil warfare, and mythical fantasy are a daily norm for its inhabitants. And glad someone is discussing the ecchi joke of the masked man grabbing Eruru's tail. He brings forth an eyecatch comment that if the tail is something for real, which of course makes Eruru confused. Making that observation possibly something's not quite working normally in that world. The other thing is about the man's dream of the beast who is soothed by the voice of the girl. Spoiler:
Both OP and ED songs are already picked up in my list, and the OP makes references to lots of characters (mostly female ones) going to be introduced sooner. Following the genre of RPG's, our two characters... Spoiler:
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2006-04-09, 23:11 | Link #53 | |
Bishoujo sweet!
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And by the looks of it Eruruu is your typical healer character. Anyway never played the game, I cant remember where I got these screen shots from. Its good to see this subbed and with 26 eps they can take their time, hopefuly animation doesnt degrade. But I dout it. |
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2006-04-09, 23:50 | Link #54 | |
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2006-04-10, 01:10 | Link #55 |
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i was just wondering-is this anime and game related in any way to ys: the ark of napishtim? after the first episode, the two seem to be very similar (girls with funky ears and tails, people suspect the main character and proves himself, shy little sister with weird powers, etc.)
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2006-04-10, 01:36 | Link #57 | |
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2006-04-10, 01:55 | Link #58 | ||
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This series has some pretty spoilerific moments so if you don't want to get spoiled, don't click them.
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2006-04-10, 03:19 | Link #59 |
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I've been anticipating Utawarerumono for a while. I've always seen the visual novel anime genre as an interesting one since it's still only in its relative youth compared with most other genres in anime, but it has, as others before me have put it, a fair share of its own wretched cliches. However, I thought one of the better recent entries into the genre was AIR; it's aesthetics were absolutely topnotch and it really relishes in its story. Additionally, it wasn't as plagued by poor pacing as Kanon was. As far as other entries in the genre are concerned, I thought Yami to Boushi to Hon no Tabibito had some great ideas but some terrible execution, Kimi ga Nozomu Eien had very unlikable characters and Shuffle was as cliched a harem as one could find. And then there are the plethora of other visual novel adaptations that aren't even worth mentioning. To get to the point, it's a genre that has a few gems, but the majority are very mediocre. In many ways, I see Utawarerumono as a bit of a gauge as to where this genre is: is the genre still plagued by cliches and mediocrity, or is it starting to enter an awakening of sorts with the ideas we saw in AIR (and have been seeing odd glimpses of in Fate/Stay Night), ie a focus more on the things that make great anime, such as plot, characters, music and animation and less on the tired "who will he pick" storyline.
The first episode of Utawarerumono hardly makes an attempt at answering my questions though. It's very early days, and this is still clearly in it's "establishing premise and characters" stage. But my impressions so far aren't great. It's starting off in a veeery generic fashion. The directing seems a tad uninspired. The characters haven't done a whole lot of interesting stuff, but I won't fault them, since it is only the first episode after all. As far as their designs are concerned (both appearance and personality-wise) there's really not much that grabs my attention. The pacing's very slow as well (for a first episode) but pacing has always been a bit of an Achilles' Heel for visual novel based anime, so it almost goes without saying. Overall impression: Obviously it's completely unreasonable to expect an anime to deliver big things after one episode, but I'm not going to say that this has started on the right foot. I'm very intrigued to see where this goes, though. Last edited by Sorrow-K; 2006-04-10 at 06:56. |
2006-04-10, 03:59 | Link #60 |
lost in wonder forever...
Join Date: Mar 2003
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Yay! I finished watching the first episode and I like it. The opening was nice and so was the music. The outfit designs are very stylish and I like them. The anime character art is ok but I really liked Misato Mutsumi's work on the original game better.
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[QUOTE=Shinova] Spoiler:
Yea, that's what I read on thread about the game, a long time ago. Spoiler:
Please feel free to correct me on this.
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