2007-10-15, 14:24 | Link #1101 |
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Only one now, since episode 25 has already been translated.
And I share the same feelings that some of you have expressed about such chapter: Spoiler:
Not having seen chapter 26 yet, I can only hope that some questions like the aforementioned hidden archers are answered, as well as some thoughts from Shuuga and Torogai about the Fire people and the future of the nation, regarding the Seirei(*) affairs. Will they actually expose the faults of the official Kingdom story to the common folk (and thus create doubts a about the "holy" origin of previous Emperors) or decide to protect the status quo, even if "tying" all the loose ends involve the actual saviors of the nation. |
2007-10-15, 20:03 | Link #1102 | |
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2007-10-18, 12:16 | Link #1103 |
Yummy, sweet and unyuu!!!
Join Date: Dec 2004
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Absolutely wonderful story. This just broke into my top 10 of all time favourites. Balsa just kicks too much arse is is wonderful.
I loved the way how there were no real evil characters in this, just lots of shades of grey it made for a real refreshing change to the normal fantasy flicks. Most defiantly top on my shopping list
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2007-10-18, 14:37 | Link #1107 |
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Join Date: Jan 2007
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Warning. Shameless fanboy rave following.
Over and out. Masterpiece. Seirei no Moribito was the best anime starting in 2007 so far and I can't see any October show becoming a challenger. The anime is not perfect, no anime is. But I see it well in the upper ten percent of the quality scale for character, story, and animation (or maybe better: "visual component"). For enjoyment anyway. Thus I'm willing to give 10/10 points in all these categories and 10/10 overall. And I'm not somebody to lightly throw such ratings around. OK, OK, I admit I'm trying to ignore the sound department here. OP and ED are just too important, and the horrible, horrible OP that made me pray for a carpet bombihumanitarian intervention at a L'Arc de Ciel concert pushes the sound rating down to 6, maybe 7 if I'm generous. It's hard, at least for me, to explain what an anime does right. So I refrain myself to give a few examples what it didn't do wrong.The setting didn't look contrived for the sake of the story, the story not for the sake of the characters, and the characters were believable and rich. The setting, while complex, also never became too much for the author to handle. (Gonzo, I'm looking at you.) SnM also never resorted to fanservice, hijinx, random explosions, moe, or gar. SnM managed to do with high quality ingredients composed by a masterchef what many other anime try to archive with BBQ sauce. "Seirei no Moribito didn't need to ... and was still much better." looks like a great all-purpose argument for anime bashing for the near future. I will try to resist that temptation. Thanks to those-who-cannot-be-named for doing the unspeakable at such a great quality level.
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2007-10-19, 00:02 | Link #1114 |
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: North Carolina
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Wow. What a great anime. I give it a 11/10. Its one of those shows thats just so refreshing, makes me wish there were more like this. And I do hope for a season 2, and a US release.
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2007-10-19, 00:29 | Link #1116 |
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Join Date: Aug 2004
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Well if they decide to animate the second volume http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guardian_series then I'm definitely going to watch that too.
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2007-10-19, 15:32 | Link #1118 |
A territory most absolute
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Finland
Age: 37
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Whoa! So there are ten(!) novels in the series. All this time I thought this was an anime original, though obviously I hadn't done any actual research on it.
I must say I thoroughly enjoyed this series and I'd love to see more of it. Unfortunately animating the entire series will likely not happen and would probably take many, many years even if they did. I was especially annoyed with Balsa being so stubborn with Tanda, so I'd like to see that issue finally corrected in a second season. |
2007-10-19, 15:53 | Link #1119 |
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Loved the series sad its over. I had been watching it inbetween other series and it was always a nice distraction. One thing i especially loved was the dialog through out the series. Also, i loved the animation as well Balsa was charasmatic character. It was wrapped up quite well the only thing i would really wish to see, is what would happen between Tanda and Balsa once she comes back. But i guess in several way it was applied what would eventually happen. The feelings were obvious between both of them.
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2007-10-19, 19:43 | Link #1120 | |
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Spoiler for spoiler about the second novel:
I personally think that if they do decide to do a second season, they should skip the second book (it is so boring), and do it on the third book. |
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