Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai (generic anime discussion thread)

[MartianMage]

k, I re-watched the episode again trying as hard as I can to block out my expectations from the manga(quite hard really :P) and I'll re-affirm my statement that it was a very good adaptation. Although some things were changed and omitted the capturing part at the end is romantic and had the same feel with it's manga counterpart. The captures are really what hooked me to the manga.

The opening sequence is ok. It's not the best but I really like the song. The animation quality is good. A lot of the characters look cuter in the manga but their anime counterparts are good too.

I guess my only complaints are:
Keima's personality is more stronger in the manga. He was more calculating in the manga.
The background music. The BGM during the Ayumi capture is great but I was expecting a bit more throughout the episode.
They could have added more cute scenes after Ayumi kissed Keima like in the manga.

[Arabesque]

Originally Posted by quigonkenny

Anyone who disagrees, be honest. Which reminds you more of the manga style? The anime, or the static pic during the next ep preview (drawn by an eroge/dating sim artist, IIRC)?

I'm not quoting you because I disagree with this point (I do think that the preview picture is closer to the original designs, even though I thought everyone looked fine with the exception of Nikaido) but if there was something I grew aware of in my years of anime watching, is that it's very hard (or rather uncommon) for ergo/dating sim adaptations to capture the original designs of the games. From the point you've made about how Wakaki's design resemble in colour a games design, I think that in the transition to animation, these designs work better.

Originally Posted by Kuroi Sabato

I guess my only complaints are:
Keima's personality is more stronger in the manga. He was more calculating in the manga.
The background music. The BGM during the Ayumi capture is great but I was expecting a bit more throughout the episode.
They could have added more cute scenes after Ayumi kissed Keima like in the manga.

Hm? I didn't really notice anything that made him seem weaker than his manga counterpart. In fact I think they managed to make him come across as very shrewd, if even a bit of a maverick moreso than the manga. I guess they made him a bit more approachable and less scheming when he was dealing with Ayumi during the event, but aside from that he was more or less the same.

Yeah the BGM wasn't all noticeable, kind of a shame though it might show some more impressive track later on.

I don't think they should've added anything more at the end, but I do think that some of the jokes should have been delivered faster. Like with the book smacking at the start, instead of the small pause just hit him quickly.

[Marisa Kirisame]

Solid first episode, will definitely come back for more as someone who has never read the manga before. Turned out liking Elsee quite a bit more than I thought I would, anybody else feel that she resembles Botan a lot? (Bumbling sidekick from another realm to aid the hero on his quest, rides a broom for transportation. Has little to no knowledge of the real world. etc)

[MartianMage]

Originally Posted by Arabesque

I don't think they should've added anything more at the end, but I do think that some of the jokes should have been delivered faster. Like with the book smacking at the start, instead of the small pause just hit him quickly.

Well I wasn't really asking for long scenes. Just short shots would do like in the manga where it showed Ayumi blushing and smiling at Keima after they kissed and Keima looking shocked. Well personally I think that would be great to add that.

@Marisa Kirisame

Botan rides a paddle though. :P

[Decagon]

Ah, anyone else recognize Kobayashi Yu's voice as the girl Keima captures during class? She's pretty enchanting when she isn't voicing an in-your-face character. I hope this means she might voice one of the heroines later on!

[KROMEangel]

*snip*

Spoiler for Sorta, not really:

Also, I really hope they don't screw up Keima's "lesson" quotes; those are one of good parts

[mangatron]

Can I have the teacher. I like her. I get a laugh everytime I think about her bracelets, imagine being hugged by her and those things will just puncture me like a hedgehog

Twas a nice episode. How many total is this series again? 1 Girl per ep seems more like the plan if ep 1 was anything to go by.

[quigonkenny]

Originally Posted by KROMEangel

*snip*

Spoiler for Sorta, not really:

Also, I really hope they don't screw up Keima's "lesson" quotes; those are one of good parts

*snip*

As for the spoiler thing, you should be finding out if they do next episode.

EDIT:

Originally Posted by mangatron

Can I have the teacher. I like her. I get a laugh everytime I think about her bracelets, imagine being hugged by her and those things will just puncture me like a hedgehog

Twas a nice episode. How many total is this series again? 1 Girl per ep seems more like the plan if ep 1 was anything to go by.

Just going by episode titles, they'll be breaking that pattern next episode. Read the episode titles for 2.0 and 2.5 in the preview.

[MeoTwister5]

Well no real complaints from me so far. The pacing was pretty much what I expected them to do. Gonna watch it later again anyway before I make the blog post.

I do sort of understand their usage of "dweeb" rather than "Otamega" though. If you did want to literally translate their nickname for Keima, the "Ota" contraction for Otaku wouldn't have a real direct translation to English anyway, and the closest I can make get for Otamega is "Glasses Geek", and that really doesn't suit him very well. Dweeb as a general term sounds about right.

Oh and YES Elsee sounds completely adorable. Thank you Kanae Ito. As for Hirono's work on Keima, he probably has 1 or 2 more episodes at this pace to show if he can REALLY do justice Keima's megalomania.

[Westlo]

Awesome adaption, not 1:1 but it doesn't need to be. Itou was perfect and Hiro was pretty good as Keima too...

Originally Posted by DragoonKain3

Then again, never really got into TWGOK until a certain girl comes (felt like too much like 'monster of the week' for my taste), so take that as you will...

I honestly have no idea what girl you would be referring too!

[MeoTwister5]

I'm pretty sure I know who he's talking about, and though there does exist the possibility we'll get there at least by the end of this season, any more talk on this matter is spoiler territory.

[Westlo]

Originally Posted by MeoTwister5

I'm pretty sure I know who he's talking about, and though there does exist the possibility we'll get there at least by the end of this season, any ore talk on this matter is spoiler territory.

I wish I had a hint like something in his tag to give me an idea fufufufufu

predictable dragoonkain is predictable.

[Wrath88]

Nice first episode. As someone who read the manga, I'm not disappointed at all.

[LoweGear]

Everything said has been said so...

I CAN ALREADY SEE THE ENDING

Wish there was more passion in his lines when Hiro delivers it, though sounding like a "just as planned" also fits.

[pampz21]

after rewatching it again...there are things that made me think its not enough...well they compress 50+ pages in 24 mins...so of course there will be missing scene....Like

Spoiler for 1:

when keima compare Nikaido's lesson with 5012 games....>Elsea complaining having a bad times with her sempai....>When Keima got into his gaming world and talking about confessing....>the thing that made me think its not really enough is that....Keima didn't say"Oh jesus"!(when Ayumi tied her hair) wish he'd say the in english rather than blushin! that would be funny!

[~Yami~]

I hope they won't end the episode too fast.... ( I hear some rumors that this anime only have 12 episode)
well, at least they show Tenri in Anime... T_T

[pampz21]

Well we're certain that the first half is until Shiori....cuz of the OP but wakaki-sensei said the if the anime was ok the series will continue until Minami-chan's arc...or even Reiko-obachan!
well I doubt your prayer will be fulfilled yami-san...anyway the season 2 was confirmed so....we have to wait till april 2011 summer!


BTW there was a rumor around when the anime was in the making.....that the Novel char will make there appearance but not there stories...can someone confirm this for me?

[applejuice]

Originally Posted by Francis

Katsuragi also says cheesy lines.

He is supposed to say cheesy lines, since after all, this anime is supposed to be parody of anime cliches and he is just following exact lines he has seen in the past games!

[Shiroth]

Originally Posted by LoweGear

I CAN ALREADY SEE THE ENDING

Wish there was more passion in his lines when Hiro delivers it, though sounding like a "just as planned" also fits.

You don't really think much of that line when you first come across it in the first chapter. It's when we start to hear it more and more that it becomes known so well, so i say give in time in that regard.

[MeoTwister5]

Before I make said blog post, who's the series composer? The OP is awesome and the style is definitely familiar to me.