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Nishi No Yoki Majo (Good Witch of the West - Astraea Testament)
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Based on a novel. A manga based on the novel is serialized in the seinen(young men's) manga magazine Comic Blade. For now there are 4 volumes released of this manga, here are the covers: From AnimeNfo: Quote:
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2006-02-27, 04:40 | Link #5 |
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"A life of consepiracies" hm... I really like the sound of it. Mixed in with some seriously unforgettable drama like that of Mai Hime, and we could have a good show. And the manga covers are very pretty! ^__^
What's the characteristic of a typical Seinen's manga though? For instance, for shounen manga there would be a lot of hot-blooded battles going on, and for Shoujo romance is the key element. Seinen = plenty of patty shots, possibly?! No... Groan. Pray it not to turn out that way. |
2006-02-27, 07:07 | Link #6 | |
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Some sites put the novel of Nishi no Yoki Majo under public/general novels (for everyone).
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No need to think too much. Shounen manga is manga thats published in a shounen manga magazine or/and published under a shounen comic imprint. Seinen manga is manga thats published in a seinen manga magazine or/and published under a seinen comic imprint. Shounen/Seinen manga just define the target audience of the manga/novel and not their content.
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2006-03-04, 07:46 | Link #9 |
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Well, the background art looks nice enough, and I am not in an anti-bleargh-NO-shoujo mode so I think I'll watch this just to see what it's about. Looks like they used the manga designs. The music is by Hikaru Nanase, the lady behind the music of Zettai Shounen, Noein, Scrapped Princess and others. Her real name is Masumi Itou by the way . I hope she does an OP/ED for this show.
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2006-03-20, 09:17 | Link #10 |
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Its starting soon 8/4/2006
I would really like to see the seinen manga Nishi no Yoki Majo scanlated. Comic Blade is the best shounen/seinen manga magazine ever ARIA manga, Binchou-tan manga and also Nishi no Yoki Majo manga are serialized in it
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More example seinen manga: YKK Ah! My Goddess Blade of the Immortal Mushishi Rec Kino no Tabi Panty shots also occur in shounen manga, and I believe more in those. Also on properties that were once ero-games that later became manga and anime, hence the confusion. In my opinion seinen manga is the best genre because it has the most variety and has stories both by men and women and that appeals to both men and women. On topic: Yes, its the backgrounds that got me seriously considering this show. And BTW, the manga covers look very shoujo-ish, dare I say. Quote:
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2006-03-20, 10:16 | Link #12 | |
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Some sites classify these magazines as shounen magazines and other sites classify them as seinen magazines (even those that mention that these are magazines aimed at male highschoolers and above). It doesn't matter how it looks or its content, call it shounen manga or seinen manga but its not sh**j*.
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2006-03-20, 11:52 | Link #14 |
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Don't know the history of this show or what genre it is suppose to be. Taking it because of who is playing the lead [Orkasa Fumiko]
But reading through the synop. it sounds like a pretty conflicted character having a lot of power dumped on her. So what is her challenge, being a witch or a good one ? |
2006-03-28, 23:51 | Link #15 | ||
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Nishi no Yoki Majo Cast
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2006-03-29, 00:07 | Link #16 |
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I think I'm going to add this to my watch list but dang, August?! I'll have graduated by then. Scary thought. Anyway, I love the character designs, it looks high- budget. And it seems romance is not listed in the genre. From the splash movie of the official site, it'd be pretty surprising if this is not romance.
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2006-03-29, 05:11 | Link #17 |
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Looking at the character descriptions and so on, it seems like a rather fun story (apprentices? said apprentice being your childhood friend? getting unwillingly drawn into a battle for the throne because of a pendant of your mothers? , I'm really looking forward to this! Even if it's not overwhelmingly original.
But I really, really can't hlep but think Utena when I look at those character designs. It seems so much like that guy's style! I mean, look at Roland... the first thing I thoguht was "TOUGA?!!". Heck, even the main character Firiel vaguely reminds me of Utena... there even seems to be a "Wakana-clone", her schoolfriend Marie Oset... though unlike Utena, Firiel still has her father. Well, let's just see how this plays out. Roux is illegally hot. And I can't help but like stories where the normal girl gets to somehow play in the game of elites and learns a lot of things... I hope the music's good, it's Hikaru Nanase - if it's like Noein I'll be happy .
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2006-04-03, 02:18 | Link #18 |
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Having watched the promo, while the background art isn't as stunning as it is on the official website it still looks pretty good; anilmation looks okay though nothing special, although it's nice that it's in widescreen. Music sounds nice and very Hikaru Nanase-ish; reminds me a lot of a couple of tracks from Noein.
Looks like the first episode could cover virtually all of the first manga volume if all the stuff in the promo is from the first episode. I'm a little worried about Fumiko Orikasa's voice for Feriel, if that's who does the opening prophecy (note to ureshii - it's "mahiru no hoshi", "the midday star", not "madeiro no hoshi" or whatever you've put! Although you made sense of the first and last lines much better than I've ever managed to out of the disjointed Engrish on the manga covers); it sounds a bit forced for some reason. I think I'm just being paranoid, though. |
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Leandra Cheviat and Her Big Boobs
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Japanese Fans on Tanaka Rie and Her Leandra, Lacus, Yomi and Chii Sounding Like They Have Been Done by Different People † Nishi no Yoki Majo Joou Kouho 3 Hitome † 836 : [Kaze no Tani no Nanashisan @ Jikkyou wa Jikkyou Ita de] : 2006/05/26(Kin) 04:36:46 ID:hIWZfWyx Reandora koe kiitete, Tanaka Rie tte enji wake sugoinda ne Tane de Rakusu yatteta hito toha betsujin no koe mitai da 838 : [Kaze no Tani no Nanashisan @ Jikkyou wa Jikkyou Ita de] : 2006/05/26(Kin) 05:50:49 ID:QfWv9p/o Azumanga Daiou no Yomi mo kiku to ii, marude betsujin da 839 : [Kaze no Tani no Nanashisan @ Jikkyou wa Jikkyou Ita de] : 2006/05/26(Kin) 11:14:24 ID:et/igcyf Chii mo kiku to ii yo --- † Nishi no Yoki Majo Queen Candidacy Public Notice 3 † 836 : [Mr./Ms. Nameless of the Valley of the Wind] : 2006/05/26 (Friday) 04:36:46 ID:hIWZfWyx Listening to the voice of Leandra Cheviat, One concludes that Tanaka Rie, who plays Leandra, is amazing. The voice of the person, Tanaka Rie, who did Lacus Clyne in Gundam SEED sounds like the voice of a different person. 838 : [Mr./Ms. Nameless of the Valley of the Wind] : 2006/05/26 (Friday) 05:50:49 ID:QfWv9p/o Tanaka Rie's Yomi [Mizuhara Koyomi] in Azumanga Daioh is good too, sounding like a completely different person. 839 : [Mr./Ms. Nameless of the Valley of the Wind] : 2006/05/26 (Friday) 11:14:24 ID:et/igcyf Tanaka Rie's Chii [in Chobits] is also excellent. Leandra Cheviat - Nishi no Yoki Majo's Great Evil Villain † Nishi no Yoki Majo Joou Kouho 4 Hitome † 123 : [Kaze no Tani no Nanashisan @ Jikkyou wa Jikkyou Ita de] : 2006/06/04(Nichi) 14:33:24 ID:BVdDGOxs Rottosan wa itsu uragitte Reandora to takawarai suru ka tanoshimi de shikataganai Yuushisu to kuttsukeru ni to de Ruun to koiji wo habamou to suru Kono anime saidai no akuyaku ... da yo ne? --- † Nishi no Yoki Majo Queen Candidacy Public Notice 4 † 123 : [Mr./Ms. Nameless of the Valley of the Wnd @ The Real Condition with the Live Board] : 2006/06/04 (Sunday) 14:33:24 ID:BVdDGOxs When betraying Lot, Leandra cannot help but laugh loudly with pleasure. She tries to prevent the course of love with Rune [Roux] by joining with Eusis. Leandra is this anime's greatest villain ... isn't she? † Nishi no Yoki Majo Joou Kouho 4 Hitome 494 : [Kaze no Tani no Nanashisan @ Jikkyou wa Jikkyou Ita de] : 2006/06/17(Do) 16:29:59 ID:tGEgLrGW Tsumaranaku wa nai yo Sukunakutomo Firieru ga hikakuteki matomoni mierushi, Reandorasama ga monosugoi sonzaikan ga aru --- † Nishi no Yoki Majo Queen Candidacy Public Notice 4 494 : [Mr./Ms. Nameless of the Valley of the Wind @ The Real Condition with the Live Board] : 2006/06/17 (Saturday) 16:29:59 ID:tGEgLrGW She is not trivial. At least Firiel looks relatively honest. Miss Leandra has a tremendous sense of presence. Morganna in .hack//SIGN. Suigintou in Rozen Maiden. Tomoe Marguerite in My-Otome (Mai-Otome). Leandra Cheviat / Sister Lain in Nishi no Yoki Majo - Astraea Testament (The Good Witch of the West - Astraea Testament).... Tanaka Rie excels at playing great evil villains.
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The first episode is out now, and it was really nice. The graphic was great ( well for my taste ) and the story seems good with lots of plots. I hope some groups are going to sub it but it's a shame to only have 13 episodes .
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