To Aru Majutsu no Index - Anime General Discussion [NO SPOILERS]

[Westlo]

Originally Posted by Master Anime

Index in anime is more cute than i expected
good job j.c.staff

Yeah I expected to be rather indifferent to her but her cuteness overwhelmed me

[Kinny Riddle]

The OP was impressive, the setting is excellent, but what really strikes me is the animation. Wow. I like what I saw so far.

Originally Posted by Kaoru Chujo

To tell the truth, I expected this to be boring kid stuff. Instead, it's well-done magic moe. Iguchi Yuka was excellent. The look and animation are good. The characters seem interesting. We'll see if it gets worse, but it started pretty well, for me.

To those that follow JC Staff works, Iguchi Yuka happens to be the seiyuu for Illcoco, the very adorable human form of the Tabitha's dragon familiar Sylpheed in Zero no Tsukaima.

At first I thought I wouldn't feel anything for the mere "loli" Index, who had neither the powerful-ness of Shana, nor the hard-core violence of Louise (ZnT) and Taiga (Toradora), not to mention this isn't a Kugimiya loli tsundere at all. But in the end Iguchi did well to win me over.

But I still like Mikoto better.

Upon hearing this series, I went to the manga stores to look for the series, only to find all the volume 1 novels missing from every store. How frustrating when you have to compete with everyone to get an idea of the story better.

[NakedAngelX]

I hope Mikoto'll be more than a side character, as expected she will be a lot of people's favourite character of the series.

And for index, much much better than i thought she would. Not the shy and slow-down the whole damn show type character. Looking forward to next ep

[serenade_beta]

Originally Posted by NakedAngelX

I hope Mikoto'll be more than a side character, as expected she will be a lot of people's favourite character of the series.

She will...

Spoiler for spoilers from novel:

In the future. If there is one thing the novel likes doing, it's not choosing a real heroine. One volume has one girl as the focus, the next volume has another girl as the focus while the previous heroine turns into absolute air... So even if Index is the focus now, she'll turn into a side character later...

She's mine though! *shift eyes*

[felix]

Originally Posted by Kinny Riddle

At first I thought I wouldn't feel anything for the mere "loli" Index, who had neither the powerful-ness of Shana, nor the hard-core violence of Louise (ZnT) and Taiga (Toradora), not to mention this isn't a Kugimiya loli tsundere at all.

lol, umm well...

Spoiler for probably major:

Demon God Index isn't all that bad...
She's like a inverse tsunadre I guess j/k

[Cyz]

Spoiler:

I like the manga so I'm actually waiting for this one. Let's see, the opening is good and having Mami Kawada gives it some Shana feeling on it. Anyways, there's not much action yet (other than Mikoto unleashing her electric powers) but hey, it's only episode 1.

--> Hm, loli teacher

[Westlo]

Subs for episode 1 are now out.

Originally Posted by serenade_beta

She will...

Spoiler for spoilers from novel:

In the future. If there is one thing the novel likes doing, it's not choosing a real heroine. One volume has one girl as the focus, the next volume has another girl as the focus while the previous heroine turns into absolute air... So even if Index is the focus now, she'll turn into a side character later...

She's mine though! *shift eyes*

That's interesting to know and an interesting approach.

[frubam]

WHAAA my PC can't play it (it plays, just bad framerate on this old pc)
*rolls back and forth until different resolution comes out*

[Nikusu]

Quick avatar for Index's EPIC cuteness.


Edit: And one more:

[Chaos2Frozen]

Wow... Say what you want about JC Staff, but those people sure know how to make their animes look (and sound) good


Definitely on my top list for this season

[Haruyasha]

Mikoto looks a lot like, if not identical, to Yukari from Persona 3.

[Clarste]

The 'null' power always struck me as fairly interesting cliche. On one hand it's the weakest ability there is; it can't do anything at all. On the other hand, it's one of the strongest abilities because it nullifies the strongest abilities. It's a nice conjunction of "useless" and "overpowered" that can really define a character. Nullifying your own luck though...

Also, does this mean that magic and psychic powers are fundamentally the same, despite the effort made to establish their difference?

[Chaos2Frozen]

Originally Posted by Clarste

Also, does this mean that magic and psychic powers are fundamentally the same, despite the effort made to establish their difference?

Depends on what you mean by 'fundamentally'.

Touma's ability allows him to negate any supernatural effects, in that sense magic and psychic are the same as the both of them give superhuman abilities to the user, but the system or concept in which they operate on is different.

Without spoilling much, psychic powers are science based while magic is... A different field of study.

[Shiroth]

Reading up on the series, and all i can say is i can't wait to see Kaori in action. Looking forward to her.

[Clarste]

Originally Posted by Chaos2Frozen

Depends on what you mean by 'fundamentally'.

Touma's ability allows him to negate any supernatural effects, in that sense magic and psychic are the same as the both of them give superhuman abilities to the user, but the system or concept in which they operate on is different.

Without spoilling much, psychic powers are science based while magic is... A different field of study.

I think if he can dispel magic and psychic powers but not, say, cell phones or sandwiches, then clearly magic and psychic powers are the same on some level.

And supernatural doesn't really mean much if it's supposedly science-based. Nothing that's science-based can be supernatural, by definition. Kinda.

[Chaos2Frozen]

Originally Posted by Clarste

I think if he can dispel magic and psychic powers but not, say, cell phones or sandwiches, then clearly magic and psychic powers are the same on some level.

Didn't I already say that magic and psychic both give supernatural powers? In that sense the two are similiar. However, the concept in which both of them operate on is different.

Sort of like two different OS for a computer. They both provide the same function, but through different means and set up.


By the way, a sandwich is not the work of technology.

Originally Posted by Clarste

And supernatural doesn't really mean much if it's supposedly science-based. Nothing that's science-based can be supernatural, by definition. Kinda.

Supernatural is just the term used.

[Clarste]

That's pretty much what I meant when I said "fundamentally the same."

Originally Posted by Chaos2Frozen

By the way, a sandwich is not the work of technology.

Clearly it's a work of magic then.

[Chaos2Frozen]

Originally Posted by Clarste

That's pretty much what I meant when I said "fundamentally the same."

Oh good, cause by saying 'fundamentally', I thought you might also be refering to the basic underlying principles between the two 'techniques'.

Originally Posted by Clarste

Clearly it's a work of magic then.

No... Obviously it's neither silly

[Jerseykid]

Cool first episode. May all your spoilers die in a fire

[DragoonKain3]

Well, so far, this is certainly the prettiest anime of the season. Edges out even Gundam 00 IMO. Hopefully they keep it going.

Then again, being pretty wasn't enough for me to keep going with Nabari no Ou (another JC staff anime) or Soul Eater (whose fight choreography is da bomb on top of the animation).