(L) KimiKiss pure rouge

[Deathkillz]

Originally Posted by Nightengale

All anime series are only made possible through pain-staking efforts by animators, sleeping in their work cabins, working overtime, animating, drawing the cells, coloring.

Well i guess actually seeing it makes us appreciate the hard work just that bit more
From face view this does look like a nice "down to earth" series - hope it gives us some realism and no magical crap! (seen too much of them lately )

[Katapan]

Episode 1 wasn't exactly outstanding, but I enjoyed it. Not really what I was expecting; I kept seeing the mostly female cast & had no idea as many guys would be introduced at once, which was a somewhat nice surprise.
I thought it really was all about the light atmosphere most of the time, and it surely felt refreshing in the middle of the other new series for this fall.

Spoiler for boring seiyuu talk:

The cast was one of the game's strong points, wasn't it? It sure worked well here. I believe this is the first time I actually hear Haruna Ikezawa, and I'm fairly impressed. Can't say the other girls have had many lines... I just know two things: Sakura Nogawa's role sounded annoying, and I'd love to hear more by Rie Tanaka.
As for the guys, Takahiro Mizushima did indeed voice another male called Aihara Kazuki (I hope I'm not the one who thought "La Corda d'Oro?" after hearing the name). Satoshi Hino has had better roles, IMO. Jun Fukuyama was also mentioned earlier in the thread, and Takahiro Sakurai gets a role here too. Are we trying to also target fangirls, or what?

In any case, I'll be looking forward to next week after the episode ended with this particular scene.

[aroduc]

Yeah, it wasn't quite what I was expecting either. There were parts a lot trashier than I thought the show would be, but I'm kind of surprised (and pleased) by them apparently developing other relationships and plots outside of Kouichi.

OP

Caps
http://blog.seiha.org/?p=388

The ED is really nice too, though still not particularly animated.

[Kaoru Chujo]

I agree with most of what Katapan just posted. I liked episode one, but wasn't overwhelmed. Perhaps this will be the kind of series that builds up slowly and has actual interesting characters. They all had something special about them, and the boys and girls seemed equally strong/weak, forward/shy, which was nice. And none seemed like total caricatures, which was even nicer.

I was impressed with Ikezawa Haruna's work as Mao-oneesan. She has been around a while, but the only show I really have noticed her in was Marimite, in which she was/is Yoshino. It interests me that she was born in Athens. She does look as if she might be part Greek, but ja.Wikipedia doesn't say anything about that. Except that she's a good dressmaker.

And of course Tanaka Rie is always riveting. Especially in this case. Here's the screencap that I guess Katapan was referring to:

Spoiler for ep1:

I've seen the special that was referred to earlier, and loved it. For those of us who think nothing to do with seiyuu can be boring, it was a real treat to get such a good visit with people like Koshimizu Ami, Tanaka Rie, Noto Mamiko, Ikezawa Haruna, et al.

And I loved marble's OP. Her ED for Hidamari Sketch was good and I'm glad to see her continuing to do anisong work.

[Deathkillz]

I disagree...The ending for this first ep completely threw me off my chair...

Spoiler:

slice-of-life, highschool drama, love relationships - I can just see that this series will be "normal" romance series for this season

The first episode focuses on introduction and development of the characters but imo it was done in a very subtle, almost gentle, but in a pacing which doesn't make you feel that you would want to fall asleep or scream out how things started off in a high gear. The whole vibe of the episode was calm and relaxed - which is what i expect from the director of nodame and H&C :3

The characters are all pretty unique. And along with the starting plot, i feel that there is a much wider picture out there left to be explored. Actually Mao nee reminded me of tama nee for to hearts 2 (must be her grown up but fun loving nature ).

I also liked the humor in this first episode. Not everyday you see a guy walking in on a girl getting undressed without her causing a huge commontion - as well as other small cracks along the way which provided the much needed relief, and makes the episode seem less dull (if that is an excuse to not watch it ).

And most of all...zomg tanaka rie!! *fanboy spazm mode*

just look what she did >.>



I think i am going to enjoy this

[UPR]

Well im enjoyed it.

I just hope the main character gets to have a moment like the guy at the end did.

[Wavedash]

First impressions: ITA with Deathkillz' points.

Spoiler for Thoughts on ed:

Tanaka Rie's character gave me chills. She doesn't feel on the level at all and I actually yelled at the screen for her to get her claws out of him.

I liked the ED far more than the OP, not that marble's was particularly bad. The way they segued from the last kiss to the music was powerful and reminded me of Bokura ga Ita, which also had amazing resonance and good choice of music.

[Deathkillz]

Originally Posted by Wavedash

Spoiler for Thoughts on ed:

Tanaka Rie's character gave me chills. She doesn't feel on the level at all and I actually yelled at the screen for her to get her claws out of him.

Ahh...the classic gin sama treatment Her kind of moe is exactly my type of moe :3

[cyth]

Well, the first episode looks like the anime has nothing to offer to me. There's not much of a plot, no trigger for it to be overly interesting. Also it looks as if it has nothing to reveal, no mystery to solve, no nothing. I didn't find the characters that amusing; caricatures would've done a better job IMO. About character designs... They remind me too much of characters from Maria-sama ga Miteru and some shoujo series like Aishiteruze Baby. I guess watching interaction between normal and in-no-way-outstanding characters just isn't my thing. I'll be sitting this one out.

[Siegel Clyne]

Originally Posted by Siegel Clyne

Another two seiyuu have been announced in the KimiKiss pure rouge cast, one reprising her game role in the anime, the other new to the game, er, anime.

Kawada Tomoko: Kawasumi Ayako
Aihara Kouichi: Hino Satoshi

Kawasumi Ayako voices the young teacher Kawada Tomoko throughout the Kimi Kiss / Kimi Kiss Second Season drama CDs, and appears in one of the anime recording session cast group photos as well, so it is no surprise to find her voicing Kawada Tomoko once again in the Kimi Kiss pure rouge anime.

On the other hand, it comes as a big surprise to many to find Hino Satoshi as the voice actor for male protagonist Aihara Kouichi in the anime. (Kouichi is voiceless in the game). Many had expected it to be Mizushima Takahiro, who voices Kouichi in the drama CDs.

Err, Hino Satoshi plays Sanada Kouichi.

[Slice of Life]

I'm confused. That doesn't look like your standard harem/hentai game/dating sim/eroge/galge/visual novel/younameityougetit anime to me. I think I'll watch another episode and see where this is heading ...

[Shouta]

Wow, this was really good. Definitely my surprise this season. It's a GalGe but done in a manner that totally makes it in line with a more regular romance series. A lot of the galge/eroge/etc conversions feel distinctly like they are those but this feels a lot more normal. The show closest in feel to this, that I can recall, is Sentimental Journey that was animated by Sunrise. I'm definitely gonna check out the next few eps.

[tun]

Flawless victory with episode 1. They did a good job of setting up the pairings pretty early in the show. This is from the POV of a person who hasn't played the game btw

anyone know the cheapest place I can get the game at? 70 bucks on playasia is too much T_T

[changeup]

Certainly the series with the most numbers of popular seiyus this fall.

For male CVs we have Hino Satoshi, Mizushima Takahiro, Fukuyama Jun, Sakuragi Takahiro.

For female CVs we already have Koshimizu Ami, Tanaka Rie, Kawasumi Ayako, Hirohashi Ryo and Nogawa Sakura. Noto Mamiko, Nakahara Mai and Mizuhashi Kaori will also cast in this series.

When I was watching the raw in niconico, the Japanese fans commented that maybe all the money went to the seiyus so that they could not afford an animated OP!!!

[serenade_beta]

My opinion on episode 1 can be put in three words and three dots:

Normal... but interesting!

Another "normal romance series in a school setting", it seems.

But it seems fun to watch, so it is OK.

[Vexx]

Originally Posted by Slice of Life

I'm confused. That doesn't look like your standard harem/hentai game/dating sim/eroge/galge/visual novel/younameityougetit anime to me. I think I'll watch another episode and see where this is heading ...

That would be my impression as well... but I'll have to wait for the sub to verify.

[Shouta]

Originally Posted by Vexx

That would be my impression as well... but I'll have to wait for the sub to verify.

It's the usual GalGe setup but it's done in a manner that is more in line with original and manga romance series. It's quite surprising when you get a good staff to work on something that may seem run of the mill.

[monir]

Just into the first 4 minutes of the episode and I'm already making a promise to myself to see through this series. This seems to be my type of show that I tend to get excited about. Will add more once finishing the episode.

edit 1: More I watch, the more I'm convinced that I'll like this show.



edit 2: I'm sold. This episode easily makes the most anticipating show for me from this fall line up so far. Two male lead characters!!!? And both of them voiced by very good seiyuus who don't have those wishy-washy voice. And it has been a while since the last time I've seen a series with Ikezawa Haruno, so I'm very glad to see how easily she gets into Mao's role. I love her...... voice. The other voice to look forward to is none other than Tanaka Rie though I need a little getting-used to this monotonous voice of Futami.

J. C. Staff, you have done it again. Let the fall season begin.

[Deathkillz]

And we have another convert!! *pats monir on the back*

Any groups planning on subbing this btw? O.O

[Eurys]

Yay, a game adaptation I can enjoy

I usually dislike harem/bishoujo game adaptations (heh, I'm a woman after all), but I was intrigued by the fact they wrote 2 male characters.
I must say the first episode won me over (even if I couldn't understand a thing ). I enjoyed the voice acting, the characters and the mood. And it seems the drama won't be too heavy, which is perfect since it's been so long I didn't watch a fluffy romance