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2011-05-02, 05:17 | Link #682 |
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My copy of the first Blu-ray volume arrived today. As you'd expect of a Japanese release the packaging is both pretty and tastefully understated, and at least to my non-expert eyes and ears the content is gorgeous in HD. The liner notes are fairly basic, just episode synopses and CD track listing, but as promised they do include a selection of fanart from the illustration contest that was run on Twitter.
The soundtrack CD is lovely, if somewhat short - it features seven tracks including Clair de Lune and totals a bit over 16 minutes. A second OST will ship with next month's volume, then in June we apparently get a drama CD. New content on the BD is a 15-minute documentary on the anime's making (cutely titled ぼくたちの、めいきんぐ - anyone who's bought the manga will appreciate this), and an alternate version of Episode 1. Even if (like me) you can't follow the Japanese, the documentary is interesting simply for showing the business-as-usual creation of the show - and relevant to acejem's post above, anyone who does speak the language can hear from the director's own mouth why they chose to start the story with the middle school arc (from what I could pick up on the first listen, the phrase "one cour" featured prominently in his explanation). The alternate version of Ep 1 differs only slightly from the one we've seen. There are some changes to the BGM (the most noticeable being they don't use Clair de Lune in that final scene), and some of the voice-overs are omitted, but I didn't spot any new content as such.
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2011-05-03, 16:47 | Link #683 | |
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2011-05-03, 19:41 | Link #684 | |
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2011-05-04, 02:55 | Link #685 |
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In addition, casting a real teenager (14) as Nitori clearly shows that there weren't further projects for this. If they really planned to work on it again in a couple years, then they'd probably have chosen a different seiyuu, a female sounding like a male for example . This way, shortly there won't be a Shuuichi's voice anymore, and what's Hourou Musuko without the "true" Nitori?
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2011-05-04, 13:30 | Link #687 | |
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2011-05-11, 03:47 | Link #688 |
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Off-topic, but anyone who's watched the anime might appreciate this:
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2011-05-18, 08:42 | Link #691 | |
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Indeed. This is a lot closer:
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2011-07-25, 01:53 | Link #692 | |
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Official site - Amazon - CD Japan By my count 24 of the 37 tracks listed on Amazon aren't on the bonus CDs that came BD/DVD vols 1 and 2, so it's still worth getting even if you have those. On the other hand it doesn't have Clair de Lune (月の光) from the first bonus CD. |
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2011-08-25, 15:03 | Link #694 |
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Can someone refresh my memory on when the full versions of Episodes 10 and 11 will come out?
Also, on a related note, is anyone else following the drama series IS? It's about "intersexed" teenagers, which isn't the same thing as transgendered teenagers, but it's in the same neighborhood. |
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2011-08-27, 21:20 | Link #697 |
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It's cheesy and melodramatic in spots, and half the opening episode feels like an after-school special, but it's watchable. I'm really impressed by the job Fukuda Saki is doing in the lead role. I've only seen her play girly-girl parts before, but she's very convincing as a gender-queer teen who self-identifies as male.
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2011-11-12, 00:01 | Link #700 |
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So great getting back inside this world. What a terrific series Hourou Musuko is, and there's a lot of good stuff in this full version of episode 10. But if you haven't read the manga, be warned - this will really whet your appetite.
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