2011-05-06, 13:35 | Link #229 |
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There's probably enough suggestive material in one of these songs (though "summer dream syndrome" and "Mermaid Sisters" are quite standout) for a nice batch of doujins. And since the ones singing them are not the voice actors, but the characters. The mind, it goes places. And goes and goes and goes.
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2011-05-06, 14:58 | Link #231 |
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I think this show is settling into something that is not remarkable, but still enjoyable every week, especially for its small touches.
Kotobuki Minako is really suiting her voice, weird accent and all, to the character of Yuuko. And she is the best singer of the group so far, for sure. Fukuhara Kaori is really Run, fresh and loopy. Newcomer Uchiyama Yumi is doing a creditable job as Nagi. And Yuuki Aoi always has those little touches, those little turns in her voice that give life to Tooru. @Midonin -- I believe they are at the beach by Enoshima island, which is part of Fujisawa city. They took the cute little Enoshima Electric Railway that runs between Fujisawa and Kamakura via Enoshima. Enoshima is featured even more prominently in Uta Kata , which is a neglected but enjoyable moe supernatural mystery show from 2004, directed by Keiji Gotou (Kiddy Grade). Here are a couple of websites showing pics of the "sacred places" from Uta Kata in the anime and in real life. Uta Kata was one of the shows that first got me interested in anime.
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2011-05-06, 17:19 | Link #232 | |
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Also I agree Vanish Yuuko did look better in a few of the other swimsuits she tried . And Her dream was amusing . Also the ED is starting to grow on me I didn't really like it that much at the start, but now I actually like it .
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2011-05-06, 18:54 | Link #233 | |
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2011-05-06, 19:47 | Link #234 |
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What were those things Tooru's class had under their left arm while they were swimming? Everyone had it, and it must be something the school implemented, but I have no idea what it is. I've never even seen it in other shows.
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2011-05-06, 20:33 | Link #235 |
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I was relieved they didn't have the obligatory "someone shows up in a school swimsuit"
EDIT: I know it has schoolgirls etc. but I don't see how this is really compared to to Nichijou. This is a mainly sol with some comedy about some gal friends. Nichijou is a straight comedy with little focus on characters and development and isn't even always focusing on those schoolgirls, and never their relationships with each other. The two just don't compare they're totally different shows. |
2011-05-06, 21:07 | Link #238 |
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I liked the real-world backgrounds they used here. Is Studio Gokumi perhaps based in Kanagawa? (In which case using these images is equivalent to Kyoto Animation's frequent use of Kansai landmarks.)
Aoi Yuuki may have become famous for her deadpan snarker delivery, but who else loves her frightened stammering? People have often been comparing Yuuko to Mio Akiyama. She reminds me more of Miyuki in Lucky Star in that she's a lot more upbeat yet still modest. One more seiyuu note--in Chu-Bra, Minako Kotobuki actually played a girl with Tooru's physique. |
2011-05-06, 22:10 | Link #239 | |
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Personally, I've only recently come to like her work. I specifically did not like it in Umi Monogatari, and not much even in K-On. But I thought she was really good in Hyakka Ryouran and in Zakuro.
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2011-05-08, 15:11 | Link #240 |
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I'm enjoying the manga for this one...and so decided to pick up the anime as well (despite a wealth of other shows which might seem to have a higher claim on worthiness in scope or pedigree this season). So far, it's at least generally managed to sustain my interest in the same way the manga did, and maintains a moderate level of consistent enjoyability.
I gotta admit, I'm somewhat feeling the limits of this adaptation though. Episode 3 was brilliantly laugh out loud funny, but the humour in 4 and 5 mostly comes off as stilted and slow, so that watching them feels like little more than an exercise in appreciating the moe character designs, voice and animation. And essentially, the fluctuations in the value of the core content (thus far) seem to come straight down to the source material--when they've got good gags, as in episode 3, this show shines, but with vapid or mediocre material as in these two previous episodes the stiltedness just comes across even more clearly. Much as I'm personally willing to overlook the slow patches and stick with it, this comes across as a poor proposition for a neutral evaluator. I think it is somewhat unfortunate that this show will not have much mainstream appeal after all. But, well, I guess that's just how it is sometimes. At the very least, I myself will definitely enjoy this as I'm determined to. |
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