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Proudleaf · 2009-04-07, 21:50

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Originally Posted by Kimichi

I'd love to hear more on this particular thought...honestly might help me to remember the show since between now and (About half a dozen new season premier episodes) whenever during the day I watched the blasted thing I've forgotten most of it... *cough*

So you could say it didn't leave a a huge impression aside from their being a pink caddy, a cute maid with a gun, and some sort of crime syndicate. Ah well I think assassin #1 makes it worthwhile enough to watch for now.

There's intrigue, style, and erotic power. What more could you want?

I consider it one of the best shows this season--judging solely from one episode, of course.

Molenir · 2009-04-07, 22:32

Definitely not impressed. As I was watching, each moment that passed only increased my feeling that the show was getting lamer by the second. Storyline thus far simply doesn't have much to offer. These kids are trying to figure out how to be free. In order to be free, just kill their master. Bam, mad scientist dead, story over and done with. But no, we can't have that. Instead we get Noir/Gunslinger Girls lite. Redone with all the cool graphics of the others, but suffering from some of the same pitfalls as the other stories of this type. This is based just off episode 1 of course though. Unfortunately I doubt I'll bother to watch another episode after the first. Just not interested in this kind of show. If I really feel the need, I'll just wait til its complete, and watch the end. That way I get the ending, and can just skip all the lame drama these types of shows feel they must have.

acrana · 2009-04-07, 22:47

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Originally Posted by Molenir

Definitely not impressed. As I was watching, each moment that passed only increased my feeling that the show was getting lamer by the second. Storyline thus far simply doesn't have much to offer. These kids are trying to figure out how to be free. In order to be free, just kill their master. Bam, mad scientist dead, story over and done with. But no, we can't have that. Instead we get Noir/Gunslinger Girls lite. Redone with all the cool graphics of the others, but suffering from some of the same pitfalls as the other stories of this type. This is based just off episode 1 of course though. Unfortunately I doubt I'll bother to watch another episode after the first. Just not interested in this kind of show. If I really feel the need, I'll just wait til its complete, and watch the end. That way I get the ending, and can just skip all the lame drama these types of shows feel they must have.

When have they said they want to be free? Currently they both are brainwashed by drugs and traditional methods. Just give it a few episodes...You dont know if they are going to runaway or not yet.

Wattstax · 2009-04-08, 09:57

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Originally Posted by ffp3fdhgu

I wonder which ending route in the game this anime will take? the title is requiem for phantom, guess it's not going to be Ein true ending, heh

Phantom is the name of the combination of all asassins. So it could just be the Reqiuem of this "Organisation" and therefore also the End of Inferno. I don't believe, that they will pick a total Bad End. I hope for the Zwei-Ending though.

Vash002 · 2009-04-09, 12:40

Omg I missed the episode what happened щ(ﾟДﾟщ)

Key Board · 2009-04-09, 13:36

episode 2 had

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Coruja · 2009-04-09, 14:30

Just watched the first episode...

Hm, I loved both the Opening and Ending sequences better than I liked the episode.

Yu Ominae · 2009-04-09, 16:39

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Originally Posted by Key Board

episode 2 had

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Probably basing that on one of the endings in the OVA/game.

Mentar · 2009-04-10, 03:57

Good ep! As a game fan, I was delighted by it, even though next to nothing really happened.

Spoiler:

Yu Ominae · 2009-04-10, 20:50

Spoiler for Episode 3 stuff:

bran · 2009-04-11, 10:36

I absolutely love this anime. Reminds me of Nikita. Carries a similar athmosphere.
The nostalgic background music is awsome.
The only title that caught me immediately alongside Higashi no Eden.

izmosmolnar · 2009-04-11, 15:34

Ep2 was alright, it completely gave the same hopeless feeling as one can feel playing the game. It was more or less faithful to the gameevents, while they maintained a balanced pace too. The only thing I remember they had to skip, was the knife training of Ein, but it is in the preview as far as I can tell, so they might squeeze it in there dunno. Not like it was so important anyway. The animation was decent, however for some reason I'm not fond of Claudia's design here, despite that she was one of my favorite characters in the game. IDK why Ein wear skirts all the time too, isn't it impractical for her anyway?
I'd rate ep2 as a 8,5.

So far I like the series, I personally think, it's a bit different than anything going on these season so far, due to it's depressing/dark nature. I enjoy it a lot more than the other ongoing shows, as they are so heavily based on earlier similar series most of them gives me a strange Deja-vu feeling, which makes me to feel uninterested or even disappointed in them.

Yu Ominae · 2009-04-11, 15:40

Awesome as always. The Zwei/Claudia interaction with jazz gave me a grin...

I don't know why, but I...

Spoiler for Don't read!:

Key Board · 2009-04-11, 15:42

Because she reminds you of Yayoi from White Album, perhaps?

Xion Valkyrie · 2009-04-11, 16:09

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Originally Posted by Weils

Anyway, I didn't expect Matrix music track to pop out near the end of the episode.

Seriously. If anyone is curious, he's talking about the bgm at 00:30 and 17:57. It's almost identical to the bgm in The Matrix Reloaded when Neo fights the hundred Smiths. It's slightly different though, so they obviously didn't pay for the original tracks. I wonder if what they're doing is legal.

Edit: The song is called Burly Brawl by Juno Reactor.

Xander · 2009-04-11, 16:24

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Originally Posted by izmosmolnar

Ep2 was alright, it completely gave the same hopeless feeling as one can feel playing the game. It was more or less faithful to the gameevents, while they maintained a balanced pace too. The only thing I remember they had to skip, was the knife training of Ein, but it is in the preview as far as I can tell, so they might squeeze it in there dunno. Not like it was so important anyway. The animation was decent, however for some reason I'm not fond of Claudia's design here, despite that she was one of my favorite characters in the game. IDK why Ein wear skirts all the time too, isn't it impractical for her anyway?
I'd rate ep2 as a 8,5.

Claudia's re-design isn't the best, but I think her characterization is spot-on at this point.

I'm happy to see the knife training in the next episode preview since, in all honesty, I don't like Bee-Train's gunfights that much so anything that tries to showcase something else helps.

Kaoru Chujo · 2009-04-11, 18:55

Ep2 was even better than ep1, for me. The atmosphere, story and characters worked.

Takagaki Ayahi, who plays Ein, is terrific, in my opinion. I could picture Toyoguchi Megumi doing this role, and I think Ayahime is at least as good as she would have been. As Noe in True Tears and Otome in Da Capo2, she gave us some great emoting, and she has given us both that and some great tough hopelessness in this show. I'm enjoying Irino Miyu as Zwei, too.

Spoiler for ep1:

Yu Ominae · 2009-04-11, 19:08

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Originally Posted by Key Board

Because she reminds you of Yayoi from White Album, perhaps?

Because's Claudia by Aya makes her so damn sexy and husky.

Snooker · 2009-04-11, 20:04

Excellent prologue! darkworld of mafia impressed me.

cereal_killerxx · 2009-04-12, 04:54

Saw the first two episodes. I think this is the best anime this season. Nice opening and ending, BGM, and the characters and plot seem like they have alot of potential. Also...

Spoiler for Episode 3:

2009-04-09, 13:36	Link #126
Key Board Carbon Join Date: Nov 2003	episode 2 had Spoiler: Ein and Zwei training with guns and generally having weird sexual tension Claudia seducing.. err. I mean.. trying to get on Zwei's good side. (She doesn't like ScytheMaster and absolutely does not trust Ein)

2009-04-10, 03:57	Link #129
Mentar Banned Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Hamburg Age: 54	Good ep! As a game fan, I was delighted by it, even though next to nothing really happened. Spoiler: Why? Because they managed to capture the atmosphere properly. Phantom is not - like episode 1 seemed to indicate - about happy-go-lucky butchering of the opposition. It's about surviving in a grey, dark environment. About loyalty and betrayal, about building trust with people and being exploited and let down. About trying to break out of this life and being pulled back in. And after the gunfight glorification of ep1, I was wondering if they'd be overdoing the "mythical" aspect, in Bee Train fashion. Episode 2 however, was spot-on atmosphere-wise, even though basically nothing happened. Patience, my friends. We'll get more than enough action soon. In any case, ep2 was a success in recapturing the game's atmosphere very well.

2009-04-10, 20:50	Link #130
Yu Ominae ARCAM Spriggan agent Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Coquitlam, BC, Canada/Quezon City, Philippines	Spoiler for Episode 3 stuff: Someone's going to get naked. EHEHEHE... __________________ Even if we were at odds with each other, I still thank you for training me, Instructor Bowman - Yu Ominae, reflecting on Bowman's death after killing him in Phantom Island

2009-04-11, 10:36	Link #131
bran h e a d s h o t Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Bulgaria Age: 39	I absolutely love this anime. Reminds me of Nikita. Carries a similar athmosphere. The nostalgic background music is awsome. The only title that caught me immediately alongside Higashi no Eden. __________________ Farewell...and thank you. Last edited by bran; 2009-04-11 at 10:53.

2009-04-11, 15:40	Link #133
Yu Ominae ARCAM Spriggan agent Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Coquitlam, BC, Canada/Quezon City, Philippines	Awesome as always. The Zwei/Claudia interaction with jazz gave me a grin... I don't know why, but I... Spoiler for Don't read!: got hard as I watched it. __________________ Even if we were at odds with each other, I still thank you for training me, Instructor Bowman - Yu Ominae, reflecting on Bowman's death after killing him in Phantom Island

2009-04-07, 22:32	Link #122
Molenir Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007	Definitely not impressed. As I was watching, each moment that passed only increased my feeling that the show was getting lamer by the second. Storyline thus far simply doesn't have much to offer. These kids are trying to figure out how to be free. In order to be free, just kill their master. Bam, mad scientist dead, story over and done with. But no, we can't have that. Instead we get Noir/Gunslinger Girls lite. Redone with all the cool graphics of the others, but suffering from some of the same pitfalls as the other stories of this type. This is based just off episode 1 of course though. Unfortunately I doubt I'll bother to watch another episode after the first. Just not interested in this kind of show. If I really feel the need, I'll just wait til its complete, and watch the end. That way I get the ending, and can just skip all the lame drama these types of shows feel they must have.

2009-04-09, 12:40	Link #125
Vash002 Ready to Boast Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Hinamizawa	Omg I missed the episode what happened щ(ﾟДﾟщ)

2009-04-09, 14:30	Link #127
Coruja Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008	Just watched the first episode... Hm, I loved both the Opening and Ending sequences better than I liked the episode.

2009-04-11, 15:34	Link #132
izmosmolnar At the end of this world Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Hungary, Europe Age: 39	Ep2 was alright, it completely gave the same hopeless feeling as one can feel playing the game. It was more or less faithful to the gameevents, while they maintained a balanced pace too. The only thing I remember they had to skip, was the knife training of Ein, but it is in the preview as far as I can tell, so they might squeeze it in there dunno. Not like it was so important anyway. The animation was decent, however for some reason I'm not fond of Claudia's design here, despite that she was one of my favorite characters in the game. IDK why Ein wear skirts all the time too, isn't it impractical for her anyway? I'd rate ep2 as a 8,5. So far I like the series, I personally think, it's a bit different than anything going on these season so far, due to it's depressing/dark nature. I enjoy it a lot more than the other ongoing shows, as they are so heavily based on earlier similar series most of them gives me a strange Deja-vu feeling, which makes me to feel uninterested or even disappointed in them.

2009-04-11, 15:42	Link #134
Key Board Carbon Join Date: Nov 2003	Because she reminds you of Yayoi from White Album, perhaps?

2009-04-11, 18:55	Link #137
Kaoru Chujo Yuuki Aoi Join Date: Jul 2004	Ep2 was even better than ep1, for me. The atmosphere, story and characters worked. Takagaki Ayahi, who plays Ein, is terrific, in my opinion. I could picture Toyoguchi Megumi doing this role, and I think Ayahime is at least as good as she would have been. As Noe in True Tears and Otome in Da Capo2, she gave us some great emoting, and she has given us both that and some great tough hopelessness in this show. I'm enjoying Irino Miyu as Zwei, too. Spoiler for ep1: I particularly thought the long time spent on training worked. I could feel the way he shut down and became almost a machine, and also how he gradually got better and better at what he was doing. __________________ YUUKI Aoi 悠木碧. b92.03.27 (age 29). 2008 Kurenai (Murasaki). 2009 Yumeiro Pâtissière (Ichigo), Kiruminzuu (Riko), Yutori-chan (Yutori-chan). 2010 Vampire Bund (Mina Tepeş), Shiki (Sunako), Samurai Girls (Juubee), Pokémon: Black and White (Iris). 2011 Madoka Magica (Madoka), Gosick (Victorique), A-Channel (Tooru). 2012 Symphogear (Hibiki). 2014 Pilot's Love Song (Claire/Nina), Nanatsu no Taizai (Diane). 2015 Owari no Seraph (Krul Tepes), Rokka no Yuusha (Fremy). 2016 Boku no Hero Academia (Tsuyu, Froppy). 2017 Kino no Tabi (Kino). 2021 Kumo desu ga (watashi), Kaizoku Oujo (Karin), Heike Monogatari (Biwa), etc., etc. Total of 513 roles in anime and games. Last edited by Kaoru Chujo; 2009-04-11 at 19:41.

2009-04-11, 20:04	Link #139
Snooker Call me neet. Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Finland Age: 39	Excellent prologue! darkworld of mafia impressed me.

2009-04-12, 04:54	Link #140
cereal_killerxx Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007	Saw the first two episodes. I think this is the best anime this season. Nice opening and ending, BGM, and the characters and plot seem like they have alot of potential. Also... Spoiler for Episode 3: SOMEONE GETS NAKED!