Kannagi Generic discussion thread

[Guardian Enzo]

Too hard on Oinari! The characters make that show work, even selling the silly plotlines effectively most of the time. But that aside, Kannagi hit the ground running - lots of potential here.

[DragoonKain3]

Originally Posted by JediNight

Kannagi is much superior to Oinari IMHO. Oinari ends up being very episodic and tons of generic cliche stuff happens. The young miko girl that was klutzy was the only redeeming factor to it ;D

In all honesty, it was mainly Kou's antics that made me keep going on Oinari, and even then right now is on hiatus because of lack of interest due to it not really having an overarching plot. Which isn't bad in of itself, but personally, I stay away from those kind of things since I quickly lose interest.

Kannagi on the other hand, from what little I've seen of the manga, has some purpose in the plot to keep it going. I wish I can read more of it, but alas, scans has stopped and the anime is now on (don't want to spoil myself of future events now lol).

Originally Posted by Deathkillz

I can't remember, but I swear that the whole "Jin thinking perverted things" wasn't in the manga. But whatever, this part of the episode actually worked

AFAIK too, it wasn't in the manga.

Spoiler for early manga I think:

One of the reasons why I ship Tsugumi and not Nagi (despite the protagonist knowing both of them in childhood) is that concerning Nagi and Jin, there isn't a slightest bit of 'interest' from both sides of what little I've seen the manga. Nagi clearly states and shows she isn't interested, all the while teasing and giving small pushes to Tsugumi about her crush. He on the other hand is just ambivalent to almost whatever Nagi does (or anyone for that matter).

So yeah, very disappointed in this development, as it sets the ground for Nagi being Jin's LI when it isn't the case in the manga. Sigh... ignorance really is bliss; I wish I hadn't been curious and read the manga lol

[Mega-Japan]

I watched it and it seems like a pretty interesting anime, but can someone tell me in advance this is not another "male main character gets the hell beaten up by little girl" type of anime? I'm getting annoyed by those lately >.>

Though um, coming out of a statue out of nowhere and then start bossing around, wth? Overall good and interesting stuff and I hope to see more.

[passin'gass]

Jin. Got. Wood.

Spoiler:

The OP is spot-on IMO. In order to gain power, Nagi has to be idolized, thus her choice as Media Idol (on a national scale)...does this mean she will become more powerful than most shrine gods?

[Westlo]

Originally Posted by JediNight

Kannagi is much superior to Oinari IMHO. Oinari ends up being very episodic and tons of generic cliche stuff happens. The young miko girl that was klutzy was the only redeeming factor to it ;D

As someone who has read 9 chapters of Kannagi and watched 8 episodes of Oinari I have to agree that Kannagi is just superior. They may have similar premises in a way but Kannagi just executes it better imo and the production values for it are also better.

[JediNight]

Originally Posted by Mega-Japan

I watched it and it seems like a pretty interesting anime, but can someone tell me in advance this is not another "male main character gets the hell beaten up by little girl" type of anime? I'm getting annoyed by those lately >.>

Though um, coming out of a statue out of nowhere and then start bossing around, wth? Overall good and interesting stuff and I hope to see more.

Well she's a local deity, and used to being worshiped for 100s of years -- what would you act like? ;p

Judging by the end of Ep1 though, I think she's in for a rude awakening. The male lead is willing to help Nagi with the bugs, but as far as day-to-day living goes, he's going to expect her to do her fair share. So I think we're going to have a decent helping of comedy as he tries to teach Nagi how to do normal house chores and become more humble about equal work as roommates

Of course I could be wrong and she just bosses him around and/or she's horrible at it so he just does it all...

Look at the good side: If she's becoming an Idol singer, at least he knows she can help pay expenses

[suguru]

Wow--I loved the first episode, it's great to finally see Nagi animated, I'd been worried her seiyuu would go with her Lala voice, but in the end she did an awesome job and I like the voice she used. This looks like it should be a lot of fun to watch though, I had really high expectations going in since I really liked the manga and have been looking forward to this for a while now, but it managed to surpass what I was hoping for.

Only thing I wish is that Nagi used 'nushi' for 'you' instead of 'sochi'...maybe I've watched too much Spice and Wolf recently, but somehow 'nushi' is more moe for me

[ZODDGUTS]

Originally Posted by DragoonKain3

AFAIK too, it wasn't in the manga.

Spoiler for early manga I think:

One of the reasons why I ship Tsugumi and not Nagi (despite the protagonist knowing both of them in childhood) is that concerning Nagi and Jin, there isn't a slightest bit of 'interest' from both sides of what little I've seen the manga. Nagi clearly states and shows she isn't interested, all the while teasing and giving small pushes to Tsugumi about her crush. He on the other hand is just ambivalent to almost whatever Nagi does (or anyone for that matter).

So yeah, very disappointed in this development, as it sets the ground for Nagi being Jin's LI when it isn't the case in the manga. Sigh... ignorance really is bliss; I wish I hadn't been curious and read the manga lol

Was kinda surprise about that too. From what I've read in the manga both Jin and Nagi don't seem too interested in each other in that way yet in the anime it tries to give off vibes that it might actually happen. Don't know if that's a good thing or not hopefully it won't screw up the feel of the manga has in the anime.

[kujoe]

Perhaps it will turn out like that one day, and perhaps the anime is just trying to improvise with the more limited time it has. I mean, surely the author has a say on these things.

Anyway, it looks like a fun show. And well made too. I guess I'll be watching how things go from here in the meantime.

[Sorrow-K]

Ep 1

Just like almost every other first episode I've seen so far this season, that was mildly amusing. But not ball-grabbing. I think it has potential, but it'll inevitably rely on the strength of its characters. If these are good character, this will most likely be a good anime.

It's a pretty done-to-death premise, though, ie, boy-meets-supernatural-girl. Good anime come from that premise though. I'm hoping this will be more like Spice and Wolf than like [insert any number of crappy boy-meets-supernatural-girl anime here].

Not much to write about, since things were mostly pretty muted (which does lend itself to an atmosphere susceptible to the types of feelings I imagine this series is going for) but I liked how the male lead was pretty red blooded. The fact that he's suddenly sharing a roof with a very attractive girl hasn't gone by him in the least.

[Sinestra]

Interesting new series i know nothing about it but it was pretty funny. Im not sure what exactly is going on but the situation looks like your typical mysterious girl staying at some shy boys place and random yet funny misunderstandings occur on a regular basis. Will keep an eye on this one though i was not super impressed i rather enjoyed the dialog the animation was so so but was not a bother to me.

[TrueKnight]

Originally Posted by ZODDGUTS

Was kinda surprise about that too. From what I've read in the manga both Jin and Nagi don't seem too interested in each other in that way yet in the anime it tries to give off vibes that it might actually happen. Don't know if that's a good thing or not hopefully it won't screw up the feel of the manga has in the anime.

Dude, if that happens or even hinted, I'll be one happy camper and will be sticking to the anime all the way instead of the manga. I already like Nagi's Horo-ish nature instead of her bossy attitude in the manga, well imho anyway. *finger crosses*

[Sterling01]

Originally Posted by DragoonKain3

Spoiler for early manga I think:

One of the reasons why I ship Tsugumi and not Nagi (despite the protagonist knowing both of them in childhood) is that concerning Nagi and Jin, there isn't a slightest bit of 'interest' from both sides of what little I've seen the manga. Nagi clearly states and shows she isn't interested, all the while teasing and giving small pushes to Tsugumi about her crush. He on the other hand is just ambivalent to almost whatever Nagi does (or anyone for that matter).

So yeah, very disappointed in this development, as it sets the ground for Nagi being Jin's LI when it isn't the case in the manga. Sigh... ignorance really is bliss; I wish I hadn't been curious and read the manga lol

Just so you know...

Spoiler for Later Manga Chapters:

It gets very clear that the manga is going the JinXNagi route... Hell I don't even think Tsugumi has shown up in the past 5 chapters

[7Th]

Originally Posted by PEDOS_GRANDE

hahahahaha

what?

While I found it to be enjoyable, "Visually Stunning" is NOT what I would call Kannagi's animation.

It's very lush, fluid and with plenty of interesting tempo; not to mention great art-direction. It's obviously not flashy like Casshern, but it's excellently produced.

[Ashlotte]

Well the OP was pretty interesting...Not entirely sure what it has to do with the plot I saw in episode one though, but who cares...DANCING.

Ah as for the rest...Meh...Wasn't bad, but like Sorrow said nothing really jumped out and grabbed me just more of the same types of things we've all seen before. Hopefully it gets stronger as it goes further into the story.

[Kaoru Chujo]

There's a lot of great humor in the first few first episodes of the season. Hyakko is bizarre and subtle humor. Kannagi is beautifully animated and voiced humor. Kemeko Deluxe is hilariously animated off-the-wall humor and Macademi Wasshoi is completely off the ceiling.

Toradora, To Aru Majutsu no Index and AkaSaka will have to make their points with personality and relationship, for me, rather than humor, but they were enjoyable, too. Especially Toradora and Index.

But first episodes can be misleading, or a style of humor can end up only being funny for a couple of episodes. I'll have a better idea what I think of these series after three episodes.

I would call Kannagi's animation "visually stunning," myself. Balanced detail, with some hints of some staff-members' KyoAni origins, and excellent motion. I found the phrasing by the seiyuu "aurally stunning," too. Once again, it's not the memes that made this episode special, but the way they were executed. Nagi's version of kami-tsundere worked for me, too. Consider me jumped out at and grabbed, lol.

[Utau]

Originally Posted by rainnydaiis

also for the manga is it still under the name Kannagi or under a different name?

Yes, it's still "Kannagi: Crazy Shrine Maidens".

[outcast_within]

why is this pic funny?
http://randomc.animeblogger.net:8000...Large%2032.jpg

why does the guy even own a girly shirt?

[Kaoru Chujo]

Originally Posted by outcast_within

why is this pic funny?...why does the guy even own a girly shirt?

I'm not 100% sure why the shirt is funny, but the words mean

Spoiler for ep1:

"shyness," "bashfulness," "embarrassment" (羞恥心 shuuchishin). Maybe the shirt is his absent (deceased?) mother's? Why a recently materialized Japanese goddess would have a bra is another question. But she did somehow know about TV, so I guess these questions are not to be asked.

[JediNight]

Someone attributed it to similar to "What would Jesus do?" -- aka the joke is he has "loose morals" for living under the same roof as another girl alone (and having the occasional dirty thought slip)