(L) Towa no Kuon (BONES)

[DangerMouse]

Thanks, yeah after I saw your post I was curious and also was wondering if they'd posted anymore info on the official site too and that's indeed one of the CDs in the goods section.

[maplehurry]

Wonder what the antagonists plan is and reason for hunting these people down.

Reminds me of X-men, darker than black, and sacred seven. The reason is probably going to be obvious when he keeps touting around the word "order" being the hint...

[orion]

Originally Posted by ars89

. Wonder what the antagonists plan is and reason for hunting these people down. Those cyborgs they have were pretty cool though.

Because the existence of mutants threatens their "order". So instead of understanding the new species, they prefer to eliminate them. No assimilate or die here, it's just die.

I feel bad for the cyborgs. They have a controlled existence, can't even be allowed to be bored.

Now that blond guy, if he had gotten his act together earlier, Quon wouldn't have gotten injured.

*This needs to be in the Current Series section now.*

[wandering-dreamer]

I take it that the subs have popped up somewhere then?

[Shiroth]

Originally Posted by wandering-dreamer

I take it that the subs have popped up somewhere then?

Yeah they have. People still aren't using spoiler tags though for those like yourself that didn't know.

[orion]

Originally Posted by wandering-dreamer

I take it that the subs have popped up somewhere then?

Yes since 9/4.

[Haak]

I heavily enjoyed episode one. Okay sure it's nothing we haven't seen before but I don't think that's a bad thing. It's just not a good thing. I think the execution was just top notch. The pacing was especially brilliant. I'm actually looking forward to the next episode.

[ookamigirl]

Interesting story with lots of action. Looks very promising. Will be watching this one.
Reminds me of x-men/tiger & bunny.

[wandering-dreamer]

Spoiler for part one!:

As pretty much everyone else has said, nothing terribly new so far but it wasn't bad, just not as gripping as something new would have been. Does anyone else get the impression that Quon is much older than he looks? Between the fact that the military agency lists him as AA001 and he apparently played with the gardener guy when he was a kid it looks like he's stopped aging for one reason or another.
And "feel rock emotion, burning rock emotion" may be the strangest Engrish I've heard all week, I actually burst out laughing when that started playing during the credits.

[saravis]

Originally Posted by orion

Because the existence of mutants threatens their "order". So instead of understanding the new species, they prefer to eliminate them. No assimilate or die here, it's just die.

Spoiler for Ep 1:

It seems to me that the conflict is based on an opposition of natures; an emotional contrast. The cyborgs with the intent to be devoid of emotions vs. the Attracters whose powers are based within their emotions.

Anyway the first episode was enjoyable. There wasn't much story, but the action was intense and fun. Hopefully they'll delve more into whats going on in the next episode.

[Jeffry2009]

[Guardian Enzo]

Blog post:

Quite good, I thought. Derivative of BONES (all of BONES is pretty much self-derivative) but well-done and entertaining.

[DangerMouse]

Originally Posted by wandering-dreamer

Spoiler for part one!:

Does anyone else get the impression that Quon is much older than he looks? Between the fact that the military agency lists him as AA001 and he apparently played with the gardener guy when he was a kid it looks like he's stopped aging for one reason or another.
And "feel rock emotion, burning rock emotion" may be the strangest Engrish I've heard all week, I actually burst out laughing when that started playing during the credits.

Spoiler:

Yeah, same thought, it's a cool hook/question, I'm looking forward to more details on his history.

Hehe, I remember when they used these more often Yeah that line's totally engrish lol, still the driving tempo of the song is pretty awesome.

[Chase]

Liked the fight scenes of course and its scifi so im already hooked. First episode followed some cliches but oh well, i thought it was still good.

[Funkatron]

What exactly are Quon's powers? First I thought since he looked fish-like he seemed to have water-based abilities, which was cool. Then in the second fight I swear they were pulling powers out of their butts with him. Do his powers shift every time he transforms or something?

[-Sho-]

I liked it. The fighting scene are quite good. Not so much development but it'll come.

[Jeffry2009]

Does anyone have a plan to make an animesuki avatar for this one lately?

[Hooves]

^ It all depends for when the other movies for Towa no Kuon come out. But I definitely liked the first part, excellent pacing and good animation. The plot may be mediocre but it was backed up with no restrictions from time atleast.

[Kanon]

I totally missed this when this came out....

The plot is certainly not very original but I wouldn't call it horribly cliché either. It's too early to judge anyway, the first episode was only an introduction, I expect more exposition in the next one. I'm actually quite intrigued about Quon and the role of the tree (its name is in the title, so obviously, it's important).

The action was excellent -definitely the main strength of the show- , the voice cast is top notch and the character were pretty fun (Yuri :3 ). A very good watch in my book.

Originally Posted by Funkatron

What exactly are Quon's powers? First I thought since he looked fish-like he seemed to have water-based abilities, which was cool. Then in the second fight I swear they were pulling powers out of their butts with him. Do his powers shift every time he transforms or something?

I think he can control whatever matter he touches with his fingertips. So he's got that + beam sword + flesh shield + regeneration (that he can only use while in human form, apparently).

[Jeffry2009]

Spoiler for Quon & Edward Elric together (Both made by BONES)!:

Oh yeah, let me remind you guys that OVA 2 is finally out recently. Hope this is gonna be good like Star Driver did (also made by BONES).