2020-11-05, 00:17 | Link #1 | |
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Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Somewhere on Earth
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Hikari no Ou (The Fire Hunter) Anticipation
Rieko Hinata's fantasy novel series "Hikari no Ou" is receiving an anime adaptation as a WOWOW original, animation production: Signal.MD. Some more info on plot and premise Quote:
https://www.wowow.co.jp/info/info.ph...d=7106&which=0 https://twitter.com/AIR_News01/statu...18940701040640 https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...novels/.165988
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2023-01-14, 12:18 | Link #8 |
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Join Date: Apr 2004
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Not only did it take me multiple times to not read the title as Hikaru no Go and thinking "there is going to be a new Hikaru no Go anime?!" but I just realised the title says Hikari not Hikaru. I really need to work on my reading comprehension.
Anyway interesting first episode, animation wise it's not as strong as other Oshii's work but he makes up for interesting shots and visuals. As for the setting looks like yet another post-apocalyptic setting and in this one humans were genetically changed to combust when they're close to fire? Leading to a world where there's no fire. It's going to be interesting to find out how every thing works without fire but it looks like they have a bunch of "it's technically not fire" solutions considering they can still cook food.
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2023-01-14, 18:04 | Link #9 |
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Join Date: Sep 2006
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I was really taken by this one. Impressed me more with its first episode than any other show this season. I really want to know more about this world, how it became the way it is and the way things are the way they are as we certainly saw a difference between the village way of life and the city way of life.
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2023-01-14, 18:06 | Link #10 |
Kana Hanazawa ♥
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: France
Age: 37
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I went in blind, knowing only that Oshii was involved. I was not disappointed.
The series has interesting visual and the premise is very intriguing. Before the narrator corrected my mistake, I definitely thought this was a story set in the past. I didn't realize Touko never spoke a word until she actually did speak. Was surprised that Misaki Kuno is not voicing a loli character (albeit she's still young). Really loved that the Aunt actually cares dearly about her. When her cousin's hostility toward Touko was made clear, I thought she was in one of those situations where she was reluctantly taken it by her Aunt after her parents died, which is surprisingly common in anime. But nope, it's just the cousin being a bitch. Not sure how the guy's story will interweave with Touko's. Definitely interested in any case.
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2023-01-14, 21:11 | Link #11 | |
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Kyoto, Japan
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Obviously, pretty special. So Moribito-like, especially with the incomparable Kawai Kenji providing the music.
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