2006-02-03, 01:40 | Link #1 |
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REC is the first anime I know that is set in the world of seiyuus. I've been looking forward to it, and it started today. I enjoyed the first episode, with reservations.
The episodes are half-length, just under 12 minutes long. The animation is just okay, in my opinion. I've just taken a look at some of the manga and I like the character design better there. (So what else is new?) But the story is fairly captivating, and they did a lot in 11 minutes. The basic story: a 26-year-old blah-looking salaryman is waiting outside a cinema and feels he has been stood up by his date. He is about to throw his tickets away when a girl tells him not to waste them, so he ends up giving her one and going in to see the film. She sits next to him speaking all the lines spoken on-screen. It turns out she is a new seiyuu... Spoiler for episode 1:
The director, Nakamura Ryutaro 中村隆太郎, has a good resume: he directed Serial Experiments Lain, Kino no Tabi, and Sakura Wars. The animation director/character designer, Morioka Hideyuki 守岡英行, did key animation on Neon Genesis Evangelion, character design on Sakura Wars and Ultimate Girls, and was animation director for Sakura Wars. Animation by Shaft. Broadcast on TBS Thursday nights at 25:55 starting 2 February, and a week later at 25:00 on satellite BS-i. Anime News Network page official site I was surprised there wasn't already a thread for this. If there was, please merge this post.
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REC レック Its based on a manga thats serialized in the seinen(young men's) manga magazine Sunday GX (Sunday Gene-X). For now there are 5 volumes released of this manga, here are the covers: Genre: Seinen, Comedy, Drama, Romance Info from AnimeNfo: Quote:
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2006-02-03, 02:30 | Link #3 | |
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Same here, just without the reservations. ;) I've not taken a look on the manga but the character design in the anime seemed ok. I liked especially Aka, she's just too damn cute. :D Anyway the first episode was nice and had a few surprising elements. Spoiler:
I agree on the seiyuu for Aka. She does a splendid job in the first episode and I expect her to do even better in the next episodes when they show her in the studio. :) Hmm, took a look on her page and I wonder, does anybody else think that she's looking quite cute on the photos? =P Overall a quite nice first episode. The only thing I could complain about is the shortness of the episodes and the series itself, only nine episodes. :( It felt somewhat rushed in the first episode, which actually might be better for a lot of people, though I wouldn't mind a somewhat slower pace. :) Last edited by Keitarou; 2006-02-03 at 02:41. |
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2006-02-03, 18:12 | Link #6 |
京都 ikitai~
Join Date: Jan 2004
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I wish it was normal length, but otherwise I loved the first episode. It's a different, more adult, take on a romantic comedy than I've seen in anime before. And Aka is really cute, which doesn't hurt things either.
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Definitely looking forward to the subs so I can get all the dialogue, my Japanese skills suck enough I caught maybe 5% of what they were saying. |
2006-02-05, 23:08 | Link #7 |
Bishoujo sweet!
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Australia
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I had an interest in this show so I took a look at the manga and I found it to be very hilarious, and I cant even read a word (here's hopping someone will translate it).
I havent seen the anime yet (awaiting the sub), so here's hopping some of the good parts get animated. The funny and the sexy. Oh yeah Aka looks alot like Mahoro in the manga. |
2006-02-08, 20:45 | Link #13 |
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Cross your fingers...
Anyways, great first episode, lots of story development, good voice acting (Aka's voice is quite good, ranging from high to low). I liked it a lot. Too bad it's only 9 episodes of 12 minutes each.
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2006-02-09, 04:29 | Link #15 |
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Miscalleanous released episode 1. Time for this to move to the fansub group!
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2006-02-09, 15:36 | Link #17 |
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I couldn't miss an anime focused on the world of seiyuus.
I liked the first episode pretty much. It's very likely going to be one of those anime very focused on character development, which are my favourites in absolute. Original way of depicting things and actions, the animation isn't outstanding but fits the mood of the show, that's the most important, imho. *Excellent* work from the main girl's seiyuu, with a great range of roles all in one. she even gave quotes of the largely famous theathrical movie set in Italy and interpreted by Audrey Hepburn in the Fifties (1957 I think). I found weird they went to see such an old movie. Oh well. The only major flaw here seems to be the shortness (both for single episode, both for series' overall lenght) Looking forward to episode 2.
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2006-02-09, 17:26 | Link #18 | |
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2006-02-09, 22:55 | Link #20 | |
Bishoujo sweet!
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So this in my opinion shows how it builds on a started relationship, similar to, say Kare Kano. Anyway i'm also a bit sadden that the show is only 8 eps long. Ep 1 was preaty much chpt 1 of the manga, so it seems they're not going to build on much of what Rec really is. Sad realy. |
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