2011-07-10, 15:12 | Link #481 |
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Up to episode 22, and very much still love the show. It's been a long time since I had that "just one more episode" feeling with an anime, so that's something.
For the musically inclined, I've done sheet music for two of the show's piano tunes that didn't seem to be available online. You can grab them off my website: http://omohide.com/3049/sheet-music-...no-souja-erin/
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2011-07-19, 07:30 | Link #482 |
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Just passed episode 40. Wow. Hard to believe I was complaining that Cross Game was underrated while at the same time this show was quietly airing. Even I would not have imagined the events of episode 39 and 43 being portrayed as brutally frank as they were. The only thing I am still hoping for is for the Mist People to become involved in the plot in a significant way by the end, as they were always one of the most interesting parts of the story for me. I've also appreciated the understated bond between Ial and Erin throughout the length of the series.
Unless something extremely strange happens, giving this show another look was a very good decision.
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Where this show really impresses me is that the amount of thought and clarity in the story is something that you find rarely not only in children anime, but also in anime aimed at adults or heck even normal shows or movies. This is really a well crafted story, with a strong female lead that champions a good message, but faces some actual dilemmas and problems that aren't simply waved off with her coming out in the right. In fact, by the end, Erin realizes that her dream, no matter how beautiful it is for Humans to live in complete harmony with nature without the two harming each other, is still a dream. The series isn't going to let up at this point
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2011-07-20, 20:02 | Link #484 | |
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2011-07-24, 10:12 | Link #485 |
耳をすませば
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Will have a full review up on my website later, but for now, here are some quick thoughts:
The series overall was excellent enough to go on my favourites list, though I found the ending only "good" (by that I mean the final resolution - the ending arc itself was also excellent overall). The "rescue" scene between Lilan/Erin was, of course, done exceptionally. Despite having a feeling that it would happen, the creators caught me off-guard with their execution, so kudos for that. The way Erin was woven into the mythological artwork towards the end was also beautiful. What I would have liked is greater closure with the Mist People (whose role in the story I appear to have overestimated, perhaps due to my enthusiasm at the idea of Erin reconnecting with lost "roots") or even with her childhood village. I would have preferred to see more of what happens with her/Lilan/Ial/etc immediately after the climax rather than the "20 years later" sort of scene (which, to be fair, I have never liked the concept of altogether). However, in the grand scheme of things, these are relatively minor qualms. It was a beautifully-told and warm story, and the first time in a long while I've truly become attached to a character/world in anime. Again, thanks to those who've recommended it to me in various places - I should have followed up on it sooner. On a side note, I like Erin's voice actor in the latter half, whose voice I found very distinctive, with a tinge of heaviness that worked very well with the story. It wasn't the sort of voice acting you hear a lot in anime. Finally, I suppose I sound like a broken record by now, but I still find it hard to accept how little popularity this show seems to have achieved, particularly when I look at the size of this thread and compare it to the size of threads for *insert random 13 episode comedy here*. It seems to have simply aired its 50-episode story quietly for an year than retreated, which is really a shame. I suppose I have a new benchmark for "underrated".
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2011-07-24, 13:26 | Link #486 |
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I think one of the reasons why it wasn't very popular is because many people dropped the series before they've reached 8th episode. And for the first 7 episodes it was rather boring (for me it was boring for about 3 episodes and then I found myself liking it, after 8th episode I became a fan). Many people thought it was about ecology or animal taming or sth like that and didn't see a reason to continue. It was also anime directed for kids (although older audience would find it interesting too, maybe even more), without having kameha-meha or kage bunshin no jutsu techniques or (naked) boobs. I know some people like that also. All in all, older people (like me) to enjoy it would have to not have their inner child killed and know how to enjoy uncomplicated, warm and toughing story. Unfortunately there aren't that many people like that any more. Now I see that people prefer to watch loli-killers (Madoka, Higurashi) or erotic scenes instead of family shows. Which is sad actually and shows that instead of evolving we have devolving and people are getting more primitive and have lower standards with each year.
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2011-07-24, 14:00 | Link #487 | |
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P.S. - Novel translations available in French and German, yet not English, is unfortunate. Were the forecasts for the English market this poor?
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2011-07-25, 08:06 | Link #488 | |
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I thought she did a remarkable job of modulating her performance to match Erin's maturation.
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2011-07-26, 23:28 | Link #489 | |
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2011-10-12, 11:14 | Link #490 |
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Well, must say that was actually pretty good series. Sure there's some... let's say, 'confusing' things like Mist People don't really have powers over beasts (then how did Soyon save Erin?), how gullible Seimiya was (especially when she had linked Erin already towards the 'traitor Ial'), and the hypocrisy of Erin (I will never use whistle/beasts for war! No, never! >_>).... but overall it was a very enjoyable and entertaining series as a whole.
But man, first 7 or 8 episodes was BORING as hell (kinda like my favourite anime of all time, 12 Kingdoms in which it took that long to establish the 'hook'). Main reason why it took me like 2 years to cover them, but episode 8 and on was golden and marathoned it in 2 days. If it weren't for the fact that my friend keeps on dangling the carrot in front of me ("There's not one, not two, but 3 childhood couples, I swear!"), I'd never would've finished this series. Overall, a highly recommended series for those who like an epic fantasy anime series that takes itself seriously. Very much unlike what is usually shown today, and I hope they'd show more things like these, because I know 12 Kingdoms (which is very much like this series in terms of atmosphere and themes) won't be going to be finished anytime soon.
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2011-10-25, 18:53 | Link #491 |
Blooming on the mountain
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Just began this series and I am delightedly surprised ... it looks to be very good thus far. Many thanks to SeijiSensei for recommended it in another thread. btw
Edit: I just finished ep 15 (of 50 eps). It is STUPENDOUS thus far. Highly recommended!
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2011-12-20, 05:01 | Link #493 |
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It was an excellent series, although it could have been a bit shorter in some cases. Yes, I know what happened to her mommy, you told me 64363463 times already.
On the good side, Erin's a good character and showing her growth as will as her relationship with Lilian is great storytelling. And the little beast lord is cute too. And it looks like Erin will have children of her own. Soundtrack is really good. Insert songs were nice, and all OPs/EDs were of very high quality. Love the lyrics!
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2011-12-20, 05:18 | Link #494 | |
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Iirc the last few moments of the last ep show at least one child: a boy named Jesse, who is ... well, I won't harp on that here: no spoilers after all, right? Really good overall - wish it would get more "love" than it does.
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2012-08-10, 02:39 | Link #495 |
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Good Show. I am watching this non-stop, even putting my "Weekly Download" anime on Hold. Currently at episode 20.
EDIT Finished the show, I love how the heroine wasn't the answer to everything and she has less control of the situation. The bond between the God Beast and Eren was so lovely. I have to say its better than a romance between 2 humans. Kind of sad to see this over, because the viewer really gets close to Eren at age 10 and slowly all the way to motherhood.
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2014-03-25, 17:49 | Link #496 |
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Thought folks might find this interesting about the author of the novels that served as the source material for this series and Moribito - Guardians of the Spirit:
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news...n-author-award
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2015-03-17, 01:03 | Link #497 |
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Tonight I started re-watching the series on Crunchyroll. I didn't watch their version the first time around. I found myself being struck all over again by what an exceptional character Erin is - intelligent and inquisitive without being an annoying, stereotypical precocious whiz-kid. She doesn't know everything instantly. She has to put all the clues together in her head in order to figure things out. That's all too rare.
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While going down memory lane I found this reinterpretation of the opening theme, Shizuku by Sukima Switch (the first people who sang it from ep 1-30)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ou6U...UgcE5RApYAks9Q The video was uploaded by Youtube's automated content generation algorithm so I think it should be safe to post, but I'll happy to remove it if that's not the case.
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2018-03-17, 20:38 | Link #499 |
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After years of periodically checking around the net, I have found a very detailed synopsis of the third and fourth books in the series.
https://www.reddit.com/r/LightNovels...34_a_detailed/ Make sure you unhide all the comments, because a good bit of the story is in them. I'm still not happy with the ending. I must admit, though, that a more detailed and nuanced explanation places it in context and gives it more meaning than the short version that's been bouncing around the net all this time. Also there's an epilogue that makes up for some of it and adds a more hopeful secondary meaning to the story. They just did a great job adapting the Moribito books, but I don't see how they'd ever adapt these. It would break the NHK budget. |
2018-03-18, 09:02 | Link #500 |
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Looked to me like they had plenty of money for the Moribito adaptation. I haven't watched Erin in quite some time, but I don't recall sequences any more expensive to film than the attack on the mountain king's fortress or the assault on that castle in New Yogo.
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