Umi Monogatari ~Anata ga Ite Kureta Koto~

[FireChick]

I guess I could put this on my list. Urin's (I hope they don't pronounce it as urine, that sounds gross) voice is cute! Horie Yui FTW!

By the way, because of this, I have a new story idea now...only it involves Atlantis and fairies and America.

[FireChick]

Whoa! This show airs on my birthday!? Talk about a birthday present! June 25th! Yay!

[SquirrelLuvsPnut]

There is a manga out too.

Spoiler for manga image:

[Midonin]

A (heavily watermarked) preview of the OP appeared recently on the website. "violet" is a nice song, and the visuals are pretty sweet.

[E_I]

The second PV has been subbed.

[EndlessDestiny]

Any downloads for the PV song?

[E_I]

Looking at both PVs, Kanon is pretty tsun tsun.

[Midonin]

Originally Posted by EndlessDestiny

Any downloads for the PV song?

While I wouldn't know of anything like that, I do know when the single releases.

7/23

[FireChick]

A new, possibly 45 second, trailer has been put on the website.

[darkchibi07]

Hmmm, did anyone check out the first of this? It should have premiered around this time.

[aroduc]

Yeah, it was decent enough, though nothing that particularly excited me. I wasn't expecting both of the mermaids to be quite so airheaded though. Or Urin to be quite as much of a raging racist. Production was about what you'd expect from Zexcs these days, although I expected the art to be a little crisper from the promos. Music was very atmospheric, if you like that kind of thing. Pianos everywhere. The plot didn't really go anywhere this episode until the last minute or two though, so *shrug*

OP

[Kaoru Chujo]

Very attractive and atmospheric. I enjoyed every note of the piano music. The outfits are amazingly skimpy and form-fitting, as passers-by in the anime kept noticing. I liked the watercolor/wash backgrounds.

To say nothing happened is not quite true. We got introductions to the setting and several characters, one major event, and another major event about to happen. But everything was certainly in a somewhat ARIA-like slow motion. Nice for those of us who like that feeling. Maybe this will have enough plot to draw me on, as ARIA for some reason didn't.

The voices were just okay, for me. I enjoyed hearing Kotobuki Minako (Tsumugi in K-On) as Kanon the land girl. But neither she nor Asumi Kana nor Horie Yui seemed anything special to me here.

I liked marble's work singing the OP.

[Midonin]

Spoiler for Episode 01 - Under the Sea:

Darling it's better/down where it's wetter/take it from me

Lots of face fault effects; this combined with the nice designs going for the small seaside town create something that's pretty relaxing to watch. Also, I am still surprised that Miyako was Kanon's mother. Because, really, she looks like she could be one of her daughter's friends.

The OP and ED are both good for the series, so no problems here. There's also going to be a radio theme sung by Minako Kotobuki and Kana Asumi, but there's not much info on that yet.

Either way, this should be a nice easygoing show for the cour.

[serenade_beta]

Fufu, not bad at all.

Spoiler for ep1:

Didn't expect anything good, considering this came from some Pachinko thing, but it turned out quite good.
For now, I'm not sure what it wants to do or plans to do, but the atmosphere is nice and the character designs are nice. The episode was entertaining and slow-paced (in a good meaning).
And good but not overdone fanservice~

As long as the quality of the anime drops suddenly in future episodes, I think I'll continue watching this~ From what the OP shows, that Glasses and his new girlfriend(?) will play a future role, so curious on that too...

OP/ED are both nice.

...The BASARA CM afterwards...

[Deathkillz]

ep 1

Spoiler:

Mermaids without fins at all, now that is a new one

But I rather like the design of the characters as well as the use of an extensive palette of colours together with those cute "chibi" moments.

The story on the otherhand may become too slow for me to continue if it continues to take on this relaxed pacing. It wasn't a bad first ep as it moved in a "my pace" sorta way, but I am really worried how this may lead to extreme boredom if the story is largely slow and unactive.

However, the characters are damn cute. Maybe that will help me last to the end.

[Master Assassin]

Wow, that was quick.

I'm going to fetch the raws now.

[E_I]

That guy has the worst outfit ever. Yeesh.

Anyway, it's a magical girl show, but it's pace is like Aria. Nice music.

[Raiga]

Only got interested in watching this when I heard Satou Jun'ichi was involved. Wasn't disappointed. Same relaxed atmosphere that I loved about ARIA. ^^ Tenuous as the source material may be, I'll be looking forward to seeing where this goes.

... though I did expect somewhat more sinister music when The Cloud of Ultimate Doom descended upon the island.

[Doraneko]

Watched episode 1, and it didn't disappoint.

It may not be the top show of the season and some may even find it a bit slow, but slice-of-life fans will certainly love this. Directed by Sato Junichi, the atmosphere of the episode is very soothing with beautiful animation and music. IMO it is as good as Aria (another Sato work btw) on the storytelling side and is even a bit better on the technical side. Maybe being backed by the gigantic pachinko industry translates into a larger budget?

Spoiler:

The story of this episode is mainly about two mermaid sisters (with legs in this world), Marin and Urin, trying to return a ring found on the seabed. They managed to get to the land and found the owner of the ring, Kanon a high-school student also working as a miko (?) who is said to be having an aura of evilness. Kanon was in a bad mood as she got rejected by her boyfriend, and she threw away the ring again. The remaining episode focuses on the sisters trying to find the ring, the interaction between Kanon and Marin, as well as how Urin unintentionally unleashed some sort of demon cloud.

Besides the slow pace, the only thing that may take some time to get used to is the skimpy outfits of the mermaid sisters. But it is fun to see them getting stared by males wherever they go to.

The interactions between the characters are interesting, especially those between Marin (as boke) and Kanon (as tsukkomi). Kanon's mother is also fun too. It seems like young MILFs are becoming more and more common nowadays. The miko who sung besides the sea is not yet properly introduced and I wonder what role she will play in the later part of the story.

Anyway, I just hope that they will make it more of a slice-of-life story and maintain the Aria-esque atmosphere, instead of turning it into a generic magical girl show.

[Irenicus]

So can they compare to this particular mermaid and sidekick?