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Old 2012-10-04, 14:40   Link #141
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Old 2012-10-04, 14:48   Link #142
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We all know its gonna have original ending =p
I even doubt the anime gonna stay faithful to the manga after 4 eps or so.
Well 4 episodes is when Bones meandering increasingly disjointed plotline time typically starts up and tends to continue until about 3 episodes to the finish line when you get the incredibly hasty wrap up. If the show has progressed in narrative at all by the halfway point and still makes any sense whatsoever (meaning you can summarize what happened in an episode without having to guess almost everything) past the 3/4 line it'll be a miracle the way they are these days.
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Old 2012-10-04, 15:03   Link #143
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Wow, that was a great first episode. I really wish I didn't read the manga, because that's the only thing holding me back from falling totally in love with the show. I really liked how Ando handled the introductions and how the episode of paced. Great detail on the clothing too, both in the designs and the actual animation.

I really hope they can keep up this sort of quality for most of the series. It's really pleasing to watch the visuals, the color design is great, and the music is awesome. I think the voice cast is doing a great job too. They make the contrived script pretty... believable.
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Old 2012-10-04, 15:29   Link #144
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Shirodaira's lucky this year. He's novel won this year's Honkaku Mistery Grand Prize, and his manga gets animated.

I hoped Zetsuen doesnt get screwed like what JCStaff did to Spiral. Now this pilot episode turns out to be pretty decent.
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Old 2012-10-04, 15:41   Link #145
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Spiral the anime was pretty good, but, to my knowledge, went quite differently from the manga. The major problem with the Anime was the singer for the OP. Let's just say that voice is burned into my memory for all the wrong reasons.

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Old 2012-10-04, 15:50   Link #146
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That was quite enjoyable, even if was a little fast to take it all in. I'm not sure how I feel about the dissonance I got from the characters caring so little about everyone dead from the Black Iron Syndrome nor the small and random moments of comedy and fanservice which didn't really fit in the overall "doomsday" like tone of the show though.

And some of the dialogue was a bit weird. "My sister's death makes no sense and magic makes no sense so I'll use one to solve the other!". That makes no sense...

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Old 2012-10-04, 16:12   Link #147
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Haven't read original material, watched first epi. The episode leaves a very good first impression on me, I'm highly intrigued by this.
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Old 2012-10-04, 16:15   Link #148
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Spiral the anime was pretty good, but, to my knowledge, went quite differently from the manga. The major problem with the Anime was the singer for the OP. Let's just say that voice is burned into my memory for all the wrong reasons.
Spiral the anime followed the manga for a while then decided to go its own way which wouldn't have been a problem except it just... ended. With no resolution whatsoever.
Spoiler for last ep of Spiral:
Sure, the manga was pretty much unfinished at that point, but come on, really.

I don't quite know what to expect from Zetsuen no tempest, but as much as I like Bones, given my experience with Okada Mari's works (the latest being... *points at avatar*) I'm trying to keep my excitement level low. ;; I hope I can watch the first ep soon...
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Old 2012-10-04, 16:49   Link #149
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Oh hello kuromitsu, I have to say if there's ever source material I think Okada's especially suited for this might, *might*, be the right match (for once). But only maybe. It's a good first episode but this feels like a show better to take in in large chunks so I don't know that I'll follow it weekly.

It's also a show it'd be easy for manga readers to ruin so probably best if I lay low.
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Old 2012-10-04, 17:08   Link #150
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Watched episode 1. It was mildly interesting but it has potential. Too bad I can't get exited after reading the manga, which didn't leave me a good impression, to say the least.

I'll keep watching a few more episodes hoping Okada goes crazy on this and ditches the manga all together. This is one of those cases when an original direction might turn up to be the right move.
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Old 2012-10-04, 17:24   Link #151
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OK, that really grabbed me a lot more than I had been expecting.
Definitely an intriguing start.

On top of which, OH MY GOD I NEED THAT SOUNDTRACK!!!!!

Sorry, I was having Violingasms throughout.
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Old 2012-10-04, 17:41   Link #152
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Oh hi, miketyson!

I finally watched the 1st ep, and I quite liked it, it started slowly but picked up toward the end. It definitely has potential, and since I haven't read the manga (and probably won't for a while, I have no time :/ ) it's all fresh and new for me...

I especially liked the visuals, there was some pretty nice animation there. I don't quite know what to make of the characters yet, especially the main guy... then again, I suppose it makes him intriguing? As for the music, though, I think I'll be the only one here going "nooo please stooop!" Or at least tone it down a little so it doesn't overpower the dialogue and the animation... Sigh, another overwrought soundtrack by Ooshima Michiru.

The whole thing has a nice, epic overtone, I hope the show will be able to fulfill its potential (whatever it may be). I mean, when you keep quoting one of the best lines from Hamlet you really have to live up to it.
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Old 2012-10-04, 17:46   Link #153
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As someone who hasn't read the manga this was a pretty good episode. Not sure how often I can say that I like both of the main guys at this point. One that's gone this far to avenge the death of his sister and the other who was living in the aftermath. Completely had me regarding the girlfriend thing. I thought it was pretty nuts that a guy like that after everything that happened would actually be seeing someone who wasn't showing up in the episode.

I guess the fact that Mahiro asked about Yoshino's girlfriend means he didn't know that Yoshino and Aika were seeing each other. Though I suppose after she died it wasn't a good time to bring that up.

There's a lot I have no idea about, but this episode got my attention and that's never a bad thing.
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Old 2012-10-04, 17:57   Link #154
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The sudden timejumps was really frantic.

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Old 2012-10-04, 18:13   Link #155
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kuromitsu: you're not alone on the music, and I actually had to pause the show about a minute or so in to stop chuckling. I actually liked the episode, mind you, but it took a bit to settle into a mindset where I could take in something going that "epic".
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Old 2012-10-04, 18:17   Link #156
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Well, since I didn't even know what the show was about, I have to say that this first episode did leave me a good impression. Liked the pace, the animation, the colors and the overall tone, the music did a great job. I'll keep watching it for now.
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Old 2012-10-04, 18:38   Link #157
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kuromitsu: you're not alone on the music, and I actually had to pause the show about a minute or so in to stop chuckling. I actually liked the episode, mind you, but it took a bit to settle into a mindset where I could take in something going that "epic".
Good to know I'm not the only one. I actually tried to be strong and just ignore the damn thing, but by the time I got to the graveyard scene and then Mahiro's little exposition my eyes were rolling so hard they were about to fall out of their sockets... The ED came almost as a salvation.

(The last time I've heard Ooshima's music was in the taiga drama Tenchijin, and it was every bit as overwrought and bombastic and cheesy as in this show... and perhaps even worse because they kept repeating the same "epic" piece in every emotional scene, of which, being a taiga drama, there was a lot.)
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Old 2012-10-04, 21:37   Link #158
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That 1st episode was certainly different.

Very edgy, but also very beautiful in a way. It does do a good job of feeling epic too, thanks in large part to the music and the overall artistic design.


This might be the surprise of the season for me, as this show wasn't initially even on my radar - It was just a rave Episode 1 review on an anime blog I sometimes frequent that even drew me to it. I can definitely see why this episode 1 received that rave review!
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Old 2012-10-04, 22:23   Link #159
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Really enjoyed the first ep. The sudden time skips got me confused a little in the beginning though.
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Old 2012-10-04, 22:46   Link #160
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Aika's face! What have they done to Aika's face!?

Mahiro's voice is a lot less stable than I anticipated, even more so than Hakaze. But not to the point it'll pose a problem.

Though, didn't expect the music to be this much of a Shakespearean overload....
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