2008-10-08, 21:33 | Link #201 | |
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2008-10-08, 22:26 | Link #203 |
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Join Date: May 2007
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I think I found my favorite show of the Fall Season...
For the past few days I have been watching a little bit of everything from let’s say Macademi Wasshoi! and Ga-rei Zero to Hyakko and To aru Majutsu no index. This show, so far, is one of the best this season has to offer—especially in the comedy/slice-of-life genre, which I always look forward to. I wonder how different would have been the show if Yamakan was not involved in the first place—no more delicious opening/ending, I guess. But really, I would have missed this show in its entirety if I haven’t read about some of the staff/seiyuus who are working on this anime. I believe, in the end, that was primarily the reason why this show suddenly became part on my must-watch list, and now, one of my favorites… What can I seriously say? This is an outstanding job and I have little to no complaints about it. The humor is simply great; the characters are nothing short of lovable and likeable; the animation is very smooth (much better than any other show); and the story/premise seems more promising than I first thought. Everybody has already described parts of what I liked about the show, so there’s almost nothing I can add, or actually say without being redundant. But one detail that caught my attention—a curious thing if I’m allowed to say—is the way the hands are animated—or drawn in this case. I don’t know if I’m sort of exaggerating the attributes of this anime, because it’s the first time, I must admit, that I have paid attention to this kind of detail. In my opinion, it helps the show define the characters slightly better, or use the motion of the hands to convey the body language I always love to see. So yeah, I’m looking forward to more… |
2008-10-09, 00:31 | Link #204 | ||
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about the dress thing.. i guess it goes to show that "don't judge the book by it's cover". It's like when you buy a cereal in a convenience store only to open it with flakes inside.
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as for the idol-thingy.. (i'll say one thing just incase) Spoiler for manga:
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2008-10-09, 10:26 | Link #209 | |
Mixtape
Join Date: Feb 2006
Age: 35
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Also, one of the bonus illustrations to be released on the DVD feature Nagi and her sister cosplaying as Nia and Yoko from Gurren-Lagann. And I suppose I can't hide my bias. |
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2008-10-09, 11:46 | Link #210 | |
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Join Date: Jul 2004
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As someone said before, I sure hope they can afford to keep up this level of animation. One of my guesses for why KyoAni fired Yamakan was that he wasn't handling the budget properly.... note re Yamakan: The guy's name is Yamamoto Yutaka 山本 寛, but he is often called "Yamakan" for short. The kanji pronounced Yutaka 寛 can also be pronounced "kan" (and then it means "lenient," or "broad"). The word for "director" is kantoku 監督. So a short form of "Director Yamamoto" ("Yamamoto kantoku") would be "Yamakan," which is also a sort of mispronunciation of the way his name is written. Just to show how complex Japanese writing is, and especially names, at first I kept making the mistake of pronouncing his given name "Hiroshi," which is a more normal way of pronouncing 寛 as a name. 2channel: I see this show beginning to take off on 2channel. It's up to 16 threads now (15,000 posts). Toradora is at 20, To Aru Majutsu no Index is at 9. Those appear to be the most posted-about new shows, except for sequels like Gundam, Clannad, ef, etc., whose threads are continuations of before, so I can't tell how many posts are about the new show. And Kurogane no Linebarrels is at 13 threads, but it was at 8 or so before the show started: the fans are (justifiably) disappointed.
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2008-10-09, 17:05 | Link #212 |
Time to fly ~ !
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: USA
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I just watched episode 1 again. Partly because I'm bored and waiting for other new stuff to come out, but also because Kannagi is enjoyable more than once. Nagi makes the funniest noises. And why does Jin have a bandaid on his nose? Will it be there forever?
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2008-10-10, 01:12 | Link #213 |
Ah! Pretty Shining Love!
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Australia
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Checked it out because I thought the plot was hilarious. Deities trying to become idols.
But it turned out to be pretty good. Good animation, moe female lead, catchy OP, classy ED. Despite only showing two characters in the entire first ep, they kept me laughing quite easily. I will follow this and Toradora for my comedy needs. |
2008-10-10, 02:46 | Link #215 |
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There's something in this show that just makes you want to like it. Yeah, the concept has been done to death, but after going through the first episode, the charm is definitely there and I'm liking Nagi's character quite a bit since her acclimatization to human society does offer some good possibilities. The only thing I'd take fault with are some of the fanservicey elements that were more of a distraction rather than adding to the humor.
Still, it's got a good vibe to it. Will be eager to see where this one goes.
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2008-10-10, 06:22 | Link #216 | |
Beautiful fighter.
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: England, UK
Age: 37
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Also i love the Yoko and Nia cosplay. I haven't decided yet if i'll be buying this show, though i'm rather tempted.
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2008-10-10, 07:57 | Link #217 | |
Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Italy
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Spoiler for scene:
His brother ww. |
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2008-10-10, 16:10 | Link #219 | |
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Join Date: May 2004
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It's schedule management, not budget. It seems that he did the same thing once again and that Kannagi is with a very tight schedule. You might want to prepare yourself. |
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2008-10-10, 16:31 | Link #220 | |
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Join Date: Feb 2007
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No one's elaborating (details could certainly hurt people's careers or give a company a bad name), so we'll probably never know. |
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comedy, drama, romance, shounen |
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