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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- not liking the voice acting for Merry, but besides that this was actually a really interesting episode. There was an interesting choice for music, which really gave this episode a more mysterious feel. Not to mention, the stuff about the "dream world" looks like it can get much more intriguing, though the whole "magical girl meets guy" trope here could've been done a little better. Let's see how this changes up next week... Screenshots: |
Kuro4735Jan 6, 2011 12:37 PM
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| Anime that consist of belly bottom and Jouji. so far its interesting =) |
| yeah meri is pretty cute <3 "where is my hat where is my hat" lol remind me a bit of shana. i hope she gets some awesome power xD |
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| Excellent first episode! I had very, very high expectations, but it went above and beyond. |
MorningGlory said: Anime that consist of belly bottom and Jouji. so far its interesting =) Nakata Jouji is always awesome! XD Especially, when he is a muscular cat guy who looks like Hei from DTB. |
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| Wow, this episode looked like shit. I wonder if JC Staff all got drunk for New Years and that's why there's was barely any animation in the episode. |
| An interesting start, i think this could end up beint both brilliant or terrible tbh. I quite liked Merry's voice acting, think she reminds me of Rie Kugimiya. I'll defo be watching next week. :) |
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| It was interesting, but that's about all... That being said, I'm looking forward to seeing what direction the anime takes. As of Merry's voice, while it didn't sound to bad it was very obvious that the seiyuu is inexperienced. |
| Wasn't expecting anything going in to this series, but it seems pretty interesting so far. |
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| Heavy metal cats, super cute DFC girl, and badass fight scenes Anime of the season here. |
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| Absolutely uninspiring. Mysterious girl falls on stupid male lead..I've seen this same formula more times than I can count. I should stop watching JC Staff shows thinking they might be good. They're nearly on DEEN tier when it comes to pumping out crap as of late. |
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| Not bad, seems like this season is going pretty alright~ |
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| Pretty ho hum bordering on outright boring. Aside from the dream world and focus on cats it felt overly familiar and the fight was awful. I'll give it a couple more episodes anyway. |
| this looks like it can be interesting I like Merry's voice |
| Interesting start. I really like the art of the dream world and the cats xD And the CHaser's character is interesting too! |
| This show surprised me. I didn't think it would like high quality like that. Pretty interesting plot too. Definitely looking forward to more of this. |
WasabiJan 6, 2011 11:43 PM
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| Nothing really new and exciting so far, but two things in particular caught me off guard: i)Merry's design is REALLY good, speaking from a cosplay perspective; I can't wait to see decent attempts at this cosplay ii)Merry's Seiyu is NEW!? She totally sounded like Kirino from OreImo (I mistook her for Yuri from Angel Beats! until the credits started rolling). Good luck to her, landing a main role right from the start. Let's see where this goes. |
Will I fall in love someday? I wonder? |
| best anime ever made, a winning formula succeeding once again. |
HitoriTomoyo said: ii)Merry's Seiyu is NEW!? She totally sounded like Kirino from OreImo (I mistook her for Yuri from Angel Beats! until the credits started rolling). Good luck to her, landing a main role right from the start. Ha, I was thinking the same thing about the seiyuu! I thought it was the same seiyuu who did Azunyan and Kirino, but it turns out its her first ever gig. Pretty lucky to get main character as your first job |
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| Merry is hot. |
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Kuro4735 said: not liking the voice acting for Merry, but besides that this was actually a really interesting episode. There was an interesting choice for music, which really gave this episode a more mysterious feel. Not to mention, the stuff about the "dream world" looks like it can get much more intriguing, though the whole "magical girl meets guy" trope here could've been done a little better. I didn't mind Merry's voice actress. I actually thought she and Yumeji sounded pretty good. But I definitey agree with you about the music. I was surprised at how much of an impact it made. By the way, anyone who thought Yumeji sounded familar might recognize him for his roles as Eiji Nizuma from Bakuman, Usui Takumi from Kaichou wa Maid-sama, or Tohru Mutou from Shiki. stevewiess01 said: Nakata Jouji is always awesome! XD Especially, when he is a muscular cat guy who looks like Hei from DTB. Well, if you're going by the mask he could look like Hei, but he reminded me of Jack of Blades from Fable a lot more. Either way, I think he's a pretty cool villain. What I mean is at least he looks cool. Merry also has a pretty nice outfit. Ah, and I loved the part where she was looking for her hat. XD Wasn't expecting much from this show at all after reading the incredibly cliche sounding summary, but this actually looks like it might be cool. Out of the three releases today(IS: Infinite Stratos and Mahou Shoujo), I like this one best. |
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| oh yeah!! ever since I caught a glimpse of the character designs for this show I was already excited for it 'cause it kinda reminded me of Soul Eater.. and seems like it has a good story to boot too.. the animation and background art looks really good, just hope it keeps up throughout the series.. and wow Merry's seiyuu fooled me there, I really thought it was Ayana voicing her.. no wonder I'm feeling something was off with the voice at first.. Yumeji's power looks cool also.. very interesting start and now I'm really having high expectations from this show, hope it won't disappoint.. Iilia said: Out of the three releases today(IS: Infinite Stratos and Mahou Shoujo), I like this one best. same here.. :D |
tinman21Jan 7, 2011 12:25 AM
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| Awesome music. Awesome character. Awesome show. |
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| Son ... I was not disapointed. :D |
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| Only thing I like about Merry's design is that they gave her goat eyes. It's a nice change of pace from cat eyes. The rest of it is just trying too hard. The dreams and reality thing gives this show a bit of a chance to go beyond standard boy meets magical girl, but I'm not really counting on it. The action doesn't look bad, though, so I'm thinking more a very watchable average show. The animation decisions were pretty weird in this episode, though. A lot of sudden shifts in frame to give unusual profiles. I'm not sure if this is going to be a running thing or they just really wanted to show off Merry. |
| I'm really disappointed with this anime. I had thought it would be good because its J.C. Staff but I did not like it at all. The character design was great but the background design and animation looked really bad. I didn't like the whole cats in the dream ether. The characters are drawn good but the plot was not that appealing to me. I am going to stick with it for now and see if it gets better and I really hope it does. Also the voice actress for Merry is a little inexperienced and it is wild that she sounds almost identical to Taketatsu Ayana at times. 3/5 |
| Well, I guess I shouldn't judge an anime without watching it first since the sypnosis is so lame that I though this would be another loli shit fanservice anime. Boy I was wrong. That is just weird in a good way. Good start for this one. |
| It's not too bad so far. I'm likin' it a tad bit. |
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| The character designs aren't bad, but the animation is extremely awkward and often doesn't go with the voices or sound effects. More than once, I felt that this episode had a serious issue in drawing legs correctly (right from the beginning, there were some ambiguous positions and unrealistic balancing), and the synchronization of voice acting and lip movement was some of the worst I've seen. Scene transitions were also extremely abrupt and nonsensical and didn't help give any real insight into what was going on. Just the way the show hops from one angle to another is really confusing, on top of the fact that they really don't have much of a clear story at the moment. Bad beginning. 2/5 |
A2ZOMGJan 7, 2011 2:53 AM
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| that was a interesting first episode. |
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| Yes indeed, on the page for this show, it lists IOSYS as composers of the theme songs. I buy it, given the quality of some of the more dramatic songs used. |
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| Although I liked the character design, I started watching this without any expectations and ended up being very pleasantly surprised. Although I have to agree with the people saying that the scene transitions felt awkward at times. But that's about the only complaint I have so far. Also, people complaining about the voice synchronisation, wasn't it just the fault of the video you were watching? There was nothing wrong the one I watched. Oh, and OP is pretty awesome. |
| Nice OP and EP! This anime is interesting.. Merry's seiyū sounded like Kirino's from OreImo.. :D |
Charliehsv said: Also, people complaining about the voice synchronisation, wasn't it just the fault of the video you were watching? There was nothing wrong the one I watched. That's what I think too. The sound was off in the raw I watched yesterday, but it was fine in the sub I watched this morning. |
| The plot seems to have some interesting aspects but the usual fanservise loli falling on a guy and staff ruin it a little. The artwork is worrying me too. Is usually the kind of artwork anime that have some kind of action plot that never developed in a smart way and in the end focus on tsundere antics, jokes and moeness. Shows like that can be amusing but never great and in the end you remember the characters and their antics more than what they were fighting for and what the whole thing was about. |
| The start of an anime is just the introduction. whether it's good or bad i don't care *cause there is no such thing is good or bad introduction, it's just your expectation*. well, this anime really interesting to start with, i seen no flaws so far and there a good design of the character and setting so i'll watch it till the end ^^ JC staff just know how to make anime interesting XD |
| Too early to judge where the plot will go. Keep watching till the end probably, i sorta like character design. 3/5 my first impression. |
Fn76Jan 7, 2011 4:44 AM
| God, Merry is so hot, I love her. This one looks like it can be a favorite for me. Really like the visuals and the story so far. |
| didnt saw the full ep yet did seen part of it so far so good still amasses me how ppl can make a review out of 1 ep >< |
| “If you win, you live. If you lose, you die. If you don’t fight, you can’t win.” |
| Like for many others here (the reasons are the same: I thought it would be some mosecrap), this show is a pleasant surprise. The only thing I didn't like were some bad scene transitions, but thats minor nitpics. Music is awesome, art is great, animation is weird but because of the nature of the show, it fits it well and the setting could be used well. |
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| That was a pretty interesting episode. I really enjoyed it. For Merry's voice, she reminds me of Azu-nyan seiyuu. I kinda like Merry's seiyuu even though she's new. I have high expectations for this so I hope next episode will be as interesting as this one. |
| well Great anime to watch and nice voice for Merry even thought the seiyuu is new =D And nice ending =D |
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| i like when they use english words to name characters. chaser john doe ftw. |
| Was pretty good. Typical J.C Staff styled feel and art. Not really complaining but I don't have any kind of high expectations for this show. Episode moved about as slow as Index which is worrying. First eps should have a lot happening to pull in the masses. Still, I see potential. Will continue watching. |
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| Nothing above average, except the soundtrack. |
-Quasar said: Well, I guess I shouldn't judge an anime without watching it first since the sypnosis is so lame that I though this would be another loli shit fanservice anime. Boy I was wrong. Me too, haha. Usually, I don't even bother with things that contain 'girl falls on boy'. Very interesting first episode, hope it continues like this. Things that really stood out to me were Merry's character design (it's really cool) and the music, which was nicely used to give effect to certain scenes, without being overly intrusive. |
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