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| Wow, I went into this with low expectations thinking it would be just a silly little anime but I'm completely surprised! It has almost all the aspects that I look for in a show, I only hope the plot won't disappoint. It lest me really interested. |
| No way, they really eat Tanuki even though they are not normal "animals"? :( Now, I understand the trailer better, this anime looks really interesting! There are going to be a lot of drama. |
Kurini said: No way, they really eat Tanuki even though they are not normal "animals"? :( Now, I understand the trailer better, this anime looks really interesting! There are going to be a lot of drama. Well tanuki actually exist(if you weren't aware), she didn't technically specify a shape shifting tanuki. She clearly was saying that to intimidate them though. |
| Wow. That was interesting. And high production value too. Possibly the most expensive-looking show I've seen so far this season. |
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| Wow this is really interesting. OST especially towards the end was really impressive. Dark horse of the season? |
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| This was so great !! One of my favorite first episodes this season. I love the art style; so simple but still expressive. I love how the show just kind of rolled in without much exposition. It makes it feel like we're entering a new world, you know? So excited for new eps! |
AlexTheRiot said: Wow this is really interesting. OST especially towards the end was really impressive. Dark horse of the season? I was thinking the new Genshiken would be the most under appreciated, but it looks like it might be this series. It's a shame. There's a decent line up of shows this season though, guess it's easy to miss out on something good. |
| I'll give it one more episode to decide whether I drop. |
| I liked the first episode, but I don't know yet if it will be great. There's potential, and I'm curious about how everything will connect with such an interesting array of characters already. Besides, I've always liked stories with these supernatural elements mixed in with what seems to be regular life. |
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| Honestly, I didn't really know what to expect but I can now say that I really enjoyed this x) Lyrisia said: Looks good I think... but the ears! the ears!!!! It's seriously bugging me... the weirdest thing ever... even the eyes and hairstyles in Shiki can't compare... I so agree!!! xO The ears were annoying :P Was an interesting ep. 4/5 |
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| Its so interesting, I'm loving it so far! Its much different from other shows i have encountered. ^.^ |
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| OK episode. I was very bored while watching though. It seems like it takes a few episodes to get going, and that is something I'm not in the mood for this season. Dropping. |
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| An animation quite different, coming from the PA But I even liked the climate and the Nipponese feudal aspect of the anime, and the charismatic characters. Because the pilot, not to know much yet, actually, in terms of plot, this episode showed nothing but wait until the next one, I'll still in doubt of what really is the purpose of the anime. |
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| Pretty interesting first episode, the atmosphere is quite charming and the cast is pretty likeable right off the bat. As expected of P.A. Works the art is colorful, the backgrounds detailed and very pretty (though those ears are quite funny themselves) I'm pretty intrigued by Benten, and that scene where Yasaburou "mailed" the love letter to her was one of my favorites from the episode |
| The first show this season that caught my attention. I'm quite optimistic about this. |
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LEGOF said: because being patient is overrated.OK episode. I was very bored while watching though. It seems like it takes a few episodes to get going, and that is something I'm not in the mood for this season. Dropping. |
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Sourire said: LEGOF said: because being patient is overrated.OK episode. I was very bored while watching though. It seems like it takes a few episodes to get going, and that is something I'm not in the mood for this season. Dropping. Especially in a show like this. I have a feeling this will be a slow burner. But there's nothing wrong with that as long as it's done right. |
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neontaster said: yup for me this is the hidden gem of the season.Sourire said: LEGOF said: because being patient is overrated.OK episode. I was very bored while watching though. It seems like it takes a few episodes to get going, and that is something I'm not in the mood for this season. Dropping. Especially in a show like this. I have a feeling this will be a slow burner. But there's nothing wrong with that as long as it's done right. |
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Orsonius said: Since your standard is so high I wonder what show you are currently looking forward to every week. Not a show I'm looking forward to every week though... Orsonius said: I guess to you PA Works has never done anything good. Your very discriminating taste and standard I am sure.But maybe PA works does something good for a change? |
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
| I knew I would love this show when I viewed the first PV a few months ago {even though the PV didn't tell me much aside from "there are tanuki people look at this temple watch this"}. Easily my favorite first episode of the season... though I admit the cross-dressing did catch me off-guard, it made it even better somehow. Sourire said: yup for me this is the hidden gem of the season. Yeah, I'm personally hoping it will attract a wider audience by episode 4. :/ Definitely deserves more recognition than it's garnering right now. |
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Sourire said: LEGOF said: because being patient is overrated.OK episode. I was very bored while watching though. It seems like it takes a few episodes to get going, and that is something I'm not in the mood for this season. Dropping. Why would I continue watching something I didn't enjoy to begin with? If it's worth coming back to, I'll hear about it in the next few weeks. If not, I'm saving a lot of time and boredom. |
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Fardreaming said: I knew I would love this show when I viewed the first PV a few months ago {even though the PV didn't tell me much aside from "there are tanuki people look at this temple watch this"}. Easily my favorite first episode of the season... though I admit the cross-dressing did catch me off-guard, it made it even better somehow. Sourire said: yup for me this is the hidden gem of the season. Yeah, I'm personally hoping it will attract a wider audience by episode 4. :/ Definitely deserves more recognition than it's garnering right now. The cross dressing was one of the things that made it stand out. It was such an odd and interesting creative choice, and it wasn't done in a dumb fanservicey manner and wasn't even addressed that much. Also smoking and drinking, which you don't really see that often. Lots of little things that made me go "hmmmm." |
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| Looks good I think it will not disappoint |
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| Very, very interesting. |
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| It was pretty interesting. The ending song was amazing. |
| I think I came into this with impossibly high expectations? Or I guess I didn't really know what to expect, but I think I was expecting something zany yet it turned out to be pretty smooth and slow paced, neither of which are bad things. I'll have to calm down a bit and really just watch this episode again. I pretty much understand what's going on at least, and that's a good thing. I mean they didn't really explain everything in your average "look at this flashback" type of way, and I appreciated that. I'd really like to see how this plot evolves and where this series goes. Go for it Uchouten Kazoku! Win my heart! :U |
| Not bad. The show isn't that interesting to me, but I'm starting to care about the characters and their relationships with each other. I think I'll keep watching this a bit longer. Oh and I'm with everyone else complaining - THE EARS! GOOD GOD, THE EARS! WORST THING EVER!  |
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| I like it Colorful and artistic style are always plusses for me, especially when the story takes place in Kyoto. I also love the dynamics between characters and so far the premise looks interesting. Let's see how PA Works will handle this |
| Not convinced yet, but I will keep watching. |
| I didn't really understand what was going on... -.-' but nice ending, that was a random kiss |
DonKangolJones said: Oh and I'm with everyone else complaining - THE EARS! GOOD GOD, THE EARS! WORST THING EVER! |
| Hmm interesting. That kiss lol, but still cant hold a grip on the story gonna wait for couple more eps. |
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| People that are arguing about dropping this, just don't understand the beauty and the art of this episode. I'm sad for you, really. The ears are unique, like the noses in Kaiji and I love them. The OST were great so far. I can feel the familiar sense of Tatami Galaxy by the same author, also the plot is basically the same [until now] if you pay attention. (Except tengu/tanuki's stuff) 5/5 then, I'm loving it already. The hidden gem of the season. Also, dat kiss. |
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| Filled with charm! I don't know why I immediately like Sakurai Takahiro's voice in a high school girl... Pleasant art style, the characters have weird ears but I'm ok with that. The dialogue is really engaging, I was glued to every word they were saying. I sensed lots of sexual tension with Satomi but that was all summerised with her shattering kiss in the bar. That sounded painful. I was having doubts about picking up this series but I'm very glad I did. |
| Immediately recognized dat Sakurai Takahiro voice of distinction. The last bit of bgm was beautiful. |
| This episode was ok, I guess. That random kiss. xD I'll keep on watching this, I hope that it won't suck. |
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MysticHaze said: The scenery is beautiful and the art is unique. But I'm lost, what exactly happened this episode? Main = Raccoon that can transform Old Man = Tengu that can no longer fly Purple Hair Woman = Normal human that can fly Is what I mainly got from the episode O: I'm probably looking too deep into the underlying meaning of the story. To me, it sounds like a social commentary about society and mystical beings, what it takes be human, or of what it takes to be a "normal" family. I very much liked it. The art style, vibrant colours and the many animations the show had going on. The thing that stuck out the most to me was the main character's body language. It's not in-your-face, subtle rather, and it told me a lot more about him than the words coming out of his mouth. Something I would give 9 out of 10 in terms of animation quality. |
| first thought: is that tsuritama? second thought: what is wrong with their ears? third thought: and why is he wearing a girl uniform? but damn, i'm kind of attracted to him. he just looks so... cute with this uniform. plus points for the scene where he was smoking. the whole shape-shifting thing is pretty interesting, as well as the whole idea to make these three "races" live together. but one question about the purple-haired woman: the mc said she's a human, but then we see her flying after she leaves the bar. that means she's actually a tengu or did she learn to fly or... ? i mean she was also flying when they showed the flashback of her being younger and flying for the first time. i'm a bit confused tbh. or is that scene actually supposed to confuse us? |
RazorRamona200 said: Whoa, why is the MC wearing a girl's school uniform? The MC is a tanuki. It is a racoon dog animal, but in Japanese folklore they were depicted as magical creatures that could do things like shape shift(take the form of a human for example). The MC is a male tanuki, but he took the form of a teenage girl(pretty much to play a joke on his family, and attempt to cheer up the old man tengu). It explained that, I guess some people missed it. Either that or me knowing a little bit about the folklore involved(not bragging, I don't know shit really) made it easier for me to understand that. I thought they explained it though. |
| Lmao that barkeep. Said what we were all thinking anyway hahahaha. |
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TinkleTinkle-Hoy said: RazorRamona200 said: Whoa, why is the MC wearing a girl's school uniform? It explained that, I guess some people missed it. Either that or me knowing a little bit about the folklore involved(not bragging, I don't know shit really) made it easier for me to understand that. I thought they explained it though. It pretty much did. I guess the style of presentation is of different than how they are usually in anime; relying more on narrative and speeches, as well as non-direct explanations than just saying the point straight off. Might be why some find it hard to follow, but I personally like it this way. |
| Well the art is really interesting. Though the ears are weird as hell. |
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TinkleTinkle-Hoy said: RazorRamona200 said: Whoa, why is the MC wearing a girl's school uniform? The MC is a tanuki. It is a racoon dog animal, but in Japanese folklore they were depicted as magical creatures that could do things like shape shift(take the form of a human for example). The MC is a male tanuki, but he took the form of a teenage girl(pretty much to play a joke on his family, and attempt to cheer up the old man tengu). It explained that, I guess some people missed it. Either that or me knowing a little bit about the folklore involved(not bragging, I don't know shit really) made it easier for me to understand that. I thought they explained it though. Nah I don't know shit about the folklore and I understood that. Oh and the last piece of OST before the ending was amazing. |
| Having trouble following, but it was interesting nonetheless! |
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| The first episode was pretty interesting. The OP & ED were good. The character design is unique :P Going to stick with this series. Can't wait to see the next episode. |
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neontaster said: agreed, I can tell the MC will be interesting to watch evolve through-out the show.Fardreaming said: I knew I would love this show when I viewed the first PV a few months ago {even though the PV didn't tell me much aside from "there are tanuki people look at this temple watch this"}. Easily my favorite first episode of the season... though I admit the cross-dressing did catch me off-guard, it made it even better somehow. Sourire said: yup for me this is the hidden gem of the season. Yeah, I'm personally hoping it will attract a wider audience by episode 4. :/ Definitely deserves more recognition than it's garnering right now. The cross dressing was one of the things that made it stand out. It was such an odd and interesting creative choice, and it wasn't done in a dumb fanservicey manner and wasn't even addressed that much. Also smoking and drinking, which you don't really see that often. Lots of little things that made me go "hmmmm." |
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| Awesooooooooome! So many great series this season. I really liked it. Somehow felt like a Ghibli movie or something.It was hard to understand until I read the plot though. Interesting characters. Their ears were fucked up though. Still a good show :D I'm excited. Well done P.A! |
| seriously don't get why everyone's obsessed with the ears XD But really good ep ... hoping for some more back story next ep so I don't feel so lost lol |
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