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KazukiUchiha said: 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 My thoughts exactly. I'll give it a couple more episodes since it's done by JC Staff though. Looks like a typical shounen to me tbh, I mean I haven't seen much animes that do dream worlds so much but it's the vibes it gives off that made it felt generic. (Generic is not always bad but doesn't work well for me when it comes to this type of style of anime.) |
| Uh, well, it seems that there are a lot of people who like this anime. I... can't say that I like or dislike it; the only thing that bothers me is the animation. It wasn't so smooth, but it was interesting, otherwise. I haven't read the manga yet, so I don't think spoiling myself would be much of use. 7/10, the art and plot deserves double points :)) |
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| This was pretty interesting, so I`ll deffinitly follow it to the end :D |
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| awsum beginning! |
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| It looks like a show I may end up liking. Can't really tell from one episode, so far it is alright but nothing really special in my opinion. |
| Kinda reminds me Soul Eater. |
| Cats <3 I really like the OP^^ This anime looks interesting. |
| They changed some things from the manga (more slice-of-life and less explanations in the anime), but it wasn't that bad. This is the first winter series that didn't disappoint me so far. I'm looking forward the rest of the show. |
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| Interesting anime, I like the beginning and the type of story with the dreamworld and reality exchanging. |
| That dream world reminded me of Guild Wars it gave the same feelings and vagueness. The main male character seemed like the type that pretty much excepts anything in front of him and was a bit to easy going. The naming of the characters of the dream world made me laugh John Doe is used for people of whom there Identities are unknowns. And Merry Nightmare sounds like your wishing someone to have a sweet nightmare. I liked her voice tho, as some people stated she is a new Seiyu and i think she has allot of potential. |
| These people that write a review based on only one episode, please stop. It's neither helpful nor fair. You can have only first impressions of the series at this point. |
| I think that was pretty boring D': Can't say why though. But I liked the OP. |
| interesting so far I like the character design especially the mask guy the boss of the cats or whatsoever :D |
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Charliehsv said: No, it wasn't the fault of the video. It was the fault of poor animation technique. Just the lip movement lacks creativity (this is especially noticeable during Isana's speaking parts), and likewise the sound effects for other things at times don't always seem appropriate.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 synchronization, 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. There's clearly just a lot of cut corners. Faces are fairly static at moments, lip movement not being well done, legs drawn in ambiguous and unrealistic positions, a good number of instances of choppy animation, and on top of the fact that the scene transitions are absolutely horrendous, the show is for the large part unpleasing aesthetically. Except for the okay character designs. |
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| Wow, the difference in opinion for this anime is quite wild. A lot of people love it while a lot of people hate it. I'm on the love it side myself. A2ZOMG said: Charliehsv said: No, it wasn't the fault of the video. It was the fault of poor animation technique. Just the lip movement lacks creativity (this is especially noticeable during Isana's speaking parts), and likewise the sound effects for other things at times don't always seem appropriate.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 synchronization, 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. There's clearly just a lot of cut corners. Faces are fairly static at moments, lip movement not being well done, legs drawn in ambiguous and unrealistic positions, a good number of instances of choppy animation, and on top of the fact that the scene transitions are absolutely horrendous, the show is for the large part unpleasing aesthetically. Except for the okay character designs. In my opinion this is just someone who looks way too hard to find faults with something. I just watched it to enjoy myself, not to critique, and I didn't notice any of that stuff. Maybe you'd enjoy anime more if you didn't have such a pessimistic attitude to try to find things bad about them? |
KimuraJan 8, 2011 11:29 AM
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| really loving the character design,looks kinda like Ookami-sam to shichin no Nakama tachi :). |
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| Totally different from what I was expecting. Terrible synopsis ftw. I get a pandora hearts feel from this thus far which I REALLY dig. Arts nice, characters are decent, and overall its interesting. Heres hoping it stays this way. |
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| And so the Winter season starts for me. I like it so far. the villain is especially awesome! |
| I loved the art and the fighting scene and the characters, but I must admit there were some parts in the animation that I didnt get. BUT the dream world is mad amazing! |
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| Oh wow, this was really interesting! Loving the art style and character designs. So the main protagonist can predict people's dreams by reading their aura. He himself has a weird dream every night involving an army of cats. Then there's Merry (great design!) who wants to go back to the dream world. The Villain looked good too. Great OP and ED as well! Great start of the series. Looking forward to the next episode! =) |
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| well so far the episode was great. the typical start for this kind of anime. lets see where they go with this "special ability" the guy has. |
| Exceptional first episode as expected from Yamauchi, the guy that did Casshern Sins and the best Saint Seiya movies... The design and overall art direction is top notch and the direction seems so original and flawless... Huge animation and fantastic fight scene too. If you add to that the narrative quality and an atmosphere reminiscent of Alice in Wonderland, it may be the new underrated gem of the season. |
 In every age, in every place, the deeds of men remain the same. |
| Was interested in this when i saw the list, and watched the first episode and liking it so far...especially "The Chaser"s name: John Doe, something strangely unique about that name.... |
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| Interesting first episode!! I like this anime a lot, the voice actor did a good job, well she is inexperiences but every voice actor start as inexperiences lol. xDjavascript:void(0); |
Nothing ventured, nothing gained (Girls und Panzer der Film ) / from Nishizumi Miho |
| I love Merry's voice, and her design. Don't know about the show, though. I'll have to wait and see if it gets better or worse. Dream Eater Merry? Reminds me of Soul Eater. |
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RyanSaotome said: To be frank, I found this show confusing and unclear, and the characters weren't interesting. They just were generally poorly introduced. What am I supposed to know about these characters after watching this episode? Frankly I don't remember anything, besides the fact there is a boy who has recurring dreams.In my opinion this is just someone who looks way too hard to find faults with something. I just watched it to enjoy myself, not to critique, and I didn't notice any of that stuff. Maybe you'd enjoy anime more if you didn't have such a pessimistic attitude to try to find things bad about them? I'm usually a very optimistic viewer. I watch practically everything I pick up to completion with the assumption that shows can improve even if they start poorly. This doesn't change the fact that the first episode of this show was pretty lousy in several areas. Bad animation techniques, extremely abrupt scene transitions, and weak character introductions. |
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| Really liked the new seiyuu, tbh. Hopefully this show won't suck, it could be interesting. |
| hmmm....I am not sure what to think yet. At some parts I really liked it, then others I was like "meh". Merry seems really cool, but I am not a fan of her outfit. I also am sick of cats in general in anime. But this series seems to have a lot going for it, so I am going to keep watching it. 4/5 for this episode. (: |
| The thought of a anime about a boy having dreams about cats..? Sounds stupid, but the first episode got me interested. I think it interesting so far. Plus I really liked the OP. I thought it was awesome. ^^ |
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| Sage mode! I think I'll follow this, because I lack interest in the other seasons, and I might as well follow this because it's J.C. Staff. There hasn't been too many interesting plots yet >_> |
| So the summary just saying; girl falls from the sky on boy made me reel in my seat when i read it. However that was such a small part of the episode. This did have the same feel as soul eater- as i was saying that i had the impression that there was a similarity i could mention but i guess not. The worlds are interesting, although i will have to agree that the fight was boring. |
| This looks really interesting. I hope that the dream world will be a great world. For peoples who doesn't think that Merry voice didn't sounded good, give her some slack it's her first role, it's natural to be inexperienced in the beginning. The John Doe name it's fitted for the villain. The music was great. |
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| Well pretty cool episode. I for one liked it.....The main guy seems like a prophet or something...the Nostradamus of dreams maybe. Is Merry an elf? Cause judging by those ears, she fits into that category.... also  |
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| Looks interesting probably wont be many episodes |
| defiantly more interesting than IS |
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| Pretty interesting story for far...looks like connections between reality and the dream world and there might be some back story between Merry and Yumeji... |
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| Kinda meh, but did i just hear Nakata Jouji? *Checks ANN caus mal doesn't have enough info* Damn right, i did. Will continue watching this series. |
| レッツゴー ED イケイケゴーゴー |
| ITT: "This looks interesting". |
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A2ZOMG said: RyanSaotome said: To be frank, I found this show confusing and unclear, and the characters weren't interesting. They just were generally poorly introduced. What am I supposed to know about these characters after watching this episode? Frankly I don't remember anything, besides the fact there is a boy who has recurring dreams.In my opinion this is just someone who looks way too hard to find faults with something. I just watched it to enjoy myself, not to critique, and I didn't notice any of that stuff. Maybe you'd enjoy anime more if you didn't have such a pessimistic attitude to try to find things bad about them? I'm usually a very optimistic viewer. I watch practically everything I pick up to completion with the assumption that shows can improve even if they start poorly. This doesn't change the fact that the first episode of this show was pretty lousy in several areas. Bad animation techniques, extremely abrupt scene transitions, and weak character introductions. I'm pretty sure you're not supposed to know anything about Merry yet, she's supposed to be a mystery. And I didnt find anything wrong with the animation or scene transistions because I wasn't trying to find problems with it. Maybe I'm too casual of an anime fan that I don't notice those problems. |
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| I thought this was pretty good for a first episode. Lots of action and I think Merry looks pretty cute.......though her eyes reminds me of a frog (just saying). Can't wait for next episode |
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| Merry's eyes look soooooo cool! I love them! And I loved the cats too! So cute!! :3 |
| Great first episode. Animation was very nice and the story is starting up nicely. This first episode is almost identical to the first volume of the manga, at least what I remember. Merry is awesome and this show has a lot of potential. Only thing is did anyone notice Merry's fighting stance? Whenever she lands she has her legs in that awkward, but cute, position. If anything I feel like that's a very painful and inefficient stance lol, but this is the anime world. |
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| Yeah... the summary for this anime doesn't really do the first episode justice. Definitely a lot more interesting than I had expected. |
| Delicious belly button. Looks interesting. I like Merry and her design. |
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| I don't really know if I liked or disliked this episode. But it does have an interesting concept, the dreamworld. So I am interested in this. Generic but interesting characters. I'm looking forward to the next episode. |
| I thought the first episode wasn't too bad. I'm actually kind of excited for episode 2. |
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| Nice episode, even though I have NO IDEA what's going on. So, some guy enters a dream world filled with talking cats and floating fish bones and meets a girl from the dream world in reality. The girl fights the boss and wants to go back somewhere... at least that's what I think is happening. I do hope it makes sense to me soon because this anime has caught my interest. Got to say, nice choice on music pieces throughout the episode. |
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