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Feb 1, 2011 8:51 PM

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Although the story seems rushed and cliche, I'm loving the animation and character designs!
I'm also confused about the gender of the antagonist at first. He has such a feminine look.
Feb 1, 2011 9:22 PM
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For me, the great animation and art doesn't make up for the lack of story and character depth. Why? Because I think this should be a longer project. I know they did this for commercials... but... that doesn't excuse the fact that it left out a lot.
Feb 1, 2011 9:25 PM

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this anime sux....... it felt rlly rushed and ..... too time convincing.
Feb 1, 2011 11:09 PM

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it was really short and felt rushed but it was pretty good ^^

id watch if it was made into a series!!!
Feb 2, 2011 12:42 AM

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It was bad,
Feb 2, 2011 2:17 AM
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Feb 2011
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I loved it. LOVED IT! The art was beautiful- I love celestial themed anime. I want more. More pretty art. More Minato. More Aoi. Didn't really care all that much for Subaru. Or the length of the series. It would've done nicely with 30 minute episodes, like normal. I hope that it eventually gets fleshed out someday.
The ED was cute, and catchy, too.
Feb 2, 2011 3:00 AM

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It was very good for a short anime but then again there was a lot of stuff missing - which can never be but into 4 6 minute episodes.

The art and character design were really great though.

I'm gonna give this 5/10.
Feb 2, 2011 3:02 AM

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Feb 2, 2011 5:56 AM

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Dec 2010
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Delusional and incomplete as mahou shoujo but surely good for Subaru cars. :D

Also Madoka Magika > all.
Feb 2, 2011 6:31 AM

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Nice finish, I gave it a 9/10 for animation alone!
The battle scene was gorgeous!

I would have gave it a 10, but it's too rushed.

Would love to see a series on par with this animation, but I highly doubt even if it get's a series, it would be this HQ.

Urahara Out!!
Feb 2, 2011 6:32 AM

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Fnights said:
Also Madoka Magika > all.


QFT!!

Urahara Out!!
Feb 2, 2011 1:21 PM

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Aug 2010
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would definitely watch a full series (no more than 12ish episodes thou)

Definitely not a perfect 10 by any means, but definitely not as bad as the reviews are saying, with 2's and 3's..

I'd say 7/10 or 8/10

Good animation, good music, Characters could be deeper. Plot was decent. But then again, how much can you expect out of a 20 minute "series"
Feb 2, 2011 1:52 PM

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Apr 2008
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The only thing I have to comment about is.

Minato got an uber boner and had to push away subaru.
Feb 2, 2011 2:46 PM

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Feb 2010
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Wow, amazing! Too bad it was so short but I guess it couldn't be helped.

Slideshow at the end was nice, too.
Feb 2, 2011 2:51 PM
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Jan 2011
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This was actually intresting.... thought it would be your normal little girl transform in to magical girl show... well it was, but because it was so rushed there weren't any elements that would make the anime worse. Also the president was supercute :)

I did also liked there magical staffs... it could do longer, but then you get all the cheesy not fun stuff so I liked this the way it were. Also unique story :D stars lol ... fits the logo of subaru and ofc her name. would give it a overall 8/10 ...

The episode self was lovely as it had a powerfull fireball, a girl who would want to protect something and a lovely ending :)
Feb 2, 2011 5:59 PM

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best ona i have ever seen , too bad it was like rush or short



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Feb 2, 2011 6:59 PM

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Aug 2010
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That was uhhh weird? Well it was cute to say the least I guess. Feel like they could have done more with 25 minutes. :/
Feb 2, 2011 8:16 PM
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Diebuster, anyone?
Feb 2, 2011 9:49 PM

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Aug 2010
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Strangely enough, I have no desire to purchase a Subaru..
Feb 2, 2011 11:21 PM

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Apr 2009
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Would have been better if there had been more MOE!
Feb 3, 2011 1:28 AM

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Sep 2008
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Well this last episode was really good though completely rushed and nonsensical. The first 3 were boring but this one kinda made up for that. Kinda.
Feb 3, 2011 10:44 AM

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I want more!
Real Hell is inside a person-Ai Enma (Jigoku Shoujo Mitsuganae)
Do you know where hell is? Inside your head-Chrona (Soul Eater)


Feb 3, 2011 2:25 PM

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Honestly, what the hell was that?
Feb 3, 2011 10:52 PM

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Nov 2010
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it was ok i guess, but a series in 20 minutes? the plot looked like swiss cheese, characters with their names said only once, and such made me kinda just go "BAH HUMBUG!"

so the show itself=good
the format in which the show was made=terrible
Feb 4, 2011 6:37 AM

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In the end when the bad-boy (cant remember his name) give the girl his sweater, i was kinda confused. o.O Thay acted like thay where lovers or somethings.
Did I miss something here?? o.o

Anyway, I would like to see more. It was really cute.
"Wait for the signal, and I'll meet you after dark"
Feb 6, 2011 10:35 AM

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These four episodes alone are fail (story-wise, at least,) but they DO make me want to watch more fleshed out versions of the characters in a Magical Girl\Slice of Life. Set in an astronomy club. After the little alien goes home.
Feb 6, 2011 3:32 PM

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Game_Master said:
So ... If I buy a new Subaru now, they'll give free lolis ?

If this was true, i'd buy one right away LOL

Me wants MOAR, specially more Nanako ~w~. This could turn out good as at least a 12 ep series.
Feb 8, 2011 9:21 PM

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Fully generic and unsurprisingly rushed to the point of bare coherency. The generic nature probably saved it a little in that second respect, actually, since you could fill in the blanks with all the other series that pulled the same stuff.

On the other hand, it was only a single episode, so it's not like I feel like I lost much, and the animation was quite pretty at points, making it some decent mindless fun. Not enough for me to understand the multiple requests for more, but there are worse ways to spend 24 minutes.

I am left with one big unanswered question, though... how the hell does this sell cars!? Can you seriously make a profit this way? Do some tiny visual callbacks and a name really make a connection that motivates someone's decision on something as expensive a purchase as a car? Hell, they spend more time on how Subaru is pathetic and slow than on her ending "I'm a star" power boost. I really want to know if this works out for them and if it is successful why.
Feb 10, 2011 12:39 PM

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Apr 2009
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This serie feel to short, really want to know what happende next
Feb 16, 2011 1:49 AM

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Jan 2008
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So they're saying that Subaru's are slow and clumsy? i see, i see.
Feb 21, 2011 1:32 AM

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Sep 2010
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Well... that was dumb.
Feb 21, 2011 11:24 AM

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Jun 2009
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Not very memorable. Ending was too open. Overall I gave it 6/10 for nice music and beautiful art.
Apr 10, 2011 9:42 AM

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… I find it retarded that Aoi and Subaru just didn’t fly a few meters to any direction to avoid the mega-ball of fire that was thrown at them instead of sacrificing herself for protecting her loved friend. But oh well, it’s anime.

Production values are high. Art, character design and animation were wonderful indeed. And the ED theme was pretty nice. Yet, we all know the story basically is just a piece of mahou shoujo girl looking for long-lost fragments to send their “President”, a creature from who-knows-where-in-the-universe that speaks gibberish and is a gelatinous little ball reminiscent of a octopus.

… Errr, okay? If that’s what they call a plot someone shoot a Subaru.

It had to be rushed, there’s little to do about it since the length didn’t allow anything else. And you can’t forget the main bad guy (WHO’S A GIRL IN FACT, WE KNOW IT) secretly loves the heroine even though they only saw each other one time and that’s it. Talk about random romance.

All in all, it wasn’t a horrible production. Mindless lucrative commercial, yes. Not development or a story whatsoever, yes. Worthless without any chance for redeeming, no; not completely, at least.
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Therefore, I am.
Nov 7, 2011 9:26 PM
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This probably could have been a lot better were it given a full anime, or at least more than twenty-five minutes. Still, maybe there's hope for getting something longer.
Feb 29, 2012 2:06 AM

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Nice visuals. Everything else was weak.
Jun 16, 2012 1:32 PM

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Dec 2009
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Except for the red-haired character (which was pretty cool), this was bah.
Jul 12, 2012 7:52 AM

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Jul 2011
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Enjoyed it because of the awesome art. Well, that's what to expect from Shakugan No Shana and Asarotte no Omocha's character designer. <3
Sep 30, 2012 2:39 PM

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Sep 2008
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What a sweetie *.*
I want TV series for this! *.*
Great animation!
All these shiny stars *.*
Love it!

And this artworks at the end! *.*
Great, really great!
Oct 18, 2013 7:29 PM

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Nov 2011
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Wow, that was way too predictable and rushed. This should of been a 1-episode OVA. Oh well, at least Subaru was cute and most of the girls' designs were alright. 4/10.
Mar 14, 2014 12:52 AM

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There's now a Subaru in my garage and I have no idea how it got there.
May 30, 2014 5:52 PM

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Rushed and cliche.

Loved the animation and character designs though.

Hopefully the movie will be better storywise.5/10.
Dec 25, 2014 2:56 AM
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Randomly stumbled into these youtube vids from an article that says a full TV series is planned. Story seems simple enough so subless was enough to get the gist (didn't know there was eng sub separately).
Rush/time-skips a bunch. Good effects animation.
Minato's a girl who became a guy? So he's not an illusion and became a shooting star that Subaru saw when younger. Needs those candy stars and can't stay cuz reasons.
Why twintail (or twin ahoge) on a guy? He needs a tuxedo mask to level up.
Mar 31, 2015 11:36 AM

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So she can absorb a high-energy ball of magic? Ok.

This anime was reeeeally mediocre. The plot was rushed. The music was okay. The drama was way too forced. The characters were not super enjoyable. I'd give it a 5-6/10. Good thing I decided to watch this before the TV series because I might not watch the TV show as I had planned.
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Apr 9, 2015 9:35 AM

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Dec 2012
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Cute ONAs. Too short, the story feels rushed. Fortunately, the TV version started yesterday :)
Jul 16, 2015 11:52 AM

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In general it's quite a lovely ending, while the episodes are quite short it does feel rather rushed but the atmosphere and feel of the anime was pretty lovely and with that starting the TV series of this sure is going to be quite lovely!
Jun 17, 2016 4:26 AM

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It took 4 years to have TV broadcast series!

ED: Animation - 4/5, Song - 3/5

Episode: 3.3/5

Overall: 6/10
Sep 8, 2017 10:23 PM

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The boy is Minato.
Subaru knows he is Minato.
Dat insert song.
She's wearing his sweater.
Dat ending.
Dem End cards.

It was okay. Itsuki is best girl. I wonder if this will have a TV series one day.
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Sep 6, 2020 2:03 PM

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I hated this in ways that I can't even explain, yeesh, please tell me the TV show isn't like this...
Dec 29, 2020 3:19 PM

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this was rushed, unemotional, cliche, boring & had hardly any character development except for those 5 minutes with only aoi & subaru.
i didn't enjoy it. it was pretty bad .-.

episode score:
2.3/5

final score:
3/10
Nov 29, 2021 6:46 PM
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Weird and rushed but ok enough for what it is I guess

Hoping the TV series ends up making more sense
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