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antibiotictab said: Satoshi? /snip Weirdly, I noticed how K-ON-ish Satoshi looks, but the character designer for Hyouka (who did Nichijou's..oh wow) is different than K-ONs. But yeah Satoshi probably looks more moe than Eru at this point and that says a lot. I love how Houtarou just has this 'I don't give a flying fuck' face, It's kinda unintentionally funny when even the MC can't stay awake during his own show. |
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| My first impression: A bit weird. Not in a bad way. I can see this series getting real interesting. I like all the characters so far. Definitely enjoyable to watch them. My immediate thought of this series was a hybrid of Durarara!! and Haruhi. The Durarara!! element would be the animation, the mystery, the sense of adventure. The Haruhi element, and given I've only seen half of the first season, would be the mystery and the personality of the heroine, always being interested in new things. After seeing this episode, I look forward to the next one with high hopes. I think introducing all the characters will help broaden the show a bit, make it more exciting and hopefully have some good developments. |
| first thought was definitely the voices that reminded me of Clannad and the mysteries made me think of Amnesia, so it's like a clannad-style telling of mysteries...very interesting |
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| Curiosity, don't kill the cat! She has those sharingan eyes...they see everrryyytthiinnnggg |
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| It was an OK-ish episode. Love the art and the animation. OST is decent. As for the characters, I'm not so sure if I like the female lead yet but love the friend of the male lead. What is his name again? Yeah, Fukube! :D He reminded me a bit of Sunohara from Clannad, and turns out that his voice actor is the same as that of Sunohara and the male lead, Houtaro's voice actor is the same as that of Okazaki. No wonder their voices sounded so familiar in the beginning xD Anyway, I'm hoping that the real story begins from the upcoming episode. The 'locked room' case was kind of meh for me but again, that's just an introduction. Waiting for the second episode XD |
| An awkward 1st episode I would say. Nonetheless, interesting though. I'll still keep my eyes on this. |
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| Wow KyoAni just fused the animation and feelings of K-ON and Clannad together into one great anime. I like so far and I think it will be fine. And I was so happy to hear Choucho in the opening song! |
| Amazing animation Refreshing voices A mystery Unique main Great directing Well-fitting music So far I like it.. ^^ |
shanimebib said: Best buddies are back! Nakamura Yuuichi (Okazaki Tomoya) as Houtarou and Sakaguchi Daisuke (Sunohara Youhei) as Satoshi! The animation level is... stunning! QFT especially about the Clannad duo being back!! (>o<) |
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| The animation is awesome. It really seems like they are going out of there way to show it off to, the various different styles throughout just the first episode. The characters are really nice, I am really excited to see the next episode! |
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| The animation is truly AMAZING!!!! I like where the story is headed so far, probably gonna be one of my favorites this year. I lol'ed at Houtaro's weird hallucinations getting wrapped up by Eru's hair xDDD And Satoshi's story about the ghost piano girl was somewhat creepy :S |
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| I think it is way too early for people to say the show is amazing or that it is plain or boring. The story (assuming there is one) hasn't even been revealed yet, and all the main character are not assembled. I would wait at least until episode 5 or so to make generalizations about the entire anime. |
| Classical music is somewhat popular in anime this season. This time it was Bach & Beethoven. |
cyrylekApr 27, 2012 11:03 AM
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| Hyouka is breathtakingly beautiful. In this season full of anime with amazing production values, it easily takes the cake. But it's boring. So, so boring. An episode this beautiful shouldn't be such a chore to sit through. Well, I hope it'll get better. I really did miss KyoAni's animation on something other than bad moe comedy and the occasional Haruhi. |
| I enjoyed the dialog :P The atmosphere is so relaxing that it surprised me o.o but it would be better if it pick up a faster pace later on |
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| Nice start and liking the characters already. What does should a classics club actually do? |
| There is no such thing as shit taste. Only idiots who think everyone should have the same taste as they do. |
| Is like someone mixed Haruhi and K-on! |
| Good animation and good pacing. I can really identify with with the 'low-power' personality of the main character, and it's interesting to see how he deals with each situation. Really hoping this show stays slice of life and doesn't go to either extreme a la Haruhi, or Another. The female lead is one of those at-her-own-pace types that I just can never seem to like. She's the natural enemy of a low-power like the lead, and god only knows what's up with her hair. There's just something about her that puts me off, gotta be the hair. |
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| please what is the name of the song in min 14 |
| CHUCK NORRIS MAN DAT GIRL IS CHUCK NORRIS, THE EYES,THE EYS KILL PEOPLE lol joking xD i just loved this anime *-* |
| That was very beautiful to say the least, but I really hope (but doubt) that we'll have anything more of a semblance to a plot. |
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| This was pretty boring. Basically, the only thing that happened during the whole episode was that the main characters joined a club. The characters are very interesting but that's just not enough for me to make me watch this. I got bored in the middle that I couldn't keep watching. This was the first time I had to force myself to finish an episode. I usually don't drop anime this early but I doubt this has any chance to get more entertaining. The setting doesn't help it either. I hate slice-of-life (and school). |
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| Personally I really liked this first episode. Despite what some people are saying, it kept my attention the whole way through; I thought it had good chemistry and likable characters and it was really subtle in doing so. The good animation is also a plus and makes character interaction a lot more believable. And so what if it doesn't have anything incredibly eventful happen in the first episode? I thought the three little mysteries were a great way to flesh out the characters and I was pretty entertained by their interactions anyway. By throwing in a murder case or having something big happen in the first episode we wouldn't be able to see how the characters would normally behave in an everyday setting. Plus anime exaggerates and dramatizes way too much anyway, it's nice to see no one getting killed by an explosion or a guy confessing or some shit lol. Anyway hope this show goes well! and the girl cute =) |
Pretty good start to the show. Seems interesting. Will keep watching. |
| The animation just drew me in... Like the background was perfect. The characters are also all likable.. ( not too annoying etc. ) The MC girl is drawn quite nice and the cool attitude of the MC is also great. The plot was great for the first episode as it wasn't slow in any way. I hope it turns out to be a great mystery anime. |
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| As everyone said, animation is amazing! But the storyline doesn't seem too strong. Though, i'll keep watching because of Eru! She could be the cutest girl i've ever seen. Btw, i really and really love opening so much! |
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| So far this show has three things going for it: The art - it is flippin' gorgeous! The lead female - she is flippin' gorgeous! The impact that said female has on the lazy-for-no-reason lead male - hilarious and the animation for it is flippin' gorgeous! I am not a fan of the lead male, but if his character develops through the story, it will be OK. Other than that, the characters seem pretty good, especially Eru! |
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| in the room when Chitanda staring outside of the window, i was thinking "Haruhi?", when she turns around, i thought "it's Yui!" agreed with the praises about the high quality animations, but the story is a bit flat and slow, will see how is the main plot and decide |
| That OP omg, its makes me feel that Choucho was born just to sing that song. Shes really a great singer |
| That animation is so good, I can't imagine how this'll look on my U2711 which will be delivered tomorrow. Nothing happened, but it was ep 1. Was nice to watch though. |
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| That was pretty funny! I can imagine the MC constructing these over-elaborate plots and schemes just so he can maintain his low-power level and be lazy! |
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| First of all the animation is awesome. The girl looks like Mio from K-ON. Furthermore do the main character and his friends VA always do similar roles. They are like the same people from clannad, suhonara and tomoya. |
| it is very rare that familiar classical music is used in such a manner.....in an anime no less. |
| wow what a generic show. At least main male character isn't the usual wimpy idiot, but the show tries really hard to be a new original and great anime. Both the main guy and that main girl tries so hard but it's so obvious. They are cliched too. |
| Fuck this shit! D: |
| I usually back away from Kyoto Animation works, but really this is amazing! Didn't turn me off like Clannad and K-ON! >_> On to the next episode! |
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| This anime reminds me a lot of K-on! So MOEEEEE!!! >w< |
| The "mystery" isn't that great, the male MC is kind of annoying, but the female MC is amazingly cute and the sidekick seems interesting. Also, the scenes where he gets "lost in her eyes" with all the flowers and stuff, those are fantastic! A great visual representation of the feeling you get when you meet someone special! The art is wonderful too! |
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Karhu said: Those eyes could kill a man. QFT. Chitanda's moe-level is too much for me. Also, I don't know if anyone else noticed but...I can't believe they used Moonlight Sonata for the background music. Awesome! |
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