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Jul 7, 2013 11:20 PM

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First of all, awesome animation and quality. 2nd, now that's wat I call proper English. Japanese can do it if they try. 3rd, cute and interesting girls. 4th, reminds me of ikuko meiro no croise(Which was great)

Hello!
Konnichiwa!!!!!!!!!!!!

xD

Now, it's her turn to visit Japan and I am glad that the quality didn't drop at all. Awesomeness. I like all of the characters but I have a feeling that the taller blonde is going to be my most favorite. Shinobu is a close 2nd with Alice just there.

9/10 :D
TragicRomanceJul 7, 2013 11:40 PM
Jul 8, 2013 1:08 AM

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Probably the cutest show of the season
Like it this fuwa fuwa feeling
Hello! Konnichiwa! Omoshiroi kombi dana~
Jul 8, 2013 2:57 AM

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I have no idea what I was expecting when I came into this but so far i LOVE IT.

The English was surprisingly good, only real flaw was that she called dessert desert, but other than that it was pretty perfect.

Best part has to be them leaving each other and shouting "HELLO!" in their opposite languages, I couldn't stop laughing at that, especially the way they made it seem super serious.

So far this has the potential to be a great anime, hopefully it will continue in this direction :)

P.S. How long has it been since Shinobu left and Alice joined her? To me it seemed like a VERY short amount of time for her to have picked up the language so fluently, is it meant to have been a year or two?
Jul 8, 2013 3:08 AM

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So another anime ventures in to the U.K! Needless to say, I enjoyed it very much! The atmosphere is so comfy and the characters are a joy to be with. Some of the faces they pull remind me of A-Channel which is a good thing.

It's great that Alice is in Japan now but I really would have loved more scenes in England in the super-widescreen format with the two girls trying to communicate to each other. That was charming. The scene with Shinobu saying goodbye as she left the U.K had me very emotional. The actual english-speaking was pretty good too. So far, it's cute girls done right and I'm looking forward to more of this. Very strong start.
Jul 8, 2013 3:22 AM

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Reminds me of Ikoku Meiro no Croisée

Jul 8, 2013 5:43 AM

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This season has a dangerous amount of anime that threaten to make my jaw break from my face being in a perpetual idiotic smile throughout entire episodes.
Jul 8, 2013 7:39 AM

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I was difficult to wait for episode 1. Pictures and PV had so much moe.
1st episode was so cute. I can't believe how cute this is.
I is difficult to wait for episode 2!!!
Edit: Great work Studio Gokumi!
「Sorry to tell you this, but that's not your territory anymore」, Takakamo Shizuno (Saki Achiga-hen)
Jul 8, 2013 8:29 AM

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yes!! i was expecting this to be cute ...but not THIS cute it melted my heart <3 i already want more, the set up at the begining was great ,felt very well done with the background music and the development,the effort for the background was perfect ,the english they speak better than me lol and the jokes are silly/funny i like it


Panaru said:
This season has a dangerous amount of anime that threaten to make my jaw break from my face being in a perpetual idiotic smile throughout entire episodes.

that feel lol
Feer19Jul 8, 2013 8:42 AM
Jul 8, 2013 8:58 AM
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Dis soo damn moeeeee~

Great first episode but i'm wondering whether they can keep the whole UK/Japanese thing fresh or it will become the run of the mill slice of life with cute girls.
Jul 8, 2013 9:31 AM

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This show is so bad for my heart!!!!!

Jul 8, 2013 9:56 AM

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joshua_mai said:
This show is so bad for my heart!!!!!



This entire season is bad for the heart.


Jul 8, 2013 10:38 AM
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It was a cute episode. Would be nice if the series turned out a lighthearted version of Thermae Romae.
Jul 8, 2013 10:45 AM

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Oh god so many cute girls moe overload >_<

However I'm little bit surprised they can speak a little English quite clearly, I thought their accent it's gonna interfere with their pronunciation
Jul 8, 2013 11:08 AM

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wow that was amazingly cute
Jul 8, 2013 12:01 PM

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I am freaking dying over here.

HELLO HELLO
KONICHIWAAAAAAAAAA
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Jul 8, 2013 12:28 PM

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Cute enough for me not to drop it.
Jul 8, 2013 12:53 PM

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holyfox6894 said:
I had to laugh when she said dessert and it sounded like a place instead of the food. XD
The Engrish was sooo cute.
I think I'm going to die of cuteness before this anime ends.


I think we all might.
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Jul 8, 2013 4:38 PM

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Ohmygod. I nearly died laughing.

Dat Hello!! Konichiwa!!!! yet they are parting ways. LOL. Also it's so weird to hear a massive amount of English in an Anime. It was really hilarious. Don't even know if it was supposed to be dramatic or what. The interactions were really funny, damn. That Alice girl mastered Japanese so quickly. I guess she studied it everyday 24/7.

Will continue watching :D

Oh, and btw laughed out loud when the MC said her name is Omiya Shinobu and not Dear Shinobu XD
Jul 8, 2013 4:40 PM

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This first episode was so good and cute <3 waiting for next one


"Can you feel that hybrid rainbow?"
Jul 8, 2013 4:41 PM

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Well well well... another of this kind in same season: it's not as good as Tamayura which has advantage of having second season and best director of this kind of shows, but it's not bad.
I liked tendency of our MC to be excited about everything, those cute interactions and wacky humor.

Only (or biggest) problem are those CGI, which rather stand out compared to those great backgrounds :/ And maybe Alice Japanese is too good but than I loved how Kate from Sketchbook was... well using it ;)
Jul 8, 2013 4:54 PM

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Jun 2013
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Apparently brits eat deserts...hmm...
In any case this was a good start, seeing as how there's not too much i'm interested in this season i'll definitely keep watching this.

I'm also surprised at the level of english used in this anime. Most of the time when Japanese VAs speak english it's all 'ROCKETUU PUUUUNCHUUH!'.
Jul 8, 2013 5:25 PM

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the moe levels TOOOOOOO high (つд`)
Jul 8, 2013 6:24 PM

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I think my heart almost stopped. Too adorable.

And the twintail lady is my ideal character type. I hope to see more of her.
Jul 8, 2013 8:25 PM

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An Amazing first episode, but I can't see the series going anywhere from here seeing as Alice knows some Japanese now :|

The Broken English was easily the highlight of the show.
Jul 8, 2013 8:55 PM

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This show is so cute I died
Don't forget.
Always, somewhere,
someone is fighting for you.
As long as you remember her,
you are not alone.
Jul 8, 2013 10:11 PM

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"She looks like this!" *shows kokeshi doll*

SouthPacific said:
I'm also surprised at the level of english used in this anime. Most of the time when Japanese VAs speak english it's all 'ROCKETUU PUUUUNCHUUH!'.
Had to look up for the actress' profile (never heard Tanaka Manami before) and then found…
Manami studied for a year in England during high school and is rather fluent in English, which helps her to win the cast audition.

While Oohara Sayaka (Alice's mother) is graduate of English literature major and had a Pre-1st grade certification of the Japanese's English language exam.
Her pronounciation is easier to listen, although that's probably because she played an adult so her voice is not as squeaky as Alice's XD
nseikaJul 8, 2013 10:19 PM
Jul 8, 2013 10:47 PM

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MY FUCKING GOD. THis is the most moe thing i've ever seen. MORE THAN THE SHIT I'VE ALREADY WATCHED

I think I actually died of moe and I never said that in any anime I've watched.

Not only that, this was fuckin hilarious "Everything was western" LOL HAHA

Love the designs.
Jul 8, 2013 11:08 PM
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Just too good
Jul 9, 2013 5:09 AM

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damn this anime is great.. I love it! XD
that monent when alice saying "japanese girl is scary" lol XD so moe..
alice is so cute.. amd shinobu is pretty when she is highschool :3
YES! I will watch this.. XD
9/10
Jul 9, 2013 5:48 AM

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Better than expected. Great anime making, and interesting reference to cultural differences.
When I heard that some English conversation school would cooperate in English pronunciation, I didn't expect that much. But it seems that had great effect.

My only worry is that Alice might get a better score than Shino's even in Japanese exam...
Jul 9, 2013 5:53 AM

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Very soon we will see Alice out-Japanese's the Japanese including Shinobu LOL LOL
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.
Jul 9, 2013 10:32 AM

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Really cute; and quite funny to. And good Engrish.
Jul 9, 2013 11:55 AM

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they idolized the foreigners waaaaaay too much

^ Why isn't this updating...
Jul 9, 2013 4:02 PM

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So cute!! I adore Alice~ <3
Jul 9, 2013 4:55 PM
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thought this was bland, idk what i was expecting tho, it's kind of exactly what it advertised itself to be. the engrish was funny though and kind of made it worth watching.
Jul 9, 2013 9:01 PM

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This shit was as kawaii as it gets.

It don't get more kawaii than this.

I can't wipe my butt with the shreds of a wedding dress!!

Jul 9, 2013 9:48 PM
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Is it just me, or was all the english in this episode spoken by the same voice actress who did Ohno in the first run of Genshiken?

Cute show, makes me think that there are a lot of western things that would be better if they were mixed with Japanese things :-)

So Shinobu was appropriately named as a child.... Like the way she goes for the jugular.
Jul 10, 2013 1:04 AM

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wow. this series is so cute and heart warming and funny ;)
Jul 10, 2013 6:05 AM

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Cute and funny (I laughed more than I had expected at the beginning). I liked it.
Jul 10, 2013 6:13 AM

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Oh man this is cute. The English wasn't too bad and I love how they actually portrayed the difference in customs and culture. Gonna love this!

Shinobu really reminded me of Yune from Ikoku Meiro no Croisée as well. Same kind of setting too.
OnyxthegreatJul 11, 2013 3:15 AM

Jul 10, 2013 10:42 AM

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The level of fun and cuteness is damn too high for my heart.
Jul 10, 2013 10:58 AM
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Very nice first ep, I do highly appreciate their efforts for using English in a foreign setting since i only see a few animes that are actually doing this.

Good atmosphere, good characters, the humor has sort of an A-channel feel, and i'm waiting for the other girl who hasn't shown up yet (didn't read the manga) because she almost looks like Yuuko.

Another SoL i can enjoy, looking forward to next week.
Jul 10, 2013 11:46 AM

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Such a awesome combination... Lolis + Engrish..... Me Like.....
Jul 10, 2013 12:43 PM

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That was cute. Alice's accent was awsomely cute as well. I'll keep watching n.n
Jul 10, 2013 1:27 PM

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Really cute first episode! I loved the English :') it was really well done, as was the English setting. The hello/konnichiwa bit was really funny. I am left wondering, however, why Alice decided to transfer to Japan but I guess that'll never be explained. Should be a fun series!
Jul 10, 2013 6:33 PM

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I really like this one it reminds me of Ikoku Meiro no Croisée
Jul 11, 2013 9:16 AM

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This was kawaii as fuck.

>//v//<

Japanese seiyuus trying to sound like legit europeans is so adorable xD

5/5
Jul 11, 2013 9:20 AM
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so. fugging. cuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuute

Stop trying to kill me this season, Japan.
Jul 11, 2013 9:30 AM

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kemon said:
so. fugging. cuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuute

Stop trying to kill me this season, Japan.

LOL XD I agree with you bro! XD
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