Durarara!! (light novel)
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| Nice introduction episode. I think it's open for a lot of potential, I'll be waiting for the next =) |
| Yeah I was noticing the Baccano feeling too. The huge number of characters, the very confusing beginning storyline, and even the characters look somewhat similar. |
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| Good start I was definitely impressed. 24 episodes...sweet.. |
| Kinda lost, Only thing I got out of that? Horo.. aww yeah |
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llamaben said: Hopefully it isn't the start of a trend... Not my favorite song in the world, but if anything the ED is just following the Japanese music trend.. not creating a new one. Most Japanese music sounds like that. Nothing wrong with Japanese R&B / Pop. I kind of prefer Japanese R&B over American R&B though.. more happy sounding and merry. The first episode was okay. Too soon to say if it'll be good or not I suppose. Not an amazing episode, but not a bad episode. |
| It looks that i finnally found a show to watch. I was hitting a moe,harem comedy wall whatever i checked about this season. My only hope was Vampire Bund but nothing else ans i was starting to pray for that Black Lagoon third saeson to appear. And thank God i found this. It was like water to a thirsty man. Finnally an anime with a scenario and not about happy little schoolgirls(don't get me wrong i like some of those also but when 90% of the season is only that then it becomes annoying). I was very impressed with the first episode. If it continues like this we may have the best anime of this season in our hands. The presentation of characters was good and the headless biker was cool. The whole gangs and beautiful messed up girls was perfect and i loved the artwork. Oh yeah! and Holo/Horo. Things are looking nice. Waiting with anticipation for episode 2. BTW we need a good group to big this up. No offense gg. |
Dezlol said: Guess the spoilers will have to wait until the next episode then ^^;And with this being the first episode it's kinda expected that some reacts to spoilers. |
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| 2/5 Not that great.. I guess i will stick around for a couple of more episodes. |
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| A Russian of African American descent???! Really? Me like that anime! Anyway that headless motorcyclist seem to have an ambigous gender for a moment I swear that was a female than a guy at the same time. |
| Guys, about the spoilers: For starters, the manga or visual novel (or any source material/adaptations) should not be discussed in the episode discussion threads at all. Please create other threads for comparisons or contrasts. Secondly, when posting spoilers, ALWAYS label them appropriately and use spoiler tags. (Depending on the thread, it may also be helpful to label the spoiler with episodes too, such as in a comparison/contrast thread). Because of the above policies, I have removed some posts in this thread (but likely missed some...) Please keep others in mind when posting! Thank you. |
| Pretty cool first episode, OP and ED were pretty good. Glad to see the characters don't look a whole lot like the ones from Baccano! |
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asandari said: Guys, about the spoilers: For starters, the manga or visual novel (or any source material/adaptations) should not be discussed in the episode discussion threads at all. Please create other threads for comparisons or contrasts. Secondly, when posting spoilers, ALWAYS label them appropriately and use spoiler tags. (Depending on the thread, it may also be helpful to label the spoiler with episodes too, such as in a comparison/contrast thread). Because of the above policies, I have removed some posts in this thread (but likely missed some...) Please keep others in mind when posting! Thank you. First off, why are on THIS lonely board? Where were you mods on the Umineko board where there were literally TONS of users constantly posting spoilers of the VN in episode discussions? Thanks for deleting my post by the way even though I put a spoiler tag with a warning in top of it... |
Rail_TracerJan 13, 2010 7:19 PM
| probably the best show this season |
Paradox_SpiralJan 13, 2010 10:26 PM
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| Omg,I love Durarara!! <33 |
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| Really nice episode, animation was absolutely stunning. And I really prefer this urban and modern setting to the one of Baccano. Also lol @ the image of Spice and Wolf D: |
| Well, I barely had enough patience to wait for the raw for the first ep to come out and it's only now that I'm actually commenting on it. The first ep was great, although it was a bit slow paced in a couple of scenes (then again it might be because I already found out the basics of the plot from manga/novels at that point). But since my expectations are sky high since the characters seem to be absolutely great I'm very sensitive to every little thing that could be done better)))) The OP is great and awesome (and Baccano!-like, and I think it's a good thing) and since I haven't listen to such music much I also like the ED, music and video. Now, since I'm dying to guess the plot... JadeMatrix said: Alright. So colored characters = important, whereas grey characters = the crowd. Then who is this? Wonderful question, since I also noticed this and I think it might be very important detail later one. Since no girl we're seen in the credits meets the requirements. It could have been the girl who got kidnaped (theoreticly) but it's highly doubtful since we've seen her minutes later in a different outfit and it could have been Yagiri Namie, but then we have no idea why she was dressed like that and being somewhat a doctor and knowing a little bit about her personality from manga, I don't think she would be like this... Basicly I also don't know but I think it's only of the important hints to remember later. About other hints, am I the only one who noticed that in the opening, that girl (who got kidnapped) is not only not credited, but also when she appear near the end, over the image of the rider, it's not just her head shown, but her head in a tube without the body. And if you wonder if it's really her, the girl with a scar has other haircut and I assume another hair colour, and the one I'm talking about (ok, let's call her Magenda for now), her hair is really similair, I doubt that a coincidence.  So we have a girl with a scar who might be assumed to be a rider (but I seriously doubt that, + all the spoilers people have written before) and a girl who's hinted to have rider's head in the opening, however she doesn't have a scar (and she has high possibility (ep.2) to have a solid past with no place for transplantation to take place). I wonder if she's going to become a head for the Rider. However, I hope for something even better than that, actually. I have high hopes for the plot and twists in this one)))) |
| Gah I want pics~ XD Really loving the OP~ and the ED was good too though it was oddly Jpop-ish. Ahh anyway, I'm loving this! The 2 boys are so cute!(love their voice) And did anyone notice the guy on top of a rooftop in the OP with black outfit with hood!? Izaya Orihara~ Possible bishie to be drooled XDD kyaaaah!!!! uwooh just noticed that he's voiced by Hiroshi Kamiya, one of my fav seiyuus. Ahhh this just couldn't get any better. ohohoho ^ 3^ I'm feeling so hyper! I was already half cringing, waiting for the rider to smash the bad guy's head with the tyre of the motorcycle o.o phew~ glad that didn't happen. |
ureshii_xDJan 15, 2010 1:26 AM
| Overall good first episode. Nice opening. Kinda confused with so many charecters, but still I expect a good story from this one. I have one question, who was he chatting with? ;s |
| :DDDD This was quite the interesting episode. |
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Jaapsneep said: 5. Why was Horo there? Nia9001 said: Horo must be the ghost rider. DDDD: ABSOLUTELY! Look at the cat-ear helmet! It has to be her! :D And since Horo is in the show, it is definitely on my watch-list now! Looking forward for more! ^^ |
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| Soo many characters i hope I can keep their names straight! Animation looks beautiful, characters interesting headless (women?) on motorbike interesting I dont care for that chat thing that muchthey talk so fast and I still have no idea who's who XD |
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| I decided to watch this on a whim. Now I've decided that I'll keep watching. Durarara has spurred my anime-watching habit again. :D |
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Midori-tan said: Yup, totally agree. Also the atmosphere, which dwells between very serious and violent and lghthearted and funny, is so much like Baccano!. Furthermore it's subbed by Frostii, what more can one ask for? Anyone knows when the Op and Ed songs will come out?It was pretty good, nothing is better than a modern city at night, this setting is the best imo. Animation was stunning and I liked the whole episode. |
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| Finally got around to starting this. The episode did not disappoint me. I immediately got the air of Baccano from it. Love how there's an enormous amount of characters in this series as well. The animation is very nice and I just can't believe how many amazing VAs have roles in this. |
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| i liked the beginning and how they introduced the different characters. nice animation and good story. this may be the only anime this season i follow |
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| it was okay, I thought it was a bit tedious for some parts great animation |
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| I should start watching Baccano! now.. |
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| WTF!!!? 2nd episode is pretty awesome. |
| Give me that Horo now. I loved this episode, it was a great introduction to the whole show. As a viewer could really expierience the emotions Mikado felt as he entered this to him unknown world. Production values were amazing aswell, so I can't wait to see how this will continue. |
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Ghost rider must be female, has tits. Oh, but all adults have tits. It's only lolis that lack them. So I was told. ...No? Well anyway, here's the three things that seems to strike me most about this episode. 1. OMG BLACK DUDE IN ANIME AND CALLED BLACK DUDE WOAH THAT'S UNUSUAL. 2. Lots of cute boys everywhere. 3. Freaky rape business kidnapping guys who got what they deserved. |
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| That Horo standee...lol.. |
| Sore wa himitsu desu. |
| Love the opening :) Intriguing anime (Y) |
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| It was interesting.. Mikado <3 |
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| Loved the Horo poster and the opening song>.< As for the anime, I will watch a few more episodes and see how it goes. |
werrstonFeb 1, 2010 3:31 PM
| Liked the OP. Great animation and art style. Great intro episode. Nice foreshadowing. I like most of the characters so far. The ED song wasn't the best in my opinion. I will def. watch more. To the person who said they hated it a few pages back, why? Because it didn't have a million girls with over-sized eyes and larges boobs? (Or something like that...) |
| awsomee first ep!! |
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| 5 out of 5: Loved it! It was pretty awesome |
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| yeah this anime looks epic! Loved the OP and ED. That one guy in it (Izaya) is HOT!!! Can't wait to watch more of it~! |
| To be honest, I'm not impressed. Sure, it was okay. It was far from horrible, but it was far from good, for me ^^; I guess I'll just have to watch more to see if it gets any better. |
| I was a little bored, and I didn't like the supernatural elements but I love how many characters the opening showed, and even this episode. I'm excited to give the second episode a try. |
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| Ah I really loved this episode both story and art like. What I loved about the art the most was how they showed all the rest of the people that weren't crucial to the main plot like pale shadows and how they showed in color the main protagonists, but also some other people like the girl the two boys bumped into, implying that she will play a part in the story. Just loved loved loved the idea of doing that. It's like by doing that, all the pieces of the talel get connected in this vast city. Seriously, as simple as it might look it was very clever and a great artistic trick! Generally I really enjoyed this up until now. I hope it stays that good and with more refreshing ideas! :) |
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