Monogatari Series: First Season
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| Interesting....only way I can word it. The art is great and the ending makes you want to watch the next episode. |
| weird story >_< |
| When i looked at the summer lineup I was pretty disappointed, the only one i was excited for was Spice & Wolf II, but I decided to take a chance on a few others. I just finished Bakemonogatari, and I was very very pleasantly surprised. It's strange, it's quirky, but it works and I like it. I like the animation style, and it felt like it was a real camera lens you were looking through, very interesting. The music was awesome too, I'm interested in what the opening will be, unless that was the opening. If it was, it was sort of strange. I'm looking forward to watching more of this show :D |
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| very interesting. Didn't know SHAFT was behind this until I watched it. Pretty good can't wait till the next episode. |
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| I was waiting for this I love Nisioisin The quality was great, loved the opening and animation. I laughed at all her writing utensils. I really like this so far. Can't wait for the next one. Also liked the characters and music. |
| Again, SHAFT done it again with it fantastic animation. The Zetsubou-sensei-like animation type surely interest me a lot. This is certainly one of the best this season |
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| Three minutes in and I am amazed by the animation quality so far. It looks better than some recent anime movies. That's saying a lot. |
| My god this was awesome, I hope it stays awesome the whole season. SHAFT-fanboyisms aside, the story looks pretty promising, and I can't wait to see office supplies conflicts. |
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| interesting opening... hmm... looking forward to seeing more stuff :) |
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| I was impressed. Very attractive design, pretty intriguing story & characters. I definitely want to see more. |
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| I found it interesting. I loved the opening and i though it was very good. I can't wait to see more of this anime. I have a feeling it is going to be a great anime. |
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| It was freaking awesome! This series' animation is like a mix of ef- A Tale of Memories/Melodies and Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei, which produce pure awesomeness, thank you SHAFT. The first episode was intriguing but at the same time sort of vague, though the series looks to be promising nonetheless. |
| Very interesting. I particularly love the visuals and the BGM. The ED sounds great too :). My love is a stapler. <-- was what I thought. *starts to ship the main characters* |
Chicken + Dictionary + Dictionary = CMC. Eeyup.  |
| Good start for the series. |
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| Love the art. Hitagi is crazy. |
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| Man, the scene at the stairs. Pure epicness |
Kraker2k said: It was a summary of one of the series' prequel novels called Kizumonogatari, it deals with the blonde haired little girl who was once an adult vampiress. I believe it also details how the MC became a vampire and the events that surround it. In that case, I hope they make an anime of the prequel series after this one is finished. It looked pretty awesome. |
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| That was interesting, had no idea what was going on but I liked it. |
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Monsta said: same x) but you know, it feels kinda good not to know anything at all sometimes, huh?xDThat was interesting, had no idea what was going on but I liked it. |
| Protip: I don't really check the forums anymore, so if you want something, take it on my profile. Is it time for my long-awaited return to the forums? щ(ﾟДﾟщ) Nope™, probably not. |
| Meh. It's Shaft, so of course I'm in love with the direction. I found the art design to be a little empty, thought I liked the coloring and the character design. But like a few other people, I wavered between bored and intrigued. I have no clue what to expect, so I'll just leave it there and enjoy the ride. |
| Oh Shinbou, you sexy beast, you. Stapler girl is awesome - I have a fetish for extremely unconventional weapons. Apathetic ex-vampire is fine, too. It's certainly off to a good start, but this series needs to stay unpredictable. I'm going to be bored if episode 2 is more of the same from episode 1. Although I suppose it will be watchable for the eye candy, if nothing else. |
| This could easily be the best of this season. Love the art and animation, really interesting plot, ideas and direction. As well as characters. I'm completely hooked. Can't wait for more. |
| Wow, this looks promising. Loved it. |
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| weird, is what i thought of this episode, I'm in a neutral opinion and the coming episodes will decide whether i drop or continue to watch the anime. |
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velcom said: This could easily be the best of this season. Seconded. Easily better than anything I have seen this season. Art is amazing, animation is top notch, it actually kept me INTERESTED and made me want to watch more. Little kid in the corner seems interesting and will hopefully play a bigger part than what she did. Also, best first 10 seconds to an anime, EVER. |
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| The story seems interesting and the charcters look weird but promising.Hitagi reminded me of a Zetsubou Sensei character with her unemotional voice.The artwork is gorgeous and I hope this show will be good. |
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| What genre is the anime ? |
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| Wow what was that, that will probably be my favorite show of summer Very beautiful artwork and a cool athmosphere I hardly get what happened, but who cares XD |
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Ryuji-Kun said: What genre is the anime ? SHAFT. They deserves to be a genre. Translate it as: A little bit of everything but always win. |
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| I had a feeling that this was going to be one of the series that I was going to pick up this summer. I wasn't too sure about why Tatsuya Oishi is the series director. From experience, It looks to me that Akiyuki Shinbo is the chief director. Anyways, Looks and sounds great. Probably because Toshiharu Iijima of (Natsu no Sora) is the art director and I thought that Satoru Kousaki did a great job with the music in Kannagi. So the talent is here, and the first episode reflected that. I haven't seen all to the SzS series yet, so that's probably why Hiroshi Kamiya's voice isn't bugging too much yet. Looking forward to see what they will come up with next. |
| she's weight is 5kg but most of that are pens and other crap she has. Scary woman...and again innocent man got punished for no good reason. Hehe interesting anime from Shaft, as always xD. Does the main character have zetsubou-sensei voice? |
OxuJul 9, 2009 9:43 AM
| Awesome *___* |
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| Can't expect any less from SHAFT. |
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| Interesting first ep, but I'm not totally sure whether I like it or not. I'll stick around for a few more eps, it certainly looks nice. |
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| hmm good first episode and she was more yandere than tsundere *steals Shinobu* |
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| +2 for it being SHAFT's work. +1 for having an awesome first 10 seconds. +2 for stunning artwork and music. +1 for creepy, yet intriuging OP. +1 for epic stairs scene. +1 for staples in mouth. (LOL) +1 for stuffing twenty pounds of school supplies in shirt. (extra LOL) +1 for awesome ED. = 10/10! I love the first episode. This looks quite promising. |
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| was quite an interesting watch, different by all means. I think I'm going to like this |
| Oh great art,little mystery it seems worth to watch. |
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| "Hanegawa, do you like bananas?" --> ROTFL XD Man this series is the spotlight of the season along with ZZS and Umineko....(two by SHAFT....) |
bla bla bla The endless debate between fans and haters. At one point, after spending a lot of time on MAL, you just realize it's totally pointless.Niko-kun said: On MAL, everyone who has used the lame rating system becomes a critic and an intellectual by default, haven't you heard? |
| looks very interesting. I do hope they give some good background info later on for those (like me) who know nothing about the story. I will continue to watch. |
| Ok so first there are these crabs that take your weight.. There are vampires that were changed back to humans.. The designers probley just decovered how to make colors "glow" seeing how its everwhere.. I can't decide about this series.. it has so many bad points and yet intregging.. have to wait a fwe more eps.... |
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| Holy shit I'm glad I started watching this, very promising indeed |
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