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Oct 9, 2010 12:23 PM
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THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE.
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huh? It has another animation than the anime~ o,o
JUmping kuma mask~ :O
Kanade-chanOct 9, 2010 12:49 PM
Oct 10, 2010 5:59 AM
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Yes it does... wow, the art is so different!



I'm still waiting for OVA to come out. It should be released now.

Edit: I found the only streaming link that I found with it, but not very good (problematic, because when it doesn't get loaded successfully, it will change to another clip!), I will just post it here just in case people want to see it.
http://6.cn/watch/13947059.html

I like ED.
tsubasaloverOct 18, 2010 2:38 AM
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Oct 10, 2010 4:19 PM
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Key animation done by Ryo-timo which did Gurren Lagann, FMA: Brotherhood, Evangelion 1.0. Sweet! I can see bits of it in the trailer. Looks freakn bomb.


Oct 10, 2010 7:46 PM
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Opening is cool!
Waaa...I want the OVA
Oct 13, 2010 2:57 AM
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I could watch Yae waltzing through the city all day. OAD was superbly done once I get past the discofort of adjusting to the new chara designs. Not that they were all bad, just different. There were some really nice shots where the designs stood out well though. Production was really high level. Lots of dynamic movement and angles, with a much livelier camera following the characters. Music is good as well, took a few listens to like the OP but the ED was instant love. The use of photos of what I presume is the real life Sakurashin was a neat choice to go with Rin running. Can't wait for some real action to kick in, which will have to wait till next year ;_;.
Oct 13, 2010 12:55 PM
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Kantarou said:
I could watch Yae waltzing through the city all day. OAD was superbly done once I get past the discofort of adjusting to the new chara designs. Not that they were all bad, just different. There were some really nice shots where the designs stood out well though. Production was really high level. Lots of dynamic movement and angles, with a much livelier camera following the characters. Music is good as well, took a few listens to like the OP but the ED was instant love. The use of photos of what I presume is the real life Sakurashin was a neat choice to go with Rin running. Can't wait for some real action to kick in, which will have to wait till next year ;_;.


awesome! except for the waiting till next year part.

anyways.. anyone know who is subbing this? gg just dropped it.


Oct 14, 2010 2:18 AM
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Katalystx said:
anyways.. anyone know who is subbing this? gg just dropped it.

I look on fansubwiki and it doesn't seem anyone are planning to sub it, i watch the raw for the meantime o/

Anyway, pretty good 1st episode. the animation was better this time, OP and ED got stuck in my head for a few moment now *w*
Oct 15, 2010 6:19 PM
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Were can I find the RAW?
The only one I could find that the audio and the timing really troubled, so it was kind of unwatchable ):
Oct 16, 2010 5:16 AM
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LovercraftIzuo said:
Were can I find the RAW?
The only one I could find that the audio and the timing really troubled, so it was kind of unwatchable ):

I download it via torrent, so i didn't know where to watch it stream :v
Oct 16, 2010 4:36 PM

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Awww TwT...
thank you so much anyway!
Oct 19, 2010 11:41 AM

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It was good but I have no idea whats going on. I never watch the original series so I don't know whats the story whatever. I seriously need to watch the sub version. The art reminds me of Birdy Decode, but I prefer the one like Durarara's.

The OP song is really addicting. I can't get that song out of my head!



Oct 19, 2010 11:47 AM

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Why no one still subed it?
Oct 19, 2010 10:31 PM

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I was really looking forward to this! I really hope someone picks it up soon. I'd hate to spoil it for myself since I'm not yet fluent with Japanese.
Oct 22, 2010 12:29 PM

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tsubasalover said:
Yes it does... wow, the art is so different!


yeap, really different, it'll be hard to adapt to an extreme diferent animation, but hope they retell how it goes like the manga...XD

Oct 22, 2010 3:39 PM

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Never watched the original, but i guess i should not plan on it. I liked what i saw. I really liked it =P

As a first time viewer i didn't have that much difficulty following it. While there is plenty i don't get, it will be interesting to learn as i watch. Seems like some kick ass battles to come.
Oct 22, 2010 4:07 PM

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Finally! SubDesu! Thank YOU!


Oct 22, 2010 4:19 PM

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The show was mediocre at least but looking at this Ova gave me alot of respect for this anime. Honestly i had alot of fun watching this, nothing like first season.
Oct 22, 2010 5:21 PM
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This is really good. MUCH better than the first anime adaptation.
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Oct 22, 2010 6:09 PM

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This is really good. MUCH better than the first anime adaptation.
Oct 22, 2010 6:42 PM

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So they're doing Rin's arc for this OVA? That's fine, I remember liking that one in the manga.

Not too keen on the animation direction here, as I was quite fond of Suzuhito Yasuda's art, and this adaptation seems a bit off from that. Hopefully this won't sour me too much, as I still did quite like this episode.
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Oct 22, 2010 6:45 PM
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Wow, this is so different from what i imagined when i read the synopsis...
Oct 22, 2010 6:47 PM

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It was really good. The OP was good but the ED was great. Too bad that we need to wait for next year.
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Oct 22, 2010 8:30 PM

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Geh, I hate the character design.
I don't know how it is in the manga, but w/e.

I only liked the nurse and nuns with revealing outfits.
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Oct 22, 2010 10:12 PM

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It was pretty good... The pace was nice, the comedy wasn't that bad, and the story this time seems much better. I kind of liked the animation too, except for the male lead's face...

Then comes Unison Square Garden with their second good OP this season, and an ED by the great Suemitsu and the Suemith (good ED, but nowhere near Suemitsu's usual genius). Couldn't ask for much more in that department.

I'll have to finish the first adaption one day, even if it is bad...

Just a question though, does this start from the start of the manga? It doesn't really seem like it did.
Oct 23, 2010 12:00 AM

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ok the animation sucks balls and doesnt fit the series (fuck you k-on >_>)
but that first episode gave away a much better feeling than the first adaption
also the ost is good too
Oct 23, 2010 1:15 AM

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Still trying to get use to the new character designs, which while decent, lack the distinctiveness and edginess we're used to seeing with this property. The episode was enjoyable, but the over the top action sequence featuring Yae and those masked perps was incredible and definitely the highlight for me.
Oct 23, 2010 3:34 AM

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love the manga but the anime is way behind still continues watching this show
Oct 23, 2010 3:42 AM

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It's definitely a lot better than the Nomad Studios adaptation in terms of production quality, and even has the same pro VA staff to boot. Faithful to the manga, very good action scenes, and voice acting that's music to my ears. Studio-original content like Yae's town waltz and Rin's ramen-catching really added interesting twists to the characters, and the camera angles and movement complimented the action sequences.

Although, there were some noticeable things that just didn't work as well. The character designs, for one, changed from Yasuda-sensei's distinctive sharp style to more rounded... moeblobs. While the voicing was superb, the dialog itself was lacking in depth. The animation was somewhat inconsistent, going from amazingly fluid action scenes to somewhat choppy in slower bits.

Overall, it's definitely, definitely better than the Nomad Studios adaptation. The character designs throw off fans of the original manga, though it better suits the different feel of the animation's artistic style.

Screen caps included~

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Oct 23, 2010 4:00 AM

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Just a question though, does this start from the start of the manga? It doesn't really seem like it did.
No, it starts after the first big arc in the manga, where certain scenes were kind of worked into the anime adaptation, but the plot certainly wasn't.
Oct 23, 2010 4:04 AM

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mehhh i prefer the previous animation of Akina well this aint too bad

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Oct 23, 2010 5:05 AM
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its good.. kinda strange that most of episodes gets better at the end.. >< cant wait 166days for next episode xD
Oct 23, 2010 5:15 AM

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Well, "Hoshi no Umi" in the title makes things quite obvious.

Good it's more faithful to the manga but art is horrible. Whatever you say about first season, Nomad managed to reproduce the series style. Here we have weird, kyoani-like character design, mediocre animation and ugly colors. Nice to watch but still quite a let down.
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Oct 23, 2010 10:01 AM

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Anyone know what chapters this ep covered? I've only seen the OP so far, but if I like what I see I intend to buy the volumes. so yeah.
Oct 23, 2010 10:53 AM

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This OVA was superb. It shows how good the Anime series could have been if done correctly.
The art is too round at times and some scenes reminded me of something made by SHAFT. I would have prefered the old character design as well but the new animation is fantastic whatsoever.

Definitely worth the wait.
Oct 23, 2010 11:51 AM

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Ho, I had completely forgotten about this.
Well that was a happy surprise for an otherwise dull day~

But wow, the animation really is different O.o : D
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This episode itself was really cool for an episode for the start the opening and the ending were also really great the only thing that wasn't like i hoped it to be was the art, good thing for me that i don't mind the art any anime, ova or manga has ^-^"""
the only thing for me that was iritating, was akira X'''D i could remember all the characters even after that long time i had watched the anime the last time i was like "who the hell is that?! and where is that guy that has to send them back to that other world ... or was it a jail? X'''D" well that was it X''''D

but now i can't wait till the next episodes comes out ^-^ [wait!! when does that episode comes out ?! OO is it next year ?! X___X okay then i have to wait for another thing until next year~ that makes now three >P First KHR! second season second that i can finally get KHR vol 18 and third yozakura quartet ova second episode >P]
Oct 23, 2010 1:24 PM

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I dislike the art. It asen't got the adult look like Yozakura Quartet did and it isn't on the same level of detail. I wonder how the Story will be.


Oct 23, 2010 1:30 PM

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Anyone know what chapters this ep covered? I've only seen the OP so far, but if I like what I see I intend to buy the volumes. so yeah.


Episode 1 covers chapters 25-26, basically. It ends slightly before what chapter 26 covers, but it's mostly all there.

I can see myself enjoying this a good bit, as this was probably one of my favorite arcs in the manga, but it'll take a while to get over the art. As long as it stays close to the manga, that's already a large step over the original series in story, anyways.
Oct 23, 2010 1:52 PM

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I hate the new chara design and animation, the old was very good, why they chose to do a new ?

Otherwise, the rest is good but not at level of the first serie.
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I remember being hyped for the original series then it aired and was utterly a let down.

This seems like it could be better though judging from this first episode. Surprised everyone hates the art so much, I mean sure I preferred the character designs in the first (were they accurate to the manga I wouldn't know?) but they were the only thing I remember liking besides the concept in the first series. I think the animation style in this ova is quite cool and like someone else said the character designs work with the animation style, probably why they were changed.
Oct 24, 2010 7:09 AM

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New animation? actually it fits, like it, the same animation as flcl and Guren-lagan..

overall it was an OK episode, a bit fight and the start of an new Ova, seeing forward next episode.



Oct 24, 2010 10:19 AM

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The battles in this are awesome. D:
I was thinking it was kinda dull the whole episode, since I had no idea wtf was going on, but then it started picking up a lot in the end.

Oct 24, 2010 10:43 AM

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The battles in this are awesome. D:
I was thinking it was kinda dull the whole episode, since I had no idea wtf was going on, but then it started picking up a lot in the end.


same... that "nun" is awesome!! loved th action and yh th epi was kinda random...
i prefer this kinda of art btw xD
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Oct 24, 2010 5:10 PM

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Yesss!!! I got to see my adorable Kyosuke Kishi again!!! <3333
Returning to the OVA, the action was super awesome, and the scenes where Yae was, were simply amazing. I'm not the biggest fan of the new character design (except for Rin, Yae and Yuuhi) but it's not like it bothers me. I'm so happy to see how actually this goes more like the manga (which I totally love), something the series lacked (and made me put a face of :/)
Ahaha, I really like this OVA! I'm already wanting the next one (I want more Kyosuke too xD...just kidding)
Plus, awesome OP and ED. I rest my case.
Oct 25, 2010 10:26 AM
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When is the next episode coming out?
Oct 26, 2010 7:51 AM

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When is the next episode coming out?
April 8, 2011...
Oct 26, 2010 12:25 PM

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Really, the art is just a shame...


Oct 26, 2010 7:35 PM

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basing on the first ep, looks pretty interesting



~Nyaaa~


Oct 26, 2010 9:44 PM
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The new character designs are not alright with me :l (Akina's large forehead killd me ;-;)
Only Rin's design I can live with.
The old ones are better in my opinion but story wise I consider it better. I don't know how high my hopes are right now v.v
I don't think it can beat the manga :P
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llamaben said:
Jenipa said:
When is the next episode coming out?
April 8, 2011...

.... YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME.
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