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Faust721 said: I agree.This can turn out really interesting or really boring for me, but so far so good. Makoto is so awesome....why am I drawn to ones named Makoto......sigh. |
| This one of the few new ones this season I've really been wanting to see and it didn't disapoint at all. Love the odd angles, in/out blurring, and overall style of the animation. Can't want to see where the story goes. |
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| I probably would have enjoyed it more if i wasnt so sleep deprived while watching it (which was 5 minutes or so ago, my heads really paining... need sleep...) But it was overall what i expected after watching the trailers, i bet im gonna really like this one as the episodes go on, pretty neat first ep, go production i.g again~ looking forward to more. ^^ |
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| I loved the opening and ending. I also loved the three main boys. It was a bit scary, but then again, I loved Jigoku Shoujo. I gave it a 4 out of 5 because I actually expected something big to happen at the end, but it didn't. I'll continue to watch it and you never know, I might love it. |
| So far I'm seeing more potential in this than I have seen in most IG television offerings since Windy Tales, if only for how inherently visual the storytelling ends up being as even without dialogs the nuanced narrative keeps the main grasp of plot at the reach of those without understanding of Japanese... and that's something amazingly valuable in my book. Hell, I even got from my original RAW watching the fact that three guys are related to a tragedy in the past and that what I believe to be Tarou's sister died and left quite a strain in her family's relationship. As for the mood, the Lain-ish vibes are there but they're rather understated and the whole thing is amazingly lighthearted in its overall mood. Like a cynic magical-realist take on the slice-of-life genre. Surprisingly I didn't feel the show as pretentious at all and it even stroke me as one of the most simplistically honest premiers of the shows Konata has composed in his career. Despite not so much happening during the episode you could guess there is a lot of subtext running behind the cast even without any kind of dialog. I also really enjoyed the dream sequences, they were rather nice and even the nightmarish scenes managed to be atmospherically involving without becoming creators of dementia tension. |
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SamuraiTom said: i was thinking the same thing XD. not rly sure yet if this anime is good or not. cant wait for the next ep XDI didn't know what the heck was going on. The girl at the end reminds me of Enma Ai... >.> |
| I liked it. I wasn't expecting too much story/character development in this episode so I wasn't disapointed. I thought the CG was very well done and blended into the anime to a point where it was bearly noticeable. This could be a great series if they get the transition from light to dark right, I think there is a good chance of that as Shirow is the creator. |
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| I thought this episode was merely okay, but I see a lot of potential in the show, and I'm definately interested in seeing what will develop. I liked that the show is already aiming for a creepy atmosphere (via music and visuals mostly) but I don't think it's quite there yet. |
| I liked it. The show really shows promise, lets just hope it can live up to what it promise, lets just hope it doesnt get cheezy |
| Its pretty dark and makes you think and wonder looking forward to next ep to see what happens =D |
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Siing said: I probably would have enjoyed it more if i wasn't so sleep deprived while watching it Yep, same thing for me. But still, a decent start. I knew it was going to start slow, and I have a feeling it will take a couple episodes before this show begins to get really good. Animation and Music was great. |
AnimusNathan said: I didn't really want to respond but apparently some people think disliking someone elses opinion is fair grounds to attack them. Mature, seriously. Seriously, if you're so mature, then why do you fuss about it? -__- Plus, you've just seen an episode and you generalize right away. Mature, seriously. EP01: This is one of the anime I've been looking forward to. For the first episode, I admit I got... bored. There were too many "silent scenes" making the pacing of the story rather slow, but the things they flash back about the past of the main character and such makes one interested to know about it. Looking forward to see how things will unfold. |
| I wouldn't call the pace slow, I'd say that it takes its time to build up the tension, and it does it very well. Have really high expectations on this show. Ought to be a masterpiece! |
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Agronopolos said: I wouldn't call the pace slow, I'd say that it takes its time to build up the tension, and it does it very well. Have really high expectations on this show. Ought to be a masterpiece! I know that style. I've watched a ton of titles already. My point is, they made use of that "technique" too much. |
| I watched this show with no exposure to this series other than Masamune Shirow's interview on Production IG's website and little idea what to expect. I don't like Lain and I'm not a Ghost in the Shell fangirl but I enjoyed this first episode immensely. I didn't find it either confusing or boring. I think this first episode did a very good job explaining most of the mysteries introduced and it does it in a visual way. For example, I can deduce that Tarou's dreams are supposed to be real, the girl can see people/things that are not there but nonetheless real, and Oogami's backstory though none of it was spelled out by the script. The evidence is all there for you to connect the dots on your own. Obviously the "why" is not clear since this is the first episode but the "what" is. |
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Siing said: I probably would have enjoyed it more if i wasnt so sleep deprived while watching it (which was 5 minutes or so ago, my heads really paining... need sleep...) Ahh same issue with me. I was sleepy and the ep was moving quite slowly. Some of the sounds was giving me a headache because of how sleepy I was >.>. But it looks like this series COULD show promise. So far though, I'm not impressed. |
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| The incredible use of sounds in the first episode has highly impressed me --- though that was kinda expected. I'll be watching the second episode sometime tonight. I should be as pleased. |
| Well, pretty much everything i thought about this episode has been said already, but here goes. First of all I absolutely loved the opening song, it reminds me of some other song in english that i cant place the name of but in any case it was good. I noticed right away the huge attention to detail on the background sound effects, i bet they spent like an entire week just recording people walking on floors. o.o; The dreaming outside of his body is rather interesting, as I've had a couple experiences like that myself in the past. The episode did seem to move pretty slowly which isnt entirely a bad thing, but not so great for a first episode i think... Also, it kind of annoyed me in the shinsen sub, they translated yakusoku as "date", seems like theyre trying to force makoto's character off as gay. Anyways, this definatly seems like an interesting series so far. We'll see what future episodes bring. edit: even if you liked the opening theme, dont bother with the album. jesus her other songs are annoying as hell! |
ShikenOct 30, 2007 12:05 AM
| It was a bit slow-paced but grabbed my interest. The art was great, and wow, the sound was really excellent(!) in conveying a creepy mood throughout the episode. Hmm...liked the opening theme too, while the closing theme felt like a lullaby. If this keeps up, I'm definitely checking out the soundtrack. Also, I really enjoyed the dream sequences / OBE scenes. They give off a really unique atmosphere and perspective by using odd angles and a first-person viewpoint. ^^ It's really done well. I'm glad I picked up this show now. I've always been fascinated by dreams, so I'm definitely looking forward to watching this. ^_^ Edit: Just wanted to mention this, the psychiatrist is really creepy. It's his eyes, they seem like lifeless marble ones. @_@ |
gothicpsycheNov 13, 2007 5:53 AM
| It's a bit creepy and mysterious. I still don't understand what's going on yet but I will in time. |
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| The OP theme is kinda catchy. XD pretty creepy. the animation was great. XD |
| For how slow moving this show is, it's actually quite interesting. Needs more mindfuck, less boring school and home life. |
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| Hum..in the beginning i was kinda confused a little bit ~~" not even creepy as mentioned by many here...(the only thing which give me the creeps was this psychologist...he and his hairdo IS creepy lol...) ... Mhh nothing more to say at thispoint, but could get very interesting |
| Lynchian levels of sound editing. Really liked this episode. Did feel like the longest twenty minute episode I've ever watched for some reason, but I enjoyed it. Great soundtrack. Character art doesnt suit the story at all though, wish it was different. |
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| I have mixed reactions for this show right now. This episode was very confusing, and I could not tell what was going on half the time. I love the idea of Lucid dreaming. And I would like to study dreams when I grow up. So, I will watch the second episode. This is either going to be something I love or hate. |
| Well that was rather strange... interesting though. |
| Woah, cool opening song. I found Masayuki Nakajima's oddly familiar yet I could quite place it. Fukuyama Jun. Of course. Very beautiful ending song. |
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| seems to be very slow paced, which isn't a problem to me so... Interesting atleast :) Could be good or could be horrible. |
| Hard to say how this will turn out, but I got a good feeling about it ^^ So far I quite like it, especially the Opening is great :) |
| I probably regret this post by now. |
| I'm not sure how I feel about this. I'm not that excited, I'm curious though... |
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| This was incredibly slow. And not in a good way. |
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| Its pretty interesting, and boring at the same time. But still will be watching it, just to be sure if I'll like it or not. |
| yeeee i love mindfucks :-) OP was alright but the ED sucked :-( |
Happy said: I didn't know what the heck was going on. The girl at the end reminds me of Enma Ai... >.> Just what I thought after the ep. |
| well this episode was really hard to digest...i don't know this first episode disappointed me...i hope i will not end to drop this,i was looking forward to watching this anime for some time :) 2/5 |
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| Greeeaaat first episode, this is my kind of stuff. Hope it keeps it up. |
| "Yes, I have been deprived of emotion. But not completely. Whoever did it, botched the job." - Geralt of Rivia |
| A really nice start.I want to know what happened to his sister.. |
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| Ok, so we got an astral Traveler with a childhood trauma that reminds me a little about Mysterious Skin + Mystic River, a seer, a creepy psychologist, two other main characters with infos yet to be told, and a remote area setting. I think I'll like this. I'm a sucker for creepiness anyway. |
| i really like the sound effects and the story telling. when i watched this episode i was wearing headphones and the fly was buzzing around. i thought it was a real fly buzzing around me and ended up trying to swat something that wasn't there. :-P |
| yeah quite slow, thought the beginning was creepy, also the kids astro projections were cool/wierd also, think this might need a few more episodes to get into, but overall its not too bad! Big thumbs down for the OP thought, hated it :/ |
| Really grabbed my attention, hopefully the rest of the series pans out like this |
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