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| Some parts were a little boring but it was interesting with a nice calming atmosphere. The girl was very likable, the boy wasn't unlikeable and the trio seemed very amusing. Certainly a show that offers something different than most anime, it could develop really nicely or become boring and uninteresting. I hope it will be the first than the later. Btw what was that brown thing? It looked like walking shit. |
| Oh cool, I found like the only good thing to watch this season. |
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| This show seemed like the most promising show this season, but I was sadly disappointed. I found the pacing just terrible. Oh well. |
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| The only thing revolutionary about this show is how incredibly generic it is. It's like every good element of a Ghibli film tossed together into one generic mess. Let's see how it turns out, but so far it's not looking very promising. |
| Ok™ |
| It was.... really slow. And typical Boy meets Mysterious Girl. I was looking forward to this but... i think I may just drop this right now. |
| I like Phryne better with blue hair but other than that this was a really peaceful enjoyable and interesting episode. I can't wait to see how the adventure to find Phryne plays out. |
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| It was ... interesting. I was a little bored though, and I liked the hair colors from the art better than the colors they used. >< |
| hmmmmmm i like it but it reminds me of a weird combination between naussica and nadia |
crystalangel23 said: It looks promising. I would like to know why Clain's parents are doppels. (or balloon creatures as I called them before I know what they were called) Same. confused.. are they dead? or are they far away. It seemed like in the scene at breakfast they were saying that they lived in different areas... Liked this first episode a lot! |
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| wow...can you say miyazaki. this show seems really interesting. but only 11 episodes? lets see how it turns out. |
| The male lead irritates me already. |
| Is this anime art from decades age!? |
| The OP was really acid trippy and the ED is calm/nice. I can already see the potential of this show being a great adventure in a cyber/Matrix world. Clain at first had a design that made me right into Nausicaa/Laputa Castle in the Sky mood. His initial expression at seeing Phryne was priceless. It got even better when Clain saw her full frontal nude. I think he should just consider himself a lucky SOB when Phryne was tired and went collapsing on him naked. Love Clain's real parents as well as when he was a baby. IN regards to Phryne, at first impression when seeing her on that glider it was right away like some people said, Xam'd all the way with maybe some more Nausicaa. Bad guys were nasty at shooting her with a 4 machine guns on their Blimp, which also reminded me of the one in WW3 on the Orc's side. Phryne's beauty did capture me right away. Her stomach is slender and finely shaped. Her beauty when she tricked the enemy was also nice:  As for the enemy, they have a interesting loli in it. That gemstone of Phryne has a rather strange shape and glow. Since right after playing around with it Clain got some girl that popped out! Now I can't wait for the next episode. Find it also interesting that the Fractale system is that much computers 3 000 000 000 000 linked together. I loved Nadia and I can see much elements of it in this series so I am in. |
| I love it, it's a calm, warm, light-hearted science fiction that I felt nostalgic when I finish watching Aria |
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| I like it. I never know what to say about things like this though. It was... Pretty? Nostalgic? Overall very calm. |
| Hm, the Doppels make me think they're a whole bunch of weird talking mascot/sidekick/helper "beings" from almost every anime/RPG game produced that have come to life due to the Fractale thingy. Woohoo! I like it! =D Gee, I notice the girls don't have purple hair anymore, so I'm a tad disappointed. In that case, I bet the rest of the characters yet to be introduced will probably end up with different hair colors than in the promo art...OR maybe just maybe Phryne and Nessa's hair will turn from brown to purple somehow later on in the show??? Well, my rating for the first episode is ABOVE AVERAGE, but the episode went by a little too quickly with a slightly awkward animation/storyline/pacing that hasn't drawn me in completely. I'm sure I'll like the new girl Nessa that popped up she could be really really interesting...or at least too adorable to hate. |
zewhoJan 14, 2011 11:58 PM
| hmm I guess it's different, reminds me a lil of the Matrix lol. Not really what I was expecting but I like it and can't wait for the next ep. The Dopples are interesting, makes me wonder where the real people are. |
| im sold, it has no action but the sci-fi elements are there the Fractal System is kinda the future of the Internet that we have now, im loving the concept |
| this felt like a movie. I like it. |
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| Actually i dont very interested in this anime,, But hey,, it suddenly become as interesting as GOSICK, my most awaited this fall Hopefully, it will go even better |
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| I didn't like it at all.. some weird ufos, radom girl, high tech .. blah blah .. >.> the art was plain and ugly. |
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| It gave me Miyazaki/Glibi vibes after the first few minutes. The character design is pretty nostalgic; it’s more conservative than I thought I’d be, yet I don’t like the fact the hair colors are changed… Also, I’m in love with the backdrop art. As for the episode, it was slightly boring and quite uneventful; the concept is interesting and may evolve to be a fantastic world, but the slow pace didn’t thrill me all too much. The three antagonists (?) reminded me of Team Rocket all the way. So, basically, I felt it was good enough for a first episode, and I’m going to keep watching it. |
I think, then procrastinate. Therefore, I am. |
| I really do not understand what the hell was going on in this anime. But I love the art and setting! <3 |
| Good first episode, I like the art and it has a certain vibe which makes it amusing incredibly calming~ I also didn't understand what's going on, but there're 10 more episodes for us to know, though it seems interesting enough for me to follow it. Liked both the opening and the ending and the insert song was nice as well. I didn't really expect anything above it provided us so I'm not disappointed instead quite satisfied~ |
sayamiJan 15, 2011 9:25 AM
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| I'm so confused. |
| Enjoyable first episode, hopefully the next gives us more info about what is actually going on. The trio made me laugh ^_^ |
| Not entirely sure what I feel. Following this. |
| Don't forget. Always, somewhere, someone is fighting for you. As long as you remember her, you are not alone. |
| The short synopsis here on MAL gave me a completely wrong impression of what this show was about, and you know what? It was WAY better than I thought it would be. Great sci-fi stuff going on where I was expecting fantasy or something. I live for sci-fi so this is totally up my alley. Cant wait for the next episode. :D |
| Blergh. |
| This was a good start. Art and music were fantastic. I'm not really sure what's up with those dopel things, but I guess that'll be explained later on. |
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| I'm guessing a good number of folks already picked up on the Ghibli nods to Nausicaa and Laputa from the start of this episode. I'm honestly not sure what to think of this series right now based on the first episode as I don't know where the plot is planning to go unlike other titles I'm watching for this season. The introduction of another gal towards the end of this episode has me hoping this title doesn't lower itself to a harem comedy. For now, I'll stick with it for three episodes at most until I can figure out if I want to commit to it or not for this season. |
| Looks promising. Reminded me of Eureka Seven which was the first anime that left a huge impression on me. |
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| Wow, this looks really promising. I haven't read the manga, so I don't know how faithful it is to the original, but either way I thought it was a really nice first episode. |
| Looking back, people wasn't expecting much due to the synopsis... people laughing, asking wtf is fractale system |
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| I thought it was going to be like 1984 and deal with bringing down the Fractale system, but with this kind of slow intro episode, ton of comedy, bad guys being a joke, irksome characters and duration of only 11 episodes, I am not sure what to expect anymore. - didn't expect and didn't like the humor; - the characters are meh, with notable exception of the chick at the end, which is most likely going to annoy the living daylights out of me; - overall slow, calm and kinda boring... I didn't expect them to do the obvious and put only fractals into the OP. Edit: Oh wait, the synopsis changed. So the Fractale system is collapsing on its own? Maybe it's going to be about people learning to interact with each other again, in a warm and fuzzy way... since 11 episodes doesn't sound like enough for dark mystery lurking under the surface. |
| If only they didn't have Kobayashi do Clain's voice... |
| What the hell is happening with Noitamina? How did this crap show get into the timeslot? I'm already loosing hope here. If this continues I'll have to give up watching anime entirely. |
| I love the slow pace of the story. Relaxing tone with some funny scenes. |
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Football said: I am floored. Animation was beautiful, characters were great, I love the different designs of all the dopplers. Agreed. Excited for more, I love this sort of fantasy type atmosphere. Looking forward to the next episodes, hope it keeps it up! |
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| very nice first episode. loved art style, a very good feeling. ambulance, sick and police.. that scene was funny. |
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| I'm still undecided about this episode. As a beginning episode standing on its own, it's a good start. Animation and sound are top notch and the story is intriguing. However, I feel like the story from here on could either get better or get worse - I can see both scenarios occurring. There were times when I felt they were simply trying too hard, with the result of the scene falling flat on its face. Oh well. We'll see where this goes. |
| Art style is quite nice IMO, the OP was good (the animation was epic haha), ED nice and relaxing The story is interesting I suppose - I don't like Phryne quite yet, but the little girl with the goons is awesome. Hopefully the new girl will be cool as well The whole future paradise thing has been done before but the robots looked quite cool. Interested to see what's in store for that |
| What the fuck did I just watch? |
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| lol I thought I heard Index's voice and I was right! Loving the animation~ it reminds me of Studio Ghibli. |
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