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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Oh, my, god! I LOVE THIS ANIME and I've only even seen the first episode! I love the cinematography! And... oh, I hope nobody kills me for this, but... Funimation did a good job on the dubbing! |
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| I liked this anime too. I watched the first 12 episodes on DVD and it does have the best dubbing job of any anime I've ever seen. |
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| i love this anime too! in this anime, there is very little to complain about the dubbing. |
| Furuba's episode 1 is great! And after the first episode you'd definitely look and watch for the next episode until you finally reach the last episode. Furuba's the best anime ever! Loved it! ^-^ |
| Good start I think I'm going to enjoy this anime. |
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| What a fun episode - sad, heartwarming, and hilarious. My favorite part was when those 3 random girls did some really crazy love dance thing completely out of nowhere. I'll definitely be watching some more of this series... |
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| I disliked the op song, it was too slow/boring for my taste, but overall it was nice ep. Accidental hugging at the end was hilarious xD |
| I've heard lots of good things about this anime, so I'm finally going to watch it. x] I really liked the way it started, for one. It wasn't too slow and there wasn't a dull moment; you're just launched right into the storyline, and that's how I like it. Hope this is going to be good. It seems promising, so of course I'll keep watching! |
| Rofl, i like the style of this anime, and the comedy had me laughing several times. Hope it can continue to deliver as good as the first episode! Didn't really like the OP or ED, was just too "gentle" for my tastes lol. |
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| 5, it was really great and funny and sad too T___T i am in love with this anime and first ep >.< |
i love it ....is so funny and great...XD |
| this show is effign wierd |
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| This is so cute! I love that she fell one everyone and turned them into animals lol. |
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| 5/5 great start love the manga now I'm going to love the anime~ |
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| 5/5 great start love the manga now I'm going to love the anime~ |
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| Am I the only one who thinks Yuki's dubbed voice is really creepy? |
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| I really love this anime ... the only bad thing is that school's tomorrow, so I can't watch more episodes ): |
| I love this anime. Its my favorite of all time :) I wish they would have continued the series to follow the manga makes me sad that they stopped it. |
| I think this was one of the best first episodes ive seen in awhile! 6/5 |
EL. PHY. CONGROO. |
himtay2 said: Am I the only one who thinks Yuki's dubbed voice is really creepy? NO you don't. I started to watch it now and in every episode I tried to see Yuki as a boy but couldn't 'cos his voice is a girl even the first time that I saw him I thought he was definately a girl. Like there are not enough japanese guys for represent his voice :P |
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| Quite epic start of this Anime with some twist in the story as well, the main concept seems quite nice, some humour here and there and quite nice personality's for the seen characters and even an unique character development of a group of people being actually animals that are in human form but will switch back when they get hugged! Quite interesting episode, definitely very lovely lets see what the whole Anime will bring us! |
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| Finally decided to watch this. Well, I have to say I had a really good laugh. |
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| Just finished. manga and started watching the anime. Everything seems so nice and cute, love the OST. ^ ^ The characters voices aren't the way i imagined it...Still can't get over Yuki having a girly voice.... |
| I watched this anime over 7 years ago but never finished it, I was afraid it might disappoint me if I watched it again but I thought it was hilarious. |
| I kinda like the yellow arrows. Tohru could really grow to be my all-time favorite character and the 1st episode's superb! |
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| I finally got around to re-watching this. It's been a year since I first saw this anime and man, I've forgotten so much. I love Fruits Basket!!! |
| "The will to live is stronger than anything else" |
| I am not a fan of Shoujo by any means, and had low hopes for this.. Boy that was a powerful first episode though. My heart was heavy watching it, Tohru has had such a sad life losing both her parents and living in a tent... The sad and soothing vibe and atmosphere, accentuated by the music, really made it hit home. I initially liked Shigure, but then was stunned by how he was laughing non-stop at Tohru's plight> After watching the next episode my view on him has improved, but that still was questionable on his part. Tohru is a surprisingly strong person being able to persevere through her circumstances, reminds me slightly of a female version of Harima from School Rumble. She is cute and very sweet. Her VA is actually Eri from School Rumble (also Hanekawa from Monogatari among other famous roles) which i didn't catch from her voice since its pretty different here. Yuki is really nice, i definitely like the character. Sure he is extremely feminine looking, and with a girl's voice to boot. I'm normally not overly fond of this, but its to be expected that shoujo bishonens would occasionally get this treatment. Kyo its hard to get an opinion of even after watching the first 2 opinions. He seems the most manly of the bunch, and the most wild. Either way a good bunch of MC, and some interesting Support. Add a solid plot, and a lighthearted but somber feel to the anime, and it has potential. I'm hoping this will be the best Shoujo I've seen (not saying much) and if I'm liking it will be a poor man's school rumble or a shoujo version of school rumble. |
SlickDragon said: I am not a fan of Shoujo by any means, and had low hopes for this.. Boy that was a powerful first episode though. My heart was heavy watching it, Tohru has had such a sad life losing both her parents and living in a tent... The sad and soothing vibe and atmosphere, accentuated by the music, really made it hit home. I initially liked Shigure, but then was stunned by how he was laughing non-stop at Tohru's plight> After watching the next episode my view on him has improved, but that still was questionable on his part. Tohru is a surprisingly strong person being able to persevere through her circumstances, reminds me slightly of a female version of Harima from School Rumble. She is cute and very sweet. Her VA is actually Eri from School Rumble (also Hanekawa from Monogatari among other famous roles) which i didn't catch from her voice since its pretty different here. Yuki is really nice, i definitely like the character. Sure he is extremely feminine looking, and with a girl's voice to boot. I'm normally not overly fond of this, but its to be expected that shoujo bishonens would occasionally get this treatment. Kyo its hard to get an opinion of even after watching the first 2 opinions. He seems the most manly of the bunch, and the most wild. Either way a good bunch of MC, and some interesting Support. Add a solid plot, and a lighthearted but somber feel to the anime, and it has potential. I'm hoping this will be the best Shoujo I've seen (not saying much) and if I'm liking it will be a poor man's school rumble or a shoujo version of school rumble. In the dubs Tohru also has same dubbed voice actor as maka from soul eater. |
| Ha. Ha. HA. HA. HA. HA. HA. HA. I'm laughing because you got hurt. |
TobiOrNotTobi said: In the dubs Tohru also has same dubbed voice actor as maka from soul eater. I only briefly checked out the dub for this here and there, I am pretty anti-dubs generally. That being said I am familiar with Laura Bailey (as Tohru), not from Soul Eater which i hope to never watch, but from her much more famous role as young Trunks from DBZ. I have also heard her as Keiko from Yu Yu Hakusho (have watched both multiple times in proper japanese, but due to my female i have seen these in english dub as well). |
| Is he a girl or a guy ,lol dat part when they turned to animals. |
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| That ending, holy smokes this is hilarious. Everything about this first episode was solid, a very good first impression. I really like the OP/ED, very soothing and cute. Tooru seems really precious so far, and is that an early Yui Horie I hear? Cha-ching, double score. Seems I've been on a shoujo streak lately and shows like this remind me why. |
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| A dog, a cat and a rat? That sure seem like good match. I don't know if there is a member of the family for each animals, but if so, whose idea was it to reunite them all in the same house... It was a good start. The three boys seem interesting. Yuki seem very manipulative and Shigure sly. Don't know about the other guy since he barely appeared. Tooru, well... She's just normal I guess. She remind me of Tenma in some way from School Rumble. |
| «Time is passing so quickly. Right now, I feel like complaining to Einstein. Whether time is slow or fast depends on perception. Relativity theory is so romantic. And so sad.» - Kurisu Makise a.k.a. The Zombie |
| Needed a change of pace after finishing Berserk, and this was a really quick first episode, changing tone at the drop of a dime. |
| I can already tell you: if she ends up with the mouse guy I am going to be SOOOOOO ticked off. I hate those mysterious types. I'M ROOTING FOR YOU, CAT-BOY! GET THE GIRL! |
| "It's a tragic misunderstanding that could have been easily avoided if he just finished his sentence in time!" — Richard Watterson (The Amazing World of Gumball) |
| Pretty solid first episode. Kind of Ranma-esque since they're cursed to turn into animals. |
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| Horie Yui playing the heroine ! How nostalgic... I didn't become a fan of her when I discovered her in Love Hina and this in 2004 and never understood how she grew so much in popularity up to the 2010s but hearing her again here, she's more than okay actually. Ok.. now I'm sure of the major difference between both TV series. People said the two episodes were identical, but it's only true events-wise. The presentation is highly different. While you can imagine people with a vision behind this 1st episode, thinking about how they could express the comic on a TV screen for the best, it's not the case with the 2019 version that feels more like a cold order. Besides, the comedy element is better integrated here, just like I thought while I was watching the new adaptation. It feels like an actual part of the "atmosphere". 4/5 Although I can't express it well, it was quite enlightening to rewatch it AFTER the 2019 ep. (watching it right before would have only be detrimental`) @CodeBlazeFate @FMmatron I hope you'll like this work at least as much as the current show |
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| Watching this prior to the remake and so far I don't understand where the hype is coming from. The plot is just ordinary, it wasn't bad but not good either. Somehow it felt way too goofy at times.. no I don't mind the comedy but the slapstick is not my cup of tea (even though I appreciate it wasn't as angsty as it could have been). At least there were some dark understones hidden beneath the facade but I can't see more than classic reverse harem so far. Also, why Yuki is voiced by the female is beyond me (even for a mouse). At least other seiyuu are good be it Horie Yui or Tomokazu Seki. Not sure what to think about the characters and their rivality though, I sense some obvious tropes incoming. |
| Tohru has such a positive demeanor despite having gone through such hardships makes me really like her already, there's an underlying depth to her, there's glimpses of her possibly just putting on a happy front so it'd be interesting to see if they go there. The comedy is charming, the art is very soulful,liked the cinematography, like the slightly sad feeling slow OP. Hmm really liking this based on this first episode alone, sad to know ahead of time this adaptation is incomplete but do plan to watch the 2019 afterwords at some point I only hope it can keep the charm this first episode showed. |
| Really enjoyed that first episode: funny, cute and moving. I am curious about the new adaptation. |
| very interesting first episode, love the cutness and directing, though the OST was little weird. most of the characters is likeable already, except that last one to appear since he just...appeared. |
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