Kanon is indisputably the most hyped series of Fall. And given the treacherous nature of hype with its tendency to eventually bite the hand that feeds it, it’s interesting to read the array of responses to KyoAni’s Kanon debut. I really do wonder. How many nay-sayers would return years later lamenting how hype had supposedly [...]
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Disclaimer: I didn’t like Air. With that being said, on to Kanon. Its a pretty nice show, but frankly, it isn’t really THAT great. Kinda like the haruhi fad that was blazing about, I don’t think I’ll know its greatness until I truly play the game or something. With that being said, I want to point out [...]
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OP - Last Regrets (Ayana) - why does the OP cut out just as the song sounds like it’s going to kick into gear? Anyway, it’s very smooth and all that, but not especially interesting. ED - Kaze no Tadoritsuku Bashou (Ayana) - See Ayu. See Ayu Run. See Me Get Quite Bored [...]
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WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD Finally, the beginning of the great tearjerking story by Key and remade by the legendary Kyoto Animation. This series is planning to have 24 episodes, double the amount of the original series four years ago. So that means…a whole half-a-year of Ayu, Makoto and Nayuki! And don’t forget Misuz- I mean Sayuri! [...]
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I’m going to go ahead and lay the claim that I am the blogger most overly-enthused about this season’s Kanon series. Look, this is already my third post about it in as many days. Well, it’s going to be tough to hold onto that title amongst the hordes of other bloggers out there… who all [...]
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…I just don’t get it. The uncharacteristically short girls with gigantic chins, the mouths way too close to their noses, and that freak tendency to stand in random locations such to allow as much wind to blow through their intricately animated hair as possible. Oh, and the proverbial “call of moe” that never fails to dupe unsuspecting audiences. Uguuuuu~
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Yes, the world is blogging this show. Yes, I’m also writing about it. No, I won’t blog every episode, there’s plenty of people that will be doing that anyway. I don’t know where to begin. There are so many posts regarding this one little show, in a season filled with everything else you [...]
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Yesh, I grabbed them as soon as the subs were released. But nope, I will not go into the details of the episode or how bad the quality of the subs are. Until now, there are two groups releasing this anime series. First of all, Static-Subs collaborating with Eclipse and secondly, afk. I got Static's version because they were out earlier. Although so, when I have downloaded around 50% of Static's release, I found out that afk had also released theirs. I felt that afk's should be better (I have downloaded three anime series from the group namely Full Moon wo Sagashite, Karin and The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya), but again, I have also thought about Static and Eclipse's Shakugan no Shana, as they also did a good job in subbing Shakugan no Shana. But now I do feel like regretting on getting Static+Eclipse's. I don't like the text font they're using. All I can hope is that afk won't repeat the same mistake they did when subbing Karin.Yuuichi looks a lot like Kyon in this angle!Now back on topic about the episode. Yuuchi is the main male character played by Tomokazu Sugita, better known for his role as Kyon from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. He had just returned from somewhere, and he has been waiting for 2 hours under the snow in the train station for his female cousin, Nayuki. Nayuki looks alot like Asakura Ryoko...scary!This female cousin of his has a long blue hair with a 'cat's ear' hair style and a pretty voice. Disturbingly, this reminds me of Asakura Ryoko from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. Although so, she's the total opposite of Asakura Ryoko by being the captain of her school's track team. She claimed that she can run 100m in 7 seconds and break the world record. lol. If she is able to do so, then from today onwards, Kyon is the Secretary General of the United Nations.</sarcasm>Whoo... hot water!And yeah... it was so cold in winter in Japan that they had to use hot water to melt the snow on the lock of the gate so that they open it and leave the house."You'd better appologize for the taiyaki, as I'll be paying..."Then comes this little girl, Ayu, which resembles Misuzu from Air a lot. Instead of "Gao~", she repeats "Uguu~" over and over again. And... she has fetish on some fish shaped mooncakes, what was it called again, taiyaki, yeah, taiyaki, and she even bought a pack without paying. She's a total cry baby. Is she bullied? Is this a sibling fight?I was wondering, was this teknik plot imbas kembali (remembering the past plot technique) really popular among anime creators? Somehow, I have encountered with quite a number of anime series recalling their memories, like for example, Tonagura and Full Moon wo Sagashite. But that's what happened. Yuuchi recalled his memories he had with Ayu whe he was small. I'm expecting more.
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I wasn’t going to watch Kanon. I might still not watch Kanon. There’s a short list of reasons why it is Not My Thing. But for whatever reason I decided to go ahead and check out the first episode. I’m not sure I paid all that much attention to the dialogue. The [...]
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Impressions: That was amazing! Everything from Yuuichi on the train to the end of the preview was perfect. Quite a few people say that the episode was very slow and dragged on too much. If I were to think about it, I would agree with that, but my incredibly biased reasoning tells me that if [...]
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Uguu~ count: 14 As the anime that was supposedly responsible for the low Haruhi episode count I had high expectations, said expectations were met, surpassed and melted into a puddle in front of Ayu. I thought this opening episode was absolutely amazing, being a Kanon fanboy, that opinion may be a touch bias but I [...]
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Not the bad kind. I’m going to look at this show in comparison to AIR now. AIR blew Toei’s Kanon out of the water with its ridiculously awesome animation and powerful emotions, something that to me, Kanon only did so-so at conveying. If someone were to ask me which I preferred, AIR or Kanon, prior to [...]
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I wonder which person required SO MANY alarm clocks to wake up from their sleep. Hmm, it is pretty scary how much of a sleepyhead Nayuki can be. And yes, the next project of the godly Kyoto animation has finally reached my shores. I am so excited over Kanon for the longest time now and when [...]
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‘The Carrier has arrived.’ This is a quote excised from a powerful air unit in Starcraft (an aged game), and just to hear this quote would often mean the team’s rebirth or a win. Aside from the Battlecruiser, this unit along with its Interceptors just decimated everything in its path, and an army of this unit [...]
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OP:“Last Regrets” by Ayana A boy arrives at a snow covered town waiting for someone to arrive. A girl arrives and sees that snow has piled up on the boy and the boy explains that he has been waiting for two hours. It’s been seven years since the two have met together and the girl asks [...]
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Another batch. More harems. Woo. Exiting. I think I’ve done most of the harems so far. I´m eagerly awaiting the subs for the good shows now. But then again, the harems may be almost over, there´s still a bunch of shounen-action series… Happiness! Okay, I admit. This one isn’t as bad as the other horrible shows [...]
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NAYUKI, LA COUSINE INCESTUEUSE. Et, comme j’ai pr
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Opening Theme: 「Last regrets」 by 彩菜 (Ayana) Download: AVI format (creditless) (45.6MB) |　PSP format (creditless) (13.3MB) First thing first, the OP and ED are identical with the creditless version that appeared on the DVD version, except with text on top of it. Since I've already uploaded the creditless version for some friends a few months ago, I may as well use them here. I swear that they are not Karin ED! XD If you don't get the joke then I'm glad. As for this episode itself, it certainly looks pretty. It seems no expense was spared in making this particular title. I also like the way the story slowly reveals Yuuichi's situation. Speaking of Yuuichi, it kind of confuses me when I first heard him since he looks a bit like Kyon (of Suzumiya Haruhi) but sounds a bit like Mayama (of Honey and Clover). Anyway, today will be a busy day since there are a few shows that I like to blog so I will have to write the summary either shorter, or in bullet point until I have the time to rewrite it. I will, however, write my impression of the plot in the usual manner.
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Uguu~ With the sudden hiatus of Soda announced and the entire a fraction of the blogging community crying in a corner in a fetal position. I thought I’d liven up the mood a little with everyone’s favourite taiyaki thieving loli bishoujo. Kanon begins in three days! I’ve been looking forward to this for quite some time. [...]
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