[Episode 2: Facing the Past] [Enjoyment Value: 8/10] Kazuma reunites with Ren! [Thoughts] I enjoyed this episode a bit more than the first. Seeing Kazuma face his so-called father was a real treat but I really didn’t like how the old man just stood there using raw power and hardly moved. Well, even so he still got owned from [...]
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OP - blast of wind (Saori Kiuji) - wow, talk about a throwback to the 90s! What a cheesy song! Otherwise, the OP animation itself is rather uninspired; it’s not bad per se, lots of swirly CG magic and all, but there’s nothing particularly eye-catching here and the music is yet another identikit [...]
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Series Information ANN Encyclopedia | AniDB | AnimeNfo Genres: Fantasy OP: [blast of wind] by Kiuji Saori ED: [Hitorikiri no Sora] by Kiuji Saori Kaze no Stingma Official Site [Episode 1: Return of Wind] [Enjoyment Value: 8/10] Kazuma, now a wind user, returns to Japan after having been exiled from his family years ago for not being able to control fire. However, after [...]
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And we now turn to more of the latecomers of the season, but overall, they turned out rubbish. Especially Kaze no Stigma and Kaibutsu Oujo should be avoided. And why the heck did Kaze no Stigma get subbed so soon, while a much better series like Kaze no Shoujo gets no attention from them at [...]
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