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Time for some more sneak peeks, this time, with more negativity! But there’s also a decent amount of positivity, too. Medaka Box Medaka Box bored me immensely. I appreciate they’re at least doing something a bit new with the school setting (the school itself looked amazing), and the inspiration from Haruhi is obvious, but I’m [...]
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And we’re back with another request from the Medaka Box. This week’s episode seemed to set out to show the human side of Medaka, something I wasn’t expecting quite so early in the show. But when I think back on it, it kinda makes sense to immediately make Medaka a bit more…accessible? The whole thing [...]
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After a rather charming introduction, Medaka Box's second episode has us diving headfirst into the lives of the female and male protagonist pair, Medaka and Zenkichi - as seen from a student council specific point of view.
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Zenkichi Hitoyoshi has, inevitably, found himself dragged onto childhood friend Medaka's student council staff, which leaves him in charge of looking after Medaka's box (stop sniggering at the back) - provided he can stop worrying about how to make his school uniform look fashionable, that is. This week's instalment sees Medaka Kurokami tasked with a couple of requests from her suggestion box -
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Another good episode for Medaka Box. Not really as good as the first one but it’s still fun to watch. The first one has a lot more of an emotion into it but this one on the other hand is more into the funny part of the show. I’m just more into those emotion part [...]
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There's one fundamental problem about focusing on a character that is perfect... Where is the conflict?    Gainax has an interesting track record when it comes to adaptations, and that hit-or-miss quality is here too. Unlike Dantalian though (the last adaptation of theirs I've seen), Medaka is more visually obviously a Gainax work, with the bold lines, over the top expressions, and even (unfortunately) the animation mistakes. There's even a Kamina lookalike, which I'm assuming is intentional knowing this studio. However, despite the visuals, Medaka Box is "meh" at the moment. Like I said above, where's the conflict? The majority of the episode was spent establishing how Medaka can do anything she wants, logical or not, so what's the point in watching when it's been predetermined that she will succeed in whatever this show might throw at her? It feels like this show wants to be a parody of the "student council/club" subgenre, but if that's the case, it's going to have to get a lot more ridiculous and over the top to pull that off. If anyone can do that, it's Gainax, so I'm giving this show the benefit of the doubt for now and will see where it goes after a few episodes. Images from Crunchyroll.com.
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「貴様が犯人か？」 (Kisama ga hannin ka?) & 「当然、私だ！」 (Touzen, watashi da!) "Are you the culprit?" & "But of course, it's me!" Even demons have their weaknesses.
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Man, Shiranui has some really appalling tastes. Can’t believe they animated the doggy Medaka… oh well, it IS in the manga. I still laughed like mad at it. Second week of Ainama Medaka has finally made me realize that her voice is just too cute for Medaka’s role. Feeling her quite less this week as [...]
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Medaka Kurokami is the perfect woman. Top of the class, gifted in the arts and adept at sports, she’s just been elected Student Council President with an unprecedented 98% of the votes, even though she’s only a first year student. She even has the looks – and the assets – to match. There’s just one [...]
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  Where does Japan even get all this perfectly fitting spandex anyway? Impressions: There’s a very real chance that my interest in this series will last exactly as long as Zombie keeps annoying me. Despite that, this was more enjoyable than the first episode, and not just for the camera being almost permanently attached to [...]
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Thoughts: The most perfect student council president Kurokami Medaka, sets about keeping her campaign promise of being available 24/7, 365 days of the year, and solving anyone’s problem by enlisting (that is putting it really nicely) the help of her childhood friend Hitoyoshi Zenkichi. He is reluctant but goes along with her to fulfill the [...]
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Initial impression – could go either way Spring 2012 (12 episodes) (more info) Overall, Medaka Box has an endearing sincerity and is full of fun twists and turns with a good pace that keeps you on your toes.  The over-enthusiastic attitude of Medaka reminds me very strongly of Haruhi Suzumiya and the half-hearted reluctance of [...]
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In what seems to be Crunchyroll’s last few announcements for the Spring 2012 season, they’ve announced that they will stream Dusk Maiden of Amnesia, Queen’s Blade Rebellion, and Medaka Box. Summary of Dusk Maiden of Amnesia: “DUSK MAIDEN OF AMNESIA revolves around a first-year high school student, Teiichi Niiya who had just enrolled at Seikyou Private … Continue reading »
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Medaka Box follows the character formula that defines Nisioisin’s writing. There’s a girl who’s a genius-badass, and a guy who’s a badass-genius. The girl is aware of her own genius, while the guy is doubly aware of the girl’s genius. The guy is also aware of his own genius, but believes (and is usually right) [...]
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Medaka Box follows the character formula that defines Nisioisin’s writing. There’s a girl who’s a genius-badass, and a guy who’s a badass-genius. The girl is aware of her own genius, while the guy is doubly aware of the girl’s genius. The guy is also aware of his own genius, but believes (and is usually right) [...]
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Every time I think I’m getting somewhere another bunch of shows come out!  Anyway next on the chopping block is gainaxing boobs, moe blobs and bitchy girls………Medaka Box, Acchi Kocchi and Natsuiro Kiseki. Medaka Box I had concerns about this before I went into it, but it actually wasn’t as terrible as I was expecting……although [...]
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Every time I think I’m getting somewhere another bunch of shows come out!  Anyway next on the chopping block is gainaxing boobs, moe blobs and bitchy girls………Medaka Box, Acchi Kocchi and Natsuiro Kiseki. Medaka Box I had concerns about this before I went into it, but it actually wasn’t as terrible as I was expecting……although [...]
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You know, there’s a lot I can say about this show. There are so many things about this show I could complain about. The overbearing ridiculous perfection that is Medaka, to the ludicrous scenes and imagery, to the lack of … Continue reading →
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I really wasn’t sure whether to give this a try, since even some avid fans of the series were saying it would probably suck to whoever wasn’t familiar with the manga already. Having now ignored their advice, I can’t say … Continue reading →
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