Natsu no Arashi is 100% guaranteed SHAFT. There, straight to the point - I am sure most of you will be able to draw your conclusion on the show already. Those who dislike SHAFT’s unconventional visual trickery and directing may be excused, because beyond this point there will be nothing in this article that will [...]
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Looking at the twit- and blogosphere these days, it looks like I’m late to this new season party. But let’s get started with a few things, shall we? Today, I’ll be profiling the second season of Hayate no Gotoku, the new SHAFT/Shinbo Natsu no Arashi, and the talk of the town K-ON. Hayate no Gotoku!! Like many [...]
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This will be my fourth season doing first impression posts and for some strange reason they are my favorite type of post. I can’t quite place my finger as to why either. It’s not easier, it doesn’t get far more comments or hits and it takes quite a while to formulate my thoughts on 20 [...]
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OP: “Atashi dake ni kakete” by Omokage Lucky Hole - Is this going to be the first Shaft OP that I don’t absolutely love? While I don’t think it’s particularly terrible, I just feel like both the song and animation are a couple decades behind. This is probably intentional, but still…. Summary: Arashi wakes Hajime for [...]
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I normally don't do a lot of mini-reviews like this, but I was short on time and really wanted to comment on both these series.
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The first episode of Natsu no Arashi! is clearly a so-so start; story-wise, looks like their choice of using the eighteenth gag chapter to get viewers familiar with settings and characters in the series backfired them badly. The animation in this episode is clean, it’s nowhere near the PV-level, although the character design is still on [...]
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Next up is the new SHAFT/Shinbou anime. From this pair, there is a lot to expect: high paced comedy, crazy visuals that make you think you're on acid, and a complete avoidance of any semblance of a plot. In that regards, Natsu no Arashi was rather... normal.
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Marissa: I am NOT going to let STEVIE BEARIE mess things up for the girls’ team!!!!!!!! BAD STEVIE BEARIE~~~~!!! Again, I pick ANOTHER anime that I am SURE won’t have lousy fanservice, ecchi, etc…. If it does, I will CRY………. ANYHOO, since Minnie stole my FMA anime, I am returning the favor by stealing her [...]
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Metal Fight Beyblade Short Synopsis: Our lead character has uber l33t hax0rz skills with spinning tops Chance of me Blogging: -30% (No) Next up in the line of stupid shounen franchises that refuse to bloody die: Beyblade’s new installment, in which a bunch of kids battle it out with… spinning tops. No, seriously, those spinning tops are most [...]
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Despite its appallingly bad, rushed ending, I was a big fan of the School Rumble anime, and it was for this reason that I found myself wanting to check out the adaptation of another Jin Kobayashi in the form of Natsu no Arashi, as the new anime season in Japan continues apace.Natsu no Arashi introduces us to Hajime, our protagonist, and his friend Sayoko - A seemingly normal guy and girl who
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Click pictures to enlarge them. Spoilers ahead so please be cautious. lol, you know, Shaft really is quickly becoming one of my favorite producers. I just love their directing style and love their animation style. There's just no others like them. Anim..글 전체보기
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It seems that my observation of the ‘Natsu no Arashi’ trailer isn’t the only one out there that has been voiced. Sankaku Complex is reporting that a number of fans have expressed their displeasure with the poor animation quality seen within the trailer comparing it to last season’s Asread disasterous (though I didn’t see near [...]
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 A whole slew of new television commercials have been uploaded over the last day ready for your enjoyment… In the first two, both Saki and Natsu no Arashi have new fifteen second commercials. Neither trailer shows anything particularly impressive besides some character animation. Both of them are still worth checking out if you’re interested though. The [...]
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Starchild has sought to scout bloggers and willing to pay for those who will picked for posting “Natsu no Arashi!”, a “pay-per-post” program the division has announced. Scout has said: “We are looking for bloggers that are willing to post/comment with this anime through her/his blog and linking in our blog, the deadline of the post is [...]
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Less than a month until the anime airs, lacking informations and all. Finally, we’ve been presented with the first promotional video for Natsu no Arashi from Tokyo International Anime Fair 2009. (Thanks YouTube user wx6115 for the video) From the look of it, it is very ef-ish which means Ōnuma Shin will be taking the assistant director [...]
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Moonphase reports that Jin Kobayashi`s Natsu no Arashi will be animated for a 2009 release. In charge of production are Akiyuki Shinbo (ef - a tale of melodies., Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha, MoonPhase) as the director and Katsuhiko Takayama (ef - a tale of melodies., Ga-Rei -Zero-, Rumbling Hearts) will look for the script. The anime [...]
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According to Moonphase Diary, an anime adaptation of Kobayashi Jin’s romance comedy series 「Natsu no Arashi!」 has been greenlit for production — coming 2009. The announcement comes originally from the January issue of Monthly GanGan WING magazine. Staff info may be found after the jump…
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Jin Kobayashi’s romance, comedy, shounen manga “Natsu no Arashi!” 夏のあらし! or the Summer Storm to be animated next year. Said on the January montly issue of Square Enix’s Gangan Wing mag which was released this november. Story begins on an old town coffee shop, when a boy by the name of  Yasaka met an older high school [...]
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Some would argue that School Rumble has started to lose steam as of late, and, while I have not buried myself deep enough into the latter volumes of the manga to know myself (although the anime is now notoriously patchy, cursed with utterly horrendous filler episodes), Natsu no Arashi could be a cause of this [...]
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There are two reasons why one should read Natsu no Arashi: This is the first reason, and, … this is the second. After eating some of that corndog laced with a lot of hot sauce, I think I may have gotten better. I’ve been sick these past few days because of the ever-changing weather, and that’s among the [...]
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