Written by: Fencedude at Sea Slugs! Anime BlogSummary: Hibiki finds herself transformed and facing the Noise, surprisingly she doesn’t go berserk, instead she thinks clearly and grabs the little girl and hightails it. Unfortunately her new powers take some adjustment so she finds it hard to get away from the Noise. She manages to protect the girl, and even takes out one [...]
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Episode 02 - While I wasn’t a huge fan of the first episode to this show, I was surprised at how well Symphogear was received by the general anime community. If you look at the power rankings for the week, Symphogear actually placed in 4th place, which is well above what I anticipated (I would’ve [...]
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Character song series 1 featuring Zweiwing for the anime series Senki Zesshou Symphogear will be out on 25 January 2012. [...]
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So a week has passed since the premiere of this episode and I have heard some very mixed reactions to it. But back to the show, Hibiki’s feral transformation finishes and she has…a normal suit? Tsubasa also recognizes Gungnir as … Continue reading →
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Impressions on the 2th episode of the anime series Senki Zesshou Symphogear featuring wallpapers from our lovely heroines Tsubasa Kazanari and Kanade Amou.
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In the first few minutes I thought ‘Maybe they’re spoofing Macross Frontier??’  And then as the episode progressed, I realized, wow, they’re serious…And when the bugs came out I just forwarded randomly until the ending. It felt like a copycat right from the start (though I don’t know the motivation for making this series).  I’ve [...]
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In the first few minutes I thought ‘Maybe they’re spoofing Macross Frontier??’  And then as the episode progressed, I realized, wow, they’re serious…And when the bugs came out I just forwarded randomly until the ending. It felt like a copycat right from the start (though I don’t know the motivation for making this series).  I’ve [...]
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The hell was going on here? First, we have a nice concert for us, then all of a sudden weird bug creatures called Noise (not this Noise) start rampaging and killing the concert goers. Then, the singers don their armor and start killing these bugs, WHILE SINGING!! lolwut So glad I didn’t look into this, [...]
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So, I’m a bit late on this, but this show seems popular online so I wanted to join in. The episode starts off with a girl visiting the grave of her friend Hibiki, but then flashes back two years to … Continue reading →
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So, I’m a bit late on this, but this show seems popular online so I wanted to join in. The episode starts off with a girl visiting the grave of her friend Hibiki, but then flashes back two years to … Continue reading →
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I was about to spend the entire post singing a thousand seven thousand praises to Nana Mizuki but apparently this episode was that bad that I have so much I wanted to talk about. In fact, I find it so … Continue reading →
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[EDIT] Is it SENKI Zesshou Symphogear or SENHIME Zesshou Symphogear? *half awake and confused at 3am* I was about to spend the entire post singing a thousand seven thousand praises to Nana Mizuki but apparently this episode was that bad … Continue reading →
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Magical girls, dance sequences, music, action … I’m so in. So, I initially said I wasn’t interested in this, but ya know what? People sometimes change their minds, and this is what I’ve done with Symphogear. And because of that, it gives me my first opportunity to team up with Hawthorne on a post! Of [...]
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Senki Zesshou Symphogear Blu-ray vol.1 3/28, 6300yen. Includes first two eps. Total 6 volumes. - Audio CD (insert song) - Art box - booklet (source)
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Back with my second series for the Winter 2012 season, this one courtesy of feal87@EmptyBlue‘s recommendation, Senki Zesshou Symphogear. A mahou shoujo series centered around magical/techno powers derived from song (this will all just be speculation on what I’ve seen … Continue reading →
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Symphogear’s premise is so outlandish, it’s just fascinating. J-pop idols transforming into armor clad beauties and fighting aliens. That’s not the reason why I find Symphogear painful to watch though. The problem with Symphogear is it reeks of desperation. It’s … Continue reading →
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I honestly have no idea what to make of this.    The storytelling was all over the place. First we've got a girl crying over her friend's grave, then we're in the past with idols who fight aliens by singing (complete with still images as their attack names are flashed across the screen, making me feel like I was watching old school Batman), then we're back to the present, but apparently not to the point where the blond character dies when she's attacked by aliens again, picks up a little girl to rescue off-screen, and then goes berserk as she unleashes her hidden mahou shoujo powers. Credits roll. This episode felt like a much more confusing Evangelion, only instead of giant robots and random Christian symbolism, there was J-pop and Norse mythology references, along with other random German. I also don't know what the schoolgirl angle is supposed to accomplish other than that it's in every anime ever. This episode would've been fine (and a lot more coherent) if it had just stuck with the two idols and explained the situation a bit more. To it's credit though, the animation was pretty good and the songs aren't bad either...too bad my brain couldn't get past the whole "they're fighting aliens with J-POP" thing. I'm giving this show the three episode test to see if it decides to make any sense, but if it continues to be this confusing, I'll probably drop it. Images from Random Curiosity.
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We want to be Macross so hard it burns ussss! Good lord this was hilarious. Where to begin, where to [...]
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Don’t ask me what kind of ‘climax’ she’s talking about. I have no idea anyway why she uses that kind of phrase in the first place… Symphogear 01 – Singing Is An Act Of Violence To continue with the trend that I have yet to see any series in this season I wouldn’t call crap, [...]
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