October 13, 2008
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in the few minutes i have before i have to go to work, i think i’ll write a quickie anime post. i’ve picked up a handful of new series in the past week or so.
Toradora! – i wasn’t too sure about this one. the manga is pretty awesome, i’ve heard really good things about the light novels, but i had two qualms about the anime adaptation. the first is kugimiya rie as taiga. don’t get me wrong, she has a great voice, but i was sure she would be forced into using her louise voice for taiga and to be honest i’m getting sick of that typecasting. japan is in love with tsunderes and always will be, so that typecasting will probably never go away. but for taiga, she is using a much deeper version of louise and only gets up into louise range when she’s yelling. i have to say i was pleasantly surprised to hear that voice. my other qualm was with taiga’s character design. i was on the fence until i started watching it, and now it doesn’t bug me quite so much. i’m enjoying it fairly well, though i do wish they’d slow down a bit. the second episode blew nearly to the end of the published manga chapters. i know they have a lot of material from the light novels to draw from, but if the pacing is off it won’t matter.Kemeko DX! – i had no idea what this one was about. i heard /a/ praising it, and just dived in. it’s another one of those frantic action comedies that i love so much, so i’m really looking forward to new episodes. also it’s good to hear kawasumi ayako’s voice again. the doll-robot thing is kind of creepy though.
Akane-iro ni Somaru Saka – from the length and translation of the title, i figured this came from an eroge. i wasn’t sure i needed another eroge adaptation at this point, but when i learned about the all-star cast that had been lined up for it, i figured i’d give it a shot. it’s playing on some big stereotypes, like the isolated rich girl and the loving, doting younger sister who might not be related to the main male lead. and i know she’s trying as hard as she can not to, but every once in a while hirano aya lets a little konata slip out. i’ll see where it goes for now, the plot is advancing along at a rather even clip so there will definitely have to be some drama later.
Clannad After Story – same ol’ clannad. not much to say here.
Black Lagoon – with every episode of this i watch, i have to hold back the urge to slap myself silly for not watching this sooner. it is intensely badass. i wasn’t sure what the plot was about, and the images i’d seen posted on /a/ shed little light on it. but about ten minutes into the first episode i was hooked, and i stayed up an hour too late watching episodes. i’m up to episode 5 at this point, and i really want the day to end so i can watch more.
Sunabozu and Toaru Majutsu no Index – haven’t started either of these yet. i’ve heard some excellent things about Sunabozu, so i figure it’ll be another slap-self-silly restraint session. Toaru Majutsu i’m pretty much in the dark about. i’ve read some plot summaries, and it seems interesting enough. i’ve gone down that road before, though, and a series can go either way for a person when you know next to nothing about it. i’ve found some real gems for myself that way, and i’ve found some amazingly awful series. we’ll see.
alright off to work i go.
