What did you think of this episode?
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4Liked it!
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3It was OK
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Average 4.2
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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- I really enjoyed this episode. The details in this animation are superb, and the whole flow/pace seems to work well. I'm looking forward to next episode :) |
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| Episode 1. Yay! I really love the art. On the one hand it's simple... on the other it's not. :3 |
| Wow, I'll have to rewatch the episode. The first time all my attention was on the gorgeous art. The backdrops were easily on par with the likes of 5 Centimeters Per Second. |
| Nice episode, I really liked the art style and the episode's calm pace, definitely looking forward to more of this series. |
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| I just released it :D Hurray! Huzzah! Banzai! Episode was great ^_^ OP/ED was fun to listen to too! |
| I really enjoyed it. :D They changed quite a bit from the manga, but this might be a good thing. No panty shots thankfully. D: |
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| animation is really something else, the background look so real is scary is like the animated characters are played on top of a green screen and video of the real world is used for the background looking interesting so far |
GrumpyFeloJul 5, 2008 11:33 PM
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| Definitely stunning background animation. I pay attention to the details more than the story itself. |
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| Well, OP/ED wee nice. The anime had a nice relaxing feeling. The story was not so interesting, though it was not really boring, either. Now on to the art: It's pretty, yes, but on the other hand it's pretty disturbing to have that low quality drawings in contrast to the BG photos. Yes, PHOTOS. Those are no drawings. They are photos taken from the real world. I have seen this quite a few times in some animes, but it was never as obvious as in this production. I hate it and IMO it's rather cheap (though it could cost quite a bit of money to travel around shooting all those BGs). The most disturbing example was the drawn cars and a bit later in one BG there were real cars parking at the bottom of the screen. The difference was so shocking. I would at least go for pictures without cars in it. I really have to protest against comparing this to Byousoku 5 Centimeters. In 5cm they used photos as a present to make those amazing BGs with the computer, but they didn't just use the photos itself (without much changes). Byousoku 5 Centimeters is far superior because they blend those BG perfectly with everything else, but here we have a huge contrast between real photos and the normal character art. It's not my intention to make this bad. Using photos and letting animes characters walk in those may be a form of art in itself, but I just want to open some eyes to prevent from hyping the art into the sky, because it's not really awesome skill to make photos and use them as BGs. It's looking good, yes, but it's just the same as in a normal real movie on TV. Anyway, 4/5. Looking forward for more. |
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| The background of this series is simply astonishing! The story didn't really grabbed me and the pacing was rather slow for my taste, but this 1st spisode was still pretty good, and I can see myself really enjoying this series. Hope they can maintain this type of art/animation throughout the entire series =) |
| I really liked this, especially the whole relaxed atmosphere it had. Makes me feel all warm and cosy inside. |
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| I liked it better when it was called anime and not photoshop slideshow. Character art is HORRIBLE and the backgrounds look like they were edited photos with a photoshop filter. I guess that all the production money went also in the backgrounds or a copy of Photoshop. 1/5 dropped |
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Forever said: I really have to protest against comparing this to Byousoku 5 Centimeters. In 5cm they used photos as a present to make those amazing BGs with the computer, but they didn't just use the photos itself (without much changes). Byousoku 5 Centimeters is far superior because they blend those BG perfectly with everything else, but here we have a huge contrast between real photos and the normal character art. |
| This is looking quite interesting. The story seems to be allright so far, though the pacing was a bit on the slow side. And then there's the animation. This is something you don't see often and it sure looks awesome, but as said before displaying the 2d characters over a 3d background doesn't look right. |
| The backgrounds look pretty, but they don't blend with the characters at all. It's kind of disturbing. This might be good, and it's certainly my genre, but I'm not getting my hopes up because of how awful the first series was... |
| Once again Osamu Kobayashi shows why he's one of the most polarizing figures in anime. I'm curious what the Japanese reaction to this is after the rather interesting reaction to his last work (the infamous fourth episode of Tengen Toppan Gurren Lagann.) I really do wish he'd get his character designs in line (like he mostly did in Paradise Kiss) before he goes to the new-age-rotoscoping tricks though. Overall a so-so episode. Not quite as good as the original series's first, however. |
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| Everyone else said it all already. Stunning backgrounds that make the characters seem out of place. Pace is a little slow, but I like the overall feel of it. Looks like a good one. @ Iri - Oh, I didn't know the guy did Paradise Kiss. That's why the style seemed similar. |
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| I've read a few volumes of the manga, but besides that I don't know much of the series. The animation was so unique and intriguing, I loved it! I also liked the pace of the episode. I'm excited to see the rest of the series! |
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| Pretty nice episode, has quite some potential I think. |
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| I've enjoyed this first episode a lot, quite beautiful art <3 But I have a question, is it necessary to have seen the original Someday's Dreamer anime to watch and understand this show? |
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| aaa the art is so odd. it just doesnt feel right. so far i didnt get much from this episode. it'll get better once i see three or four episode. at the end you dont really feel like u got into the story much. |
| The animation and backgrounds are beautiful! I'm not really a fan of how slow the show seems to be, but I will continue to watch it in hopes it picks up... or even just for the beautiful animation! |
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| I have to agree with some of the positive sentiments concerning the background work. A lot of it looks really nice. However I'm a bit saddened by the character animation. They were oversimplified in comparison to the backgrounds so many scenes didn't look quite right. The story was a bit on the slow side but it was still OK. I'm glad to see Takefumi Haketa is back on music for the show. I loved his work on the previous series and can't wait to hear more of what he's produced. |
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Leticia said: But I have a question, is it necessary to have seen the original Someday's Dreamer anime to watch and understand this show? I haven't read the manga or anything, but I doubt it. Seems like more of a spin-off than a sequel. |
naikou said: Leticia said: But I have a question, is it necessary to have seen the original Someday's Dreamer anime to watch and understand this show? I haven't read the manga or anything, but I doubt it. Seems like more of a spin-off than a sequel. Correct, you don't have to have seen the original series before you watch this, they have nothing to do with each other. Anyways, I loved it, as I expected i would. This definitely looks like its going to be better than the first series. The animation is very unique, and even if the actual animation doesn't suit in with the background photo shots, it looks good most of the time anyways. This show is extremely slice of life so far, the animation and so forth just amplifying that atmosphere. It's been a while since I've watched something this slice of life, but then again this is only the first episode, lets see how it goes once Sora gets into Tokyo. Oh, and I am loving the OP song. |
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| Was it necessary to have her named Sora though, or to use Hanazawa Kana? I keep thinking "What's Sketchbook-Sora doing in Someday's Dreamers?"... |
calaveth said: Was it necessary to have her named Sora though, or to use Hanazawa Kana? I keep thinking "What's Sketchbook-Sora doing in Someday's Dreamers?"... Well they're not gonna change the main characters name just because its the same as another character from a previous anime title from the studio @_@... |
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Siing said: calaveth said: Was it necessary to have her named Sora though, or to use Hanazawa Kana? I keep thinking "What's Sketchbook-Sora doing in Someday's Dreamers?"... Well they're not gonna change the main characters name just because its the same as another character from a previous anime title from the studio @_@... If they changed the main characters name, the title would lose it's effect. It's Summer's Sora (Sky) :) |
| Meanwhile I thouroughly enjoyed the beginning of the first Mahou Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto series, this first episode did not seem too good. I do not like using photos as BG, if they have not been edited to blend in well with drawn art. This is a major problem for me when I watch this anime, since it distracts me from the story and the characters. Actually, in a few scenes it looked pretty good, but most of the time it was annoying. Also Sora is not as cute as Kikuchi Yume, which is sad. I was really looking forward to this series and it left me disappointed. I'll still give it a couple of more episodes to see if it gets any better. Maybe some magic still save this anime.. |
| I was one of those, "oh it's related to a previous show, I should watch that before starting this one." In the end, that may not have been the best of choices. The show so far has not stressed any need at all to have seen the original and now It's truly hard not to compare the two shows. The original show had a cute country girl going to the big city to start her training as a mage. And one of the things on top of that is the first arc they kept hinting that she was a prodigy of sorts able to do amazing things. (Though that part was completely forgotten before the show even made it to the half way point.) It was 2002 art so not amazing and you can see the budget saving techniques everywhere but it was still a cute and fun story. The start of this show we actually meet our mage before she has left for training. Again it's some country girl with only a mother. And we'll see how she does in the city next ep. I liked the description that this episode was more of a prologue. But it really didn't tell us much about what to expect from the rest of the show. And at best I would say the background pictures is a neat idea, but so far I haven't seen to many examples of it being anywhere near the lvl of Makoto Shinkai's work. And the actual character designs and animation aren't what I would call deserving. I'll probably give the show 2 more episodes after that it's up to it to keep me around. |
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robin-kun said: Meanwhile I thouroughly enjoyed the beginning of the first Mahou Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto series, this first episode did not seem too good. I do not like using photos as BG, if they have not been edited to blend in well with drawn art. This is a major problem for me when I watch this anime, since it distracts me from the story and the characters. Actually, in a few scenes it looked pretty good, but most of the time it was annoying. Also Sora is not as cute as Kikuchi Yume, which is sad. I was really looking forward to this series and it left me disappointed. I'll still give it a couple of more episodes to see if it gets any better. Maybe some magic still save this anime.. My thoughts exactly. I was first thinking that people were sarcastic about the "gorgeous " animation but then I realized they simple didn't notice. I have no idea how since it's pretty obvious that animators were lazy as hell. I mean using real life pictures as a background, who the hell does that? It makes everything that is actually drawn look weird cuz it's sticking out too much. Therefor, animation cannot even be compared with the 5 cm per second. As for the story, I must say that I turned on the episode and after 5 minutes turned it off cuz of the animation only. I'll probably give it another try in next few days. |
| that was nice. i'm really into the art, the backgrounds are simply amazing, the character animation could use some work, though. i think the photos fit in as backgrouds pretty good, although it's obviously not perfect. I've always had Sketchbook's Sora in mind every time Sora was talking. Never read the manga but after that maybe I should give it a try. And yet another awesome OP by thyme! |
KraytJul 9, 2008 4:08 PM
| The HD version is Jaw dropping. You guys is it me or anime is looking like real movies they make in Hollywood. Is it just me or the revolution is going quite quiet anime? I am amazed just like with the first one but even more cause of upper quality. |
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angel999 said: The HD version is Jaw dropping. You guys is it me or anime is looking like real movies they make in Hollywood. Is it just me or the revolution is going quite quiet anime? I am amazed just like with the first one but even more cause of upper quality. Well as far as I can tell (and many have pointed out), the backgrounds are actually, Real Photos. So they take real life photos and slap them on the background. That's why they look so nice/real. It think it's a really great approach, it's simple, and effective. Only drop back is, they can't make the background animated unless they draw it in; which ends up being the same drawing design as the characters. |
| I really enjoed the first episode.Didn´t thought that the anime would be so nice =P And the best of this Anime is definetly the OP! xD Thyme ftw |
| I was blown away by the art style, and it look especially good in HD :P I liked the OP and the ED also. Good story going on, really looking forward to more! |
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| I liked the episode, though not too fond of the Photos = BGs. Sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn't. At the least make it look more like the animated characters. =__=;; sheesh. I'm going to probably watch it to the end, so long as I don't forget to watch. |
| Well... It looks pretty good i guess... but the backround... well.... It scares meh :P |
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| I really enjoyed this episode for most of the reasons that were stated already. Although I found it a bit slow it was a really nice watch. That scene with the confession in the snow was really touching. Surprisingly the simplified characters work for me. I really like the character design. This has alot of potential. |
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Forever said: Now on to the art: It's pretty, yes, but on the other hand it's pretty disturbing to have that low quality drawings in contrast to the BG photos. Yeah, that was disturbing me the whole time as well. Otherwise, not bad. |
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| Can someone explains to me what happens at 19:57 (when Sora's truck leaves)? The truck exits off screen to the south-east, and then her mother turns north-west and starts waving and shouting her name. Is this an animation error, or am I seeing something wrong? |
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| Some of the animation was actually very bad. Watch the wheels on the potato harvester- Whoa, they are flopping all over the place - and the plane taking off - ouch! I was assuming that the soft drawn characters was done on purpose to contrast the photo bg's, but now, i'm not too sure. anyway, I can tell that the story will keep me into it. The portrial of Hokkaido rual life was intresting to me. I guess it will be a while before the story brings us back there. I liked the Scottish folk music they used as she rode through the contryside. |
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| The first episode appears to me to be cheaply animated, the voice acting felt awkward, sound effects sounded overly exaggerated and overall the episode did not impress me at all. I rarely judge series by the first episodes and because I want to like it, I hope it will get better as I watch more. I hope... |
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| i love the art i hope the main character will fall in love, that will make that anime even more better its just that i always want romance in an anime i guess heh.. |
| Off to Tokyo! Hopefully the pace gets a little faster because I was a little bored throughout the first half of this episode. Though I know I cant judge an Anime from the first episode considering how good both 5 Centimeters per Second and Ef - A Tale of Memories were. xD |
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