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Jul 10, 2007
What can I say about Nodame Cantobile? It was one of those anime that you can\'t help but enjoy. It managed to tell a fun story in which each of the characters try to accomplish what they want out of life with a careful mix of humor and drama.
One of the main draws, I felt, is the believability of the characters. You will not find a perfect guy surrounded by other perfect people with wild personalities. You will, instead, find people who you could probably relate to. Each has his or her own strengths and weaknesses. The character drawings are also top notch. Again, they
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just have a sense of realism to them that often goes unnoticed. Even the animations and setting gel well together (though I think they overused the "vertical blue lines" expression).
The story was a nice break from other anime I have seen. All of the characters are trying to make their way in the world of music. They all struggle for success, which is a good lesson to viewers. Even the romance between the two main characters, Chiaki and Noda, integrates itself well. Nothing is overdone to the point of boredom, and each character has his or her role to play. The ending makes you wish for more, but it does it well enough so that you would not complain.
The comedy in it is great. The character interactions will make you chuckle more than a few times, especially between Noda and Chiaki. Their relationship is almost a mockery.
The sounds are great, as is to be expected in an anime about classical music. The full orchestra pieces sound fantastic, and it is not uncommon for me to have Nodame Cantobile running in the background of my computer just for the music, especially in the last few episodes. The character voices are also well picked and never get annoying.
Ultimately, I thought this anime came pretty darn close to perfect. I rather wish they would have used more than just the "blue lines" as the embodiment of sickness and had more movement during the musical pieces, but these are minor trifles. This anime was great and I recommend it to almost everyone (except maybe those who revel in blood and violence. You will see none of that in Nodame Cantobile.)
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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May 8, 2007
Before I begin, let me get something off of my chest. This show is very similar to another, somewhat famous, anime by the name of Azumanga Daioh. It\'s about a series of seemingly unrelated events in a school environment that happen to a small group of girls in a class. Heck, the show even has a strange, talking, anthropomorphic cat. Now that I have that connection out of the way, I hope to never mention it again in the remainder of this review.
Pani Poni Dash is a fully functional comedy anime that will make you laugh at times, but it is far from perfect.
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The characters all have fun personalities (there\'s even one that has no \"individual\" personality) that bounce off of each other very well, and the child-teacher is a fun, if clichéd, bonus. One of my favorite parts is the incompetent cast of aliens that is watching over the entire school stage in a bid for research, and basically makes a mockery of military protocol. They also have a depressed, almost Emo, rabbit that makes a scene even funnier when juxtaposed with all of the other characters. There are a few problems, of course. Some of the running gags get old very fast. This is especially true of Miyako\'s large forehead visualization. Okay! She has a large forehead. I got that the first three-hundred times. You don\'t have to keep reminding me, thanks. If you can get past those, then you will probably enjoy Paniponi Dash\'s slapstick comedy.
The animation is pretty good too. It\'s a fair mixture of basic anime and \"chibi\" anime. The colors are a little too bright for my tastes, but are just right for an anime in of this type in this happy-go-lucky school setting. Sometimes, though, the animators try to slide in bits of fan service. While I am all for fan-service, it just seems very out of place. You\'re watching this anime to laugh at stupid situations, not to get turned on (at least, you shouldn\'t be). Also, I\'m not a loli fan.
As for the sound... meh, I have no complaints. I watched it in the original Japanese, and all of the characters had voices that matched their personalities. Rebecca-sensei\'s voice is irritating at times, but it is just a necessary evil. The music is also a resounding \"meh.\" It was functional. It wasn\'t a resounding musical score, consisting of several brass and string ensembles, conducted by a world-class musical genius, but it got the job done.
All in all, Pani Poni Dash is a fun anime that I recommend to some but not all. If you are a fan of comedies, go ahead and check out Pani Poni Dash. You will laugh and enjoy it.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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Apr 27, 2007
I watch all of this anime as it was coming out, and I was not entirely pleased by it. The graphics worked, but I wasn't impressed. They seemed rather drab and uninviting. The characters also seemed to blend into one, with only a few of the secondary characters actually standing out. They all had the same set of emotions which consisted primarily of feeling bad for him or herself. Whether about the past, present, or future, all they did was look off in the distance and sigh.
It was a bit slow, but it was only twelve episodes, so it was not unbearable. If they
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stretched the series out any longer, I probably would have bailed half-way through.
My major gripe with the anime is the direction they took it in. The main plot revolved around an older woman turning into a child, and a child turning into an older woman. Now, with a plot like this, it sounds like a great opening for a comedy. Originally, that's what I was looking forward to. Instead, we are given an anime that shovels on lame drama about the two struggling to hide themselves away from everyone, and generally complaining about their state. I was ashamed of the series. They could have put in so many laughs.
The reason I watched the anime the whole way through is not because I loved it, but because the story was gripping. You wanted to find out what happened as you watched it, but that was about the only reason I hung on. If you are into dramas, great. You might find Asatte no Houkou enjoyable; but stay away if you are looking for a light-hearted comedic romp.
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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