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| OK start. I'm not really so fond of it. |
I ♥ Two Syaorans from Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE and TRC!!! |
| I'm usually not into this kind of things, but this is very nice in its way. |
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| this was something. Loved it, it was just.... EPIC!! The OP by Yuki is crazy, and the ED is great too The visuals were good, but the music was just on a whole different level!!! Loved how this ended, bit interested into santaro's life (seems like a orphan...) Can't wait for the next episode!!! xD |
| Heard from /a/ that this was incredibly rushed. Is it true? |
Solkiskey said: Watch for yourself and find out.Heard from /a/ that this was incredibly rushed. Is it true? |
Sir_Drake said: Solkiskey said: Watch for yourself and find out.Heard from /a/ that this was incredibly rushed. Is it true? If I could watch it, I wouldn't be asking. Thanks for helping. |
| It did kind of develop really quick, but I loved it. About the only good first epsiode of this season, along with Sankarea. There is still hope that there will be more than one decent anime this season! |
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Solkiskey said: hahaSir_Drake said: Solkiskey said: Watch for yourself and find out.Heard from /a/ that this was incredibly rushed. Is it true? If I could watch it, I wouldn't be asking. Thanks for helping. |
| I am loving the music, definitely going to be one of my favorites since I just started BECK and was looking for a music based anime as well |
Solkiskey said: Heard from /a/ that this was incredibly rushed. Is it true? Not really, i actually liked the pacing. |
| Rushed? Nope, this pacing was just fit imho. It being slower might've made it drag too much and be boring, but this is just right. I like music focuses on jazz, with those new Lupin III bgms and some j-jazz i found lately, i might get into this genre now even more. |
| レッツゴー ED イケイケゴーゴー |
| Reminds me of Nodame, partially due to the music and the main character. |
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| This is probably the one I was anticipating the most this season. I love it already. Hmm some details were a little bit rushed, but my enjoyment level will be high regardless. |
| wow all of my doubt on watanabe being able to pull this off just disappeared why did i ever doubt the man? |
| AMAZING AMAZING AMAZING!!!!! I have a feeling this will only get better too. |
| I had no idea what I was going to watch, turned out it was great. Jazz is awesome and they did an amazing job to get the drum playing right. |
ZhouApr 12, 2012 11:20 AM
Zhou said: I had no idea what I was going to watch, turned out it was great. Jazz is awesome and they did an amanzing job to get the drum playing right. y'know it's Yoko Kanno-verse! she'd done well in jazz music! |
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| OP and ED are beyond beautiful. Overall, I'm confident that this series will be one of the best anime of the season if not the year if the first episode is any indication. So, this will revolve around Jazz? You certainly don't see that every day. Anyway, the animation at the drum scene was incredible as the movements synchronized with the music perfectly. |
EudaimoniaApr 12, 2012 11:13 AM
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| Best intro ep of the season so far. Yuki OP is awesome, as expected. |
AverimApr 12, 2012 1:49 PM
| SO MUCH WIN! |
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| Whenever you want to introduce a character as a classical pianist, there's a 50% chance that the first song they'll play is Moonlight Sonata and a 50% chance that it'll be Clair de Lune... Zhou said: I had no idea what I was going to watch, turned out it was great. Jazz is awesome and they did an amanzing job to get the drum playing right. Sentaro definitely has chops. And that sequence was animated perfectly. |
| The weirdest thing for me is that Sentarou gives combination of Jotaro Josuke and Josuke Higashikata feeling... it's like he was taken from JoJo. |
| Animes about music are quite rare and its about jazz. This is a must watch for me. |
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| Nice one, indeed a good show well writen characters with good acting but since music is important for me in show and I dislike jazz this won't be fun still can say it can be one of better show this season |
| That was nice, I liked it :) Thought I'm a fan of classic, Jazz is not bad at all. |
| A perfect opportunity to make a jazzy opening song, but no. Kinda odd choice if you ask me. The episode was great. I'm expecting a lot from this show. |
Orangevision said: A perfect opportunity to make a jazzy opening song, but no. Kinda odd choice if you ask me. I thought so, too. Underwhelmed by the OP. |
| Ugh ep 2 please. Right. Now. |
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| It might have felt a little rushed but the episode was pretty much exactly the same as the first three chapters of the manga, just in somewhat different order. I'm happy about how it turned out, I liked the episode. |
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| looks promising... Love Josei ~ great atmosphere !!! ~ But OP & ED...they are terrible ><""" |
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| Amazing first episode. I am in love with the art direction and the character dynamic. The atmosphere is great and the music is superb. Probably going to be anime of the season. |
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| Loved both the op and the ed :) The music was awesome in the anime :D cant wait to see more :D |
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| I dont like jazz. I dont even like the music genre in an anime. I did like the music in this anime! From the first episode, this anime looks so promising... |
| Awesome! |
| one of the best parts about the first ep (besides the OP and ED, and the rest of the music) was the scene where sentarou fights the dudes on the rooftop. i hope he gets into lots of fights, because the choreography was perfect. |
| This is going to be sweeeet~ I've been looking forward to this so much! And I Loved the first episode o0o Sentarou's drum solo gave me ever more goose dumps in the actual episode then it did in the trailer *v* And piano is wonderful no matter what genre it's played in~ Can't wait for the next episode! |
| What an awesome first episode, this show's gonna be great. |
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| Ho, ho, ho. The potential! Finally some music oriented anime! And with a classical pianist! Love to see future improvs. |
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| There's not enough good music centered anime out there, so I'm pretty excited about this one. look good so far. Like the backgrounds and chara designs, characters seem ok too. I will totally enjoy if Nishima starts to chill out more, but I can see it happening in near future. overall I have high hopes for this one. |
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| OHH GOSH.... LOVE THIS SHOW ALREADY!! I feel the quality of the art and hands are similar to Kimi to Todoke.. Am I crazy? I feel both shows and artists really pay extra detail to the hands.. GOSH, I love the relaxed feeling... IDK WHO TO SHIP!! >W< <3 <3 <3 <3 I love the comfortableness, closeness and trust between Sentarou and Ritsuko, but Kaoru and Ritsuko is cute too xD And I know the yaoi fangirls were get up on all that... |
Solkiskey said: Heard from /a/ that this was incredibly rushed. Is it true? Everything is shit to /a/. |
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Digglett said: Solkiskey said: Heard from /a/ that this was incredibly rushed. Is it true? Everything is shit to /a/. >2012 >listening to /a/'s opinions >opinions But seriously now, I expected... no, that's wrong. I thoroughly believed that apart from the music, I wouldn't enjoy it the least bit. But it's only now, after the first episode, that I see I was in the wrong. The atmosphere, pacing, and sort of a foreboding of upcoming drama - I enjoyed 'em all. And when Kaoru started playing Debussy's Clair de Lune on piano I knew - this has some serious potential for becoming the AOTY. Obviously, 5/5. |
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