Review #3- Kanon episode 2

Kanon episode 2

Hello again, and sorry it took so long to post! In the neat future I would like to be able to set up some sort of scedule of when I will be posting. I want to keep it to 3 series at once, to make sure I actually complete them, so that means I'll be adding one more soon....I want the third series to be something pretty new, that just finished up or is still releasing. So I'll be looking!

So onto to Kanon episode 2.
We open up with a dream sequence again. Very short.

I am abosultely OBSESSED with that pink kitty clock. It's adorable, and now it talks? If only it could be mine. Speaking of alarms, ALL Of those didnt wake Nayuki up? And I was happy to see more cat ones, cute indeed.

Ha, love the way the music changed as he took a bit into the bread with the jam on it...
and all of Nayuki's mom's dialouge made it that much more creepy.

I wonder what made Yuuchi lose his memory? It seems to be integral to the plot, considering how much it's mentioned.

OW! In collision #2 of the series, we see Nayuki ram into two girls at the bottem of the stais. And apparently they are third years? Interesting they use ribbions to show year. I wonder all the different ways there are to do so in Japan?

Wow, way to get lost Yuuchi. :D Was that guy naked they were painting in that room? It is a very impressive looking school. Also when Misaka ran into him in the hallway the translation I was watching said "What are you narrating for?"...is this correct? I found it rather odd, in context I would have guessed she said something along the lines of "what are you looking for?"

Collision #3 in the series- prehaps not extreme as our first two , with Ayu knocking into Yuuichi, bouncing off him and falling down.

"You had the same name and you were weird" Loved that line. OWWW Collision #4: Yuuichi cruelly lets Ayu crash right into a tree. At this moment it's important to note he has remembered something? What exactly was this promise?

I have a feeling we'll be seeing the girl they got snow on again...it was interesting during that reaction to see that Ayu is the same grade as Yuuchi? I have to admit I was thinking along the same lines he probaby was, about her being younger.

The pinky promise thing was cute.

Okay the girl in the curtain thing who randomly jumped out on him? Yeah kind of freaked me out a bit. But I do remember seeing her in pictures, so I'm not too suprised I suppose. Her attempts at hitting: EPIC FAIl. Sorry! XD What was up with the old lady watching? And then she faints....and my episode cuts off??? Why???? I mean come on it was almost done!
Oh wait I guess that was the end...so I learned when finding the part on Youtube.

And then I happened to run across the dub. I didn't really like what I heard...but I'll wait to speak more on that until I do the official dub review.

I decided that the earlier episode it's almost impossible to judge the things I was orginally rating with, such as plot development, so for now I'll just stick with over-all ratings until I think of something better.

Going to stick with an 8/10 here...yeah yeah I know so far that's been all I've done. But I promise the ratings will vary!!!

Review #2- Itazura Na Kiss episode 1

(I thought this pic was lol)

Greetings and welcome back (if someone's reading this anyway). Darn it are there are no emoticons? I just done staring at the toolbar...unforunately mind manipulation appears to not be helping her. Ah well.

So for my second review I chose Itazura Na Kiss, which is an anime I had heard about on Anime Pulse, a podcast I listen to, and thought sounded interesting. It's not a widely well-known series to my knowledge, so I'll talk briefly about the plot...basically our main character here, Kotoko Aihara, is not very bright and is a student of Class F. She begins to develop a crush however for Naoki Irie of Class A, and decides to confess. However he brutally rejects her...to make matters worse, when Kotoko's house needs to be worked on, they end up moving in to the Ire house!

Okay, Ire is definately a jerk. He was pissing me off as this episode began, and while Kinnouske may be slightly annoying I didn't see why Kotoko didn't at least try going out with him. But of course, it's possible she may just have no feelings for him....and it's probably somewhat his fault the house ended up breaking down. But when Ire said "I hate stupid girls."...Now that's just cruel.

I was glad Kotoko at least attempted to stick up for herself after Irie attempted to donate to Kin's cause for Kotoko....of course since it appears Irie already knew she was going to be staying there, I guess it didn't do much good. Irie's mom kinda creeps me out....with the whole going to school, taking a picture of her, and running away thing? But she seemed nice enoough....She's obviously living her dream of having a daughter through Kotoko, as she statesa about how she always wanted one.

Irie's little brother was just as rude as his older counterpart, insulting Kotoko the way he was. Come on Ire, be a better example. Maybe he wouldn't act that way.

One thing I wondered: was that house really mansions size or was that just Kotoko's impression? Because it was definately bigger then the house she had been in, but I think I can recall bigger houses in anime....but we only saw the outside for a brieft moment so then again I don't know.

Rating:
Art: 7/10 (It's based off an old manga, and it's not horible or anything, just nothing that pretty).
Plot Development: 8/10 (first episode, so obviously there was development)
My Personal Intrest: 9/10 (20 minutes went by quickly)
Believability: 7/10 (a bit convienant, but it has to be have a story, so I wasn't sure what to rate)
Overall: 8/10

First Review: Kanon 2006, episode 1

Kanon Episode 1


Hey everyone it's Meroko!

I have always thought it would be quite fun to do one of those anime review blogs I've seen out there that go episode-by-episode...

so here I am, reliazing that dream through this blog for my website ShojoWorld.com. WOO.

For my first review I picked an anime I've been meaning to get to watching for awhile: Kanon 2006. I think Key's games feature wonderful art, and I am a huge fan of Clannad. I think I may have watched the first episode awhile back? But forgot to continue.

Anyway,as I began it felt very much as I expected it to in the way of a Key title. The opening was pretty and quiet, and I found it intersting that right after the opening we saw a dream, as Clannad did for many episodes as a running theme...I of course do not now if this will be a theme in this anime as well. Towards the end I gathered that it'd be more of a memory theme.

I spent a bit of time obsessing over the fact that I thought the voice actor from Yuuchi sounded like Tomoya from Clannad (seems I am obsessed), but it turned out I was wrong...however I had heard him before, as Kyon in Haruhi Suzumiya! Awesome. I knew it was familar!

Nayuki was likable enough. I thought her face was funny when she was going after the fox. Kitagawa reminded me of Sunohara...oh yet another Clannad comparision? Promise I'm done now. And then again, this series did come first, soI should probably shut up.

I liked the collosion with Yuuichi and Ayu, the snapshot way they animated it was humorous. But her saying Uguu so much might get annoying if they over use it, I've never been a fan of that, but as of now it's not bothering me. I thought it was cute when she kept turning to look for the wings.

I loved all of Nayuki's alarms! First off, they were all really cool looking, and I to have used multiple alarms, but not even close to that many...I espeically loved the pink cat one, and the tree one since it stuck me as so random. And when she gave him te pink one I was like YEAH! ROCK ON! What was that weird machine in the corner when Yuuichi went to sleep I wonder?

Score:

Since is the first episode, I really can't say for most of these catergories as of now, but will be able to later.

Art (only mentioned for first episode): 8/10 (It is Key, but a bit older, so I can't really give it a 9 or 10. Still very pretty though.

Plot Development: 8/10 (well since is the first episode it obviously moves the plot)

My Personal Intrest: 8/10

Believability (weird plot holes, uncharacterstic actions): 8/10
Overall: A very solid 8/10