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EmbraceMe
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The Mystic Archives of Dantalian Available on NicoNico and later CR.
Opening Theme: "Cras numquam scire" by Yucca feat. Hugh Anthony Disward Ending Theme: "yes, prisoner" by maRIONnetTe Episodes: 13 Episode 1: Ah, yes, another show that shares several similarities with Gosick, except this time around, spoiler[it does have supernatural themes. Dantalian is about Hugh Disward who has inherited his grandfather's fortune. During his visit to his grandfather's home, he meets a doll like girl named Dalian. Dantalian is not necessarily about mysteries but more about books. There are items called "Phantom Books" and these books allow for supernatural phenomenons to occur, in the first episode's case, allowing pop up book characters to become reality. There's is an occult feel within the first episode and it has beautiful animation. The character designs are one of the best of this season and the characters are pretty likable. Dalian has a tsundere like personality and Hugh is a more useful character than Kujo (Gosick). The music seems to fit the setting well which takes place in the early 20th century.] I'm really liking the anime so far as it's intriguing and very nice to look at. Nothing for me to dislike so far and I really like Dalian so far. I think we're in for a good ride with this show. And gah, I'm losing intelligence, my impressions of the first episode is written poorly. |
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dragoneyes001
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Dantalian no Shoka as of the first episode is a refreshing occult genre anime the lead has a backbone, some brains (so far) and seems to be reasonably normal (no bizarre quirks).
the world in a gourd also seems to be a reasonably normal character baring the young girl cliche. the first episode really tossed the base story at us in a nutshell so the characters have yet to really develop I really hope they keep the leads on the path they set in the first ep because it'll really keep this series worth watching the artwork so far uses too much darkness but that seems to be a major fault in most occult genre anime (human eyes adjust to the dark) even in little light the majority of a room wouldn't be black.wish someone would learn that someday and do the artwork accordingly! so far this series has me intrigued and i will be watching the next few eps to see where they go with it. It really could become a great series. |
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damien007
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You forgot to mention that the studio behind it is GAINAX which for me at leat secures it 6 eps worth of my time right off the bat. Also I believe it was siad somewhere that it is an adaptation of a series of novels which imo can be both a good and bad thing. Good becuase it means they story is already flushed out and they can refine it as they see fit. But bad becuase it means Gainax wont be able to do whatever they want with it. I havn't seen it myself yet but I'm looking forward to it.
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tribulations
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I really enjoyed the first episode. The premise seems pretty intriguing and fresh to me, and the art is lovely. Other than the spoiler[sealing the Phantom Books] aspect which seems to be the driving force in the plot so far, I think it has a lot of potential to flesh out its world a lot. I can see it getting darker later on. I'm not sure what to think about the characters. Dalian's kind of rubbing me the wrong way. Maybe I'm just tired of the tsundere type. Still, she was pretty all right at parts, and hopefully if the story does focus on character development later on, I'll learn to really like her. The fact that the main guy pretty much got used to Dalian right away left me scratching my head, though. I dunno, I expected... more surprise? Maybe trying to kick her out with fruitless results and her reminding him that he's supposed to take care of her as stated in his grandfather's will? Overall I remain cautiously optimistic about this series. I think it's one of those shows that'll either soar or crash and burn depending on the direction the writing takes.
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salukechechzkov
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I just posted a thread about this show without bothering to look if anyone beat me to the punch. My B.
With that said, this is shaping up to be a hell of a ride. Anyone with the balls to throw a dragon into the first episode without running the risk of falling flat later on is a keeper in my book. Also, DAT PRODUCTION VALUE. The action scenes were great. Excited to see more next week. [EDIT: Stop bolding everything. -TK] |
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The King of Harts
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Emphasis on the bold. Despite me being the huge Gainax fanboy I am, that part is what's making apprehensive about checking it out, because excluding Mahoromatic, Gainax's original series are typically much better than there adaptations. There adaptations are still good, but not Evangelion or Gurren Lagann good, and those original stories are what made me love them. Then again, this one isn't a Co-Pro like most of their adaptations are, so maybe it will be a bit more Gainaxy than the others. |
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DuskyPredator
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For starters I think I just like the gothic setting, used to dislike it, but is something I quite enjoy nowdays. Also for some reason I get a strange Holo feel from Dalian I just hope that she does not become a clear cut tsundre loli. Huey is a rather interesting name that I would have not expected for a lead character, and he seems rather chivalrous without being too campy.
Lets see where this series can go with books being used as weapons, monsters, or whatever they are planning. The beings that popped up in this episode were nicely animated. |
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braves
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The King of Harts
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And wouldn't you know it, 2 of the 3 shows I'm watching this season are Penguindrum and Idolmaster. I knew a lot of the staff was working on Idolmaster because of comments in the summer guide talkback, but I didn't know so many were working on Penguindrum as well. I'll be keeping the show on my radar for now and keep my ears open to any possible "wow" moments down the line. |
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Aylinn
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This episode was neither bad nor spectacular, fairly enjoyable. Even this tsunadere girl whose name escapes me is bearable, mainly because she restricts herself to making cutting remarks, but they have no effect on Huey, who remains calm and even replies to her with a humorous remark once. He may become one of the best male characters in anime and he is the main reason why I'm watching this series. It also doesn't hurt that Ono Daisuke is his seiyuu.
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Blood-
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"I ask of thee - art thou Mankind?" Best catchphrase of 2011. Nifty little show. I like the vizzies, like the characters and I'm seeing no reason not to like this bunches.
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EmbraceMe
Posts: 2017 Location: Growing old and jaded. |
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I suppose we should all visit the library for the chance of meeting girlies like Dalian - who, from my research, are called yomihimes. Good thing my sister works part time as a librarian, I can volunteer and hopefully find myself a yomihime.
Episode 2: A bit repetitive of episode 1 but I still enjoyed it. Loving Dalian's dere side and the hair part was d'awww. I really enjoy the parts where Phantom Books are read to battle... the... strange phenomenons that occurred. I should get my hands one the light novels but I prefer looking at cute girls to reading words. |
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DuskyPredator
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The main characters good so far, Huey doesn't have a bunch of the pitfalls that can make male leads annoying, he comes across as both friendly but smart. Dalian is a good character, but I think so far is a few places from being excellent, I think the problem comes from tsundre tendencies. Though if we are lucky it might just be her warming up to him as there is some rather nice dialogue.
Second episode was rather alright, though hopefully each episode does not end with spoiler[everyone dieing]. Isn't it a bit hyprocritical that Dalia was saying the girl had 'a child's body', makes me think Dalia would work more if she looked older. Kind of became clear after the spoiler[blood] that the girl spoiler[was clearly insane], though I did like that the reveal the golem's only job spoiler[was cleaning up evidence she was nuts.] I also liked that little exchange of Huey confirming that the Golem was after him with Dalia, hopefully there will be more like that. I think I forgot to coment of the ED last time, I have been finding it hard lately to find ones I like, but this series has a good one. It is rather creepy, the music, lack of colour and objects seem to work rather well together. I usually find a live action ED rarely works, and there would be problems here with the actors being Japanese in a European setting, but it works, actually the creepy clown thing at the end is cool. |
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egoist
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Dalian is very cute. I like her voice, appearance, and the way she keeps saying desu.
Mystery wise it's very very weak so far. I'd say even worse than Gosick. But this one has fantasy/magic. |
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P€|\||§_|\/|ast@
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I think Victorique has the goth loli look going on much better and I tend to not really care for tsundere girls much, I just like her style, quirks and cuteness so much that the tsundere part not only doesn't bother me but she remains one of my favorite characters of the year. If Dalian ends up being just much more pure tsundere I probably won't end up liking her much, but I'm still interested in watching the show. There's no qualities about her so far that are particularly admirable to me, except her "Yes!" is kinda cute.
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