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Fronzel
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YES.
VERY YES. Finally someone else disappointed by this thing.
Wait, they went against standard industry practice and had the dialogue in hand when they were animating...and they went out of their way not to have that affect anything? What? Now if only Studio 4°C got to make a Global Astroliner series, all could be forgiven... |
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ChibiGoku
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I think my issues are pretty much similar with the reviewer.
To be quite honest, I thought everything was solid up until the last couple of episodes. The pacing was a little awkward at times, yes, but it's what you expect when it comes to trying to put as much as you can into 10 minute episodes. But the execution of the last couple episodes just felt really forced and it didn't delivour what I was expecting. It was like there was no room to do anything and ended up half-assed so to speak. I won't say I'm disapointed with the series because I'm not. I really enjoyed the plot as a whole and the setting, as well as the characters themself. I'm just disapointed with the last couple episodes. If there had been probably more room to work with and expanding it for 52 episodes rather than 40 (or 26 instead of 20 if you're going by DVD episode count), I think there would have been a better plot execution for the ending. I wasn't expecting a big fight at the end, but I was expecting something different... At anyrate, disapointments aside, I'm actually looking forward to the OVA release that's coming up. Last edited by ChibiGoku on Mon Sep 08, 2008 5:16 am; edited 2 times in total |
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bleuster
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Ah, that's too bad.
Maybe down the line I'll get the DVDs and put on a Velvet Underground or Pink Floyd album while watching. |
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doctordoom85
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Meh. I'm enjoying what I've seen so far (halfway through Volume 1), and my friends said they enjoyed the series (their opinion > all others when it comes to my buying decisions).
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pachy_boy
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I, for one, thought this review was unfair, as I thought this series rocked. The pacing felt choppy and fast, I agree, but instead of making any kind of expectations of what the story 'should be' I just took it for what what it was. What we get is a very imaginative story where almost anything can happen, and it had me glued to it because of it. The way it was made made it feel like I didn't know what would happen next, which was awesome too. And once I got into it, once I tuned in with the story's unique pacing I found it very compelling in its own way, and I did find myself rooting for the characters. And I thought the ending was very appropriate; it may have been kinda rushed, but aren't most anime series? It certainly left me with wanting to see more (which apparently we will with the bonus DVD yet to come)
As long as you don't make any expectations and are open-minded to something that's almost different from most current anime, then you might be as surprised as I was in a good way. |
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vashfanatic
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I've always been kind of unclear: was this meant as a children's series in Japan, or was it aimed at an older audience?
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revial
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I, too, thought the review unfair. It gets docked for not being a cutesy comedic fluff piece? I was very pleasantly surprised that while it started out that way, it fell into the role virtually every time tested fairy tale does: a seemingly cute story that is surprisingly dark and dreary.
This was my favorite series of 2004. I was very disappointed that the OVA seemingly hasn't really borne fruit (or at least I've only managed to grab one episode). I realize this had no harem of large breasted women to masturbate over, or some alpha male who spends 26 episodes rescuing seemingly strong female co-leads who turn to damsels-in-distress at the flip of a dime, but I'd say the absense of either of those two things which can be found in about 99% of anime today is a very good reason for recommending this show (unless big boobs and self-gratification via watching women constantly being saved by men is the only reason you watch these shows...which admittedly for many viewers of anime probably isn't far off the mark). Anyways, to the poster asking who this series was aimed at...it is hard to say. Frankly, I've always had trouble figuring out the audience for most anime as there are elements that seem geared towards children and elements geared towards adults. Non-ritalin addled children might be able to appreciate a series like this, and a discerning adult who isn't looking for his/her next pseudo child-porn flick might enjoy it as well. |
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Goodpenguin
Posts: 457 Location: Hunt Valley, MD |
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Unless we've been sucked back to the 90's by a stealth worm-hole, vivacious busty gals and physical-ecchi comedy/action vehicles are not exactly in vogue. From the description of 'Tweeny Witches', with it's young girl antics and overbearing angst/melodrama, it sounds exactly like the modern 'fan pander' formula. |
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taeko-san
 Posts: 12 Location: Göteborg, Sweden |
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pachy_boy wrote:
Ditto here. I was trully enjoyed by the "Alice in the witches' land" premise, following along with the the quirky storyline - besides the by all means gorgeous animation. There are places this series reminds me of the angst from "Now and Then, Here and There", but Arusu's never-failing optimism and joyful defiance of _any_ conformism makes the viewer forget that resemblance pretty quick. This series is quite off the genre chart, which is another feat worthy of Studio 4°C. It has more warmth and cheerfulness than any other thing I've seen made by them, but I can really see traces of their "super-flat" manifesto all over "Tweeny Witches". On some level it reminds me of the peculiar fantasy world from Jun'ichi Satou's "Strange Dawn". That one was sadly cut short in its US release. This one seems luckily to get a proper and complete edition. There are so many things I fondly remember from this series (having seen it as a fansub first). The sweet chestnuts, the dynamism between the three central characters, the decidedly strange _sprites_ (fairies? not really!) and Arusu's knack for on-the-spot lines. Magic really only should be used to make people happy, and I'm very happy. Thank you, Media Blasters! |
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maaya
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They are called "yousei" which also means "fairy" ^^ |
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taeko-san
Posts: 12 Location: Göteborg, Sweden |
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Oh, sorry! Just thought the "yousei" of this series had much more in common with the capricious and often troublesome appearance of a sprite (as described in the English Wikipedia article) than with a fairy. But I'm not an expert on the matter, having Swedish as my mother tongue and being far from fluent in Japanese. |
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