CANAAN - 06-07

CANAAN - 06

CANAAN - 07

Impression:

Episode 6

Holy crap Liang Qi sure is one amazing psycho. I liked her get some, get some scene in this episode and I've got to admit that Tanaka Rie is an amazing seiyuu. Also there were some flashbacks and a loli Liang Qi is really adorable. Also Liang Qi's Mii is really cute by the way. I admire her in those things but her character is quite irritating mainly because of her infatuation with Alphard and her hatred towards Canaan.

Even though Canaan spent the whole episode running, this episode is still exciting. Alphard 's plan is set in motion in this episode by infecting the world leaders with the Ua virus. Maria's been captured (again) and got beaten up by Liang Qi. And when I thought that Maria's character had grown I was disappointed in this episode because all she did was shout Canaan!! 2x or don't come I'll be fine!!. Baka, of course you're not fine.

Wow, Hakko spoke in this episode and the reason she doesn't speak is because she appears to have powers that control sound waves (?). I'm not sure about that since we are not given additional clues on what her power might be.

Episode 7

That was a very awesome episode. It has the right mix of political drama, action, deceit and suspense. I spent the entire episode at the edge of my seat and I kept looking at the remaining time for the episode because I don't want it to end with a cliff hanger 'cause I'll have to wait for another week to watch the next episode. I thought this episode would be spent on saving Maria and seeing Canaan in action but wow I never thought that they'll make it a race-against-time type of episode. At the beginning of the episode, Canaan did the matrix and dodge the bullets like Neo but what impressed me was when she was trying to manipulate the GPS system of the missile. Well, the episode ended in a cliff hanger but I was satisfied since they didn't decide to cut with the one where we don't know if the missile has hit the building or not. I want to watch the next episode because I don't know what will happen to Canaan, will she lose her power and had to battle Liang Qi or will she still get her powers back?

Waaaaa!! Next episode please!!

until then...

~ja

CANAAN - 02-05

CANAAN - 02

CANAAN -03

CANAAN -04

CANAAN -05

Impression:
So far so good...

The series doesn't waste anytime in building up the story and characters. Some of the characteristics of the Ua virus was revealed and even some of Canaan's past was revealed. This series is really well animated and so far the animation is still superb. Another good quality was the direction of the series was also very good. Even though the series is quite hmmm....mediocre in some ways, the series is still very interesting because of the balance of comedy and action.


Episode 2 was quite good, I found Yunyun's meatbun breast hilarious and the taxi driver was also funny and cool at the same time. Episode 3, it has more humor and action than the previous episode. Hakko was hot in this episode and her encounter with Minoru in the park was hilarious specially with the timing of the fountain. In this episode also, we get to see more of the relationship between Canaan and Maria and it turns out that the villains in this episode was a sympathetic character. I felt sad for Canaan since she only tried to save Maria but Maria on the other hand was frightened of her. In episode 4, we get to see Canaan past and why she have that hatred against Alphard. This episode has less action but the action scene at the end was entertaining to watch because it was well animated even though it was only short. In this episode Maria and Canaan was both depressed and thank goodness Maria got over her depression easily while Canaan she got over it during episode five. I was surprised that Maria and Canaan made up easily but that's fine so that we'll have more action next week. I'm liking Maaya Sakamoto's villainous voice btw, it's suits Alphard very well. In episode 5, I thought they were going to kill off Yunyun since in the previous episodes she was only a comedy relief. She was really hilarious in this episode since she tried to be a bad guy and she was really hilarious with that facial expression of hers. In this episode also the Borner thing was also explained and that they are being manipulated by an organization by offering them drugs that will save their lives.

(Wow that was long and nonstop... :P..)

I can't wait to watch the next episode since in the last part of the episode there was someone who send a letter to Maria and it seem to be an invitation to a party and in the preview, it seems that Alpahard would somewhat kidnap Maria. Ooohhh....can't wait..

until then...

~ja

No...I haven't dropped Haruhi Suzumiya...yet

Nope I haven't dropped Haruhi Suzumiya 2nd yet, but I will start blogging it again when the dreaded Endless Eight would finish (I hope it'll finish next week). I think it's just a waste of my time if I would continue blogging the same old story over and over. Also, I agree that this once great series has fallen because of the #^$*% (just imagine cuss words ok :P) companies managing this series are trying sqeezing money from the fans. Ugh, they are even trying to sell DVDs of it in full price, what a waste of money and who would buy that?
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Btw, I know I haven't released any new episodes of Canaan and Bakemonogatari but I'm really busy these days because the midterm exams are coming. I'll try blogging episodes 2-4 of Canaan tomorrow but for Bakemonogatari, I haven't had a chance to watch the 3rd and 4th episodes yet so I think I'll blog that after my exams.
So...Good Luck to me and to those who will also be having their exams this week.....and wtf??!! Kadokawa and KyoAni.. -_-''
until then...
~ja

Fist Impressions: Bakemonogatari - 01, Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 - 01, CANAAN - 01

Bakemonogatari - 01
Impression:
What impressed me in this show was the eye candy visuals and I'm surprised because I never thought that SHAFT is capable of having good animation and at the same time being artistic. The OP in this episode was quite interesting but I don't know if it's a shot when Koyomi was still a vampire and if it is, I would be eager to know more about him and how he became human again. Btw I would like to see SHAFT try to animate a shonen show with this high quality visuals.

Hitagi was at the same time gorgeous and calls herself a tsundere and I find her character quite entertaining. I don't know why she doesn't have any weight and the connection with the crab....I'm quite confused but I'm very eager to watch how her story would develop. I found her crazy at first because she drive a stapler inside the cheek of Koyomi but she was forgiven since because of her action Koyomi was able to tell her that he was once a vampire. Oh yeah....another interesting thing was this episode, the shots seems like in a first person view because there were only several shots where I saw Koyomi's face and SHAFT was still able to make the episode interesting even though it was only limited to Koyomi's perspective. Wow, the plot really is interesting and even the characters also so...yeah, I'll keep watching this show and I think I'll also blog it.


Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 - 01
Impression:
All I could say is wow that was a very good opening episode and the animation was solid. The OP song was ok but what really caught my attention is the beautifully done drawings they’ve used in OP sequence I really think it was jaw dropping. The ED song was also fine and the ED sequence was quite entertaining.

The first part of the episode portrays the normality of things like going to school, sibling quarrel, personalities of the kids and the lack of attention of the parents to their kids because of their work. That was too normal and then boom, there’s this earthquake and then the Mirai was separated with her brother because of the earthquake. I think because of the series being near to reality and good characterization I was already attached to the characters. The pacing was fine, it’s neither slow nor fast. The character design on the other hand looks like the one on slice-of-life series like Honey and Clover and because of that, I think, the feel of normality in this series has been emphasized more.

I think this series is very promising and I will be watching it but as for the blogging, I’ll leave it to thingle because I am really busy these days because of school and not so good schedule.
I can't wait for more earthquake action woooo!! next episode please....

CANAAN - 01

Impression:
The animation is visually stunning and the detail was also good. P.A. Works really has good animation when they produce series. The main character of the story is Canaan and she reminds me of Shiki not only because of the character design but because her eyes also change colours. Though, I think it was kind of rip off, I’m still inclined in following this series since the story and even Canaan intrigues me even though in the first episode only made a sneak peek on what would be the series is like. I’m also excited of Maaya Sakamoto voicing Alphard and I’m a big fan of hers. I wonder what would be the part of Maria in all of this, I can’t wait to find out.

The OP and the ED song didn’t stick to me and I easily forgot them. The OP sequence on the other hand was quite interesting but the ED sequence I barely noticed it. I hope they’ll insert a Maaya Sakamoto song in this series.

Since it’s only 13 episodes I think I could manage to blog this and I hope I can post it in time.

until then...

~ja