{"id":767,"date":"2009-04-01T01:10:10","date_gmt":"2009-04-01T08:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikoto.wordpress.com\/?p=767"},"modified":"2009-04-01T01:10:10","modified_gmt":"2009-04-01T08:10:10","slug":"shangri-la-op","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flomu.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/shangri-la-op\/","title":{"rendered":"Shangri-La OP: Lolis, Trannies, and lots of Green"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-768\" src=\"http:\/\/mikoto.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/snapshot20090401003921.jpg?resize=500%2C287\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"287\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000;text-decoration:none;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.anime-shangri-la.jp\/img\/10_pv\/op.flv\">Get it\u00a0<\/a><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.anime-shangri-la.jp\/img\/10_pv\/op.flv\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> (DDL). \u00a0Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2009-04-01\/shangri-la-opening-footage-appears-online\" target=\"_blank\">ANN<\/a>, from ~two hours ago.<\/p>\n<p>Or watch via utoob:<br \/>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"590\" height=\"332\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Kfl2ykS8Bg0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>So basically&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-770\" src=\"http:\/\/mikoto.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/snapshot20090401004050.jpg?resize=500%2C287\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"287\" \/><br \/>\nWeapon: Folding Metal Boomerang<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-769\" src=\"http:\/\/mikoto.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/snapshot20090401004131.jpg?resize=500%2C287\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"287\" \/><br \/>\nSetting: Lots of Green<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Hmn. \u00a0Well, that was interesting.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">The OP itself (as an OP) was pretty good. \u00a0I liked the song (Kimi Shinitamou Koto Nakare) quite a bit, though it sounds like a not-very-memorable song.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-771\" src=\"http:\/\/mikoto.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/snapshot20090401004016.jpg?resize=500%2C287\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"287\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Uh&#8230; well, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.anime-shangri-la.jp\/english\/character02.html\" target=\"_blank\">Mikuni<\/a> looks funny.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">She looks kind of like <a href=\"http:\/\/mikoto.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/jigoku-shoujo.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Hell Girl<\/a>, only with white hair.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-773\" src=\"http:\/\/mikoto.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/snapshot20090401004029.jpg?resize=500%2C287\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"287\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.anime-shangri-la.jp\/english\/character07.html\" target=\"_blank\">Karin<\/a> is another loli. \u00a0This is starting to look like <em>Strike Witches<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Well, I guess the genius loli archetype always works, right?\u00a0<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-774\" src=\"http:\/\/mikoto.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/sorakake8sakura.gif?resize=100%2C100\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-775\" src=\"http:\/\/mikoto.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/snapshot20090401004103.jpg?resize=500%2C287\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"287\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.anime-shangri-la.jp\/english\/character01.html\" target=\"_blank\">Kuniko<\/a> is the third loli. \u00a0She&#8217;s eighteen. \u00a0As in, <a href=\"http:\/\/mikoto.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/03\/konata.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">eighteen<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">I guess this anime could contribute a lot to that &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/mikoto.wordpress.com\/2009\/03\/21\/evolution-of-the-loli\/\" target=\"_blank\">Evolution of the Loli<\/a>&#8221; post, huh?<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_776\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-776\" class=\"size-full wp-image-776\" src=\"http:\/\/mikoto.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/snapshot20090401004137.jpg?resize=450%2C258\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"258\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-776\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Looks kinda like Regios...<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Well, this anime shows promise.<br \/>\nThe art is definitely good, and the characters seem interesting enough.<br \/>\nThe setting is top-notch, and th-<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_777\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-777\" class=\"size-full wp-image-777\" src=\"http:\/\/mikoto.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/snapshot20090401005254.jpg?resize=450%2C258\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"258\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-777\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WHAT IN THE NAME OF GOD IS THAT THING<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I had to say it. \u00a0When I saw him\/her (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.anime-shangri-la.jp\/english\/character05.html\" target=\"_blank\">Mi-ko<\/a> is a transvestite&#8230;) in the OP, I was like&#8230;<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-778\" src=\"http:\/\/mikoto.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/snapshot20090310013437.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So in a nutshell, this show is about lolis, trannies, and Hell Girl in a world filled with trees and green stuff.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.anime-shangri-la.jp\/english\/character03.html\" target=\"_blank\">ain&#8217;t he a &#8220;cleaver&#8221; fellow<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>Finally (I know, there&#8217;s been a lot of random crap in this post):<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.anime-shangri-la.jp\/english\/character10.html\" target=\"_blank\">Yuri<\/a> wants to &#8220;free herself from her family name, [so] she has a strong wish to be married.&#8221;<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s actually pretty interesting. \u00a0Even though her <em>family <\/em>name isn&#8217;t <strong><span style=\"color:#ff0000;\">Yuri<\/span><\/strong>&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get it\u00a0here (DDL). \u00a0Source: ANN, from ~two hours ago. 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