{"id":878,"date":"2009-04-06T10:38:11","date_gmt":"2009-04-06T17:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikoto.wordpress.com\/?p=878"},"modified":"2009-04-06T10:38:11","modified_gmt":"2009-04-06T17:38:11","slug":"spring-2009-anime-first-impressions-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flomu.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/spring-2009-anime-first-impressions-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring 2009 Anime First Impressions: Part One"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pinch me, 'cause I think I'm dreaming.<\/p><\/div>\n

Part One.5 of my Spring 2009 First Impressions (Part one was technically Queen’s Blade<\/a><\/em>…): K-ON!<\/em>, Slap Up Party -Arad Senki-<\/em>, Shangri-la<\/em>, Natsu no Arashi<\/em>, and Hayate no Gotoku!!<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

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K-ON!<\/h1>\n

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A slice-of-life comedy from KyoAni featuring a moeblob, a Miyuki in a costume, a maybe-tsundere, and a spaz.<\/p>\n

It feels like a cross between Kannagi <\/em>and Lucky Star<\/em>, featuring the “club will be shut down unless…” plotline of anime like CLANNAD<\/em>.<\/p>\n

This could just be the next great slice-of-life comedy, the one I’ve been waiting for since Kannagi<\/em> ended.<\/p>\n

Yui is awesome.<\/p>\n

Epic win<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Slap Up Party -Arad Senki-<\/h1>\n

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An action\/adventure-comedy by GONZO, one of the only four it will be producing this year.<\/p>\n

This was definitely unexpected. \u00a0I had wanted a good, solid comedy, and I got some random battle crap for the first seven minutes?<\/p>\n

However, I stuck to my word that I’d watch the first episode of each series, and I was thankfully not disappointed. \u00a0This feels like it’s going to be an RPG-like anime<\/a> in which random characters (including this looks-like-a-man woman<\/a>) join Baron’s party, and I, for one, am not complaining.<\/p>\n

I can only hope that this series will keep up the balance of the RPG-style party vs. enemies action\/adventure and great humor that was presented in this first episode.<\/p>\n

Win<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Shangri-la<\/h1>\n

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The second of the four 2009 GONZO anime, and it looks like it’s going to become an epic sci-fi action anime.<\/p>\n

This was the anime I was looking forward to, the one that I knew I had to watch from the first time I saw this picture<\/a>.<\/p>\n

So basically: incredibly short skirts, two creepy, though funny, trannies, an 18-year-old main character loli, a royal loli with different colored eyes, and a bear-hugging loli playing the markets. \u00a0Add to that some awesome art<\/a> (though it’s in low definition), and you’ve got yourself a winner.<\/p>\n

Epic win<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Natsu no Arashi!<\/h1>\n

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A SHAFT slice-of-life comedy (maybe comedic romance… though not likely).<\/p>\n

Well, um… The character design here certainly is …a sight to behold (not <\/em>in a good sense). \u00a0A nose that looks like a belly button and noses that look like Steiner’s nose<\/a> minus the bold tags??<\/p>\n

However, seeing as the character design is consistent throughout the episode, I can at least rest assured that this won’t pull off an Akikan!<\/em>esque “I just lost a nose!” or worse… well, at least, I hope it won’t.<\/p>\n

The time-traveling aspect of the show, coupled with the idea that you’ll cease to exist if you meet yourself, is a great platform to build a comedy on.<\/p>\n

This first episode seems like a “hook” into the show without explaining the origins of the time-traveling, sailor fuku girls… which isn’t necessarily bad, and I’m actually not looking forward to an explanation (the comedy present in this episode seems good enough).<\/p>\n

Oh, and awesome Sayonara, Zetsubou Sensei<\/a><\/em> reference\/parody<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Win<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Hayate no Gotoku!!<\/h1>\n

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The second season of one of the greatest comedies ever.<\/p>\n

Awesome awesome awesome!!1<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0…is what I want to say.<\/p>\n

The humor of the first season is definitely present in this episode… but the art style and the art quality<\/a> are too different and bad (respectively) to ignore.<\/p>\n

However, as with Natsu no Arashi!<\/em>, I’m sure that I’ll get used to the art in time.<\/p>\n

Also, Hinagiku ED = awesome.
\nJust goes to show who’s the real main heroine of this anime.<\/p>\n

Win<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Conclusion<\/h1>\n

So so far (that ain’t a typo), the things I’ll most likely be bashing are Natsu no Arashi, Hayate S2, and Slap Up Party, though I doubt I can keep up episodic bashes for any of those three. \u00a0Queen’s Blade – I won’t be blogging. \u00a0K-ON! and Shangri-la are incredible.<\/p>\n

Hmn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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