Ok – first up, I’m definitely going to watch episode 2. It’s not jaw dropping stuff but I absolutely went NUTS when Hitomi’s character, Misa, appeared!! hehe The character and her voice was just a perfect match!! If you’re a fan, you have to watch this! I’ll explain in detail later.
First off, to give you a bit of an idea, this is a magical girls story. Yumiko, silver hair, recently discovered that she is a descendant of a great magician, Christobald. Her hair and purple eyes marks her as a magician. She ends up attending a magical school where she becomes the student of a 25 year old powerful magician, Misa! Very conveniently, Misa has a younger sister (blue hair) who is also a magician and is super friendly to Yumiko. This is where I hope some yuri may appear but not sure yet.
Below is the opening trailer of the anime.
The anime starts off with Yumiko trying to understand what it is to “compile the code”. It basically means the ability to create magic. While heading off to find the magical school, she is chased by a white-suited magician who wants to take her staff. She refuses so he’s chasing her down trying to kill her. As she does not know how to “compile the code”, she’s a bit screwed. Luckily, Yumiko saw the magician compile the sword code and was able to master it straight away. In addition to saving herself, her eyes were suddenly opened to all the “code” / magic in the world.
During all this action, she meets Koyomi, the blue hair girl. I like her warm friendly hello to Yumiko. :) For some reason, without the need for introductions, recognises her as Yumiko. She is also a descendant of another famous magician, Anehara Kenjuro. Although she has magical powers, her only ability is to cancel and transform someone’s code (i.e. spell or incantation) into a pan!! hehe
Now for the best bit in the episode (IMO), is Misa! She is a sexy and confident young woman and is Koyomi’s sister – also known to be one of the most powerful magicians around!! She’s my favourite character so far! Misa in a Santa suit + Hitomi’s voice = KAWAII!!!!! hehehe I’m a big fan of Hitomi’s voice so I’m very likely to be following this one!
Btw, the seiyuu of Mugi-chan from K-ON! will also be appearing – starting from episode 2!! Minako Kotobuki! Another reason to watch this! So who’s going to give this one a shot??
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July 18, 2009 at 11:29 PM
hh
me! you sold it!
July 18, 2009 at 11:40 PM
Sleepy
HEHE YAY!! Btw, Misa really reminds me of Rin from Mnemosyne but a little more playful and less bloody (you will know what I mean if you’ve watched Mnemosyne before)!! My review of it is here FYI: https://yasashiisekai.wordpress.com/2008/10/07/anime-mnemosyne-my-thoughts/
July 19, 2009 at 2:11 AM
Seinime
Can’t wait for the next episode!
July 19, 2009 at 3:47 AM
CA
-HEHE YAY!! Btw, Misa really reminds me of Rin from Mnemosyne-
haha that’s exactly what I thought!!
July 19, 2009 at 6:14 AM
Sapphire
Misa really does remind me of Ren. I really enjoyed Mnemosyne and liked it better than Claymore. I take it you didn’t watch Hitomi’s Spring roles in Queen’s Blade as Shizuma or her supporting role as Sayaka in Natsu no Arashi.
I also thought Misa wanted the girl and not the Santa outfit. LOL!
July 19, 2009 at 11:32 AM
Sleepy
Hahaha no I did not watch Queen’s Blade!!! How could I?? The art was UGH!! I never watched but I saw some screenshots and that was enough to put me off!!
Is Natsu good?? I thought about watching it but was too busy last season!!
July 19, 2009 at 12:46 PM
SmaL
Queen’s blade! Lol, I really tried to watch it while taking an overview to the last season animes. Seriously the worst thing i´ve seen in… years? ! xD. Well at last the fan service was not bat at all. But i drooped it on the fourth chapter :P
About Mnemosyne I liked Mimi and her blushes :P Mimi x Rin <3!
July 19, 2009 at 1:12 PM
Sapphire
I saw 2 eps of Natsu. I didn’t care for the art. Speaking of art, I’m really liking Bakemonogatari. And yes Queen’s Blade was pretty crappy, but I still watched it LOL.
July 19, 2009 at 2:12 PM
Sleepy
Gosh i’m impressed you guys watched Queen’s Blade! The art really put me off despite there being some big name seiyuu involved!
i really enjoyed watching the interaction between Mimi x Rin – my only complaint!? They didn’t get enough screen time!!
Bakemonogatar?? This has been mentioned more than once now! need to check it out…
July 20, 2009 at 1:17 AM
Nerei
Agree, Misa is really like a younger, playful-er version of Rin from Mnemosyne.
I just watched ep 00 and 1, but mahou shoujo is really not my type. Doubt I’ll be following you gals much for this show.
And Queen’s Blade. I was so tempted by the seiyuus that I suffered a breakdown when ep 9 was released and planned to watch it, only to regain my sanity at the last moment and stayed away from it.
Natsu no Arashi was ok. I watched it only cuz I loved School Rumble by the same mangaka. But I didn’t think Natsu lived up to its predecessor. There’s an upcoming season 2 for those interested.
July 20, 2009 at 1:20 AM
Nerei
Speaking of which, Bakemonogatari ep 3 is out! But I’ll only squee over Hitagi tmr evening when I watch ep 1~3 together for the ultimate squee. ^_^
July 20, 2009 at 5:21 AM
CA
bakemonogatari…there’s some yuri, but there’s also an ex-boyfriend…
maybe… i have to watch this too XD
July 20, 2009 at 3:00 PM
Sapphire
There’s yuri in Bakemonogatari?! There is lots of fan service via ep 2…she is such a tease. Darn sexy tease too! I don’t mind being stapled either.
::goes off to watch ep 3-itte imasu::
July 20, 2009 at 3:12 PM
Nerei
no idea if there’s yuri, but Hitagi is *MY* waifu! I’m claiming her first on this blog! Check out the pics in ep 3!
http://randomc.animeblogger.net/2009/07/18/bakemonogatari-03/
July 20, 2009 at 10:57 PM
Sleepy
*cough cough*
When did we start “hogging” our favourite characters!! Need to share it around, Nerei!! haha
*checks out the pics on the link*
OK! I understand!! Is Hitagi the one with purple hair?! Well whoever she is, she looks pretty damn good! Let me guess, the hard to approach, tough on the outside but emotional on the inside?!?! ^_^
July 20, 2009 at 11:02 PM
Nerei
Erm, I’ll say you’re getting to know my taste all too well. =.=
Yes she is. And how would I describe her? Scary. >.<
I'm waiting for a few more eps to see if she becomes less scary.
July 20, 2009 at 11:43 PM
Sleepy
Gosh I hope I can at least fit one episode in tonight! But I’ve still got to finish my Aoi Hana post AND watch Canaan!!?! >_<
July 21, 2009 at 12:10 PM
CA
ah no, my mistake i was talking about Umi monogatari, there’s some yuri and an x-boyfriend i haven’t seen it but some friends told me about it
July 21, 2009 at 9:26 PM
Sleepy
Another anime to check out??! I don’t know whether I can handle all this!!
July 21, 2009 at 9:28 PM
Nerei
ah yes, u dun see the ex-boyfriend much anyway. No worries, it’s mostly just the 2 girls (+ a younger sister and a turtle).
July 21, 2009 at 9:29 PM
Nerei
there really seems to be a lot more yuriyuri this season, or just my imagination?
July 21, 2009 at 10:02 PM
Sleepy
I’m not sure about this umi anime but I’d say we’re quite lucky this season! That and the fact that we’ve got a super strong yuri goggles on! hehehe
July 22, 2009 at 3:41 AM
CA
i have already seen the first 3 eps of umi monogatari and there’s yuri subtext *.* XDD i guess so.