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| Watch | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | Dreamer | # |
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I didn't know what to make of this anime at first. In the beginning, it seemed interesting.... but as the series progressed... well, not as I expected. Art, Animation & Character Design I didn't think the art was all that great. In fact, I would almost say it's down right ugly, especially how some of the characters eyes were drawn. The second half of this series is even worse. The animation itself wasn't bad however. Although, the second half on seemed to lose a few frames and got choppy. Overall, it seemed your typical frame rate. As for the character designs.... eh, nothing special either. Some of the characters were down right ugly... such as "Kintaro" and "Mansairaku" in both incarnations. Music The theme started catching my interest ever so slightly. It wasn't anything good but I did catch myself watching through the opening credits just to listen to it.... which is quite unusual of me. The ending theme wasn't that bad either. But in-between, nothing I can recall. Episode & Series Story First, I enjoyed.... for the most part, the first half of the series. Let me explain. This anime can be broken down into two segments. You got your first half that takes place in the feudal era, then you got the second half that takes place in modern day Japan. The first half of the story telling seemed interesting at first.... a simple plot about a group of people who are out in search of unique stones. There's some decent fights, interesting characters and the likes. However, about midway when you think the protagonist, "Hikaru" will be destroyed to oblivion, the story would take an even more of an interesting twist, or at least you would think it would be "intersting". But, oh no. Instead, we get just the opposite. Thus the second half takes place in modern Japan and it's..... horrible! It seemed the animation & art took a serious dump.... not that it was great to begin with and the plot was just...... boring and silly. The only interesting part was how the characters were all there but in a different form... or rather "life". And for the life of me, I couldn't figure out why our Mansairaku couldn't simply cut to the point and ended the whole thing with a simple conversion with our protagonist! Instead, we've got it dragging out for episode after episode. The whole plot lost it's appeal thus ruining the first half. Overall, nothing interesting here. This is an anime that could have been a pretty good story telling but ended up down the drain. It almost seemed the writers themselves got bored with half way through and drawn out a boring lackluster conclusion. Avoid if you can. It's a marginal "watch" if you're really bored. Last updated Friday, November 28 2008. Created Friday, November 28 2008. | ||||||||
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*warning lots of spoilers The first 13 episodes was in the Heian period. It was about Hikaru retrieving the stolen good luck charms, called Magatama (made from jade and crystal), to restore peace to Kyoto. There was 6 Magatamas in total and i think 3 had to be found. Overall the story line was pretty much the same when it comes to finding these Magatamas. summary - little history about the people and their village, little fight, and one of the thefts turns out to be a good guy trying to get rid of these Magatamas. 2 or 3 episodes later they have the Magatama and moves for the next one. That's how quick it was. You're left with "oh, was that it?"... Moves to the next village and the same thing again... great story line there. From episode 14 to 26 we are in the present time with the main characters reincarnated. Strange events happens in the city of Tokyo and Hikaru and co investigates these events. you would think this will all link up and makes sense in the end... no it doesnt. It was a silly waste of time. In the end all she had to do was return a little fragment of Magatama and these events would stop. Mansairaku (the wizard/priest) whose been waiting a 1000 years for her reincarnation, could've sat her down, had a cup of coffee, and said, "mate, you've noticed all these strange events it's because..." followed by "this is how we're going to fix it... we'll meet at this place at this time and since i can stop time, i'll take you there to avoid trouble" and "oh if you dont believe me, watch this..." By the 23rd episode, i was angry/disappointed. Angry that they wasted my time for a no plot story and to top it of they were still trying to waste my time by adding a pointless crying in the end. I was screaming in my head, "all you have to do is place that fragment back and everything will return to normal. Wtf with this pointless crying? get on with it and stop wasting my time!!!" Last updated Monday, December 24 2007. Created Monday, December 24 2007. | ||||||||
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I found this at Hastings and started watching it. It is a bit suspenseful and full of happenings that are going on. I want to try more episodes because I want to know what did happen to her brother and if she ever finds him again after he has disappeared and she wants to know who the guy with the red hair is and why does he know her name and her brother and I do to. Look this one to buy or rent if you get a chance. A change of pace and intrigue.
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| Series Web Site | http://www.production-ig.co.jp/anime/otogizoushi/ |
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