Hero Tales
Oh god… so much wasted potential. I actually liked some parts of the episode: the setting is developed well enough, there’s a fair amount of interesting characters, the tone of the series is quite dark and the storytelling was quite decent. And then it had to ruin everything at the end when the main character powered up in order to protect his love one. All the testostherone-filled pubescent males will love this, it could even be the next Bleach if it goes on for long enough, though I really don’t like how the main character is the “legendary strong guy who is destined to wield the supersword of awesomeness”. It’s a shame, though: the potential’s there, but the main character looks like he’s going to ruin everything in this series.
Maple Story
Okay, so this turned into a show, aimed at children. Still, it’s not that bad. The character-designs are simple and even the different monsters are drawn rather cute, instead of scary. I like the style of things so far, and it’s fun enough to keep watching. The male main character is also enjoyable to watch, even though his ideals are a bit cheesy. Still, it’s obvious that not many people are going to give this series a chance. I’ve already seen people label this one as the worst show of the series, though I’ve really seen much worse shows this season. I think it’s the lack of any sexy females in skimpy clothing, if this series had female fanservice people would probably check it out… ironically enough.
Moyashimon
I mean, was there any way for this series not to turn out worthwhile? ^^; There’s a very good chance we’ve got ourselves the funniest series of the season here. For Moyashimon, I actually have some faith that it’ll have enough material to remain funny for a full series, not to mention that the premise of a university-student who can see bacteria has so much potential. I also love how we sometimes get to see the reactions of random bystanders to the things that happen. There are a few flaws here and there (the outfit of the only female member of the cast is one of the biggest examples of this), but I have no idea why nobody in the blogging-community has said anything about this series so far. Is the concept of talking bacteria that outrageous?]]>
Some quick first impressions: Hero Tales, Maple Story and Moyashimon
Finally, someone mentioned Moyashimon. I had been going through blogs looking for someone who would talk about it.
The bacterias are one of the cutest thing i had ever seen in animes.
Moyashimon! That’s probably the only show I was looking forward to this season, and I’m glad to see that it doesn’t disappoint.
Wish someone would sub it though.
Haha, it’s because Thursdays are full of Shana, Clannad, KnJ, etc….even Ninomiya seems to be getting more attention than this show. I checked it out today and I thought it was awesome. Go psgels!
There is nothing wrong with her outfit 🙁
I’d suggest giving Hero Tales another chance. The “power up” isn’t so simple as it seems. At least in the manga, Taitou has no control and practically loses his mind when he is at full power. He has as much potential to become a monster than a hero, and a lot of his inner conflict comes from this.
dude, Hero Tales is by the creator of Fullmetal Alchemist. what did you expect?
Dan: that’s actually a common misconception I see everywhere: the creator of Fullmetal Alchemist DID NOT write the manga for Hero Tales. He or she merely did the art.
She didn’t write it, no. And it shows; the manga was such awful shit I gave up half way through.
Actually Arakawa did work on the manga. The author of the manga is a pen name for Arakawa and a group of other people. So it is her story idea. Apparently they confirm this in a radio show about Juushin Enbu
http://www.mediafactory.co.jp/animation/017/004/17496.html
While I don’t think Juushin Enbu is as good as Fullmetal Alchemist it’s only been about 5 chapters that’s hardly enough time to really judge something.
I was expecting a lot from the anime, I was hoping that it would be like the full metal alchemist series that is true to the manga. So I was a little disappointed when I watched the first episode, the plot was too rushed and I felt that they should not have changed the story (simply because it was fine the way it was).
The manga series itself has the feel and potential of a great manga series if written properly.