Nagi no Asakura
Short Synopsis: Our lead character lives in a house under the sea.
Whoooaaaaaa: the setting for this series is awesome! It’s like this child’s dream come true, in which these people live in the middle of the sea with houses and everything, inbetween all of the fish and other sea creatures, and the creators made this whole culture based on that life, including a whole folklore and magic that’s quite creative and fits in perfectly. At the same time you can really see that this is a Mari Okada series, with already a good focus on drama. It’s not perfect though. I still can’t get over the character designs: the main character looks like a girl! There’s way too much sparkle in his eyes, and PA Works went a little too far in adding the polish to the characters here. Uchoten Kazoku showed that taking away the shine results in much better character designs. Shading is fine, but too much lighting leads to a plastic effect. Also, did you have to make the female lead so incredibly weak and useless? And this is coming from people who previously worked on the Armed Librarians which spawned some of the strongest female characters out there, so I’m not sure where the hell that came from?
OP: A bland pop song, but the backgrounds are great looking.
ED: Bland pop, but it does fit the undersea motive very well.
Potential: 80%
Kyousogiga
Short Synopsis: Our lead character fights with a giant hammer
Wednesday is the day of excellent graphics! Kyousogiga will only have 10 episodes. Aside that we seem to have an episode 0, 5,5 and 10,5. I’m not sure what the latter two are, but episode 0 is basically the first ova. I guess it makes sense from a future perspective: this way you have the entire Kyosogiga in just one series, rather than a confusing bunch of OVAs. If you haven’t seen it yet, then this is the perfect chance: it’s great! And I’ll be waiting for it next week to start for real.
Potential: 90%
Coppelion
Short Synopsis: Our lead characters are the only ones who can survive in a post apocalyptic Tokyo
Coppelion… actually turned out to be really good! Beyond just looking amazing, the characters are also really well acted. The whole episode played out in this post-apocalyptic wasteland, and it really brought forth the cold and empty atmosphere amidst the beauty of the ravaged scenery. The characters are teenaged girls, but the creators gave a good reason for them to stand in the spotlight, rather than adults, and more importantly: they were well acted. They had teenaged quirks, but they also had much more sides than that and knew how to balance them around. The narrative also rocks, and it built up to this really good climax there at the end. This could very easily become GoHands’ best work at this rate.
ED: Holy crap! This ED rocks! Angela is really in her element here as a singer.
Potential: 90%
But was it well acted?
Where did you get Kyousogiga? None of the sub groups I know of have put out their sub yet. I loved the the ONA/OVAs and am trying to figure out where to get the series.
Coppelion didn’t make a good first impression for me. I’ll willing to give the premise of the story a go, but the acting and melodrama was neither convincing nor interesting.
seems like u judge things too quickly or do not like this genre at all. if you aren’t either , then there’s something wrong with you. *bleeh*
Kyousogiga,
Haven’t seen it yet. Would be nice if you’d given us an actual synopsis, instead of talking about the order in which the OVAs were released. Anyways, do I need to watch the OVAs in order to get into this?
Coppelion,
Watched it. Any anime that has its opening frame focusing on a fluttery skirt is trouble. Seriously, why even give these girls enjo kosai uniforms anyway? Does that poisonous ‘virus’ die the moment it gets a whiff of their panties?
http://psgels.net/2011/12/07/ova-impressions-kyousogiga/
The first episode is the very same OVA (only with different OST) he reviewed almost two years ago.
seems all u can lock-on to are panties and skirts , kinda like aito from mangaka san to assistant to. \(*_*)/
Yeah, I don’t really know how I feel about Coppelion yet. On one hand, it looks absolutely gorgeous, and the premise, while not especially original, could result in an interesting story. On the other, I completely disagree with Psgels about the acting: with the exception of the main character, all the other girls annoyed the heck out of me.
Guess I’m gonna have to wait to pass judgement on this one… I’m really hoping it turns out to be the next From the New World (Shin Sekai Yori).
Agreed the acting was annoying. Mostly the Aoi girl.
it’d be boring & predictable if all the girls were smart, intuitive & hot headed like the main character (ibara) from the very start.
give them room to grow. there’s a reason why the other two girls act more timid & hesitant. ^^
u should try the manga & u could read the raws upto Vol 16. yes, that’s right; v16.
The ignorancy in Coppelion almost broke my suspension of disbelief. I will hang around for a few more episode to see if these “teenager” will get any more stupid.
That is: going into a “wild” “unknown” “foreign” place without preparation.