Shion no Ou
Okay, so here’s one that’ll never get licensed: the creators assumed that the viewers know the basic rules of Shougi, which isn’t really the case for most western viewers, now is it? Still, this series rocks, despite this, and it actually motivated me enough to learn more about the game in order to understand it better. I’ve said this before, but I really like Studio Deen, in the way that they’ve got an eye for great concepts, and there is a chance they’ve struck gold here. The murders only turned out to be a very small part of all the mysteries surrounding this series, and I’m so going to watch this.
Koharu Biyori
The OVA-format can be great for those stories that are too short for their own series, yet have the potential to turn into excellent stories. And then came Koharu Biyori where a perverted teenager buys himself a maid-robot and puts her in different dresses. Seriously, this is just one big excuse for fanservice; it’s especially obvious when a big octopus appears from out of nowhere. I admit, there were some funny moments here and there, like the selfish-joke, but that’s nowhere near enough to make up for the shallow plot, bad writing and nature to milk money out of the perverted otaku.
Ghost Hound
For me, this was the big title for the fall-season for me, and so far it doesn’t disappoint. It’s nothing amazing yet, though, but that’s because this clearly was an introduction-episode, with the purpose of giving the viewer a small taste of the different characters and the setting. One of the interesting things about this episode is how the creators managed to make a male main character of about fourteen years old who actually doesn’t feel annoying. I also like how his sister died, when both of them were kidnapped when they were young: it shows great promise for the future episodes. The graphics also look awesome, but what else do you expect when the character-designer of Jigoku Shoujo and Production-IG team up together? The voice-acting is also quite good and realistic; this is going to be a major series once the plot really gets fired off.]]>
Some quick first impressions: Shion no Ou, Koharu Biyori and Ghost Hound
i also waited to see how Shion no Ou will turn up to be since it captured my attention some time ago and i am glad to read that it is quite interesting and i hope i will also like it when i will watch it
about Ghost Hound,it is one of the three anime that i have waited for,i decided to watch it subbed but from what i read here it seems to have lot of potential,and the animes I.G made in the last couple of years were almost all very good,and i also read that it is based on the concept of Ghost in the Shell creator (one of my favorite anime) so i expacted a lot from this anime and is still do
I just finished Shion and was hoping someone would blog it, luckily you will. I agree that the mystery aspect is fantastic and some parts down right surprised me (I’m sure you know which scene) and the ending was suspensful enough to make me really want to see the next episode. I was very interested in the shougi games even if I only know a bit about it, they appeared to be quite exciting.
You never know if this may be licensed, I mean Hikaru no Go was. I think as long as the story will focus more on mystery and suspense, it won’t get confusing.
I’m pretty sure Ghost Hound will be the most difficult show of 2007, especially to foreigners…..