Comments on: Negima!? 01 (round 2) http://animearimasu.animeblogger.net/2006/10/09/negima-01/ Where anime and rhetoric unite Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:41:17 +0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Shirukii http://animearimasu.animeblogger.net/2006/10/09/negima-01/comment-page-1/#comment-209 Shirukii Tue, 10 Oct 2006 00:54:17 +0000 http://animearimasu.animeblogger.net/2006/10/09/negima-01/#comment-209 Thanks for the comment, as an opening ep I think they could have done a bit more to draw the viewers in, rather than rely on flashy magic casting scenes. But I do agree with your point on character progression so far, it seems like the characters will retain a lot of their personality from the first season and possibly see further expansion, since the pacing is going pretty fast already. After watching the RAW I realized that the animation was much better than it first appeared, but I still don't like some of the char designs. But eh, to each his own I suppose XD as for the PPD, I found out they had the same creator AFTER I wrote the post >.> so I was unaware of that at the time =( Thanks for the comment, as an opening ep I think they could have done a bit more to draw the viewers in, rather than rely on flashy magic casting scenes. But I do agree with your point on character progression so far, it seems like the characters will retain a lot of their personality from the first season and possibly see further expansion, since the pacing is going pretty fast already. After watching the RAW I realized that the animation was much better than it first appeared, but I still don’t like some of the char designs.
But eh, to each his own I suppose XD as for the PPD, I found out they had the same creator AFTER I wrote the post >.> so I was unaware of that at the time =(

]]> By: Scorpio http://animearimasu.animeblogger.net/2006/10/09/negima-01/comment-page-1/#comment-208 Scorpio Tue, 10 Oct 2006 00:31:39 +0000 http://animearimasu.animeblogger.net/2006/10/09/negima-01/#comment-208 (sorry, my first post got cut off XD I'm new to this...) Also I really liked the cliff hanger ending. Eva is a lot more badass in this version as she should be :P As for the PPD similarities, those are due to PPD and Negima!? having the same director and production company. I wouldn't really call it "stealing" from other series lol Well anyways, those are my 2 cents if anybody cares (I was just browsing through blogs and I felt compelled to comment on this one :P). In the end the best thing about the first episode of Negima!? in my mind is the potential I see in it. Yes, it could go completely in the wrong direction and end up sucking worse then the first, but I really saw a lot of potential in this first episode and that has me hopefully about the rest of the series ^__^ (sorry, my first post got cut off XD I’m new to this…)

Also I really liked the cliff hanger ending. Eva is a lot more badass in this version as she should be :P

As for the PPD similarities, those are due to PPD and Negima!? having the same director and production company. I wouldn’t really call it “stealing” from other series lol

Well anyways, those are my 2 cents if anybody cares (I was just browsing through blogs and I felt compelled to comment on this one :P). In the end the best thing about the first episode of Negima!? in my mind is the potential I see in it. Yes, it could go completely in the wrong direction and end up sucking worse then the first, but I really saw a lot of potential in this first episode and that has me hopefully about the rest of the series ^__^

]]> By: Scorpio http://animearimasu.animeblogger.net/2006/10/09/negima-01/comment-page-1/#comment-207 Scorpio Tue, 10 Oct 2006 00:29:31 +0000 http://animearimasu.animeblogger.net/2006/10/09/negima-01/#comment-207 Personally I thought the first episode was very good over all. The intro was completely awesome, I really like the way Evangeline and 1000 Master were portrayed and it was a good attention getter and segway into the main story. I had seen the RAW so the problem with the video quality in the sub didn’t bother me much as I knew the actual animation quality was much better. Honestly I was also a little iffy about the new art and character designs at first, but by the end of the episode I had already found myself getting used to them. One thing that caught my eye was that Negi's and Eva's magic looked very very cool, way better portrayal of magic then the first series *is a fan of magic in fiction*. If that is any indication the fight scenes in this series could be really good. The second half of the episode wasn’t quite as good as the first though, but I realized that with 31 characters to introduce the little down time was pretty much to be expected. Though I like how each character got at least one line though that showed off a hint of their personality (like Chisame XD Personally I thought the first episode was very good over all. The intro was completely awesome, I really like the way Evangeline and 1000 Master were portrayed and it was a good attention getter and segway into the main story. I had seen the RAW so the problem with the video quality in the sub didn’t bother me much as I knew the actual animation quality was much better. Honestly I was also a little iffy about the new art and character designs at first, but by the end of the episode I had already found myself getting used to them. One thing that caught my eye was that Negi’s and Eva’s magic looked very very cool, way better portrayal of magic then the first series *is a fan of magic in fiction*. If that is any indication the fight scenes in this series could be really good.

The second half of the episode wasn’t quite as good as the first though, but I realized that with 31 characters to introduce the little down time was pretty much to be expected. Though I like how each character got at least one line though that showed off a hint of their personality (like Chisame XD

]]> By: Shirukii http://animearimasu.animeblogger.net/2006/10/09/negima-01/comment-page-1/#comment-206 Shirukii Mon, 09 Oct 2006 23:27:29 +0000 http://animearimasu.animeblogger.net/2006/10/09/negima-01/#comment-206 Seems like it's going to be a really slow season for you Soda D= Apparently Kujibiki Unbalance isn't all that great, I'll have to verify this myself. And since you seem to not want to join the yuri fanclub, I doubt Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru is going to entice you. I actually watched the Negima!? ep twice, the first time I hated it because I felt like the destroyed the feel of Negima set by the first. But I dled the RAW and watched it, and due to the quality being a lot better, my opinion changed. As for stealing from other shows, yea it's a cheapshot >_> but it was funny XD And yes, you underestimate my power, even information from series I have not watched undergoes osmosis and finds a place in my head ^^ ~ Shirukii ~ Seems like it’s going to be a really slow season for you Soda D= Apparently Kujibiki Unbalance isn’t all that great, I’ll have to verify this myself. And since you seem to not want to join the yuri fanclub, I doubt Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru is going to entice you.

I actually watched the Negima!? ep twice, the first time I hated it because I felt like the destroyed the feel of Negima set by the first. But I dled the RAW and watched it, and due to the quality being a lot better, my opinion changed. As for stealing from other shows, yea it’s a cheapshot >_> but it was funny XD And yes, you underestimate my power, even information from series I have not watched undergoes osmosis and finds a place in my head ^^

~ Shirukii ~

]]> By: Soda http://animearimasu.animeblogger.net/2006/10/09/negima-01/comment-page-1/#comment-205 Soda Mon, 09 Oct 2006 23:13:48 +0000 http://animearimasu.animeblogger.net/2006/10/09/negima-01/#comment-205 Personally, I thought it was a rather bad opening episode. It left me rather uninterested and with a fairly bad impression. The lack of a real OP doesn't help capture me into watching either. <br> It did feel very PPD with the whole blackboard writings, which kind of took away from the feel of it. It's already a remake, must they steal from other series now? Then again, the series ARE rather similar, having a small figure teach a huge class, which just is a headache to remember all the students' names. By the time they listed the last student's name, my head was spinning. I'm horrible with names, I freely admit. <br> I'm surprised you caught the Azu-Daioh reference with Chiyo, because I was under the impression you didn't watch the series o.o And a little surprised at PPD too, since I didn't think you watched that yet. Clearly I underestimate the anime master. <br> If something doesn't drastically change my opinion by next episode... then it looks like a dropped series for me =/ Which would make the status of the first Negima and the remake one and the same. <br> Bah, the only thing this season I'm excited about watching is Kanon. DeathNote is a little bah, but that can change. Negima, as already voiced, just didn't capture me. And as for all the other series, I don't know much about them. So I'm just hoping there's something awesome out there that I didn't find yet. Personally, I thought it was a rather bad opening episode. It left me rather uninterested and with a fairly bad impression. The lack of a real OP doesn’t help capture me into watching either.

It did feel very PPD with the whole blackboard writings, which kind of took away from the feel of it. It’s already a remake, must they steal from other series now? Then again, the series ARE rather similar, having a small figure teach a huge class, which just is a headache to remember all the students’ names. By the time they listed the last student’s name, my head was spinning. I’m horrible with names, I freely admit.

I’m surprised you caught the Azu-Daioh reference with Chiyo, because I was under the impression you didn’t watch the series o.o And a little surprised at PPD too, since I didn’t think you watched that yet. Clearly I underestimate the anime master.

If something doesn’t drastically change my opinion by next episode… then it looks like a dropped series for me =/ Which would make the status of the first Negima and the remake one and the same.

Bah, the only thing this season I’m excited about watching is Kanon. DeathNote is a little bah, but that can change. Negima, as already voiced, just didn’t capture me. And as for all the other series, I don’t know much about them. So I’m just hoping there’s something awesome out there that I didn’t find yet.

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