Aaannd this will also be on my Thursday blog schedule. Well basically Karada wished to be an adult faster so that she could help her brother, and the wishing stone made her wish come true. In addition though, it turned Shouko into a child. Most of the episode is spent with Karada going “This [...]
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I thought I was going to have to promote Asatte no Houkou, but from reading other anime blogs and keeping an eye on discussion boards, it looks as if the first episode has been well received. Big thanks to Lunar Anime for fansubbing the show and making it accessible to a wider audience. I’ve been [...]
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I had no idea what to expect going into this. Really, someone said they thought this would be cool, so I watched it. So far, a young woman comes to a small town in the country. Meets a little girl. They make a wish together. She finds out she’s her [...]
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Asatte no Houkou; probably the biggest surprise so far this season. I actually hated the concept when I read about this on other blogs. C’mon, a girl becoming a woman and vice versa? Not really my idea of an enjoyable anime. But J.C. Staff being there usual surprising selves have pulled off a big one here. In [...]
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OP - Hikari no Kisetsu (Suara) - it’s a pretty song, the animation’s pretty, it’s all… pretty. This is so wrong! Why do I like this show? ED - Sweet Home Song (Yuumao) - another nice song. I do worry that Karada’s going to get hit by a train someday, though. Karada and her elder [...]
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What happens with you switch ages with someone else? Are you astonished? Are you afraid, or are you relieved that your persistently unfufillable dream has finally come true? Asatte no Houkou starts off with a calm scenery and a scene of Karuda’s meeting with Shoukou. From then on, thigns start to unfold, culminating in an impressive [...]
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Studio: J.C. Staff OP: “Hikari no Kisetsu” by Suara ED: “Sweet Home Song” by Yuumao Official Site: http://www.tbs.co.jp/asatteno/ Impressions: Not something I would’ve watched if not for recommendations from other blogs. I didn’t expect it to be much; it just looked like a slice of life story between a mother and her child, but that’s not it. The episode was [...]
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Warning: a part of the post is blatant fanboying, so you could just skip that part. /fanboy rant mode on OMG WTF WAS THAT EXQUISITE AND EXCELLENTLY WELL-MADE FIRST EPISODE OF ASATTE NO HOUKOU OMG NEW FAVORITE ANIME OF THE SEASON FTW. OMG OMG OMG CHARACTER DESIGN FTW MEGANEKKO PRESENCE IS HAWT ANIME IS DIRECTED BY KATSUSHI [...]
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Since there were so many new series coming out, I just can't help going for another one anime series. I the end, I have choosen this anime, Asatte no Houkou, subbed by Lunar. I decided to choose this anime because of the "school" and "fantasy" genre. ...so, how's the anime, you ask. Let me say this: The anime's story is something really fantasy-ish. At first, I felt that it was totally a waste of time watching this anime. Expect something from a 12 year-old girl, who is going to enter middle school soon, to be childish, but doesn't want to be treated like a child, and then more about another young lady who would want to start a new life. I'll just skip blabbering about what's bad about the anime.Karada praying in front of a pile of rocks... himitsu!The anime starts with the girl, Karada-chan, praying to a pile of stones by the road, when a young woman walked by pulling her bicycle. The women stops and started to pray along. Now, here comes Karada-chan's onii-san, Hiro, some fellow who'd resemble Yukito from Air a lot, with his gray, long hair covering his eyes. Coincidently, Hiro comes to know about the young woman. He used to date the women while he was in America fours years ago. Hiro left the young woman to come back to Japan to be with his little sister, and that is why the young woman hated him. She reminds me of Suzuka when she said the words "You're the worst".Long hair covering Hiro's eye...Why'd you leave me alone in America? Is it because of your sister? Why didn't you tell me that you have a sister?!"...it's nice, in a childish way..."...okay, let's just say that I hated the woman. She purposely hurt Karada-chan's feelings by commenting on the pair of ribbons which Hiro bought for her, by saying that it's nice... in a childish way.And yeah, the young women which I have been saying... her name wasn't revealed in this episode.Look carefully... and yes, this is indeed the young women, shrunked.Now, you may ask... why is fantasy one of the genres of this anime while there is nothing to be fantasize about? Oh well... it's just the beginning of the whole story... and somehow, Karada appeared to have become a beautiful bi-shojou, while the young women had shrunk into the size of Karada's. More to come. Expect more from this anime."Want to go to the sea? Everyone's going there on Sunday!""Yo... you're gonna enter middle school soon, and you're still using a life buoy?!"Okay, let's say I got rather hooked on when Karada-chan announced that they would be going to the seaside. Note that the Ocean Festival on the 28th of August is a national holiday of Yamaki's Anime Blog, if you didn't knew about it. :D
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Asatte no Houkou was fairly high on my list of Fall 2006 anime to watch mainly because it wasn’t an h-game harem anime or a lame shounen anime. It’s more like a slice of life anime with a twist. Asatte no Houkou is the story of a girl who wants to grow up and a [...]
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