Well, this is basically the second episode of the series but it was aired at the same time as the first one. While the first episode contains the OP theme, the second episode contains the ED theme. I personally think neither the OP nor the ED are that special but they are passable. Voice acting are okay as well except for Madarao the spirit dog. I was expecting a female VA not a male VA who tries to act like female. I am also apprehensive of the fact that the writers cut out a lot of the manga material. Unless I'm wrong, they exclude the entire pattiserie ghost part of the story and only include some scenes from that story. This makes me wonder if there is a limited amount of episode reserved for this series. Thankfully the art and animation make up a lot for the above deficiencies. This is definitely one of the nicest-looking series I've seen this season.
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Opening Theme: 「Sha la la - アヤカシ NIGHT」 (Sha la la - Ayakashi NIGHT) by 宇浦冴香　 (Uura Saeka) Download: AVI format (21MB) | Download PSP format (coming soon) This turns out to be a nice surprise. I kind of like the manga but I never expected the anime to look this good. It's a bit hard to see with this particular episode since I got a rather lousy raw for it. But you should be able to see how good the quality with the screenshots from the second episode. Another thing that I didn't expect was for the TV channel to screen 2 episodes at once. While I have no problem with the first episode, I do have small issues with the second episode which I'll talk about in the relevant entry. Anyway, the OP theme is included on the first episode but I don't think this is the real OP theme since it mostly just shows scenes from the first 2 episodes. I am hoping that next week's episode will show the true OP. I will update the screenshots once I find a better quality one. In the meantime, however, I hope these are good enough.
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Well, I'm not sure where all of this is coming from, but there are like four different Kekkaishi trailers online for your viewing pleasure. The first comes in the form of a flash trailer on the site's official homepage. You can get at it by clicking the "arasuji" (あらすじ) link on the main page, though [...]
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Finally, it’s the last part of my Fall 2006 Anime Preview! Phew! In this ultimate preview, I take a look at Bartender, Gift Eternal Rainbow, Love dol: Lovely Idol, and Kekkaishi. Bartender Bartender Facts: Bartenders are mammals. Bartenders fight all the time The main purpose of a Bartender is to flip out and star in anime Yeah, I think it’s weird [...]
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