Bamboo Blade * Blue Drop * Night Wizard The Animation * Suteki Tantei Labyrinth * Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro * Mokke * Dragonaut The Resonance * Sketchbook Full Colors
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Yes, after a zillion people have done their summary of sorts on the new offerings of the fall season, I finally got my hands on the following three animes. To be honest, I am not really keen on any of these shows except for Blue Drop. However, I think I am in a pleasant surprise [...]
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I realized that because my commute gives me about two and a half hours a day of time that I need to fill, that I have an excuse now to watch a lot more anime than I had been for the last few seasons. I’m going to try to give a lot of the [...]
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Let the season of arts begin…
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Hey, Totali….wanna blog Sketchbook? HECK YES I DO!
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Sketchbook ~Full Color’s~ It didn’t give off a very good first impression. The weird thing is, this doesn’t seem like a terrible show or anything, but there’s some things that really turn me off about it. First and foremost, the nose of the cat. Seriously, it annoys me more than it probably should. Until it actually [...]
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Bamboo Blade This one turned out into a pretty decent high-school anime. I like the male and female lead, who for once aren’t destined to love each other. The male lead also is an adult teacher, and there are more important male characters than him, including a geek who actually has his own girlfriend. Nice one. [...]
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   Can you paint with all the colors of the wind? 
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Sketchbook ~full ColorRead in English.. Let me be honest with you. I didn't expect too much from this series. But my expectation went through the roof when I finished the first episode. Music is the jem of this series. OP 風さがし, ED スケッチブックを持ったまま, both lovely songs. BGMs are as good as these. I am especially fond of piano songs. Overall mood can be explained as a mixture of Honey and Clover + Aria. There are numerous steps from Aria, so I guess it is to be expected. You might notice Aria Satcho(Boss Aria) from Aria, if you watched the series. Director Yoshimasa Hiraike worked with Kaleido Star and Aria. Personally, I found Aria to be a bit too melodramatic, but in this series that has toned down a lot, so I prefer Sketchbook over Aria. (I must say though, drawing style might push away some viewers.)I found these characters not so unique as you might see these types of characters a lot from this kind of anime. However, characters don't over-react, it is just pleasant watching them. There probably wouldn't be a story (original manga was a 4-cut strip manga) but a daily episode involving Art Club. Anyways, they are all so cute. >_< I am more interested in this series than Bamboo Blade. I think you should give this series a try. (ESPECIALLY if you liked Aria)그리 기대하지는 않았는데 1화보고 기대가 급증가. 퀄러티도 예상을 훨씬 뛰어넘고 음악이 너무 좋습니다. OP는 風さがし, ED는 スケッチブックを持ったまま, 둘다 귀에 딱 들어오는 곡들입니다. 중간에 나오는 BGM들도 다 마음에 드네요. 특히 피아노곡들이... 전체적은 느낌을 말하자면 허니와 클로버와 Aria를 적당히 섞어놓은 느낌입니다. 뭐, 실제로 아리아 스텝들이 많이 참가해서 당연한지도 모르죠. 중간에 아리아사장님도 한번 등장합니다 ^^;; 감독인 요시마사 히라이케도 아리아나 카레이도 스타에 참가하셔서 분위기가 비슷합니다. 개인적으로는 좀 오버하는 경향이 있던 아리아보다는 이쪽이 더 마음에 듭니다. 퀄러티도 더 높고. (단지 작화는 좀 취향을 탈듯 하네요.)전체적으로 캐릭터들은 평범합니다. 보통 애니에서 거의다 볼 수 있는 타입들입니다만 지나치게 오버하지를 않아서 그런지 리액션보는 것 만으로도 이 애니를 챙겨 볼 가치는 충분히 있다고 생각되네요. 내용은 주인공의 미술부에서의 일상...인 것 같네요. 여하튼 귀엽고 좋습니다. >_< 개인적으로 Bamboo Blade보다 더 관심이 생긴 작품이네요. 한번 꼭 챙겨 보시길. 후회하지는 않으실 것 같네요.
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