God… this episode was incredibly creative. And incredibly fun as well. Yuuko invites Watanuki, Domeki, Himawari, the Rain Sprite, the Vestal Sprite and Mokona to a playground in order for them to have a snowball fight. Though it’s not a normal snowball fight. Each of the contestants has to create some kind of snowman. These [...]
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Haha! This was yet another great example of a good xxxHolic episode. The theme of the episode once again was fascinating, the Vestal Sprite was very cute once more, but especially Watanuki was very interesting again. And funny. ^_^ This episode is about the Demon Parade, or the Hyakkiyakou. It’s a gathering of spirits, which happens [...]
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I have to admit that this drawing in this episode is not as bad as I thought it'd be. In general the character's face is better drawn and a lot more consistent. The backgrounds are also less dull than the episode that preceeds it. Having said that, I don't understand why the quality of the series is so inconsistent. I have actually watched episode 16 while I was in Japan and noticed that it actually looks good. It feels as if some episodes were drawn by other, less experienced animators. Thankfully, just like NHK ni Youkoso!, there is a strong and interesting plot contained within each episode. I think if the producer can increase the amount of funding given to the animation, this could have been a much better series. Anyway, I'll try to catch up with the rest of the episodes soon but I have to admit that I'm quite overwhelm with my schedule at the moment. So I'm sorry if the reviews come rather late these days.
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Hashihime and many other people already mentioned it on animesuki forum. But in case you didn't know, Kamiya Hiroshi, the VA who voices Takemoto is now hospitalised due to a car accident that happened back around the 7th this month. I am really shocked and upset to hear this and hopes that the actor will pull through. I am not sure what is going to happen to Honey and Clover anime now but if production has not wrapped up yet, I hope they will wait until the actor recovers. I realise that this is not a realistic expectation but I personally don't think other actor can voice Takemoto that well. But right now there's nothing else that we can do but wish the best for the actor. This week's episode seems to mirror this sad news with Kaoru's sad background story and a shocking conclusion at the end of the episode. As a side note, the insert song this week is 「夏陰」Natsukage (11.4MB, 320kbps MP3) by Suga Shikao. It's from his xxxHOLiC movie theme single, Kiseki/Natsukage/Sanagi. Anyway, I'll be back with summary and larger screencaps later on.
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Oh my… this surely was a unique episode. And I mean that in a good way. I’ve honestly never seen an episode in which so much emphasis was put in just characters talking. 85% of the episode contains just Yuuko and Watanuki, talking about the case of the episode. 10% of the time is spent [...]
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The animation in this episode is unbelievably crappy. Everything from character design to proportions are inconsistent. They are not as bad as xxxHOLiC 14/15 but it's still bad nonetheless. Some of the drawings actually look really messed up that I actually wondered if it's intentonal. Either way, I hope this is just a one-off irregularity but since Gonzo produced this, I can't help but being worried about how the rest of the series will look now. Thankfully the story is good enough to sustain my attention throughout the episode. It's a shame that they changed the 'ultimate moe' drawing to something less scary in here. In the original manga, the drawing is quite repulsive to see and illustrate the ridiculousness some of those character archetypes featured in anime/manga/games.
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The 2nd ending theme song for xxxHolic (xxxホリック ) Kagerou (蜉蝣-かげろう) by Buck-tick I like this ending theme alot!!! Cause its by Buck-Tick !!! And the animation for xxxHolic ending was also very well done … with Maru and Moro acting as rockers .. rofl You can watch it on Youtube Sadly there’s only 2 tracks on this single: 1: Kagerou (蜉蝣-かげろう) 2: [...]
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Yesterday was SR’s ED release, and today, one of my favourite manga titles, xxxholic’s ED has been released. While the anime clearly and definitely sucks, the consolation is that xxxholic has a really great OP, 19sai and also decent EDs. This second ED, Kagerou, is also great. Done by BUCK-TICK, the band that sung Dress, [...]
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Of late, both CLAMP’s flagship manga series have reached semi-climaxes that involve one character an eye and another character gaining that. Hence, parallels between the two series have just began to arise, and may dictate the future course of their storylines. In Tsubasa Chronicle, we discover that the Syaoran we have followed through the volumes is [...]
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Wow, that was touching. It seems that Himawari is going to have a rival. It’s going to be interesting, since she doesn’t think of Watanuki as someone who’s in love with her. Also, for some reason, it appears to be good for Watanuki to interact with the Vestal Sprite. In any case, according to Yuuko. We [...]
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