Comments on: This.Was.An.Okay.Watch

By: Shaliara

Shaliara — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:50:33 +0000

Do not worry! Cuenca it’s some of the less known cities of Spain. :D It is very beautiful as you can see but it’s not so turistic and well know as another one can be! It does not even have any highway that goes there, you have to get through more conventional roads (locale roads we could say) :)

I’ll follow your advice, as I also heard that the plot thickens up a bit ;)

By: Ningyo

Ningyo — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:00:56 +0000

@Shaliara
Ah yes, I saw a a few posts after I made this one that brought that to light, that the settings are copies of real life locales. I didn’t think they’d be direct photo to animation adaptations, so I never looked into it – I simply saw the water-spewing lion head and immediately went ‘Venetian’. That was a rather guilty move on my part ^^;

You’re right though, they did do an amazing job recreating the scenery. And the plot seems to be picking up now, give it a watch ;)

By: Shaliara

Shaliara — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:03:35 +0000

If you’re interested in the bacckgounds they’re based on a real city: Cuenca, in Spain.

I’m Spanish myself and have been in that place sometimes and I must say they did an INCREDIBLE work to setting every street I walked on just right :)

Cuenca is quite a beautiful town, by the way. Here you have some photographs (you will recognize the Hanged Houses, for example… :))

http://images.google.es/images?sourceid=chrome&q=cuenca&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=5XeiS-2TA8mJ4gaX4eyGCg&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=5&ved=0CCgQsAQwBA

As for the series I preety much have an opinion like yours. I don’t fancy this type of animes and I wish it had a tougher plot as the setting promised because it sounded like a very intersting one. But you’re right, scenery is the best.

By: Ningyo

Ningyo — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 00:55:23 +0000

And I was reminded of Strike Witches. Besides the art, and the light music that wasn’t very apparent in the pilot, it actually doesn’t have all that much to do with K-ON (touches wood).

Rio is one letter from both Mios as well, the K-ON variant and the Strike Witches one. Sakaki I’ve never been reminded of for a long time… Rio is quite a bit more outspoken and tsundere, but in appearance, they do resemble one another.

That captain is a wicked amalgam of waaay too many characters.

By: lightningsabre

lightningsabre — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 11:14:12 +0000

“She isn’t Yui. She isn’t Yui. She isn’t Yui.” is what I’ve kept repeating as I watched it… No, not really. The whole time I was watching, I kept thinking about Last Exile. Something about the show reminds me of that. Not sure why.

I’m a bit po’d because they’re focusing on music again! Gah! Rio is one letter away from… Sakaki? That’s who I was thinking of when I saw her :P

All in all I am pleased that it isn’t a K-lONe. Loved the Kalafina OP song too. Though the captain reminds me of a blond version of the teacher from K-ON >_<

By: Ningyo

Ningyo — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 00:24:12 +0000

@FaS
That’s good to hear :D
And worry not, for the Ningyo ego-fund can always use more donations. And if you’ve the spare time then do so by all means, I’ll drop by as I normally do.

@Yi
My sentiments are similar; I didn’t like K-ON!’s premise, but wasn’t really THAT offended by the art. I haven’t too strong an opinion on the ‘moeblob’ style. It’s still aesthetically pleasing, if not a little excessively sugarcoated.

Yes, some have found that jarring, the character art against the detailed backgrounds. It does look a little silly, but it’s nothing that offends me.

By: Yi

Yi — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 12:46:40 +0000

The resemblance of the characters to K-On! is uncanny. Still, that’s neither bad nor good imo.

I was surprised at the high quality of the art and the backgrounds though, especially if this turns out to be moeblob.

By: FaS

FaS — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 01:02:35 +0000

Wow, this was a very thoughtful review :) I don’t mean to suck up or anything, but I really enjoy reading your stuff so much until I don’t need RSS to keep up with it :) I have not seen So Ra No Wo To yet, but was definitely wondering about if the “adventure” was even worth the trouble. I suppose I might write a light review.

By: Ningyo

Ningyo — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:29:42 +0000

@imouto
Does that mean I have to stop calling you that if you’ve stopped WiFi-ing?
I think he did complain about it, just that he still watched it anyways. And do so; anything that ruins the Hikariman’s splendid days.

@Razrig
Yes, there’s quite a buzz right now about the similarities. If you’ll go to the effort of looking up again, I’ve linked to a compilation of people’s thoughts on the matter.

@Katsura-chan
Ahaha, I realize I’ve been possibly too ambiguous about my stance on this series. Do watch it if you’ve some free time, I’d like to know what you think afterwards.

By: Katsura-chan

Katsura-chan — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:53:40 +0000

Will try it when i have some free time.
Don’t know what to think so far after reading your review.