03 Sep 2008 mellow_bunny

Toshokan Sensou, A Kanokon Revisit, Karekano

Toshokan Sensou (Library Wars)

So I finished Toshokan Sensou today. My overall impressions of the show are good. I liked the animation, the music, the characters and the story :)! I wish some of the backstory could have been more detailed but such is life with only 12 episodes.

I think most memorable for me would be the parents coming to visit episode. Also when Kasahara realises Doujou is the Prince Charming hahaa. I liked the somewhat sneaky character of Shibasaki ;). I watched this series in HD and recommend it thoroughly. The show looked great.

As a note, I have found that any anime series of 12 episodes to be much more enjoyable then the larger 24 or 26 episode series. I guess the story progresses much faster and stronger emotions are usually in play.

A Kanokon Revisit

I was doing my nightly Antenna trawl of blogs looking for posts of interests when I came across a post on Euphoric Field. One thing lead to another and I came across this Kanokon post on Euphoric Field. Quite simply hilarious. The post near perfectly describes my thoughts on the show and was written in a muchly amusing manner. Go read~

Karekano (Anime)

The biggest waste of my time and angst ever. 2 years ago now it was that I first hired out the DVD volumes of this show. I only ever made it to the 4th disc however. The angst I felt over the possibility of them splitting made me fear the last disc. I finally decided to face my fears last week and hired out the final DVD.

I… I can’t believe it.. I’m still in shock over the utter crap way it ended. Worst ever. EVER.

Posted by mellow_bunny » Anime, Filler

3 Comments on “Toshokan Sensou, A Kanokon Revisit, Karekano”

  • Martin

    Toshokan Sensou was fun but nothing spectacular. There was more potential than the episode count allowed but the characters made it worth a watch for me. Kanokon didn’t do much for me but that sort of show isn’t my thing anyway. Euphoric Field does a neat job of explaining why other people might enjoy it more than I did.

    As for Kare Kano, it really is one of the worst endings ever. If you were worried about the main couple breaking up that probably means you wound up caring about what happens to them (which is what’s so wonderful about the series) - I actually recommend you give the manga a try if that’s the case. It has everything that’s good about the anime adaptation (minus the Anno-isms) but I believe it has a proper ending too!

    09-03-08 » 8:21 am »

  • TheBigN

    Kare Kano’s ending is a non-ending, as it follows the manga faithfully well to that point. It ends just before one of the more epic parts of the manga, and it only goes on from there. I don’t look at it as a bad ending myself, just unfinished. :P

    09-03-08 » 10:59 am »

  • mellow_bunny

    TheBigN.. I never really thought about that. I assumed they just ballsed up the anime. I think I will grab the manga.. I want to see how it ends.

    09-03-08 » 2:50 pm »

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