Dennō Coil ep 01

Dennō Coil on ANN

Denno Coil. Get ready to be transported into the world of virtual pets. But unlike the Tamagochi era on earth, these pets do not live on the screen of mini toys. Rather, like the name of the first ep states – The Children With Glasses, these kids can see the virtual world through special glasses.

In the first episode we get a glimpse of what the whole thing is about. Like, pets and them entering a different place. It made me quite lost in the sense that, I felt that that world was a weird place and i haven’t got a clue as to how it works. Technology, humans. And are children the only ones who can see those pets? I doubt it right?

From the first ep I cannot seem to see where this anime is going. As in, the direction as to which it is headed.

The animation is clean and nice. Kinda reminds me of Studio Ghibli’s characters. The pets are funny, especially the ojisan(refer to 2nd image). I don’t really understand why the ratings for this anime is so good because I personally felt it to be mediocre only. But I guess once can’t really tell much from the first ep.

Anyway, unlike Pokemon and Digimon, while this anime involves weird pets and creatures as well as kids, that is probably as far as the similarities go. It does not seem to be a childish anime and I am glad of that fact. However, it does not seem to be the type of anime that I would like. _(^.^)_ sorry to the fans of this anime.

Rating- 6/10

-ra out

Kekkaishi ep 51

Kekkaishi on ANN

It is the final arc of the anime series Kekkaishi and the second last episode.
Upon seeing his friend in trouble he lost it and created this HUGE kekai that destroys everything. The difference is that this one allows someone else to be inside. Yoshimori is not breathing and is unconscious and everyone is trying their best to wake him up and stop this barrier.

This ep ends when, Tokine tries to enter the barrier by using a technique that she had previous succeeded in doing. Which is by passing a barrier. What happens next in the season finale? Well, we just have to wait and see.

This is definitely the climax episode of the whole season. I quit enjoyed this arc cos it meant that kekkaishi was finally going somewhere. The first half of the season was practically the same thing happening over and over agian.

Anyway, be sure to catch the next ep if you wanna know what happens. Does Tokine die? Does Yoshimori die? Is Yoshimori’s barrier stronger than his bro’s? And what is going to happen to that alternate realm. Hmmm, lots of things to think about.

-ra out!

^^; believing is seeing? or maybe pokemon is enough to make everyone crazy…

Now i know why my mom said that i was watching too much cartoons, and why it was no good to watch cartoons. When you see kids that believe that those characters are real, that is when you know you have a problem. ^^:

Link 1

I am not saying that they are crazy or anything. After all, anything is possible, but honestly? a rip in the world between ours and the pokemon world? I use to love pokemon and stuff like that, i was a crazy lois and clark fan (american drama series in the 1990s) but i never thought that they would appear in OUR world. THE REAL world. Maybe it was just a smudge on the window or smth. ^^;
I hope i wont be saying that i happen to see superman flying in the sky anytime soon.
growing old means getting senile but i don’t want that happening anytime soon.

Link 2

KIDS!!! give it a break. No one knows who god really is so you might not be wrong…. BUT STILL?!?!?!? ^^: i think i might faint. If the world were left in the hands of this youngsters i wonder what will become of Earth.

I pray that those are youngsters on the message boards. For the sake of both the world and i.

-ra out!

xxxHolic Review

xxxHolic on ANN

Enter our hero of this anime. Watanuki.

Lol. As you can see from the above screen caps, he is constantly attracting spirits. But unlike the power of Ichigo from Bleach, this one attracts annoying spirits that disturb and frightening him to no end. ^_^

xxxHolic is from the infamous CLAMP girls.

The first impression i had from the character designs and storyline was… hmm… sounds ok enough… the art is weird… eh… might not watch it right now… perhaps when i am bored then i will give it a shot. Big mistake. But that was months ago when i first was the anime. This is my second time watching this anime again. xxxHolic is coming out with a new Season next month. xxxHolic : Kei. I honestly can’t wait for it to come out.

After watching the first episode, the characters charm you. CLAMP has done it once again.
They characters might be out of proportion with overly elongated bodies and a weird sense of fashion, but, there is a charm to it and i could not help but fall in love with these characters and want to just watch more of this series.

Back to the summary.
Watanuki is constantly chased around by spirits and one that he chances upon a store owned by Yuuko. She has the ability to grant wishes and the store that she owns is one that grants peoples wishes in exchange for something of high value to them. Watanuki’s wish was to finally be rid of the burden of this curse(gift) for attracting spirits. The price? He ends up working at Yuuko’s store, cooking, cleaning, looking after Yuuko and doing odd stuff all over the place. Basically, he turned into a maid.

Step in his “best friend” <g>. Doumeki studies at the same school as Watanuki and Watanuki hates his guts. Doumeki has the power of exorcism. As such, he often ends up helping Watanuki.

Thrown in a little bit of love, Himawari-chan. Watanuki is just gaga over this girl.

What happens in this weird world? Watch it and find out.

With a nice balance of comedy, supernatural elements and nice artwor, xxxHolic is a great anime to watch for some lighthearted entertainment. Throw in a little horror and psychological fun. It is just perfect to one who wants lighthearted entertainment that can keep you entertained throughout the whole season of the anime.

The whole season comprises of mostly short stories that have little linkage to none at all between them. But it works for this anime and it does not get boring to watch.

There is no fix factor really in this anime. I mean, Watanuki does not go around slaying spirits or whatever. All we see is just the weird things that happens in the store and out of it. The different customers the store gets and the life of Watanuki and Yuuko.

This anime might get boring for some people. There is no action and big fighting sequences. It is not a “pretty” anime. It is beautiful but in a not so standard style. There is no climax. If you wanted a curve drawn for the tension in this series. it would probably be a flat line that hangs right in the center of the y axis.

While the characters are interesting and nice and fun and all, they are forgettable after a month or so. They don’t really have a strong presence. There is little to no character development. But personally, i feel that even if that were the case, i still like this anime.

The replay value for this anime is fairly high for me. I like to watch it when i just want to pass time and enjoy myself.

So, you might want to give it a shot if possible.

And when you are done with it, it would be just in time to watch the second season of xxxHolic.

Rating? 8/10 

-ra out! ^_^