Comments on: Kaze no Shoujo Emily Review - 94/100

by: betsy

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 08:30:53 +0000

you should all read the books - they’re really very wonderful and far richer than the series, although the series does do a good job of adapting the storyline.

it looks like the series is getting licensed, since all the youtube videos of it have been removed.

it’s sad that it isn’t popular in the anime world - because it looks like the changes from the books were done to make it more marketable, or at least, more child-proof. the way emily is drawn, for instance, or toning down some of the plotlines (like the fact that cousin jimmy fell down the well as a child and isn’t all right in his mind sometimes, or dr. burnley’s hatred of his daughter, or mrs. kent’s scar… maybe some of these are to come, i haven’t finished watching the series yet.)

Akage no An (Anne of Green Gables) was better quality, though.

by: psgels

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:14:04 +0100

Dorne: hm, strange. Oh, and this series actually has been subbed by Digital Panic.

by: Dorne

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 06:23:45 +0100

I suppose that if it may not ever be subbed/licensed, then I will have to simply read the book. Since it seems like a good anime adaptation, reading the book will probably be the only way to help me enjoy it. That, and Anne of Green Gables. I’m long overdue in reading these classics.

*off topic*
Oh, and the verification code to post doesn’t work on Opera 9.51 for some reason.

by: Ginnie

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 05:26:21 +0000

oh, and i’m really happy you liked this series so much. it’s so underrated, it’s a pity.
i’m specially dying to watch episode 22, could you please send it to me?? because my bittorrent doesn’t work T_T
my email is gatumonibandana@hotmail.com
i would very much appreciate that you did me such a favor.
thanks for the reviews btw and for paying atention to a beautiful, if underrated series.

by: Ginnie

Sat, 15 Dec 2007 21:54:17 +0000

just because you don’t like you don’t have to trash it bakaka.
and calorro, yes, it’s just another orphan story, but it’s a good one at that.
if you don’t like it, people, i don’t get why you even bother to post here. dumbass.

by: bakaka

Mon, 29 Oct 2007 21:52:00 +0000

Argh this series is just down right painful and not in a tear jerker kinda way. It was painfully dull. Can understand why it wasn’t subbed, you’d be better off watch a BBC period drama.

by: Tania

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 20:19:09 +0100

I found it was a beautiful serie even it wasn’t subbed. I liked the relationship between the different characters. And I spent a good moment watching it. The landscape is so wonderful with so many colors. We have the impression it is a wonderland.

by: Calorro

Sun, 21 Oct 2007 12:58:02 +0100

I’ve watched only 2 episodes, but if these are high production values I don’t want to know what would be low by your standards. My eyes were bleeding throughout the whole thing, it’s the same kind of cheap computer animation as the new Hokuto no Ken ovas.

And really, it’s just another orphan kid story, which is not the most popular subgenre nowadays, so why should the general public be enthusiastic about it?

by: Ginnie

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 00:51:23 +0100

i must say,, i really was enjoying this,, but i gave up because it was pointless to watch it without subs… i really enjoyed your reviews though…
i watched the first 2 episodes in crunchyroll, and loved it to pieces.. but it seems they’ve stopped subbing the series TT

by: reslez

Sat, 29 Sep 2007 19:14:24 +0100

Too bad Emily doesn’t have bright pink hair and a panty shot to episode ratio higher than zero–maybe that would have gotten this series the attention it deserves? I grew up reading the books and this was a really worthy adaptation. The sad thing is, there’s probably more hope of it getting licensed than subbed.