Comments on: Some Quick First Impressions: Letter Bee, The Sacred Blacksmith and Shugo Chara! Party!

by: riddle

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:47:06 +0100

shugo chara never fails to shock me. That show has now gone up to a whole new level. First they had the cheeseness level up, now they are making it more and more impossible to watch. Good job shugo chara producers, you all made the worst possible anime in history. Never make an anime into live action!

by: Perrin4869

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:14:42 +0100

@Denizen: As for what you can expect from a fantasy story, watch again the first episodes of Guin Saga or Seirei no Moribito or, 12 Kingdoms (although the first episode too was a bit generic), and answer yourself that…
Sorry, the first episode was mediocrity redefined… And I don’t see in what universe the characters are not complete stereotypes… If it weren’t a Manglobe anime it would have been dropped already.

by: foamer

Sun, 04 Oct 2009 17:52:51 +0100

re: blacksmiths: yes it was mediocre & its the same guy who directed Linebarrels…oh god

by: Ikuto'sAngel

Sun, 04 Oct 2009 11:53:28 +0100

WTF what in gods name happened to Shugo Chara? i used to watch it all the time but now that i saw that new episode i was like O_O nu uh no more….its such a shame it was a god anime till now

by: m

Sun, 04 Oct 2009 03:23:41 +0100

Someone please find the manglobe that made Ergo Proxy and Samurai Champloo and have them cut through The Sacred Blacksmith’s mediocrity.

by: death13a

Sun, 04 Oct 2009 02:05:50 +0100

Letter Bee is slow to develop strong story but well worth it.Give it 5 episodes and you be sorry as you want to have more. Setting, characters and story are put in one neat package.

by: Denizen

Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:54:26 +0100

I think Blacksmith deviated from generic-ness with that interesting Sword-forging scene. It was that small sequence that lead me to understand why Manglobe were animating this manga - hopefully intriguing things like that will feature a bit more in this anime and give it an extra technical dimension than others. I also like that things like “his sword cuts through other swords” wasn’t just an accepted thing like in most anime with magical swordsman - it was something that mattered much more because it really was peculiar, and it formed part of Cecily’s interest with swords.

Overall it’s showing good signs - but as you say, absolutely nothing is easy to say this early in the game.

by: Irie

Sat, 03 Oct 2009 23:59:07 +0100

psgels: Like you, I enjoyed Sacred Blacksmith regardless of it’s concept. Not exactly sure what’s expected from a fantasy story. You’ve got a hero, heroine, some monsters and magic. It’s been done before. OK. For some of us, it’s still enjoyable and reasonably well executed entertainment.

I might add this could turn into a harem pretty quickly and that would surely hurt it’s value. New female party member next expisode?

by: psgels

Sat, 03 Oct 2009 22:45:10 +0100

Coyos: hence my dilemma: right now the premise of that blackmith using magic to make shwords is pretty generic, but the execution of this story was pretty damn good. Who knows what it might develop into?

by: Kimi

Sat, 03 Oct 2009 22:06:02 +0100

Hmmm. Letter Bee looks a bit promising to me. I might actually watch it since it seems to be piquing everybody else’s interest. As for Shugo Chara! Party… I used to love SC. I self-mutilated myself by watching all those sickening fillers. So it’s nice to see that all my hard effort and watching was rewarded with an ages 10-and-under variety show with a bunch of idiots who act like five-year olds and a probable Mary-Sue. THANKS A BUNCH, SATELITE!!

by: coyos

Sat, 03 Oct 2009 22:05:08 +0100

I have to say blacksmith seems pretty generic and mediocre already.

by: Bane

Sat, 03 Oct 2009 20:00:42 +0100

Sacred Blacksmith doesn’t just have potential to turn into another generic fantasy series, it has “generic” written all over it in big red neon letters. Nevermind the issues of introducing Japanese swords into a medieval setting (this is anime after all), it must be convenient to travel with a jailbait elf who can insta-summon a forge where the protagonist can put in inferior materials, babble a couple of blacksmithing terms, and pull out within seconds a new sword sharp enough to cut other swords in half. This also explains why he doesn’t wipe the blood off the sword after slaying those monsters… if the blade happens to rust, he can just use Lisa to forge a new one.

With what seems to be a generic “save the kingdom from demons” plot just around the corner, cute/moe character designs are pretty much all that this show seems to have going for it at the moment. Since it’s a light novel series, give it another 3-4 episodes before final judgment though.

I won’t even bother with those other two series. Especially not with Shugo Chara.

by: Shinmaru

Sat, 03 Oct 2009 18:15:57 +0100

Ugh. I actually like Shugo Chara! quite a bit despite all the filler (at least it is entertaining filler), but this … yuck.

by: psgels

Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:59:51 +0100

Machi: not really. Take Guin Saga in the last season for example: it looked beautiful, and had a great plot to boot. and take Manglobe’s previous series, Michiko e Hatchin. Excellent graphics and yet it had an excellent setting, story and cast of characters.

The reason why I’m worried about blacksmith is because it really can go anywhere from this point. sure, similar series have proven to be worhtwhile, but for every Pandora Hearts there also is a Valkyria Chronicles.

by: ZACK

Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:10:48 +0100

PSgels u ought to blog Darker than Black2.
I’m sure Bones won’t dissapoint with probably what is their most anticipated title this year.

by: Frotee

Sat, 03 Oct 2009 15:16:36 +0100

Well, the sacred blacksmith apparently follows a light-novel series, so let’s hope for some decent story background…

by: Nomus

Sat, 03 Oct 2009 14:54:53 +0100

Machi:
Good quality of animation just proves nothing. Neither that show is good, nor that it’s bad. But anime is complex art - it must look nice on the inside and outside at the same time.

by: CL

Sat, 03 Oct 2009 14:47:46 +0100

OMG! You are so correct with the Shugo Chara! Party live action counter part. It burns my eyes! It feels that I’m seeing the live action counter part of Karin in Karin Revolution. Is the title correct? Anyways, it really is scary… And let’s not forget disturbing…

by: Machi

Sat, 03 Oct 2009 13:23:10 +0100

Am I the only one whose wary of good looking animated shows? The better the production values in general a show has the more wary I get, since they tend to look pretty uniform with other high budget shows. Course there are easily exceptions, but still rare. So far no real show catches my attention for fall :(. Whether it be creative animation designs or plot.

by: Nomus

Sat, 03 Oct 2009 12:25:41 +0100

Well, tsunderistic Alice from PH scared me at first. But, in the end, she didn’t ruin the show. Let’s hope for something like that in The Sacred Blacksmith.