PANTS.
Be advised; I was genuinely looking forward to how this would turn out after having subbed the first episode 2(!?) years ago; I am therefore going to be harsher than the series deserves, as demonstrated by copious amounts of font altering.
If PANTS had occurred, there would have been a unifying theme and coherent thrust of narrative direction/application. Indeed, confusion and lack of direction prevails throughout every single element of this composition, and it royally displeased me in so doing.
In the beginning, The Emperor in His beneficence granted us His Light in the form of Sasami. A character so singular and unique for the dark age she illuminated, that the original grace and glory bequeathed unto us has been both amplified and sullied by her contemporaries, successors and those whose hearts she touched.
This is not Sasami
This is a free character design cash in, with every budget scraping trick in the book pulled on her.
Graphically, it is wildly inconsistent. Every so often a nice shot crops up which highlights how patently ridiculous the levels to which some of the animation procedures have decayed. Easily every single element of character design has at one point been mangled by low quality. Specific grievances include:
1. quad irises; inconsistently quad irises.
2. inflatable heads with little regularity from shot to shot
3. Wholesale adoption of two to three different art styles in the same episode.
Which is sad, because the character design, costume design, background, lol and et cetera is actually good. While its not groundbreaking in that regard, the clean edges, moé moé proportioning and so forth work extremely well on a handful of occasions, and were steamroller'd with inferiority on all other instances.
Sound follows suit, but gets a tighter angle on success in certain areas. Musical effort is passable; the intro (the first six or seven times) is neat, a nice touch with the overdriven violins being particularly memorable but de rigeur jpop otherwise. General BGM is alright, more of the rising style of rocking out with the school orchestra (which I rather like) ending is not to my taste, being entirely too bubble-gummy.
Voice actors on the other hand are terribly inconsistent, both in individual performance and the spread of actual talent. NotSasami, NotWashu and arguably Misao get competent actors, with every new character wandering from shear emotionless delivery to moments of inspiration. The fact that they mismatched half a dozen voice>char pairs doesn't help either.
Story is .. I dunno actually. It would be nice to say this is a Ye Olde Magickal Girle + Monster of the week standard, but it arent. Hell, it might have helped a bit if it had been. What this smacks of to my rockin' self is a pack of semi-successful shounen manga adapters trying their hand at appealing to a junior female audience, and by doing so accomplishing nothing. Still I could be over-analysing what is essentially a plain old weekly school story with a bit of a twist behind the primary relationships.
Now, if you don't set the bar too high, the character interactions and development are not actually bad. Indeed, if this had been passed onto me at a significantly younger age, I would probably have liked it greatly, but since that void in time and space was taken up by CCS, it's not going to cut it now. Primary dialogue works well enough, secondary characters have some nice touches and the peripheral characters are interesting enough to warrant continued existence, even if it is just for blatant exploitation (Daimon and That Woman come to mind).
But, having been not insignificantly influenced By Our Lady of Hair in the beginning, this is not going to cut it. A cheap knockoff with familiar characters for essentially business as usual is not acceptable.
That is to say, I wont watch it again, and were it not for the fact I was earnestly hoping for redemption, I'd probably have stopped before the half-way mark.
Weep, for their faith was not sufficient. Do not waste your time, effort or money here-in.
Anime: Sasami: Mahou Shoujo Club
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* Sasami, who gained popularity as the cutest character in the hit series "Tenchi Muyo", is now the star of her own series "Sasami".
The main character in this series, Sasami, is a young girl who was born with magical powers. She made a promise to her father to keep these magical powers a secret, and has not told anyone about them. Sasami is always cheerful and has many friends. One day she happens to join the cooking club at school with Misao, the new girl who does not fit in with her classmates and seems to be lonely. The new teacher in charge of the cooking club is Ms. Washuu, and it turns out the club is actually the "Magical Girls Club". By joining the club, the fate of Sasami and that of her friends changes dramatically!
The main character in this series, Sasami, is a young girl who was born with magical powers. She made a promise to her father to keep these magical powers a secret, and has not told anyone about them. Sasami is always cheerful and has many friends. One day she happens to join the cooking club at school with Misao, the new girl who does not fit in with her classmates and seems to be lonely. The new teacher in charge of the cooking club is Ms. Washuu, and it turns out the club is actually the "Magical Girls Club". By joining the club, the fate of Sasami and that of her friends changes dramatically!
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voiced by:
Hatano Momoko
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Ogawa Mana
female, bloodtype: AB, childA child is any person 3 to 12 years old. In everyday usage, babies (younger than 3 years old) are also children, but they are tagged separately; they should not be tagged child as well. Once a person becomes 13, they are an adolescent instead., green hairThe character has green hair., homosexualHomosexual refers to someone that is attracted to another character of the same sex.
A lesbian person is a female attracted to other females.
A gay person is a male attracted to other males., light magicno description set, magical girlMagical girls (also known both in Japan and in the West as mahou shoujo, and in Japan as majokko) are young girls with superhuman abilities of magical nature. In the early years, magical girls usually used magic to solve everyday problems and often transformed into idols; nowadays, however, the term is most often used to refer to with girls who fight evil using magical powers, and, although transformations are still common, they tend to be more along the lines of a change of costume., thighhighsThighhighs or stockings are a close-fitting, variously elastic hosiery piece that fully cover and extend above the knees, or partly cover the knees, leaving only the thigh area exposed. Generally, "thighhighs" refers to stockings that stay up by the use of built-in elastic. In contrast, "stockings" is the general term and/or refers to the kind of stockings that need a suspender belt / garter belt. Hosiery that rise up to, but not including, the knee, or slightly thereunder, are knee highs., twintailsTwintails are type of hairstyle where the hair is gathered into two "tails" on either side of the head. Twintails may also include a pair hair buns, one bun at the base of each tail.
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Funayama Marin
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Shimura Himeko
female, bloodtype: A, cyan eyesThis character has cyan color eyes., hairbandA hairband is a flexible plastic or metal band or strip of cloth worn over the top of the head to hold the hair back and maintain a certain hairstyle. A hairband that includes ribbons or has bows along its length should be also tagged hair ribbon. For a similar band worn across the forehead primarily for athletic purposes, see sweatband., light magicno description set, magical girlMagical girls (also known both in Japan and in the West as mahou shoujo, and in Japan as majokko) are young girls with superhuman abilities of magical nature. In the early years, magical girls usually used magic to solve everyday problems and often transformed into idols; nowadays, however, the term is most often used to refer to with girls who fight evil using magical powers, and, although transformations are still common, they tend to be more along the lines of a change of costume., pink hairPink hair, not much to talk about., shoulder-length hairShoulder-length hair is hair at shoulder length, within a few centimetres margin. This hair length is longer than what one would typically, though not always, see on most males. Short hair includes hair that goes no more than a centimetre or two beyond the chin; anything longer is shoulder-length. Typical male hair at the back of the head which reaches the shoulders does not count as shoulder-length hair; the individual hair strands are very short (0-4 cm), and therefore count as short hair., wind magicno description set
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Kawakami Saharu
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Saiga Mitsuki
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Hamada Kenji
female, bindiA forehead decoration worn in South Asia (particularly India) and Southeast Asia. Traditionally it is a dot of red colour applied in the centre of the forehead close to the eyebrows, but it can also consist of a sign or piece of jewellery worn at this location., sweatbandA sweatband is a strip of cloth worn around the forehead during physical activity that absorbs sweat and keeps hair from reaching the eyes. Sweatbands are often made by continuously looping a long string of fabric or by folding a wide one, as is sometimes done with bandanas. They are also commonly tied with a knot behind the head, and may include a tail. For a similar band worn over the top of the head primarily to maintain a hair style, see hairband.
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Asano Ruri
female, hairbandA hairband is a flexible plastic or metal band or strip of cloth worn over the top of the head to hold the hair back and maintain a certain hairstyle. A hairband that includes ribbons or has bows along its length should be also tagged hair ribbon. For a similar band worn across the forehead primarily for athletic purposes, see sweatband., lab coatA laboratory coat, also called white coat and often abbreviated to lab coat, is a knee-length overcoat/smock worn by professionals in the medical field or by those involved in laboratory work. The coat protects their street clothes and also serves as a simple uniform. The garment is made from white or light-coloured cotton, linen, or cotton polyester blend, allowing it to be washed at high temperature and making it easy to see whether it is clean., long hairLong hair is hair from (but not including) shoulder-length, up to (but not including) waist length hair. Sidelocks do NOT count as long hair., red hairThe character has red hair., spiked hairThe hair is styled up into spikes., teacherA teacher is a person who helps people to learn. A teacher often works in a classroom. There are many different kinds of teachers. Some teachers teach young children in schools called elementary or primary schools. Others teach older children in middle, junior high and high schools. Some teachers teach adults in more advanced schools., young adultSomeone is generally considered a young adult if they are between 20 to 40 years old.
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Hiramatsu Akiko
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Hyousei
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