There have been numerous stories that take an unusual view of the war between Heaven and Hell and those who fight that war. Some are focused more on their interpretations of the Divine Mission, some more on action and some more on the supernatural.The focus of Chrono Crusade is on its characters and the relationships they share. Of course there’s action, too, and supernatural elements, and a touch of the Divine Mission… but mostly it’s about its memorable characters. Rosette Christopher, a nun in the Magdalene Order, has a contract with a devil named Chrono, meaning his power comes from her very soul. The more he uses, the shorter her life becomes. But Chrono is a good devil (excuse the oxymoron) with a sad past who only entered into this contract because of extreme circumstances, and is actually doing everything he can not to use her soul up. The two have a long history together and are very close, though at times Rosette’s somewhat abrasive personality gets the better of him, leading the two to argue. Whatever conflicts they have, however, they truly love one another, and it is this love and how slowly it comes to the forefront that serves as one of Chrono Crusade’s great strengths.
The anime series, based on the manga series of the same title, starts off essentially the same as its source material, but partway in begins to deviate into an alternate storyline. Even in episodes where it takes inspiration from the manga by including certain locations or events, the anime does its own take, and leads us towards a very, very different ending; it is so different, in fact, that by the last episode it feels as though we’ve experienced an entirely different story, and in many ways, we have. While I would say the manga has the superior story to tell, the anime series tells its own story very well. You would have to have a heart of stone to not come to care about Rosette, Chrono, Azmaria and Satella and the adventures they share. Other areas in which the anime excels are its animation, which is absolutely gorgeous; its music, which is also gorgeous (especially “Sayonara Solitaire,” the closing theme); its voice acting (though I’m speaking of the Japanese cast; I have not watched the English dub); and its good balance of humor, action and plot. If the anime has any real weaknesses, they would be the fact that it reveals certain secrets way too soon, and that its final battle is surprisingly underwhelming (to be fair, however, the anime’s intent in the final episodes is to focus on Rosette and Chrono’s relationship rather than the battle they are fighting). The villains, especially Aion and Fiore, are very well-portrayed and behave exactly the way anyone familiar with the manga would expect them to. Their stories are, of course, also altered, as is Joshua Christopher’s; his story ends up petering out towards the conclusion, whereas in the manga he remained important right up to the end. This isn’t the jarring change you might expect, but it doesn’t exactly carry as much weight, either.
As mentioned before, it’s the love between Rosette and Chrono that really makes this series strong, and their most tender moments together are the series’ most powerful. Episodes 18 and 24 in particular moved me greatly and brought tears to my eyes. Special praise should go to Tomoko Kawakami, who plays Rosette. She brings the character to life in ways that even the animation couldn’t. There is not a single flaw anywhere in her performance. Whether she is expressing happiness, anger, sadness or any other emotion, we believe her completely.
Don’t allow the religious imagery or elements keep you from giving this series a try. There is a lot here to recommend, from a good, moving story to beautiful, cinema-quality animation. Of course, I would also recommend reading the manga as well; the story, as I said, is different and the manga’s ending is so powerful it is certain to bring a lump to the throat at the very least. I had to wait a long time to watch the anime, but I must say: the wait was worth it.
Director Kenji Kamiyama to personally re-edit TV series for Air Communication
The Higashi no Eden Sōshū-hen Air Communication (Eden of The East Compilation: Air Communication) film will open in two Tokyo theaters and one Osaka theater on September 26 — two months before the first of the two previously announced Eden of The East films open. Kenji Kamiyama, the director of the original Eden of The East television anime series, is personally re-editing the 11 television episodes into the feature-length Air Communication. Eden of The East the Movie I: The King of Eden and Eden of The East the Movie II: Paradise Lost will still open on November 28 and January 9 (Delayed till March), respectively.
Funimation announced at Otakon this month that it had acquired the Eden of The East television anime series for North America.
We begin with Hoemhainer (SP!!) spilling blood from his chest ;o. As we travel back in time; 13 years to be exact. They have a family photo, Ed and Al sees their father set off.
-Song intro begins
Back to Briggs, they still eavesdrop on the conversation between Raven and Olivia, which Raven touches her hand(her minds about to blow).
Al and Ed, are tied up taken back; on the way they meet Kimberlee who mistaken the FullMetal alchemist like everyone else.
-Commercial
Returning, we see the homunculus retrieved, sent down to dig…. then they filled it up with cement? Olivia stabs and slashes Raven pushing him into the Cement.
-May Chang scene.
Kimberlee brings Winry into briggs, sees Ed and Al
Mustang, receive a piece of paper from a women.
Preview: Winry works on Ed’s automail
Pics: Family Family photo Baby Al Snapped Olivia’s mind Diggin’ dirty hands burying Winry/Kimberlee
I also have that look on my face when I hear about them...
Hoho, you better prepare yourselves for some shocking events. I advice you to put on a helmet and maybe even put the red emergency button next to you, cause this is quite a revealing episode of Kimi ni Todoke. Quite some things will get cleared up and the real war declaration at the end is providing us good stuff for the coming episodes and maybe the grand finale?
Starting at the soccer pitch today, woo soccer! Chizu and Sawako are giving their best “shot” during practice, but for some reason Kurumi shows up on the wrong moment calling out Sawako’s name and ruining the training. The same happens later in class when Chizu tries to explain some easy tactics to Sawako and it happens once more after school when again Chizu tries to explain something to Sawako. It makes both Ayane and Chizu put up an I-am-not-amused expression, but Sawako seems rather astonished by Kurumi’s attention than angry.
*smile and wave*
UGH!
*insert Marge Simpson's "hmmm"*
At night, Sawako reminisces about the past day and how she made a new friends. When she’s about to sleep, she suddenly gets an image of Kazehaya in her mind and gets all nervous making it hard for her to sleep afterall.
The next day is yet another blue sky filled with silky clouds day and in class Sawako and Kazehaya are getting fuwa fuwa as well. Unfortunately, both are so nervous about seeing each other that they start to evade each other. Ayane and Chizu are watching the scene from a distance and while Chizu wonders what’s happening between the two, Ayane had already figured out that both are “nervous”.
Suddenly, Kurumi makes one of her annoying entrance moments again. Kazehaya responds to it, because he’s trying to get out of the awkward situation. Kurumi makes use of that and brings in all her spontaneous advantages (no, no physical advantages… unfortunately). Sawako admires the “natural” looking scene from a small distance and fangirls about Kurumi’s spontaneous behavior.
Indeed, being able to wave with her fingers like that... don't try that at home!
However, when Kazehaya turns around to look at Sawako. Sawako gets hyper embarrassed and tries to evade his face.
After classes, Sawako is doing some paperwork carrying (or something) while Kurumi suddenly budges in and surprised her. Sawako addresses Kurumi with her informal name and gets thanked by Kurumi for it. Sawako wishes to be more like her and imagines a hilarious scene with her acting like a total spontaneous girl and all-included Engrish accent.
Now let's eat hamburgers all day and wear a flag on our head. Then we'll be real Americans!
Kurumi suddenly asks Sawako if there’s something wrong and if there is, she should talk to her about it. She takes Sawako’s hand and while the guys are having PE, Sawako and Kurumi are having a chat outside.
Sawako explained she’s having a hard time trying to talk to Kazehaya. Quite an interesting sequence follows. Kurumi tries to manipulate Sawako for her own interests. Sawako isn’t aware of that and thinks Kurumi is actually giving her advice, when she’s actually trying to get her away from Kazehaya. Kurumi tells Sawako she knows him since a long time and says that Sawako shouldn’t feel special about Kazehaya talking to her since he’s just seeing her as friend. Ofcourse, that’s where it goes wrong. Sawako sees this as a good thing, while other girls who already realize they’re in love, would see “JUST friends” as a bad thing. So, Sawako is actually happy with Kurumi’s advice and when Kurumi says she’s also just friends with Kazehaya. Sawako tells Kurumi the same thing. And yes… Kurumi DOES realize she’s in love with Kazehaya so…
Indeed, so now kiss her and make up!!
Both had back to class and Sawako leaves Kurumi saying she feels a lot more relieved now after talking to her. Kurumi’s plan failed and Kurumi’s background explains a lot of details about how she feeling about what Sawako just mentioned (oh yeah… it was a pretty dark background).
And so she became known as Hell Kaiser Kurumi (chan)
Meanwhile in class, Chizu explains why she doesn’t really like Kurumi. Back in middle school, she asked Chizu to help girl who fell in love with Kazehaya because Chizu knew him well. The girl finally got to talk with him, but got rejected. Soon after another girl followed and then another and more and more followed… In the end Chizu got fed up with it and stopped with offering her help. The fangirls got angry with Chizu because of that, but Kurumi told them(with a crying puppy expression) the fighting would stop if no one confessed to him. The fangirls calmed down and hugged Kurumi, giving her the pure maiden/angel image. So… in short, Kurumi used Chizu to get both a good image AND to get rid of possible love opponents in the battle royal for Kazehaya. Quite clever no?
That's why I like you so much Ayane!
So yeah, that’s Ayane’s reaction to Chizu’s story. She’s pretty clever too isn’t she? Well, let’s rephrase it, the fangirls and Chizu are just blinded by love or plain stupid not to notice. Anyway, back at the guys practicing baseball. Kazehaya tells them to take a break while he gets something to drink. He walks off and suddenly notices Sawako watering the flowers.
Sawako’s thinking back of what she said to Kurumi and feels embarrassed about it. She’s surprised when she hears Kazehaya’s voice calling out to her. Kazehaya blushes and says he’s nervous now not knowing what to say to her. Sawako realizes now that Kazehaya was also feeling nervous all the time and that it wasn’t just her. Kazehaya is astonished by Sawako’s smile of relief and tells her it’s the same smile he saw at Ryu’s place.
And yes, finally the nervous, fidgeting, even slightly annoying moments are over! Both talk about the puppy they found some time ago. It seems he’s been growing a lot lately and Kazehaya needs a doghouse for him soon. He invites Sawako over to his house to visit Maru (dog) once.
What "he" are you talking about?!
The two laugh, but they didn’t realize someone was eavesdropping on them. Kurumi , who’s been watching from a window above, calls out to Sawako. Kazehaya looks up and addresses Kurumi with “Kurumizawa”.
yes... like in HinamiZAWA
Her true name isn’t Something Kurumi, but Kurumi-zawa Something (in this case Ume). Well I put it like this so you would understand that Kazehaya wasn’t addressing her with her first name, but just with her formal name. That ofcourse is a big hint that Kazehaya and Kurumin~ aren’t that close. Sawako realizes she’s been mishearing things all the time and feels relieved. Kurumin~ also realizes this, but doesn’t really feel relieved as she busy twitching all over. Kurumin~ tries to act natural asking Kazehaya if she can borrow Sawako for a girl talk. Sawako is shocked and Kazehaya is slightly annoyed by Kurumin’s interruption.
Later on, Kurumin and Sawako are walking down a road. Sawako’s wondering what a girl talk could be about, but that is cleared quite soon after… as Sawako dares to call her “Ume-chan”.
So... she doesn't like being called Ume...
Kurumin quickly changes her attitude again and smiles saying it’s better to call her “Kurumi”.
Wow...just wow
Kurumin goes into frontal attack now… She says she likes someone and wonders what to do. She tells Sawako she needs advice from her. Sawako panics since she has no clue on how to help someone in love, but Kurumin says she needs Sawako to help her out. Sawako says in herself that it’s the first time someone has ever relied on her that much. She wants to help out Kurumin, but still fidgets saying she’ll probably ruin the mood being there. Kurumin calms her saying she shouldn’t worry since it’s someone close to her…
* cicadas chirp*
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Thoughts :
So yeah… I think I explained everything pretty sufficiently in the review itself. Also since Kurumi’s real name has been mentioned, I’ll keep on calling her Kurumin~ Cute don’t you think?
Now I’m pretty convinced Kurumin is the rumor spreader too! Not that it matters anymore now, she showed her true self in the episode (finally). So yeah Aya Hirano going heel, it’ll be interesting from now on. Her plans weren’t fitted for the Sawako type of girl. But I can’t blame her, in real life, the chances you meet a girl type like Sawako are rather slim. Then again… the chance you find such shy and stupid fangirls… is rather slim too…
Anyway, next episode will give us quite a bit of fun. The sports festival, Sawako’s and Kurumin’s reaction to what just happened and Kazehaya… well, he’s gonna go shouta moe again. Until then, goodnight.
07 Ghost, one of the series from last spring which I just finished recently. Seems like shounen ai at first glance because it is loaded with tons of bishies and the only girl charas are the sisters from the church. I had *goosebump* at the very first epi when I first saw Teito and Mikage, how I wish the series could swing that way. ヽ(ｏ`皿′ｏ)ﾉ
However, what Teito and Mikage having are pure friendship, strong bound to each other, more like a family. Teito met Mikage in Barsburg Empire’s Military Academy and Mikage is the only one who willing to be with him and cheer him up. They even make a promise that they would die together.
Mikage’s soul been taken by Ayanami. “Hora~ Mikage kun~ Yakisoba da!!”
My heart break when Mikage died just as I thought but still couldn’t bring myself to hate Aya-tan. <3 him when he’s giving the cold hearted look though he still cared for his comrades, those who had half of their soul controlled by him. Their royalty to Aya-tan is beyond questioned. However, it’s sad to see Haruse’s the first to sacrifice for the sake of kuroyuri. They too having strong bond to each other although they are the bad guys.
Mikage reborn <3
Anyway, love the new reborn Mikage, thanks to Zehel, one of the seven ghost, Frau sama, the Ghost who severs bonds. Everyone love him, well who doesn’t? A bishop who smoke and read erro stuff and weild a big ass scythe. Castor sama, Feist, the Ghost who ties soul to soul, another seven ghost who can control puppet. Giving out Kyouya sama’s vibes. Labrador sama, Profe, the Ghost who prophesies which has healing ability to purify darkness rather than offensive type.
Teito received a lot of help and kindness from the people in church and he even met Haruken, which later become his friend after the loss of Mikage. Well, the series drag quite a while by just talking about the story between Mikage and Teito. It’s already in last epi by the time Teito faced Aya-tan. However Aya-tan tachi managed to retreat and the series ended with Frau and Teito heading to find the Pandora Box where Verloren is sealed in.
Razette, a noel mermaid, which is my favorite girl chara XDD
Overall, the series isn’t so bad since I have marathon-ed and finished it in one day but seriously I hope there’s a second season. I really wanted to know who’s Aya-tan really is.
I read manga on a daily basis. I revisit Code Geass R2 from tiem to time because it was just that good. So a new project by Sunrise that was annouced involving a Code Geass manga set in the edo period should make me rejoice right? Wrong. This is a piece of bullocks. If you really want to quench fans thirst at least make this a mother effing OVA or something.
There have been numerous stories that take an unusual view of the war between Heaven and Hell and those who fight that war. Some are focused more on their interpretations of the Divine Mission, some more on action and some more on the supernatural.The focus of Chrono Crusade is on its characters and the relationships they share. Of course there’s action, too, and supernatural elements, and a touch of the Divine Mission… but mostly it’s about its memorable characters. Rosette Christopher, a nun in the Magdalene Order, has a contract with a devil named Chrono, meaning his power comes from her very soul. The more he uses, the shorter her life becomes. But Chrono is a good devil (excuse the oxymoron) with a sad past who only entered into this contract because of extreme circumstances, and is actually doing everything he can not to use her soul up. The two have a long history together and are very close, though at times Rosette’s somewhat abrasive personality gets the better of him, leading the two to argue. Whatever conflicts they have, however, they truly love one another, and it is this love and how slowly it comes to the forefront that serves as one of Chrono Crusade’s great strengths.
The anime series, based on the manga series of the same title, starts off essentially the same as its source material, but partway in begins to deviate into an alternate storyline. Even in episodes where it takes inspiration from the manga by including certain locations or events, the anime does its own take, and leads us towards a very, very different ending; it is so different, in fact, that by the last episode it feels as though we’ve experienced an entirely different story, and in many ways, we have. While I would say the manga has the superior story to tell, the anime series tells its own story very well. You would have to have a heart of stone to not come to care about Rosette, Chrono, Azmaria and Satella and the adventures they share. Other areas in which the anime excels are its animation, which is absolutely gorgeous; its music, which is also gorgeous (especially “Sayonara Solitaire,” the closing theme); its voice acting (though I’m speaking of the Japanese cast; I have not watched the English dub); and its good balance of humor, action and plot. If the anime has any real weaknesses, they would be the fact that it reveals certain secrets way too soon, and that its final battle is surprisingly underwhelming (to be fair, however, the anime’s intent in the final episodes is to focus on Rosette and Chrono’s relationship rather than the battle they are fighting). The villains, especially Aion and Fiore, are very well-portrayed and behave exactly the way anyone familiar with the manga would expect them to. Their stories are, of course, also altered, as is Joshua Christopher’s; his story ends up petering out towards the conclusion, whereas in the manga he remained important right up to the end. This isn’t the jarring change you might expect, but it doesn’t exactly carry as much weight, either.
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