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NEWS: Bandai Entertainment Licenses Tide-Line Blue and My-Otome

The volume 7 artbox is designed to replace the piece of "cardboard" that came with volume 1. Anime on DVD has a picture of the new artbox on their review template for volume 7. From the looks of it, it more than makes up for it.

But after looking at the summary for Tide-Line Blue, I am slightly intrigued, by this title. Any advance reviews, what is this show really like?

Having watched all of Tide-Line now, I can definitely say this anime did not deliver what it promised. While still mildly entertaining, it was overall a disappointment from what led off in the first couple episodes promising an involving conflict in both military and moral terms. From there the show seems to have washed up on the beach and lay there, flopping back and forth between high drama and nuclear brinksmanship.. to the slapstick gambling antics of Keel and stupid ostrich tricks.
As previously noted in other reviews there is basically no backstory for most characters beyond a few fleeting flashbacks, and no explanation of several seemingly major plot points - I say seemingly because they are cast out at the feet of the viewer and promptly discarded like yesterday`s unsold catch.

Upon watching the first couple episodes, I thought this could be a grand sci-fi epic on the scale of The Secret of Blue Water (Nadia), but after 12 short episodes, the pool is being drained and everyone told to go home.

Tide-Line Blue had potential, but apparently poor direction and an abbreviated half-season run have squandered it.

Of course you knew it was coming eventually, now that 'My-HiME's release is finished. So it's time to get the next series up and running for release. Actually this is a quick announcement. I had expected something along the lines of spring or summer and seeing it in the fall. Looks like companies are working fast.

Looks like 2007 is turning out to be a good year for new releases.

As for My-Otome itself, I'm not surprised they used the "My" spelling again for consistency.

Zalis116 wrote:

As for My-Otome itself, I'm not surprised they used the "My" spelling again for consistency.

It shouldn't be surprising given that it's the name the Japanese call it in English, as can easily be seen if you've ever purchased any of the soundtracks artbooks and similar merchandise.

The series' original name, “Mai-HiME,” was very carefully chosen because it's a play on words in both English and Japanese. Taken literally, it's the name of the central character with the honorific given to her for being a HiME, but if the anagram aspect is ignored then it also translates as “Dancing Princess,” an apt name given some of the moves Mai makes when using her power.

Of course, the fact it's the correct name won't stop people from persisting in using the incorrect name from the fansubs. Maybe whoever reviews Otome for ANN when it comes out might do a little research prior to their review this time and not embarrass themselves like the Hime dvd 1 reviewer did.

Both "My" and "Mai" work for the title, Bandai simply chose "My" as the official spelling. The original title was in kanji and I believe "Mai" would actually be the correct romanization of it, in which case Bandai's version, while phonetically correct and doable, would be technically wrong. Then there is the whole Dancing pun that Key described and NGE1113 quoted.