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Shelf Life - Kyo Kara Muyo

Well now I know that Kyo Kara Maoh isn't for me.

Flushed down a TOILET??? Excuse my language, but fudge that.

Angel Of Death wrote:

Well now I know that Kyo Kara Maoh isn't for me. Flushed down a TOILET??? Excuse my language, but fudge that.

Um...you've now snapped to judgement on a 52-episode (more?) series based off the description of a five-minute incident in the first episode. *VERY* smart.

Well now I know that Kyo Kara Maoh isn't for me.

Flushed down a TOILET??? Excuse my language, but fudge that.

So if the Maburaho kid's magic is really weak, why would anyone want his genes?

I'll check out Place Promise sometime in the near future, but like I mentioned before, I'm not much of a movie watcher so it's not high on my viewing list.

I assume they're all wanting to jump him now before he withers away or something.

The manga (currently being released by Dark Horse) should fix the disapearing characters and unresolved plot of the anime.

Faceman wrote:

Not to be picky at all, but is Ah! My Goddess really a harem anime? There are only 4 female characters really. The main dude isn't a pushover, just polite and considerate. There is a distinct relationship between Kei and Belldandy, and everyone knows it. Two of the other three women, Urd and Megumi, are pushing for Belldandy and Kei's relationship. The fourth, Skuld, is against it because she's afraid of loosing Belldandy to him. I know it's easy to classify it as a Harem Anime because of the proportion of male to female characters, but I really don't see it as one.

I don't think harem shows have to have all them women fawning over one guy. I've always just considered them to be shounen shows that have one guy + multiple women in close quarters as the main characters. I put Ah! My Goddess there and listed it as a harem anime because I really think Tenchi and AMG really started the whole multiple girls + 1 guy thing. Tenchi had a huge hand in shaping modern harem shows, but AMG was one of the first several hugely popular, international titles that used that gender ratio and had multiple women living under one roof.

I mean, Love Hina only had one character who had a clearly defined "interest" in Keitaro, but that's still a harem title, just because there's a harem of women, who aren't necessarily all fawning over the same guy.

But I do see your point, and I think you're right. I'll reword it a bit; thanks for pointing that out.

Keichi and Belldandy are in love with each other no mistake. Urd wants K1 and Bell in the sack, but not her. Sculd wants K1 to leave Belldandy alone so she and Bell can go back to heaven together. Definently no love interest there at all. Urd and Sculd are her sisters and any interest by K1 in them as well is just too perverted to think about and Bell would leave him flat if she ever found out therefore end of story. Besides K1 wishes they could just go back to heaven and leave him and Bell alone for a change. "Tenchi Muyo" and "Ah My Goddess" are like chalk and cheese. They both look the same until you take a bite.

Narutaru... I've heard very strange things about it. Is it like... depressing on a psychological level, in which it makes you think about life in a pessimistic manner? Or depressing in that it just like, shoots all the characters emotionally down to hell?

I usually tend to like to stay with the cute, fluffy, romatic, and comedic, but I usually try something slightly different every now and then. I'm just wondering if it's like... super worth checking out.

Mohawk52 wrote:

Keichi and Belldandy are in love with each other no mistake. Urd wants K1 and Bell in the sack, but not her. Sculd wants K1 to leave Belldandy alone so she and Bell can go back to heaven together. Definently no love interest there at all. Urd and Sculd are her sisters and any interest by K1 in them as well is just too perverted to think about and Bell would leave him flat if she ever found out therefore end of story. Besides K1 wishes they could just go back to heaven and leave him and Bell alone for a change. "Tenchi Muyo" and "Ah My Goddess" are like chalk and cheese. They both look the same until you take a bite.

This, of course, is all before spoiler[Peorth gets thrown into the mix or all the love potion misadventures].

When Did Narutaru get licenesed?

Kalium wrote:

Mohawk52 wrote: Keichi and Belldandy are in love with each other no mistake. Urd wants K1 and Bell in the sack, but not her. Sculd wants K1 to leave Belldandy alone so she and Bell can go back to heaven together. Definently no love interest there at all. Urd and Sculd are her sisters and any interest by K1 in them as well is just too perverted to think about and Bell would leave him flat if she ever found out therefore end of story. Besides K1 wishes they could just go back to heaven and leave him and Bell alone for a change. "Tenchi Muyo" and "Ah My Goddess" are like chalk and cheese. They both look the same until you take a bite. This, of course, is all before spoiler[Peorth gets thrown into the mix or all the love potion misadventures].

spoiler[Peorth's involvement was just a misunderstanding to begin with, and once that was cleared up she didn't pull a Mihoshi and stick around for no other reason then to be just another girl in the group. She went back to the "office". And the love potions were again Urd trying to get K1 and Bell closer together.]

A few questions about the Kumo no Mukou (The Place Promised in our Early Days) DVD, if you'll indulge me.
I was fortunate enough to see a fansub of The Place Promised in our Early Days before it got licensed, and, aside from a few minor quibbles, was very pleased with the quality. What's the sub work like on the DVD release, as well as the English dub track? I haven't seen Voices of a Distant Star yet, but I hear it was pretty badly butchered (i.e. Fosterized); no such problem with this Shinkai OAV?
Finally, what are the extras like? Are the four interviews particularly good?
I'm sure you all know the feeling of buying a recently-imported favorite anime (OAV or otherwise), and being brought to tears by a poor localization effort; and I don't want a sour taste put in my mouth with this one.