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on 2008-04-09 23:21:33 (edited 2008-04-09 23:46:40)
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Special A or S.A. for short is a new anime this spring season based on a popular shoujo manga series created by Maki Minami... Subs of episode 1 are out... Here's the synopsis taken from ANN Hikari Hanazono, the main character, has always been second to Kei Takishima. While Hikari considers Kei a rival and somewhat of a friend, Kei loves Hikari. Everyone knows this, but she is too dense to notice. Their wrestling loving fathers first introduced them to one another when they were 6 years old. Assuming that she was the best in wrestling, young Hikari challenged Kei to a wrestling match only to be thoroughly defeated by him. Ever since that fateful incident, Hikari swore to beat Kei in school grades, a sporting event - anything. To do this she has enrolled in the same school as Kei since elementary. Now she attends Hakusenkan, an ultra elite school, that costs her carpenter father a lot of money. Hikari and Kei are the top two students in the school, with Kei holding firmly to that number one position. This anime reminds me awfully of Ouran... The long arms and legs, the animation and even the characters... The first episode is great so far, the story is quite enjoyable and i laughed a few times. I like the idea of a special class of seven bright students who receive special treatment and are free to goof around. They could develop the story more into something that's similar to ouran. Looking forward to more episodes...! |
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on 2008-04-10 01:02:04
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wow an anime for this manga??? cool! im excited =] |
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on 2008-04-10 03:54:59
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Hmmm... Gonna check this out. ;p |
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on 2008-04-10 13:37:26
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GONZO is releasing a few series this Spring time, right? This is one series I might check out. It seems like some school-life genre anime, and I always enjoy those types of anime. The artwork seems nice and the quality seems smooth. ------- |
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Pretty neat.
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on 2008-04-10 15:07:52
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Lol. Yeah... I had a lot of laughs in that first episode... |
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on 2008-04-10 15:32:18
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going to add this one in my list xP >>going to watch this afterwards<< |
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on 2008-04-11 05:14:22
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The artwork and the animation is nice too... Gonzo did a good job on this. I like how they added a shoujo feel to the anime... Like in this screenshot: I recommend this to everyone! |
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on 2008-04-11 05:20:14
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Yay at last someone created the thread ^^ @jaydel true the artwork is nice but compare to the manga, the char look like candle stick in this anime ^^ nevertheless it's really good ^^ |
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on 2008-04-11 05:28:16
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hmmm *sneaks in* BINGO~ this looks good :) i better read first than watch :P wooot~ hahahahaha :)) |
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I just finished episode one.^^ I think I'm really going to enjoy this series. The thing I like most about it so far is the sweet comedic feel. ^^ I can totally feel some romance coming up. -.- The one thing that bugged me at first though was the length of Hikari's legs. -__- They were just really long and really skinny... I'll probably continue with this series.^^ |
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on 2008-04-12 08:11:21
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I've heard that when Megumi speaks, it causes 'devastating effects'. I haven't read the manga yet, so I don't know exactly what they are. Anybody got any ideas exactly what these 'devastating effects' are? |
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on 2008-04-12 22:13:52
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I started the manga recently, definitely gonna watch the anime. ^^ Personally, I think the artwork is better in the anime...I don't really like the art in the manga. >_< or maybe that's just me. and you're right, it does remind you of Ouran. which means it'll be even better. X) |
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on 2008-04-13 03:37:14 (edited 2008-04-13 06:09:22)
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Yikes!!! I haven't read its manga and I have just watched the episode 1... I think I'll be reading its manga. It seems to be very interesting. ;p |
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Okaaay i've finally watched it and decided that this might be lulz worthy XD Indeed this totally reminds me of ouran, the drawing style, the glamorous school, 7 people class... but at least we have more girls now :P |
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on 2008-04-15 20:48:30
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Finally got to watch the first episode, as well as finish the first manga volume. ^^ But man, this is definitely the new Ouran. :P I love it a lot, and it cracks me up how dramatic they make some of the scenes with all the glowing lights and stuff. But well, it's shoujo after all. xD The art is actually pretty different from the manga. I like both styles in their own way (finally got pretty used to the artwork in the manga, and it's pretty ncie). Ouran-ness *_* Anyway, they changed the happy birthday thing to Kei in the first episode already! =o and it was one of my fav parts in the manga! Hopefully they'll include some of it anyway. ^^' Btw, I love it when anime use a song sung by the voice actors for their OP/ED themes. =] |
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on 2008-04-15 20:59:14
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Question!!! I just read up to Chapter 34 --is this the latest? -I need more T___T |
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Okay, ep 2 watched. Too bad, i still prefer episode one. Not that much funny scenes this time. The funny scenes are usually created by making hikari lose to kei, not much of that happened this time, so well, i hope the next episode would be better... @fiel There are chapters 52 and 53 released already, but no 35-51... I hate it when this happens X( |
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I saw the 3rd episode already. It was so funny (about the onigiri). I still could not believe that the voice of Takishima Kei is Lelouch from CODE GEASS. |
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on 2008-04-28 05:10:21
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When Kei gets all serious and uses his low voice, it would always make me think of Lelouch's voice too. Fukuyama is the most wanted seiyuu this season! his voice is everywhere o.O Episode 2 didn't impress me too... Episode three is good though, better done than the previous episode. the manga is not done yet? i have a feeling that the anime could go in a different direction in terms of the story. |