Wednesday, April 21, 2010 - 7:27 AM
I finished watching Sora no Woto last night, and today I do what I often do with shows and look up all sorts of related material. The music from the show is amazing, and fits well with the show's feel. The full version of the OP song is pretty great. I like the harmonies in the chorus quite a bit. I also watched the original ~3 minute trailer from November, which also is very good, in that it really expresses the feel the show has. And it's a feel I really liked, because it's so tied to setting. The text that went along with the trailer goes like so:
"The story takes place in an imaginary town Seize. A long war brings a gradual decline to the world. People disappear from the town and fishes cease to exist in the sea. In this quiet world, five girls guard a fortress and play brass vividly."
The text is phrased very 'translated'-ish, but it expresses what the show is about, somewhat. It has it's "cute girls doing cute things" aspects, but the setting and mood is solid - a world in ruin, reborn up to the point of about WW2 technology. The oceans are devoid of life and the continents are covered with a barren no mans land. Each episode maintains the theme pretty well, and the show actually has a good ending. That's something you don't see in anime too often - a good ending. It's a weak point of anime as a whole.
So yeah, I really liked this show alot.
There are some great shows this season too. K-ON!!, Working!!, B Gata H Kei, etc. They showed Kaichou wa Maid-sama in club on Friday, and I liked it quite a bit even though I'm not terribly into the maid thing. I've also started playing Beyond Good and Evil and Scribblenauts. I also like the setting of the former, and I could use a bit more creativity in Scribblenauts. You can take out most enemies with a 'Fire' and a 'Napalm' without having to get near them. Also you can drop a 'Plasma' on them, I just found out. Or if they're in the water a depth charge works well. All things you don't need to grab or throw at them, which means they're kinda cheap. Also a shrink ray and grappling hook can cheese a lot of challenges too.
"The story takes place in an imaginary town Seize. A long war brings a gradual decline to the world. People disappear from the town and fishes cease to exist in the sea. In this quiet world, five girls guard a fortress and play brass vividly."
The text is phrased very 'translated'-ish, but it expresses what the show is about, somewhat. It has it's "cute girls doing cute things" aspects, but the setting and mood is solid - a world in ruin, reborn up to the point of about WW2 technology. The oceans are devoid of life and the continents are covered with a barren no mans land. Each episode maintains the theme pretty well, and the show actually has a good ending. That's something you don't see in anime too often - a good ending. It's a weak point of anime as a whole.
So yeah, I really liked this show alot.
There are some great shows this season too. K-ON!!, Working!!, B Gata H Kei, etc. They showed Kaichou wa Maid-sama in club on Friday, and I liked it quite a bit even though I'm not terribly into the maid thing. I've also started playing Beyond Good and Evil and Scribblenauts. I also like the setting of the former, and I could use a bit more creativity in Scribblenauts. You can take out most enemies with a 'Fire' and a 'Napalm' without having to get near them. Also you can drop a 'Plasma' on them, I just found out. Or if they're in the water a depth charge works well. All things you don't need to grab or throw at them, which means they're kinda cheap. Also a shrink ray and grappling hook can cheese a lot of challenges too.
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