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The first episode of The World God Only Knows has aired, and I am quiiiite pleased with it =D I am a big fan of the manga, which I think is brilliantly funny in both its parodying of the harem genre while still having a genuine plot behind it. The few trailers I saw for the show made it look like they were focusing on the shoujo bits, but I was very, very pleased to see all the humor has been kept intact.
The animation looks really good in this, motions fluid and colors bright, more comedic scenes done in a different style than the chibis of the original manga--some of the changes don't work perfectly, but not badly enough to take away much. There were a couple times where I giggled aloud at the expressions and reactions, and more than once I found myself marveling at how smooth the animation was. Whoever it is doing Keima's voice sounds like a perfect fit, as well.
The thing I love about this series is that it involves a guy trying to win the hearts of several women, but it never relies on fanservice to keep the audience interested in the female characters. They're all cute, sure, but it's centered around personalities and situations, and not the situations that involve accidentally falling into a girl's boobs or walking in on her naked a million times. I would love there to be more stories like that. I really would.
Someone else should go watch/read it so I can have someone to squeal with kthx.
EDIT: ...especially now that I've read the most recent chapter holy shiiiiiiiiiit
The animation looks really good in this, motions fluid and colors bright, more comedic scenes done in a different style than the chibis of the original manga--some of the changes don't work perfectly, but not badly enough to take away much. There were a couple times where I giggled aloud at the expressions and reactions, and more than once I found myself marveling at how smooth the animation was. Whoever it is doing Keima's voice sounds like a perfect fit, as well.
The thing I love about this series is that it involves a guy trying to win the hearts of several women, but it never relies on fanservice to keep the audience interested in the female characters. They're all cute, sure, but it's centered around personalities and situations, and not the situations that involve accidentally falling into a girl's boobs or walking in on her naked a million times. I would love there to be more stories like that. I really would.
Someone else should go watch/read it so I can have someone to squeal with kthx.
EDIT: ...especially now that I've read the most recent chapter holy shiiiiiiiiiit