Random Anime Review Monday #11: Quiz Magical Academy
My project: watch and write about the first episode of a series with as little prior knowledge as possible.
Here we go.
Review 11: Quiz Magic[al] Academy (It shows up as Magic and Magical, which is not my fault nor my problem)
Fansubber: Kesenai-Subs
In a dream sequence, we're introduced to half a dozen (quiz magic?) academicians with assigned hair colors and what appears to be one character trait each. One is, helpfully, named "Serious," because he has white hair and the voice of a 36-year-old. This is a brilliant naming scheme. Really, why pretend?
The heroine is a red-haired klutz named Ruquia, which makes me wonder whether the fanbase posts bitter screeds about how she's sooooooo much more awesome than that girl from Bleach and has the complicated spelling to prove it. Anyway, she wakes up late and runs around crying to get to class. While this is shoujo heroine behavior, there's a tight shot of good old-school Running Boobs in the intro, just in case you were still wondering to whom this show panders. Again, why pretend.
With several breaks for short comedic bits (one of the students is old, one of the teachers is a giant bird, etc.) the United Colors of Class Whatever prepares for the school festival, which, in this case, means a magical battle.
The class prepares in a blissfully short training sequence, then sets off spangly things and stages a mock battle to the awe of their peers, until apparent sabotage by Mysterious Girl (purple) turns the summoning of a golden dragon of luck into the summoning of PG-rated tentacle beasts. The faculty comes to their rescue, the end.
First impression: Man, Harry Potter apparently made bank in Japan, too. Negima??!??~?~?~@#$(#*&$(& was only the beginning.
Would I watch more? No, but it will serve well in the AMV I mean to eventually make out of this project.
Has this damaged my faith in humanity? No. I can withstand boredom with the fortitude of ten thousand men.
Old anime trend that I didn't expect to see: Character trait by hair color. Literally, purple is mysterious, white is icy, blue is geeky, pink is cutesy, (crayon) red equals main character, blah blah I can't believe they still do that blah. Huh.
EDIT: Hey, wait a minute, this is apparently all there is. Why on earth are there half a dozen more characters in the ending credits? - Ah, wait, it's based on a video game. OK, that works. Also, that's apparently where the "quiz" part comes in.
Here we go.
Review 11: Quiz Magic[al] Academy (It shows up as Magic and Magical, which is not my fault nor my problem)
Fansubber: Kesenai-Subs
In a dream sequence, we're introduced to half a dozen (quiz magic?) academicians with assigned hair colors and what appears to be one character trait each. One is, helpfully, named "Serious," because he has white hair and the voice of a 36-year-old. This is a brilliant naming scheme. Really, why pretend?
The heroine is a red-haired klutz named Ruquia, which makes me wonder whether the fanbase posts bitter screeds about how she's sooooooo much more awesome than that girl from Bleach and has the complicated spelling to prove it. Anyway, she wakes up late and runs around crying to get to class. While this is shoujo heroine behavior, there's a tight shot of good old-school Running Boobs in the intro, just in case you were still wondering to whom this show panders. Again, why pretend.
With several breaks for short comedic bits (one of the students is old, one of the teachers is a giant bird, etc.) the United Colors of Class Whatever prepares for the school festival, which, in this case, means a magical battle.
The class prepares in a blissfully short training sequence, then sets off spangly things and stages a mock battle to the awe of their peers, until apparent sabotage by Mysterious Girl (purple) turns the summoning of a golden dragon of luck into the summoning of PG-rated tentacle beasts. The faculty comes to their rescue, the end.
First impression: Man, Harry Potter apparently made bank in Japan, too. Negima??!??~?~?~@#$(#*&$(& was only the beginning.
Would I watch more? No, but it will serve well in the AMV I mean to eventually make out of this project.
Has this damaged my faith in humanity? No. I can withstand boredom with the fortitude of ten thousand men.
Old anime trend that I didn't expect to see: Character trait by hair color. Literally, purple is mysterious, white is icy, blue is geeky, pink is cutesy, (crayon) red equals main character, blah blah I can't believe they still do that blah. Huh.
EDIT: Hey, wait a minute, this is apparently all there is. Why on earth are there half a dozen more characters in the ending credits? - Ah, wait, it's based on a video game. OK, that works. Also, that's apparently where the "quiz" part comes in.