Quote:Bob Schroeck wrote:I have noticed that filler occurs when the manga is still being published when the anime is produced. Look at Full Metal Alchemist and Full Metal Alchemist:Brotherhood. Former had filler and the other had a manga plot line.
Just saw the first ep last night; I'll watch the second tonight after RWBY.
A few thoughts -- the animation doesn't seem "sterile" to me, but crisp. Sharp. Maybe a touch washed out, but that might just be my monitor/color settings, or maybe a subtle lean toward pastels. And it looks very much like Takeuchi's manga art. Things I liked -- the blink-and-you'll-miss-it shot showing Usagi pinning up her buns (for some reason, that makes them more... um... rational to me; I seem to recall that the live-action Usagi's were actually some kind of knots in her ponytails, which always seemed like a recipe for trouble); Usagi's one-off sonic attack (I have plans for that one in DW-S); oh, and the fact that Kotono Mitsuishi came back to do her voice, when no one else in the original cast returned.Quote:Bonus points for improved Tuxedo Kamen design - he actually does look like royalty with the extra little bits added on.Actually, I thought he looked like he was in a Bela Lugosi "Dracula" costume.Quote:It's less that they streamlined the plot and more that they are closely following the manga.That was the biggest surprise for me when I finally read the manga, just how much freaking filler there is in the original anime. Glad to see it's not here.
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