SuhailiKimi ni Todoke anime review
February 6th 2010 12:05
Kimi ni Todoke is an anime adapted from the manga. This manga is written by Karuho Shiina. The anime is scheduled to have 24 episodes.
Genres: comedy, romance, slice of life
Theme: school
Synopsis: Kuronuma Sawako is nicknamed Sadako due to her resemblance to the girl from the Japanese horror movies "The Ring". Shunned by her classmates, her life starts to change as she befriends Shota Kazehaya, a very popular boy in her class.
Source: Anime News Network
Comment:
Let me admit it here - when I heard about this anime, I thought that the title sounds really cheesy to me. No offense to the title though, but my first impression about this anime is that it might be some sort of love story kinda anime. Just take a look at the picture itself. It just looks like a typical shoujo anime (If you have been sticking with me, you should have known that I hate shoujo anime...most of it). But then again, I'm still watching it.
Luckily, I dump my weird impression about this anime thanks to the synopsis. I just think that the storyline itself is fascinating. Well, we have heard a lot of common nickname such as stinky, nerd...just to name a few but relating someone who looks like a ghost is pretty much amusing. Not just that, everybody does believe that she has the ability like the real Sadako. I thought that the misunderstanding only does exist in the first episode but it still going through even in the next episode! Well, it really is true that misunderstanding can't be cleared overnight.
If you think this anime is about just the rumor of a creepy-looking girl, you're absolutely wrong about this. I was very surprised with this anime that this anime really have a lot of moral lessons we can learn from. But the main theme about this anime is simply just to create friendship. I just love this kind of story over something romantic kinda storyline. The storyline can be a bit intense and frustrating in the middle as Sawako is trying hard to figure things out herself, but then again, it really does show us this situation really does happen in real life.
Throughout this anime, whenever I saw Sawako in the chibi form, she always reminds me of Sunako from Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge because Sunako is also always in the chibi form. Even their look are also typical - dark long hair with blunt fringe. Sunako and Sawako really does look scary physically so I'm amazed with the same physical traits that these two characters shared.
Also, having the right seiyuu to do the voice acting Sawako is essential to make the character looks alive. In this case, Mamiko Noto (who is the seiyuu of Enma Ai from Jigoku Shoujo) has done a very good job in making the character looks alive. One of the reason why people are scared of her is because of her ghostly voice tone whenever she speaks so I can say that I really like how Mamiko Noto portrayed this character.
To be honest, I haven't finished watching this anime until the latest episode but I would say that the storyline itself is very amusing and touching at the same time. Another anime that I highly recommend you to watch.
Kimi ni Todoke Episode 1
After watching this anime, what is your impression about this anime?
If you'd like to purchase Kimi ni Todoke stuff such as the DVD and soundtrack, you can go here:
Kimi ni Todoke Complete Listing
Genres: comedy, romance, slice of life
Theme: school
Synopsis: Kuronuma Sawako is nicknamed Sadako due to her resemblance to the girl from the Japanese horror movies "The Ring". Shunned by her classmates, her life starts to change as she befriends Shota Kazehaya, a very popular boy in her class.
Source: Anime News Network
Comment:
Let me admit it here - when I heard about this anime, I thought that the title sounds really cheesy to me. No offense to the title though, but my first impression about this anime is that it might be some sort of love story kinda anime. Just take a look at the picture itself. It just looks like a typical shoujo anime (If you have been sticking with me, you should have known that I hate shoujo anime...most of it). But then again, I'm still watching it.
Luckily, I dump my weird impression about this anime thanks to the synopsis. I just think that the storyline itself is fascinating. Well, we have heard a lot of common nickname such as stinky, nerd...just to name a few but relating someone who looks like a ghost is pretty much amusing. Not just that, everybody does believe that she has the ability like the real Sadako. I thought that the misunderstanding only does exist in the first episode but it still going through even in the next episode! Well, it really is true that misunderstanding can't be cleared overnight.
If you think this anime is about just the rumor of a creepy-looking girl, you're absolutely wrong about this. I was very surprised with this anime that this anime really have a lot of moral lessons we can learn from. But the main theme about this anime is simply just to create friendship. I just love this kind of story over something romantic kinda storyline. The storyline can be a bit intense and frustrating in the middle as Sawako is trying hard to figure things out herself, but then again, it really does show us this situation really does happen in real life.
Throughout this anime, whenever I saw Sawako in the chibi form, she always reminds me of Sunako from Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge because Sunako is also always in the chibi form. Even their look are also typical - dark long hair with blunt fringe. Sunako and Sawako really does look scary physically so I'm amazed with the same physical traits that these two characters shared.
Also, having the right seiyuu to do the voice acting Sawako is essential to make the character looks alive. In this case, Mamiko Noto (who is the seiyuu of Enma Ai from Jigoku Shoujo) has done a very good job in making the character looks alive. One of the reason why people are scared of her is because of her ghostly voice tone whenever she speaks so I can say that I really like how Mamiko Noto portrayed this character.
To be honest, I haven't finished watching this anime until the latest episode but I would say that the storyline itself is very amusing and touching at the same time. Another anime that I highly recommend you to watch.
Kimi ni Todoke Episode 1
After watching this anime, what is your impression about this anime?
If you'd like to purchase Kimi ni Todoke stuff such as the DVD and soundtrack, you can go here:
Kimi ni Todoke Complete Listing
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