NANA anime review
June 27th 2008 01:58
NANA is an anime adapted from the manga by Yazawa Ai who is the mangaka of Paradise Kiss and Gokinjo Monogatari. The manga is also adapted to live action movie. The anime consists of 47 episodes.
Genres: comedy, drama, romance, slice of life
Theme: music
Synopsis: On board the train to Tokyo to meet her boyfriend Shoji, Nana Komatsu ("Hachi") happened to sit beside Nana Osaki who was traveling to Tokyo to fulfill her dreams of becoming a musician. The vocalist for her punk band "Blast", Nana aims for a major debut for "Blast" in Tokyo where her boyfriend, Ren, is the guitarist for a popular band "Trapnest". Sharing the same name "Nana", both girls quickly form a bond of friendship. Their paths cross again when they encounter each other while searching for accomodation in Tokyo. Eventually they decide to live together in the same unit and this further strengthens their bond as the two "Nana(s)" go through their love lives and career.
Source: Anime News Network
Comment: The truth is, I wasn't really that fond of watching shoujo anime but NANA really changed my mind. To me, there's nothing much different than any other shoujo anime I've seen but what it makes it special is the theme. The theme really caught my attention the most just like other Yazawa's books. The storyline is pretty laidback at first but there are lots of conflict happened later until at the end of the series. I don't want to spoil you what sort of conflict in the story but it's not really a useless conflict. The kind of conflict they have in the story is just like what we've experienced in life so I must say that it's a very realistic conflicts. The story is more or less the same just like in manga and there are always jokes that really liven up the story. This is an anime for everyone so watch it because it's better than soapy drama.
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Genres: comedy, drama, romance, slice of life
Theme: music
Synopsis: On board the train to Tokyo to meet her boyfriend Shoji, Nana Komatsu ("Hachi") happened to sit beside Nana Osaki who was traveling to Tokyo to fulfill her dreams of becoming a musician. The vocalist for her punk band "Blast", Nana aims for a major debut for "Blast" in Tokyo where her boyfriend, Ren, is the guitarist for a popular band "Trapnest". Sharing the same name "Nana", both girls quickly form a bond of friendship. Their paths cross again when they encounter each other while searching for accomodation in Tokyo. Eventually they decide to live together in the same unit and this further strengthens their bond as the two "Nana(s)" go through their love lives and career.
Source: Anime News Network
Comment: The truth is, I wasn't really that fond of watching shoujo anime but NANA really changed my mind. To me, there's nothing much different than any other shoujo anime I've seen but what it makes it special is the theme. The theme really caught my attention the most just like other Yazawa's books. The storyline is pretty laidback at first but there are lots of conflict happened later until at the end of the series. I don't want to spoil you what sort of conflict in the story but it's not really a useless conflict. The kind of conflict they have in the story is just like what we've experienced in life so I must say that it's a very realistic conflicts. The story is more or less the same just like in manga and there are always jokes that really liven up the story. This is an anime for everyone so watch it because it's better than soapy drama.
Screenshots:
You can see more screencaps here
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