My-Otome Episode 1 Review
Well, I finally saw episode 1 of My-Otome. It was, to say the least, quite interesting. I'm a big fan of the original series, and as so, I am pretty judgmental on these sort of things [adaptions of the original work]. First thing I have to say is that the voices were pretty good. Arika was as annoying as ever, Nina was as indifferent as ever, and Sergey was.... absolutely perfect. He sounded exactly like the original seiyuu, which was weird, since that doesn't occur very often. I don't normally like English dubs, but it seems Bandai is on a roll with this franchise, it's one of their best.
[Dub Voices:4.5/5]
The art was okay, too. I can see they improved the quality quite significantly [The size on my hard drive was 250 MB]. Everything was cleaned up from when I first saw the TV raws over a year ago. I've watched the first episode at least a dozen times now [subbed version], and I haven't ever seen a better first episode [in any series] with the exception of it's predecessor, My-HiME. With action, drama, and comedy along with a lot of questions, the first episode is packed with all the elements to make a show successful and to keep the viewer interested. I can't tell too much of the story [for those who haven't seen it yet], but this is good. WATCH IT!
[Art/Story:4/5]
The music is as terrific as ever, with a genius musical score that includes the pseudo-opera battle theme, MATERIALISE. The music, which was produced by the musical genius, Kajiura Yuki, is all based on a proper-theme type and is semi-opera. Just like, My-HiME, the beat is fast, the words are a mix of Japanese, English and Latin, in some areas [Or is that German?], and the whole score can be described with one word: marvelous.
[Music:5/5]
This show is entertaining, while it may look like another magical girl comedy-action-romance anime, it's not. It's worth your while, I'll tell ya that. Either that, or I'm just some crazy fangirl.
[Entertainment Factor 4.5/5]
Overall Score: 4.5/5 :: 90% :: Great Series, Worth checking out, Great example of a balanced anime.
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Here's a look at the first volume Special Edition Box and DVD [Amazon]
By kagurazaka_sha at 2007-07-12
Product Details
- Actors: My-Otome
- Format: Animated, Color, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Subtitled, NTSC
- Language: English, Japanese
- Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Number of discs: 1
- Rating
- Studio: Bandai
- DVD Release Date: July 17, 2007
- Run Time: 100 minutes
- Price: $44.99[LE Box]/ $24.99 [DVD]
