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Mekakucity Actors (The Kagerou Project)
"The story of seeing things with your eyes." -Kagerou Days Disintegration Book A series of incidents occurring on August 14th and 15th bring a group of young boys and girls together… They form a group called the “Mekakushi Dan” (Blindfold Brigade). Many of them possess a strange power involving their eyes. Will the members of this peculiar organization be able to solve the mysteries behind these incidents and see the truth? (Adapted from Crunchyroll) |
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Kido: Member #01 and leader of the Mekakushi Dan. Likes listening to music. Character CM Seto: The second member of the Mekakushi Dan. Loves nature and gets along well with animals. Character CM Kano: The third member of the Mekakushi Dan. Enjoys teasing and playing tricks on others. Character CM Marry: The fourth member of the Mekakushi Dan. Extremely shy and freaks out around new people. Character CM Momo: The fifth member of the Mekakushi Dan. She is a famous popular idol. Character CM Ene: The sixth member of the Mekakushi Dan. An energetic cyber girl who lives in Shintaro's computer. Character CM Shintaro: The seventh member of the Mekakushi Dan. Has been living as a HikiNEET for the past two years. Character CM Hibiya: The eighth member of the Mekakushi Dan. A young boy who's a bit brash but mature for his age. Character CM Konoha: The ninth member of the Mekakushi Dan. A mysterious young man who can't remember his past. Character CM Last edited by lilboocorsola; 04-18-2014 at 11:49 PM. |
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Boys and girls, face forwards! Welcome to this summer's (2014's?) potential biggest
But first, some background: What is the Kagerou Project? Also known as "Kagerou Days" (Heat-Haze Days), the Kagerou Project began as a series of Vocaloid songs produced by Jin/Shizen no Teki-P. It expanded into several light novels and a manga, and an animé adaptation produced by SHAFT is currently airing under the title of "Mekakucity Actors". So is it about Vocaloid? No. It has its own unique plot and characters. Vocaloid is merely used as a medium to express the story. What is it about then? As described in the OP, the tale revolves around a group of children with special abilities who meet through various connected events. The meaning behind these strange occurrences is unknown, but one thing's for certain: There's more to these people and their pasts than meets the eye... For those of you who would like a preview of the first episode, here is a 15-second CM for the animé: Spoiler: show The song and PV for "Children Record" also acts as an alternate OP for the music series, though it may contain some spoilers: Spoiler: show Last edited by lilboocorsola; 04-28-2014 at 12:11 AM. |
04-12-2014, 03:10 PM | #4 |
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So I watched the first episode the minute Connor got us a link and its pretty great. I absolutely love Ene...no it's not because of her looks. :< She's hilarious and I love the...relationship? Not the word i'm looking for but..ah~ The dynamics between Ene and Shintaro. Makes me laugh so many times.
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Oh, Ene. Breaking the fourth wall I see. Literally. Episode 01: Spoiler: show Overall, a fun if somewhat slow introduction to the series, with a couple extra surprises. Which is how the manga starts off as well, so not complaining. While the animation/character designs still feel a bit wonky to me, it was cool to finally see everything in motion. (Though I feel SHAFT made things a bit more complicated than they needed to be.) Looking forward to when the plot actually starts to pick up. =3
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04-12-2014, 08:29 PM | #6 |
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Episode One Spoiler: show So generally I'm pretty confused about this anime so far, but it has be hooked. Let's hope it'll be good and
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04-13-2014, 02:17 PM | #7 |
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I don't even know where to begin on how to describe this.
The closest I can come is saying it's more disjointed than a bucket of fried chicken.
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What happens when this guy wants to look at porn? Flawless execution when Ene tells him to quickly grab a tissue, so I guess they have a lot of practice.
These robbers remind me of a game called Payday: The Heist, in which a bunch of guys in suits and clown masks rob banks, demand ransoms, and the like. Except they tilt their heads at weird angles. Oh, there are mainframe terminals just freely available to the public. No wonder this mall got hijacked so easily. The color palette makes for some cool artistic shots and a lot of cheap-looking "imagine there are some people over here" scenes. Cool use of palette! Spoiler: show Super cheap! Spoiler: show
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04-13-2014, 03:03 PM | #9 |
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I was hoping Ene would critique him on his taste in hentai after claiming to have seen his folder, because I'm curious just what "douteis" are interested in. Probably girls with a thin waist, thick chest and air-headed personality. I wanted to grill that guy on-air for his inferior, 1D taste in 2D!
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04-14-2014, 05:33 PM | #10 |
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I watched the first episode myself. It was okay. I can't say I had any big complaints, but nothing grabbed me either. Maybe something will change when I see what the point of everything is?
I want to see a show that's a parody of SHAFT's animation style. Have like an OVA sized episode mock all the things they like to do. Like have someone die from the neck turn, because they bent their head too far back. Every time someone does the neck turn, they die. Some characters realize this, and decide not to turn their neck. Sadly, it's SHAFT (imitators), so the character HAS to turn his/her neck for no reason, meaning that by the end of the show, no-one is alive! |
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Wow. Its a SHAFT series but I didn't expect this to be SO much like Monogatari. As much as I liked it, I would've liked it to be a bit more original to itself rather than just taking the camera angles, the style of humour, the colour palette, etc from the Monogatari series. Anyway, I don't really get whats going on at this point but I imagine we'll find out next episode, so I'll stay watching. I would make comments and such but i'm pretty tired. Also, Shintaro is totally Tomoko's brother from Watamote. :') |
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Yeah, I also wish the animation was a bit more original/better. At least some extra color/shading would be nice. Darn SHAFT blew their budget on Nisekoi I hear. =3= (Although the designs are growing on me since I've rewatched the OP a few times.) Things are supposed to be confusing (though I feel like SHAFT made things even more confusing-er), so stay tuned. All will be explained... Hopefully. Also wow you're right they have the same saggy eyes and everything. XD
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First sighting of Momoobs! So me, Blaze, Lost, Yuki and Connor were watching a livestream while reaction video chatting. It was fun. Will do again except loltime. Spoiler: show
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Fear my master Momoob technique. Episode 02: As far as fillerservice goes, I thought it was fun/fine. I'm surprised they skimped on the explanations (and sadly still the animation - I honestly think they made the OP worse), but it was entertaining enough for the most part, with some extra tidbits for the fans. Dat insert song. Dat ED. Yeah, I don't really got much to say. The ending was abrupt and I thought we'd get further in the plot than this - I can't even link the song the episode is based on since we haven't quite covered all of it. The creator really loves Momo so I think he was trying to heighten her appeal by giving her more screentime/expanding her story. (contains slight spoiler for next ep?) Spoiler: show I plan to watch it again later since I missed some stuff due to the stream/call. Definitely want to hear that Kisaragi Attention again at least, I hope they release a full version. Oh yeah, and Momo's voice surprisingly didn't annoy me at all. Guess she just sounded weird in her CM.
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And with Yuki's permission... I would like to introduce you all to KAGECRACK. Warning, these do contain slight spoilers (Though most of you wouldn't know them).
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The longer you're in this fandom the more you become like that.
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*looks in spoilers*
*slowly backs away* Lost-honey, you were supposed to stay clean!
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