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Magi: the Labyrinth of Magic
A boy named Aladdin travels through a desert land. He has with him a magic flute which summons a djinn named Ugo. The djinn has a huge and muscular body but cannot remove his head from the flute, giving him a headless appearance and frequently causing even people he is trying to rescue to mistake him for a monster. The two meet Ali Baba, a seemingly greedy and aloof young man who is trying to get rich. Ali Baba realizes that Ugo would be a powerful ally in his bid to explore a nearby treasure-filled dungeon. As Aladdin and Ali Baba adventure together, they become true friends, along with Morgianna, a slave girl from a distant land whom they free from her master. (edited from Wikipedia) |
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Aladdin: a young boy capable of many mysterious and wonderful things. He appears to be one of the legendary mages whom Ali Baba has heard of in stories. Around his neck is a flute which is home to the powerful djinn, Ugo. Ali Baba: a young man who dreams of becoming rich. To achieve this goal he plans to explore one of the fourteen labyrinths or dungeons which mysteriously appeared all over the world many years ago. Rumor has it that the labyrinths house great treasures beyond a mortal man's wildest dreams. Ali Baba hopes to obtain some of these treasures and to become a very wealthy man indeed. Morgiana: a young slave woman whom Ali Baba and Aladdin meet in the market one day. Her fate and the destiny of the two boys seem to be interconnected. Ugo: a powerful djinn and Aladdin's loyal friend. How he and Aladdin met is still somewhat steeped in mystery but the two became friends after Aladdin shared with the djinn what his one desire was. |
10-11-2012, 03:58 PM | #3 |
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Members' thoughts on Episode 01 as shared in bbb's discussion thread:
bbb's thoughts lilbluecorsola's thoughts Talon's thoughts Pictures I took for Episode 01 (but failed to include in my Episode 01 discussion post): Episode 01 opening scene: Spoiler: show Ali Baba tells Aladdin about the labyrinths: Spoiler: show Meet Morgiana: Spoiler: show Shocked looks when Aladdin busts out Ugo for the first time: Spoiler: show Aladdin's thing for boobs: Spoiler: show Animation samples: Spoiler: show Miscellany: Spoiler: show
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10-12-2012, 02:25 PM | #4 |
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Wow, a Japanese adaption of the Story of Aladdin, with liberally generous artistic liberties taken.
I'm in. The first episode was pretty good. The, unusualness of the world was a bit jarring, [spoiler]Giant underground tentacle plants that drink wine? Dungeons that randomly appeared in the world?[/quote] But overall it was good. Not too fond of Aladdin's overt obsession with boobs or the "simple character designs" for obvious "emotional effect", but I can overlook them. Overall the art though, when not using the simplistic character designs, is absolutely stunning. Looking forward to next week. |
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There was already an anime adaptation in the 80's or something. Cool to see a modern take, even if the story is only loosely inspired.
Really interested in checking this one out =3= until I saw the boob scenes :V
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Any Aladdin would be obsessed with your boobs. ;O
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I quite enjoyed Episode 02 right up until the very end. That final scene was kinda frustrating -- the sort of cliffhanger which is only a cliffhanger because you're shown something and not told what it is -- but aside from that it was an entertaining episode. Morgiana continues to be super cute. (And voiced by Tomatsu Haruka.) The dungeon wasn't quite what I was expecting --
Spoiler: show -- but I look forward to seeing what comes next week. Wish I had more to say. I don't, but that's not always a bad thing.
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10-15-2012, 08:04 PM | #8 |
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I was not expecting that ending. This show is full of pleasant surprises!
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Episode 03 was ... I hesitate to say "disappointing" but it raised a lot of questions and/or featured a lot of plot holes.
Spoiler: show But perhaps the most important question of all raised by this episode was ... Spoiler: show
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I really hope this isn't a 13 episode show. There's obviously so many characters to meet, and so many places to go, and 13 episodes just will not cut it.
Anyway, thoughts about episode 4. Of course I enjoyed the episode. Sure, it was predictable, but I still enjoyed it. Episode 4 spoilers and whatnot Spoiler: show |
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So I totally neglected to post about Episode 04 even though I watched it several days ago. Whoops. I enjoyed it! It was a decent enough episode. The grandma character seemed to borrow half from Miyazaki's stock old granny characters while being half fresh and new.
Spoiler: show Spoiler: show Not much else to say othe than to repeat that it was enjoyable but it was definitely the first episode of a new story arc, that you could tell. If 01, 02, and 03 formed the first story arc of the series, 04 was definitely the first episode of the second. So it'll be a few more weeks, probably, before things really start getting under way.
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11-04-2012, 01:53 AM | #15 |
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I'm all caught up. That ending to Episode 4 was a surprise. Wasn't expecting it in the slightest, I don't see how one can call that aside from looking at other, similar groups lead by a matriarch (such as in Utawarerumono).
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I've told BBB this, but there seems to be a trend with me that I love the gallant/knightly noble girls, and Hakuei Ren is no exception. I'm smitten! That outfit, that voice, that personality! I totally want to ship her with Aladdin now. Morgianna can be the new Kouzuki Kallen for all I care.
I don't think I've ever heard an "adolescent" Nana Mizuki voice prior to this role - I've heard soft-spoken child (Fate), bonkers/flustered adolescent (Tsubomi, Ricotta) but not this. It's new. Like Yui Horie's gruff worker-girl voice that she used for Natsu no Arashi!'s Kanako. By contrast I did not really care much about Paimon. People seem surprised, but I don't think un-censored nipples are really all that controversial in Japan. We have to recall that the movement toward 4Kids censorship is something that's only happened over the past 20 years...manga in the 1980's had no problem showing nudity or even porking in panels! It would probably strike everyone as un-common, although given this is Sumomomo Momomo's author, it's probably more fanservice than old timey social norms brought forward. Spoiler: show I'm a bit surprised that Morgianna is kind of stand-offish toward Ali Baba. She displayed super obedient traits to the corrupt caliph, but she has this weird aversion to him given all he's done for her. It's difficult to explain, almost like she's reverted back to a normal girl in his presence, but still acts like a slave otherwise. And I don't think it's un-natural behaviour either, just weird. Cool episode.
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It was too blatant. And that was why I rejected it last week. And why I am still rejecting it (just in a different sense) this week. Too obvious and cliche = hi children's TV = you've disappointed me, Magi.
Also, why are you worried about Morgiana pairing with Aladdin? She is CLEARLY going to Ali Baba, whether they wind up as each other's ultimate partners or not.
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Spoiler boxes, boys, please! x.X
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Why are you yelling at me? X_x I was going to PM Doppel my own complaint but I'm tired of people accusing me of being fussy about this shit so I decided to let some heads roll so you see I'm right. (Sorry it had to be you, Yuki. ) But I'm pretty sure my own reply is devoid of spoilers the way that I carefully worded it. In fact, I took special pains to word it in such a way that, all on its own, it wouldn't be a spoiler post at all.
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11-04-2012, 08:42 PM | #21 |
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That came out wrong, I was trying to make a Geass analogy with Hakuei Ren as C.C., but it feel flat and I didn't delete that sentence. It didn't help that I subbed Aladdin for Ali Baba when the only scene with Morgiana involved her and AB.
Aladdin x Hakuei Ren and Ali Baba x Morgiana = OTP O FUDGING TP
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I'm pretty sure Hakuei is scheduled to pair off with her blue-haired attendant. But if that's a girl and not a guy (and assuming Hakuei isn't a lesbian XP) then never mind. But I think you're going to be disappointed there with your one true pairing. ^^; I get the impression that Aladdin, despite his thing for boobs, is not one for intimacy. Hey waiiiiiiit a second ...! D:
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11-07-2012, 01:33 AM | #25 |
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Oh yeah, is there some kind of pun floating around here, Talon?
Paimon = bare-chested djinn, but "pai" means "tile" in Japanese. Also, 'oppai'.
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