Kiniro Mosaic 1
This show is incredibly :firehawk. How much, you ask?
Friends saying goodbye as vehicles depart.
Cherry blossoms.
Very much.
This episode spends most of its time setting up the premise by showing us the protagonist's initial homestay experience in England. And as strange and convenient as the mother's perfect Japanese may have been, it was very, very cute, as well as pretty touching at times. The rest is so early that it's kind of hard to tell (definitely a 4koma show), but I liked how it started.
The initial homestay flashback is letterboxed, even though the show is in widescreen. It's kind of like the upcoming horror game The Evil Within, I guess.
I was curious how the English would be handled, and given the standards of anime English, this show does remarkably well. This is no Space Brothers; everyone who is supposed to speak English does, with relative fluency. It may be Japanese-accented all the way through, but it's still admirable. And while I may have mocked cnet before, it
is strange to land in England and have everyone speak American. It would have been a lot to ask, but at least us foreigners would have appreciated it!
Unfortunately, there are three grammatical errors in this announcement. I may be wrong about whether or not customs should be capitalized, though.
I don't think it's going to knock my socks off, but it's a nice show, and that's all I needed from the premise.