I can't tell if I'm feeling stupid generous today or not but...
Tamako Market 02 was the best episode of any show I have seen in the passed year. Everything about it was spectacular. The characters, the animation, the sound effects, everything. I loved every second of it, which is crazy considering how the first episode felt so mundane in comparison. The show could have ended right there and I'd be fine with that.
If the rest of the series is going to be of this quality then that's great, but I'll be amazed if they can top this one.
Its just KyoAni being KyoAni. Thats the amazing thing about it. This is just a run of the mill sort of show by that studio. This would be SPECTACULAR for just about any other studio.
Sweet! So you were the one buying up MAyo Chiki!
Just kidding. I finally got it too. Gonna go pick up the package that was delivered at noon.
It should have Mayo Chiki, Is this a zombie?, Magical Index, and IdolM@ster Xenoglossia in it. Was also supposed to have the Hyrule Historia in there too but thats on backorder
Sweet! So you were the one buying up MAyo Chiki!
Just kidding. I finally got it too. Gonna go pick up the package that was delivered at noon.
It should have Mayo Chiki, Is this a zombie?, Magical Index, and IdolM@ster Xenoglossia in it. Was also supposed to have the Hyrule Historia in there too but thats on backorder
Samurai 7 Bluray- $24.99
Evangelion: 1.11 You Are (Not) Alone Bluray- $12.99
Evangelion: 2.22 You Can (Not) Advance Bluray- $17.48
Mayo Chiki DVD- $19.99
Fate/Zero Bluray- $41.99
Ground Control to Psychoelectric Girl DVD/Blu-ray - $51.99
That's what happens when you give these guys such an enormous budget. I'm very hyped for this one, if it doesn't deliver I will lose all faith in Trigger forever.
Is it? There's a copy just sitting unloved at F.Y.E. in the mall as I speak. Its ludicrously overpriced too! Then again, there's still a copy of Steins;Gate sitting there! Come on people of Lafayette, don't let me down!
They gotta feed their families.
By the way, all I can see in that girl from vividred is silica. No wonder Duckroll likes it
Shes a really cute character design. Maybe Lisbeth will show up?
I totally disagree with this interpretation. I think it is more likely that while Houtarou tries to be as good a person as he is, he simply does not like his sister much, and he has always felt that her presence overshadows his. So he tries not to recognize her existence.
Samurai 7 Bluray- $24.99
Evangelion: 1.11 You Are (Not) Alone Bluray- $12.99
Evangelion: 2.22 You Can (Not) Advance Bluray- $17.48
Mayo Chiki DVD- $19.99
Fate/Stay Bluray- $41.99
Ground Control to Psychoelectric Girl DVD/Blu-ray - $51.99
Wow, Himawari's running animation is ridiculous. The bad kind of ridiculous.
Not a great OP, really - I expected less stock footage and CG Akane, somehow.
Also...what's up with the second Zetsuen OP? I dropped the show ages ago but why does the show seem like some kind of romcom fantasy now instead of what it was in the first half? Is that what happens to the show? The OP tune is nice, and it's pretty well animated, but it's not what I was expecting from a second OP at all.
Tamako is such a great, endearing character. I quite like this shows character designs and Aya Suzaki, Tamako's seiyuu, does a really great job in helping to bring her character to life.
Unlike quite a few posting here I was entertained the whole episode and didn't find it boring in the least. I also don't have any problems with it seeming "overly happy", I think it's just fine the way it is. KyoAni does a great job at making Valentine's Day interesting I thought.
It's interesting when you look at this shot here and naturally on the surface all you see is mochi, as that's what it is and what the shop sells, but one could also interpret a sameness and uniformity to it. I think it's a nice little look at Tamako's father's personality and a hint at the other theme that pervades this episode, and seemingly the entire show as well, and that is the idea of traditionalism versus modernism.
It's nice that it's viewed upon in different layers as well. You have the two father figures, where one goes with what is current and the other which goes with what is tried and true. Then there's the contrast even within the same in group, that is Tamako's family, where you have Tamako who represents the younger generation willing to accept change and again her father, who doesn't want to risk his business on practices which are unproven and may turn into financial failures. One scene I liked was with the younger characters Tamako and Mochizo, where instead of using the more modern method of texting through their cellphones, instead they bring out the older cups on a string to communicate, which shows that even though they are willing to accept change and try new things they do still have this sense of nostalgia about them and keeping some past methods or ideas alive.
Even the market as a whole apparently seems this way where they initially didn't really have any celebrations in mind for Valentines but were willing to try the younger crowds ideas and celebrate. Subtly as part of the general chatter before the meeting you can hear two of them talking about a band and how some don't like their newer songs where others like both the new and old. Just another small way to sneak the general theme into the show. I also like that, by revisiting the different locations of the market, it really gives it more character and makes it seem more like a real place (even though it technically is already based on a real place I know).
It's interesting to see that, shown visually through Tamako's daily routine visits to the different store owners, they've become accustomed to the fact that the bird can talk. The fact that there has been just over a month time skip may have helped with that as well. Just like the characters in the story, I too found myself liking the bird much more this episode. Perhaps because he didn't have as much screen time or his interactions with the characters, he just came across as much more amusing and less intrusive or annoying. It's also interesting to note that
when the bird projects the other video everyone is initially surprised but that fact actually gets glossed over and seemingly accepted rather quickly as well.
Speaking of annoying, it was kind of amusing that even Tamako, with her polite and cheerful demeanor can get annoyed at her father being stuck in his old ways, the way she made a quick remark thinking he had left surprising everyone. Still somewhat played more for comedic laughs in the end though.
Naturally the other obvious theme of this episode is Valentine's and the idea of having feelings for someone. There were little hints to the different relations, such as the bird telling Mochizo to clean himself up a bit before the meeting or his gaze toward Tamako as he held his chocolate's at the end as she walked by the foreground. The other interesting bit was Midori seeming to have eye's for Tamako.
There were all kinds of hints , such as her reaction to Tamako touching her hair and the wording there. After her grandfather mentioned thinking everyone loves someone the camera focuses between her and Tamako while she now suddenly fidgets and has that distant star struck look in her eyes. The quick comments by the coffee shop owner and this shot here where you see two birds and the camera then pans down to Midori as she gets a call from Tamako. Kanna mentions you can love whoever you want where the camera goes into a first person POV of Midori looking at Tamako and even right at the end where Tamako mentions she simply gave her chocolate's to her father again(poor Midori and Mochizo) and the camera lingers on Midori to which she simply replies with a "sou ka?"
I like the way KyoAni seems to be displaying the relations so far with more maturity and class in the show and it's not just silly harem hijinks, as we have a lot of those already.
While maybe on the whole Tamako Market doesn't look as good as Hyouka, it certainly does have it's moments of coming close with it's high quality and detailed backgrounds.
It seems someone's else's heart finally melted as shown in this shot here, which is in contrast to the shot from earlier in my writeup.
All in all I really liked this episode in pretty much every way and would have to say Tamako Market is my favorite of the new anime airing this season along with Shin Sekai Yori and Smile PreCure! for anime that I'm following that's carrying over from last season.
Sorry for the long writeup. Thanks to those for reading as always.
The only Omigawa role, outside of AO which is a show I refuse to acknowledge now, is Phi from VLR. I really like her in that role. I can see how she wouldn't work for a lot of things, but she did a good job there.
Isn't that largely due to her being fairly mellow throughout? There's not often many points where she's compelled into reaching the voice-creaking banshee stage.
I found Jinrui to be pretty boring despite how off-the-wall each of the first few episodes were. I didn't care about anything that was happening nor did I have any interest. It just felt really hollow. Never really saw what others seemed to really enjoy about it. Is it any different at episode 9 and on?
If only I could remember other shows that I tried and dropped so I could add them to my small list. I know there were plenty since I've been following the seasons for at least a year now.
I just watched this as well. People weren't kidding about the beginning. We'll see if it managed to stay as strong as the first episode or if it sways too far the other way into silly hijinx territory. And when the preview said the people on the other side of the TV were having perverted thoughts, I was like "hey, how did you know I'm about to watch Psycho Pass?".
I'm now torn; part of me is happy there's still a vague possibility and the other part of me worries that it might end up looking terrible when it's made. Maybe what I really want is Blu-Rays of the original that aren't allegedly terrible.
Although, if that does happen it can join the rank of Darker than Black and Gunslinger Girl enthusiasts in denying any and all other works.
I just watched this as well. People weren't kidding about the beginning. We'll see if it managed to stay as strong as the first episode or if it sways too far the other way into silly hijinx territory. And when the preview said the people on the other side of the TV were having perverted thoughts, I was like "hey, how did you know I'm about to watch Psycho Pass?".
Also...what's up with the second Zetsuen OP? I dropped the show ages ago but why does the show seem like some kind of romcom fantasy now instead of what it was in the first half? Is that what happens to the show? The OP tune is nice, and it's pretty well animated, but it's not what I was expecting from a second OP at all.
