purplemo
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[sadht=When They Cry 3]Umineko no Naku Koro ni[/sadht][sadhl=2468]umineko-no-naku-koro-ni[/sadhl][sadhdc][/sadhdc]
Well, the first episode is out. Let's begin.
Animation - Gorgeous. Everyone looks great. Background too. And they even added in little touches like the clock, the breaking glass, and Beatrice's original portrait. No complaints here at all. And the OP/ED looks nice too.
Audio -
Kinzo - Goldsmith sounds crazy enough
Krauss - Not bad
Natsuhi - Pretty good.
Jessica - Can't wait to see her sing "Tsurupettan"
Eva - PERFECT!!!
Hideyoshi - Very good, though a Kansai accent would be nice.
George - Good too
Rudolf - Horrible. Utterly horrible.
Kyrie - Jury's out.
Battler - Quite good. Though I'm still waiting for his stupid crying and yelling.
Rosa - PERFECT!!! COMPLETELY PERFECT!!!
Maria - Quite good, and her ~uuu is surprisingly less annoying than I thought it would be.
Shannon - PERFECT!!!
Kanon - Fits perfectly
Genji - PERFECT!!!
Kumasawa - Mackerel lady is pretty good too.
Gohda - Not arrogant enough.
Nanjo - Jury's out
OP is excellent. ED is less worse than I thought. Music is pretty good. I love how they actually kept the original VN soundtracks.
Now for the meat.
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I expected the first episode to make it to Beatrice's letter and was surprised by the fact that the episode ended before that AND that there was one helluva lot of backstory left out. I didn't realize just HOW much setup there was until I noticed how much was left out. It was probably a good idea to leave out everything at the airport since it wasn't all that necessary, but so much of the setup for the infighting for the estate was left out it felt almost out of the blue. Same with a LOT of important points on the epitaph and Shannon that was left out at the beach. A good lot of the stuff left out can still be told again in the next chapters before their omission really begins to hurt the story, so that's okay . . . for now. The fact that the OP shows the aquarium means the next chapter will not cut out everything before the OP again (like the airport). Still, I'm rather disappointed they left out all the epitaph stuff.
Overall a solid first episode. It's missing a LOT (like Higurashi), but it does not feel quite as much and as intrusive. I hope the next episode doesn't skimp too much on the thoughts going through Kyrie and Battler's mind, as they have to cover Beatrice's letter, another argument, Maria, the ring, the scorpion, and Natsuhi's door before they (almost certainly) end at the storage shed.
Edit: I just noticed the OP is called "La divina tragedia." I wonder if they screwed up on the name of the Divine Comedy or if that's a play on words . . .
Well, the first episode is out. Let's begin.
Animation - Gorgeous. Everyone looks great. Background too. And they even added in little touches like the clock, the breaking glass, and Beatrice's original portrait. No complaints here at all. And the OP/ED looks nice too.
Audio -
Kinzo - Goldsmith sounds crazy enough
Krauss - Not bad
Natsuhi - Pretty good.
Jessica - Can't wait to see her sing "Tsurupettan"
Eva - PERFECT!!!
Hideyoshi - Very good, though a Kansai accent would be nice.
George - Good too
Rudolf - Horrible. Utterly horrible.
Kyrie - Jury's out.
Battler - Quite good. Though I'm still waiting for his stupid crying and yelling.
Rosa - PERFECT!!! COMPLETELY PERFECT!!!
Maria - Quite good, and her ~uuu is surprisingly less annoying than I thought it would be.
Shannon - PERFECT!!!
Kanon - Fits perfectly
Genji - PERFECT!!!
Kumasawa - Mackerel lady is pretty good too.
Gohda - Not arrogant enough.
Nanjo - Jury's out
OP is excellent. ED is less worse than I thought. Music is pretty good. I love how they actually kept the original VN soundtracks.
Now for the meat.
_______________________________
I expected the first episode to make it to Beatrice's letter and was surprised by the fact that the episode ended before that AND that there was one helluva lot of backstory left out. I didn't realize just HOW much setup there was until I noticed how much was left out. It was probably a good idea to leave out everything at the airport since it wasn't all that necessary, but so much of the setup for the infighting for the estate was left out it felt almost out of the blue. Same with a LOT of important points on the epitaph and Shannon that was left out at the beach. A good lot of the stuff left out can still be told again in the next chapters before their omission really begins to hurt the story, so that's okay . . . for now. The fact that the OP shows the aquarium means the next chapter will not cut out everything before the OP again (like the airport). Still, I'm rather disappointed they left out all the epitaph stuff.
Overall a solid first episode. It's missing a LOT (like Higurashi), but it does not feel quite as much and as intrusive. I hope the next episode doesn't skimp too much on the thoughts going through Kyrie and Battler's mind, as they have to cover Beatrice's letter, another argument, Maria, the ring, the scorpion, and Natsuhi's door before they (almost certainly) end at the storage shed.
Edit: I just noticed the OP is called "La divina tragedia." I wonder if they screwed up on the name of the Divine Comedy or if that's a play on words . . .
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