Comments on: I.D. Analysis – Shining Tears X Wind & Kaze no Shoujo Emily

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By: KAING

KAING — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 06:55:17 +0000

How mathc is ep??20??or whet

By: YanLan

YanLan — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 01:26:33 +0000

Well, hearing so many reviews for Shiny Tears I also do not have the mind and heart to watch it anymore… however, I will watch it ^^ Well, personally I feel that we cannot judge a book by others as well, not just the cover… well, it could become interesting to u in some kind of other way… so i will definitely give it a try to watch – due to its drawings n such which is cool =)

But if i watch it and its really bad… then too bad but at least I give the series a chance to sell itself to me

By: Tea

Tea — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 18:00:17 +0000

Thanks for the review! You saved me time from watching Shining Tears. ^_^ I was also interested at first due to the pretty graphics, but true to the cliche, you can’t judge a book by its cover. hahah.

I already read Emily of New Moon (Montgomery’s version) and I really liked it. It’s like Anne of Green Gables, but a bit different. I guess her stories are so versatile that they keep on being made into anime and movies heehee. They’re so enjoyable. ^_~

By: Impz

Impz — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 17:14:22 +0000

@Caroline: You do have to note that a few of the other anime bloggers that have watched this series have found it to be a decent RPG adaptation. You might really want to try out the first episode to see if it is for you. I have to say that even though I am quite a huge RPG fan in terms of games, I am completely not impressed with it.

Arrr, so Emily’s forehead is supposed to be big? So, the forehead fetish is really true. I mean ermm, nothing . It’s perhaps hard to watch without subs but I might do a proper extensive summary review for episodes. Not too sure as yet considering that I am stretched with 4 series to blog about.

By: Caroline

Caroline — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 16:57:15 +0000

I was thinking of watching Shining tears x WIND because the animation is so pretty XD, but after your review, I think I’ll not XD.
I watched the first ep of Kaze no shoujo Emily, but without subs so I understood practically nothing aside from the names, and found it funny how they pronounce Emily’s full name XD. Having read the books, I could nitpick about some things that were glossed over/changed in the anime, but overall it’s not a bad adaptation. Definitely looking forward to the second ep ^^

Emily’s forehead IS supposed to be big hehe, so I’m happy ^^

By: Impz

Impz — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 14:47:15 +0000

@Mahie: I have to admit that I have never seen the book in my entire life but I have somehow heard of it as it is quite a popular novel series among the classic children literature (well, not really old since it’s 1923)…

@Briar: hah, glad to know that I am not the only crazy one that did not enjoy this adaptation. Nothing is really impressive in this series, and I must say that it’s enough for episode 1 for me to say no. However, I will wish the series well and hope it improves ^^

By: Briar

Briar — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 10:03:46 +0000

I couldn’t resist watching Shining Tears X Wind, and I totally agree with Impz. About the only things I really like are the character design (I have a weakness for good looking guys) and the title design (it’s cool. It really is.). The story telling was pretty distorted, the action rather boring, and the characters, even with pretty faces, just doesn’t have much more than that. Oh well.

By: Mahie

Mahie — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 00:23:48 +0000

Sorry, some spelling error : it’s Lucy Maud MONTGOMERY.

I really hope that one day an anime version of her novel The Blue Castle will also be made. As for Anne of Green Gables, I think that I watched it on TV at least 5 or 6 times when I was still a young teenager.

By: Mahie

Mahie — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 00:13:38 +0000

If this adaptation of Emily of New Moon is anything similar to the novel, then it sure will be a deligth to watch it. The author, Lucy Maud Mongtmory, knows how to write simple, yet touching stories.

By: Impz

Impz — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 07:16:18 +0000

@Usagijen: I see. I do not know but I tend to be pretty skeptical when it comes to a RPG adaptation, especially when the RPG itself sucks... @Stripey: Ya, that is absolutely what I feel about the series. The problem is whatever you have said and I will say with the SHINING disgusting face and happy TEARS in my eyes to strangle the WIND of this anime and never look at it anymore because it will be X-rated by the way it is going. @Owen S: Yes, you got to watch it. @Mars: Yes, I wonder if it will get subbed and she does have a huge forehead if anything. I have to say that it will probably turn people off with the character design of the main characters, Emily. @Koishou: I was not really impressed by anything for the series. It's not exactly bad, but with the good shows coming out, it's just a little sad to be out now. It makes Shining Tears x Wind much worse than it is.

By: Koishou

Koishou — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 20:36:08 +0000

How funny… the only moment I really enjoyed when watching Shining X Wind was during the ending.
Those were really nice drawings by Tony… :3

By: MarsBattyAngel=^-^=

MarsBattyAngel=^-^= — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 18:18:40 +0000

weee a new series to watch! Kaze no Shoujo Emily seems promising…now I just need it subbed XD *adds to list* she does seem to have a large forehead, doesn’t she? XD Ah well, there had to be something to nag about hehe. I’m looking forward to this one

By: Owen S

Owen S — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 18:04:02 +0000

Thanks for the heads up. Kaze no Shoujo Emily sounds good, will definitely look into it.

By: Stripey

Stripey — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 16:43:00 +0000

Frankly I was disappointed by Shining Tears X Wind. I was looking forward to Tony Taka’s character designs only to find the anime art mediocre. The battles were uninspiring and worst of all the dialogue/characters were wooden. I say with shining tears in my eyes that I’m not going to catch ep 2.