Comments on: Michiko to Hatchin Episode 1 – Oh I wanna lynch Hana’s adopted family

By: daisy

daisy — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 10:28:15 +0000

This is a quality programme,I think the stories are very well thought out, and the acting is super. I never thought I could take Thomas Gibson as a serious actor after Darma and Greg. But I think he is so good in this...Catch all eps Watch Criminals Mind Free here...

By: aloe, dream » Blog Archive » Michiko to Hatchin, Around the Sphere

aloe, dream » Blog Archive » Michiko to Hatchin, Around the Sphere — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 04:04:59 +0000

[...] of the season, but it could very well be Toradora! or Index. In any case, I just love when Impz posts. He adjusts: Hana particularly looks really queer at [...]

By: Almost took the bait: Hana is not your pathetic soap opera martyr « We Remember Love

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 02:15:11 +0000

[...] is being inexorably filled by so many new shows. Yesterday I read Coburn’s post as well as Impz’s on Michiko to Hatchin and was intrigued. I’m a big fan of both Cowboy Bebop and Samurai [...]

By: passerby

passerby — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 18:04:41 +0000

Great show. The only one this season to directly touch on real issues. Very refreshing to see anime that doesn’t focus on harems or spirits. Also glad to see that Manglobe recognizes that mature people also watch anime.

Despite what some say, this episode did not go overboard. Kids die all the time from neglect and abuse. Many are also sold into various forms of slavery in the real world, and invariably suffer worse. That’s life here and now. It’s brave for Manglobe to address this terrible issue, especially in a medium known for saccharine.

It’s also unnerving to see that Hana’s family is a scaled analogy for many societies. Order and freedom were driving themes in Samurai Champloo. I’d like to see how Michiko to Hatchin takes these and other issues.

By: SleepingPanda

SleepingPanda — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 19:47:50 +0000

Sigh, I get it. Also, sorry if my post seemed somewhat like a flame. I went (a tad?)overboard I guess, and for that, I apologize. I looked forward to this series all summer, and, had hoped to see my favorite blogger enjoy it as much as I did (sans Hatchin’s adoptive family). However, that’s just the introduction and I’m sure it only gets better from there. The animation quality was top notch and so was the music.

By: Impz

Impz — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 12:43:46 +0000

@Frog212: My guess, we won’t. Actuall I hope we do see them so that Michiko can open them up to dissect them.

@Nene: Hmmm, ya, that was actually one of the things I noted while watching it but didn’t remember when I am blogging it. I actually find that strange, and I wondered if Hana is just dreaming about bashing her up. It clearly does not seem right.

Thanks for that note. It helps a little since they did not add the blatant dreamy background.

@soso: Sure, but there are much worse shows out there too.

@Elva: And lynched?

@Zeus: Yes, it does. I am somewhat ambivalent whether it is good or bad for now. If anything, I will say that it at least deserves a second episode watch. Anything more will be decided then.

@Lelangir: And we are in Brazil.

@Sleepingpanda: Ya, I actually rushed through the episode summary. There was quite a bit to be done, but I wanted to post it. Got lazy, hehe, and detected. Maybe it is the fact that I actually detest writing summaries unless the show is really good enough for me to write something nice. If I am somewhat uninspired, things usually turn out bad.

@5: Ya, I am actually wondering where it will go.

@HC: Ya, adequate but nothing compelling to say: this is going to be the best anime series.

@LDC: LOL WHAT.

By: LDC

LDC — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 02:14:04 +0000

Niggers? In my anime? Shitsucks.

By: Yotaru Vegeta

Yotaru Vegeta — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 23:37:19 +0000

FUCK! I want this on DVD so bad! I’m saying this, and all I’ve seen is a trailer. It just looks so good to me!

By: Ryvius

Ryvius — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 23:18:51 +0000

I love the OP. It has a funky feel to it. It's nice to have an instrumental OP once in a while!! http://worldofanimemusic.blogspot.com

By: hc

hc — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 22:03:39 +0000

disappointed: very one-sided, good vs. bad too obvious, not original, slow action scenes, mediocre excitement.

some good things: plot has potential, adequate character designs

By: 5_of_Spades

5_of_Spades — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 21:04:38 +0000

I am most curious on where the main plot is going. For that, I will keep on watching. And I actually like the character design. Hana is an overlooked, nondescript little girl, and that is exactly what her character design looks like.

(The adopted family doesn’t freak me out as much as the ones you read about in the news or hear about from a friend/relative, the sort of families that this one is based on. Those I do want to lynch.)

By: SleepingPanda

SleepingPanda — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 20:37:13 +0000

Seems to me like you rushed through this post. o_O I had hoped you’d expand a bit on the episode, but rather, you’ve surprised me with terrible grammar and a lackadaisical ’summary’. This is clearly below your average standard of quality and I’m hoping you won’t keep this up for the remainder of this season (you are one of my favorite bloggers after all).

By: Yukan Blog! » Blog Archive » Michiko to Hatchin First Impressions: Someone Hand Me A Flame-Thrower.

Sat, 18 Oct 2008 16:52:08 +0000

[...] step-family stereotype was taken to extreme levels, it doesn’t change the fact that, like Impz, I still hated, loathed and detested Hana’s family completely. It was freaking ridiculous; [...]

By: octazooka

octazooka — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 16:01:31 +0000

To me, this series is going to be one of the best this season.
I called it when the first trailer came out a long while back and damn
the first episode did not disappoint.
Also, the music is great.

By: lelangir

lelangir — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 15:44:08 +0000

Your depiction of this with foppery and QQ is delightful but, hitherto, the comments sure aren’t encouraging.

AND OMG THE CONVICT IS BLACK. RACIST.