January 10, 2009

Quick First Impressions: The Tower of Druaga ~Sword of Uruk~, Viper’s Creed, Hajime no Ippo, and Minami-ke Okaeri

Filed under: First Impressions
by: Tales

The Tower of Druaga ~Sword of Uruk~

Thoughts: Quite odd when there are no monsters at Druaga.
Blogging?: No
I wish I would have watched the first season of this or I’d love to blog it. The episode really made me interested in what happend in the first season to the brother. I’ll have to give the first season another try, since I stopped after the first episode confused me. Anyways, the OP was hilarious in its own way. I liked how the characters were seperated and went their own ways after defeating the evil lord in the first season. The character designs were very solid and I like how they remind me of Seirei no Moribito. A good start for a second season I’d say.

Viper’s Creed

Thoughts: Very weak first episode
Blogging?: No
This whole episode was about destroying a few enemy robots. I don’t know how they managed to drag the fight out so much to the point it made me uninterested in what happened next. I’d rather sit through watching Naruto fillers for a whole day. The character designs weren’t that great either. I really saw no plot at all besides risking your life for protecting a city. I’d stay clear from this series if I were you. The blonde haired robot pilot was the only interesting character in the whole episode. Quite disappointing.

Hajime no Ippo

Thoughts: Miyata is the sole reason to watch this series.
Blogging?: No
This season surprised me. I really never got into the first one. However, this episode really got me thinking about strategies instead of just boxing. Ippo was never an interesting character to begin with. However, Miyata turned out to be really interesting on the other hand. He barely is able to make it to the featherweight limit and kept practicing to perfect his technique, but he found out the gap between him and Ippo has gotten even wider. I’m not of a fan of the character designs, but the plot seems to have more depth this season. I think it could be a really fun watch.

Minami-ke Okaeri

Thoughts: Cup Yakisoba Phenomena!
Blogging?: No
If I blogged Minami-ke I’d probably stop enjoying the show. It’s a great show, but I do find it boring at times. This season started off strong, but I do have doubts that it will fall back into being a bit too random. The pen trick was quite funny this episode I’ll admit. The character designs are cute as always and the crazy mouth movements are still there. If the future episodes keep up at this pace it should prove to be quite hilarious for us.