Impressions: Rosario + Vampire, H2O Footprints in the Sand
Rosario + Vampire
A lot of people have been harping on this show for having too much fanservice, which to me is absurd since this is supposed to be a fanservice show where fans are serviced with many shots of panties. There are more blatant fanservice shows out there, like Hanaukyo Maid Tai, which oddly enough I enjoyed. Anyways, I found Rosario + Vampire a rather pleasant show all around. Moka is definitely cute enough to head the show and her vampire form is deadly sexy. The little transformation bit was pretty cool, too. Reminded me of Castlevania. The only thing that could really hurt this show is the story. Anything too serious would ruin the mood, though some stylish action could be nice. I know Gonzo can do stylish action; I watched Black Cat. I’ll just have to keep an eye on this one and see if the fanservice can remain pleasurable enough.
H2O Footprints in the Sand
Admittedly I decided to watch this because the character designs were pretty good, but now I think there’s potential for a good story here. The opening monologue was very intriguing and it’ll be interesting to see how that foreshadows the series. It’s also not often you seen an anime open with a girl getting punch. Hayami’s plight throughout really annoyed me, both in the inability of anybody to interfere and Hayami’s own acceptance. That’s probably a major part of her story that will need to be worked out. H2O’s claim to fame though is the blind protagonist Takuma. Takuma is a little too hapless and clumsy for my liking, even if he is blind. Hell, if he’s blind he should easily be able to jump around and have super sense, like daredevil. There’s wasted potential there. But, of course, Takuma miraculously gets his sight back at the end of the episode, so that angle didn’t last long. I can already tell Otoha isn’t real, whatever she is, so hopefully they’ll do something interesting to integrate her into the story. Personally, I hope she’s God, cause the idea of having sex with God sounds awesome. H2O has the potential to be both good and bad here, depending on how quickly the story can get moving. Though, the real question is…
What the hell are these guys supposed to be doing? The result of too many hours at the office and too much beer?
“A lot of people have been harping on this show for having too much fanservice, which to me is absurd since this is supposed to be a fanservice show where fans are serviced with many shots of panties.”
Well, I’m one of those people and the reason for me is simple: I really like the manga. And when you read the manga panty shots are there but very rare. And too much fanservice just ruins the show. Rosario+Vampire isn’t a fanservice manga vice versa, and making something like that out of it is just annoying and doesn’t fit the series in my eyes.
Nothing against fanservice, but read Omnis entry on this..
Comment on January 8, 2008 @ 2:27 am
My curiosity sparked and I read about the vampire anime at Wikipedia. Indeed, the manga sounds quite interesting. It has kind of same feeling to it like Shiki and Arcuied have, a normal guy in love with überpowerful non-human creature. These love relationships can become very good and have just the right drama in them. I also digged the double personality with Moka.
But the anime has bad forecast. First, Gonzo. Second, what was with that transformation scene anyway? Only thing that happened was that her breasts and buttocks got larger and vampire eyes. No feral screaming, claws or other things that could make her look little different?
Nice idea, bad execution.
Comment on January 8, 2008 @ 12:48 pm
I read the manga and it was bad, it start out good but later on it fall in the same circle: more bad guys and more bad guys…. and the main guy keep turning into a would be vampire, it’s like are they are still on Namek except Dragon ball Z was epic this doesn’t.
Comment on January 10, 2008 @ 5:48 am
I was surprised that Rosario EP1 got me interested in more.
Comment on January 11, 2008 @ 8:41 pm