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Blade of the Immortal Anime First Impressions

Author: Artefact
Categories: Anime, News
Date: Jul 14, 2008 20:51 JST

Tags: Adaptations, Blade of the Immortal, Hiroaki Samura

Being a long time reader of 沙村広明 / Hiroaki Samura’s various works, especially 無限の住人 / Blade of the Immortal (though I still maintain the Inhabitant of Infinity has the better ring to it), I have been keen to get a look at the anime adaption which has just started airing. It is far from a complete disaster, but in various respects I can’t help but think it falls short of even my modest expectations.

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unico commented on November 22, 2008 12:43
After looking at the trailer and the ep. The artwork seems very dull, everyone and everything is so clean...not a scratch. They look like... shiny hotdogs lol... More
unico commented on November 22, 2008 12:41
oh gawd...BeeTrain!? 0_o BeeTrain!?!?! *has flashback flashbacks of long pretentious flashbacks* BeeTrain can tell a story, but they drag things out too long, they can even make things look pretty, but they stray far from the... More

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