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in a rare appearance of only one anime at a time, i am going to be watching the first episode of Prétear. full disclosure, i am doing this because i saw the album cover of its soundtrack on Tumblr and i was intrigued, and i have not watched anime nor blogged about it in a very long time (obviously).
let's begin!
apparently, this is a Snow White retelling, and i'm fully expecting shoujo/mahokka shenanigans. the art style is pretty gorgeous, which doesn't surprise me for early 2000s anime, but i'm still impressed. the character designs are also fanservicey in a way i can appreciate, i.e. bishounen and NOT panty shots. i LOVE the design of the main character, Himeno. it's feminine and tomboyish at the same time, and immediately memorable.
actually, the longer this goes on, the more i love ALL the character designs. i guess that makes sense, since that's what grabbed me in the first place. THEY DON'T HAVE SAMEFACE SYNDROME!! IMAGINE THAT!!!
okay, okay, the gorgeous art, we get it. how about the writing? so far, i'm enjoying it. the characters feel so surprisingly...deep. i am SURPRISED by how much i like Himeno. she is that archetype of like, uncouth headstrong shoujo protagonist, but there's something special about her, a kind of elegance and capability, that feels different from your common Stupid Anime Girl. like, this anime has the female gaze written all over it. i love it!
aside from the character writing, the story is pretty standard. can't tell much from the first episode, of course, but the Snow White similarities are pretty....not there. which is fine, that's not what i'm watching this for. but it's like, there's a thing about snow, and she's the chosen one, and there's seven guys....and that's pretty much it. she has the whole evil rich stepfamily thing going on for her, but that sounds more Cinderella than Snow White to me. ANYWAY. she's the chosen one, it's a shoujo anime, the world is in danger, she's going to save it, blah blah blah. magic and shenanigans ensue. it's nothing i've never seen before, but i like the characters a whole lot.
will i continue watching? hell yeah!! i'm interested! i want to see how Himeno's relationships develop, and i want to see how she develops into her own, too. she's really smart, capable, foul-mouthed...this is kind of unheard of for mahokka. i guess this is aimed at an older audience than most magical girl anime, but it lacks the stupid-ass ecchi factor that a lot of teen anime skew toward. i don't know why i haven't heard of this anime before, but i'm glad i have now!
let's begin!
apparently, this is a Snow White retelling, and i'm fully expecting shoujo/mahokka shenanigans. the art style is pretty gorgeous, which doesn't surprise me for early 2000s anime, but i'm still impressed. the character designs are also fanservicey in a way i can appreciate, i.e. bishounen and NOT panty shots. i LOVE the design of the main character, Himeno. it's feminine and tomboyish at the same time, and immediately memorable.
actually, the longer this goes on, the more i love ALL the character designs. i guess that makes sense, since that's what grabbed me in the first place. THEY DON'T HAVE SAMEFACE SYNDROME!! IMAGINE THAT!!!
okay, okay, the gorgeous art, we get it. how about the writing? so far, i'm enjoying it. the characters feel so surprisingly...deep. i am SURPRISED by how much i like Himeno. she is that archetype of like, uncouth headstrong shoujo protagonist, but there's something special about her, a kind of elegance and capability, that feels different from your common Stupid Anime Girl. like, this anime has the female gaze written all over it. i love it!
aside from the character writing, the story is pretty standard. can't tell much from the first episode, of course, but the Snow White similarities are pretty....not there. which is fine, that's not what i'm watching this for. but it's like, there's a thing about snow, and she's the chosen one, and there's seven guys....and that's pretty much it. she has the whole evil rich stepfamily thing going on for her, but that sounds more Cinderella than Snow White to me. ANYWAY. she's the chosen one, it's a shoujo anime, the world is in danger, she's going to save it, blah blah blah. magic and shenanigans ensue. it's nothing i've never seen before, but i like the characters a whole lot.
will i continue watching? hell yeah!! i'm interested! i want to see how Himeno's relationships develop, and i want to see how she develops into her own, too. she's really smart, capable, foul-mouthed...this is kind of unheard of for mahokka. i guess this is aimed at an older audience than most magical girl anime, but it lacks the stupid-ass ecchi factor that a lot of teen anime skew toward. i don't know why i haven't heard of this anime before, but i'm glad i have now!
