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hello and welcome to First Impressions, where i dip my toes into anime that i'm not sure i'll end up liking but am curious enough to watch at least the first episode of. today we are investigating two anime which i have seen offhand tumblr posts about and, from a cursory glance, am a bit intrigued by.
Vanitas no Carte
the art style looks pretty cool, and i love me some evil magic books (and vampires? i guess? or was Shiki a fluke?). also airships??? i have to take off points for it being apparently set in France (bleh, disgusting) but just by looking at it, i want to see more.
but. let us see what the first episode has to say about this.
( first episode thoughts )
will i continue watching? eh. probably not. however, i WILL be looking up and listening to the soundtrack in a bit.
note from future me: YES. THE COMPOSER IS YUKI KAJIURA. i love her work so much holy shit...i think this soundtrack is LEAGUES better than anything else she's ever written tbh, so...improvement is real. ALSO THE ANIMATION IS GOOD BECAUSE IT'S STUDIO BONES. GOD. NO WONDER. it's a shame art and music can't make me watch the rest of it, because, like...i would if i could. this anime has everything going for it.
Re:Zero
this is one i've heard a lot about, and i am squicked by it a little bit just because i see Ram and Rem everywhere, the poster children of all waifus everywhere. i don't like the isekai genre, but i do know this one subverts it on purpose. also, i see it come up next to Steins;Gate a lot, which i was originally apprehensive about but ended up loving, so who knows?
( first episode thoughts )
will i continue watching? MAYBE, if i'm desperate. there's a greater chance of me watching this than Vanitas, that's for sure. i'm not actively interested or hooked or anything, but...yknow. it's not absolutely terrible.
okay. so. definitely going to jam to Yuki Kajiura's latest creations once the OST is released (Vanitas is still an ongoing series, so i have to wait...sigh). you MIGHT see me talk about Re:Zero again later. Vanitas is my new least favorite anime from first episode alone. and...now i have to go watch episode 18 of LWA again to cleanse my palate. see ya
Vanitas no Carte
the art style looks pretty cool, and i love me some evil magic books (and vampires? i guess? or was Shiki a fluke?). also airships??? i have to take off points for it being apparently set in France (bleh, disgusting) but just by looking at it, i want to see more.
but. let us see what the first episode has to say about this.
( first episode thoughts )
will i continue watching? eh. probably not. however, i WILL be looking up and listening to the soundtrack in a bit.
note from future me: YES. THE COMPOSER IS YUKI KAJIURA. i love her work so much holy shit...i think this soundtrack is LEAGUES better than anything else she's ever written tbh, so...improvement is real. ALSO THE ANIMATION IS GOOD BECAUSE IT'S STUDIO BONES. GOD. NO WONDER. it's a shame art and music can't make me watch the rest of it, because, like...i would if i could. this anime has everything going for it.
Re:Zero
this is one i've heard a lot about, and i am squicked by it a little bit just because i see Ram and Rem everywhere, the poster children of all waifus everywhere. i don't like the isekai genre, but i do know this one subverts it on purpose. also, i see it come up next to Steins;Gate a lot, which i was originally apprehensive about but ended up loving, so who knows?
( first episode thoughts )
will i continue watching? MAYBE, if i'm desperate. there's a greater chance of me watching this than Vanitas, that's for sure. i'm not actively interested or hooked or anything, but...yknow. it's not absolutely terrible.
okay. so. definitely going to jam to Yuki Kajiura's latest creations once the OST is released (Vanitas is still an ongoing series, so i have to wait...sigh). you MIGHT see me talk about Re:Zero again later. Vanitas is my new least favorite anime from first episode alone. and...now i have to go watch episode 18 of LWA again to cleanse my palate. see ya
