Utawarerumono

[Ryllharu]

My sentiments are similar. It is fairly odd to have such a mature main character. At this point there isn't all that much to make him overly distinctive, other than his appearance. He was skilled enough to take Oboro on with a good amount of proficiency, who is a good fighter in his own right, though just not compared to that mounted warrior (Banwei?).

Two things concerned me during this eps. The first was at the very beginning, when Eruru described the meanings of their names. I couldn't help but seen some sort of foreshadowing there. Bad news for Eruru I guess. The second was young girl's words about what Hakuoro smelled or sensed like. She sensed something related to the deep earth (or along those lines). I felt that that correlated with my earlier impression that he was that fanged monster in human form. Something ancient and destructive.

[Munsu]

I like this series, but the shitty dialogues are pissing me of. The VA for the main character is also a piece of shit. And this episode was boring, I couldn't care less for the little sick girl.

Aside from that, next episode should be good, lots of actions. I assume that there will be a big war soon where different races clash each other.

[masamuneehs]

well i finally got around to watching episode 3 and i was a little disappointed.

Bud is damn right, the dialogue was weak, at best. It wasn't so horrible that you couldn't overlook it in the first two episodes, but it got on my nerves in episode 3.

Also looked like some shoddy animation, Oboro's facial expressions (didn't help that his VA was pretty crappy), the fight between Oboro and Benoui, Benawi? Ben- oh whatever, HE actually had a decent sounding VA. But that fight was just way too short and seemed hastilly done.

Hm... Tushkoro seems to be at the very crux of some shady events... From the preview it looks like she may even prove to be the catalyst for a rebellion...

I still have high hopes for this series. Some of the stuff in the OP just looks so fucking awesome and I still love the setting, but they're going to have to brush up on some of the finer details to make this show a really memorable one.

oh, and Bud, it is funny that you dislike the VA that does Hakuoro (the main character). That guy happens to do the dubbed voice for your favorite CTU wrecking ball, Jack Bauer, in the Japanese versions of 24

[Yukimura]

oh, and Bud, it is funny that you dislike the VA that does Hakuoro (the main character). That guy happens to do the dubbed voice for your favorite CTU wrecking ball, Jack Bauer, in the Japanese versions of 24

There is only one jack bauer, to keep his enemis confused he sometimes goes under the alias Keifer Sutherland. Pretending to be Jack Bauer, even in order to deliver the mesasage of Jack Bauer to the masses around the world is definate grounds for hatred for a true Bauer lover. Bud's dislike of the VA is probably indirectly tied to this fact.

On topic, slow is the name of the game it seems, stuff is happening, but it's like a trickle barely getting out of the pipe. Oboro seems like a typical overprotective brother/warrior, though he has a girly name (Basilisk has ruined the name Oboro for me) perhaps his angst comes from the fast that his name is Oboro. So many questions get raised each episode and I've yet to see any answer, hopefully blah blah gets better blah, i'm tired of writing the same thing so much. Why do they call themselves human if they have tails and stuff? Toxic Waste???!!!??? Alien Interbreeding ???!!!??? Who knows?

[Kraco]

I think they have tails just so that they could make that one funny scene in ep 1...

[bagandscalpel]

I still have high hopes for this series. Some of the stuff in the OP just looks so fucking awesome and I still love the setting, but they're going to have to brush up on some of the finer details to make this show a really memorable one.

I still stand firm in my belief that this series will eventually show large-scale battles full of wholesome hack-and-slash.

Oh yeah, the source material for this anime further likens it to the Fire Emblem series more so than before... Kudos, I say.

http://leaf.aquaplus.co.jp/product/uta.htm

[Munsu]

Episode 4:

http://bt.yesy-fansubs.com/%5Byesy%5...5D.avi.torrent

I think this'll be a good one, it should have lots of fighting.

[Kraco]

Heh. I'm so nicely predisposed to like this series I wouldn't mind even if it didn't contain as much fighting as the preview suggested...

Am I the only one who's getting a really slow response from that torrents.fansub-torrents.com? I remember last time it also took a minute to get the torrent file after clicking the link, and so it did now as well. Strange site.

Edit: Well, there certainly was lots of action, and it wasn't bad, even if it wasn't very brilliant either. It was an odd mix of fantasy samurai sword fight and then more realistic, cruel brawling. However, more than the fight in this episode itself, the prospect of future dangers was the best point of this episode. It was a point of no return.

And the rather ghastly flashbacks of Hakuoro continue. I wonder when we will learn more about the cause of those and his past in general.

[Ryllharu]

A very apt episode title. This really symbolized a turning point in the series, from which it will not be able to return. They have no choice but to continue fighting until the end.

They killed a feudal lord, who rightly deserved exactly what he got, and now they will probably be facing the entire empire.

I see where some of the new characters will be coming from, met along their path to war. But right now I'm very curious about some of the other non-war characters they show in the opening. The girl with black wings is featured quite prominently in the opening, but so far there is no indication of her.

I'm definitely glad I picked this series up. The plot is exactly what I want in a period series.