Denno Coil: Coil A Circle of Children

[Ryllharu]

A bump for Episode 4, and why everyone should be watching this series:

Ureshii - Dennou Coil Episode 4

This episode alone is reason enough for everyone to be watching this series. It reminds me of Ghost in the Shell with kids and cyberpets, but the visuals on the hacking is absolutely stunning. Elementary students well versed in the workings of Proxies, Firewalls, and numerous workarounds all flawlessly rendered in Fumie's symbolic tags, GUIs, and whatever the hell Isako does. Symbolism is everywhere in this series, like Isako sitting in the pile of desks like a queen, perfectly representing her skills and position in relation to the boys.

The cyber battle in this episode was amazing on so many levels, particularly during it's climax of Fumie versus Isako.

And beyond the pretty visuals are mysteries and conspiracies. Was Yasako a bully or bullied? Isako worded it in a way that implied she's faking her personality, and it would be much more interesting if it turned out Yasako was a former bully, since it grinds with her current personality so much.

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Episode 5 - Ureshii

Let the Megane-Beams continue!

[Ryllharu]

Wow, Isako is amazing...ly evil. Surrounded by fire, holding a pile of metabugs in her hand, and demanding fealty where there is little other option. The imagery in these last three episodes alone puts it above a lot of other series out there.

We still really don't have much of an idea what's going on, and there's only more and more mysteries added each week. Haraken's own abilities, dominating the Sacchi's because his relatives work for the company? And now the creepy motorcycle rider.

[shinta|hikari]

Told you guys to keep watching, and Ill do it again. Keep watching.

EDIT - yep, the hacking battle scene was brilliant, and is what got me hooked into this show. Hoping that more of that comes later on.

[kenren]

I got hooked i watched the first episode. The concept of this anime is really something new and unusual. What does the laser thing do if it comes contact with human flesh? A temporary cyberspace or something?

Anime-Kraze released 3 episodes so far.

[AbstractTheorem]

The production value of this show is fantastic, makes the HD subs worth getting. Denno Coil's style reminds me of Spirited Away (Side note: and if you haven't seen all of Hayao Miyazaki's stuff, I recommend you do; the production quality is fantastic and the English dub versions are even actually worth a damn compared to the original Japanese with subtitles)

The show has been in pre-production/development for over 10 years according to wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennou_Coil) and is the directorial debut of Mitsuo Iso, whose detailed key animation style can be seen in animation sequence in Kill Bill depicting the origin of O-Ren Ishi. Though the information about Mitsuo Iso's animation style does not directly apply to Denno Coil (since he is directing/creator of the series and not and animator for the series), it still gives you an idea of the kind of quality he probably demands while directing the series.

Although the first chunk of episodes are available on stage6 (http://stage6.divx.com), its better to grab the HD fansubs.

Currently the furthest along in subbing Dennou Coil is Ureshii fansubs they have subbed up to episode 12.
Home Page: http://www.ureshii-fansub.org/
Torrent Tracker: http://a.scarywater.net/ureshii/

Episode 13 is available from "Anoni" Fansubs via Anirena:
http://tracker.anirena.com/download.php?id=1668

According to ANN, a "recap episode" was released after 13 that wasn't even given a number, I hope the fansubbers brush over the recap quickly and go onto 14.

For those of you that haven't gotten there yet, wait till episode 12, its easily the best episode thus far.

[AbstractTheorem]

What does the laser thing do if it comes contact with human flesh? A temporary cyberspace or something?

From what the show has shown so far, it just affects only the "virtual body"; in a fully Augmented Reality your potision / body movements would have to be recorded and reproduced within the system so that you could interact with the virtual elements of the augmented reality.A virtual body is the image of that recording.

[Ryllharu]

I love this series, and I really enjoyed eps 12. But something has been bothering me. How does Yasako fit into all this? They went into all the pasts of the other characters at least a little by now, but Yasako remains undeveloped still.

They could have given her a big part of the discovery of Kanna's diary as the key was 4223, the number her dreams kept conveying to her. But he figured out the password all on his own. Yasako didn't even get a chance.

Isako asked whether she was bullied, or was the bully at her old school. Yasako was deeply shaken by that. They've yet to go back to it, and it's stuck very clearly in my memory. Someone totally innocent and ignorant as a protagonist has been done to death, but they hinted at something very interesting that could be lurking behind Yasako's sweet personality.

I need Yasako development.