Valkyria Chronicles

[Pandadice]

so I just watched Valkyria Chronicles.

I have to say, maybe it's just because I've been super anticipating this series, but this came across as the best first episode premiere of the season so far.

The character development and the story explanation were both spot on. not too fast, but not too lacking. I got a good feel for the characters, and I was also able to comprehend what was going on. It also has a very soothing atmosphere to it, what with the calming background music and OP.

The artwork was fantastic. I was hoping that they'd keep it similar to the video game's art, and I can tell they tried. There's a subtle water-coloring/sketchy coloring effect over everything to give it a real awesome look.

If the episode itself wasn't good enough, the ED was amazing! it started up with a dudes vocals, and right away I could hear the auto-tuner type effect to the song. It's the first time I've heard that applied to a Japanese song, (maybe it's actually common?) and I thought it was awesome. It was just like Kanye or T-Pain.


ohh, and you have it as 13 episodes, but MAL says it's 26. and I was expecting this to be a longer series. whats your source for the 13 episode length/ do you know MAL's source? i guess it doesn't really matter either way, because i'll keep getting the episodes every week until they stop regardless of how long it goes on.