Gunslinger Girl took place in Italy, and not everyone in that anime had blonde hair and blue eyes, save for only a few characters. I actually read somewhere that back in the forties or fifties, the Japanese asked Osamu Tezuka to make Japanese people in his stories have blonde hair and blue eyes, and this was after World War 2 ended! Seriously, talk about doing a complete 180! I don't know if this is a cultural thing or not, but the Japanese really need to see that not all Americans and English people have blonde hair and blue eyes, or even foreign people in general. I'll discuss the first one one seriously glaring flaw that's really starting to bug me: what's with Japan and their belief that any and all English/American people are blonde with blue eyes? Not all Americans and English people have blue eyes and blonde hair! I'm American and I have dark brown hair and green eyes. They all do their job well.but not even this could save the show from derailing into stupid moe antics. There's soft piano tunes, nice classical tunes, comedic pieces, etc. It doesn't limit itself to just one tune, and for the most part, it does its job well. The music is nice too, and surprisingly varied for a moe show. Normally this would be a good thing, but everyone here just looks like a bunch of moe stereotypes, made to act like moe stereotypes too, which certainly doesn't help.

Unfortunately though, the character designs are really bland and uninteresting. I do like how skillfully it uses a lot of pinks and yellows, and not just for hair colors either. Personally, the animation is pretty much this show's saving grace mostly because it's easy on the eyes, though at times some things do look a bit blurry. But as far as character movements go, it's rather minimal, looking just like any other anime that just focuses on looking pretty and having characters do stuff nobody in real life would do. It really looks like a watercolor painting come to life.

I like the soft colors it uses on everything, like flowers on trees and the insides of houses. Soon, her other friend Karen joins the picture, along with Shinobu's friends Yoko and Aya.Īs far as the animation goes, visually, its pretty and very beautiful. Her Japanese is fluent and she stays with Shinobu during her stay in Japan. Years later, Alice gets her chance and manages to transfer to Shinobu's school. After Shinobu leaves, Alice vows to learn Japanese and go to Japan someday to meet her friend again. After spending time with her, Alice soon finds a very good friend in Shinobu. She meets a girl named Alice (Seriously, what's with Japan's obsession with the name Alice? If they really had that much trouble coming up with a name for her, they should have gone on some websites or something! I would have named her something more English, like Adriana or Amy or Jolie or Cassie!), who at first doesn't like her due to being ridiculously shy, but soon warms up to her. She knows no English but that doesn't seem to bother her. The story is about a girl named Shinobu who, as a kid, went to stay with a family in England for a while. Now I feel like I went through the second season of K-On again, and THAT in itself wasn't a pleasant experience! Thanks for stomping all over my expectations, Kiniro Mosaic. After the first episode, it just basically said, 'you wanted an interesting slice of life anime?! Ha ha! Tricked you! Well, too bad! Here are some unfunny moe blob antics where everybody acts like idiots over the stupidest things!'.yeah.

I thought it'd be different from those other cute girls do cute things anime that have been swamping the industry lately. a really cute and sweet and interesting serious, without getting into borderline saccharine and moeness. I didn't have any expectations at first as I didn't know much about it, but when I saw the first episode, I thought it'd be a nice exploration of cultural differences similar to how Ikoku Meiro no Croisee was. The first episode was so sweet, so charming, and reminded me so much of Ikoku Meiro no Croisee, I didn't mind having a nice little slice of life anime to watch. Seriously, I really want to like this show. Don't you just hate it when an anime looks like it'll be good and then turns out to not be so?

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