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September 5th, 2007, 03:06 am
Ef - A tale of Memories
Shin Oonuma
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Forematter:
Now why, pray tell, am I jumping on a classic school life, romance, eroge-to-anime again? Well, there are a few aspects of this game turned anime that may raise a few eyebrows.
1) Opening animation to the game. Who did it? The same person that did Voice from a Distant Star, To the Promised Place, and 5cm: Makoto Shinkai.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1GA1gYq4Gk
Swing over to #froth-bite (www.froth-bite.com) to get this in hq.
2) The song. Believe it or not, that song is extremely catchy. I became addicted to it back when the video was first previewed a year ago. Now I'm even more excited to hear that an anime is being made in a similar universe. I can't wait to hear what the OST will be like.
Finally,
3) Character design. Well, at least the females. The artist's name is Naru Nanao, and this is the same character artist that did the women in Sola and Da Capo. That should speak enough.
Synapse:
Based on the visual interactive novel by Minori, featuring character designs by Nanao Naru.
The story revolves around the protagonist Hirono Hiro, a poor high school boy who draws shoujo manga for his living. One cold Christmas night after meeting a very strange woman in a church, who tells him that he`s going to meet someone he has to meet, his bike gets stolen by another strange girl. He runs after her and finds her collapsed on the street. Her name is Miyamura Miyako and her bag got stolen by a man on a motorbike. Soon after, they start hanging out together, enjoying highschool life. Miyako falls for Hiro pretty quickly but naturally finds a rival in his childhood friend, Shindou Kei, who has been dictating Hiro`s life since ever.
—anidb
Shin Oonuma
http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/5157/efeh9.jpg
Forematter:
Now why, pray tell, am I jumping on a classic school life, romance, eroge-to-anime again? Well, there are a few aspects of this game turned anime that may raise a few eyebrows.
1) Opening animation to the game. Who did it? The same person that did Voice from a Distant Star, To the Promised Place, and 5cm: Makoto Shinkai.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1GA1gYq4Gk
Swing over to #froth-bite (www.froth-bite.com) to get this in hq.
2) The song. Believe it or not, that song is extremely catchy. I became addicted to it back when the video was first previewed a year ago. Now I'm even more excited to hear that an anime is being made in a similar universe. I can't wait to hear what the OST will be like.
Finally,
3) Character design. Well, at least the females. The artist's name is Naru Nanao, and this is the same character artist that did the women in Sola and Da Capo. That should speak enough.
Synapse:
Based on the visual interactive novel by Minori, featuring character designs by Nanao Naru.
The story revolves around the protagonist Hirono Hiro, a poor high school boy who draws shoujo manga for his living. One cold Christmas night after meeting a very strange woman in a church, who tells him that he`s going to meet someone he has to meet, his bike gets stolen by another strange girl. He runs after her and finds her collapsed on the street. Her name is Miyamura Miyako and her bag got stolen by a man on a motorbike. Soon after, they start hanging out together, enjoying highschool life. Miyako falls for Hiro pretty quickly but naturally finds a rival in his childhood friend, Shindou Kei, who has been dictating Hiro`s life since ever.
—anidb