Kyouran Kyōdai

Finally I got to see the subbed version of Soul Eater Episode 1.. With that, I can do my review of the episode.. I included some fanservice from the episode at the bottom of this entry so please look and drool over them.. ^^

So the story begins when a woman was killed by a corrupted soul, or in the show; “Egg of Kishin”.. The monster is apparently the serial killer Jack the Ripper.. Weird..

When he tried to kill another woman, he was interrupted by Soul and Maka..

After Jack got killed by Maka and Soul, Soul ate the “Egg” so that he is near to qualify to become a “Death Scythe”; a rank that surpassed all weapons and he/she is honoured to work together with Shinigami-san..

After each kill, they report to Shinigami-san by writing down “kill-kill-die” in numbers (42-42-544) on any windows..

Everything was fine until Maka’s father; the current Death Scythe, disturb them..

But as usual, Maka gave her father a shock by telling him that she hated him very much..

So in order to become a Death Scythe, Soul have to 99 corrupted souls and 1 witch soul.. So they search and found this witch; Blair who stayed in a pumpkin house..

They tried the direct approach but failed when Blair returned fire on them using Pumpkin Halloween Cannon..

So Maka and Soul change tactic by ambushing her..

But still ended up as failure since Blair always catches them by surprise instead..

In the end, it just became a battle royale between Blair and Maka&Soul..

Although Blair was tough, Maka and Soul manage to kill her..

By killing her, Soul ate Blair’s soul and thought he had gained the power to become a Death Scythe..

But, in the end nothing happen and Blair in cat form appeared in front of them..

As you can see, Blair isn’t a real witch.. She is just a cat that somehow manage to have a lot of magic power.. That is why she can change to human form.. She still survives because since cats has 9 lives, Maka&Soul manage to kill one of her 9 cat souls..

Due to this complication, Maka realised that they have to have Soul turn to a Death Scythe.. You see, if a person make a mistake in collecting a soul; such as Maka&Soul collecting a cat soul instead of a witch soul, all the existing souls that have been collected will be confiscated..

So in the end they must start from the beginning of the whole process again.. What a pity..

I find that this episode starts off in a good way.. Usually, some animes have their first episode abit boring until it start to get interesting in the next few episodes.. Overall, I find that this is at least better that D.Grayman where there is still comedy within a dark, horror anime..

At least they have a prologue of the next episode which in this case show Black Star wanting to kill some corrupted demon.. I wonder what’s the different on the Late Night version??

Fanservice:

I’ve included some shots from the episode itself.. So without disturbing you all, enjoy!!

Full view shot..

Close Up.. ^^

Well, the new anime season has arrived this month and I would like to show all of you the new and the new season of animes that you can find it pretty interesting to watch..

These are some of the few animes I’m catching this season:

1) Soul Eater

Release Date: 7th April 2008
Genres: Action, Fantasy
Studio: Bones

2) Macross Frontier

Release Date: 3rd Apirl 2008
Genres: Mecha, Music, Science-Fiction
Studio: Satellite

3) Vampire Knight

Release Date: 7 April 2008
Genres: Fantasy, Love-Romance, School Life
Studio: Studio Deen

4) Kanokon

Release Date: 5th April 2008
Genres: Comedy, Ecchi, Fantasy, Harem, Love-Romance, Novel, School Life
Studio: Xebec

5) Tower of Druaga

Release Date: 4th April 2008
Genres: Adventure, Fantasy, Game
Studio: Gonzo Digimation

Only have screenshots from the OP.. Wanna watch for free please go to Youtube, Crunchyroll and Bost TV.. No seriously, those who don’t know, Gonzo put them there themselves.. ^^

6) xxxHolic: Kei

Release Date: 3rd April 2008
Genres: Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
Studio: Production I.G

I’m not so sure if this anime is good to watch for most people.. I watched this because it is shown on one of the local channel in Singapore (Arts Central, Wednesday at 11.30pm).. The name of the anime is..

7) Neo Angelique Abyss

Release Date: 6th April 2008
Genres: Fantasy, Game, Love-Romance
Studio: Yumeta Company

With all of these animes to watch, I think most would enjoy watching them.. I might only review on Soul Eater and Kanokon only during this anime season(spring) due to school term..

Hope you get to enjoy these shows.. Wanted to review Macross Frontier but Setsuna took that job already.. At least it make my life easier with less animes to review.. Thanks Setsuna.. ^^

Finally got the first episode of Soul Eater but it is still in RAW.. However, I watched both the OP and the ED of the show and it was totally awesome.. So I search high and low for the information about the songs and also the video itself..

OP:

Title: “Resonance”
Performed by: T.M. Revolution

Some screenshots of the OP ( HD 1280×720 )

Click here for the video of the OP ( HD 1280×720 )..

The ED of Soul Eater is great.. It’s as great to one of the ED in Full Metal Alchemist ( FMA ).. Or maybe Rosario + Vampire, not sure.. But for Soul Eater, the action lasted for the whole ED itself..

ED:

Title: “I Will Be”
Performed by: Stance Punks

Some screenshots of the ED ( HD 1280×720 )

Click here for the video of the ED ( HD 1280×720 )..

After I watched the RAW version of Soul Eater Episode 1, I found that the seiyuu for Maka sounds dead.. But she is a new one so I give her another chance.. Well, there is about 50+ episodes for this anime so I’m gonna give my best to review episode by episode..

Gonna do one for this episode once the subs for it are out.. This is gonna be one of the best anime this season.. ^^

Sources are from ‘Wikipedia‘and ‘AnimeNfo‘..