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Snake Eyes
21-04-02, 08:09 PM
Ai yori aoshi (Also known as "Bluer than indigo")
I looked through two pages of post titles and saw nothing about this anime! What is going on people??? Has no one seen this? Or am I late? And if I am late, why didn't you people tell me!
Ai Yori Aoshi has such a great first episode (unless you want to qualify the short that was released the first ep, but I wouldnt). I don't know if it will be a great series once all is said and done, but I know I felt good after seeing the first episode. What do you guys think?
I know it has elements that are similar to other animes, but human lives have similarities and ultimately a lot of these animes are about the lives of humans. This is one of them, at least so it seems so far. No anime has more right to these similarities than another. Unless we are going to recreate the known things that make us human, there is no reason to come in here and cry adout the anime you have a wall scroll of.
It's interesting. I don't see a whole lot yet given I've only seen the first episode, but it shows promise.
So far, I will agree with what I read on a site that had a small overview of it.
"It's like Love Hina for adults."
Just parts of it remind me of how Love Hina was, but it shows enough in the first episode that it won't be a copycat of LH.
Either or, I'm liking it so far.
Darklightz
22-04-02, 11:40 AM
Originally posted by oppa
"It's like Love Hina for adults.".
Are you kidding?Love Hina is already on the edge,anything more is plain Hentai!
I`ll still check out this series.Does it involve a pathetic loser who becomes surrounded with girls?
raymojo
22-04-02, 05:44 PM
Originally posted by Darklightz
Are you kidding?Love Hina is already on the edge,anything more is plain Hentai!
I`ll still check out this series.Does it involve a pathetic loser who becomes surrounded with girls?
Not really. To both the hentai aspect, and loser guy...
I don't think that's what was meant by "Love Hina for Adults".
The characters in the intro reminded me somewhat of Love Hina, but I don't think the plot is going to play out any way the same.
I'm going to keep my eyes on this one, but it's nothing spectacular.
It's a mature romance anime
btw I heard ep 2 is out, is it?
I didn't mean "for adults" in that sense. "Adult" doesn't always mean pr0n.
Like wrestlo put it, it's just a more mature (so far) romantic comedy. Just parts of it remind me of how LH started, but like I said, there are enough differences in just the first episode that'll keep the storyline different.
I hadn't seen the second episode around yet, but I haven't checked today. I suppose I'll go do that now...
Svietnam
30-04-02, 01:20 AM
Originally posted by Snake Eyes
Ai yori aoshi (Also known as "Bluer than indigo")
I looked through two pages of post titles and saw nothing about this anime! What is going on people??? Has no one seen this? Or am I late? And if I am late, why didn't you people tell me!
Ai Yori Aoshi has such a great first episode (unless you want to qualify the short that was released the first ep, but I wouldnt). I don't know if it will be a great series once all is said and done, but I know I felt good after seeing the first episode. What do you guys think?
I know it has elements that are similar to other animes, but human lives have similarities and ultimately a lot of these animes are about the lives of humans. This is one of them, at least so it seems so far. No anime has more right to these similarities than another. Unless we are going to recreate the known things that make us human, there is no reason to come in here and cry adout the anime you have a wall scroll of.
Got Ai Yori Aoshi on a whim after reading somewhere that "It's like Love Hina for adults." Currently I only have ep 00 and ep 02. From what I have seems of these eps Ai Yori Aoshi looks like it might be promising, kind of a blend of Love Hina, Hand Maid May, and Mahoromatic in style. The feel of the show is also more 'serious', not sure if I captured the right word, but still lighthearted at times. Also, if I'm not mistaken, the voice of Kaoru is played by the same voice actor that played Kei in Onegai Teacher and Aoi by the same voice actor that played Mahor in Mahoromatic.
What? Human lives? Ehh? Confused... Defense incase someone busts in here and claims AYA is a clone?
Yup, you're right about the seiyuus.
I've enjoyed the first two episodes enough to want to keep watching, but after watching episode zero, my interest has gone up. Seeing all the characters and getting a jist of what they are like makes me look forward to the rest of this series.
Plus, I'm just a sucker for romance/comedies. ;)
Svietnam
30-04-02, 02:25 AM
Originally posted by oppa
Plus, I'm just a sucker for romance/comedies. ;)
Admits the same thing. :rolleyes:
Did I mention I like the ending song? The intro is not bad either.
tekblade
01-05-02, 10:56 PM
its interesting, as a nice touch to it and i like it so far :D
The Captain
02-05-02, 09:26 PM
It's a nice, easy series right now. I wonder what all this talk about Hanabishi is about? It almost seems like Kaoru is the heir to Hanabishi or something close to that. Very interesting...
Episode 3 is out
must check this series out some time soon
cloakactive
17-05-02, 12:15 AM
Ya know... I've heard so much about this show, yet I haven't had time to go look for it... so is the show 13 eps? I'm assuming so since most of the new shows have been around that number lately.
Animeondvds R2 'experts' have came to the conclusion that it is 24 episodes.
This is based on the fact that it's 8 R2 dvds, though it could be 26 as well but they think 24 is more likely since it's 2 eps a dvd for the first couple.
Still haven't seen an episode of this.....
This series has been flushed down the crapper and off my hard drive. Saw all three of the episodes so far and the only thing missing to make this even more cliche' is that she turns out to be a robot.
Com'on what the hell this is like mega-japanland fantasy. Hot chick, who comes out of no where, knows you for a few days, cleans your house(toliet even!) and makes food and is willing to have sex with you and has this sweet voice that is so subservient and she just happened to be practicing all her life to be the perfect wife for you....... ARGH.... It's a fantasy yeah, but if anyone could fall into this or believe in it for a second I'd be surprised(that person is prolly really shallow or gulible).
~klinky
random1377
17-05-02, 10:57 AM
Epsiode 4 has been out for five days. :P
I've only seen ep 00 and 1, but it seems ok to me... yeah, it looks kinda cliche, but it also looks exceedingly cute and sweet, and I'm a sucker for that... <shrug>
thething
17-05-02, 04:38 PM
Please don't tell me if anyone watches anime for it's realism... it's just not meant to be real.
As for Ai Yoir Aoshi, it's actually one of the more belivable stories in the anime world. In Japanese culture arranged marriages still does happen, and as for the business world, class, power, everything is kept within the familly. The story is very much unorginal so far, I'm sure there's a soap aready made with that same plot. But the anime somehow draws you into the characters and you want to know what else happens. It's also well animated so that helps.:D
Snake Eyes
18-05-02, 01:16 PM
Well, I am still enjoying Ai Yori Aoshi very much. Can't wait for new eps to be subbed. Some wil like AYA and other won't. To anyone who has not seen it, I still recommend it. Nothing like forming your own opinions =)
akwan50
18-05-02, 01:57 PM
I totally agree with thething. If you wann watch somrthing realistic, go watch a live-action movie or soemthing.
I've seen the first 2 episodes, think it's good stuff so far. I'm a sucker for this romantic comedy stuff.
I watch anime for realism because it seems more real. I go out to see spiderman and I can tell that the SFX are 3D rendered and composited onto the screen it's annoying as hell. With 2D animation most everything is smooth and fits together(unless they use some crappy CGI in there).
There aren't many good realistic movies out there as of late.
Anime CAN be realistic. Jin-Roh, Kare Kano, Now and Then Here and There(to an extent), Eva(to an extent), GITS(to an extent)....etc.
I think I enjoy ones that deal with human emotions and how people interact with one another. Aoi seems to have the emotions of servitude and wussitude. The male character seems to have just the wussitude aspect.
Love Hina is more believable then this piece of cliche' anime. Atleast the characters have more will-power in LH... Welll..hmm Blue hair... Aoi has Blue hair and is wussy.... Same with Shinobou.....oooooh a pattern.... pansy blue haired girls....
Anyways.... How many different ways can a girl clean your house and LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE YOU.....
Let's make her a maid this TIME!
Let's make her a robot!!
Let's make her a alien!!
Let's maker her a human!!
Let's make her a maid this TIME!
Let's make her a robot!!
Let's make her a alien!!
Let's maker her a human!!
Let's make her a maid this TIME!
Let's make her a robot!!
Let's make her a alien!!
Let's maker her a human!!
Let's make her a maid this TIME!
Let's make her a robot!!
Let's make her a alien!!
Let's maker her a human!!
Woopdie dooo.....
Wouldn't mind something dynamic in there.
Okay! Here I think I found the point to this post. I don't like anime that tries to be realistic but fails horribly at it.
~klinky
I highly doubt, in any way, that Ai Yori Aoshi is trying to be realistic. With that in mind, your point is shot down.
I enjoy realistic animes as much as anyone. I also enjoy silly anime, action-packed anime, romantic/comedic anime, and various others. They are GENRE's. Not every anime is going to appeal to everyone. If you don't like it, don't watch it. There are people that enjoy sappy, light-hearted romance with some silly comedy (i.e. AYA). ...including me.
Why do you think there are so many romantic/comedies in anime? If it wasn't popular, or at least liked, do you think creators would continue producing shows like AYA? Think about that.
You prove nothing by hating on something that other people are trying to enjoy.
With that aside...
Has anyone noticed that, with the last couple ep. (4, 5), there seems to be an increasing amount of fan service? Especially in ep. 5? I don't mind fan service much as long as it doesn't interfere with the story (i.e. Najica), but it was so sudden that it caught me off guard. Although, as "perverted" as Tina Foster is, she makes me :lol: alot. :D
akwan50
22-05-02, 06:04 PM
Hehe, more fan-service, count me in. Don't mind it beeing in there at all either. Hehe.
Svietnam
23-05-02, 04:35 AM
Originally posted by klinky
Anime CAN be realistic. Jin-Roh, Kare Kano, Now and Then Here and There(to an extent), Eva(to an extent), GITS(to an extent)....etc.
I think I enjoy ones that deal with human emotions and how people interact with one another. Aoi seems to have the emotions of servitude and wussitude. The male character seems to have just the wussitude aspect.
Love Hina is more believable then this piece of cliche' anime. Atleast the characters have more will-power in LH... Welll..hmm Blue hair... Aoi has Blue hair and is wussy.... Same with Shinobou.....oooooh a pattern.... pansy blue haired girls....
Okay! Here I think I found the point to this post. I don't like anime that tries to be realistic but fails horribly at it.
~klinky
Realistic animes? I assume you are talking about the characters of the above mention shows. Unfortunately I have seen none of them.
I have also come to the conclusion that AYA is not as serious as I originally thought it was going to be. One thing I like about AYA is that the relationship between the two main characters has progressed quickly. So far from what I have seen, I enjoy AYA more then I did LH. I didn't like how it took so long in LH for the two main characters to show their true feelings towards one another.
When you wrote "will-power" I assume you mean 'aggressiveness'? I didn't think the characters in LH had more will-power. The male lead of LH was fairly weak; He could never express his true emotions. The female was more agressive and independent then Aoi, but still did not admit her true feelings. In defense of Aoi, AYA's and LH's characters were raised differently. Aoi was raised with the idea ingrained into her that she was going to be the subservient and faithful wife to Kaoru, so she acts that way now. Having the arranged marriage canceled must have been very shocking to her. She is stronger in the sense that she disobayed her parents and went to the one she loves, but she could also be considered weak because she may just be fulfilling the childhood role that she was taught. The choice was her to make though and she chose love over heritage.
Both of these shows have strongly stereotyped characters. I don't see how either of these shows could be considered truly realistic, but then again love and people are unpredictable. ;)
akwan50
29-05-02, 09:46 PM
Ah man!!! Wut's up wit this!?!? After wacthing episodes 4 and 5, it's starting to really turn into Love Hina. Bleh!! I've had enough of this type of stuff. AYA started out pretty good, but is turning mroe into another Love hina clone!!! Damn it!!!
Ronin Aquila
29-05-02, 10:13 PM
Don't be such feminists. Love and compassion does not, and I stress not equate to weakness.
Few people can boast the sheer indominatable determination which Aoi has invested into her love. Fewer can adhere to their principles with such staunch will.
And just because she is a loving and gentle person, she is feministically branded a weakling? I thought Animeboarders were above the howling hypocritical stupidity and hatred of feminism.
Vegunks
31-05-02, 05:46 PM
So many things being talked about I don't know what 2 say . . .um . . . well . . .
the thing with LH having wussy characters . . . Sure they might have been a little wussy in the beginning but as you get to the end of the anime and more particularly, the manga, you can see how each character has grown . . . each would do stuff they wouldn't have done b4 Keitaro had arrived or if he hadn't arrived altogether . . . they were not wussy or weak willed at the end of the manga . . .
Now . . .on the AYA part of this thread . . . i just finished ep 4 and i'm feelin' this anime . . . but . . . sometimes i just go :confused2 . . . no spoilers but I can this for now . . . itz interesting and it is not love hina . . . not even close . . .
akwan50
31-05-02, 06:00 PM
Mayhbe not to you, Vegunks, but to me, it's starting to turn into another Love Hina clone. Come on, a guy who moves into a big house with a bunch of hot chicks doesn't sound like Love Hina??? Not to mention that he has to go through lot's of torubles and deal with alot of troublemsome characters. Hmmm, sounds alot like love Hina to me, even though he doesn't get beat up too much(at least not as of now).
Vegunks
31-05-02, 08:17 PM
This is starting to get a bit off topic but this must be said . . .
"a guy who moves into a big house with a bunch of hot chicks doesn't sound like Love Hina??? " . . .
by that definition . . . Sister Princess could sound like Love Hina . . . and oh man . . .if u saw Sister Princess and compared it to Love Hina . . . I would do something unpleasant to you on the spot if i saw ya . . .:P . . .
But meah . . .6 eps isn't long enuf 2 make a judgement call . . .so . . letz wait . . .
Originally posted by akwan50
Mayhbe not to you, Vegunks, but to me, it's starting to turn into another Love Hina clone. Come on, a guy who moves into a big house with a bunch of hot chicks doesn't sound like Love Hina??? Not to mention that he has to go through lot's of torubles and deal with alot of troublemsome characters. Hmmm, sounds alot like love Hina to me, even though he doesn't get beat up too much(at least not as of now).
He was beaten by his Uncle or Father or something.... Some evil man..... The episodes are like umm trying to make you get emotional about their childhood pasts and how he has a fractured relationship with his parents/ evil corpo family...
Yes it's trying to be realistic at certain points.... make it happy lappy dappy and light-hearted... no we gotta through in some cheese drama in there..... bah
~klinky
random1377
01-06-02, 12:18 PM
Anyone know yet how many eps it's going to run?
Ronin Aquila
02-06-02, 07:48 AM
Actually, recent anime has been quite downright realistic in its portrayls of families of late in that most if not all of them are broken.
Only one third of the world's families in this present day and age compose of two happily married heterosexual parents that are both still alive and loving towards each other.
Therefore, be not sad if you live in a broken step/homo-parents/single parent/adoptive family. You are normal. Those with happy families are the freaks. ;)
I thought AYA was intended to be like LH
started of good, and then the silliness kicks in.
which is both good and bad :D
hehehe
anyone else keeping up with this series?
Snake Eyes
09-06-02, 09:28 AM
I am keeping up with it quite intently. It definitely isnt the same as it was in the beginning, but I still enjoy those moments stolen by Kaoru and Aoi.
Ronin Aquila
09-06-02, 10:52 AM
Nowadays it gets so old of having couples involving weak blokes and chicks who routinely send the former into the stratosphere with atomic punches.
Isn't it so sweet to have just a good old fashioned idealistic romance for a change? :kawaii:
So if this is a rip off of Love Hina, it's really a rip off of Maison Ikkoku then.
Ilex201
09-06-02, 04:30 PM
Nah!
Aoi = blue hair
blue hair = Rei
And that means:
AYA = EVA rip off :D
Snake Eyes
09-06-02, 04:48 PM
Ok, I don't think Ai Yori Aoshi is a clone of Love Hina, but it seems like none of us will get anywhere until we admit that it is. For the sake of all that is good in the world: "Ai Yori Aoshi is a Love Hina Clone!"
Moving right along....
akwan50
09-06-02, 05:18 PM
I liked how Ai Yori Aoshi started, but it's just turned into Love Hina too much. But it still wasn't half as bad as Happy Lesson. Biggest Love Hina rip-off I've ever seen. It is about as cliched an anime as I have ever seen in my life. Right off the bat you see the similarities and you know that it's an LH rip-off. I think Happy Lesson is kinda lame.
Ronin Aquila
10-06-02, 05:14 AM
Brainless yet warm-hearted fun. :kawaii:
Please for the remainder of the thread instead of calling it a Love Hina Rip off refer to it as a Maison Ikkoku ripoff. You would think that Love Hina created the multiple girls and one guy genre :rolleyes:
[i]Nah!
Aoi = blue hair
blue hair = Rei
And that means:
AYA = EVA rip off :D [/b]
True that ^^
akwan50
10-06-02, 10:12 AM
I know that Love Hina is a Maison ikkoku rip-off, but I think that Love Hina is much more well known because Maison Ikkoku is quite old, and not all of the episodes have been domesticly released. Where as the Love Hina fan-subs have been hella a$$ popular. Maybe I'm wrong, but that's what I think.
random1377
10-06-02, 12:07 PM
Ok, I'm only on ep 4... but so far it's one guy, with one girl, they pretty much love each other, and there's no ambibuity about who he'll end up with, nor is there any real competition.
So how is this in ANY way like Love Hina?
...just wondering
Snake Eyes
10-06-02, 03:31 PM
Because it is a guy living with girls. And there is air, and they eat, and they sleep, and they talk.....
Well Ai Yori Aoshi got licensed at AX by Pioneer (Expect a release in under a years time) and E-F and AO had to stop subbing it after they completed ep 8.
Two groups (A-J and AONE) have now released ep 9 (if you guys didn't know) and I heard the Aone version is better.
Ronin Aquila
16-07-02, 08:31 PM
Thank goodness for fansubbers: Official companies are always too damned slow for their own good anyway. ;)
ADV slow? Yes, Bandai? Yes, Manga ---- yes but slow and pioneer do not go together.
Hellsing airs October 2001, First DVD Volume of Hellsing is released in America July 2002. If you call that slow you have head problems ;)
bluemist
17-07-02, 06:01 PM
Well at least this time the guy living with girls is not as stupid as Keitaro, and actually used to be part of a powerful clan in Japan. The male lead actually has a story to tell, unlike other many-girl anime that makes male leads have poor or no characterization at all.
I loved the story from the beginning, and began to hate it when they introduced more girls after ep. 5 and they live in one/two roofs. It really would be like Maison Ikkoku/Love Hina. Hope that is not the case with the rest.
How many episodes would AYA run?
Ronin Aquila
21-07-02, 01:41 AM
Kaoru is truly noble in his decision not to burn the irreplacable love of/for his mother for mere money and temporal power. :kawaii:
One Winged Angel Kun
22-01-03, 09:12 PM
Personally, I like this anime and I loved Love Hina.
At least, if it is going to be a rip off, it shouldn't be awful. And it isn't. But, I don't see how it is a rip off, it's more of a genre now, even a standard. Alot of animes have that story-line because it makes for interesting conflict. The guy in this isn't an idiot either. I think it is a rather interesting story and I like the animation style. The music is really good and addictive as well.
There are alot of animes that are like that. Some come to mind like : Love Hina, Mamotte Shugogetten and Ah! Megami Sama. Not all follow the same plot but have similar ideas that make you think "Well, I have been this before, but it seems to be taking a different turn."
But this would just be a genre not a rip off. It just seems like a fun series, not worth debating on whether it is a 'rip off' or not.
p1nture
23-01-03, 05:07 AM
The music tracks are very nice too! I love the likes of Lova Hina, AYA and Boys Be
Ronin Aquila
25-01-03, 09:48 AM
And its quite heartwarming, to say the least. :kawaii:
RKwannie
29-06-03, 12:51 PM
Overall, I like AYA much more than LH.
I guess it's because the strong relationship between Aoi and Karou won me over.
kamikazefstorm
20-12-04, 09:19 PM
Even though no one has posted any new comments here for about a year,
I would just like to say that AYA has definently become very good, and even though I haven't seen all of the episodes, I would definently recomend AYA to all fans out there!!! :D :D :D
I hope someone starts talking here soon, there are still so many things to talk about, and no one seems to visit this post, (hope I'm not alone :sweatdrop )
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