Asobi ni Iku yo!

[TheBladeChild]

http://www.akiba-station.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/asobiniikuyo_website_1-300x257.jpg

From ANN:

The story centers around Kio Kakazu , a high school freshman living in Okinawa. During a memorial service for one of his family ancestors. A mysterious girl with cat ears appears before him indroducing herself as Eris and claiming that she is an alien. However She be more troubling than he first realizes.

Episosde 1 DDL(TeamZebraman):

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[David75]

Nice picture/drawing quality.

But this is a WTFBBQ kind of show. How is it possible for one guy to have so many females from secret groups/services/military or whatever, having an allien coming home... said allien having huge boobs, cat ears and tail...

I just hope it'll be entertaining. Some shows taught us that having a good and/or rational plot wasn't a necessity to be fun and entertaining.

[animus]

These subs are god awful. I don't see how they could've translated nii-seinen (minor) as Freshman (ichi-nensei), not just once but multiple times. Not to mention there's a ton of other translation mistakes, as well as grammatical ones.

[MFauli]

A cat girl being a alien....reminds me of Welcome to the NHK

[TheBladeChild]

Alternative subbers to TheZebraman for episode 1:

Ayako and SubDESU:

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H264:http://www.nyaatorrents.org/?page=download&tid=144056

[Ryllharu]

Uhh...was I reading the situation wrong, or does the society that the teacher belongs to come off a wee bit stranger (http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/6580/633679686960944918sense.jpg) (slightly NSFW) than the other groups? They are upset and complaining that the first alien to meet with humanity looks like "that," and refer to their cause as the "The Beautiful Contact." What the hell do they want, the first alien Earth meets with to be some random grey (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_alien) or a squid thing? Especially one that can't communicate in verbal languages. That was easily the weirdest thing in the entire episode of weird shit going on. The teacher was really really upset about it, despite their society definitely wanting alien contact, it confused the hell out of me.

I'm also not really sure if the neighbor and foreign lady are in the same group or a separate branch. I assume they are separate, because they are nowhere as fucking strange.

I really liked the Momiji/Futaba Aoi character. She quite obviously does have a thing for Kakazu, but she's also a bit psycho. Her powerarmor suit is quite clearly capable of surviving a large explosion, and she has confidence in her own survival skills without it too. I'm just not sure if she is human or not. Eris seemed to indicate that there were a number of species out there. Perhaps her kind was not the first to make it to Earth (the Sol one, not her planet Earth).

[TheBladeChild]

Episode 2 DDL(Team Zebraman):

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[David75]

Keep the fun coming!

I love it, I know that some eps down the line might get boring, but for now I love it :D

[Ryllharu]

Team Zebraman is pretty bad. I'm going to wait for Ayako from here on out. The ED screwed up (really bad slowdown due to the karaoke) and the part after that was cut off. I checked the file against the torrent too.



Groups aside, this episode was even crazier than the first. The Beautiful Contact Cult turned out to be alright once they were threatened, but I kind of felt that the conflict with the would-be CIA neighbor girl was resolved a bit prematurely. She must really like Kio. Futaba (Momiji) was less of a surprise, but the two of them teaming up was.

I'm a bit confused as to where the series is going to go from here, though there is obviously a conflict between the catgirls and the "dogs," since Eris showed quite of bit of disdain for them in comparing the guy who had her imprisoned.

I hope Futaba/Momiji doesn't get sidelined from here. Kio didn't seem too disturbed by her true skills that much. He's a pretty easy going protagonist, and I liked his determination when he told his childhood friend that she will be telling him where they took Eris.

[Ryllharu]

*Sigh* I said I was going to wait for a better group, but I can't. I watched it anyway. I cannot resist more Momiji/Aoi.

[TZMremux] Asobi​ ni Iku​ Yo​ 03 [1280x720] (http://www.nyaatorrents.org/?page=download&tid=146437)

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Note: Immediately after the OP (which was rather bland btw) there is a Kampfer cameo by female Natsuru and Shizuku, along with their stuffed animals.

edit:

I really like Aoi. Really. She's a really excellent character in a number of ways, and Hanazawa Kana has been great playing these kind of dual-personality roles lately. What's more, the earth faction aligned with the Doggie Race (they really call themselves that...) had a number of very interesting details on Aoi, as scene during the presentation on her and Manami.

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Futaba Aoi:
Mother: Dead.
Father: kidnapped and missing years ago.
Confirmed re-married to Garbilan (alien from planet Garble).
[Not sure on the spelling of Garbilan/Garblian. It is a bit unclear due to the grainy display].

Step-mother (Garblian): She looks to be in her late twenties.
Half sister: She is physical and mentally elder than Aoki (Aoki?) caused by the Urashima effect in subspace.
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While a few of those things aren't exactly clear, like whether her sister's name is Aoki and which one appears older due to relativity, it seems as if there is plenty of explanation for Aoi's powers. I was guessing earlier, but it she seems to really be half alien!

Manami's background is a bit less exciting, but Itokazu-sensei's is kind of funny. I'm guessing some of the English is missing an "other than" in the "anything related to Sci-Fi..." in her comment field. It certainly would explain her twisted view of what First Contact should be.

Lastly, while it is nice that Kio gets to live with so many girls (are there even male aliens??), it feels a bit wrong that his house would get completely co-opted into the Katyian Embassy. If you think about it, he lost his home!

[Marik]

[Ayako-SubDESU] Asobi ni IkuYo! - 04 - 720p (http://www.nyaatorrents.org/?page=download&tid=148164) | 400p (http://www.nyaatorrents.org/?page=download&tid=148163)

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[Nipponsei] Asobi ni Iku yo! OP Single - Now loading... SKY!! [Sphere].zip (http://tracker.minglong.org/torrents/%5BNipponsei%5D%20Asobi%20ni%20Iku%20yo%21%20OP%20 Single%20-%20Now%20loading...%20SKY%21%21%20%5BSphere%5D.zip .torrent)

Sphere - Now loading...SKY!! PV (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9VCWdZvmyw)

[David75]

That show is ridiculously awesomely ridiculous in so many ways :D

I keep grining and giggling every 10 seconds.

Unyaa!

Oh, Louise makes a little appearance too, I guess there are many more that a trained eye will catch.

[Dark Dragon]

The trio from blacksmith also made an appearance. It actually took me a few minute to remember who the girl next to louise was.

Antnia Lirimonie Norfedras Papanorgas Arecroteles Cnorses Morfenoss, geez someone must've had a lot of fun coming up with that name.

Aoi is really awesome, i can't get enough of her. Not too many calm quiet characters spends their time kneeing people in the face.

[Marik]

[Ayako-SubDESU] Asobi ni Iku Yo! - 05 - 720p (http://www.nyaatorrents.org/?page=download&tid=149877) | 400p (http://www.nyaatorrents.org/?page=download&tid=149876)

[David75]

I knew bad eps would eventually come. I didn't think that would be so quick.
Even the animation was showing drops in quality.

Let's forget that one and see what happens next time, I need some doggie interaction now :D

[Marik]

Let's forget that one and see what happens next time, I need some doggie interaction now :D

I won't forget it, because Manami in that pink bikini was so sexy. Not to mention that she was wearing bunny ears and a tail to match. She's definitely my favorite girl on this show. The dog woman was quite nice as well, especially after she lost her suit <3.

[Marik]

[Ayako-SubDESU] Asobi ni Iku Yo! - 06 - 720p (http://www.nyaatorrents.org/?page=download&tid=152536) | 400p (http://www.nyaatorrents.org/?page=download&tid=152537)

Eris' ED Single
[Nipponsei] Asobi ni Iku yo! ED Single - Happy Sunshine [Itou Kanae].​zip (http://tracker.minglong.org/torrents/%5BNipponsei%5D%20Asobi%20ni%20Iku%20yo%21%20ED%20 Single%20-%20Happy%20Sunshine%20%5BItou%20Kanae%5D.zip.torre nt)

Manami's ED Single
[Nipponsei] Asobi ni Iku yo! ED Single - Omoide ga Jama wo Suru [Tomatsu Haruka].​zip (http://tracker.minglong.org/torrents/%5BNipponsei%5D%20Asobi%20ni%20Iku%20yo%21%20ED%20 Single%20-%20Omoide%20ga%20Jama%20wo%20Suru%20%5BTomatsu%20H aruka%5D.zip.torrent)

Aoi's ED Single
[Nipponsei] Asobi ni Iku yo! ED Single - Kokoro no Madobe Nite [Hanazawa Kana].​zip (http://tracker.minglong.org/torrents/%5BNipponsei%5D%20Asobi%20ni%20Iku%20yo%21%20ED%20 Single%20-%20Kokoro%20no%20Madobe%20Nite%20%5BHanazawa%20Kan a%5D.zip.torrent)

[Marik]

[Ayako-SubDESU] Asobi ni Iku Yo! - 07 - 720p (http://www.nyaatorrents.org/?page=download&tid=153336) | 400p (http://www.nyaatorrents.org/?page=download&tid=153335)

[Marik]

[Ayako-SubDESU] Asobi ni Iku Yo! - 08 - 720p (http://www.nyaatorrents.org/?page=download&tid=155524) | 400p (http://www.nyaatorrents.org/?page=download&tid=155523)

[David75]

Futaba-san is taller than the wimpy MC and her build seems to be stronger too.
Strange how it wasn't that obvious before, but it was this ep when the two were together.

This contrast with her "nice innocent little girl" behavior is obvious, but it was very apparent too this time.

Other than that, the fanservice shots of inorganic antimater bullets were nice, nice idea, refreshing. Especially the one when Futaba is able to target a moving bullet and the scene right after :p

[Ryllharu]

The catfight between Aoi and Manami in the living room was great. They're both really good at fighting, Aoi has the edge with her teleporting and firearms skill, but Manami seems to be a little better at improvisation.

I like the aspect that Manami still loves Kio and despite her feelings resurfacing now that she and he found out it was just one big misunderstanding, she's stepping aside. She had her chance, and she isn't selfish enough to realize that Aoi needs her own chance too. One way or another, she is friends with both of them, and she is a nice enough person to wait her turn again.

This episode did have one problem. We still have no idea who the hell the shaman girl is. That sparse explanation went completely over my head. She shot out a Clarke line about sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic, so I guess it's not really magic after all, but we don't even know if she is human. It's rather annoying that she's settled in with them and we know nothing about her.

[Dark Dragon]

I don't know why this show works, it just does.

I guess we don't have too many anime that mainly take place in Osaka. I really like the chemistry between the characters. It's also great that Kio realize how very average he is and started training to become stronger.


This episode did have one problem. We still have no idea who the hell the shaman girl is. That sparse explanation went completely over my head. She shot out a Clarke line about sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic, so I guess it's not really magic after all, but we don't even know if she is human. It's rather annoying that she's settled in with them and we know nothing about her.

I actually went back to check and make sure that i didn't skip an episode since she started just hanging out with them so normally. I suppose with cat/dogs alien, chow yun fat cat robot and object summoning. It's not too surprising that magic shows up somewhere along the way.

[shinta|hikari]

I kinda wanted Aoi to kick Manami's ass. It felt weird to see Aoi actually lose (even if it is by luck, because that is part of warfare as well) to Manami when she was really bad ass for most of the show, and has tons more experience in actual combat in comparison.

Also, why didn't Aoi use her powers in the match? Was it not allowed? I'm not sure if I missed it.

[Ryllharu]

Aoi would have to have been less than 50 meters (I think she said) from her kit to be able to teleport anything. They haven't clarified what other restrictions (if any) her powers have. It's not clear if she can "steal" weapons from people's hands. If she had, it probably would have been considered cheating.

Their skirmish shouldn't have been forced to be fair since Manami knew the territory better and Aoi is just a better fighter, but using her powers would have been far too much of an unfair advantage, since Manami doesn't have any. The two of them were trying to compete on a similar level after chewing each other out in the living room.

If Aoi can't steal weapons, the only place it would have really helped her was when she dropped the magazine, and even then I'm not sure she really would have had time to teleport and load it. They were rushing at each other full speed.

[shinta|hikari]

The magazine part was where I thought it would have been useful, but the short span of time to reload might have made Aoi go for a bluff instead.

[Marik]

[Ayako-SubDESU] Asobi ni Iku Yo! - 09 - 720p (http://www.nyaatorrents.org/?page=download&tid=157043) | 400p (http://www.nyaatorrents.org/?page=download&tid=157044)

[animus]

Talk about blatant advertisement.

[Ryllharu]

There's nothing wrong with a little sponsorship. Not to mention there are a dozen or so (http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=a%26w%20restaurant%20near%20okinawa&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl) A&W Restaurants on Okinawa. It isn't out of the question that their go-to burger joint would be an A&W. Much more realistic than a certain green-haired character being able to get her favorite delivery pizza while on the occasional military operation and whenever else she wanted.

This episode didn't do that much for me, certainly one of the weaker ones. One of the better parts was the the doggie lady berating her robot for watching anime only to end up watching it too.

[animus]

I'm fine with the amount in CG, but this basically had a 10-15 second stint panning all the various merchandise with the logo plastered all over them.

[Marik]

This talk of advertisements and the C.C. reference reminded me of this picture I saw a while back.

[Ryllharu]

I'm fine with the amount in CG, but this basically had a 10-15 second stint panning all the various merchandise with the logo plastered all over them.And Cheese-kun being snuggled in over half the episodes as well as a various pizza hut signs and boxes scattered about isn't the same? It is a major mascot (http://www.pizzahut.jp/kids/). There was at least one incident per episode in CG.

They don't go to A&W every episode here. Jack eats it a lot because she's always in her car, but the main cast has only gone at most three times.

I'm not seeing why it was acceptable in CG but not here. It is more concentrated, but that's really the only difference.

[Marik]

[Ayako-SubDESU] Asobi ni Iku Yo! - 10 - 720p (http://www.nyaatorrents.org/?page=download&tid=158129) | 400p (http://www.nyaatorrents.org/?page=download&tid=158128)

[Marik]

[Ayako-SubDESU] Asobi ni Iku Yo! - 11 - 720p (http://www.nyaatorrents.org/?page=download&tid=159603) | 400p (http://www.nyaatorrents.org/?page=download&tid=159604)

[Archangel]

Caught up just in time for the finale.

Aoi is great but i'm not much of a fan of Manami, the interactions between the 2 give me bad flashbacks from School Days. Even if it didn't feel realistic I'd have preferred if Manami had been honest from the get go.

Eris is... tits, nothing really interesting to about her. I think her lack of knowledge on earth's customs could have been used for more jokes than it did, but maybe even the staff realized that of all the heroines she was the most plain and decided to focus on the other ones.

About the main character, whose name i can't even remember, i appreciated his effort to improve himself but his personality does nothing for me. I can't even bring myself to dislike him, i'm just in a constant state of not caring every time he pops up on the screen.

I'm not amazed but this show but I'd say it's averagely goodand i don't regret watching it. Might have had a better opinion of it with less fanservice and more comedy and/or action.

[Marik]

[Ayako-SubDESU] Asobi ni Iku Yo! - 12 - 720p (http://www.nyaatorrents.org/?page=download&tid=160841) | 400p (http://www.nyaatorrents.org/?page=download&tid=160840)

[Ryllharu]

Pretty good ending, official approval of Kio's harem, despite him amazingly not figuring it out even as they were talking about it right in front of him. That completely dumbfounded me. He has surpassed all scientific levels of density. The only excuse you could make was that he was a bit too preoccupied about the mission to pay attention to exactly what Aoi and Manami were squabbling about. This was supported by Eris interjecting and telling them it wasn't the time to be fighting amongst themselves (meaning she wasn't paying attention either), and then working to resolve their fight.

At least an official harem conclusion is possible. Aoi and Manami are friends (always a plus in hoping for an official harem ending) and Eris doesn't particularly mind. Ayako's version had a weird translation of Eris' line about Catian versus Earth customs concerning relationships. It almost sounded like on Catia, once a couple starts dating, no "wandering" is allowed because it is all documented. It came off like saying as long as none of them gets married to Kio, they can all share him.

Also, the space battle was kind of retarded. The three girls, two of whom have never used that kind of Catian's powerarmor before, were immediate experts, even managing a super attack on Jens space cruiser. The redeeming factor was Eris' prowess with that kind of equipment, making the critical strike that turned the battle. She's a Catian military scout, being able to operate solo should be part of her skill set.


But the real redeemer for this episode (and the series overall) was the Christmas gift from the Catians to Earth. A freaking space elevator! That kind of thing wouldn't even be remotely possible with Earth technology in the series. It effectively catapults human development several centuries into the future. No value can even remotely be assigned to it. No matter what little secret agreements the dog race has with Earth militaries, the Catians will win them over just with that.

/crosses fingers for second season!

[Archangel]

Official harem is official, and his new cat ears may be just what he needed to add the blonde loli to it too

Overall this series was completely retarded but in a good way, i don't get Ryll's complaint on the space battle when pretty much all of the series made a point of making as less sense as possible. I think I'd watch a second season but some better villains and more of a plot would turn the experience much more enjoyable.

[Ryllharu]

i don't get Ryll's complaint on the space battle when pretty much all of the series made a point of making as less sense as possible.
The issue was that it diverged from the trend they had been keeping, that being skilled at something takes practice.

Sure, Aoi can jump from a motorcycle to knee a maid in the face, she can snipe someone accurately (and not in the prone position) after immediately porting her rifle in, but she's being killing and on missions for years. Manami was forced into firearms practice early on by Aoi because while she was a gun maniac, she didn't have much practical experience outside of airsoft. They practiced, improved, and faced off against each other rather competently. Kio asked to be trained, practiced for a few weeks to a few months, and even then he wasn't wholly competent with the powersuit aboard the mothership. He relied on the strength it gave him, the shield, and still clumsily trashed around.

To have the two of them hop aboard the two sleds in power armor only Aoi should have any slight experience, and zero experience with the sled, slice back and forth taking down dozens of enemies and fight a frigate without much harm was out of the norm the series had up to then been suggesting.

If anything, only Eris should have been competent in that battle. Aoi marginally so, and Manami should have held back and used lots of ranged attacks.

[Archangel]

asobiniikuyoleisureshee.jpg (http://i.imgur.com/LhmHF.jpg) (NSFW)

Lol, who on earth would use this to go on a picnic??

[Marik]

[IB] Asobi ni Iku yo! OVA - Blu-Ray 1080p: Torrent (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=222015) | DDL (http://www.maikuando.tv/ddl.php?grp=interrobang&tfx=2&req=interrobang/[IB]%20Asobi%20ni%20Iku%20yo%21%20OVA%20v2%20[Blu-Ray%201080p]%20[9CD692BE].mkv)
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[Archangel]

So... tits?

[Marik]

Yes, lots of them.

[Ryllharu]

Nice of the series to finally confirm that Ichika (http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=character&charid=21337) (makes talismans, has pigtails, eats) is a Catian. However, she's standing there, and not one of the other girls notices/mentions that she has ears and a tail!

I don't remember them going over it in the series. Seriously...wtf.

[Kraco]

Haha, yeah. When they were all standing there naked, I suddenly spotted another Catian in addition to Eris and was wondering who the hell she was and why did a new character suddenly join the group that had been together and playing games for most of the ova. Then I realised it was the talisman girl. Quite a surprise reintroduction indeed.