Rozen Maiden

[Munsu]

the promo is out by a-keep... i've been waiting a while for something to come out for this to see what it is about... it looks interesting... the music reminds me of avenger....

Rozen Maiden Promo (http://a.scarywater.net/akeep/[Anime-Keep]_Rozen_Maiden_-_Promotion_[63137998].avi.torrent)

[Neko Sniper]

The doll girl looks scary...

[Munsu]

yeah... those were my thoughts exactly... it apparenty is an action series... let's see how it develops.... airing on October if not mistaken

[Eurasian]

ok, when that doll was rising i thought about the girl in The Ring. what bad memories!!!!

[animefreak]

oh...what is Rozen Maiden about...is it a shooting,fighting, or funny anime?. I just want to know because i didn't want to waste time downloading promo since i prefer to download epi 1 when is come out.

[Aeon]

Couldn't really tell anything from the promo, think I'll wait for it to reach bout 5eps so I can watch in one sitting to see if I like it or not. And animefreak the promo is only like 8mb not really a waste since it only takes bout 1-2min.

[animefreak]

well...i just downloaded the promo, if u ask me is about 30 sec not worth download and not much detail.

[Munsu]

first episode out by anime-keep

[ShinobiNeko]

thought the first episode was pretty interesting, will continue to watch this one. Don't know how I would have reacted if a doll suddenly came alive and said you are their servant..

[Munsu]

for some reason i posted the wrong link for episode 1...


here it is again

http://a.scarywater.net/akeep/%5BAnime-Keep%5D_Rozen_Maiden_-_01_%5BBBDE1130%5D.avi.torrent

[Crows_Kill]

Its like a croiss beteeen tsukihime & digimon-
The main character of the show- a reclusive and morose 2nd year middle schooler named Jun has a fetish for supposedly cursed objects, trying to find ones that are really cursed. He submits a chain letter that appears to be little more than another hoax, and ends up with a supernatural semi-vampiric wind up doll for a master.
The show is cutsey without being annoying, has great music, and has an overall creepy vibe. I think I'm gonna like this one.

[Munsu]

episodes 1 and 2 out by ayu

http://a.scarywater.net/ayu

[Mae]

What an odd anime. The set-up reminds me of Tsukiyomi-Moon Phase, the rose rings remind me of Utena, the opening music reminds me of Avenger, and the main character design reminds me of Betterman for some reason. Still, living dolls = scary, so I'll give it a shot. I also want to see the ditzy sister actually play lacrosse.

[Munsu]

yeah it is odd... i think it is pretty cool thus far...

and damn ripping-gods and their poor distro... ive been trying to get their Betterman for over a year now

[Mae]

While the forums were down I found this link (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/correspondent/2334893.stm) on a Japanese versoin of agoraphobia, which Jun apparently suffers from. I thought it was interesting.

[Munsu]

damn... good link...

But that's crazy... showering once every 6 month? I sometimes take a shower 3 times a day (once after every crap)

[hikaru004]

Isn't it nice that this show is doing a good deed by making this condition very public? But what's with that doll that's so shy? Do you think that she was abused?

[Hotsuma]

I saw this anime and I think it's damn good. Right after Elfen Lied, it's my fav anime.

[Munsu]

second series is being made, so that's good news for you

[Hotsuma]

Yeah, I know. That's awesome news to me.

[jeffreysuk]

i like the song ^^
the anime is funny

[Aramis]

i thought it was interesting too, good drama, funny, and never too annoying.

[Munsu]

Second season should start on Oct. 20... i can't wait for it... I really enjoyed the first series, pretty fun...

I hope Ayu picks it up...

Anyone else interested in this series?

[FelixZeroAlastor]

I love this series also. I was hoping for a second season. I'm really looking foreward to it. Thanks for the info.

[Munsu]

I hope they finish the whole Alice Game on this one... the first one ended kinda of abrubtly without really solving anything...

[Hotsuma]

In the Rozen Maiden manga, Suigintou is still alive up to book 5. And I think she even has a master, so it's even more interesting.

[Munsu]

Ah great, thanks for spoiling possible events on Rozen Maiden 2

[Hotsuma]

But the thing is, the anime detracts from the manga (it's still going in Japan), so Traumed will have to go a different route from the original manga cannon.

[Munsu]

Preview for Rozen Maiden - Träumend

http://www.tbs.co.jp/rozen-maiden/pv.wmv

[aznimperialx]

Is Zatch Bell a rip off of rozen maiden?

[Munsu]

Gash Bell came before Rozen Maiden... and they really don't have much in common...

[Hotsuma]

Where are you, Suigintouuu!!!!!

[Windice06]

First sub episode out. Check in tokyotosho.

[KrayZ33]

Wow, i just watched this... (btw i m a level 99 thread-necromancer)

this anime is very good in my opinion! good animation, very funny and somehow... "cute". (the desu-desu girl, is my favorite, but i can't spell her name :P)

but the best thing about this show is the music... really damn nice music (background) . its so nice that i thought about buying the ost if there is one (and i m sure there is), but knowing myself i will download it from somewhere :(

sry for bringing this thread up, but i think this anime deserves more attention than just 2 sites of opinons and statements about the show, so i wanted to give my opinion too ^^

[Munsu]

Well, it was indeed a nice series... and as you said, the music is quite good. My favorite song is the ED Shooting Star.

If you like these type of music in your animes, you might want to check out some Bee Train series, and in my opinion they almost always have good music in them. You might want to check out Madlax, Noir, El Cazador de la Bruja, .hack//SIGN and the sequels, Tsubasa Chronicle, and coming up Blade of the Immortal.

For some reason I thought that Rozen Maiden itself was a Bee Train series... looks like I was mistaken.

With that said, here are the threads for the sequels of Rozen Maiden. Post in them respectively when you watch them instead of using this thread solely.

http://forums.gotwoot.net/showthread.php?t=12031
http://forums.gotwoot.net/showthread.php?t=13700

[KrayZ33]

the good thing about this series is that the fighting scenes are actually much better than you first except them to be... (you know the main character isn't *that* good animated).
but the last fight was pretty awesome, i like that scissor girl and her twin sister. nice fight and it was animated really well...

at first i thought this show is nearly all comedy, but even though there are really funny episodes, the action is still great! (the great music does a good job here too)

i think i'll marathon the second season tomorrow and give my opinion in the other thread then.

i can't help myself but the dolls are kinda cute, suddently, i feel like i must buy a loli-sized doll right now.
i remember that my grandma had one and i used to play with it often. (ya i admit it, i m a boy and played with dolls and stuffed animals when i was young :P)
when shinku lost her arm and whined i was like: "noooo don't cry, i would still play with you!! you are not junk!"

but not only then... when suigin tou was defeated i wanted to say the same to her :P