Ikkitousen Dragon Destiny - 01 February 26
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ED Sequence
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ED: 「硝子の花」 (Garasu no Hana) by 衣織 (IORI)
Watch the ED! Mirror 1 Mirror 2 (18.2MB, XviD)
There was no OP this first episode, just an ED. I didn’t really care much for the song, but the images of the characters they put up are significantly better quality than the episode itself was, along with being considerably more ecchi (i.e. how the nipples somehow poke through their clothes).
The first episode of Ikkitousen Dragon Destiny aired today on AT-X, and it was about what I had expected. I’ll say upfront that I don’t really have any intention of blogging this or even fully writing up this first entry, but there were a lot of people looking forward to this, so I thought I’d provide a glimpse of what the series looks like and the ecchi factor.
For starters, the character designs appeal to me a lot more then the original ones did (which I would probably attribute to the fact that Rin Shin is the character designer), but the animation quality was nothing really to call home about. There were a few well animated scenes, but more often than not I found it a bit lacking. Still, that’s in comparison to other shows I’m currently watching and not to the original Ikkitousen (which I think this is a tiny improvement over). Anyway, as expected, there were panty shots every fight scene and plenty of cleavage action. There was also shower/butt shot courtesy of Ryomou, but the real “nudity” came when Ryuubi lost her swimsuit in the pool. As you can see though, that shot was actually censored. I would assume that the white stuff will be removed in the DVDs given how there was nudity all over the place in the DVD promo that came out a couple of months ago. Actually, now that I think about it, I remembering seeing the AT-X version of that promo and all the nudity was censored out, so this shouldn’t have been a surprise for me.
All in all, the first episode didn’t particularly compel me to want to watch more of it. I’ve never been a huge fan of the show or its plot, so I was admittedly a bit biased against this coming in. And I think CODE GEASS alone these days is more than enough to fill the ecchi quota.
AvexMode at 5:24 am on February 26th, 2007
Moar. Im having problems watching the screencaps at work without anyone noticing.
Drayen at 5:24 am on February 26th, 2007
jesus when its that much ecchi oriented, why not just make an hentai instead of a “regular anime”
chaosdemon06 at 5:51 am on February 26th, 2007
ooo waits for sayaman to have the raw ^^
Hakfu looks like she has control over her powers now, bad news for everyone else lol
AvexMode at 6:32 am on February 26th, 2007
And to think that people already complaining about the ecchi stuff in Code Geass.
Hypernova at 6:44 am on February 26th, 2007
Given that the manga it’s based on floats purly on ecchi I’m not expecting much from this one. The production studio doesn’t have much material to work on but hey! Everyone loves Boobies!!!
Kenta at 7:31 am on February 26th, 2007
other than the random boobs shots, code geass is completely ecchi-free, ok maybe if you exclude Nina.
Rasmiel at 7:45 am on February 26th, 2007
Wow. This show is going wild on fanservice. Though I’m not too fond of the character designs so they aren’t much of Rasmielservice.
UchihaItachi at 7:47 am on February 26th, 2007
Whats this story about? Seems to contain loads of fanservice…
chris at 8:06 am on February 26th, 2007
WOAH. u just HAD to put tat butt shot on the front page -.-
sinistral at 8:18 am on February 26th, 2007
Ikkitousen FTW!
@UchihaItachi, Ikkitousen is a series that is loosely based on the Romance of Three Kingdoms. However, what makes Ikkitousen Ikkitousen is the amount of ecchi/fanservice and fight scenes.
Didn’t see Sonsaku Hakufu in any of the screencaps though.. ;_;
kiryuu at 8:38 am on February 26th, 2007
Just looking at the screen shots reminds me too much of divergence eve… *boing* *boing* *boing*
/me doesn’t bother looking around for this one.
WonTon at 8:59 am on February 26th, 2007
might as well be watching hentai if your gonna watch this
dward at 9:17 am on February 26th, 2007
I can’t believe they made this into an anime! I dropped the manga last year ’cause I can’t get use to the over-ecchiness (though its pretty decent with lots of fighting scenes). And now look at the screenshots….I’ll rather go for some other animes that’s not so revealing…..
Kit-Tsukasa at 9:28 am on February 26th, 2007
looks like its still ecchi based rather than plot based. I’m quite disappointed. I thought the directors would have learned their lesson after the failure of the first series.
NegativeZero at 9:59 am on February 26th, 2007
Looks pretty much exactly what I was expecting, which is a good thing. I’m a bit disappointed that they’re censoring it, though. That said based off the caps, the AT-X broadcast is 4:3. Given that the promo material was 16:9 I’d theorise that one of the other broadcasters who start in a few weeks will do a proper widescreen broadcast and might even do it uncensored.
Also, unlike practically everyone nowdays, I’m not ashamed to admit that I actually *like* a bit of ecchi now and then. It’s certainly more appealing than the stupid cockteasing that’s become so prevalent recently. It seems like half the internet nowdays has been replaced with puritans who go up in horror whenever they see a nipple or a flash of panty in their anime.
Zeroblade at 10:10 am on February 26th, 2007
“considerably more ecchi (i.e. how the nipples somehow poke through their clothes).”
They clearly aren’t wearing a bra.
Yyi at 11:13 am on February 26th, 2007
Ecchi’s a good thing, but certainly not safe for younger audiences or those surfing this site while working. Perhaps the front page preview could feature less screenshots that are NSFW. 1 or 2 shots of pantsu/partial nudity are fine, but definitely not more than that.
Mutio at 11:19 am on February 26th, 2007
Finaly it’s out! Yay^-^
SCiPiO at 11:29 am on February 26th, 2007
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Shinn Agami at 11:31 am on February 26th, 2007
Nipples? Cameltoes? what’s next? Sword Dildos? (heaven forbid)