Ef - a tale of memories

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Postby Full Metal Sempai » Thu Dec 13, 2007 2:46 pm

Pas1990 wrote:Yeh man, I'm pretty much just waiting to see a flood of ef - ATOM AMVs, you won't even need to add any effects :lol: since the anime has so many already, not to mention the fact that it's very smoothly animated, and very beautiful (in terms of composition and colour)


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And it keeps getting better.Currently on ep6 and I'm craving for more.
It has definitely a different feeling from the other school romance drama animes and the plot has yet to be fully unfolded.
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Postby mirkosp » Thu Dec 13, 2007 5:08 pm

Wow, ep 10 was just great.
[spoiler]Hirono-kun made his decision, full-time mangaka and quit school. Thus, "Miyako path".
On the other side, as this episode was fully devoted to hirono-kei-miyako love triangle, the story about chihiro and renji will be continued in the next episode, which I assume will be entirely dedicated to RenjiXChihiro, leaving ep 12 for the happy endings. That's, obviously, what I think... gotta wait to see.[/spoiler]
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Postby Full Metal Sempai » Thu Dec 13, 2007 6:25 pm

Ep 10 was not simply great,it was awesome.
Best anime episode of the year for me. :wink: :wink:

The whole scene on the telephone was one of the most innovative things I've seen in these 4 years I've been watching anime.The time left in the phone card dropping one by one and the music changing.And then the zero and the grey color.....Oh god,this was amazing.Such a well-thought episode.

The ending of ep7 with Miyako trying to talk to Hirono through her cellphone also left me with an equal feeling of greatness.I could never imagine a scene like that...

I don't know,Ef left me speechless twice today.It has amazing colors and maskings,a superb plot,doesn't drag on needlessly and can really grab the audience's attention.

Vote to Ef - A Tale of Memories for the best drama romance of 2008 8-) 8-)
Btw,Miyako and Hirono ftw!!! :D
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Postby Chiikaboom » Thu Dec 13, 2007 6:57 pm

i started watching this series a while ago because i hear too many good things about it and it invaded the Clannad thread D=<

well its a pretty good show. The animation is top notch and theres lots of good drama to keep me watching. The phone scene in episode 10 was like.. epic.

However, for me, what keeps this below Clannad on my list is simply the fact that i cant seem to like any of the characters =\ Sure they have some moving backstories and carry a lot of drama, but the characters themselves seem very flat, uncreative and boring. Especially the girls heh. Although i kinda like that one chick in the church who randomly appears to solve everyones problems xD

Not saying that it isnt a good show, cause it is, its just imo it has a flaw, and its kind of an important one.

and btw i really, really, REALLY need the clean opening theme~ @_O; the animation amuses me.

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Postby Pas » Thu Dec 13, 2007 7:37 pm

CLANNAD INVASION OF EF - ATOM THREAD!!!

Still haven't got up to episode 10 though, but it is getting better.

I'm seriously waiting for one of the good editors to make an AMV for this series, it will kick so much ass I'm sure.

*p.s. send me a PM if you find a clean version of the OP, I need it too D:
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Postby OropherZero » Thu Dec 13, 2007 9:53 pm

i need all 4 creditless ED too, especially Chihiro's version >_> I'm trying to separate abstract and realism in my AMV at the moment to different parts of the song, seems to be failing so far but its getting there =O and yeah ep1- phone scene is useless in terms of AMV making but it was an interesting way to pull off the drama... am I the only one that thinks Kyousuke didn't get enough air time in this anime?
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Postby Chiikaboom » Fri Dec 14, 2007 12:38 am

Pas1990 wrote:CLANNAD INVASION OF EF - ATOM THREAD!!!

Still haven't got up to episode 10 though, but it is getting better.

I'm seriously waiting for one of the good editors to make an AMV for this series, it will kick so much ass I'm sure.

*p.s. send me a PM if you find a clean version of the OP, I need it too D:


Pish posh, fair exchange xD

I wouldve made a vid to this show had i not've already been working on 6 projects =\

OropherZero wrote:am I the only one that thinks Kyousuke didn't get enough air time in this anime?


tbh i dont think guys ever get much air time in these kind of shows.

They always focus on the girls.

Its pretty obvious cause you can immediately tell they put more effort into the female character designs.

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Postby Pas » Fri Dec 14, 2007 2:10 am

Chiikaboom wrote:I wouldve made a vid to this show had i not've already been working on 6 projects =\


Traitor.

Fuko ish sad ;__;
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Postby Chiikaboom » Fri Dec 14, 2007 2:25 am

Pas1990 wrote:
Chiikaboom wrote:I wouldve made a vid to this show had i not've already been working on 6 projects =\


Traitor.

Fuko ish sad ;__;


pish posh ill finish the fuko vid.







In time.

>_>

by the time i get the chance to make an EF vid, itll be on the most used list. -___-
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Postby angelx03 » Fri Dec 14, 2007 12:21 pm

:cry:

My laptop died (stupid "Unmountable Boot Volume" error). I'll watch episode 10 soon enough; just you wait! :o
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Postby angelx03 » Fri Dec 14, 2007 1:10 pm

I noticed 3 stages in Episode 10: intervention ==> realization ==> conclusion

...and this episode freakin' nailed all of them without being ridiculously overdramatic. This has to be a rare thing with this particular love triangle because I ended up liking pretty much all the participants. And not to mention I liked outcome of it given the circumstances. [spoiler]If you haven't guessed, Hiro chose Miyako in the end. The countdown timer which I think it was the number of seconds left in Miyako's phone card was pretty crafty.[/spoiler]

2 more episodes left, and we can almost guess what those will be about! :wink:
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Postby Full Metal Sempai » Fri Dec 14, 2007 2:29 pm

Apparently,I agree with Chii.
The anime really has characters that you can only sympathize with,not like.But still,this anime kicks ass and these 2 episodes left will hopefully solve the Chihiro x Renji problem.
One more thing,I totally love the opening song. :D :D

-angelx03
Yeah,the countdown timer was the time left on the pay phone card.

-OropherZero
Well secondary characters rarely get a decent amount of screen time.And this is not an exception for Ef,as it seems...
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Postby OropherZero » Fri Dec 14, 2007 3:48 pm

thats the thing - Kyousuke is meant to be as main as Renji and Hirono
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Postby Pas » Sun Dec 16, 2007 2:20 am

Ok, so I'm finally catching up on this series. Finished 7 and 8, and wow, it gets really intense. The phone scene in episode 7 is freaking great, I'm amazed how well they kept my attention with just words as visuals. Miyako's voice acting is superb :up: though, from what I read, episode 10's phone scene is more epic. I can't wait.

Episode 8 was jsut as good, but I enjoyed it less than 7 due to there being more screen time for Chihiro. My personal favorite is Miyako.

Getting 9 and 10 now. Freaking Dial Up...

angelx03 wrote:Out of curiosity, which couple are you concentrating on or are you attempting to use all of them?


Hiro and Miyako. I seem to like their personalities a lot more. Chihiro's memory problem is interesting, but I don't really like her as a character, mainly due to her voice.
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Postby OropherZero » Sun Dec 16, 2007 6:30 am

okay i just came back from my local convention. there were selling boxes with special stuff to these anime like bedsheets, cards, mats a lot of random stuff in the box. I bought a shana one then had to choose between the ef and clannad one. guess which i chose? ;)
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