Keep an eye on this one; this could be Studio BONES' next shounen action hit series and with good reason! After seeing the uncut version of episode 1 (which is really not that different from the original broadcast
Blair wins.....episode over!
This episode mostly introduced a spunky girl Maka and her transforming-scythe partner Soul. [spoiler]Basically, they were able to collect 99 souls, and they need one more which has to be a witch's soul in order for Soul to become a Death Scythe. They came across Blair's house whom they assume she's a witch and tried to defeat her. But Blair proved to be very tough since her powers (and her voluptuous body) overwhelmed them (especially with Soul's proneness of getting nosebleeds from getting his face smashed onto Blair's boobs).
In the end, they were able to defeat her and Soul ate her soul. That proved to be invalid because Blair was never a witch in the first place. She was really a cat (who can turn into a catgirl....YAY!!!!) with ridiculous amount to magic powers and 9 lives. And since Maka and Soul blew it, they had to start all over again.[/spoiler]
And the animation and funky style BONES used is just so.....out of this world, I guess. I remember one blogger mentioning it reminded him of "The Nightmare Before Christmas" so I guess that makes it a good comparison to a certain extent. It definitely worth the look just for the visuals. Let's see how it fares for the next 50 episodes!
Of course this all depends if they female seiyuu for Maka improves over time because a lot of people were totally not pleased with her performance. Yes, this is her debut role, but her amateur voice acting was really prevalent.







