Zettai Karen Children

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Zettai Karen Children

Postby Sukunai » Fri May 02, 2008 12:18 pm

This show is also an incredible funny new series.

So the question is who else is watching this?

Looking at the first 4 eps, and it is clear this is good amv material.

Lots of fanservice attention, funny sequences, and one of the main characters is sure an interesting blend of anime staples.

Cute 10 year old schoolgirl, that is incredibly power with ESP, has never gone to school, and seems to be an old geezer at heart. Not quite a lesbian, seems more like an old man trapped in a little girl :)

And the opening tune is exceedingly cute sounding.
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Re: Zettai Karen Children

Postby Savia » Fri May 02, 2008 3:11 pm

Sukunai wrote:an old man trapped in a little girl


Boy does this hit too close to home. Took the firemen hours.
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Postby LivingFlame » Mon May 19, 2008 8:47 pm

So I was bored the other day and decided to give this show a shot for no particular reason. Upon reading the show's description, I didn't really expect to like it to much, but I'm pleased to say I actually found it to be rather entertaining. Pretty good humor and a somewhat different premise from what I'm used to watching. I might end up following this one, at least for a while.
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Postby Sukunai » Sat May 31, 2008 5:19 pm

Life is good, I've seen up to ep 08 (and why is this not in the series section yet?).

The show is starting to get real interesting, especially with the red head.

And I am enjoying Kamen no Maid Guy and as well starting Clannad.

Gotta love a regular dose of good anime :)
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Postby Sukunai » Sun Jun 08, 2008 11:52 pm

Still waiting to get this moved to the series section.

Watched number 9 today and dang what a funny premise for a show this ep :)

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Postby Sukunai » Wed Jun 25, 2008 9:18 am

Ep 11 and I guess they have officially done the obligatory hot springs show now :)

It's interesting not many are talking about this show.

Frankly I find it hilarious how they are pounding the crap out of the atypical cliche anime themes and being brazen enough to do it all with 10 year old girls too. Maybe that's part of the problem.

I'd have thought the loli nuts would be on this show like tax lawyers.

Currently I'm going nuts trying to locate the opening tune. Also want to find pictures of the singers.
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Postby LivingFlame » Fri Jun 27, 2008 6:40 pm

Ok, I got a good lawl out of these "Comericans" as they are being called. Some things in this show just seem so random, lol. I definitely find it all amusing, though. :lol:

You looking for the actual song or the version the show uses? (And same question with the singers. :P)
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Postby Shui » Sat Jun 28, 2008 3:59 am

I though I might like this, but it was very crappy.
Reason : There are kids with superpowers.
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Postby Sukunai » Sat Jun 28, 2008 8:44 am

LivingFlame wrote:Ok, I got a good lawl out of these "Comericans" as they are being called. Some things in this show just seem so random, lol. I definitely find it all amusing, though. :lol:

You looking for the actual song or the version the show uses? (And same question with the singers. :P)


Found the opening song. Actually found all 4 versions the liner/inserts/disk images etc all in one gulp. Has to be about the hardest thing I have ever hunted in a loooooong time.

The opening song is by 3 girls performing under the name Karen Girls. They are not character voices though, nor do they sing the ending (the character actresses do that).
It is interesting though how young the girls are. Amazing the character actresses can sound so young as they are in their mid 20s while the Karen girls look lucky to be in their teens.
I was able to find no small amount of voice actress info through anime news network sources, but finding out about the Karen girls was almost impossible (if you can't read Japanese).
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Postby Sukunai » Sat Jun 28, 2008 8:51 am

Shui wrote:I though I might like this, but it was very crappy.
Reason : There are kids with superpowers.


Odd justification. If I avoided anime based on age, I'd likely need to avoid anime entirely.

Anything under 30 might as well be seen as a kid to me.

It's the fact that the characters are so young that makes the show so crazy funny.
Kaoru might as well be Ranma's Happosai she acts like such an out of control letch :)

It's been interesting seeing the girls deal with the problem of so much power so much responsibility and yet still having the real maturity of actual kids.

Actually, it's an interesting social commentary, as society is already guilty of routinely dumping too much of the adult world on kids as it is.
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Postby Sukunai » Tue Jul 15, 2008 12:04 am

Does anyone have any idea what happened to the series?

Eps were coming out like clockwork, and then at 11 they just dropped off the radar.

I can't seem to fathom how to locate input from the 3 groups that were involved.
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Postby Sukunai » Fri Aug 01, 2008 8:12 am

Well like a total dolt, I even forgot I had this danged thread :) (as evidenced by my thread in General Anime).

But I just watched 12 and 13.

And they advertise ep 14 at the conclusion of 13 that tends to make one think it's not a 13 length series. We'll see soon enough I guess.

After 13 the show doesn't "conclude" or anything, so there is no reason to assume more hasn't been envisioned.
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Postby Sukunai » Mon Aug 18, 2008 9:35 am

14 is out, yeah, life is good.
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Postby Bakadeshi » Wed Sep 03, 2008 7:06 pm

anyone find a clean opening to this show yet?
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Postby Sukunai » Thu Sep 04, 2008 6:42 am

I've only seen two and one is only different from the other in the most vague difference possible it seems.

I HAVE found a Mytube video of the Karen girls singing the tune though.
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