Okay that was too
much praise I guess I could be wrong as well but that first episode was really
worthwhile(:
While everyone else
is waiting for Shingeki no Kyojin and Suisei no Gargantia, I was eagerly waiting for
Karneval. With those nice looking
characters and wonderful set of voice actors, I decided to read the first
couple of chapters of Karneval and it
was quite interesting. Since manga and anime adaptation are sometimes
conflicting, I decided not to go on reading the manga because it might spoil
some things for me and lessen my enjoyment in watching this series.
To my expectations, Karneval certainly didn't let me down with its
action pack first episode with the introduction of Nai (Shimono Hiro), Gareki
(Kamiya Hiroshi),
Tsukumo (Endou Aya)
and Hirato (Ono Daisuke).
I really like the opening scene of Nai and Karoku (Hoshi Souichirou).
Their relationship will probably one of the key points in this series since Nai
is in search for Karoku to begin with.
Aside from Hirato's
mention of Circus being the National Defense Organization, no details has been
mention yet. What's pretty clear in here has got to be that Circus is dealing
with no ordinary criminals given their abilities. I'm hoping that we'll get a
clear idea of Circus' business next episode (and I'm pretty excited to see
Mamo-chan's character as well :3) as well as the deal with the guy hanging around with the old man. I have a pretty nice hunch that they will be the main
antagonist of the series.
Shimono Hiro as Nai
really works quite well. After hearing him play those
I'm-always-getting-beat-up-or-teased type of role, he really fits Nai'sinnocent role nicely. Gareki, on the other hand, is a pretty interesting
character just seeing how he decided to take in Nai. Of course he could be
after Nai's Circus bracelet but I'm pretty sure that there will be some
development soon. A plain thief with some pretty amazing escape moves like
Gareki who's ready to take advantage and an innocent (probably) gullible young
boy like Nai is a pretty interest pair. With Nai's interesting hearing ability
(he should start playing Karuta. LOL. Chihayafuru reference here.), Hirato has taken an interest in him which
will probably be the main reason of Nai and Gareki's involvement in Circus :3
Given it's title Karneval, I'm pretty sure that most viewers
were looking forward to those fancy and flashy art but instead Karneval has delivered a shounen-like battlescenes and beautiful characters. For some reasons
(probably it's the title) I kind of remembered Manglobe's previous series Deadman Wonderland and I'm really, really crossing my fingers that Karneval won't have the same adaptation
failure. Aside from Karneval's beautiful
characters, the battle/fight scenes are something to look at. Although they're
not really HUNTER x HUNTER-like-exciting,
their nice and quick moves are enough to make me stare at the screen and forget
everything else around me.
All in all, Karneval has really proven itself (to me)
worth watching. Being the series I looked forward to the most this season, I'm
glad that Karneval didn't failed my
expectations and brought a nicely paced opening episode with those fabulous
looking characters in a shounen-like series. Now I really can't wait for the
next episode. Yogi will be introduced :3
