Wideface Fishyard
Ever made sock puppets?
There is something magical about Hidamari Sketch. At least, to me. The latest episode helped to give me a control about how to study and compare this magical thing.
The Riri-Misato segment gave us a look at the life at Hidamarisou before Yuno and Miyako. Putting aside Misato and Riri, how was Hiro and Sae? And I mean it from the perspective of lead characters, not so much the point of the segment (which presumably is to give us another look at the Hiro-Sae relationship).
The thought has to come to some of us after seeing episode 9–what would happen if Hiro and Yuno switched places in the narrative? What if Hiro was the main character?
I’m not sure how to answer that question, but I actually think I would like it more. Yuno is wonderful, but it’s been 2+ seasons with her already. Maybe I’m just tired of seeing her all the time. And to be fair, maybe my endurance with Hiro might run thinner faster given the same length of time, I don’t know. The control, being just half an episode long, isn’t enough. The only thing left to demand is an entire show like that…right?
What magic? Oh, right. The fish. So besides Miyako always manages to crack me up, this same episode showed us a school of koi. What I love about them is that the shot is amusingly inaccurate, yet it conveys exactly the same feelings that I would have had if I saw the live action version of said school of fish. Plus, there’s just something funny about it. It isn’t quite a caricature, but it is. It isn’t quite in the same wideface style as the character designs, but it is.
Which is to say, there isn’t much different between a Yuno or a Hiro, besides our personal preferences. But there is something special in that water. It’s like “You’re healed!” every time that soap-thing drops into the pot.
The Crab Club
This week at Crab Club–
Marble
No puns this time! (I think.)
I’ve grown to like Marble’s music, the pop duo Micco and Tatsuya Kikuchi that have re-launched their brand of music since 2007. To be more concise than Wikipedia, the two signed up with Lantis in 2007, and since then they’ve released a line of music that really gets to me.
Before then, the two also have worked for and with different artists, writing music, touring, and releasing stuff. Both can compose, play and write; and in stereotypical musical-duo-form, Kikuchi gets to do the bulk of programming and play. Some names they’ve written for include Nana Kitade, Mai Nakahara, and Ryoko Hirosue, among others. Recently, they’ve written one of the character songs (at least?) for Hatsukoi Limited and provided the OP song and the Christmas episode image song. Their first single from Lantis launched with Hidamari Sketch (2007), as the ED song, and you can hear their latest single in Hidasketch Hoshimitsu (X***?). More (outdated) info can be found at the marblepedia.
Actually, I want to talk about that ED. See here. With lyrics. It’s a bit of a divergence no? I thought the way they sounded since 2007 had a particular method to their madness. It is like dressing up street pop with a lot of glitz, but in a fluffy, diet-soda kind of way. Compared to the songs on their two re-release albums, which was a lot more mainline indie/folk/jazz influenced, the new stuff is just outrageous. And I don’t mean outrageous like Lady Gaga. It’s like Akiba/Dempa with a much smaller dose of the electricity.
Oh right, their new song, “Sakura Sakura Saku ~Ano Hi Kimi wo Matsu Sora to Onaji de~,” is a freaking mouthful. And catchy in that cheapass teenage powered rock music way. Sigh. Perhaps it’s a progression from Hatsukoi Limited? Wait, there is a PV to Hatsukoi Limited? LOL?
It’s like seeing Micco in that outfit for Kuusou Jet reminds me of Elizabeth from Persona 3. Farm their old blog for pics–the two of them post quite a bit, and you can follow their new posts on their ameblo.
In fact it’s probably more amusing than a blog post full of links you can google up in a few minutes. In a nutshell that’s partly how I feel about Marble–they are nothing really extraordinary, but somehow they’re just really enjoyable. It is as if they are in a niche that takes advantage of their competent if humble skill set. It’s like, moe?
It’s so much like moe, that all this poking and researching don’t add much to my appreciation of their works. So weird. I guess it beats writing a post about the lone nipple pointing at the moon…
Year in Review: Sunshine & Kisses Drive to Origination, Shrine Maidens Lost Memories in Coded Euphoric Frontier
Running for your lives.
With style.
Year in Review: She’s Going the Distance, a Great Feat of Strength
Going to mention a list of 12 lists of 12 items each. So a nested list. All 144 items. Annotated for the most part. Don’t ask me why I use these pronouns the way I do…
