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diff --git a/src/anime/review/k-on/document.en.rest.txt b/src/anime/review/k-on/document.en.rest.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d0585c0 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/anime/review/k-on/document.en.rest.txt @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +======= + K-ON! +======= + +Moe, singing, schoolgirls. +========================== + +:CreationDate: 2012-09-23 19:39:10 +:Id: anime/review/k-on +:tags: - anime + - review +:rating: 3.5 +:original: http://www.easternkicks.com/reviews/k-on + +The setup: the "Light Music Club" at the high school risk disbanding, +since there are only two members instead of the four required by the +school rules. Ritsu and Mio are therefore looking for anyone who'll +join. A third girl, Tsumugi, gets convinced to join, but they're still +short one member. The clueless and klutzy Yui needs to join a club, +any club. A match made in Heaven? Not exactly, since the only musical +"talent" Yui has is playing castanets. + +The story: the four girls (five, later in the series) play songs, +write songs, and do generally cute things. Don't expect much character +development, or serious challenges. Do expect lots of moe :) In fact, +most of the episodes are not much about songs, they're more about +day-to-day events in the lives of the characters, and the overwhelming +cuteness of it all. + +The work behind the series: Kyoto Animation (Fullmetal Panic, Haruhi +Suzumiya, Lucky Star, Clannad) does, as usual, a great job designing +and animating the characters; a bunch of musicians give us bubbly +girly songs. The English voices are a bit weird, to be honest: they +sound the wrong age… but then again, I find most English dubs +seriously lacking. To get the full moe effect, you really need to +listen to the original voice actresses. + +The results: if you don't like moe, run away now. Seriously, there is +no other reason to watch this series. Yes, you do get a few musical +numbers, but not near enough to warrant watching the whole thing, you +could just pick the soundtrack discs. If you liked Ichigo Mashimaro, +you'll almost certainly like this: the characters are older, but the +cuteness is of the same calibre, and there's the same lack of real +plot. Not that this, of course, prevents the series from selling +well: this is another purely commercial product, aimed at a specific +market, and it works pretty well at that. |