Skip Beat Anime Thoughts
Aug. 9th, 2010 05:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
iariaFor the last couple days I have been watching the Skip Beat anime and have just finished. From the very first episode the anime version endeared itself to me by keeping a lot of the mythical bits and sight gags. Like Kyoko being lost in a sea of despair when she realises that she didn’t get a Sho poster – we get to see her fall deep into the sea while back in the locker room you see her kneeling on the ground surround by an aura of water while deep sea fish swim around her (and as her co-workers stare, taken aback).
- I love so much that they were so true to the manga because I love and adore the manga. In fact it seemed very much like they were using the manga pages as line-art for the anime. I could see specific manga scenes in the episodes.
- They removed a few smaller scenes (Ren comforting Ogata), didn’t show others in their entirety (Kyoko giving Ren a bike ride, aww, I wanted to see that!) and some small things were changed (Sho not Shouko throwing Kyoko out of the building in the first episode, (I believe) Ren not the director realising that he needed to get off the stage for her to drop character) but for the most part it was the same. I did notice that there were more differences the longer the series went (though perhaps it’s just that I remember the latter chapters better and so notice the changes more?)
- I wasn’t sure when all the arcs happened in the manga so I was really pleased that both the Curara Commercial Arc and the Angel and Devil Arc’s, which are both favourites, got animated. I was also happy that I got to see Kyoko as Mio.
- What does suck is the fact that they stopped before we got that first, hot, almost kiss between Ren and Kyoko. That was like an episode or two away. I think it was clear that they were planning to continue the series but I really wish they hadn’t stopped right in the middle of an Arc.
- I liked the little epilogue voice-over that Kyoko did in the final episode and it did help to wrap things up a bit and made it feel less abrupt.
- I don't really have anything new to say about this series. The anime is so faithful to the manga that there weren’t any significant changes. It was very interesting to watch things knowing background information I hadn’t had when I read these arcs (like that Ren’s father played Katsuki in the previous series). But in the end they had all the things I loved in the manga, just animated, and so I don’t think I really have anything new to add.
- I still love and fangirl Kyoko a hell of a lot. She is awesome and wonderful in manga and anime form. I still love Moko and Ren and all the rest of the characters. The relationships Kyoko has with Moko, Ren and Sho are as wonderful as they were in the manga.
- I love the background femslashiness throughout the series. In fact there was this one part – in episode 5 when Kyoko tries on her Love Me uniform for the first time and a random background lady notes “It looks unexpectedly good on her.” - that really amused me (and I don’t remember it in the manga).
- I still find the sectioning off of Moko/Ren/Sho for the most part very strange. It actually seemed more noticeable in anime form.
- Hmm, something I hadn’t thought about during the manga but I love how Kyoko gets all of her directors to fall in love with her (uh, metaphorically, only as an actress/person) – Kurosaki, Asami and Ogata. It’s a trend that continues throughout her career.
- I love so much that they were so true to the manga because I love and adore the manga. In fact it seemed very much like they were using the manga pages as line-art for the anime. I could see specific manga scenes in the episodes.
- They removed a few smaller scenes (Ren comforting Ogata), didn’t show others in their entirety (Kyoko giving Ren a bike ride, aww, I wanted to see that!) and some small things were changed (Sho not Shouko throwing Kyoko out of the building in the first episode, (I believe) Ren not the director realising that he needed to get off the stage for her to drop character) but for the most part it was the same. I did notice that there were more differences the longer the series went (though perhaps it’s just that I remember the latter chapters better and so notice the changes more?)
- I wasn’t sure when all the arcs happened in the manga so I was really pleased that both the Curara Commercial Arc and the Angel and Devil Arc’s, which are both favourites, got animated. I was also happy that I got to see Kyoko as Mio.
- What does suck is the fact that they stopped before we got that first, hot, almost kiss between Ren and Kyoko. That was like an episode or two away. I think it was clear that they were planning to continue the series but I really wish they hadn’t stopped right in the middle of an Arc.
- I liked the little epilogue voice-over that Kyoko did in the final episode and it did help to wrap things up a bit and made it feel less abrupt.
- I don't really have anything new to say about this series. The anime is so faithful to the manga that there weren’t any significant changes. It was very interesting to watch things knowing background information I hadn’t had when I read these arcs (like that Ren’s father played Katsuki in the previous series). But in the end they had all the things I loved in the manga, just animated, and so I don’t think I really have anything new to add.
- I still love and fangirl Kyoko a hell of a lot. She is awesome and wonderful in manga and anime form. I still love Moko and Ren and all the rest of the characters. The relationships Kyoko has with Moko, Ren and Sho are as wonderful as they were in the manga.
- I love the background femslashiness throughout the series. In fact there was this one part – in episode 5 when Kyoko tries on her Love Me uniform for the first time and a random background lady notes “It looks unexpectedly good on her.” - that really amused me (and I don’t remember it in the manga).
- I still find the sectioning off of Moko/Ren/Sho for the most part very strange. It actually seemed more noticeable in anime form.
- Hmm, something I hadn’t thought about during the manga but I love how Kyoko gets all of her directors to fall in love with her (uh, metaphorically, only as an actress/person) – Kurosaki, Asami and Ogata. It’s a trend that continues throughout her career.
