Post by Darthtabby on Sept 27, 2014 20:55:48 GMT -7
Since I know at least one other member of this forum has an Animesuki account, I thought I'd mention this here. I'm a huge fan of this series. With its 10th Anniversary coming up, I got permission to do a weekly watch and discuss event in the series' Animesuki subforum. The weekly watch and discuss is set to kick of on September 30th, the 10th Anniversary of the airing of the first episode.
forums.animesuki.com/showthread.php?t=128388
Here's my attempt at a plot summary for the series:
The show starts off relatively light, but has darker undercurrents that come boiling to the surface during the later parts of its run. While it utilizes many anime cliches and conventions, it likes to play around with them a bit (though it also sometimes indulges). I suspect the show may have been a bit of a trend setter in its day, though I'm not sure some of the trends it set were all that positive.
The show's cast include the voice actors for Sousuke, Tessa, and Kurz, although only Sousuke's voice actor is playing a main character.
forums.animesuki.com/showthread.php?t=128388
Here's my attempt at a plot summary for the series:
{Spoiler}Mai Tokiha and her sickly younger brother Takumi have received scholarships to attend a prestigious private academy on the Island of Fuka. While en route to the island, Mai helps revive a drowned girl clutching a large sword and witnesses a highly destructive battle between the girl she saved and a mysterious intruder, both of whom fight with strange powers. After arriving on Fuka Mai begins to learn the truth behind why she was brought to the island –she is a HiME, one of twelve girls who have been granted magical powers. Supposedly the HiME have been gathered on Fuka to fight monsters from another world called Orphans, but as one of the less trusting HiME opines, that probably isn't their real purpose. Unsure of whether to trust her benefactors but resolving to protect her brother and her new friends, Mai reluctantly takes up the fight. But does she really know what she’s getting herself into? And does she –or any of the other HiME- truly understand what it means when they’re told they must risk the one thing that’s most important to them?
The show starts off relatively light, but has darker undercurrents that come boiling to the surface during the later parts of its run. While it utilizes many anime cliches and conventions, it likes to play around with them a bit (though it also sometimes indulges). I suspect the show may have been a bit of a trend setter in its day, though I'm not sure some of the trends it set were all that positive.
The show's cast include the voice actors for Sousuke, Tessa, and Kurz, although only Sousuke's voice actor is playing a main character.