Snapshot: Kannagi – 01
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OP: “motto☆Hade ni ne!” 「motto☆派手にね！」 by Tomatsu Haruka (戸松 遥)
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ED: “Musuhi no Toki” 「産巣日の時」 by Tomatsu Haruka (戸松 遥)
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「神籬の娘」 (Himorogi no Musume)
“Sacred Shrine Girl”
First Glance:
From a statue carved out of a sacred tree’s wood comes the blue-haired goddess Nagi bursting to life in Kannagi: Crazy Shrine Maidens. Starring Tomatsu Haruka (Lala in To LOVE-Ru) as the cute, demanding, and sometimes violent Nagi, and Shimono Hiro (Hirono Hiro in ef – a tale of memories.) as the high school arts club member Mikuriya Jin who has to put up with her, I was blown away by how captivating the characters are in this series. For a premiere episode that revolved around just two of them in what looks like a really bad broadcast, I found myself watching intently and laughing helplessly at all the timely comedic pauses, which I can’t say enough good things about.
Despite Hiro’s more serious role in ef, I still find that he’s much better suited for comedic ones like Touhouin Ikuto in Nagasarete Airantou and Karino Tadashi in Special A, which Kannagi re-emphasizes. Haruka on the other hand I absolutely love after watching To LOVE-Ru and hearing the range she has, so I couldn’t imagine anyone better being cast for Nagi — she’s just so adorable. On that note, I love the opening song she performs for the series, which goes along really well with the awesome dance and comedic scenes in the opening sequence. As Omni mentioned in his Fall Preview, Yamamoto Yutaka is directing this series — the mastermind behind the insanely popular Hare Hare Yukai and Motteki Sailor Fuku dances — which explains the dance in the opening. As such, I wouldn’t be surprised if we started seeing some live renditions of the “motto☆Hade ni ne!” (Be More Showy!) dance popping up on the Internet soon. In any case, with Yutaka as director, I have high hopes for the comedic value of Kannagi, which left a good taste in my mouth after the first episode. As for the ending song, Haruka also performs the more ballad-like theme there, which should go to show the range she has not only in voice acting but singing ability as well.
In terms of story, the introductory episode didn’t really reveal much other than how Jin inadvertently summoned Nagi, the guardian deity of the area, when he made a statue out of a piece of wood from her sacred tree. While Jin wasn’t the one that cut the tree down, Nagi’s not happy about it when she finds out. With the tree gone, impurities start to spread, so Nagi enlists the help of Jin to clean the place up because he seems unphased by them. Inspired after watching some magical girl anime on television, Nagi actually makes her own wand for this purpose, leaving Jin at a lost for words. Since the primary focus of the series seems to be comedy, I don’t imagine that they need much more than that to drive the plot. Kannagi just resonates a lot of fun right now, so I’m really looking forward to the next episode where we should meet more of the other characters. With a pretty high profile cast that includes some of my favorites — Sawashiro Miyuki, Hanazawa Kana, Nakahara Mai — this series can turn out to be quite a riot. I’m disappointed that it’s not produced in high-def and that the poor broadcast didn’t help any, but I’m more than willing to overlook that due to the amiable character and amusing antics (her shirt says “Shameless” 「羞恥心」 on it) I’ve seen thus far.
With Tomatsu Haruka starring in Kemeko Deluxe! on Saturdays as well (which I’ll have a Snapshot up about later today), I get the feeling I’m going to end up watching both series. Last but not least, don’t forget to watch the opening!
Notable Cast:
- Nagi (ナギ) : Tomatsu Haruka (戸松 遥)
- Mikuriya Jin (御厨 仁) : Shimono Hiro (下野 紘)
- Aoba Tsugumi (青葉 つぐみ) : Sawashiro Miyuki (沢城 みゆき)
- Zange-chan (ざんげちゃん) & Suzushiro Hakua (涼城 白亜) : Hanazawa Kana (花澤 香菜)
- Hibiki Daitetsu (響 大鉄) : Hoshino Takanori (星野 貴紀)
- Akiba Meguru (秋葉 巡) : Kakihara Tetsuya (柿原 徹也)
- Kimura Takako (木村 貴子) : Hayamizu Risa (早水 リサ)
- Ookouchi Shino (大河内 紫乃) : Nakahara Mai (中原 麻衣)
October 4, 2008 at 8:41 pmChimasternmay
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some unwanted naked scene, but lots of wanted Negi, so gonna watch this
October 4, 2008 at 8:45 pmChimasternmay
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Oh about the opening, i love these kinda opening where the character moves a lot, Rosario has a little but didn’t show much. as for end im sticking with the Toradora end for now as my fav.
October 4, 2008 at 8:46 pmExia
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u mean nagi, not onion right.
October 4, 2008 at 8:47 pmChimasternmay
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yea..
October 4, 2008 at 8:50 pmChicle
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Hiro is best at comedic roles, hands down. Like with sketchbook, too.
I was so giddy when I recognized his voice as Almaz in Disgaea 3.
Also, this series is on my list of shows to watch. Thanks for reminding me that it’s out today.
October 4, 2008 at 8:51 pmRiah
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……do no want.
October 4, 2008 at 9:13 pmAznCoffee
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The opening was “wow”.
*adds to watch list*
hmm… but I don’t like how the main character’s named Nagi too…
the only Nagi I was to come up when I google “Nagi” is Senzenin Nagi…
October 4, 2008 at 9:25 pmWestlo
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Zange-chan > Nagi, you’ll see…..
October 4, 2008 at 9:37 pmHister
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Se ve bien, agregado a la lista de descargas futuras
October 4, 2008 at 9:38 pmlunchbox
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Tomatsu Haruka <333
October 4, 2008 at 9:42 pmNazarielle
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So it was Nagi’s seiyuu who sang the opening song? I thought so, but I wasn’t sure. At first I wasn’t sure I liked it but as the song went on I started to really love it. I was kinda sad though that the song that was in the PV for Kannagi wasn’t the OP or ED for it, in fact I didn’t hear it in the episode at all :(
Anyway, I just hope they move on from silly panty jokes. :p
October 4, 2008 at 9:49 pmJin
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I haven’t read the manga but the first episode was so amusing I just have to look it up now. Can’t wait to see what happens in the next episode.
October 4, 2008 at 9:56 pmzeromax
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Epic OP, one of my favourite so far (together w/ R+V Capu2)
October 4, 2008 at 10:15 pmKaitune
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Yay for male fanservice! (sarcastically)
The screen caps look pretty bad, hopefully it is only because of the broadcasting and the actual production looks better than that. However, since it sounds like a lot of fun, I would surely check the first episode out.
October 4, 2008 at 10:49 pmJayers
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That girl has my hairstyle O_O except it’s light blue and longer….
October 4, 2008 at 11:12 pmA Anime Loving Republican
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Mahou Shojo shows, A great motivator!
October 4, 2008 at 11:45 pmcalde
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Looks quite good. It’s like, Luckey Star meets Wagaya No Oinari Sama.
This show definitely needs better encording though.
October 5, 2008 at 12:02 amIrie
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This will have a bit of a harem feel to it. When the other characters are introduced there will be some jealously going on. It’s a fun story with far more comedy than romance. At least as far as the manga goes.
October 5, 2008 at 12:40 amBROOKLYN otaku
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gotta love a shrine girl’s haircut CAAA-UTE!
October 5, 2008 at 1:53 amtau-tau
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Yet another show I’ll follow :D This season is definitely keeping me interested a lot more than Spring ’08.
…I have to chuckle at the T-shirt that reads 羞恥心
October 5, 2008 at 3:03 amShiro
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Ah, episode 1 has started huh… I’m also quite surprised that the series started off with a surprising good reception looking at responses here.
Maybe I got to re-evaluate my read after I watch the first episode.
What’s sure is that Nagi will crack me up. No, everyone will!
October 5, 2008 at 3:30 amJayars
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Nagi in Shin-chan mode = KAWAII!!!!!!! Love the Taiyaki scene!!!!!! now back to watching more.
October 5, 2008 at 3:46 amJayars
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Back again, having watched the episode a few more times. Is it just me, or does Nagi’s dance in OP remind anyone else of Yuna from FFX-2?
Doesn’t seem like this series is gonna get the latest fx, but I do like some of the animation in it. Eg, the OP part where she morph into the title while dancing. That was a “hehe, that’s cool” moment.
Hope to see more of Nagi when she is in her *kira* *kira* mode. So cute.
October 5, 2008 at 3:58 amRaso
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that OP song is extremely addicting
October 5, 2008 at 4:01 ammutio@gmx.net
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I wouldn’t call the series all comedy. I’ve read a bit of the manga and it can get quite serious:
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That said I’m happy to see this animated as I liked the style and characters, and as the scans of the manga stopped months ago I’m curious on how the story continues.
October 5, 2008 at 4:49 amKyo
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Watch out…this show is Aniplex. It’s seems, from what i heard, that Aniplex is sending C&D E-Mails to anyone who download their shows via Bay TSP. It’s seems they don’t want their show watched by us ;_;.
October 5, 2008 at 2:31 pmBobzorXD
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HAHAHAHA I absolutely love this show. The comedic value of it is way up there..
October 5, 2008 at 6:41 pmajt
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You should read the manga too. It’s hilarious!!
October 5, 2008 at 8:01 pmKadian1364
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For a brand new show I knew nothing about, it wasn’t just watchable, it was actually pretty enjoyable. Will look out for more episodes.
October 5, 2008 at 8:03 pmKaris
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The name Nagi sure is getting more common in anime series.
October 5, 2008 at 9:15 pmronron_pescador
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Great show, love the animation
October 5, 2008 at 10:30 pmJustin Olbrantz (Quantam)
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Can’t say I’m any too fond of Nagi’s personality. I much prefer Horo or Tenko. We’ll see how things go in another episode or two.
October 6, 2008 at 1:25 amExia
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i say this has one of the catchiest op’s of this season
October 6, 2008 at 8:16 pmgrOOvy
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Sorry for being a bit off-topic, but does anyone know which song this is? The one that was used in the Kannagi PV that Omni posted in the fall 2008 preview post.
http://randomc.net/2008/09/29/fall-2008-preview/
October 6, 2008 at 10:35 pmAnimeniac
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wow… as what i see in the OP she becomes a pop idol?
October 6, 2008 at 10:53 pmJustin Olbrantz (Quantam)
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“i say this has one of the catchiest op’s of this season”
It is pretty catchy
“wow… as what i see in the OP she becomes a pop idol?”
I noticed that, too. I wonder.
Unrelated: ‘Kannagi’ (“The God Nagi” or some more poetic synonym) has to be one of the most uninteresting names I’ve ever heard.
October 7, 2008 at 7:37 amvedasisme
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I’m not sure where you got the “crazy shrine maidens” subtitle, but glad you’re watching this.
October 7, 2008 at 3:29 pmdivine
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vedasisme:
It’s right there in the opening logo…
October 7, 2008 at 9:40 pmatomsk
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Probably this has been posted a lot, but the OP is just wonderful
February 21, 2009 at 5:43 pmreiter
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