Denno Coil, Spring 2007 New Anime Thread Series

When digital anime distribution was in its stone ages, we had to deal with crappy real media, vivo, or mpeg 1 files where things are in NTSC resolution (if that) and blocky as hell.

Now we finally have an anime that heavily relies on blocking artifacts as a digital effect within the show. If Serial Experiments Lain was static noise cratering in our anime landscape a world of the metaverse, then Denno Coil is kids playing hide and seek within it.

Complete with a true-to-life tamagochi, except it's the nth incarnation of Sachel Pooch.


Well, Densuke is also the name of Hibari's Patapi... COINCIDENCE?!

Here is Densuke in his full glory, casting cower on himself to avoid aggro from netherworldly monster.</wow joke>


It makes me want to crack Hiro Protagonist jokes about 2-d metaverse hacking, but as a pet retrieval service instead of a pizza deliveryperson.

As far as art and color and direction goes, well, it's very soft but the color palette is very ... grey. goes well with the whole "LOL we see the intarwebs" theme.




The last shot is in a flashback scene when our heroine first received her magic "LOL I see teh intarwebs" kit. Compare and contrast. Note the books.

The more crass elements. See: loli.



And more young girls than you can shake a broom at. The one on the right has a doreamon bag complete with doreamon-esque gags. Neat eh?



But there's something special to see oekaki-style HUD reflected into the air, Nadesico style.



I dunno, there's a special charm to this show that i can't quite describe. I dislike the main character somewhat so far, and find her somewhat bratty but counterbalancing younger sister work a lot better. But Densuke is by far the best thing in episode 1.

I hope they keep him around for the rest of the series.

If you like it so much, why don't you go sub it!

This does look like a really neat concept, and I hope it turns out to be good, so I can have a second show for this season.

commencing part 8 of the "what Omo is watching this season" thread. i've been looking forward to this show more than any other this season. i haven't seen it yet except for any/all trailers so i can't say to much right now. it looks to have a Ghibli kind of style, not so much in the art as in the innocent world it takes place in and such. i love this kind of imaginative zaniness. i'm trying to find another show to compare it to, but all i can come up with right now is Kamichu and that doesn't quite cover it.

NEVER SPEAK THAT NAME AGAIN.

Didn't one of the stories in the Animatrix, Beyond, use that effect? It also had pet finding as a theme as well.

I like the art style in the caps, though.

Yeah, that's a bit of the same idea.

I like it so much? I didn't know that.

I like how the first episode just throws everything at you, as if you're apart of this world --- together with Tsuneyoshi Saito's fantasy style music that plays a huge role. Very good episode, i hope it keeps up on this level.

Oh, and need more of the pony-tail girl near the start. She's wonderful.

Great looking series and its out now in subbed format for those in need.

I have to say, I was relitively impressed with the first episode. Now, even though I've liked what I've seen, I still hope that we'll get more quality out of it in the future.

Yay subs. I think my favorite little touches out of this series so far have been the fingers in a phone shape actually being how you use a phone and ponytail girl hacking with chalk. This has virtually unlimited potential for awesome. Of course, whether it manages that or not is another matter, but we'll see, right?

It was nice. I'll probably rank it number 4 under Lucky Star, or maybe number 5 behind Darker Than Black. It's probably on the same level as DtB for me (but totally different lawl) I just have less animosity towards it because it's by a studio I kind of like.

you suck

I think this is definitely well-anticipated sort of thing. Of course with just one episode it only delivered what we expected: a very cool setting. So far the show has yet to demonstrate its merits, I think.

But thanks to bokurano, now I expect people to

Doesn't being loli require tham to be hot?

Anywho, while the concept sounds intriguing, I hate these character designs so much that I don't think I could bear it >_<

I wouldn't be to shocked if thats what we see in this show. I just hope we don't get 26 episodes of Densuke.

Quoted for truth. This is exactly my kind of thing so far. Sort of Kiki's Delivery Service meets Snow Crash. How can you go too wrong with that?

No fucking way... Denno Coil is family appropriate viewing shown on NHK Educational.

This post has been edited by WorkPanda on May 17 2007, 04:14 PM

Thats true.

Ok, not death --- but something MIND BLOWING.

Like 26 episodes of Densuke

Densuke

Now that would be mind blowing, like the ED.

This post has been edited by Shiro on May 17 2007, 05:36 PM

The Deliverator belongs to an elite breed, he's got espirit up to here...

Come to think of it, that's what Kiki did, isn't it? She's like Hiro and YT combined, with magic instead of hacking...

If Denno Coil is half as good as either one, I'll watch it. More screencaps?

Hay! Screencaps: http://www.designchronicle.com/memento/arc..._coil_ep01.html

What. I said it was good. Jeeze.

oyaji totally looks like some vegetable spirit from Spirited Away
i love the child mischeif theme, it sorta gives i feeling like The Goonies.

thank you subs T*T . i like the animation in this show. things more really well throughout. anyone else agree? like i said before, both the Ghibli-esque style of art and the story seem Ghibli-esque. maybe it's because the art is, and so we think the story is, but i don't think that it. the art and story go well together.
love this show

I don't think that's possible...

I was surprised it took this long for a thread to be created. Definitely on the list of 'random anime that I didn't previously know about, but decided to download anyway and was impressed by the overall quality'.

Want a pair of those magic glasses.

I think he thought you comparing it to Darker than Black was you dissing this series. Perhaps subconsciously.

I want 26 episodes of Oyagi.

Well yeah it's good. But fuck it's not as good as Lucky Star.

He is very polite.

This post has been edited by wildarmsheero on May 18 2007, 06:10 AM

Some people could disagree with you.

& has a cute blush.

This post has been edited by Shiro on May 18 2007, 06:11 AM