So we're finally back with the split cour. And I was wrong about how much story they were going to tell. I thought they'd end just after the fire dragon dies but at the rate they're burning through the story there's no way that's it.

The first series ended about chapter 26 in the manga, give or take. The anime isn't based on the manga; it's based on the light novels. And so is the manga. Nonetheless, the anime and manga tracked really well, but as of the second season they don't seem to be.

This episode ended at about the end of chapter 32. The ending point I expected was chapter 46.

Obviously they're not going to keep moving at this breakneck speed, but they still aren't sitting around patiently. The next-ep preview promises us Kuribayashi beating up Zorzal which was in chapter 35.

I've run into a couple of voices that I recognized. Zorzal has the same voice as Laxus in Fairy Tail. Yao has the same voice as Brioche in Dog Days and Lynn Lambretta in Mouretsu Pirates. Both are excellent casting choices, I must say. In general I've been very pleased with the casting in this series. For instance, the Emperor's seiyuu is really good at playing vicious bastards, and the seiyuu doing Zorzal is really good at that, too.

Not too surprisingly they redid the OP and ED. I don't think the ED is actual references to what's coming in the show, but it's awesome.

Posted by: Steven Den Beste in General Anime at 12:30 PM | Comments (6) | Add Comment
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