Zetsuen no Tempest

Zetsuen no Tempest

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Title: Zetsuen no Tempest: The Civilization Blaster
Episodes: 12
Status: Airing (Oct 4 2012 - ??)
Producers: Bones
Genres: Action, Mystery, Drama,Fantasy, Shounen, Psychological

Summary:
Mahiro Fuwa, a teenager whose family was mysteriously murdered a year ago, is contacted by Hakase Kusaribe, a young woman who stands against her clan since they left her stranded on a deserted island. As the two decide to help each other, Hakase's quest to oppose her clan brings to light that the Kusaribe clan intends to awaken the "Tree of Zetsuen" whose power can bring chaos upon the entire world.

Cast:
Kouki Uchiyama as Yoshino Takigawa
Toshiyuki Toyonaga as Mahiro Fuwa
Hirofumi Nojima as Junichirō Hoshimura
Hiroyuki Yoshino as Tetsuma Kusaribe
Junichi Suwabe as Natsumura Kusaribe
Kana Hanazawa as Aika Fuwa
Miyuki Sawashiro as Hakaze Kusaribe
Nana Mizuki as Evangeline Yamamoto
Rikiya Koyama as Samon Kusaribe

Staff:
Director: Masahiro Ando
Series Composition: Mari Okada
Music: Michiru Oshima
Character Design: Tsunenori Saito
Art Director: Ayumi Satō, Tomoaki Okada

Opening Theme:
"Spirit Inspiration" by Nothing's Carved in Stone
Ending Theme:
"happy endings" by Kana Hanazawa


Personal Comments:
I have just found this series ready for download in a website I regularly visit. And with this slow connection, downloading is hard. Anyway reading the summary and the genre it looks quite interesting. A fresh, new series, not too long either so I'm willing to give it a try.

wow, I just watched the first episode and it looks really great !!!

The princess is, if I describe her with just one word, funny/hilarious to me...:XD

Ah so-so first episode for me. Animation didn't disappoint and the setting didn't look too bad either but for some reason it didn't really captivate me. Preview looked pretty nice though, I hope we will get some more explanations next time.

First episode was pretty good, it at least met my expectations. Mahiro is a cool guy, though I'm kind of getting sick of the whole vengeful deuteragonist, hopefully he doesn't get consumed by his revenge like every other one does. The main character did not impress, I'm hoping he isn't one of those useless ones. Other than that the premise was nice, the witch girl was cool, and I can't wait for the next episode.

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Originally Posted by Limit

Mahiro is a cool guy, though I'm kind of getting sick of the whole vengeful deuteragonist, hopefully he doesn't get consumed by his revenge like every other one does. The main character did not impress, I'm hoping he isn't one of those useless ones.

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Yoshino seems to be the kind of.. ignorant guy(?). He is interested in something, but doesn't seem truly like that... Confusing, yeah. :XD

The first episode is a nice opening for me. The heavy, dark atmosphere: I love it. The plot is more or less clear. I'm waiting for more action, and twist. The only confusing thing would be the characters, which I'm looking forward to through the rest of the series.

I especially like the supernatural effect of iron human and the magic. <3

a very average episode. I was so confused throughout the episode. First i thought the girl on a bicycle was fuwas g-friend, and that he hangout with her cuz she resembled his sister.At the very end i understood she was actually his sister omg *_* than the whole random mage thingy.I dunno maybe plot wise not my thing, well see.Going to stick for few eps to see how it turns out

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Originally Posted by lawlett-kun

a very average episode. I was so confused throughout the episode. First i thought the girl on a bicycle was fuwas g-friend, and that he hangout with her cuz she resembled his sister.At the very end i understood she was actually his sister omg *_* than the whole random mage thingy.I dunno maybe plot wise not my thing, well see.Going to stick for few eps to see how it turns out

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Lol, I had the same feeling when watching it too. I thought the girl was Mahiro's girlfriend who just didn't like Yoshino but it turns out it was Yoshino's girlfriend and Mahiro's sister. O_o Everything just came together at the end.

Haaaah... Good old school magic... :D
Well The characters seem interessting enough.
Yoshino picked my interest. Nobody is more dagerous than a man who lost something so important I guess... I kinda can't estimate him... Not yet.

I am not interested in the 2 male leads so far, But the princess mage does interest me.Wanna see her behaviour in later eps

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Originally Posted by Skyguardian

Yoshino picked my interest. Nobody is more dagerous than a man who lost something so important I guess... I kinda can't estimate him... Not yet.

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Do you mean Mahiro? Yoshino didn't seem that interested in revenge... But I can't tell what he's thinking, so... :p

Well, episode 2 is more or less just fine. Not a big progress (except that we can expect a nice battle next week) especially plot-wise.

I really wonder and really want to know why Yoshino and Aika covered the fact that they are dating. Seriously. :oh

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Originally Posted by phio_chan

Do you mean Mahiro? Yoshino didn't seem that interested in revenge... But I can't tell what he's thinking, so... :p

Well, episode 2 is more or less just fine. Not a big progress (except that we can expect a nice battle next week) especially plot-wise.

I really wonder and really want to know why Yoshino and Aika covered the fact that they are dating. Seriously. :oh

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No not revenge-wise. I meant because he reacts not logical. I mean he is a mistery to me.
Mahiro in my eyes is predestined to fail. Blind rage paired with the only desire to avenge will fail.
For your question, we saw how Mahiro reacted to the Aika-wants-to-kiss-situation.
He will realize it eventually.

Episode 3 is out. I quite like it, I think we learned a bit more about magic, especially Kusaribe's magic, with a taste of some action (which I like as usual). Yoshino once again proven to be a strange, mysterious guy. I'm looking forward to see how he grows, and if he will "break" someday, LOL~

I'm still wondering about Tree of Genesis vs Tree of Exodus. I originally thought they were the same. XD

And next episode will talk about the past, it seems. Really looking forward to it.

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Originally Posted by phio_chan

Episode 3 is out. I quite like it, I think we learned a bit more about magic, especially Kusaribe's magic, with a taste of some action (which I like as usual). Yoshino once again proven to be a strange, mysterious guy. I'm looking forward to see how he grows, and if he will "break" someday, LOL~

I'm still wondering about Tree of Genesis vs Tree of Exodus. I originally thought they were the same. XD

And next episode will talk about the past, it seems. Really looking forward to it.

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yep nice episode, I am happy Yoshino is doing something useful now.Dissapointed a bit that there magic is all defensive not that exciting to watch imo.Well just me.Do you guys think hime will get out of island?Cant wait to see these 2 guys kick some magic butt

I dunno maybe just me but the guy they were fighting kinda reminds me of future Rokudo Mukuro

I don't mind the defensive magic, personally. Probably because I like defense quite much. "Best offense is the best defense", after all. :p

I'm not really worried about the princess stranded on an island. At first it made me wondering why they had to lock her up there just to shut her from other people, but now we know why. And as she said herself she wasn't completely powerless. I guess there will be a time when Yoshino and Mahiro need her help, and they will have no other choice but to rescue her first. :P

This anime so far is great, but to me, also the story that is yet to come looks awesome...:derp

I hope you don't mind some "small" spoilers:

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Originally Posted by phio_chan

Episode 3 is out. I quite like it, I think we learned a bit more about magic, especially Kusaribe's magic, with a taste of some action (which I like as usual). Yoshino once again proven to be a strange, mysterious guy. I'm looking forward to see how he grows, and if he will "break" someday, LOL~

I'm still wondering about Tree of Genesis vs Tree of Exodus. I originally thought they were the same. XD

And next episode will talk about the past, it seems. Really looking forward to it.

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I couldn't resist and look what happens further in the story, but because I don't want to spoil you to much, I will only tell you a few things. Among them I should probably point out that Yoshino is "sly", but in a way that looks to me like incredible/genious of the highest caliber !!!

In the story I see Yoshino like a man who "unintentionally", without him even realizing (god that lucky bastard...:facepalm), catches any woman's heart....:hurr

But I should probably warn you that he is the hardest to understand, because as I said he is a total "genious" who know's how to "manipulate people" with simple "words" !!!

To sum it up, Yoshino is an iduvidual, so advanced, that even people in the story have a hard time figuring him out...:teehee

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Originally Posted by lawlett-kun

yep nice episode, I am happy Yoshino is doing something useful now.Dissapointed a bit that there magic is all defensive not that exciting to watch imo.Well just me.Do you guys think hime will get out of island?Cant wait to see these 2 guys kick some magic butt

I dunno maybe just me but the guy they were fighting kinda reminds me of future Rokudo Mukuro

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I'm not sure how many episodes are left, and if the story will progress so far in anime, but there is a chance that we will see both magic to defend, and magic that is meant for offence...:wtf

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Originally Posted by phio_chan

I don't mind the defensive magic, personally. Probably because I like defense quite much. "Best offense is the best defense", after all. :p

I'm not really worried about the princess stranded on an island. At first it made me wondering why they had to lock her up there just to shut her from other people, but now we know why. And as she said herself she wasn't completely powerless. I guess there will be a time when Yoshino and Mahiro need her help, and they will have no other choice but to rescue her first. :P

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About the princess, I consider her really pretty/attractive, but I think her head works without one gear, because she is very reacless, although that along with her "luck" almost always turnes out good...:3c(but when you get to know what kind of life she had to live, her behaviour made sense to me...:mono)

So about the princess, I will only say that you should expect, unexpected...:XD



PS: If you are wondering from where I know what "might" happen next, it's from manga(just recently I found a special thread on mangahelpers dedicated only to the manga), translated by "egscans", where the story untill now was totally the same as in anime (maybe a few differently translated things, but their meaning is still the same) !!!