Comments on: Zoku Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei 1

By: TheBigN

TheBigN — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 14:59:01 +0000

I loved the first section even if I didn’t get the reference (apparently it was a Go Nagai joke), if only because Salesman Itoshiki reminded me of Watanuki from xxxHolic.

“Get thee to a hikikomori!”
I really love when SHAFT decides to throw in animated moments like that. It might be why I’m still waiting to watch the rest of Negima?!, seeing as some initial scenes had that epic style on it.

It’s already a bit more enjoyable than the original SZS.

By: Hige

Hige — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 21:35:29 +0000

For an embarrassing amount of time I thought Sensei was going to be a zombie in this new season. Judge me at your peril.

By: Martin

Martin — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 17:54:49 +0000

The first season seems to have injected a bit more self-confidence as well as more cash into the second - the sheer randomness is upped, and that opening sequence is absolute genius. Plenty of material for quote-inspired blogosphere memes too.

I wasn’t sure what SHAFT would do with a whole new set of episode slots but it certainly promises good things - I’m especially glad that Shinbo isn’t afraid to stamp some of his trademark oddness onto the visuals again either. I don’t know exactly how or why, but this show gets away with things that other comedies just wouldn’t be able to.

Baby legs hanging from the ceiling? WTF?!

By: Jayme

Jayme — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 15:44:48 +0000

I love the animation update this season has got. The new OP’s and ED’s are good IMO, Especially the first because of it being oh so reminiscent of the first seasons OP.

I don’t think this is the last [season] will shall be seeing Mr. Despair. I think it might be able to pull of a third or forth season… Hopefully. Such an oddity doesn’t dare to commit suicide.

By: Dio Bravo

Dio Bravo — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 06:01:17 +0000

I just have to say. Kafuuka scares the CRAP out of me.

Wanna run through her pedigree? She has eyes terrifying enough to put Meru almost in a coma, she nearly killed the entire group with really obvious carbon monoxide poisoning and laughed it off, and that version of Traumeri she sang…..creepy stuff. And she has the power to inflict nightmarish hallucinations on normal girls.

By: DS

DS — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 05:24:51 +0000

I like the blue dango group. They hop around like nobody’s business!

By: Curbside

Curbside — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 05:04:53 +0000

LEFT WING GUERILLA!

By: berkles

berkles — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 04:26:51 +0000

i agree with everything you guys had to say about this one

the beginning of the new ep was great, full of crazy-ness just like last season

then it began into the normalcy of nami. this is great because at my school we have a girl who is so normal it makes my ears bleed when she talks. suffice it to say her new nickname is nami hito

also when usui was a flasher in the ED i laughed so hard dr. pepper came out of my nose

By: 0rion

0rion — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 04:12:36 +0000

The WWW: “…the first part just melted my brain.”

Haha, yeah I’m gonna be curious to see how the subbers will deal with that. Between that section and all the terrible puns later in the episode, I imagine it’s gonna be a real pain in the butt to sub.

Totali: “I thought the Da Capo appearance was a really straightforward parody until the Blue Man Group showed up.”

Yeah I had exactly the same reaction! For a moment I thought it was just another one of the parodies.

By: The Worlds Welshest Weeaboo

The Worlds Welshest Weeaboo — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 04:02:38 +0000

No mention of the restaurant where you apparently catch your own food? I love the adverts…

Not much to say other than Nami’s scream when Itoshki made his entrance cracked me up. The realisation on her face that something was wrong moments before was also rather cool.

Having just watched the raw of episode 2 I’m a bit concerned that SHAFT may have gone overboard this time. I won’t spoil it for you guys but the first part just melted my brain.