The World God Only Knows

[Gokuyuske]

Has anybody else read this manga? It's pretty funny and the ridiculousness of the premise alone makes it worth checking out. Apparently an anime is coming out in the Fall, so I thought I make a topic.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kami_nomi_zo_Shiru_Sekai

[Malintex_Terek]

It's a visual novel buff's innocent pleasure, I will say that. One of the few manga I'm actually reading concurrently, along with OP and BL.

[bepo]

i read it to, but i hope they don`t go the same way as mahou sensei negima.

[wackkoman]

Its really a great series and the points about making BIG first impressions, and then later changing it from x,y, and z into love, love, and love (stated in ch 32 or so) has worked for me so many times

[Malintex_Terek]

I hope more visual novels get parodied beyond the simple stock characters. Thus far "Yokkyun" is the direct parody of a visual novel, I'd like to see characters like from Saya no Uta or Ever17.

[Unrequited]

I'd like to see parodies of / references to Type-Moon, Digital Object, or AliceSoft's Rance. The latter might be a bit off in left field though.

[Gokuyuske]

I'm glad somebody else has read it. I'm a big fan of the main character's, "I can already see the ending!" It reminds me of Kenshiro.

Also, "Kami-nii-sama" has got to be the funniest way to refer to someone ever.

[Mr. Goldenweeks]

One more week till the anime premieres. This is one of those mangas I thought the art alone mandated that it be animated. But with the solid story and humor I hoped it would. So far however it looks a little disappointing. It seems like Manglobe is going for a more moe romance feel instead of a comdey with some romantic aspects. But I'll have to see a episode or two before I have a strong opinion about it. Maybe it'll be fine and my expectations are too high.

[Gokuyuske]

Hmmm...I hope they use the comedy as their baseline. It's more prevalent than the romance, that's for sure.

[Malintex_Terek]

I'm in the opposite camp. While I agree the comedy balances well with the romance, Keima's CV is notoriously obnoxious in all of his comedy roles, a role that forces a more serious performance might be less grating.

[Gokuyuske]

Just watched the first episode. I thought it was really good; they struck a good balance between the comedy and romance, and of course employed Kiema's ultimate pick-up line: "I can already see the ending!"

[Malintex_Terek]

As feared, Keima's CV sucks, and is the worst casting decision of the whole year. I can't believe someone blew something like this, the series must not be as high profile as I'd originally imagined.

Everything looks top-notch but it's really rushed.

[Gokuyuske]

I have to agree that his voice actor wasn't very appropriate. Maybe he'll get better. Else has a really good CV though; it fits her perfectly. And the first episode is always rushed since it comprises a 50ish page manga chapter.

[Malintex_Terek]

He won't.

I've been following Shimono since before he got big, ever since his first major role as Ikuto in Nagasarete Airantou. As Ikuto, he was more serious than any of the roles he took after that, but while he was appropriate for Ikuto, his style of voice was never meant for a character with class and intelligence like Keima. It clashes.

Elyse is perfect of course, her CV is well known as the lovely Saten from Raildex. I was very happy with that casting choice, in comparison to Keima.

Apparently S2 was already green-lit, so this is likely going to be a 12 episode anime. Sad. :(

[Chopperrules]

I'm fine with Keima's VA...

Anyway, this series has promise. I'll definitely be checking the others out.

[Dark Lord Zenigame]

I love this manga, so I was already excited about the anime...

...and then I found out that the charadesigns are done by Watanabe Akio, who happens to be my favorite artist.

So yeah, Zenigame happy.

[Gokuyuske]

Episode one was pretty good; it was solid and showed the series was doing a good job of adapting the manga.

Episode two knocked my socks off. Everything was handled amazingly well, especially Elsie being hilarious and clumsy, Kiema's girl-game-based explanations and the scene with the mom. I seriously hope the series can stay at this level.

[Big_Bad_Lith]

What I think I like the most about this series, is that it could totally have gone overboard with ecchi, yet doesn't, for the most part.

recently, it's picked up a bit, but this series is classy, on the whole.

[bepo]

i also like the lightness about the series. i hope i doesn't become to serious, because it just wouldn't fit in

[Chopperrules]

Yeah, episode two was really well done. I have hopes for the rest of this series.