Saturday, October 9, 2010

First Impressions -- Darker Than Black

I REALLY hate the New York Film Academy commercials on youtube.
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I wanted to re-watch some Romeo x Juliet, but the only legal site I know is Toonzaki, and Hulu doesn't like my internet. So I scrolled through FUNi's youtube and decided to give Darker Than Black a try.
Tokyo is surrounded by a huge wall, nicknamed "Hell's Gate". It keeps in all the Contractors, human-like creatures with supernatural powers. Our main character seems to be such a being, though episode 2 will tell for sure. His name is Li something I couldn't catch. There is something mysterious about him. His new neighbor is a woman who stole some classified information. Li killed some guy that was friends with her, but now is helping her, and we're not supposed to understand yet. The romance part of the preview doesn't look that interesting, but the action does.
Animation's nice. Character designs are simple, but not too special. Yoko Kanno does the music, so I'm psyched to watch more. Concept is interesting. Hopefully it won't get too cheesy.
On first impression, I want to watch more.