Well, I just finished watching the first episode of レンタルマギカ over at Nico Nico Douga on my browser. They seemed to have done a pretty good job in terms of the production of this first episode. I didn’t really hear the music too well so I can’t really comment on that but the art was good. As an aside, I was a little surprised by how well it turned out on my browser, maybe the original raw was really good or something, but watching it online wasn’t all that bad. It looked a lot better than watching it on YouTube, maybe their Flash backend isn’t as good? Who knows.

Anyway, the voicing job didn’t really fool anyone. Everyone was immediately recognizable although Rie Kugimiya’s voice seemed to be slightly different than her usual tsundere voice (then again, I don’t think the character she’s playing here is a tsundere anyway). I had difficulties picking out Lelouch from Jun Fukuyama although a little bit of that slipped in after he ripped out his eyepatch.

Since this is just the first episode, it’s not really indicative of how the series will proceed. So, I really have on idea as to whether the series will work in arcs or in a “monster of the week” fashion. I’ll stick around for now to see how I like it.

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