Not That Guy - Watchlist - Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko (Electric Wave Woman and Vernal Man) ~ Freak and Nitro TV!

Well we are already into the spring season of anime and so I must depart from the winter reviews and venture into the new material. Before I close the book completely on the winter season I would like to give an honorable mention for Puella Magi Madoka Magica . I was hesitant to watch this "magic girl" anime but once I got past the first episode its dark and vengeful plot twist quickly skyrocketed it towards my favorite anime of the season. Its not yet done (as of April 13th) so there's still time to catch up.

The spring season has ballooned with more then 25 anime in play. Even better there is a long list of quality anime to follow for those with the time. My current watch list includes:

Tiger & Bunny
Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko
Yondemasuyo, Azazel-san
Maria Holic Alive
Steins Gate

At a minimum I will be reviewing both Tiger & Bunny and Denpa Onna to Seisun Otoko both great looking animes and both deserving much praise so far.

Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko (Electric Wave Woman and Vernal Man)

This anime is produced by SHAFT. SHAFT is a peculiar company, it has both a strong following of devoted fans and large base of haters. Even still being a fan of SHAFT is a bit of love/hate. SHAFT does not make animes for its fans, it does not make animes for money they make animes for themselves and for shits and giggles sometimes at the expense of their audience (See Maria Holic). As such its easy to feel put off, but for those times when SHAFT throws its audience a bone the result is often amazing. Many of my favorite animes have come from shaft, Arakawa under a Bridge, Madoka and Sayonara Zetsubō Sensei are a few.
Three elements make up a SHAFT anime:

Fantastic openings, endings and music
Poetic opening sequences, and vast amounts of visual symbolism's (You see the ET reference in the poster? Yeah? Well that is as subtle as it gets for them they usually prefer to punch you in the face)
God awful endings, that can piss off the best of us (and often done on purpose: see Maria Holic)

Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko has already met two of these criteria and upon watching the first episode it is clear that SHAFT has put some effort into this work. Perhaps they might just be throwing us a bone this time.

First I am going to include a link to the anime preview. It doesn't say anything about the plot but the musics nice and gives an idea of the style that accompanies SHAFT projects.

Next the anime. The anime starts in typical SHAFT style with a Arakawa style abstract monologue. If your confused as to the point, dont worry this is just the SHAFT way. We then hit the OP. I need to include the OP and spend some time talking about this OP. It displays the shear genius of SHAFT work. Never before have I listened to music that has simultaneously causes my ears to bleed in rejection AND then instantly addict myself to its tune. Despite how awful the "moe" singing is; I can not stop listening to the OP. I have embedded the OP at the bottom of the post. Go watch it now.. No subs yet but the translated text is included under the player.

If you still alive to read the rest or perhaps skipped the OP I've embedded then I suppose I must continue and explain the plot. A young boy, Makoto, moves from the country to live with is aunt in the city. Upon arrival he discovers that his aunt has a daughter named Erio whose existence she ignores as much as possible. Erio claims to be an alien investigator and part of an operation for which the earth is targeted. For the most part she speaks only in confusing scientific jargon and except for her legs she is completely wrapped up by a futon. Yes a futon...

The first episode is full of a lot of situational humor focusing mainly on the futon and stays in the region of light humor. Very little else is revealed however. It does not appear as if their will be any kind of actual action driven plot for this anime instead the story will probably be character driven. So far very promising and entertaining. I would recommend following this anime for the season.

Ninensei baka wa hitori koko no machi no sora miageru
A second year fool is looking at he sky of this town
sabori gakeuseipajama kiteru natsuyasummi ga koza ni chuutai
A truant student wearing pajamas drops out before summer break
chikyuu de uchuujin nante adana demo
My eccentricity is dwarfed by yours
uchuu no machiawase shitsu ni was motto hen na anata ga ita no
whom I found in the space meeting room, although I call myself an alien of the Earth
jushinshiteru kana to setsuzokushite miru to
When I tried to establish a connection to see if you're receiving
minna ga sakeru naka de pachikuri mite iru anata ga ita kara
you blinked in surprise while others sheered away
terapahiru kimochi ga denpa ga chiggakutemo
I like you because you manage to get some data
Kitto ne nanika tsukande kureteru anata no koto ga suki
even though we use different frequencies for transmitting thoughts
jushinshite kureru no kana to shinpai mo shiterun desu
Im sometimes worried about whether you're actually receiving
nandanda de soba ni ite kureteru anata ga suki
I like you for staying by my side anyway
kitto anata shika jushin dekinai no
I bet you're the only one who can receive

Finally here is an embedded link to the ED for the series which is much softer on the ears. (will also need to get/make subbed version when I get my functional computer back from the shop)

Kazehiku no kazehiku no
Im catchin a cold, Im catching a cold
ofuton nakute samui
It's cold without my futon
ofuton hagasarete samui
Its cold when they take off my futon
yoake ni anata ga kuru
You came at dawn
anata ga waratteiru
You Smiled
kitto oku ni wa mienai to amotteiru
Im pretty sure that I can't look inside you
sotto te wo nobashiteitai
I want to slowly stretch out my hand
nani wo suru tsumori
Why do I want to do that?
Kazehiku no kazehiku no
Im catchin a cold, Im catching a cold
netta furi hoshite sugosu
I pass my time trying to preten tbeing asleep
sukoshi dake atatakaku naru
Only slowly it gets warmer
tonari de anata wa nemuru
You're sleeping next to me
Urusai negoto wa mushi shite
I ignore your annoying sleep talk
kasanaru odeko kissu shite
and kiss your growing eyebrows

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