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Story & Characters

I'm going to talk about an anime i recently discovered , whose name is "mahou tsukai ni taisetsu na koto" or "someday's dreamers" for the no-speaking japanese people (like me). It's a story of a young girl , yume kikuchi who lives in a world where magic exists and where everybody knows about it. In this world, wizards are considered as people who can solve serious problems, and thus help people by making true their wishes, sometimes in exchange for money.
Come back to yume. She is a young and beautiful countryside girl, whose dream is to become a real mage, like her mother. In order to do that, she must leave her mother to become an apprentice in tokyo. There, she 'll find masami oyamada, her instructor,
who is going to help her to become a good mage and to realize what is really important to become one. She 'll try to use well her power (which is great, like her mother's)and to help people to solve their problems and to achieve their dreams, thanks to her kindness and her pure heart...
(There is also a part of the story which talks about its difficulty to be with males, which is gonna creates her some problems.)

Rating

8 (good)

Art

The anime is based on a book from a mangaka whose "someday's dreamers" is the first experience. His name is kumichi yoshizuki. I find his drawing just light and simple but very efficient. Actually , Yume is so beautiful, for a teenager, she is simple and she has a rebel
bunch of hair that just makes her more natural. The different characters are well drawn and animated too and are totally melt in the story. The animation in general is pretty good, which enables the spectator to stay concentrated on the story. The background is a good work, we can easily recognise tokyo (shibuya ...) and its suburbs, and the countryside is perfect too. Not very important but i just like the way cars are represented...
Nevermind, the sfx are good , no problems on that side. Specials animations come when Yume uses her powers, which are of the most beautiful effect.I think that's all.

Rating

8 (good)

Sound

The sound is pretty good, in japanese like in english (even if it's far better to listen in japanese with english subtitles, the american voices sounding too ... american for me) . The only reproach i could do is that the voices are not always synchronised with the animation but it's not that remarquable. In fact it's hardly visible if you try to read the subtitles (which is kind of difficult for the frenchy-who-doesn't-perfectly-speak-english that i am) The last point is the musics. They are sweet and follow perfectly the action. The beginning and ending themes are beautiful too. I didn't heard the entire ost but i heard it was good.

Rating

7 (above average)

Presentation

When i first discovered "mahou tsukai ni taisetsu na koto", it was in manga. It' s 2 books, which makes it too short for me. But i found all in an instant the manga great. Then i found the anime, which is 12 episodes. It's absolutely the same, but of course more explained. The fact is that i had the same feeling about the anime, it's just fantastic. I think the drawing make the spectator believes he is in a kind of dream, a good dream where everything is sweet, kind and extraordinary beautiful. Yume is the perfect example of that kindness and generosity. I think that it is the most interesting aspect of this anime, his property to make people smile. I know i could be interpreted as a sweetheart person but it's just that it changes of all the violence or fan service one may find in other animes like ikkitousen or (ten)2 , that i like very much too. But that my thoughts and i believe that many people could find it too nice. End of my sky bubble... The story in itself is not very original (indeed many mangas deal with a mage apprentice like "mahou sensei negima" from the author of "love hina" ken akamatsu), but is not bad at all and even put some humoristic tone in numerous scenes, like the arrival of Yume in tokyo and it's difficulty to not speak with her countryside accent (that we mainly realize in the manga...). Finally i just recommend it to those who are sensitive and who are a little fed up with usual animes.

Rating

9 (very good)

Final Verdict

8.17 (good)

Reviewed by desch, 3y 23wk ago