Comments on: Anime Review: Zero no Tsukaima

By: zalas

zalas — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 21:27:59 +0000

Zero no Tsukaima was one of the first light novels I read in Japanese. There are some good parts, but I found the writing in the light novel to be not that enjoyable either. I think it’s just that particular author’s style. I felt like it was catering to the horny adolescent male type, since the text tries to cram in a description of some girl’s revealing attire at every opportunity. It did have some moments, when it actually gets serious. Unfortunately, the first season of the anime (didn’t bother to watch more) scaled down the better parts of the novel, making it just a whacky comedy series.

By: temperus

temperus — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:21:30 +0000

If you’re going to try this series, I HIGHLY recommend the light novels over the anime (no idea about the manga). The anime adaptation is very bland and annoying by comparison. Although Seven Seas decided to leave the novels in license limbo, you can find the first ten volumes translated online (the minor issues with those translations are well worth it compared to the anime adaptation).

You are right on the money about Louise and her treatment of Saito, though. It’s ridiculous and even makes the novels much tougher to appreciate. Like with Shana, it seems that Louise was just a prototype for Taiga in ToraDora (who you could actually almost empathize with in the end). Same loli-tsundere stereotype voiced by the same actress, and so on.

By: DareDevil

DareDevil — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 09:52:55 +0000

This is by Far the worst anime I have seen and really leaves a bad taste in the mouth.

If only I can catch the Bitch who wrote this crap , I will rally kick her ass

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By: Narshen

Narshen — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:36:03 +0000

Just going to point out a couple of your points about S1.

1) Familiar of Zero came out in 2006, while Toradora was released in 2008. So really, only base her off of Shana, who was still much better than Louise could ever be.

2) As for focusing on other characters, or more specifically Tabitha, I recommend at least trying to get through the following two seasons of ZnT.

Season Two focuses more on the status of the world and the war that will soon engulf the whole of the nation, but it does provide more insight on Henrietta (personally my favorite character), Colbert-sensei, and Louise’s inferiority complex about her powers compared to her sisters. It has some fan-service, but that is not meant to be the focus of it. Instead, focus on how the world in ZnT is dealing with the war, and Saito developing more.

While the third will probably leave a bitter aftertaste in your mouth because of the excessive fan-service throughout the season, it does have a large focus on Tabitha and her involvement in the world as a whole. Unfortunately, this is overshadowed by the excessive amounts of fan-service thrown in by the introduction of a new character (who you meet at the end of S2).

That’s all I can think of off the top of my head.