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Preview VS Actual

It’s been a long time since the last post was made and I finally have something to write about Pandora Hearts’ anime adaptation.

The palette used in the show is great for most scenes, it’s ugly when it’s inappropriate. Take Cheshire’s realm as an example, the objects in the background do help in creating a creepy atmosphere but the light colours used ruined it. I’d prefer it if the objects were just floating around in the purplish-black void seen in the preview of Pandora Hearts.

I didn’t quite like the colour of the spiraling energy around Sharon being black either. The preview has shown that a greater visual effect could have been produced by making it translucent purple. (Her shoes in the preview were better too.)

The coordination of scenes along with the music is amazing imo, I just love it when the preview music comes along with scene changes. (E.g. The final scenes of Episode 12)

I’d assume that it’d be at least another 5 more episodes before XXXXXX XXXXXXXX makes his appearance. I think I went off tangent again and didn’t type what I intended to, which is speculation.

Here’s a brief description of my thoughts about the Will of The Abyss and Alice. The Will of The Abyss is Alice who somehow gained supernatural powers to scatter memories she wanted to forget.The Alice that Oz met is probably a part of her that still views her past in a positive manner.

Overly said as it may be, episode 3 was better than the previous 2 episodes as the Abyss was an interesting place and has interesting inhabitants thanks to original anime material. In addition, the music used was great and I’m starting to get used to the animation.
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B-rabbit is definitely horrid-looking. It’s overly bulky though meant to be large, and makes Alice a complete joke. It lacks an overpowering presence and wasn’t that much intimidating. The manga version of B-rabbit is more pleasing to the eyes in my opinion. B-rabbit in the anime would be better off being a promotional mascot. For that, the fight scene seemed completely illogical.
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First off, the OP wasn’t that bad. The ED, however, just didn’t fit into the backdrop of the show well in my opinion. It sounded too Japanese for a story set in possible Europe. The music used in the preview was MUCH better than the OP and ED combined.
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