Occult Academy (TV).

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Just streamed the show over on Crunchy. Right now this is the best of the current Summer crop until Shiki comes out. I really like how they took the first episode to really establish Maya's character and give solid explanations for her opposition to the school.
Hating the occult because it only does harm is a great way to look at it. Demon summoning, curses and the such are never good after all. Its a pleasant twist to the normal take on being excited over supernatural powers. Also her reaction to her reanimated father was to smash his face with a suitcase was great. The beheading scence showed that she knew that thing was not her father so she could smack it around. Maybe it was even cathartic for her to do that according to her flashbacks. It really showed her to be a smart, strong and even caring person. Maya is a great great female lead.
As others have mentioned I also got a classic Ghostbusters vibe.
With the ectoplasm goo, the spirit flying around scaring everyone and the gothic tower reminded me of Sgourney Weaver's Gozer gateway apartment building.
Maya needs to remember 3 rules : never cross the streams, never think about the Staypuffed Marshmallow Man and when asked if you're a god you say YES!
 
This was a surprising watch for me considering how skeptical I've been of Anime no Chikara's past works (Sora no Woto and Senkou no Night Raid). The first episode was funny, had a decent amount of depth special thanks to what we learn of Maya and some decent supernatural intrigue/ action to boot. If Anime no Chikara can keep these elements consistent throughout the length of the show, this could be a surprise hit for me this year. :D
 
Not quite sure what to make of that little bit at the beginning (the teleporting and such), and #6 appearing at the end of the episode.


and yes, the penis shadow was hilarious.

Overall, this show has a great mature-audience feel to the artwork, and humor (the teacher snotting on her hand and then grabbing the suitcase was great)
 
egoist said:
This one is not so bad (and by that I actually mean it's good). I thought the first episode kept too many secrets and didn't do much besides introducing a single character. I see some potential here, but at least as far as episode 1 is concerned this is nothing but ordinary.
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I felt the same way about this one and am not quite understanding the amount of praise its getting.
 
I really liked the first episode. Hopefully Occult Academy escapes the Anime no Chikara curse.
 
Just streamed the show over on Crunchy. Right now this is the best of the current Summer crop until Shiki comes out. I really like how they took the first episode to really establish Maya's character and give solid explanations for her opposition to the school.
Hating the occult because it only does harm is a great way to look at it. Demon summoning, curses and the such are never good after all. Its a pleasant twist to the normal take on being excited over supernatural powers. Also her reaction to her reanimated father was to smash his face with a suitcase was great. The beheading scence showed that she knew that thing was not her father so she could smack it around. Maybe it was even cathartic for her to do that according to her flashbacks. It really showed her to be a smart, strong and even caring person. Maya is a great great female lead.
As others have mentioned I also got a classic Ghostbusters vibe.
With the ectoplasm goo, the spirit flying around scaring everyone and the gothic tower reminded me of Sgourney Weaver's Gozer gateway apartment building.
Maya needs to remember 3 rules : never cross the streams, never think about the Staypuffed Marshmallow Man and when asked if you're a god you say YES!
 
This is looking good, reminds me a bit of Ghost Hunt, but that is whether they decide to make it even more serious. I will also say that there was a couple lines that got a nice chuckle out of me like Maya
calling the goth guy "Porco Rosso"
and Smiley saying
"Don't get cocky just cause you are a little possesed"
. It is not much but I just found it funny, also with the
possesed girl still needing her glasses, asking not to hit the face and afterwards having that crazy hair.

Also yes I did
the shadow of the nude time traveler's penis, I got a bit of a terminator vibe with that.
Gotta say I am likeing the main girl so far, so far she is not so bad, but it feels like they are trying to tease us with giveing shots of her nether regions, though unlike others it just being dark. Though really will have to see more to get a good idea of the show.
 
Not quite sure what to make of that little bit at the beginning (the teleporting and such), and #6 appearing at the end of the episode.


and yes, the penis shadow was hilarious.

Overall, this show has a great mature-audience feel to the artwork, and humor (the teacher snotting on her hand and then grabbing the suitcase was great)
 
egoist said:
This one is not so bad (and by that I actually mean it's good). I thought the first episode kept too many secrets and didn't do much besides introducing a single character. I see some potential here, but at least as far as episode 1 is concerned this is nothing but ordinary.
Click to expand...
I felt the same way about this one and am not quite understanding the amount of praise its getting.
 
This is looking good, reminds me a bit of Ghost Hunt, but that is whether they decide to make it even more serious. I will also say that there was a couple lines that got a nice chuckle out of me like Maya
calling the goth guy "Porco Rosso"
and Smiley saying
"Don't get cocky just cause you are a little possesed"
. It is not much but I just found it funny, also with the
possesed girl still needing her glasses, asking not to hit the face and afterwards having that crazy hair.

Also yes I did
the shadow of the nude time traveler's penis, I got a bit of a terminator vibe with that.
Gotta say I am likeing the main girl so far, so far she is not so bad, but it feels like they are trying to tease us with giveing shots of her nether regions, though unlike others it just being dark. Though really will have to see more to get a good idea of the show.
 
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