Futakoi Alternative Notes...
I should mention here that the original Futakoi work that the 2 TV animes are based on is NOT a game. It's a monthly serialization in Dengeki G's Magazine (took the place of Sister Princess) as seen in the Lula/Lala scan below and the Futakoi Visuals book, every month focusing on a different set of twins with illustrations and a short dialogue from the twins. Usually very kawaii~~ :)
I neglected to mention something about Futakoi Alternative to those who did not watch the fall Futakoi. You do NOT, I repeat, NOT have to watch the previous Futakoi to enjoy Futakoi Alternative. I see I did not take the time to explain who was who in the entry about the episode so... I guess I'll have to write that up later and tell y'all how to tell each of the twins apart ;)
So they used this for the beginning of the opening. That actually has a title: 「双子の天使達が舞い降りてきて世の悪事をぶっ倒しちゃうぞ！」編. Something like "Angel twins fly down from the sky and kick butt of the evils in the world!" ;)
from February Dengeki G's Magazine
So... Y'all are probably wondering why there was no next episode preview after episode 1. Well, according to the ufotable diary, it seems they made the episode a "special version", that's 90 seconds longer than usual, so there wasn't any room for one. However, you'll be able to see the preview for episode 2 soon at the Starchild Futakoi Alternative website after episode 1 airs on Chiba TV (on the 12th). I have just as much an idea on what it'll be like as everyone else out there, which is to say absolutely none at all, lol.
I'm still kinda reeling from the first episode, but in a good way ;) I did not expect the sweet Futakoi girls (link to scans from Futakoi Visuals book) to be carrying heavy artillery. Especially not these two:
I mean, look at Lulu and Lala. Aren't they so cute and sweet, posing for a picture for onii-chan:
But now, onii-chan should be very scared if he runs into them 'cause he might find this pointed at his face:
Regardless, Lulu and Lala were still cute :) Perhaps エロカワイイ would be more appropriate, with the flashes of pantsu and being covered in that... umm.. ヌルヌル stuff... and such..
Perhaps some of the madness will be explained soon. So long as I get my drama that was shown in the promo trailer along with the action I'll be a very happy camper :)
Onii-chan only has to worry if he tries to do eechi things with them. ;) Although given some of the things they say on that scan and elsewhere maybe not, maybe they'll threaten him with if it if he doesn't want to do eechi things. ^_-
I liked how the fan service wasn't gratuitous. Sure it even threw in an up-skirt shot of Lulu and Lala but the camera angle worked really well for the scene (the panty shots were a bonus I guess ^_-). The most revealing scene really was of Sara when she was hanging off the helicopter and that was more funny than anything. :)
I find it amusing that the Negima anime has shown us that some shows just don't work without at least a little fan service since the Negima manga's so full of it. :)
D.N.Angel worked without fanservice, but then there wasn't much in the Manga either from what I remember.
I haven't read the manga or seen the Anime for D.N.Angel but from what I know of the show that makes sense. It's more about the love triangle than being a harem type series isn't it?
On a related note, why is there are so few wallpapers with the very cute twin girls from D.N.Angel on them? Plenty of them with the main character and his alter-ego, but very few of the girls. I really like their character designs and was wanting some wallpapers for them darn it! :)
I would imagine that's because the artbooks for DNAngel didn't have very many pictures of the twins. So there's not a whole lot of art out there to be scanned and made into wallpapers. And while I am a guy and I do like it, the series is Shoujo. The anime less so but there ya have it.