Kannagi - A Magical Maiden Comedy
 

Synopsis: One day, Jin Mukuriya had just finished making a wooden carving of a girl for the art club when the wooden girl comes to life. Turns out, the wood came from a sacred tree and because of its sacredness, it was able to bring the local deity into the human world. The deity introduces herself as Nagi and immediately, she becomes quite a handful for Jin, who feels like he had no other choice and has to let her stay at his house. Nagi becomes acquainted more and more with human society, causing trouble all the while as she also tries to continue with her deity powers to purge the land of impurities and regain the full strength of her god powers.

Other members of the cast include Tsugumi, Jin's childhood friend who has a crush on him, the two seniors who run the art club and like to categorize the males of the clubs into character archetypes, and Zange-chan, Nagi's rival who aims to be an idol. It's a pretty diverse cast that'll lead to a lot of interesting situations down the line.


Thoughts: Most "magical girlfriend" shows are pretty lame because the female characters tend to be doormats. However, Kannagi is different, partly because the characters personalities are so interesting and charming and the comedy is spot-on, brought about as a result of Jin and Nagi's interactions which provide for a lot of hilarious moments. To say that this series is "fun" is an understatement just because of how much I'll laugh during any given episode. It's a delightful series to say the least.

Jin isn't your wussy male character, Nagi shifts between acting like a spoiled brat (while being as demeaning towards Jin as often possible) and being all high and mighty (towards everyone else) while pulling out all manners of hilarious theatrics.

Basically, this is one of the stronger shows out this season. The characters and comedy are top-notch, the animation is gorgeous, and every episode manages to be entertaining. I really can't recommend this one enough.

Also, in before the "got wood" jokes.

Links (mkv format):
Episode 1
Episode 2
Episode 3
Episode 4
Episode 5
Episode 6

I'm loving the show. It has that "lulz" wibe <3

Ironicly the thread title might be flawed, now that angry otakus in japland claim Nagi is a used slut. Oh japon :tpg:

Oh god, I decided to look into it and I have to say I was amazed by the amount of outrage expressed by Japanese otaku over such a trifling issue to the point that some guy decides to rip up his Kannagi manga. Way to turn this into a serious business issue :tpg:

If they don't satirize this in the actual series I'll be disappointed. They've been making fun of their own viewers every single episode, anyway. Which is awesome.

Not enough horrible puns in this thread, by the way.

I like what I've seen so far, needs less Zange though. Overall though, the series has really started to grow on me after a few eps.

Oh ho ho.

From what I've seen this is the kind of show you need to see beyond the first episode so you can get hooked.
It felt kinda rushed how she suddenly came out of some tree stump but it has some really comical moments. The new episode had me on a "wtf did I miss an episode" thought since we saw nothing of a plot to begin with. Really nice humor though and just proves further that zenge is boob service.
Episode 7 is out btw >_>

So far this show, hyakko and macademi wasshoi(no thread about this show wtf!) have kept me on lol's so far. All school show's btw. I guess the Shinigami fads are finally dying down.

I think it's a tad misleading to call this a magical girl show since there's no transformations or such. None the less, this show has been very enjoyable. I love the self conscious otaku in the art club. I feel that the pacing if very good in that it isn't trying to make a special story but more of a slice of life with goddess shenanigans.

Hilarious, hilarious shenanigans.

I originally had very little interest in this anime since I did not like the early manga art style. However, the dancing OP pulled me in, and I stuck around for the episode and was pleasantly surprised. Since comedy is my genre-of-choice, this is doubtlessly my favorite show of the season, especially after the last episode.

Maybe I'll give the manga another chance if scans of it ever resume or if it ever gets released stateside.

I think he is calling it "magical Girl Friend", along the linage of Ah! My Goddess and such.

Also, they pulled a fast one on the viewer on Episode 7. I enjoyed it, although I think wish there is more development. <.<.

derp, I see that now.

Episode 7 was great. The look on Jin's face when he realized he kept his stash in there was priceless. And the best line in the episode "It's Sony".

Episode 10 is another filler episode, but it's by far one of the best filler episodes I've seen to date.


Judging by how things are going to proceed, if this series does indeed stick out to 13 episodes, then none of the romantic subplots are going to get resolved. It kinda sucks that the ending might not be able to keep up with the awesomeness we've seen so far, but that's the way it is and I'm bracing myself for a disappointment in that area.