Introduction
Get ready for a second magical journey to the world of Someday's Dreamers, where spellcasting is a profession that requires both the proper training AND a license. It's to get that license and fulfill a promise made to her late father that young Sora Suzuki has made the long journey from her distant home in the countryside town of Biei to the big city of Tokyo. It's a daunting challenge, but she's got a little bit of talent, a charming personality and, most important of all, the promise of an internship! What she ISN'T expecting, though, is how different life in the city will be, especially the people themselves. While she gets along with the confident Asagi, Kuroda and the gentle Hiyori, she's completely confused with the mysterious boy Gouta. And yet, as a result of their internships they keep ending up in the same situations and slowly learning to understand more about each other than they ever imagined possible!
(Source: Sentai Filmworks)
Audience reviews
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ren0080
Oh, I thought my rating would go at least 6.6/10. But oh well, it is still a great series.
The story is basic, the setting is like the first season, unique, but the plot itself is pretty cliche. Not that it's bad, but as the first season, it didn't use its unique settings to its power.
Characters are pretty forgettable but at least the main ones are great. I love Sora and Gouta, though I wish they had a bit more interaction. Like, 12 episodes but their interaction isn't even 4 episodes long.
Animation is decent. It's fluid but it isn't consistent enough.
Music is really great. First impression, I was disappointed. Season 1 had bangers but then season 2 is like this??? But after a few episodes, I started singing along. And now I can't erase it in my head. It's a banger. OST still the same…
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Mahoutsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto: Natsu no Sora is based off of a manga series by Yamada Norie. Technically, it’s the second part of the series but it’s also the one I was asked to review and it looks like it’s set in the same universe as the first, but unrelated. Hal Film Maker handled the adaptation. You may remember them as the studio behind such anime as Bottle Fairy & Dokuro-chan. Given that one of those was quite good and the other was shite, I don’t know what to anticipate. So, let’s just look and see.
Story:
We open with our heroine, Suzuki Sora, being accepted into a month long program to become a mage. Because, apparently, magic exists in this world and you can master it in a month. That’s something that immediately bothers me. Being a mage is presented as a great thing that ope…
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It is a new season of Mahoutsukai or Taisetsu na Koto, if you have not seen, I recommend you look at it first to understand my criticism, this season they load everything that built the first (which was not a wonder but was acceptable).
The characters are quite poor because they do not have time to develop or they are always saying the same, the only ones that are half developed are the 2 protagonists, the rest are equal even 5 years later, in the first the characters that appeared used to have some trauma in the past or serious problems that had defined them.
The plot does not make sense if you have seen the first one, it changes the whole world and the system.
The sound is the best thing that…
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Beautiful coming-of-age story with an interesting blend of traditional anime artwork and a kind of rotoscope-blended background scenery. It is impossible to not love the stories' protagonist Sora Suzuki, she is a lovely young girl of 12 or 13 and drawn with amazing expressiveness for an anime. I also really enjoyed the performance of her friend Gouta Midorikawa. It seemed appropriately dramatic and realistic.
For me, the story had some serious flaws that are hard to forgive. One of the main supporting characters in Sora's circle of friends, Asagi Honomi, is constantly harsh and high-and-mighty. She is paired up with Kuroda Kouji who obviously likes her, but she never gives him a chance to get close to her. She misses no opportunity to criticize him, yet he still seems to pine after her. I…
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In Someday’s Dreamers Sora, we follow the main character Suzuki Sora. She’s a young girl who has really strong and capable magical abilities. When we first meet her, she’s scared by some loud noises and uses her magic to save a falling truck, pretty incredible stuff. The next main is Midorikawa Gouta, a young man who is also a mage, but he’s incompetent at being a mage due to just finding out recently that he had the capabilities for it. There are a lot of other supports in Someday’s Dreamers Sora and many of them are mages in training.
Most of the anime takes place revolving around Sora and Gouta and what they do with their magical powers. We have episodes of back story and we have romance elements involved too. Another large aspect of the story is about becoming a certified mage, like i…
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Someday's Dreamers: Summer Skies, a beautiful story of discovering one self, with magic included.
A teenage girl fulfilling her dream, while at the same time making friends and accomplishing her tasks with all her heart. The story although is simple introduces many aspects through subtle means in each episode. It does well at expressing emotions while building a better understanding of each character.
The character art is plain, but the backdrops are beautiful, often based on reality. Its a good blend that isn't too strong in one aspect or another and in my opinion even helps develop a story.
Music is also prominent in the show, as you will be introduced to multiple songs, that are good listening, throughout the show.
Adolescence at it's finest, Summer Skies does wonderful at expressi…
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This follow-up to Someday's Dreamers basically follows the same premise as its 2003 predecessor: teenage girl from the countryside with magical abilities travels to Tokyo under an internship to be certified as an official mage where she uses her magic to perform favors for various clients and make new friends. This series mostly serves as a slice-of-life title delving into the everyday developments faced by Sora and her classmates as they study up and improve their magic to earn their mage's licenses. The series features a likeable cast of characters with differing issues concerning their abilities as potential mages and personalities that the show usually takes time to explore. Like the previous series, the show also goes into depth exploring the personal matters of whomever Sora and othe…
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Ok this will be my first review in this page, so, here I go.
Story (9): I must admit at first I thought it was going to be just a mellow slice of life story with tender stories and learning, not that there's anything wrong with that, but it turned out to be a pretty realistic story and tender story. Although, I wouldn't have minded if the story moved a bit slower, in my opinion the last episodes cover too many things in a short period.
Art (10): Very sweet, nothing too special, but the landscapes and style is quite enjoyable.
Sounds (10): If you like melancholic but somehow happy music, you'll enjoy this, it's filled with this nostalgic sense of being so small in the streets.
Character (9): Although I think each character is pretty unique by themselves and portray humanity very well, I…
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Very rarely do I give an anime a 10. For me, that rating is sacred, it consists of the holy grails of my specific choice in anime genre. So for a spin-off to get a 10, is even more-so impressive.
Mahou Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto ~Natsu no Sora~ is not an ordinary anime by any means. I have no idea why it would be rated as 7 or below by so many people unless they are incapable of viewing this for what it truly is.
As a very picky anime viewer, I must say that the art work in Mahou Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto ~Natsu no Sora~ is impeccable. I found it interesting that the characters were drawn so simply while the atmospheres they were in were so vastly realistic, and in some case, downright cinematic and photographic. The amount of detail and precision in the artwork is fundamental to the s…
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Genre: Magic/Romance/Slice of Life
Aired July to September 2008.
Written by Norie Yamada. Directed by Osamu Kobayashi. Animation by Hal Film Maker.
Music: Opening theme is “Fly Away” by Thyme. Closing theme is “Kawaita Hana” by Micc.
Duration: 12 episodes. Adapted from the Manga written by Norie Yamada and illustrated by Kumichi Yoshizuki.
Synopsis:
In an alternate reality, magic is another resource regulated and controlled by the government. All magic users must be registered. Use of magic for personal reasons is strictly prohibited, and severely punished. Requests for magic intervention are made to the Bureau of Magic, which then assigns a mage a carry out the request. Young people showing magic abilities are trained at Schools run by the Bureau. During this time, student mages ar…
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Every now and then, anime shows us a world wherein people smile more often than they do in actuality. From the very opening sequence of Mahou Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto - Natsu no Sora it becomes apparent that it is one of those precious shows.
Though it seems a sequel to the 2003 Mahou Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto, they only share the same fictional rendering of Japan and it is not necessary to have watched the earlier show to appreciate Mahou Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto - Natsu no Sora (hereinafter, Natsu no Sora), as all characters and most of the setting have changed.
Within the fictional universe of Natsu no Sora, magic is real. So much so, in fact, that it is considered a commodity and performing magic is a service industry. While the ability to perform magic is still a rare gift, the…
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It should be said that this Mahou/Magic based story does not follow it's predecessors normal pattern of using Bishounen characters. However, it does have a similar feel as Mahou Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto and story arc. However that's about it, Natsu no Sora takes a very Humanistic approach to Anime. You might even go further by saying that it is simply a story about the human condition, told with the help of Magic to illustrate important aspects of our struggle. I was very impressed with the very loving and calm nature of the main character Sora Suzuki. Her purity and naivety really set up some truly transcendent moments. The blend of music and amazing cgi graphic art really drove this story home for me. I've read complaints from other reviewers that the 2d characters placed into this alm…
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