Keropi wrote:It looks like the characters got loli-fied. lol
Haha, yes, I prefer the anime version for the most part...except the opening image of Shizuru is pretty sweet.
miz ducky wrote:What directors cut?
I watched the fansubs, and own up to dvd 5 of the Bandai release.
The director's cut was a few extra scenes included on DVd 9 of the R2 release...basically an extended version of episode 26.
Keropi wrote:Ideally though I'd prefer to collect from an anime where I like characters, scenes and story.
I like all of those about HiME to varying extents, but I didn't get to know many of the characters as much as I would have liked due to the size of the cast and the focus on the plot. I think what really sold it for me were the music, the action and suspense scenes, and the humor.
It's a bit of an odd series, because my opinions about HiME sometimes blur with my opinions about Otome even though they should be separate (Otome increased and decreased my like of certain characters).
I felt the opposite about Strawberry Panic. For Strawberry Panic, I liked some characters a LOT more than nearly all the scenes they were in.
That about sums the show up. It probably would have been just as enjoyable without an overarching plot. A few romantic episodes, a couple play episodes, a couple detective episodes, the Etoile selection, etc, etc. Maybe they could replace anime Amane with manga Amane and throw out some of those scenes at the end.
