The Ouran Host Club anime

Well, the first episode of Ouran High School Host Club was everything I could have hoped for.  sniff!  I should have known they wouldn’t screw it up!  The animation was wonderful, the colours were fantastic and the voice actors were great.  The plot was kept very close to the original – they did some editing and compressing (as usual for anime) but there were no major departures from the manga.  (Well, except for the thing with Honey and the cake, which is one of my favorite comic moments from the manga.  It may be a change or it may just be a difference in translators.  I don’t know enough about the original of either to know for sure.)

I made some screen caps, mostly of the guys in various poses to show off the animation, but as USUAL WordPress has gone wonky when it comes to uploading images.  It’s also messing up my spacing between pictures.  arg.  Soooo, here’s the one I managed to upload before it stopped working.  I’ll try again tomorrow. {:(  Okay, I’m trying again tonight and it’s sort of working.  I’ll see how many I can add before it stops again.  I got all of the caps to load.  I didn’t do the whole episode, so go watch it!  It’s fun!

Ouran High School Host Club: episode 1

 

One day exchange student Haruhi discovers The Ouran High School Host Club while looking for a quiet place to study.

 

The boys are quite excited to meet the commoner who goes to their school.

 

Keep your eye on the vase.

 

No, really.  Watch the vase.

Now to introduce the Host Club members, who will be happy to serve you, even if you are the wrong gender:

Cute and cuddly Hunny and the strong, silent Mori (who as far as I can tell has no dialogue in this episode.)

 

The twins Kaoru and Hikaru Hitachiin, who take brotherly love to a dangerous new level.

 

The cool, collected Kyoya.

 

And of course, the King, Tamaki.

 

Remember the vase?

 

It broke.

Now Haruhi owes the Host Club 8 million yen and gets to work it off by running errands.

 

The brave Host Club King will now DRINK the instant coffee!! Ooooooh!

 
Tamaki assumes his dejected pose.

But, of course the boys discover that under the bad haircut, awful clothes and the glasses that Haruhi is actually really cute…

 

…and is forced to become a member of the Host Club to pay for the vase.
 

Only 100 customers to go until Haruhi is debt free!
 

Tamaki eventually clues in to the fact that Haruhi is a girl.

A really cute girl.

 

But unfortunately a weird one who doesn’t mind dressing as a boy to pay off her debt.

Okay, that’s it for the Host Club stuff for a while, I swear!

New manga update

I'm in the process of downloading the first episode of the Ouran High School Host Club anime. I seem to be wanting to say awake until it's done, so what the heck, I might as well blog. I'm tired and it's 2:30 but I'm going to stick with the basics here, and try not to go off topic.

It was so lovely to go to the comic store on Friday since it's my first visit now that my 5-manga-a-week rule has expired. I was still good though, and only bought 8. I left Crimson Hero #2 and Kage Tora #1 behind. I'm still capable of being sensible after all.

I bought:

Almost Crying
Ghost Hunt #3
Aishiteruze Baby #1
MeruPuri #4 (last volume)
Ultra Cute #2
Tokyo Boys and Girls #4
Full Moon #5
Cafe Kichijouji de #2

Woot! It's done! I'm off to watch! More about all my new manga later, but in the meantime, check out the uber-cute plush Boo from Megatokyo. I soooo want one!