Dec 29 2008
#1 - 3×3 Eyes
It is Day #1 of the Anime 365 Challenge! and my first pick for viewing is an episode of “3×3 Eyes.” It is about a boy who hasn’t made much of himself, a girl who is really a super being, and their search for her mortality and his escape from a psychic bond that links them together. There are two OAV (original anime video) series that make up the “3×3 Eyes” story, the first consisting of four episodes each 30 minutes long and the second consisting of three episodes that are each 45 minutes long. I watched the first episode of the the first OAV series, and I have to say I was hooked from almost the first minute of the show. The early character development was pretty interesting, and the comedic elements wasted no time. I don’t even think it was two minutes in before guys were wearing dresses and taking pratfalls. Yukumo and Pai, the two main characters, were not the most exciting duo I’ve ever seen in an anime, but they also weren’t the most irritating or obnoxious and acceptable to adventure with for another six episodes.
