[merylsilverburg]

Originally Posted by Reid

What aspects of the manga did you like a lot, meryl? I'm curious to see what kind of anime it will be.

Well, I'm pretty much a sucker for anything that is almost very...uh...Kenshin-ish so I think what I love about the manga are the characters, the "development" of the Shinigami process (like training and learning), the story overall (I mean, Ichigo's past is something which isn't anything new, but still...this explains why he particular is a powerful Soul Reaper). I can't say the fight scenes in the manga are spectacular because for some reason, I haven't found anything too "impressive" so far. Perhaps later on.

Originally Posted by Reid

I hope the show doesn't take the pretty standard second episode dive in quality.

I hope so too. It's always annoying when that happens.

Originally Posted by Reid

Because I don't know the characters too well yet the voices seemed alright. They fit and that's the really important thing, I guess.

Well, Uchiha said they fit pretty well...but since I haven't seen them, I can't say whether they fit the sound in my head. Let's just say I imagine Rukia's voice to be somewhat soft, pitch-wise should be in-between, but also rough (not like tomboyish rough...that's for Tasuki, Orihime's friend) but yet knowledgeable and stern. Argh, I have the voice in my head...
For Ichigo, I imagine the typical loud teenage kid...slightly (and I do mean slightly) similar to Kyo from Fruits Basket and Midou, Ban from GetBackers. Again, I hear it in my head.

One more final thing I've forgotten to mention: there's a character later named Kon, which is a stuffed animal "turned to life" (you guys will see ) and the voice actor for him is the mangaka himself, Kubo Tite!