Meteor Garden

A story I've seen so many times in live-action form, I decided to see it in animated form. Here, for example, unlike the Japanese live-action version, Makino occasionally annoyed me because she didn't have exactly the personality I required – probably my fault. People just can't behave the way you expect. But she did nail the cool moments (like when she punched Tsukasa’s mother). I liked the opening sequence. The classical music really fit in here and there. But why on earth did it take so long for those two to get together? It was a little tiresome how they kept stalling on the relationship. But still, a quality story with a few clichés thrown in. What bothered me was the low picture quality, but unfortunately I couldn't find anything better online; well, I can hardly blame the anime for that, right? I have to admit – I prefer the live-action version, so I'd recommend that rather than this (every time I heard Dōmyōji 's "Urusai!" I thought of MatsuJun ^^). But Makino and Dōmyōji have great dubbers here. I really liked Makino's voice a lot. (06/11/2010)