Kimi ga Nozomu Eien Next Season A four-episode OVA titled Kimi ga Nozomu Eien Next Season was announced on August 25, 2006. The original video animation follows Haruka's route, in contrast to the TV series' modified version of Mitsuki's ending. The OVA, produced by the Japanese animation studio Brain's Base and distributed by Bandai Visual was released between December 21, 2007. Kimi ga Nozomu Eien (君が望む永遠, lit. The Eternity You Desire), also known in the Anglo-phonic world as Rumbling Hearts, is a visual novel and anime series that depicts an abrupt and tumultuous transition from an idyllic lifestyle to that of unadulterated sorrow and tragedy. Kimi ga Nozomu Eien At first, Takayuki Narumi is befriended by Mitsuki Hayase only because Mitsuki’s best friend, Haruka Suzumiya has a crush on him; however since then, Takayuki, his pal Shinji Taira, and Mitsuki have grown to be the best of friends.
While five writers originally worked on Kimi ga Nozomu Eien (The Eternity You Yearn for), it, or at least its main route, is the brainchild of Yoshimune Kouki (吉宗鋼紀), the guy who later went on to write the highly-acclaimed Muv-Luv Alternative. His first take on the visual novel genre was a romantic drama which explores a love triangle gone seriously wrong. Unlike most dramas of this kind, however, this work offers a surprising twist to the archetype.
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Protagonist’s first love, Haruka, wakes up from a three-year long coma and is still thinking that they are in love, while Takayuki has already moved on with his life and is dating another woman, Mitsuki. The emotional dichotomy is only strengthened by the fact that Haruka is mentally unstable and completely dependent on the guy, while Mitsuki is torn between sympathizing with her old friend (Haruka) and being insecure about Takayuki tending her. It really strikes you hard when you realize that because of this unusual situation the protagonist was never given the chance to “fall out” of love with any of them.
Kimi ga Nozomu Eien is also one of the few VNs where the presence of choices actually undermines its dramatic effect, as best drama and emotionally engrossing scenes naturally occur from the situations you wouldn’t normally choose. Though seeing how one of the endings is given a lot more care than the others, I suppose you could treat it as the “true end” even if it conflicts with your personal choices. Instead of two separate routes for Mitsuki and Haruka, it would have been much more engrossing if the work had a single one for the two, with the choice occurring at the very end, or not at all. Otherwise the suspense of the story is lost as you know how it is going to develop because you know what choices are you going to take, obviously.
All other routes basically go through the same motions of Takayuki being tortured by his feelings for Haruka and overcoming them in similar ways, which gets really repetitive after awhile. Not to mention that any route other than Haruka’s or Mitsuki’s feels like a cop-out anyway. Luckily, though the story is long, the pacing is fairly good with scenes flowing surprisingly fast for a work of this kind. The characters are likable and work well enough in the setting, though they don’t quite reach the level of complexity seen in top-tier visual novels.
Personally I couldn’t take routes other than Haruka’s and Mitsuki’s seriously and I wasn’t particularly satisfied by the execution of some parts of their story either. I loved the idea of being torn between a resurrected love from the past and a love from the present though. With likable characters, fairly fast pace and some good drama, the main route of Kimi ga Nozomu Eien is a pretty good experience, you wouldn’t lose much by skipping other routes though. Incidentally, White Album 2 does a similar story better, even without the fascinating coma angle.
The Rumbling Heartsanimatedtelevision series is based on the visual novel by the Japanese software company âge. The episodes, produced by animation studio Studio Fantasia, are directed by Tetsuya Watanabe, with character designs by Yoko Kikuchi. The story follows the main character Takayuki Narumi, and his relationships with his schoolmates Haruka Suzumiya and Mitsuki Hayase.
Fourteen episodes were produced for the Rumbling Hearts series, broadcast between October 2003 and January 2004. They were released by Media Factory in Japan as a set of seven DVD collections between February and August 2004, with each DVD containing two episodes. The series was later released as a DVD box set in December 2007, and as a Blu-ray box-set in February 2012. Funimation licensed, localized and distributed the series in three volumes with an English dub, released between December 2006 and March 2007. A complete box set was released in August 2007, while a complete series collection was released in August 2008.
An OVA series titled Kimi ga Nozomu Eien ~Next Season~, produced by Brain's Base and directed by Hideki Takayama, was released in four editions between December 2007 and December 2008, featuring most of the same cast but following an alternate retelling to the series.
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The first series, consisting of fourteen episodes and produced by Studio Fantasia aired between October 5, 2003 and January 4, 2004 on Chiba TV and a number of other stations. They were released by Media Factory in Japan as a set of seven DVD collections between February and August 2004, with each DVD containing two episodes. A complete box set was released in August 2007, while a complete series collection was released in August 2008.
Funimation licensed, localized and distributed the series in three volumes with an English dub, released between December 2006 and March 2007. A complete box set was released in August 2007, while a complete series collection was released in August 2008.
The anime has two main theme songs, the opening theme 'Precious Memories', and the ending theme Hoshizora no Waltz (星空のワルツ, The Waltz of the Starry Sky), which are both sung by Haruka's voice actress Minami Kuribayashi. Two additional songs by Kuribayashi were used, 'Rumbling Hearts', used as the ending theme of episode 2, and 'Nemuri Hime', which was used as an insert song. The ending theme for episode 14 is 'Kimi ga Nozomu Eien' by MEGUMI.
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A four-episode OVA titled Kimi ga Nozomu Eien ~Next Season~ was announced on August 25, 2006. The original video animation follows Haruka's route, in contrast to the TV series' modified version of Mitsuki's ending. The OVA, produced by the Japanese animation studio Brain's Base and distributed by Bandai Visual was released between December 21, 2007 and December 19, 2008 .[1][2][3] The special editions contain a bonus CD soundtrack with each DVD and a different cover artwork. The OVA's first ending theme is 'Next Season' while its second ending theme is 'Eternity', which also serves as the opening theme of the first and second OVAs. Both songs are sung by Minami Kuribayashi.
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Ayumayu Gekijou[edit]List Of Rumbling Hearts Episodes - Wikipedia
A comedy ONA titled Ayumayu Gekijou that was broadcast from September 2006 to January 2007 on Kiminozo Radio's homepage. The main characters are SD versions of Ayu and Mayu and various other characters from Kimi ga Nozomu Eien and Muv-Luv. The series contains many references to Muv-Luv (for example, in the second episode, Ayu uses an S-11 SDS and Haruka is turned into a 00 Unit) and the fourth episode is little more than a parody of Muv-Luv Alternative. The series' main theme is'Koi no Bakudan Deito' (恋の爆弾でいと) by UYAMUYA, while the song 'Carry On' by Masaaki Endou is used as an insert song.
Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien VndbReferences[edit]~Next Season~ OVA Website
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