ef a tale of memories

Another anime I've added to my watch list for now is ef a tale of memories which started to air last Saturday - EP 2 is on today.

This is another eroge which has made the transition over to the anime world. Have not played the eroge but seen some screen shots which caused a nosebleed.

Subculture has the full write up of the anime and here are just a few of my initial impressions.

• Felt like I was watching some sort of theatrical musical what with the abstract scenes. Not a bad thing - just very different.
• Girls are nice but not as nicely drawn as in the eroge.
• Not much going on in the first EP apart from character introduction. Cant really tell how the story is going to unfold. Hope it doesn't end up being another Nice Boat.
• Background artwork is gorgeous - I believe Makoto Shinkai was involved in production somehow?
• Folks who have a fetish for girls with patches over one eye will like this one ^^;

The OP and ED is quite crap so watch the Prologue below instead. Clip from the eroge below. Animation will blow you away. And here are my ef goodies which I somehow have managed to acquire over time ^^; And below are screenshots from the Prologue which got lost from a post in the previous server crash.