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Nanatsuiro Drops was probably one of my anticipated anime of this year. Infact it was my most anticipated anime of this year. I managed to watch Episode 1 today and….well…my aniticipation was not in vain. Nanatsuiro Drops has turned out to be all i had ever hoped for and more.

Nanatsuiro Drops - First love That Emcompases You - is an anime adaption of an Eroge of the game name. Characters designs by Noizi Itou ( This is what drew me into the anime in the first place) , who is famous for creating the characters from The Melconcholy of Suzumiya Haruhi and Shakugan no Shana. The anime is produced by Studio Barcelona.

The story revolves around loner high school student, Tsuwabuki. One day after school he bumps into a cute girl named Akihime Sumomo and through that meeting, reluctantly has to help out at the Gardening Club. Tsuwabuki ends up drinking a drink that is actually some kind of magical potion which ends up turning him into a stuffed toy. Upon this happening, his teacher welcomes Tsuwabuki into the world of magic and tells him that the only way to turn back into a human is to find his partner, who turns out to be Sumomo. And from there, the two of them must go around collecting what are known as “Star Drops”.

What makes this anime so good? Well, although i have only seen one episode, the brilliant animation and character designs, enhance the experience. The story hasn’t really gone into depth yet so that is one thing that i have yet to decide upon. I have heard from some that Nanatsuiro Drops is just a rip off of the first series of Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha but, even if it does borrow some elements from said anime, Nanatsuiro Drops is still really good. I look forward to future episodes. If you would like to watch it, youtube should have the episode 2 cut down in to parts. Nanatsuiro Drops, something that all fans of kawaii Mahou Shoujo should watch aswell as people who enjoy fun anime in general.