Wow, this is my first blog entry after almost three years. You might guess Dog Days is so amazing I must write about it xD It’s not actually like that. I simply feel like blogging here again, I don’t want this site to die for good.
So, welcome to the anime spring season 2011 with Dog Days. The show is about Shin-kun, a boy from England who lives in Japan and loves to do a very acrobatic type of athletics. His goal is to become champion in a big contest taking place September this year. But for now its spring and he plans to spend spring break with practice.
On the last day before the holidays he gets summoned to another world, where two neighbouring countries are at war: Cats vs dogs xD They do have a human form (with cats’ or dogs’ ears and tails) but when they are defeated in battle they turn into their animal form (at least the head…see screenshot no. 9). The princess of the Biscotti kongdom asks Shin to be their hero. At first he’s afraid he can’t do anything to help in an epic battle until the princess explaines the rules:
The battle is more of a Takeshi’s castle style with parcours and commentators but no real fighting like…killing each other what you’d expect when you hear the word “war”. Shin sees a chance to use this as training for his body and agrees. So a new hero is born.
While this episode starts as what looks like an epic fantasy tale suddenly twists into a strange but funny athletic battle to the end. I was startled and amused. It’s not a show to take too serious and that’s exactly the reason why I might like it ^^

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