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Wind - A Breath of Heart #1

   Wind is a new bishoujo game turned into an anime, with the first
   episode having come down the pipe last weekend. The first episode
   doesn't really reveal much. When he was younger, a childhood
   sweetheart asked him to eventually marry her as she was leaving town.
   (He said he'd think about it, and gave her his harmonica.) Cut to the
   present day, as he goes through a normal day. We meet his cute girl
   sister, the class-president type, the funny male sidekick, the cute
   girl waitresses in the cafe, the cute girl who stares at a blimp in
   the distance, and a cute harmonica playing girl... sense a theme in
   the characters yet?

   The animation style is strange, with a mix of 2d and 3d backgrounds.
   The 3d backgrounds let them move the camera with wild abandon,
   something that the creators take advantage of at every opportunity. It
   gets to be a bit distracting after a while.

   The first episode is 12 minutes and change, which is the shortest
   episode length I've seen for a series in this genre. We briefly get to
   meet the cast, and then the episode is over.

   Still, the characters seemed interesting enough, and it's an new show
   in my favorite genre, so I'll be giving it a chance to see where it
   goes.