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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.