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I promise I'm not gonna forget this one. Maybe.

If you're interested in KagePro, this is the place for you to discuss, analyze, and rave about Shizen no Teki-P's trans-media masterpiece.

Well, the anime was somewhat of a disappointment if I am totally honest. The music was amazing though, so that makes up for it.
I have a question, does the manga extend beyond the show? I want some questions answered.

The thing about Mekakucity Actors is that it's the final arc of the Project, which consists of the songs, the novels, the manga, and the anime. If you can, try to watch them in that order and don't think of MCA as an adaptation. I got pissed at the show's ending initially, but the more I think about it, the more I realize that 1) it was exceptionally executed even if the pacing left a lot to be desired and 2) we deserve a happy ending.

Happy ending? The monster is still stuck in that one world.

Well, relatively happy. We've had some ups and downs. The happiest song in the Project, Otsukimi Recital, has depression as its central theme. Check out my comment about Kano on the Project's KYM page.

Her name's Azami, by the way.

So, the end of MC actors is the end of the story?

Correct.

Well, knowing that, consider me even more disappointed….

I will stop talking about the negatives though. The music is really great, both the vocaloid and anime soundtrack. The op song is one of my favorites of all time. I also love the guitar in Toumai answer.

More disappointed?

Well, yeah. It was pretty abrupt and anti-climactic. Its not a bad series, and because of the music, It's a very memorable one, but I do feel its leaves a lot to be desired.

I don't think that music alone can justify any series, but there's a lot more holding MCA up. For example, it's probably the most visually interesting anime I've seen, including Madoka Magicka. Look at the credits for Lost Time Memory. Not only are they beautiful, they're really damn important. That whole scene establishes solely through visuals that Shintaro's ability to remember everything from every arc and time loop has awakened. And the re-use of the shots of the Mekakushi Dan from the beginning, but in a completely different context was absolutely brilliant. That kind of stuff is all over the show, as well as the PVs.

Oh, I don't think that's the only thing good about it, but its probably the best aspect of it. while I don't think its as good as SHAFTs other works, Madoka and the Monogateri series, visually speaking that is, it is very good. I was really digging its story as well, it was just the final episodes that soured the experience for me.

Yeah, I know what you mean. They've grown on me in the last few months, but initially, I HATED the ending. Passionately. I still maintain that the ending's sort of weak, and the show needed to be at least 16 episodes rather than twelve, and I still loathe the fact that Hibiya's arc was just dropped, but thinking of it as supplemental to the rest of the project has softened my feelings toward the ending immensely.

So, changing gears a bit, tell me how you first discovered the Project, ie, what was your first song, what got you hooked, etc.

kagerou days was the first song I heard, and that was probably the song that got me to like Vocaloids. I ended up purchasing the album on Itunes and my favorite songs on the album were toumei answer and headphone actor. I also was very fond of the character designs.

THE ALBUM'S ON ITUNES?!

here it is on the itunes store

I bought the anime OP and ED limited edition Album from amiami.

edit: Sorry that was Mekakucity records, here is Mekakucity days

I discovered The Project because a guy on steam sent the link to the video up on my profile page to me by complete accident.

I discovered it because of loli. I remember he posted a pic of Ene.