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Author: | Edible Corpse [ Sun Jun 10, 2007 11:58 am ] |
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summery of gurenn lagann and now with ep 11 GARSIMON shall conquer all |
Author: | Wandering Idiot [ Mon Jun 11, 2007 12:04 am ] |
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It's time for the Wandering Idiot's PAINFULLY UNINFORMED FIRST-EPISODE REVIEWS! Yes, after recommending that people watch 2 (preferably 4) episodes of Bokurano before making a judgment about it, I'm giving second opinions based on a single episode from each. Hypocritical? Quite! But, I live for irony. Ezelek wrote: Kaze no Stigma I dunno, the main character seems like a bit of an asshole. Sure, his family were equally assholish for throwing him out just because he couldn't do a proper Hadouken, but c'mon dude, several people just died, and you're the flamingly-obvious suspect. You could at least say where you were last night to the people sent to inquire, instead of telling them to go fuck themselves. I do like the feeling that this takes place in modern-day families with Old Money, and most of these guys will probably never have to work a day in their lives if they can toast the occasional demon for the honor of the clan or whatnot. Actually, thinking about it pretty much every character in the show other than Kazuma's little brother come across as jerks currently. It might make it hard to enjoy what I'm assuming is the upcoming "wacky humor from characters who dislike each other" if I'm hoping they all die in (magical or otherwise) fires. I will keep watching in hopes of seeing Ayano try to whack him in a humorous moment and fail miserably, as that's always been a pet peeve of mine. Ezelek wrote: Lovely Complex My main problem with this one is that everyone is too damned likeable. They seem like people I would wish well if they were real, but that doesn't mean watching them is particularly interesting. Nothing there to hate, but not much to love, either. I may watch a few more as recommended in the hope of future hilarity, and because a little pleasant nonsense is a nice change of pace. That said, the girl falls asleep playing console RPG's. Snag her, Otami you fool! Edible Corpse wrote: Darker than Black I watched the first two episodes, and liked the misdirection in the first one, but so far I can't see what everyone likes about it so much. It reminds me a bit of Witch Hunter Robin. That's not a good thing. To what episode would you say one should watch to get a full feel for the show? SquaredBowl wrote: Seirei no Moribito Whoops, forgot there was no summary for this one. Let's see: Female warrior in some ancient oriental kingdom inadvertently becomes the bodyguard of a young prince, whose Emperor father wants him dead due to the water-spirit that's possessed him (the prince). This one's kind of a cheat, since I watched like 5 episodes. I find it addicting and don't know why, as the story's not terribly original. The main female character Balsa is competent to a fault, like a feudal Chinese(?) spear-wielding version of Major Kusanagi*, without the undercurrents of coldness and sexuality but pretty much the same sense of humor. The combat is probably best described as animated wuxia, although more grounded and realistic than most (ironically). At one point Balsa intentionally flings herself on her back to kick one guy away and then flips back up in time to combo another. Never mind the usual reproductive patterns; I'd have her babies at that point. Production I.G. seems be further refining the digital stuff they were doing with GiTS:SAC; there were some digitally-assisted scenes in 2nd Gig that seemed over-ambitious, but there are similar ones in this show that integrate much nicer. I don't think it has as big a budget as SAC, but everything looks pretty great nonetheless. It's another show whose main drawback could be that all the characters are kind of blandly-likable. Even the ostensible "bad guys" don’t seem that bad. Balsa herself has the requisite dark past, but I assume had good reasons for everything she's done. It's too early to tell at this point if there will be one serial story, or if it'll become a Samurai-Champloo-style road trip with her and the prince. It's not very original either way, but it's unusually well-done and has a nicely realistic style. Also, the opening song has terribly cheesy singing and nice visuals and I kind of love it. I'll probably watch the whole season. It's not quite up to the level of "buy-on-DVD" yet (I buy stuff I really like, take *that* fansubbing-is-bad-for-the-industry people), but if it uses the base it's established to do something more interesting than expected, I just might. * SAC and 1st manga only. Movie-version Kusanagi spends all her time either moping or being disembodied and cryptically-helpful, and 2nd manga Kusanagi requires a flowchart to keep straight. Edible Corpse wrote: summary of gurenn lagann
Stop it, you're making the show look awesome. I found it stupid, but now I feel like starting to watch it again (I already know what happens in epsidode 7 [saw it mentioned on a blog], and who knows? That might actually improve the show for me). Also, I'm aware that I complained both about characters being too assholeish and too likeable above. Irony, remember? And I'm mostly complaining about a lack of balance on the shows, rather than the traits per se. EDIT: Rewatching the fight scenes in Seirei no Moribito, I did notice a conspicuous absence of blood, which I assume was done to help sell the show abroad and is just bullshit. I'm not expecting huge Claymore-style gushes, but there should be a little when a guy gets slashed in the face with a giant spear, especially on such a relatively realistic show. I noticed the same thing in Bokurano- is this a recent trend or something? |
Author: | Cpt. Supermarket [ Thu Sep 27, 2007 12:19 am ] |
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I watched a couple of these titles on Ezzem's recommendation and since two of them are finished/near finished, I'll share my feelings on them. I really like Lovely Complex. I'll admit that I do enjoy Shoujo stuff from time to time and this is one of those series. It's cute series but gets really frustrating at times. It is close to coming to an end, 24 eps I think, 22 translated last I checked. It did that horrible thing where they switch OP and ED songs and they are not so good and aren't nearly as fitting as the first ones. Worth checking out. Claymore was good enough to make me start reading the manga when they weren't realeasing episodes fast enough for my greedy consumption. Claymore starts to really deviate from the manga at the end and does sort of a lame unfinished ending thingy, which I guess if you just finsihed the anime and are wondering, "Where did my ending go?" you could go read the manga, as well. |
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