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Rate the last anime you watched out of 10
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Orgun
Dragon Knight
Sonic Soldier Borgman – 7/10
Sonic Soldier Borgman is still quite an iconic series in Japan, recently getting a complete (TV and OVA) Blu-ray release there. Released in 1988 it comes off the back of the rise in popularity in powered suit anime and shows a very strong influence from Bubblegum Crisis (the rival hero team are basically Knight Sabres) and some notable influence from The Guyver as well.
I’m a big fan of shows like this and I was happy to see that right from the start that Borgman wasn’t a straight up monster of the week show, it had a decent plot that developed through the 35 episodes and wasn’t anywhere near as linear or generic as it could have been with a good mix of action, drama and humour (Negishi would develop and hone this for the excellent Tekkaman Blade). I thought Borgman had decent animation, and stayed on model far better than I was expecting but the transformation sequences big begin to grate especially as the increased in length with the weapons upgrades later in the show but this is a minor thing.
Borgman was never going to set the world the light, but it is a very good example of the powered suit genre and I found it to be consistently enjoyable and worthy of its cult status.
Sonic Soldier Borgman: Last Battle – 4/10
A short, and ultimately, unnecessary sequel to the TV series, looking at what happen to Chuck, Ryo and Anice after their battle with the Youma, the real failing here being that it just doesn’t really go anywhere, it would have worked it if was 30 minutes long and actually built on the few good ideas that were there but at 60 it manages to skim over or fail to expand any of them resulting in a very lacklustre OVA. Last Battle was very disappointing after having enjoyed the TV series so much, a clear cash in on the success of the TV series.
Sonic Soldier Borgman: Lover’s Rain – 7/10
A look at Chuck, Ryo and Anice’s earlier years prior to the TV series. The director for this OVA changed and it has a fresh look and feel about it and actually adds something to the Borgman universe and by keeping it to 30 mins the plot and pacing feels concise and reasonably punchy, much better than Last Battle.
Megazone 23: Part 1 – 7/10
I last watched this around 16 years ago on a VHS fansub and it blew my mind back then, but now whilst I still think the film has a brilliant premise, I found the plot and pacing a little inconsistent and I thought the ending was actually rather weak and inconclusive. I love the hard sci-fi of anime like this which is why I still hold Megazone 23 in high regard and I think it still stands up today as a classic piece of sci-fi anime, but as usual with these re-watches, with all the anime I’ve seen since then, good and bad, I now have a much more objective view of it and can see some of flaws more clearly rather than just thinking “wow, cool new anime!” as I did when I viewed a lot of anime 20 years ago. So whilst it does have flaws, there are lots of positives to take away from it, I liked the characters, it has some excellent ideas and the animation is fantastic and deserves its cult status.
Blue Meteor SPT Layzner (TV Series) – 8/10
Layzner is a very iconic mecha show and one that I have been waiting to watch for a long time. The first arc (to episode 24) is fantastic; dramatic, action packed, edgy and proper mid-80’s dark, everything you want in a classic mecha show from the likes of Takahashi . Then after terrible recap episode, the second arc starts with episode 26, moving the plot on 3 years with the Earth invasion by Grados now complete, and this is where things go a bit wrong. The two main issues for me are that it has this kind of Fist of the North Star influence about it (which was at the height of its popularity at the time) which doesn’t feel right and it lacks a lot of the gravitas and drama from the first half, don’t get me wrong there are some very good episodes in the second half but it doesn’t quite flow or grip you like before. Then of course it was cancelled and the final episode is an incoherent mash of the remaining footage they had left and it ends badly, which is a real shame.
The animation is pretty decent and has a very homogeneous look to previous Takahashi shows. The same can be said for Kunio Okawara’s mecha designs, which as a whole are pretty good and the Layzner especially is a fantastic design, one of my all time favourite suits (I have the Real Robot Revolution model kit of the Layzner) but you can see obvious style and evolution from the designs of other Okawara designs from shows like Dougram and Vifam.
Layzner could have been amazing if the second half had continued like the first but it didn’t, at least the OVA put things right.
Blue Meteor SPT Layzner (OVA Series) – 9/10
Layzner gets its proper ending through a series of compilation OVAs. The first OVA is a compilation of the first 24 episodes and does a very good job of condensing so much story into 60 minutes and producing a coherent first arc, although it does help if you have watched these episodes in their entirety. The second OVA complies episodes 26 to 37 and by doing the usual thing of getting rid of the filler and the elements that didn’t work creates a very good middle story which leads into the final OVA. Here the footage seen in the final episode is properly edited with the rest of the ending to produce a fitting final chapter to the Layzner story. Throughout the three episodes the original edgy feel of the first arc is maintained and it is a very good OVA series and shows what could have been.
Mars Daybreak – 7/10
I knew very little about Mars Daybreak before watching it, having bought on a whim after seeing a trailer on another Bandai release and thankfully I was pleasantly surprised by what I saw. The plot is pretty simplistic (it is based on a video game after all) with no levels of complexity or twists or turns in it, but while this could’ve been a big weakness it’s actually one of the shows key strengths as it is well paced and brilliantly consistent. Mixed with decent (if not totally memorable) characters and action what you get is a very easy going and enjoyable 26 episodes. Plus it was produced by Bones so it looks great, especially the mecha (which have more than a passing resemblance to Bones’ previous show RahXephon). So not a masterpiece by any stretch of the imagination but as pure entertainment it does very well.
Sonic Soldier Borgman is still quite an iconic series in Japan, recently getting a complete (TV and OVA) Blu-ray release there. Released in 1988 it comes off the back of the rise in popularity in powered suit anime and shows a very strong influence from Bubblegum Crisis (the rival hero team are basically Knight Sabres) and some notable influence from The Guyver as well.
I’m a big fan of shows like this and I was happy to see that right from the start that Borgman wasn’t a straight up monster of the week show, it had a decent plot that developed through the 35 episodes and wasn’t anywhere near as linear or generic as it could have been with a good mix of action, drama and humour (Negishi would develop and hone this for the excellent Tekkaman Blade). I thought Borgman had decent animation, and stayed on model far better than I was expecting but the transformation sequences big begin to grate especially as the increased in length with the weapons upgrades later in the show but this is a minor thing.
Borgman was never going to set the world the light, but it is a very good example of the powered suit genre and I found it to be consistently enjoyable and worthy of its cult status.
Sonic Soldier Borgman: Last Battle – 4/10
A short, and ultimately, unnecessary sequel to the TV series, looking at what happen to Chuck, Ryo and Anice after their battle with the Youma, the real failing here being that it just doesn’t really go anywhere, it would have worked it if was 30 minutes long and actually built on the few good ideas that were there but at 60 it manages to skim over or fail to expand any of them resulting in a very lacklustre OVA. Last Battle was very disappointing after having enjoyed the TV series so much, a clear cash in on the success of the TV series.
Sonic Soldier Borgman: Lover’s Rain – 7/10
A look at Chuck, Ryo and Anice’s earlier years prior to the TV series. The director for this OVA changed and it has a fresh look and feel about it and actually adds something to the Borgman universe and by keeping it to 30 mins the plot and pacing feels concise and reasonably punchy, much better than Last Battle.
Megazone 23: Part 1 – 7/10
I last watched this around 16 years ago on a VHS fansub and it blew my mind back then, but now whilst I still think the film has a brilliant premise, I found the plot and pacing a little inconsistent and I thought the ending was actually rather weak and inconclusive. I love the hard sci-fi of anime like this which is why I still hold Megazone 23 in high regard and I think it still stands up today as a classic piece of sci-fi anime, but as usual with these re-watches, with all the anime I’ve seen since then, good and bad, I now have a much more objective view of it and can see some of flaws more clearly rather than just thinking “wow, cool new anime!” as I did when I viewed a lot of anime 20 years ago. So whilst it does have flaws, there are lots of positives to take away from it, I liked the characters, it has some excellent ideas and the animation is fantastic and deserves its cult status.
Blue Meteor SPT Layzner (TV Series) – 8/10
Layzner is a very iconic mecha show and one that I have been waiting to watch for a long time. The first arc (to episode 24) is fantastic; dramatic, action packed, edgy and proper mid-80’s dark, everything you want in a classic mecha show from the likes of Takahashi . Then after terrible recap episode, the second arc starts with episode 26, moving the plot on 3 years with the Earth invasion by Grados now complete, and this is where things go a bit wrong. The two main issues for me are that it has this kind of Fist of the North Star influence about it (which was at the height of its popularity at the time) which doesn’t feel right and it lacks a lot of the gravitas and drama from the first half, don’t get me wrong there are some very good episodes in the second half but it doesn’t quite flow or grip you like before. Then of course it was cancelled and the final episode is an incoherent mash of the remaining footage they had left and it ends badly, which is a real shame.
The animation is pretty decent and has a very homogeneous look to previous Takahashi shows. The same can be said for Kunio Okawara’s mecha designs, which as a whole are pretty good and the Layzner especially is a fantastic design, one of my all time favourite suits (I have the Real Robot Revolution model kit of the Layzner) but you can see obvious style and evolution from the designs of other Okawara designs from shows like Dougram and Vifam.
Layzner could have been amazing if the second half had continued like the first but it didn’t, at least the OVA put things right.
Blue Meteor SPT Layzner (OVA Series) – 9/10
Layzner gets its proper ending through a series of compilation OVAs. The first OVA is a compilation of the first 24 episodes and does a very good job of condensing so much story into 60 minutes and producing a coherent first arc, although it does help if you have watched these episodes in their entirety. The second OVA complies episodes 26 to 37 and by doing the usual thing of getting rid of the filler and the elements that didn’t work creates a very good middle story which leads into the final OVA. Here the footage seen in the final episode is properly edited with the rest of the ending to produce a fitting final chapter to the Layzner story. Throughout the three episodes the original edgy feel of the first arc is maintained and it is a very good OVA series and shows what could have been.
Mars Daybreak – 7/10
I knew very little about Mars Daybreak before watching it, having bought on a whim after seeing a trailer on another Bandai release and thankfully I was pleasantly surprised by what I saw. The plot is pretty simplistic (it is based on a video game after all) with no levels of complexity or twists or turns in it, but while this could’ve been a big weakness it’s actually one of the shows key strengths as it is well paced and brilliantly consistent. Mixed with decent (if not totally memorable) characters and action what you get is a very easy going and enjoyable 26 episodes. Plus it was produced by Bones so it looks great, especially the mecha (which have more than a passing resemblance to Bones’ previous show RahXephon). So not a masterpiece by any stretch of the imagination but as pure entertainment it does very well.
Orgun said:
If memory serves me, Megazone 23 was originally slated to be a tv series. That first OAV is made up from the half-dozen or so episodes that were completed before the project fell through, hence the inconsistent tone and sudden halt to the story. Admittedly, I haven't seen the two follow ups (I know some folk rate Part 2 very highly), but it seems a great shame that we never saw the full series as was originally intended. It's a quirky little film and it would have been interesting to see where they would have gone with it.
Monster
Naoki Urasawa's Monster is like tots the best show evar! Seriously though, the show was such an intense and thrilling that by the end i felt a bit exhausted. Its really good but when i was nearing the end it felt like a had way too much of a good thing. In short, it was a bit longer than i think it probably should have been but the characterization was so strong in Tenma and Johan as well as all the supporting cast members who also had full arcs with the exception of a few characters. I don't think i've seen a villain as memorable as Johan in a long time. The last one probably being Voldemort in the Harry Potter films for me except Johan makes him look like a b*tch a** n*gga. The dub was hit and miss for about a third of the supporting cast members but the major characters all got perfectly serviceable voice actors with Grimmer being a particular highlight. This is a must watch for people who want something quite dense to get into.
10/10
Naoki Urasawa's Monster is like tots the best show evar! Seriously though, the show was such an intense and thrilling that by the end i felt a bit exhausted. Its really good but when i was nearing the end it felt like a had way too much of a good thing. In short, it was a bit longer than i think it probably should have been but the characterization was so strong in Tenma and Johan as well as all the supporting cast members who also had full arcs with the exception of a few characters. I don't think i've seen a villain as memorable as Johan in a long time. The last one probably being Voldemort in the Harry Potter films for me except Johan makes him look like a b*tch a** n*gga. The dub was hit and miss for about a third of the supporting cast members but the major characters all got perfectly serviceable voice actors with Grimmer being a particular highlight. This is a must watch for people who want something quite dense to get into.
10/10
Orgun
Dragon Knight
Professor Irony said:
Yes it was, just like Gundam F91 and that had similar problems to Megazone 23, I plan to get round to Part 2 soon, there seems to be a definite split amongst fans as to which is the best, Part 3 is meant to be terrible but I still plan to watch that as well to complete the trilogy
Strike Witches 2
I purchased the first season of this show as a blind buy and ended up loving it. The series was by no means fantastic, but it was entertaining, so I was looking forward to season 2. Unfortunately though, I found this season to be pretty meh
I'd say my biggest complaint is that I felt like it was trying too hard to be like season 1. Perhaps it was the fact that the series started off in pretty much the same way, with Yoshika's friend being thrown off her grandfather's tractor and Yoshika pleading with Mio to help her learn more about her father. Maybe it was Minna and Mio having an argument about Mio's deteriorating powers or even the series ending with a battleship being turned into a neuroi and the 501st reuniting from the ashes to take it down and having Yoshika heal a bird in the finale. Either someone copy and pasted season 1's outline or went homage crazy, because it felt like I was watching season 1 again (this was kind of furthered by one member of a "duo" receiving a lot of attention that their other got in the first season - Barkhorn and Sanya in season 1 and Hartmann and Eila in season 2). Also, the amount of times Minna lets the girls get away with disobeying orders is silly...especially as she's supposed to be a strict leader.
Another complaint I have is the bars of light. No, I don't want to see animated vaginas. What I want to see is scenes drawn so that they simply don't have to be shown, instead of a bar of light having to be drawn across the screen which is really intrusive and if anything, draws attention to what is being censored.
For a positive though, Hartmann. Just Hartmann. I love her attitude and especially, how it clashes with others around her. The episode focusing on Marsielle has to be one of my favourites simply because of Hartmann's one liners (like when Marsielle mocks her, saying she'll always be a lieutenant and Hartmann responds with "That'd be really sad if I cared").
Episodes 4 and 10 are definitely my favourites of this season. The majority of the others are largely forgettable though (I don't even think I was paying much attention during 9). This series wasn't bad, but it certainly wasn't as good as the first season.
Also, in the OP there's a credit for "Military Accuracy". That guy needs to be sacked - I don't think having all the characters, who are mostly loosely based on real people, as teenage girls is historically accurate xD.
6/10
I purchased the first season of this show as a blind buy and ended up loving it. The series was by no means fantastic, but it was entertaining, so I was looking forward to season 2. Unfortunately though, I found this season to be pretty meh
I'd say my biggest complaint is that I felt like it was trying too hard to be like season 1. Perhaps it was the fact that the series started off in pretty much the same way, with Yoshika's friend being thrown off her grandfather's tractor and Yoshika pleading with Mio to help her learn more about her father. Maybe it was Minna and Mio having an argument about Mio's deteriorating powers or even the series ending with a battleship being turned into a neuroi and the 501st reuniting from the ashes to take it down and having Yoshika heal a bird in the finale. Either someone copy and pasted season 1's outline or went homage crazy, because it felt like I was watching season 1 again (this was kind of furthered by one member of a "duo" receiving a lot of attention that their other got in the first season - Barkhorn and Sanya in season 1 and Hartmann and Eila in season 2). Also, the amount of times Minna lets the girls get away with disobeying orders is silly...especially as she's supposed to be a strict leader.
Another complaint I have is the bars of light. No, I don't want to see animated vaginas. What I want to see is scenes drawn so that they simply don't have to be shown, instead of a bar of light having to be drawn across the screen which is really intrusive and if anything, draws attention to what is being censored.
For a positive though, Hartmann. Just Hartmann. I love her attitude and especially, how it clashes with others around her. The episode focusing on Marsielle has to be one of my favourites simply because of Hartmann's one liners (like when Marsielle mocks her, saying she'll always be a lieutenant and Hartmann responds with "That'd be really sad if I cared").
Episodes 4 and 10 are definitely my favourites of this season. The majority of the others are largely forgettable though (I don't even think I was paying much attention during 9). This series wasn't bad, but it certainly wasn't as good as the first season.
Also, in the OP there's a credit for "Military Accuracy". That guy needs to be sacked - I don't think having all the characters, who are mostly loosely based on real people, as teenage girls is historically accurate xD.
6/10
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Animefreak17
Godhand
Phantom requiem for the phantom
Ummm ok this has the combination of darker than black and noir and abit of gungrave it's almost a predictable show you think you know what's going to happen, it's a little bit depressing this show ends like hamlet everyone dies in the end which was ok in my opinion cause cal died and I'm like oh man that poor girl died cause of that ass head but in the end he dies and long with his partner I guess it has it's flaws and it has it up sides but the beginning is good but the second half is just depressing.
I'l give it a 7/10
Ummm ok this has the combination of darker than black and noir and abit of gungrave it's almost a predictable show you think you know what's going to happen, it's a little bit depressing this show ends like hamlet everyone dies in the end which was ok in my opinion cause cal died and I'm like oh man that poor girl died cause of that ass head but in the end he dies and long with his partner I guess it has it's flaws and it has it up sides but the beginning is good but the second half is just depressing.
I'l give it a 7/10
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20thCenturyBoy
Thousand Master
Fairy Tail Part 4
6/10
This part failed to live up to the the good standard set by the previous ones so far. The conclusion to Tower of Heaven arc was disappointing and lacklustre having Erza's death be a dream was pointless, and it also made her come off as incredibly self centred that she assumed she'd be made a Wizard Saint after she died. I'm kinda sick of the series casually revealing things that are considered big deals within their world and only briefly explaining it to us afterwards (such as Juvia/Lucy's dual aid or whatever it was). More than any previous parts this one was all payoff and no build up, it was WCW like in its hotshotting of angles and reveals
. Also, Natsu continues to be rather annoying at times, I can't believe he beat Laxus...or drew with him, whatever. There was one touching moment this part with the hand gesture between Makarov and Laxus, I really liked that and it gave a nice touch to finish off the arc. Can Makarov just hurry up and go away now? This is like the 3rd time already he's thought about retiring/been on the verge of death only for them to turn around and say 'nah, he's just fine'.
6/10
This part failed to live up to the the good standard set by the previous ones so far. The conclusion to Tower of Heaven arc was disappointing and lacklustre having Erza's death be a dream was pointless, and it also made her come off as incredibly self centred that she assumed she'd be made a Wizard Saint after she died. I'm kinda sick of the series casually revealing things that are considered big deals within their world and only briefly explaining it to us afterwards (such as Juvia/Lucy's dual aid or whatever it was). More than any previous parts this one was all payoff and no build up, it was WCW like in its hotshotting of angles and reveals
Mystogan is somehow related to Jellal, is it his actual twin brother this time? A tournament for the sake of a tournament, the Thunder Squad whom we've never heard mentioned before. Gajil joins Fairy Tail...but he's only there undercover...but he's actually not...HE'S A DOUBLE AGENT! That takes place in the space of just a few episodes, a double agent reveal would be good if you actually built up over time that people were suspicious of his actions before eventually someone uncovers the truth. Ultear is revealed to be working with a bigger bad guy, but I'm a bit glad she's not actually dead since I thought ti was pointless to have her be the daughter of Gray's teacher and then just kill her off before the two ever faced off
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Dog Days' (Dog Days Season 2)
I was very keen on the first series. The second series has its ups and downs however.
The main down for me was the level of fan service. There was too much in a show such as this. Almost every episode featured at least one of the female characters in a state of mild nudity. If you make a fan service-like show, I think you should go the whole hog and not just here-and-there. The first series didn't need so much of it.
On the plus side however I did enjoy the new characters that were brought in, especially the Hero and Demon duo. One thing I am pretty confident of is that Dog Days now must be the most moe show ever made, or at least the most moe anthropomorphic. The first series alone had dog-people, cat-people, fox-people and rabbit-people. Now the second series introdcued squirrel-people, sheep-people and cow-people. If they do a third season I wonder what animal they will throw into the mix.
Score: 6 / 10
I was very keen on the first series. The second series has its ups and downs however.
The main down for me was the level of fan service. There was too much in a show such as this. Almost every episode featured at least one of the female characters in a state of mild nudity. If you make a fan service-like show, I think you should go the whole hog and not just here-and-there. The first series didn't need so much of it.
On the plus side however I did enjoy the new characters that were brought in, especially the Hero and Demon duo. One thing I am pretty confident of is that Dog Days now must be the most moe show ever made, or at least the most moe anthropomorphic. The first series alone had dog-people, cat-people, fox-people and rabbit-people. Now the second series introdcued squirrel-people, sheep-people and cow-people. If they do a third season I wonder what animal they will throw into the mix.
Score: 6 / 10
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VoxPhantom
Stand User
Moribito
Stunningly good series. The character development in this was fantastic - the progression of the relationship between Chagum and Balsa was particularly well done. Tanda and Torogai were great supporting characters - just a shame that Tanda and Balsa didn't end up getting together in the end. I thought the finale seemed a little too short - is it just me or was the battle vs the egg eaters was a little underwhelming? The scene with the Naji flying down to pick up the egg nearly set the waterworks going for me though, the soundtrack for that particular scene was very powerful.
All in all, this was one of the best series that I've ever watched. Thanks to everyone who recommended that I pick it up when it was AOL's deal of the week a few months back!
10/10
Nakaimo - My Sister is Amongst Them!
I watched this one out of boredom, and the desire to have a gander at a harem series after not watching one for a while. It wasn't very good. I wasn't expecting anything groundbreaking from this, but the attraction of the two main females to the main character was pathetic. Playing together as children then immediately being in love with him when he eventually ends up back in their lives? I'd find that insulting if I were a woman. The main character himself is pretty crap; typically dense, indecisive and with no tact or appreciation of any situation - makes you wonder why he has all these women swooning at his feet. The plot itself is wafer thin - main character wants to find out which girl is his sister so that he doesn't fall in love with/marry her and bring scandal to the business he has inherited from his father. Not that this makes any difference when the big reveal happens at the end, as everything pretty much returns to how it was at the start...
Overall I'd give this 4/10. It isn't really worth your time unless you're watching for the fanservice - and even then, the Crunchyroll streams are censored, so you'll get very little joy watching them anyway.
Stunningly good series. The character development in this was fantastic - the progression of the relationship between Chagum and Balsa was particularly well done. Tanda and Torogai were great supporting characters - just a shame that Tanda and Balsa didn't end up getting together in the end. I thought the finale seemed a little too short - is it just me or was the battle vs the egg eaters was a little underwhelming? The scene with the Naji flying down to pick up the egg nearly set the waterworks going for me though, the soundtrack for that particular scene was very powerful.
All in all, this was one of the best series that I've ever watched. Thanks to everyone who recommended that I pick it up when it was AOL's deal of the week a few months back!
10/10
Nakaimo - My Sister is Amongst Them!
I watched this one out of boredom, and the desire to have a gander at a harem series after not watching one for a while. It wasn't very good. I wasn't expecting anything groundbreaking from this, but the attraction of the two main females to the main character was pathetic. Playing together as children then immediately being in love with him when he eventually ends up back in their lives? I'd find that insulting if I were a woman. The main character himself is pretty crap; typically dense, indecisive and with no tact or appreciation of any situation - makes you wonder why he has all these women swooning at his feet. The plot itself is wafer thin - main character wants to find out which girl is his sister so that he doesn't fall in love with/marry her and bring scandal to the business he has inherited from his father. Not that this makes any difference when the big reveal happens at the end, as everything pretty much returns to how it was at the start...
Overall I'd give this 4/10. It isn't really worth your time unless you're watching for the fanservice - and even then, the Crunchyroll streams are censored, so you'll get very little joy watching them anyway.
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Animefreak17
Godhand
Venus wars
Ok it's aged and it has a few cheesy moments and it's little rushed and there's no character development, but I love the classic look of the animation it has that akira look but not as fantastic.
7/10
Ok it's aged and it has a few cheesy moments and it's little rushed and there's no character development, but I love the classic look of the animation it has that akira look but not as fantastic.
7/10
Yoshika is the main character, that's why? XDLawrence said:
I had to look up a fair few of the references and they are there...but boy are they subtle. I think my favourite has to be how Hartmann stealing Lucchini's panties was inspired by the real life Hartmann stealing and wearing Hitler's hat. I now have two images in my head: One of Lucchini dressed up as Hitler and another of Hartmann stealing Hitler's pants. Both are hilarious.
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Orgun
Dragon Knight
Mobile Suit Gundam AGE – 5/10
I was hoping I’d never have to say this about a Gundam series again, but I’m glad that’s over. I thought AGE had a brilliant concept, spanning the three generations and seeing what happens to ace pilots as they get older, but it was wasted with poor execution and a weak and rushed ending. The main problems for me were that all the key plot developments felt so contrived and obvious to move something along or set something up, there was no natural flow or suspense to any of the story arcs, and good ideas were flippantly tossed away. Plus, despite trying to ramp up the drama with lots of graphic deaths none them carried any gravitas and again were glossed over too quickly, and then there were the characters themselves, Gen-3 Flit and Kio just bugged the shite out of me and Zeheart was a weak antagonist. Finally there was the artwork, the soft ‘kiddy’ look of the show just didn’t sit right with me, not for a Gundam show anyway, and none of the mecha designs really stood out. I have really enjoyed recent Gundam offerings such as 00 and Unicorn and AGE just paled in comparison, it wasn’t terrible, there were some really good episodes amongst the dross, but then as a whole it wasn’t great either and the fact I couldn’t wait for it to finish means that AGE isn’t a series that I’ll ever bother to go back to. Sunrise, Bandai, you must do better!!!!!!
I was hoping I’d never have to say this about a Gundam series again, but I’m glad that’s over. I thought AGE had a brilliant concept, spanning the three generations and seeing what happens to ace pilots as they get older, but it was wasted with poor execution and a weak and rushed ending. The main problems for me were that all the key plot developments felt so contrived and obvious to move something along or set something up, there was no natural flow or suspense to any of the story arcs, and good ideas were flippantly tossed away. Plus, despite trying to ramp up the drama with lots of graphic deaths none them carried any gravitas and again were glossed over too quickly, and then there were the characters themselves, Gen-3 Flit and Kio just bugged the shite out of me and Zeheart was a weak antagonist. Finally there was the artwork, the soft ‘kiddy’ look of the show just didn’t sit right with me, not for a Gundam show anyway, and none of the mecha designs really stood out. I have really enjoyed recent Gundam offerings such as 00 and Unicorn and AGE just paled in comparison, it wasn’t terrible, there were some really good episodes amongst the dross, but then as a whole it wasn’t great either and the fact I couldn’t wait for it to finish means that AGE isn’t a series that I’ll ever bother to go back to. Sunrise, Bandai, you must do better!!!!!!
Reevothemusefan
Vampire Ninja
The Knight In The Area - 2/10
Yep, how can a normal looking football anime about a boy who wants to achieve is dream of playing in the U-16 Japanese football team, be so terrible. Simple you add other genres & generic tropes that ruin the experience.
The problem with Knight In The Area, is that it tries to appeal outside the teenage boy demographic and adds poor romance for the girls and even worst tries to appeal to the hardcore otaku, pandering them with fan-service such as peeping-toms and a very awkard beach episode, both are awfully unneeded. :\
Next is the characters themselves, main character Kakeru never really develops after episode 3 and remains that generic, dense, forgettable MC that i'm used to seeing but what annoys me about him is that his obsession with his dead brother will never go away, he never moves on and seems to always think of him when something important goes down, it's annoying. The female support character known as Seven, is alright, again nothing special about her but at least she is given some devolopment and knows her football, yet her feelings towards Kakeru are never revealed. The football team Kakeru plays for however, most of them are either perverts, idiots or only have one single character trait assigned to them, not to mention there are way too many characters by the end of the series.
So what about the football? One of the only good things about the series, is that when it comes to matches, it's tactically interesting, telling me and me discovering how these different teams play there football is actually exciting at times. Everything else is a joke - awful football animation really destroys any believability that the show tries to offer, the player shouting there actions is annoying as hell and me dislike most of the football team defeats any purpose of me supporting them, the viewer.
That's not even the WORST thing about the show, the football commentator's are a hinderence, while I get that Kakeru football team has there own team commentator, he has this awful energetic shouting voice that is very in you face, it's really grating, it doesn't help that you always here his voice in the football matches. However when it's time to resort to other team commenters, you get Disk Jockey football commentator. Let me just repeat that Disk.Jockey.Football.RAPING.COMMENTATORS.....sorry, I just had to show you what a big stupid idea that is.
I can go on - Gay sterotypes for comical reasons that are not funny, a love triangle thrown in that is never developed and one of the worst cliffhanging anime finales to a sports anime.
Ladies and Gentlemen, avoid all 37 episodes of The Knight In The Area as much as you can, go watch Giant Killing instead because I think I need to....
Yep, how can a normal looking football anime about a boy who wants to achieve is dream of playing in the U-16 Japanese football team, be so terrible. Simple you add other genres & generic tropes that ruin the experience.
The problem with Knight In The Area, is that it tries to appeal outside the teenage boy demographic and adds poor romance for the girls and even worst tries to appeal to the hardcore otaku, pandering them with fan-service such as peeping-toms and a very awkard beach episode, both are awfully unneeded. :\
Next is the characters themselves, main character Kakeru never really develops after episode 3 and remains that generic, dense, forgettable MC that i'm used to seeing but what annoys me about him is that his obsession with his dead brother will never go away, he never moves on and seems to always think of him when something important goes down, it's annoying. The female support character known as Seven, is alright, again nothing special about her but at least she is given some devolopment and knows her football, yet her feelings towards Kakeru are never revealed. The football team Kakeru plays for however, most of them are either perverts, idiots or only have one single character trait assigned to them, not to mention there are way too many characters by the end of the series.
So what about the football? One of the only good things about the series, is that when it comes to matches, it's tactically interesting, telling me and me discovering how these different teams play there football is actually exciting at times. Everything else is a joke - awful football animation really destroys any believability that the show tries to offer, the player shouting there actions is annoying as hell and me dislike most of the football team defeats any purpose of me supporting them, the viewer.
That's not even the WORST thing about the show, the football commentator's are a hinderence, while I get that Kakeru football team has there own team commentator, he has this awful energetic shouting voice that is very in you face, it's really grating, it doesn't help that you always here his voice in the football matches. However when it's time to resort to other team commenters, you get Disk Jockey football commentator. Let me just repeat that Disk.Jockey.Football.RAPING.COMMENTATORS.....sorry, I just had to show you what a big stupid idea that is.
I can go on - Gay sterotypes for comical reasons that are not funny, a love triangle thrown in that is never developed and one of the worst cliffhanging anime finales to a sports anime.
Ladies and Gentlemen, avoid all 37 episodes of The Knight In The Area as much as you can, go watch Giant Killing instead because I think I need to....
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Animefreak17
Godhand
Pumpkin scissors
This series is good really good and like what it says on the DVD case it dose have a fma feel to it, I think this is what fma would be if there was no alchemy but only with the military, the main characters don't go to war but gives military relief which is easy going just the way I like it but it's in no way boring the series is actually very good. But sadly the series was cut short, which is a shame cause I think I would of enjoyed this more as the series carried on but sadly we have to go to the manga to see what happen.
The animation has that fma feel ( the first series )
The characters are fun and interesting
The story's are brilliant
I just really like this series
9/10
This series is good really good and like what it says on the DVD case it dose have a fma feel to it, I think this is what fma would be if there was no alchemy but only with the military, the main characters don't go to war but gives military relief which is easy going just the way I like it but it's in no way boring the series is actually very good. But sadly the series was cut short, which is a shame cause I think I would of enjoyed this more as the series carried on but sadly we have to go to the manga to see what happen.
The animation has that fma feel ( the first series )
The characters are fun and interesting
The story's are brilliant
I just really like this series
9/10
20thCenturyBoy
Thousand Master
Gilgamesh
5/10
The animation is poor, particulalry facial expressions which can be laughably bad at times. To say the story is slow would be putting it kindly, it's practically glacial. For about half the series I wasn't sure who were supposed to be the protaganists/antagonists, if a series does that intentionally it's a good thing, but here I certainly don't think it was intentional. The developments at the end didn't make a lick of sense, but everybody died and the bad guys won...I think :? so that's at least interesting.
5/10
The animation is poor, particulalry facial expressions which can be laughably bad at times. To say the story is slow would be putting it kindly, it's practically glacial. For about half the series I wasn't sure who were supposed to be the protaganists/antagonists, if a series does that intentionally it's a good thing, but here I certainly don't think it was intentional. The developments at the end didn't make a lick of sense, but everybody died and the bad guys won...I think :? so that's at least interesting.
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20thCenturyBoy
Thousand Master
Tiger & Bunny
8.5/10
This series was just a lot of fun, it's got everything you could possibly want. There's an intriguing overall story as well as plenty of good one-off episodes and a very enjoyable cast of characters. Tiger is by far my favourite, he's who we're seeing this world through so he has to be likeable and that he is. My second favourite would actually be Rock Bison, he just seems so cool and I loved that at the start of the series it gave a couple hints that he and Tiger were close buddies, and I liked that because you could totally see those two guys hanging out. In saying that I was disappointed that it never really went beyond those first couple of hints, we never actually got to see them spending any amount of time pal-ing around together and I think an opportunity was missed there. Had we seen them being a bit closer then I think Tiger asking Bison to look after his daughter if anything happened to him would've had a bit more impact and meaning behind it.
This leads into one of my only real complaints of the series; for having such a large present cast of characters few of them get any actual focus or development. Yes, obviously the show is Tiger & Bunny so naturally they're the main focus, but I wouldn't have minded seeing a couple of episodes where they didn't appear at all and instead we could get a much more in depth look at one of the other characters. Whenever oone of the others do get focus it typically involves them tagging along with Tiger and Barnaby so they still kinda feel like an after thought. Bison actually doesn't even get this like the others do, which saddens me a little. Blue Rose is the one who gets the most development outside the main two with her decision on why she's really a hero and falling in love with Tiger. I'd ideally like to see the two as an actual item if there is a 2nd series beyond the upcoming 2nd film. All too often I think shows (films, books. Hell, all works of fiction) don't take the opportunity of putting characters together to explore what a relationship between them would be like, I just think it opens up a lot of new possibilities of what you can do character and story wise. They're afraid to put two characters together I think out of fear of angering fans who favour other 'ships. Lunatic gets a really great backstory that I think adds to more than the show beyond him because of who it involves.
I'm sincerely hoping that this second film is not the end of the franchise. I honestly think there is a lot left open that could go beyond just a film. Lunatic is still a completely unresolved issue, as is Ouroboros and their true leader, I also feel that a second series would give ample opportunity to explore the rest of the characters in detail and I don't think it would be a bad idea to do a long running plot on a large scale group of organised NEXT haters that we got a taste of with Rotwang. The group could be something akin to what's been done in Avatar with the Equalists or X-men with Friends of Humanity (basically fascist, supremacy groups like KKK/Nazis).
Anyway, we'll wait and see. For now I love this show, can't wait to buy it on DVD, can't wait to see The Beginning movie this weekend and the 2nd movie next year.
8.5/10
This series was just a lot of fun, it's got everything you could possibly want. There's an intriguing overall story as well as plenty of good one-off episodes and a very enjoyable cast of characters. Tiger is by far my favourite, he's who we're seeing this world through so he has to be likeable and that he is. My second favourite would actually be Rock Bison, he just seems so cool and I loved that at the start of the series it gave a couple hints that he and Tiger were close buddies, and I liked that because you could totally see those two guys hanging out. In saying that I was disappointed that it never really went beyond those first couple of hints, we never actually got to see them spending any amount of time pal-ing around together and I think an opportunity was missed there. Had we seen them being a bit closer then I think Tiger asking Bison to look after his daughter if anything happened to him would've had a bit more impact and meaning behind it.
This leads into one of my only real complaints of the series; for having such a large present cast of characters few of them get any actual focus or development. Yes, obviously the show is Tiger & Bunny so naturally they're the main focus, but I wouldn't have minded seeing a couple of episodes where they didn't appear at all and instead we could get a much more in depth look at one of the other characters. Whenever oone of the others do get focus it typically involves them tagging along with Tiger and Barnaby so they still kinda feel like an after thought. Bison actually doesn't even get this like the others do, which saddens me a little. Blue Rose is the one who gets the most development outside the main two with her decision on why she's really a hero and falling in love with Tiger. I'd ideally like to see the two as an actual item if there is a 2nd series beyond the upcoming 2nd film. All too often I think shows (films, books. Hell, all works of fiction) don't take the opportunity of putting characters together to explore what a relationship between them would be like, I just think it opens up a lot of new possibilities of what you can do character and story wise. They're afraid to put two characters together I think out of fear of angering fans who favour other 'ships. Lunatic gets a really great backstory that I think adds to more than the show beyond him because of who it involves.
I'm sincerely hoping that this second film is not the end of the franchise. I honestly think there is a lot left open that could go beyond just a film. Lunatic is still a completely unresolved issue, as is Ouroboros and their true leader, I also feel that a second series would give ample opportunity to explore the rest of the characters in detail and I don't think it would be a bad idea to do a long running plot on a large scale group of organised NEXT haters that we got a taste of with Rotwang. The group could be something akin to what's been done in Avatar with the Equalists or X-men with Friends of Humanity (basically fascist, supremacy groups like KKK/Nazis).
Anyway, we'll wait and see. For now I love this show, can't wait to buy it on DVD, can't wait to see The Beginning movie this weekend and the 2nd movie next year.
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Animefreak17
Godhand
One piece eps from 1 to 206
This series gets better and better and even the fillers are enjoyable to watch.
We see luffy to when he had no crew no ship to having a crew and a ship and each arc is suspenseful in there showdowns.
I can't wait for collections 9 and 10 and onwards
8.5/10
This series gets better and better and even the fillers are enjoyable to watch.
We see luffy to when he had no crew no ship to having a crew and a ship and each arc is suspenseful in there showdowns.
I can't wait for collections 9 and 10 and onwards
8.5/10
Animefreak17
Godhand
dokkoida
very enjoyable series
9./10
colorful the series
boooooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnng and pathetic
1- <thats a minus/10
very enjoyable series
9./10
colorful the series
boooooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnng and pathetic
1- <thats a minus/10
Animefreak17
Godhand
phantom the animation
this is the prototype of phantom requiem for the phantom
its a rush job and prototype like i said
6/10
this is the prototype of phantom requiem for the phantom
its a rush job and prototype like i said
6/10