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State Alchemist
Been very lax recently, also busy, hence I've not had a lot of time to watch let alone comment on anything, but I did (re)start GE 999, since I forgot where I got up to and I don't think I was paying a right lot of attention the first time.
Galaxy Express 999 (TV) Episodes 1-6
So we're six episodes in and while the movie re-jigs events somewhat, about half the events of the first movie have already occurred, some even having what feels like less time devoted to them Claire particularly, what the Hell? In the movie her relationship with Tetsuro and her sacrifice for him feels important but in the show, they've literally known each other for about five minutes before she sacrifices herself and Tetsuro mourns her like she was some life-long friend. Considering the series is 113 episodes long, I'm intrigued to see where exactly this will go. I kinda wish it wasn't quite so episodic in nature, I was expecting certain plot threads to be more fleshed out in the series because of the obvious extended running time, but it turns out they still need to be crammed into 20 minute episodes. As was the style at the time, I suppose.
I still love Matsumoto's design work - Even if all his female characters do look pretty much exactly the same and Tetsuro looks somewhat hideous in the series (though I don't discount the possibility that's intentional, it would probably give him even more drive to desire a mechanical body and you don't really see a lot of ugly anime characters, at least not good guys) I do very much enjoy the strange mixture of old and new that is the GE999 universe, with its elements of steampunk and cyberpunk without really being either.
Galaxy Express 999 (TV) Episodes 1-6
So we're six episodes in and while the movie re-jigs events somewhat, about half the events of the first movie have already occurred, some even having what feels like less time devoted to them Claire particularly, what the Hell? In the movie her relationship with Tetsuro and her sacrifice for him feels important but in the show, they've literally known each other for about five minutes before she sacrifices herself and Tetsuro mourns her like she was some life-long friend. Considering the series is 113 episodes long, I'm intrigued to see where exactly this will go. I kinda wish it wasn't quite so episodic in nature, I was expecting certain plot threads to be more fleshed out in the series because of the obvious extended running time, but it turns out they still need to be crammed into 20 minute episodes. As was the style at the time, I suppose.
I still love Matsumoto's design work - Even if all his female characters do look pretty much exactly the same and Tetsuro looks somewhat hideous in the series (though I don't discount the possibility that's intentional, it would probably give him even more drive to desire a mechanical body and you don't really see a lot of ugly anime characters, at least not good guys) I do very much enjoy the strange mixture of old and new that is the GE999 universe, with its elements of steampunk and cyberpunk without really being either.
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