Soul Eater 1-5
All these years, the intro sequence in Soul Eater has stayed with me: dark, narrow cobbled alleyways, with a freaky-stylish Halloween aesthetic (which kinda reminds me of KH Halloween Town/Nightmare Before Xmas), as an overly large moon sits psychotically smirking in the sky. A monster with claws is busily hunting/murdering women, before the heroine wielding a scythe appears. What follows is sakuga animation as blows are deflected via twirling her scythe, culminating in 'Jack the Ripper' being killed with a mid-air slash from atop stairs. Bones were pretty awesome, back in the day, as 2D animation during the digi-era goes~
The whole show, budget and execution, could never live up to that beginning. The first trio of eps are nonetheless memorable as each introduces a different lead character: the scythe-wielding Maka, Black Star (a Narutarded ninja-wannabe not in orange), and Death the Kid armed with his unsymmetrical, transforming twin handgun waifus. I had long since forgotten how during the FMA era that shounen comedy was so... spazzy-chibi. It cannae go a minute without pulling meeee out with its silliness and watching now, as a grumpy old(er) sod, 'tis irritating. Unlike FMA, Soul Eater doesn't have the depth to balance out Armstrong's muscles as Maka's dad imitates Maes Hughes' daughtering non-stop.
Not sure I'll carry on. Already been a week since^. 5/50 revisited might be my genkai. On the plus side, it deffo isn't a 480p BD upscale. Looks more native 720p. Yay?
Cyberpunk 1-7: I like Dave. Ep6 is one of the best anime eps in decades: high budget mind-break as Maine loses it, ending with death metal(?) trauma. Shame the rest of the series oft looks cheap/less detailed in comparison.
Angel's Egg: A girl, her egg, and wannabe Jesus carrying his cross. I have no idea--it numbed my brain during the non-dialogue portion. 'Tis pretty, though... in a static, lingering-way-too-long shot celporn kinda way.
