Forum - View topic

EP. REVIEW: CROSS ANGE Rondo of Angel and Dragon

Izanagi009 wrote:

Edit: a small question that is not anger based has come up; why are there so many mecha with singing or idols. Macross codified it, Gundam has it's share of singers, and now we have two songs tied to the mechs in this show.

Macross is exactly why. It established the precedent (and a very popular one at that!) for mixing music and idol singers with mecha, one that has been periodically drawn from ever since. Besides, the idea of music being used to trigger magical and/or supernatural effects is, at the very least, centuries old and probably extends back into antiquity, so it being specifically applied to triggering a mecha's special abilities is only a natural progression.

Quote:

As for an overall comment, please try to be a bit more serious. I can take a joke or two but this set of comments makes me think you don't take this or any show with any gravitas.

Why would one want to take this series with a lot of gravitas? Most of the series is pretty ridiculous, so taking it too seriously will only frustrate you.

Quote:

Quote: As for an overall comment, please try to be a bit more serious. I can take a joke or two but this set of comments makes me think you don't take this or any show with any gravitas. Why would one want to take this series with a lot of gravitas? Most of the series is pretty ridiculous, so taking it too seriously will only frustrate you.

I take the show seriously. I cannot be the only one to have realised the structure of the show after the first 2-3 episodes. To continue criticising what makes Cross Ange a breath of fresh air after 17 episodes c'mon man it's too late. Cross Ange will continue to use ecchi, comedy, tragedy to the last episode. Because this is what this series is about. Sometimes I wonder if fandom really remembers how anime used to be (not ovas but tv series) 20, 30 years ago. Evangelion in my view f***ed it all up. Everything had to be dead serious. No humour allowed. Well I like humour, pranks, silly jokes, sexyness, fanservice in anime. Cross Ange has it all and I enjoy it very very much. It is not a problem for me. Last episode was great, first part tongue-in-cheek with lots of anime references injokes while the second part was dead serious.

Yes Music is a cornerstone of Macross, but it has been at least 20 years since music has lost it's "story telling" power. It is used as a promotional avenue to sell cds. The perfect symbiotic relationship between anime and merchandising, where merchandising here is not limited to toys/mecha but music. If Kawamori wanted to do a Macross that didn't include idols he could do it. Production committees are the reason why Music is so prominent in modern Macross.

Well, looks like the show is actually going on an upward climb in quality

Still doesn't negate my disgust with the first two episode but the last few episodes have been somewhat decent if a bit predictable.

Lets see how Ange's information alters how Jill and the others operate

As for Tusk, his gimmick is getting more and more tiring and I am running low on patience for those scenes.

Izanagi009 wrote:

Well, looks like the show is actually going on an upward climb in quality Still doesn't negate my disgust with the first two episode but the last few episodes have been somewhat decent if a bit predictable. Lets see how Ange's information alters how Jill and the others operate As for Tusk, his gimmick is getting more and more tiring and I am running low on patience for those scenes.

Well as long as you don't run completely out of patience it's all good, you'll get to see the end of the series. Just 2 more months.
This episode was good, and what I seriously don't want to see is the Zeta Gundam disease. Characters jumping back and forth between factions like rabbits.
Salia, Chris and Ersha have chosen their camp. They should endure a fiery end at the hands of Ange.

As I said in the review, though, I think the faceplanting thing is a running joke at this point instead of actual fan service. It's definitely more amusing when thought of that way.

Key wrote:

As I said in the review, though, I think the faceplanting thing is a running joke at this point instead of actual fan service. It's definitely more amusing when thought of that way.

I'm more likely to faceplam than see it as a running joke but that's mainly because the first few times were so stupid that I think I have been conditioned against it

Did you guys miss the dick-biting-by-symbolic-proxy meme? I can't think of another anime I have seen that has used that. Tusk and the two Dragon girls present sure understood it though.

I'm more likely to faceplam than see it as a running joke but that's mainly because the first few times were so stupid that I think I have been conditioned against it

Did you guys miss the dick-biting-by-symbolic-proxy meme? I can't think of another anime I have seen that has used that.

It seems unlikely to ever come up, though, as Ange has given every indication of being straight.

Ersha, meanwhile, was won over when Embryo saved the young Norma by apparently bringing them back from the dead.