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v1cious
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Yuri Lowenthal is Simon. |
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Dargonxtc
 Posts: 4463 Location: Nc5xd7+ スターダストの海洋 |
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One of the advantages that [as] has is that during anime they only take one commercial break, and usually at the time the break was meant to happen. Another is that the commercials aren't ten times louder than the show itself. That said I am really glad that another station besides [as] is showing anime of this nature(i.e. new anime). Although the one very cool advantage Scifi has over [as] is the fact that they are showing two new episodes a week. Very cool.
As for the show itself, I can see already that this is going to be one hell of a crazy anime. And I plan to tune in every week for the ride. I still hven't nailed everyone down yet, but it is obvious that it is going to be about Yoko, Simon and Kamina. I got to say I thought Yoko was only going to be there for T&A, but it appears she actually has a personality. So this is going to be a fun time. |
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abynormal
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That's the thing about GL. It's not a parody, but it does have fun with the cliches and conventions of the super robot genre. It's more of an action comedy, if anything. You're not going to find anything particularly new here, but it does its best to make it entertaining. Just don't expect this to be some kind of genre-buster like Evangelion was. |
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Keonyn
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Well, that's no surprise. You'll find the most popular mainstream titles in just about any medium tend to be full of cliches and common elements. There's a reason they attract the big numbers after all. For the record, I agree with ya. It's a good show, but it doesn't live up to the "OMG itz teh gratest evah!!!" hype. |
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RangFlash
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Yeah, the show is decent entertainment, I just don't think it deserves to be called a classic. People are already calling it a classic, and one of the best animes ever made. Oh well, opinions opinions.
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v1cious
Posts: 6203 Location: Houston, TX |
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nothing's happened yet. i don't want to spoil it, but this show goes through a lot of transitions. if you don't like it after 8, then it's probably not for you. |
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Proud
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Wait, so they will be airing two new episodes each week? I only saw the first episode repeated at the 11:30 slot, or are they planning on showing 2 new episodes next week instead? Anyways, this is a really nice dub. I was very impressed. |
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abynormal
Posts: 427 Location: Louisiana |
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True enough. I think it's really good, but I can see how it won't be everyone's bag. |
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Dargonxtc
Posts: 4463 Location: Nc5xd7+ スターダストの海洋 |
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Repeated? They didn't repeat anything. They showed a new episode(episode 1) at 11, and another new one(episode 2) at 11:30. Don't believe me? Check out the schedule. |
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zanarkand princess
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Me either I guess so they won't upset any sub fans I mean can you imagine if they said eureka as yooreka instead of elyoreka? Some people would be in an uproar They already didn't like the anemone thing. Either that or they think it sounds cooler. (I know kamina doesn't have the fire and excitement of the original but for such short notice it could be worse) |
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sanosuke32
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It was quite good, dubs were pretty good, Blum was great. As much as I like Kyle, i don't care much for his Kamina voice, though it is different which is good to see. Although I'm sure i'll get used to it. Looking forward to seeing more.
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Key
Moderator
 Posts: 18215 Location: Indianapolis, IN (formerly Mimiho Valley) |
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Ugh, I got my actors backwards in my previous post. Ah, well.
Honestly, I thought this one got hurt more than most by the extra commercial breaks. A fair amount of GL depends on its timing, and that gets thrown off by the extra breaks. Still, at least part of the series' strength shone through. This is not a series trying to innovate, but rather one trying to be an homage to classic old-school mecha. It's also about spirit, manliness, determination, bravado, and balls-to-the-wall action, and these episodes showed just a sample of that. |
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zanarkand princess
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In other words it's so incredibly cool it doesn't have to do anything new to be good. ( Kamina being the coolest yoko being second and so forth)
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sanosuke32
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I wish Starz showed this, there wouldn't have been any commercials like when they showed the second barrage for black lagoon. Was really annoying.
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Hunter2458
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I don't really like the kamina voice, he sounds like a surfer dude, rather than the boisterous deep voice he had in japanese. When he starts yelling it doesn't get the blood pumping like it does in the sub dvd's, it seems like they're trying to hard to make him sound his age. Kamina's voice is one of the Main things that sold the series, you watched it to hear Kamina yell boisterously and yet naturally ridiculously, the dub sounds like they're trying to make it sound boisterous, some times I could swear he was impersonating 60/70's super hero voice (See: Buzz Lightyear).
Also, Sped up Intro sucks. Ecstatic over the Simone rather than Simon. |
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