nobahn's Anime

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When "Syfy" showed the series again, I tried to watch it, I really did.....but that opener, combined with that first 10 minutes was simply too much..... This dreck is CLEARLY aimed at younger children (tweens, if I'm not mistaken).

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I've seen most of it, so I've changed my rating of it. At least they're willing to kill off a few characters. It does get better after a while, but this is far from a favorite of mine.

I will say, however, that there are meaningful deaths.....

• 35:00 is the boy imagining all of this?
• sibling rivalry: gotta love it.....
• The character designs strongly resemble The Girl Who Leapt Through Time and Summer Wars
• It's charming, there's no denying that; but how much of that was his imagination and how much was real?

1. ep.#1: graphics/animation are a bit crude; OST is decent, however.
2. ep.#2: Ruby Rose tries to get her bearing without her sister for guidance.
3. ep.#3: pretty snappy dialogue..... Also, mildly amusing.
4. ep.#4: more snappy dialogue..... and more mildly amusing humor.
5. ep.#5: I like Blake Belladona's attitude!
6. ep.#6: Forgot just how f'ugly the graphics/animation are.....
   If I'm not mistaken, then they saved their animation budget for the action scenes.....
7. So the pairs are getting their collective asses kicked on a largely individual basis.....
8. Yeah, they definitely rationed the animation budget to give the action scenes the most oomph.
   Oh, and the OST definitely needs to be checked out!
9. 1st day of class..... (snoozefest)
10. The team adjusts to Ruby as leader.
11. Jacques Schnee & Co. are being bullies.

"[AMV] Nobody Can Hear You | A Silent Voice"|animers

There doesn't seem to be an English dub.....
1. OST seems decent.....
   Is this a slice-of-life? Can't tell.....
   So it's definitely "Country girl comes to the big city." Out in the sticks, they have rotary telephones.....
   

Bokurano: Latest Manga Adaptation Train Wreck

I gave up on this series after episode #6 because I, quite frankly, found it boring.

Note to self: Read all of the reviews -- the series might be worth revisiting.

2. The expositions wherein the characters explain what's going on (e.g., when Kagome trips over a rock, Shippo will then exclaim, "Kagome tripped over a rock!"

Not just One Piece, but all long shonen series in general.

Shonen series in general tend to be highly expository because

a: they are meant for kids
b: they are meant to be watched casually, while kids are eating a meal or doing something with the TV on. So when something happens onscreen, they overexplain it so that the programs can be followed even if the audience is not always looking at the TV while it is on. And no--I am not making this up, I think one of the producers for the Inu-Yasha anime even said this in an interview.

If these things begin to bother you, chances are you're ready to start looking for anime that are meant for people older than 13 years old.

Juxtaposing mecha with the middle ages is just absurd -- it's a mashup of scifi and fantasy.

The only positive thing, aside from its monstrous nostalgia value, that one can say about Voltron is that it periodically achieves a kitsch value akin to that of the Flash Gordon serials of yesteryear; only without the critical temporal distance that would render its chasmic shortcomings as quaint quirks. There is nothing quaint or even remotely appealing about Voltron. Upon completing this set, my one reaction was an overwhelming desire to throttle the show and demand that it return the hours of my life that it had stolen from me.