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I liked Occult academy a lot. How is it, though, that Occult Academy is anything worthy in Erin's opinion? Would anyone buy a case of eggs if most of them were broken?

I guess that for a short series it is tolerable, but to say most of a show is worthless sounds like the show was better off not being made. Or maybe it wold have been better as a single movie.

YotaruVegeta wrote:

I liked Occult academy a lot. How is it, though, that Occult Academy is anything worthy in Erin's opinion? Would anyone buy a case of eggs if most of them were broken? I guess that for a short series it is tolerable, but to say most of a show is worthless sounds like the show was better off not being made. Or maybe it wold have been better as a single movie.

Stream Worthy seems to encompass both Shelf Worthy and Rental Shelf titles. Just because a show is rated as Stream Worthy doesn't mean that Erin (or Bamboo) would automatically give it a Shelf Worthy rating if it was later given a physical release. Remember, Occult Gakuin can be viewed in its entirety for free.

but by the end of season 2 our brave heroes are fighting inside of a planet-sized monster demon for the fate of not just Tokyo - not just Earth - but all animal life everywhere in the galaxy. It's a lot like Gurren Lagann in that regard; the foes get bigger and bigger and the last half of both shows take place in space.

erinfinnegan wrote:

Megiddo wrote: I'm not surprised in the least that the columnist couldn't grasp that the purpose of the "little girl's ghost" is for Maya to reflect on her own relationship with her father, as well as spoiler[come to the realization that Waldstein Academy was built especially for her]. I understood that, and I know the character building and reveal were necessary, but they could've done it in a way that involved the plot more directly. When the ghost orphan wasn't Nostradamus' key they should've just moved on with the search. Wasting two whole episodes on that one little story was infuriating. It felt like a bad episode of Scooby Doo.

In all my time as an anime fan nothing infuriates me more than shoddy plotting, weak narrative that lacks focus and cohesion, and paint-by-numbers, lazy writing. In grand anime tradition I'm surprised the shows producers and writers didn't waste two other episodes on a pointless hot springs or summer vacation beach trip.

It's also kind of infuriating that they think such bad storytelling is ok. If my name were attached to this, I'd wanna make sure it was the best it could be, not pad it out with filler or churn out something ham-handedly.

Anime fans in Japan need to start demanding better writing and storytelling.

erinfinnegan wrote:

CareyGrant wrote: Occult Academy. Don't get me started. Like you I loved the first ep. It gave me hope... which the rest of the show promptly ground into the dirt under its boot heel. Haha, it's like Maya is stomping in the viewer's faces with her high heeled shoes.

Yesssss Mistress! *whimpers* May I please have another!

I liked the series as a whole, but part 1 was WAY better than part 2 in general, not just cause of the ending. It's almost like the team got 80% of their good ideas out of the way in the first half, and had to manage with what was left. That or a whole different team took over for part 2, it seemed that way sometimes. The difference in quality between parts 1 and 2 is so drastic it aint even funny (I marathoned the whole series in 1 go, so I felt the full force of the drop in quality).

But, smack talk out of the way, the episodes involving buildup to (and resolution of) the apocalypse that Erin mentioned were quite awesome. Kinda like how the buildup to and beginning rounds of the Pieta fight in Claymore set the bar so high that ultimately the end fell flat on its face...