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Date Posted: 09:37:44 04/24/03 Thu
In reply to:
Chichiri
's message, "Re: What is everyone watching?" on 07:32:40 04/24/03 Thu
>I had wanted to see it since I read a review of it in
>a newsgroup about 2 years ago. It just took me a long
>time to muster the motivation to get a copy of it, so
>I only finished watching it in February.
>
>One thing that has surprised me is how little word of
>mouth this show has gotten. I hardly heard anything
>about it in 1999, and when it got picked up and
>released here, there was also very little fanfair.
>Since then I've heard praise about it here and there,
>but nothing compared to what some other shows have
>gotten, although I consider this as good (if not
>better) than those shows.
Yeah I've heard mostly reviews from my friends and nothing at any major websites or whatnot. Also, apparently a lot of people haven't seen it which is a shame. I will probably watch it in about...a week which is the ACen AMV contest deadline. I look forward to it and do expect it to be quite depressing, but quite good.
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>>ideoinfo.php?v=11334" target="_blank">Endure
>
>It's a well done AMV, but personally I don't think it
>gives you a good idea of what Now and Then Here and
>There is about at all. In fact it might give a false
>impression of the show.
Yeah, Tim/Fluxy is a good friend of mine and he told me that it's not accurate to the show and actually gives you a different interpretation of the show, which he did on purpose. The video is called "Endure" because he wanted to show how the characters "endure" such great hardships. I only asked since I didn't want to be spoiled. He assures me it doesn't contain any (or rather you wouldn't get it).
On a funny sidenote, his editing style for this video (the split-screens, etc.) was done on accident. He told me that the first edit he did had the kid and the gun and on accident had it split like that. He rendered and saw the potential of it and used it throughout. This video won "Best Drama" at the Viewer's Choice Awards on AMV.org. That pretty much equates it to the best Drama video this year and it's quite unfortunate that he won nothing at AWA Masters (although there is only one award). Look at his other works, in particular, "Souls of Rage and Sorrow," "The Victim was this Video" and "Eternal Damnation." I've learned quite a bit from Tim :).
>Personally I think AMG is best appreciated by guys
>since it's pretty much a harem anime aimed at guys.
>It doesn't mean it's not funny to me, but I don't
>think it's as good as most guys seems to rate it.
>Which is why I don't have that much interest in seeing
>YUA.
Surprisingly, I agree with you. I don't know that many females who like AMG. It's obviously catered towards males with three female characters and this 'ideal' house-wife. At the same time, I do like the romantic elements in it and of course the comedic as well...oh and I'm also a guy :-P.
>I have as little interest in Digi Charat as I do in
>YUA, so I can't comment on it, but Excel Saga was
>simply too random for me to enjoy that much. And I
>don't know that I'd label CCS a comedy/slapstick
>anime, although there are some very funny parts in it
>once you've gotten to know the characters. Even if I
>did consider CCS a comedy/slapstick anime, I wouldn't
>call it one of the best, although it is very good.
>KareKano is definitely funnier and good enough to be
>considered one of the best for the first half of the
>series, but it goes downhill, so I don't think I'd
>call it one of the best anime comedies overall.
>
>Personally, I'd label the first season of Kodocha as
>the best comedy anime I've seen to date (as with
>Kenshin, I discount the remainder, which is mere
>filler episodes because they ran out of manga). It
>has the insane Excel-style humor (though not as dirty
>or as sensless as Excel) but it also had an ongoing
>serious plot underneath all that humor which really
>made the show shine. And up until Sony ran out of
>manga (around the beginning of the 2nd season) and
>started making fillers, it was very consistent both in
>humor and plot. After that it is funny, but the anime
>loses its bite when it loses its plot.
Surprisingly, I would have to agree on Excel Saga. Like I said, I can only take about one episode of it. As for CCS, well...like I said shows like this usually make me nauteous call me insensitive or insecure about my masculity or whtever, but the show just doesn't do anything for me. And yes I gave it a chance...watched like 40 episodes of it O_o.
As for Kodacha. I have seen about half and it's great. I agree on that. It's another show I can 'put up with.'
>I'd also name Fruits Basket, but like CCS, I don't
>consider it a simple comedy, since it's a lot more
>than just that. As a pencilboard I have states, "It's
>a zodiac animal transformation home comedy!" At any
>rate it's very good, and it's also a lot more
>consistent than KareKano. (Wow, my first two picks
>are both Daiichi Akitarous.) However, if you insist
>on me calling Fruits Basket a mere comedy, I would
>actually rate Fruits Basket higher than Kodocha
>because it's just as funny (in a different sort of
>way), but they didn't make a lot of pointless fillers
>and simply ended the show once they caught up with the
>manga.
I haven't seen any of Fruit's Basket, but based on my friends who like it, the art and the story, it doesn't look like it'd appeal to me either (for the same CCS reason). We'll see I guess...
>Maison Ikkoku is also very good, and something I would
>recommend to anyone that has the time and patience to
>watch a 96 episode series. The only problem with
>Maison Ikkoku is that its plot doesn't kick in until
>halfway through the series (before then they need to
>establish characters), which is a long time to wait
>before getting to plot.
>
>I've heard that Azumanga Daioh is also very funny, but
>unique at the same time, so that may get on my list
>very shortly.
Yeah I've heard Maison is VERY good if you can get into it. It sucks it takes so long to get into, but at the same time, I heard it's very good once it does. Hell Kenshin doesn't get "good" until around episode 30 and it's one of my favorite shows. I of course enjoy consistency in quality, but I can't deny greatness when I see it (no matter how long it takes :-P).
Daniel ^_^
Ninja Gaijin Productions
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