I've had no internet all day, so after spending a lot of time sleeping and working on my garden, I made this mega post of my watching.

G-Gundam 07 - Despite being maybe the most racist episode yet, it had some great character focus and some really enjoyable character focus as well. It's largely an of the week style show, but it doesn't just cocktease at wider things in play, it realises them.

The only real issue I had is why doesn't Domon...just ask Chico? I can understand why he needs to fight, if that is his only way to communicate with the pilots but here he has about ten billion oppurtunities to just take the photo out, ask and leave but just doesn't, causing all manner of chaos and problems because of it. What a shit hero.

Also of course, the Tequila Gundam has a cool design, so it does one pose (not even an
attack, just a pose) and is destroyed. This was quite possibly the worst battle in the entire series so far, I hope to Christ we never get a battle as shit as this ever again.

I feel like I have no investment in this show at all, because Domon is a horrible person and his powers are so hax I have to kind of argue the show with myself and go 'oh yeah well he might have lost there', it's just boring. Maybe it isn't as 'heroic' but I love seeing my heroes struggle, being on the left foot and having to pull out all the stops to win.

There ain't no problem in G-Gundam that can't be solved by the Shining Finger, it seems, which functions more as a weak plot device than an actual attack. Tekka is just as bad, in the opposite direction, making up random rules and drama as it goes along to create completely false tension in all its battles.

Penguim Drum 05 - Man so much crazy shit went down in thi episode, I don't even have anything constructive to add, this show is getting so, so good. I just hope Ringo steps in front of a bus soon, as she is a bane on an otherwise great show.

Tekka 06 - I prefered the relationship between Blade and Dagger when it was done again between Ichigo and Grimmjow. Still though, overall the episode was fine, I just wish it was done with better animation. It's like the further in I get, the more the animation bothers me, or just the worst the animation gets.

Also, why is it Tekkaman Dagger and not Tekkaman Bow? Or Tekkaman Arrow? Or Tekkaman Flint? Or Tekkaman anything to do with his weapon, and not Dagger, which is not what he fights with. Then again I guess Blade only fits in the most tenative of fashions as well...

Oh yeah, I'm once again on a One Piece movement. Spent the last week watching Season 4 and this week I am going to watch the first volume to Season 5.

I will say that the first batch of G-Gundam episodes are mostly formulaic. It doesn't really get going until episode 12.

I'm honestly not sure I can make it that far, after episodes 7 and 8 I feel like I'm ready to give up.

Speaking of episode 8 Fuck me, the opening was dark. Bringing back past Fighters and mixing them with the new ones was well realised and the Lumber Gundam had a rocking design.

Sadly, it's another episode completely ruined by Domon's presence. Rather than letting the epic battle play out, that the whole episode had been building towards and got us invested in, Domon just barged his way in, once again shrugging off all attacks and taking down the enemy by blowing on them. And I like how they just reduced Rain to a pathetic shadow of her true self for false and empty drama. I'm so bored of this show by now.

Tekka 07 - this was actually a really enjoyable episode, it looks like the God awful animation of the last few episodes was because they were saving themselves for this. What an epic episode, Pegasus is so awesome. Although I wonder why they went with Pegasus and not Phoenix or Easter or something more fitting.

Dagger was so shit though.

I finished episode 3 of Sankarea. Man, it just struck me how messed up Rea's life is. It seems that the basic plot has been established, now I'm hoping to see a lot more drama. I love Rea so far.

I watched episodes 264-270 of One Piece today and man, they are really taking their time to get to the gates in Enies Lobby. It feels like they are doing one Manga chapter an episode at this point. I still love the show, but this just shows why series need to take breaks from being on tv inbetween story arcs.

I wonder what measuring stick you hold up against the titles you view. Your standards seem to be pretty high from most of the comments you've posted. This isn't an attack on you but I am curious what you consider a "perfect" anime/cartoon/tv show.

Nothing is perfect. Everything has faults. Saying 'it was good' is a useless post on a discussion board, as such being critical of shows is how I enjoy them, taking them apart from the ground up and rebuilding them. Not just working out what doesn't work, but WHY it doesn't, at least in my opinion. A true fan should be able to write a dissertation on their favourite things faults and love it anyway.

Deen Faruq?

Anyway, I finished Macross. It was really good, I'm not sure if I like it more that Frontier. I think they're about equal.

Fair enough I suppose but some people do come off gauging different types of shows primarily aimed at different audiences with the same measuring stick.