Originally Posted by Dr Kain (Post 372604)

Turn A Gundam is pretty much the Gundam version of Escaflowne.

I never watched the whole series because when I started to watch it, Bandai announced they acquired the license of the show. As such, I deleted my fansubs in order to wait for the domestic release. How foolish I was.

Originally Posted by Powerman293 (Post 372401)

Sorry for the double post

Turn A Gundam 1

The fuck did I just watch? I get its set up for the mood and atmosphere but it literally offered nothing of interest to keep me going for the rest of the show.

The nudity felt really really awkward. Like these are 13 and 14 year old kids, I don't think they should take nudity very lightly. And that random nude sunbather near the end of the episode.

Originally Posted by Powerman293 (Post 372697)

Turn A Gundam 2

This shit's fucking weird! The nudity just became even more awkward in this episode with near full frontal (pardon the pun) female nudity.Along with Loran and Sochie both being naked in this weird tribalistic coming of age ceremony with leeches and him piloting the White Doll naked with her on his lap. The fuck Tomino?

The only character I like is the younger sister but even then she's not that compelling yet. I'm not really into the WWI eske atmosphere but maybe that's just me.

I really don't feel to compelled by these first two episodes. I'm not saying they're bad, but their just super weird and I can't get into it. I know people say its an amazing series but I don't know yet.

The Mobile suit fight wasn't even that compelling. It was just the White Doll shooting at these pair of legs running around.

Originally Posted by Powerman293 (Post 372697)

Turn A Gundam 2

This shit's fucking weird! The nudity just became even more awkward in this episode with near full frontal (pardon the pun) female nudity.Along with Loran and Sochie both being naked in this weird tribalistic coming of age ceremony with leeches and him piloting the White Doll naked with her on his lap. The fuck Tomino?

The only character I like is the younger sister but even then she's not that compelling yet. I'm not really into the WWI eske atmosphere but maybe that's just me.

I really don't feel to compelled by these first two episodes. I'm not saying they're bad, but their just super weird and I can't get into it. I know people say its an amazing series but I don't know yet.

The Mobile suit fight wasn't even that compelling. It was just the White Doll shooting at these pair of legs running around.

I do like the design of the Turn A though. Its very alien and sleek yet is still recognizable as a Gundam. I love that Mustache. It also manages to do what all beginning/Rx-78-2 look alikes fail to do, look compelling.

Originally Posted by Powerman293 (Post 372697)

Turn A Gundam 2

This shit's fucking weird! The nudity just became even more awkward in this episode with near full frontal (pardon the pun) female nudity.Along with Loran and Sochie both being naked in this weird tribalistic coming of age ceremony with leeches and him piloting the White Doll naked with her on his lap. The fuck Tomino?

Originally Posted by MidoGreen (Post 372680)

*Sighs*We were so close to gettting a domestic release for Turn A v_v.

Originally Posted by GoseiWonder (Post 372710)

So are you watching a Gundam series or a hentai?

Originally Posted by algo448 (Post 372980)

Chūnibyō Demo Koi ga Shitai!: AKA "I really don't know how to spell this and probably won't try!"

Chu-2 is an oddly marketed show, from the images and op/ed you'd say this is either a dark supernatural show or a harem one, add to that the other show with an eyepatch girl (Another) and it was one show I never gave much thought to.

So the content of the show really surprised me, it's essentially a slice of life, an Akibaranger flavored slice of life, Chuunibyo focuses on a condition called "Eighth Grader Syndrome" which refers mostly to teenagers that fantasize and live in their delusions (so to say), the main character is Yuuta Togashi a boy who already left his Syndrome behind and is extremely ashamed of it, however things get more complex hilarious when he meets Rika Takanashi a girl that is right in the middle of her Syndrome and is very attached to him.

Chuunibyo is a very funn show, and one with an interesting emotional range, sometimes you cringe at the sillyness of the delusions, others you will laugh and in some cases you will even approve of them, in that sense the dramatic side is handled well for the most part, the problems don't come out of left field, and the show for the biggest part doesn't want to impose an opinion in you, all points regarding Eight Grader Syndrome have some degree of truth, and we all have different ways of coping with life, the characters show this very well.

On the other hand I do have one main gripe with the show, but I'm starting to think it's more of a KyoAni cliche at this point... it tries too hard to make you feel bad near the end, the studio seems to love that, and while the topic is coherent with the show the execution not so much, episode 11 dragged too much and was too melodramatic for my tastes.
Thankfully 12 definitely makes up for it and provides a good conclusion.

So all in all? I enjoyed it, a lot, and it has memorable characters, all I can hope is the sequel is as enjoyable, because... keep this a secret... but I'm not very fond of sequels....