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Originally Posted by Switchblade

Episode 30 is the start of the Inoue era. It's the first episode to do away with Asumu's introduction and it debuts the new douchebag character, Kiriya.

...Kiriya. Ugh. Probably one of the only things I really did dislike about the production shift. The lack of Shonen Yo at the end of the episodes, the loss of a lot of the show's sense of style and the change to the intro are the other standouts to me. The show was still really good in its last run of episodes, and I've said it before but some of my favorite moments from the season were from post-shift.

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Originally Posted by Suzu

Phew, finished Faiz yesterday and honestly, I disliked pretty much everything about it. The characters were unlikeable, the designs were totally not my cup of tea, the music was okay, the story was... meh.
The only thing I really enjoyed about it though was the Hyper Battle Video. That one was awesome xD

Really now? The only truly unlikable character was Kusaka. Mihara was utterly useless and a waste of a really well built up rider gear, but he at least wasn't a completely irredeemable human being. The rest of the main cast, the hero orphenocs and Takumi in particular, were great characters that received a lot of really good development.

I can see the designs being hit or miss with people, I really liked both the rider and orphenoc designs for the most part. The only song I really remember from it was Justi-faiz, which isn't my favorite opening theme but I still really dug it. The story, it wasn't an especially story driven series I suppose, and with the way the ending felt rushed to have any relevance...

You know what, I just had a bit of a realization. Faiz and Wizard are really really similar in that regard. The early part of the show focuses on the villains trying to turn humans into more monsters because reasons. And then the latter portion tries to come up with some sort of endgame out of basically nowhere. There are other similarities too but I'm too tired and lazy to think about them right now.

But yeah, Faiz was a great season. A bit overbearing and dark at times, but it was definitely a good ride.

So, A-MA-ZON! has been a slow watch for me. Mostly because just being really busy at home and work, and using what free time I do get on other things. I just finished episode 5, don't really have anything to say about it at this point. I do like that it seems to tie-in to the next episode and that we're going to have one of the beastmen be a bit more relevant now, maybe. It's a short season and I'm honestly surprised I haven't just marathoned my way through it, I watched the last half of Faiz quicker than I've watched the first quarter of Amazon I think, and Amazon is only 24 episodes long. May need to watch a faster paced season after this one or something.