[ZeoRangerV]

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Originally Posted by GrimZata

At least the VN had multiple endings, and I believe someone's translating them through youtube videos, will need to watch those sometime.

Sweet, will have to watch those.

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Um... I actually like Saori the best.

At least we all agree he shouldn't have ended up with Kanako

[Blade Raider]

Finished Blassreiter last night. It's...okay. The writing is hit and miss, a completely unnecessary character added into the finale arc that's a complete waste, and there's a lot of unexplained moments in the finale. However, the show kept escalating in a way that made me wonder what was next. There's some cool mecha in the second half that I really wish were the stars rather than the support cast.

Also of note is the animation being done by Gonzo. If you know anything about Gonzo, you know they love to use CGI in animes and it shows. Everyone that can henshin is CGI and it looks awful. However, the mecha I mentioned earlier looks great as CGI.

In the end, Blassreiter is just okay and needed more work.

[Locke]

Episode 9 of Penguindrum was more of a necessary episode than a enjoyable one. This show is all about Himari and yet we barely know a thing about her, so an episode focused on her was exactly what the doctor ordered.

The content of the episode wasn't bad, so much, but I dunno, something always seems to fail to click, I think perhaps due to the cripplingly slow pace but it may also be because the show never seems to pick a tone and stick with it, leaving every aspect of the series feeling half cocked. The episode was absolutely gorgeous though.

[Powerman293]

Just started Gundam Wing and its dubbed by these guys called "Ocean". Kniw anything about it?

[Dr Kain]

Yeah, most of their dubs suck.

[Powerman293]

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Yeah, most of their dubs suck.

I have seen a few episodes so far and I thought the dub was okay. The bad acting only gets on my nerves outside of Mobile suit fights

[Locke]

When someone mentioned Blassreiter, I remembered watching it when it first aired, the people subbing it at the time were really unreliable and I gave up in the end. Now I have the whole series, dual audio as well, the dub is okay as far as things go but they still sound pretty robotic and bored as most dubs do.

That CGI though man, fucking AWFUL. It's a real shame as well because all the designs and action are rocking, at least conceptually, and then they are ruined with that CG animation that makes this show look at least fifteen years older than it really is.

[Powerman293]

Gundam Wing up to episode 15.

Man, episodes 5 and 10 were real gamechangers for the series so far, I was disappointed that 11-14 pretty much became boring Gundam/Oz politics with the standard Gundam(s) owning all the grunt Mobile suits fight sequence at the end of each episode. This probably has more BS fictional political dialouge then the Star Wars prequels. Its also really annoying when Renna breaks her American accent when saying Herro by emphasizing the R in a very Japanese way. I don't know what the hell the writers are even doing with Renna. I thought she was going to be a peacemaker driving up supports for the Gundams and have to deal with political discrimination. But nope, just a stupid outburst in episode 14.

15 is really interesting with the plot its setting up with the Tallgeese and Zechs but not much else happened other then 003 owning all of the enemy Mobile Suits like usual.

[Orange Ranger]

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Originally Posted by Powerman293

Gundam Wing up to episode 15.

Man, episodes 5 and 10 were real gamechangers for the series so far, I was disappointed that 11-14 pretty much became boring Gundam/Oz politics with the standard Gundam(s) owning all the grunt Mobile suits fight sequence at the end of each episode. This probably has more BS fictional political dialouge then the Star Wars prequels. Its also really annoying when Renna breaks her American accent when saying Herro by emphasizing the R in a very Japanese way. I don't know what the hell the writers are even doing with Renna. I thought she was going to be a peacemaker driving up supports for the Gundams and have to deal with political discrimination. But nope, just a stupid outburst in episode 14.

15 is really interesting with the plot its setting up with the Tallgeese and Zechs but not much else happened other then 003 owning all of the enemy Mobile Suits like usual.

You are almost to that weird spot with Wing where it slows down for a bit. The Antarctica battle is pretty great but a lot then the show goes through a series of slow downs and quick changes. They all work well enough though. All the political maneuvering early in the show is really essential to why the story is happening in the first place.

[Locke]

So I dropped Tekka, gonna leave that in the nostalgia vault with a lot of other things. I'm now gonna watch the deciding episode of G-Gundam. If this doesn't impress me, I might need help finding new shows!

And was the episode good? Yes, kinda... You see the problem is, the animation is so insanely dated that a lot of the really badass moments come across as unintentionally goofy and downright hilarious, and I'm pretty sure the one reaction they didn't want was me giggling at it. Master Asia was really cool, I did love his Gundam, but I'm sorry I got real Simon and Kamina vibes from these two, and I love Simon and Kamina way more.

Still, the shows age isn't the shows fault, so I feel bad for dropping it for that, especially as everything else was great. So I might stick around until the end of this arc, and take it from there.