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feuervogel) wrote2009-03-04 10:05 am
feuervogel) wrote2009-03-04 10:05 am
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Sort-of-weekly cartoon roundup post
Michiko to Hatchin: A female gangster escapes from jail and rescues a kid from the church orphanage where she's living. By the guys who brought you Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo, so it's stylish if nothing else. Two episodes in, it's hard to say where this is headed, but it's going to get there very stylishly. I can't figure out where it's set: the background language is Portuguese, but the people have mostly mixed Japanese and Spanish-ish names (Michiko Malandro, for example), which makes me think of Peru. (Wikipedia tells me it's a fictionalized Brazil. I can believe that.)
Natsume Yuujinchou: A high school boy can see youkai (Japanese nature spirits, sort of). He learns that his grandmother could see them as well, and she defeated a bunch of them and stole their names. The youkai want their names back. Natsume has a mascot-cat, who looks like a maneki-neko, but he turns into Ookami. The plot so far (6 episodes) has revolved around Natsume finding youkai and returning their names, with some high school-ish background stuff. It's sort of like MUSHISHI in high school; if you like that, you ought to give Natsume a try.
Tytania: OK, I dig the hell out of this show. It's over the top as hell, and there's so much yaoi fodder it's unbelievable. The problem with the new abbreviated COUP season (thank you, room scheduling) is that we can show more episodes of fewer shows or fewer episodes of more shows. So the first 2 episodes of Tytania are basically setting up the rest of the story, so it's all backstory, introductions, exposition, and a fabulous space battle. Episode 3 is where the plot starts to happen, and you don't meet the coolest pirate captain since Harlock until episode 5 or 6. (Captain Miranda *rules.*) Poor Fan doesn't even get any motivation until episode TWELVE.
Macross Frontier: Still love. Episode 17, the great Ozma backstory episode with obligatory FIRE BOMBER music? Hells yeah. And the evil fan baiting with the PINEAPPLE CAKE. (Hint: this episode of original Macross [SPOLIARZ]. And, damn, I just realized the parallel in episode titles; MacF ep 17 is called "Farewell, Sister." [The Japanese title, however, was Pineapple Salad.])
Twenty Faces: What, plot? 3 or 4 episodes from the end? And tying the random subplots from early episodes in? NO WAI.
Blah blah Index: I don't know, and I don't care! I stopped watching! I can go home early! Ben's a maso, so he's staying for it. He says there keep being hints of interesting plot, then it turns back into formula shonen crap. So if you took away the stupid shonen crap and condensed it into a couple OVAs or a short series, it might be tolerable. But I still don't care! HAHAHAHA!
Natsume Yuujinchou: A high school boy can see youkai (Japanese nature spirits, sort of). He learns that his grandmother could see them as well, and she defeated a bunch of them and stole their names. The youkai want their names back. Natsume has a mascot-cat, who looks like a maneki-neko, but he turns into Ookami. The plot so far (6 episodes) has revolved around Natsume finding youkai and returning their names, with some high school-ish background stuff. It's sort of like MUSHISHI in high school; if you like that, you ought to give Natsume a try.
Tytania: OK, I dig the hell out of this show. It's over the top as hell, and there's so much yaoi fodder it's unbelievable. The problem with the new abbreviated COUP season (thank you, room scheduling) is that we can show more episodes of fewer shows or fewer episodes of more shows. So the first 2 episodes of Tytania are basically setting up the rest of the story, so it's all backstory, introductions, exposition, and a fabulous space battle. Episode 3 is where the plot starts to happen, and you don't meet the coolest pirate captain since Harlock until episode 5 or 6. (Captain Miranda *rules.*) Poor Fan doesn't even get any motivation until episode TWELVE.
Macross Frontier: Still love. Episode 17, the great Ozma backstory episode with obligatory FIRE BOMBER music? Hells yeah. And the evil fan baiting with the PINEAPPLE CAKE. (Hint: this episode of original Macross [SPOLIARZ]. And, damn, I just realized the parallel in episode titles; MacF ep 17 is called "Farewell, Sister." [The Japanese title, however, was Pineapple Salad.])
Twenty Faces: What, plot? 3 or 4 episodes from the end? And tying the random subplots from early episodes in? NO WAI.
Blah blah Index: I don't know, and I don't care! I stopped watching! I can go home early! Ben's a maso, so he's staying for it. He says there keep being hints of interesting plot, then it turns back into formula shonen crap. So if you took away the stupid shonen crap and condensed it into a couple OVAs or a short series, it might be tolerable. But I still don't care! HAHAHAHA!