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Perfect 10 | 365 | 44.95% | |
9 out of 10 : Excellent | 199 | 24.51% | |
8 out of 10 : Very Good | 92 | 11.33% | |
7 out of 10 : Good | 76 | 9.36% | |
6 out of 10 : Average | 31 | 3.82% | |
5 out of 10 : Below Average | 20 | 2.46% | |
4 out of 10 : Poor | 9 | 1.11% | |
3 out of 10 : Bad | 4 | 0.49% | |
2 out of 10 : Very Bad | 2 | 0.25% | |
1 out of 10 : Painful | 14 | 1.72% | |
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2009-01-28, 11:12 | Link #1022 |
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Hmmmm.....seems CG R2 made it on the list for the Anime Choice 2008 poll. Now whether it deserves to be there is another story. Though I have to say I did vote for it for mecha just because there were certain failings in MFs ending and its resolution of certain plot points that knocked it down for me. Gundam 00 isn't finished, so I'm loath to vote for it. Meh, I still say for all R2's problems it was still fun to watch. It was worth watching for Lelouch alone. Of course, if you hated Lelouch's guts then I'm sure you probably didn't enjoy R2 that much...
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2009-01-29, 20:07 | Link #1024 |
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This is truly a great anime. This is one of those Anime that only come around once a decade. It is one of very few Anime that I have cried while watching, and gotten up and cheered... And sat there watching it breaking into a evil laugh when Lulu wins a battle or outsmarts ppl, as he does many times XD I give it a 10/10 easy.
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2009-02-21, 05:48 | Link #1026 |
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Italy
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Too much inconsistencies in the scrip. Almost all the characters switch abruptly side with no clear explanation on why they do that. Repetitively. Sub-plots are rushed (Chinese and Charles/Marianne arcs). Lelouch is incoherent through the whole show, ending doing and being what he hated in the beginning... or just a couple of episodes before. Animation is very good, but the constant overpowering of the mecha as a trick to solve every fights it's in the end a bit boring. Musics are ok but the openings are a pain.
Overall, I'm totally unimpressed and disappointed with this second series, that fails to carry on the good qualities of the first one, while enhancing its flaws. Promises were high, but results did not meet expectations. Mine, at least. I give it a 5/10. |
2009-02-21, 14:30 | Link #1029 | |
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The usage of mecha as plot devices are only used as such in the first half of the series, and that's mostly due to Suzaku's haxxor abilities and the fact that the Black Knights are playing technology catch-up for most of the first arc (up until the Chinese Federation arc). After that, it's mostly due to individuals' skill versus technology. In fact, most fights are resolved with Lelouch using the environment to his advantage to destroy the enemy, if you were paying any attention at all. And the openings were quite good. WORLD END is probably one of the best openings I've ever heard for any anime. It's the endings that weren't so hot. Again, you should really explain what "good qualities" and "flaws" you're talking about if you want us to buy the bullshit you're spouting in your so-called "review". I understand that every anime has flaws somewhere, but you FAIL TO MENTION EVEN ONE in the context of comparing the first with the second season. Seriously, put more than two minutes of thought into your post, and you need to actually have seen the series in order to make a judgment, because from your comments, you obviously couldn't have watch more than half a dozen episodes, out of order and with bad subtitles/translations.
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2009-02-21, 14:35 | Link #1030 | |
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No. Because almost every fights is solved when one of the mecha (usually the Guren or the Lancelot) show up after a considerably restyling and upgrading, almost if they were Super Sayan! First time it's cool, the tenth time is predictable. |
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2009-02-21, 14:43 | Link #1032 |
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Thing is, it wasn't just them. In r2, debuting mecha won. Guren Kashoushiki, Shen Hu, Shinkirou, Guren Seiten, and Lancelot Albion. They all won their first battle, regardless of, well, anything. Lancelot Conquista is the only one that didn't autowin, if you exclude it frying the Guren MkII.
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2009-02-21, 14:57 | Link #1034 | |
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Good qualities? The animation and dialogs are good, but they are ruined by the painful script. Hey, almost all the characters are ruined by the bad script. In here lies the flaw. The script required that almost all the characters, at a certain point or another, started to act weird in order to make the story progress, even if that meant to do or say things they had never said before. And they were not geassed. People like Jeremiah, Nunnally, Nina, Schneizel... But again, this is only my opinion, good for you if you have liked it. |
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2009-02-21, 15:12 | Link #1035 |
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Eh i'm gonna disagree on World's End because I thought for the direction of the second half of the season the song didn't fit as well as flows first song for the series Colors, plus I felt colors had a catchy and really awesome chorus. If you look at ops, they usually tell you how an anime will progress, this is quite prevalent in a show like FMA, where we can actually piece together information about the show just from watching the ops. I feel that having a great op to match the story is one of the best ways to make an anime memorable.
The mecha portion in S1 was amazing, specifically it was different from gundam, no flying bullshit, the interplay between the mechs was more tacital, where as flying mecha are great and all but the designs of s2 really mirrored those of the Gundam universe. Other than non unique mech designs in r2, from a technical stand point r2 was awesome The main problem I had with the story was that r2 lacks a lot of rewatchablitliy, this is because those once shocking plot twists are really not that shocking on a second watch through. Good story telling isn't created by plot twist after another, I just felt that R2 got into this notion that the only way to progress plot was to make a plot twist which isn't the best sense in writing. Some parts were great but the whole mechanism of development could have been worked out better. Don't get me wrong I really enjoyed the series, especially the high production values, character designs, and overall story was satisfying, its just that I judge how good an anime on its rewatch value too, so in r1 i've rewatched that many a times but with r2 I just don't feel the need to revisit every episode, though I have watched a couple of the episodes again r2 compared to r1 just lacks a little something. |
2009-02-21, 16:25 | Link #1036 | |
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All Ougi managed to do was sell out the world to Schneizel. All you need to know about R2 is the fact that in one scene Lelouch dramatically moves his King NEAR THE END OF THE GAME! It works in the first episode because that was Lelouch's first play since that old man was playing for him up until that time. Schneizel and Lelouch where playing the entire time. It tries to copy what made the first season great but fails everytime. |
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2009-02-21, 16:28 | Link #1037 |
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Never mind that Schneizel eventually became a slave, of course...
And Todoh was a secondary. Therefore, unimportant. And we didn't need to devote episodes to the whole command structure of the Knights. And yes, one girl and a genius of a planner were responsible for the success of the BKs. |
2009-02-21, 16:40 | Link #1039 | |
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As for devoting more time to Todoh Its better than devoting episodes to making giant pizzas or the entire school trying to capture Lelouch. Considering the ending Okouchi and Taniguchi needed to show that the cast could live on without Lelouch, at no point in time did they show that. |
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