2004-04-09, 19:05 | Link #41 |
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: USA
Age: 37
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The action gave me a bit of an adrenalin rush so I guess I'll follow it. I don't appreciate the mecha but I do enjoy the guns. Plus, you don't see too many cowgirls in anime. Meg definitely seems to have something for Jo... About the fanservice, yeah, there seems to be a lot of lack of clothing but they're not flashing anyone so far.
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2004-04-09, 19:13 | Link #42 | |
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2004-04-09, 19:32 | Link #44 |
Claytard
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: U.M.N.
Age: 45
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Just saw the Lunar version of Bakuretsu Tenshi and i have to say: Two thumbs up, Ed loooovvveeesss Baku Ten^^
Nice setting, interesting characters plus chara-design, good music score "Everybody Loosey^^", a really,really nice dress up scene with Jo and nice mecha action (looks like cell shading). Fav line for the first episode from Jo: "Can I shoot all of them?" And yes, as it was stated before, it does look like a cross-over between Bubblegum Crisis, Cowboy Bebop and a bit of Noir. |
2004-04-09, 19:56 | Link #45 |
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Honestly i think Gonzo is one of the best out there right up there next to Gainax, Xebec and Beetrain, on my list of groups that have to really mess up to get me mad.
Remember Kiddy grade? first episodes make you think fanservice only, but by episode 4 there are undertones of something.................... wait and see ps. Happy Easter everyone, |
2004-04-10, 01:39 | Link #46 |
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Well IMO this is one of the best i've seen so far this season, having not seen a mecha anime in a while. Gonzo have made this a series to be very interested in.
We cant be sure what the plot will be like from the first series of the episode so mabie we should all give it a few more before we call it a rip off. Did anyone else get a Nadesico feel from this? Cook gets taken off to war and becomes embroiled in the conflicts to come. (ep 2 said something about him being involved in the rescue operation.) I didnt get the noir feel from this, tho i immediately saw Auska from NGE in the Meg character (correct me if im wrong with the names). I'll follow it into the forseeable future. |
2004-04-10, 01:59 | Link #47 |
Mr. Prince
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Scottsdale, Arizona
Age: 40
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Well after watching the first episode this series seems kinda dry storywise, but its so pretty to look at. Gotta check out more episodes. But out of the 5 new series I've seen so far its 4th right above mars daybreak.
And as I expected it looked like this new series got by far the most downloads. |
2004-04-10, 02:12 | Link #48 |
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Time Warp/Future
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after rewatching the first episode, it seems getting better and better, as I noticed some very nice details that I have missed earlier. the actions look quite good now. And it feels more and more like BGC too...
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2004-04-10, 04:51 | Link #49 |
キズランダム
Join Date: Apr 2003
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I got to watch the first ep now and its OK for what it is catering to. Heavy influences from Bubblegum Crisis, with a smattering of Cowboy Bebop and character transplants of Asuka from Eva and Skuld from AMG and Akito the Cook (same seiyuu sounds like) from Nadesico ;p
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2004-04-10, 07:37 | Link #52 |
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Age: 38
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Grey hair.. Red eyes.. Rei anyone? Well, Jo sure doesn't act like Rei, but the character designs are so strangely close to EVA. Despite that, it really caught my attention. There isn't much plot in the pilot episode, but I was kept gawking by the CG eye candy.
Awesome. That makes three new animes i have to download each week. |
2004-04-10, 08:48 | Link #53 | |
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2004-04-10, 10:14 | Link #54 | |
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Join Date: Feb 2004
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2004-04-10, 11:29 | Link #55 |
/Ultimate Magic Attack!!!
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Time Warp/Future
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err... Jo... Noir... EVA... what's next?
Is there a muscular female character in Noir? No. Is there a muscular female character in EVA? No. Also I'd say a series with explosions, T&A and mass fanservice can be a great series, the example being GONZO's own Vandread series |
2004-04-10, 12:13 | Link #57 |
Expand your world...
Join Date: Dec 2003
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Looks promising. I was a bit worried about the skimpy outfits at first - not that I don't like a little fan service now and then, but I was worried it was going to approach the absurd level of Daphne...ridiculuous not attractive. Well, they are pretty skimpy, especially Jo's, but its tolerable. And I love Sei's character design...she's gorgeous and its nice to have a main character that appears to be older than high school age.
Production values are great and knowing this is the first episode, there is absolutely no reason to doubt the plot development at this point. The theme may not be brand new, but I have faith GONZO will make something of it. |
2004-04-10, 12:35 | Link #58 | |
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: South East Asia
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That's the beauty of it here to me. It is not a technical fault of animation nor is it slow or awkward. The OP also showed this with the rounds slowly coming towards you from Joe's guns. |
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2004-04-10, 14:26 | Link #59 | |
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2004-04-10, 18:01 | Link #60 |
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Finland
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Hmm... I'm not impressed after first episode, but I will give it a shot, one more series to follow. I like the character design, especially Meg (or should I say Asuka-clone).
Anime by GONZO (Full Metal Panic!, Hellsing, Vandread, Last Exile) cannot be bad... |
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