Comments on: Some quick first impressions: Nagasarete Airantou, Romeo x Juliet and Gigantic Formula

by: asdf

Sun, 08 Apr 2007 08:13:18 +0100

hmm just watched gigantic formula… those kids’ huge irises kinda freak me out. and the main character’s mouth opens weird when he talks. but i’m still interested in why greek statue heads(or whatever) can become mecha and will probably watch more, lol

by: Immelman

Fri, 06 Apr 2007 17:02:17 +0100

I’m totally ok with Gonzo changing the story, as they did with Gankutsuou (one of my favourite anime).

by: Chloe

Thu, 05 Apr 2007 22:40:39 +0100

I agree with demi - I’m an avid reader, but I couldn’t stand a lot of Romeo and Juliet for the boredom factor (didn’t help that there were so many soliloquys, which I doubt an anime would do…). It isn’t even that I dislike Shakespeare; Macbeth is okay and I enoyed Twelfth Night. It just sounds more interesting this way imo… it’s certainly sounds more like my type of thing.

by: Jim Kitchnen

Thu, 05 Apr 2007 19:24:32 +0100

Although I admit that Shakespeare was a brilliant writer, I’ve always hated his stories. I honestly hope Gonzo makes all the changes they can.

by: demitrickster

Thu, 05 Apr 2007 16:34:02 +0100

I always found the original Romeo and Juliet play dreadfully boring when I had to read it in school. If anything I think the changes Gonzo makes may make it more interesting. I just hope they dont pull out random mech battles, like what they did in their count of monte cristo adaptation…

by: psgels

Thu, 05 Apr 2007 16:28:00 +0100

That indeed annoys me as well. You could have just called the story “Takumi x Sakura”, and nobody would know that it’s actually a Romeo and Juliet-story. It’s a bit like what the hollywood-directors are doing at the moment: making films about great guys in history, which have nothing to do with the lives of these guys at all. Giving it a known name makes people unfortunately want to check it out. I hope it won’t be this extreme with this story, though.

by: kuromitsu

Thu, 05 Apr 2007 16:09:02 +0100

‘Romeo x Juliet’ didn’t really ruin the original story by “mainstreaming” it… simply because the anime so far has absolutely ZERO connection to the ‘Romeo and Juliet’, except for some names (but even some other names come from other Shakespeare plays). Which doesn’t necessarily mean it’s a bad show, but it annoys me that they boast with the title and Shakespeare’s name when the story has nothing to do with the original play.