Comments on: Gunslinger Girl - Il Teatrino Review - 90/100

by: mrgetalife

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 05:19:56 +0100

I loved the new OP. It kept that happy depressive tone like season 1’s OP.

About there not being main characters I have to disagree. The story line revolves more around Triela and Pinocchio. In the sense that it shows the development of Triela and Pinocchio and how they became what they are now leading to the final showdown. The other character development just felt like it got thrown in as a side show. A couple of the early episodes just didn’t feel like they added anything to the story. As for the sideshow, one example is Henrietta. It really felt like they were forced to put her in as she was the development character in season 1 because nothing new came out. If they had the budget for a 26 season I think the creator would of had more time to make the story more fluid than forced to make everything skip around.

by: Bicro

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 13:52:59 +0000

Il Teatrino compared to the first series is GARBAGE GARBAGE GARBAGE. Completely forgoing the subtle nuances of the action meshing with the soundtrack along with the drop in framerate mixed with inferior character art makes for one of the worst transitions series-to-series I’ve ever seen.
Not to mention the narration from the girl’s POV which, again, destroys a lot of the previously established nuances.
A case of the Chrono Trigger to Chrono Cross syndrome.
Again, Il Teatrino is GARBAGE!

by: ender650

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 21:12:58 +0000

I just finished the first season and was hesitant about watching the second because I had heard many people say it wasnt anywhere near as good as the first. After reading this review though Ive decided to try it- just finished the first 2 episodes and it was fairly good. Thanks for the in depth review.

by: Exia

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 09:16:59 +0000

I just watched the first episode of teatrino and yes they do look MOE-ified, which was a turnoff for me because I liked how the First season Was More Darker, And had a serious Tone. Music has changed so it doesnt have that european feel with it anymore. Characters sound different, except claes, she sounds the same. I think first season had a more emotional effect from first episode efforts but i will continue to watch teatrino for a couple more episodes to come back with a better judgement. If worst comes to worst Ill just pretend Teatrino never existed and promote the original gunslinger girl.

by: Derek

Thu, 12 Feb 2009 03:57:58 +0000

I honestly don’t understand what the complaints are about. The framerate was a bit low, but a lot of backgrounds and scenery was very fitting. It’s not as though the first season was much better, most of the scenes were very simple and lacked detail. So I don’t really understand why the first season is considered so great in terms of visuals, while the second season was terrible.

At first I was a bit put off by the changed character designs, and Henrietta just looks odd in some scenes, and there was certainly some good examples of bad animation, but the overall effect wasn’t THAT bad. Or maybe it’s just me.

I personally loved the music in the second season, and liked the OP here better than Light Before We Land, which was kind of grating, in my opinion, but pretty good.

I think Artland captured the essence of the series pretty well, and told the story convincingly, while the art direction may have been more colorful, it felt like Gunslinger Girl to me. The series conveyed the same emotions as the first season, and I am happy that I finally got to see the final episodes.

by: this is bad

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:53:01 +0000

really bad sequel. no one mentioned the music? it SUCKS real bad. if they were on a tight budget, why didn’t they just get the rights to use the old music instead? it was WAY better. il teatrino makes the whole saga look bad. voice acting? bleah! horrible. don’t even mention the bad plot they used. eveything just looked stupid together. if you a great fan of gsg, here’s an advice: DON’T WATCH IL TEATRINO. JUST STICK TO THE MANGA.

by: Solaris

Thu, 15 May 2008 11:52:18 +0100

It’s GAME OVER
The show was licensed, and the only English fansub, The Triad dropped it.

Hail to The Triad for their carelessness and let’s turn our faithful hearts to the Holy Lord…

by: Mr E

Thu, 15 May 2008 03:30:42 +0100

Can someone tells me where do you’ve all seen these videos because I realy dont know where to watch them! 0o”

by: spirit

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:54:34 +0100

i like ep 13 best

by: spirit

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:53:19 +0100

even though frame was a bit slow lol

by: spirit

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:22:49 +0100

i thought it was a good anime i watched all of it^^~

by: ritchan

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:43:19 +0100

Yes, the fight scenes look REALLY fake! And given that this is an anime that’s all about girls with guns…

by: ritchan

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:37:33 +0100

The only thing keeping me on Il Teatrino is Pinocchio, which means it’s a step backward. That’s right, I disagree strongly. It sucks… every girl looks like an anime girl now, unlike in the original GG where they looked less like anime girls and more like European women.
Then there’s the soundtrack, which was changed.
That was the show stopper… it makes the series feel totally un-European. I loved the GG episode ‘Protection’ where you can hear gunshots in the background while some nice music goes on… but here we just have a weak bass and some stupid bomber culprit who runs away very conspicuously.

And just like Yoshiki doing the fake faint on stage since the 80s, I can’t believe they’re still going on about the Angelica/Marco thing. It just didn’t make sense after Marco sat next to Angelica for the finale of the last series.

Really, the only thing making this series worth it is Pinocchio. Oh, and the new OPs and EDs suck.

by: Shippoyasha

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 21:33:20 +0100

I don’t really mind the changed look. I actually thought the first season’s character designs looked a bit wonky personally, and the plot not as fluid as the second season’s.

I’m glad to see someone other than me actually liking the show a lot. Now only if the fansub effort is there..

by: Papilo

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:08:53 +0100

Well, leaving aside the Character Design and the action scenes, I’m so glad that Gunslinger’s plot was so rich and ever better than the original, mostly focused on Henrietta. Isn’t about right or wrong, but a stereotyped future with a bilateral political dispute, more aggressive and sometimes cruel. For all that I don’t care about poor action scenes or the character design. I loved Il Teatrino.

by: psgels

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:06:25 +0100

Hmm, the official site says that the first dvd is already out, and the second is scheduled to arrive on April 25th.

by: totoum

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:26:23 +0100

yay,someone else who uses quotations for the “bad guys”,i think a more apropriate term would be “oponent”
glad you enjoyed it and understand why people like gunslinger girl so much.This must mean that despite what people say,the show managed to showcase all the themes of gunslinger girl very well.
anyone know when the DVDs come out?

by: robin

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 05:05:36 +0100

This is actually one of the shows I would hope that before it goes to DVD, the animators go back and re-design the characters. The look and animation is such a major turn off for me, it felt like the entire staff was a week behind, so they just scribbled something together and said “fuck it”.