Comments on: Kaiba Review - 95/100 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/07/27/kaiba-review-95100/ An anime blog covering a large variety of series, both popular and underrated. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:07:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Kara http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/07/27/kaiba-review-95100/#comment-17854 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:54:14 +0100 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/07/27/kaiba-review-95100/#comment-17854 Just wanted to let you know that I read your review of this the other day and marathoned straight through this series. I loved it. The animation style took a bit to grow on me, but I really began to enjoy it awhile; it's a nice contrast to the typical art featured in anime. Thanks for blogging this, otherwise I may have never heard of Kaiba. :) Just wanted to let you know that I read your review of this the other day and marathoned straight through this series. I loved it. The animation style took a bit to grow on me, but I really began to enjoy it awhile; it’s a nice contrast to the typical art featured in anime.
Thanks for blogging this, otherwise I may have never heard of Kaiba. :)

]]> by: tealovertoma http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/07/27/kaiba-review-95100/#comment-14874 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 09:47:57 +0100 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/07/27/kaiba-review-95100/#comment-14874 I still need to see Cat Soup. I tried to see it back when I was 15-16, but I was still too much into longwinding boring shounen back then :P *Love* his other work. Bought Mind Game on DVD (plan on doing the same with Kaiba... if we ever get it) and Happy Machine is just terrific. Still need to see Kemonozume as well. I still need to see Cat Soup. I tried to see it back when I was 15-16, but I was still too much into longwinding boring shounen back then :P

*Love* his other work. Bought Mind Game on DVD (plan on doing the same with Kaiba… if we ever get it) and Happy Machine is just terrific. Still need to see Kemonozume as well.

]]> by: Marktheknife http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/07/27/kaiba-review-95100/#comment-14871 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 07:59:54 +0100 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/07/27/kaiba-review-95100/#comment-14871 Okay, just finished this show (pretty incredible, though I'm dying for just one more episode. Or an OVA?!? One can dream), but uh, yeah. Does anyone know what Masaaki Yuasa's working on now? I honestly can't get enough of his work all of a sudden. Also, I've been really impressed that no one has mentioned many of the visual similarities/scenes taken right out of Cat Soup. Not that there's anything wrong with that as it is another Yuasa work, but man, it's almost the exact same! For instance, the guillotines going off and the people being hung are almost unchanged, and Patch and quilt are definitely nods to the cat sewing lady of Cat Soup. Okay, just finished this show (pretty incredible, though I’m dying for just one more episode. Or an OVA?!? One can dream), but uh, yeah. Does anyone know what Masaaki Yuasa’s working on now? I honestly can’t get enough of his work all of a sudden.

Also, I’ve been really impressed that no one has mentioned many of the visual similarities/scenes taken right out of Cat Soup. Not that there’s anything wrong with that as it is another Yuasa work, but man, it’s almost the exact same! For instance, the guillotines going off and the people being hung are almost unchanged, and Patch and quilt are definitely nods to the cat sewing lady of Cat Soup.

]]> by: Dariel http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/07/27/kaiba-review-95100/#comment-13334 Fri, 15 May 2009 03:15:30 +0100 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/07/27/kaiba-review-95100/#comment-13334 Guys, the animation was simple so that you could focus better on the deep meaning of the story. It's full of metaphors, just like an Osamu Tezuka work. I loved it. One of the best animations I have ever seen. Guys, the animation was simple so that you could focus better on the deep meaning of the story.
It’s full of metaphors, just like an Osamu Tezuka work.
I loved it. One of the best animations I have ever seen.

]]> by: totoum http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/07/27/kaiba-review-95100/#comment-11857 Sat, 28 Feb 2009 02:34:41 +0000 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/07/27/kaiba-review-95100/#comment-11857 Just finished this today. Even if you don't like the style (thought that's not my case,i really like it) you've got to admit that the animation is topnosh. Definatly a very creative series,loved the universe (Hippo body is one of the coolest things ever!).But my rating would more like 85 than 95. Maybe it's because i'm not that into mystery series but i would have definatly prefered it if the content of episode 10 was at the start of the show,definatly there'd be less mystery but i would find it intersting that the audience would know stuff the character didn't and watch him try to get his memory back (but i guess that's just me) I'm just getting tired of the "main character has lost his memory so the audience can't know everything" routine , off the top of my head i can think of ergo proxy,noir,el cazador de la bruja,denno coil and .hack sign that use this. As was said in the review,the plot isn't the most solid one,i can let it pass if i get really attached to the characters but i just didn't,especially vanilla,his death was pretty meaningless to me. Wow,these last few lines make it sound as if i don't like this show...but i liked it,i'm not crazy about it. Just finished this today.

Even if you don’t like the style (thought that’s not my case,i really like it) you’ve got to admit that the animation is topnosh.
Definatly a very creative series,loved the universe (Hippo body is one of the coolest things ever!).But my rating would more like 85 than 95.

Maybe it’s because i’m not that into mystery series but i would have definatly prefered it if the content of episode 10 was at the start of the show,definatly there’d be less mystery but i would find it intersting that the audience would know stuff the character didn’t and watch him try to get his memory back (but i guess that’s just me)

I’m just getting tired of the “main character has lost his memory so the audience can’t know everything” routine , off the top of my head i can think of ergo proxy,noir,el cazador de la bruja,denno coil and .hack sign that use this.

As was said in the review,the plot isn’t the most solid one,i can let it pass if i get really attached to the characters but i just didn’t,especially vanilla,his death was pretty meaningless to me.

Wow,these last few lines make it sound as if i don’t like this show…but i liked it,i’m not crazy about it.

]]> by: fernanda http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/07/27/kaiba-review-95100/#comment-11136 Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:38:22 +0000 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/07/27/kaiba-review-95100/#comment-11136 I began watching Kaiba because of the posts you wrote. I though that it had to be somewhat good. I wasn´t prepared, though, for it to be amazing! I loved it, absolutely! It is very rare (and I can´t remember any) for an anime to tell a love story right from the start (instead of the confession being left for the ending). I entered your top ten today, as I was hoping it would be there... Well, in mine it certainly is! I began watching Kaiba because of the posts you wrote. I though that it had to be somewhat good. I wasn´t prepared, though, for it to be amazing! I loved it, absolutely! It is very rare (and I can´t remember any) for an anime to tell a love story right from the start (instead of the confession being left for the ending). I entered your top ten today, as I was hoping it would be there… Well, in mine it certainly is!

]]> by: Ehtesham http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/07/27/kaiba-review-95100/#comment-10926 Thu, 01 Jan 2009 02:32:59 +0000 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/07/27/kaiba-review-95100/#comment-10926 Wouldnt it have been easier for Popo to just take Kaibas memory chip and destroy it?? I mean all the trouble he went to send him away. Kaiba should have a remake with better animation style. Wouldnt it have been easier for Popo to just take Kaibas memory chip and destroy it?? I mean all the trouble he went to send him away.
Kaiba should have a remake with better animation style.

]]> by: David http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/07/27/kaiba-review-95100/#comment-10315 Sat, 15 Nov 2008 23:19:28 +0000 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/07/27/kaiba-review-95100/#comment-10315 If you watch the whole series, you wouldn't be suprised why Pop wanted Kaiba to leave the planet. If you watch the whole series, you wouldn’t be suprised why Pop wanted Kaiba to leave the planet.

]]> by: AlexS http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/07/27/kaiba-review-95100/#comment-9197 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 01:27:54 +0100 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/07/27/kaiba-review-95100/#comment-9197 Perrin: He just wanted to get rid of him (by sending him to another planet), since he realized he could not physically destroy him. Perrin: He just wanted to get rid of him (by sending him to another planet), since he realized he could not physically destroy him.

]]> by: Perrin http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/07/27/kaiba-review-95100/#comment-9162 Sun, 31 Aug 2008 01:49:01 +0100 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/07/27/kaiba-review-95100/#comment-9162 Didn't everyone find it weird that Popo helped Kaiba escape into the ship back in episode 1? Didn’t everyone find it weird that Popo helped Kaiba escape into the ship back in episode 1?

]]> by: Z.A. http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/07/27/kaiba-review-95100/#comment-9046 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:14:22 +0100 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/07/27/kaiba-review-95100/#comment-9046 well i agree with some of the comments above. i liked everything about this series, BUT for the animation style. i couldnt stop thinking about how terrible the animation was the entire time. i think this 'experimental' animation style and the character arts were a disaster. i aint obsessed with hardcore Hokuto no Ken, or slick Seirei no Moribito, but cmon kaiba's character designs absolutely suck! good story though...kept me entertained... well i agree with some of the comments above. i liked everything about this series, BUT for the animation style. i couldnt stop thinking about how terrible the animation was the entire time. i think this ‘experimental’ animation style and the character arts were a disaster. i aint obsessed with hardcore Hokuto no Ken, or slick Seirei no Moribito, but cmon kaiba’s character designs absolutely suck! good story though…kept me entertained…

]]> by: Gabe http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/07/27/kaiba-review-95100/#comment-8936 Sun, 10 Aug 2008 22:42:11 +0100 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/07/27/kaiba-review-95100/#comment-8936 Hey, thought i'd drop you a line to say I am completely agree with your review... I managed to finish watching it today, and I made sure I watched the last 4 episodes one after the other to understand what was going on! but excellent overall! Oh and thanks on putting me onto that other excellent under-rated series Baccano! :) Hey, thought i’d drop you a line to say I am completely agree with your review… I managed to finish watching it today, and I made sure I watched the last 4 episodes one after the other to understand what was going on! but excellent overall! Oh and thanks on putting me onto that other excellent under-rated series Baccano! :)

]]> by: Omisyth http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/07/27/kaiba-review-95100/#comment-8929 Sun, 10 Aug 2008 07:32:39 +0100 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/07/27/kaiba-review-95100/#comment-8929 Thank god for fansubs, just got finished watching the series, and I can honsetly say that its one of the best I've seen. Thank god for fansubs, just got finished watching the series, and I can honsetly say that its one of the best I’ve seen.

]]> by: Denizen http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/07/27/kaiba-review-95100/#comment-8776 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:15:32 +0100 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/07/27/kaiba-review-95100/#comment-8776 @ BlueYoshi - TokyoToshokan is worth checking more than Animesuki @ BlueYoshi - TokyoToshokan is worth checking more than Animesuki

]]> by: BlueYoshi http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/07/27/kaiba-review-95100/#comment-8767 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:29:54 +0100 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/07/27/kaiba-review-95100/#comment-8767 I've been checking AnimeSuki non-stop in the last 10 days or so, and I'm still itching for Episode 10 and onwards. The waiting is killing me. 95? That would be up there in your top ten I think? I’ve been checking AnimeSuki non-stop in the last 10 days or so, and I’m still itching for Episode 10 and onwards. The waiting is killing me.

95? That would be up there in your top ten I think?

]]> by: midenz http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/07/27/kaiba-review-95100/#comment-8765 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 03:50:46 +0100 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/07/27/kaiba-review-95100/#comment-8765 turtly cannot wait to finish this series, its really good and wow like u said, one of the best animes this year of 2008. turtly cannot wait to finish this series, its really good and wow like u said, one of the best animes this year of 2008.

]]> by: Denizen http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/07/27/kaiba-review-95100/#comment-8762 Sun, 27 Jul 2008 21:33:31 +0100 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/07/27/kaiba-review-95100/#comment-8762 I can't wait to finish this series, it truly has been good. I can’t wait to finish this series, it truly has been good.

]]> by: John http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/07/27/kaiba-review-95100/#comment-8759 Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:18:49 +0100 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/07/27/kaiba-review-95100/#comment-8759 I kind of liked the drawing style a bit. Maybe its because it has that old lets get it done as fast and cheap as we can so we can work on other things feel. I kind of liked the drawing style a bit. Maybe its because it has that old lets get it done as fast and cheap as we can so we can work on other things feel.

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