Comments on: Space Battleship Yamato Review - 70/100 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/08/02/space-battleship-yamato-review-70100/ An anime blog covering a large variety of series, both popular and underrated. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:53:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Lika http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/08/02/space-battleship-yamato-review-70100/#comment-8843 Sun, 03 Aug 2008 06:00:42 +0100 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/08/02/space-battleship-yamato-review-70100/#comment-8843 Ah, I wasn't complaining about the rating or the review for Yamato, I was just commenting/asking about classic anime and the rating in general, but thanks for clearing that up for me. Ah, I wasn’t complaining about the rating or the review for Yamato, I was just commenting/asking about classic anime and the rating in general, but thanks for clearing that up for me.

]]> by: psgels http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/08/02/space-battleship-yamato-review-70100/#comment-8841 Sat, 02 Aug 2008 19:13:44 +0100 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/08/02/space-battleship-yamato-review-70100/#comment-8841 The strange thing here is that Mobile Suit Gundam aired only five years later than Yamato, and still it was a very capable anime. For production-values, I indeed take the age a bit into account, but ultimately it comes down to the question: "does it look/sound well?". The grade of six may have been a bit too low, but the animation was obviously rushed, the laser sound effects were more annoying than effective and overall, the art looked rather sloppy at times. The strange thing here is that Mobile Suit Gundam aired only five years later than Yamato, and still it was a very capable anime.

For production-values, I indeed take the age a bit into account, but ultimately it comes down to the question: “does it look/sound well?”. The grade of six may have been a bit too low, but the animation was obviously rushed, the laser sound effects were more annoying than effective and overall, the art looked rather sloppy at times.

]]> by: Lika http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/08/02/space-battleship-yamato-review-70100/#comment-8840 Sat, 02 Aug 2008 18:59:18 +0100 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/08/02/space-battleship-yamato-review-70100/#comment-8840 I think one of the problems with classics is that to fully enjoy them, we shouldn't compare them too much with what we have now. Like in art class once when we watched the old version of King Kong and we were giggling rather hard over the cheesy and over the top special affects and the bad acting, or that time where a gaming magazine actually rated and reviewed games such as the original Pac Man, which were obviously a classic game, but hard to review as the graphics were a given to be horrid, and the game play simple. (mind you, I read Yamato ages ago in Chinese, so I have very little memory of it aside from the fact that it takes place in space and there's a thin girl who wears a poofy hat xD) Also, I was wonering for the Production-Values mark, do you mark the anime based on the standards set now, or how they were during the time of the anime? For instance, Cardcaptor Sakura had amazingly high production values for its time, but were we to watch it now, it would definitely show its age. I think one of the problems with classics is that to fully enjoy them, we shouldn’t compare them too much with what we have now. Like in art class once when we watched the old version of King Kong and we were giggling rather hard over the cheesy and over the top special affects and the bad acting, or that time where a gaming magazine actually rated and reviewed games such as the original Pac Man, which were obviously a classic game, but hard to review as the graphics were a given to be horrid, and the game play simple. (mind you, I read Yamato ages ago in Chinese, so I have very little memory of it aside from the fact that it takes place in space and there’s a thin girl who wears a poofy hat xD)

Also, I was wonering for the Production-Values mark, do you mark the anime based on the standards set now, or how they were during the time of the anime? For instance, Cardcaptor Sakura had amazingly high production values for its time, but were we to watch it now, it would definitely show its age.

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