Comments on: November Summary

by: Machi

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:49:32 +0000

Well I think if you consider both Casshern and Kaiba’s story I would say that all the episodes are part of the story arc. Except rather than simply focusing on relationship between characters or personal growth and developing them it seems the shows in a sense develop the character in relation to the world rather than others. Which I think sorta goes against the norms of most anime’s, I mean just look at all the romance ones its pretty plain its character to another character relation or in other common shows like shounen its character and well growth with self. But yeah I love Casshern a lot, I’m glad one series for fall is really shining out.

by: Scamp

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:23:59 +0000

There is a lot of similarities between the scriptwriting in Casshern and Kaiba, which would explain why you love that series so much.

by: psgels

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 08:55:27 +0000

Denizen: well, I’m toying with the idea of writing a post about Konnichiwa Anne, but apart from that I’m not going to write much about the upcoming season.

Solaris: actually, I think that the amount of girls that Casshern ran into is about equal to that of the lead of Chaos;Head. And at least in both cases, the creators do try to make it plausible why these girls do the things they do.

Machi: that was indeed the point I tried to make. With series that consist nearly entirely of random stories, I believe that the term “filler” has rather lost its meaning. What I meant to say was that Casshern isn’t a series for those who like a continuous storyline.

by: Lika

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 04:49:46 +0000

Glad you’re enjoying Skip Beat. It does dive more into romance later on, but the awesome bitch-fights still stay. :D

by: Machi

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:39:19 +0000

I really don’t know if you could call episodes 7 and 8 fillers. They do help in developing the world and Casshern better D:. Then again I do have to question what one has to consider a filler for a series that does not faithfully adapt or follow a source, sure Casshern SINS is a revival of the original but it is not staying true to the original in the first place so its not as if we can say that the episodes made up would really be just there as “filler” until it gets back to source. Then again another show that questions the idea of filler for me would be Dennou Coil’s so called filler episodes, since they do contribute to understanding the concept of illegals further but more importantly are used as reference by future episodes. So I’m not entirely sure what one can call a “filler” for a show that builds itself up slowly. Sure the episodes may not be Casshern-centric but they are focused on ruining world, which I would say the show has been putting quite a bit of emphasis. So I’d like to ask can Casshern’s episodes really be considered “filler”?

by: Kurisu

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:35:45 +0000

“getting angry because a character may not be a virgin… these people need to go outside more often”

I think you simply don’t grasp 4chan (or 2chan?) humour. You don’t have to and it’s a matter of taste anyway, or lack thereof perhaps.

by: Solaris

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 21:44:36 +0000

Uhm i don’t really thonk Casshern deserves #1, and, btw, it’s far mor haremish than Chaos;Head and lots of plot less

by: shirokiryuu

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 21:12:14 +0000

I don’t think you should even give a score for Gintama since the subs are taking ages to come out (And doesn’t look like they’re coming any faster). As much as i like quality subs, I haven’t seen any progress in a week…

by: Shippoyasha

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 18:46:22 +0000

Ouch. I think your Kannagi-fan hate is a bit much. Maybe it’s because I simply do not listen to fan-talk surrounding it, go to too many forums about it, talk about it in 4chan (I’m banned forever in 4chan anyway). I do take it lightly and I think it’s best to keep it that way. Not the most original show, but I like it.

Michiko and Hatchin, I think the series looks really nice and is animated well and the writing can be tops, the story itself is one cliche after another. It’s good, but I’d hesitate to call it great, or even near the top crop of this season. Though I can see why some would do so.

And finally, I’m glad to see some people appreciate the weird humor in Hyakko. Though I don’t think Kyou no Go no Ni is so bad either, and yet people are bashing it for ‘not being as pretty as the OVA’.

by: Fabienne

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 15:42:52 +0000

Hehe,I love Hyakko, too.
The humor and the characters makes this show fantastic.
Im looking forward for every new episode.

by: Denizen

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 15:40:46 +0000

Nice to see your bitesize comments on this month’s array, it’s interesting.

And yeah, alot of those shows do deserve the praise they get! And of course, by the end of the next month it’s nearly onto the next season and a few of the Fall shows will be finishing up.

Speaking of Winter season, are you going to be making any sort of post on what you’re doing with that?