Comments on: Zipang Review - 85/100 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/12/30/zipang-review-85100/ An anime blog covering a large variety of series, both popular and underrated. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:07:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: vazhavandan http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/12/30/zipang-review-85100/#comment-12537 Sat, 04 Apr 2009 05:08:38 +0100 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/12/30/zipang-review-85100/#comment-12537 I would personally rate it as one of the best anime series(would have seen about 50 or so) i have ever seen.I felt like they thought about the characters well, also the main characters are very mature,not emotional wrecks like all other anime series that come out these days.Hats Off I would personally rate it as one of the best anime series(would have seen about 50 or so) i have ever seen.I felt like they thought about the characters well, also the main characters are very mature,not emotional wrecks like all other anime series that come out these days.Hats Off

]]> by: bridge http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/12/30/zipang-review-85100/#comment-10912 Wed, 31 Dec 2008 22:21:47 +0000 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/12/30/zipang-review-85100/#comment-10912 The series was fine, I suppose, but as you said leaves you completely cold. Makes it feel like a waste of time, as if a full series just kind of ended during the 2nd act. I also didn't like that they completely ignored the method by which they went back in time. It feels like a cheap excuse to just get to the actual series. Imagine if Bakurano didn't have Dung Beetle or if Death Note didn't have the Shinigami. Also, I found the story a bit confusing and hard to follow near the end. Most of the characters aren't given distinguishing enough features, both visually and characteristically for me to remember their names. I remember being somewhere in the middle of the series, and they kept mentioning someone's name I didn't recognize. Turns out it was the main character! ack! Also, the whole thing about the actual guy from the war on the boat was interesting for the most part, but I got completely lost during the politics part he was involved with near the end. But I appreciated the maturity that the show treated its topic with. They tried to pepper some action in there, but the action felt a little flat. The stand out part of the series was the stuff that took place on the island, I think in the middle. I missed some of the historical references, but it was still neat. Overall a bleh series with some bright spots. Maturity is good, but not at the expense of entertainment. It's just kind of slow and boring without a whole lot of payoff. The series was fine, I suppose, but as you said leaves you completely cold. Makes it feel like a waste of time, as if a full series just kind of ended during the 2nd act. I also didn’t like that they completely ignored the method by which they went back in time. It feels like a cheap excuse to just get to the actual series. Imagine if Bakurano didn’t have Dung Beetle or if Death Note didn’t have the Shinigami.

Also, I found the story a bit confusing and hard to follow near the end. Most of the characters aren’t given distinguishing enough features, both visually and characteristically for me to remember their names. I remember being somewhere in the middle of the series, and they kept mentioning someone’s name I didn’t recognize. Turns out it was the main character! ack! Also, the whole thing about the actual guy from the war on the boat was interesting for the most part, but I got completely lost during the politics part he was involved with near the end.

But I appreciated the maturity that the show treated its topic with. They tried to pepper some action in there, but the action felt a little flat. The stand out part of the series was the stuff that took place on the island, I think in the middle. I missed some of the historical references, but it was still neat.

Overall a bleh series with some bright spots. Maturity is good, but not at the expense of entertainment. It’s just kind of slow and boring without a whole lot of payoff.

]]> by: Windspirit http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/12/30/zipang-review-85100/#comment-10899 Wed, 31 Dec 2008 03:09:26 +0000 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/12/30/zipang-review-85100/#comment-10899 That's Kaiji Kawaguchi for you. PS : The manga is moar than 30 volumes long and still ongoing. If you're interested. That’s Kaiji Kawaguchi for you.

PS : The manga is moar than 30 volumes long and still ongoing. If you’re interested.

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