Comments on: Gasaraki Review - 87,5/100

by: Icipher

Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:36:53 +0000

Have you watched Seikai no Saga (Crest/Banner of the Stars)? Definitely one of Sunrise’s best sci-fi series ever (though it’s not original series, but adaptation of Hiroyuki Morioka’s novels) - a head above the Code Geass and some other childish bullshit. Gorgeous space opera with great cast of charactes. Must I say it’s kind of “must see”? ^_^

Oh, about Gasaraki. I really loved realistic approach of this series, even when it’s combined with mystical/pseudo-historical elements. Ryousuke Takahashi rules!

by: DLP

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 08:21:43 +0000

Glad you like Gasaraki - sometimes I think I’m the only one who enjoyed it.

I especially like two things about it:

(a) The very realistic mecha designs (and the detail shown in things like tactical displays)

(b) The evocative songs and back ground music, particularly the closing theme.

by: qwaszx

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:19:55 +0000

this is new to me, even after 7 or 8 years.

by: meow

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:44:50 +0000

A really nostalgic title but like Camario said, unless you have access to some really brilliant subtitles, you’re going to be very lost, like I was. I bought 2 different locally distributed versions of Gasaraki years ago - the only kinds available here at the time. The first had no english subtitles but I had hoped to be able to pick out alot of the plot through the raw. I was very wrong. I believe two thirds of the story is dialog, with very little mech action which I felt was of minor consequence to the story (I felt it was tagged on to attract mech fans as they didn’t seem to have much impact on the story) and some supernatural traditional japanese cultism thrown in. I bought another set that claimed to offer english subtitles years later, which turned out to be complete fails. I did like the character designs and the haunting music though.

by: Reltair

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:05:47 +0000

I remember seeing an advertisement for Gasaraki when I first started watching anime. Even though I was interested, I never got around to watching it. Need to do so!

by: Camario

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:36:11 +0000

@Keith: Actually, Goro Taniguchi was the Assistant Director to Ryousuke Takahashi, who was the main guy in charge.

I definitely don’t think you can argue that they were equal partners in the production, as the term you’re using might imply, since Takahashi was clearly the senior, but it’s an interesting bit of trivia to see that he was involved.

On that note though, I’d say once again that Taniguchi has directed other shows besides Geass, such as Planetes and Infinite Ryvius, which have a very different feel and subject matter.

by: Keith

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:04:48 +0000

You know, the guy that co-directed this was the director of Code Geass. Ha! TAKE THAT!!!

by: AKI

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:58:11 +0000

psgels you need to watch DT EIGHTRON now. It’s also from Sunrise and was released around 1998, probably the same time as Gasaraki.

by: Meep

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:27:12 +0000

Oooo this looks cool!! -plans to watch this-

by: Autonomous Monster

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:24:49 +0000

Argh, sorry, fucked up the captcha

by: Autonomous Monster

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:24:09 +0000

Right now, I’m going to be saying something that I never would have thought to claim a year and a half ago: Sunrise Mecha-series rock!

Who are you and what have you done with psgels?! >:(

by: Autonomous Monster

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:23:54 +0000

Right now, I’m going to be saying something that I never would have thought to claim a year and a half ago: Sunrise Mecha-series rock!

Who are you and what have you done with psgels?! >:(

by: Camario

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:46:35 +0000

I don’t hate their newer works myself, but there’s definitely a lot of truth behind your statement. Sunrise’s lesser known series can be quite interesting indeed.

I remember trying to watch this specific series when it was on a certain TV channel quite a few years ago, but there were occasional problems with the subtitles that turned out to be deadly to my enjoyment of such a dialogue heavy show. Sometimes the translated texts would disappear temporarily or permanently.

If lots of conversations are taking place and you can’t understand them completely, that’s a big problem. I ended up giving up and forgetting about it.

From your description, it definitely sounds like I should go back and give Gasaraki a second chance through alternative means without those technical issues that originally got in my way.