Wednesday, July 23
Hi Im trying my best to keep to my promise of an Aquarion rev and it might seem a bit rushed because it's 29 minutes to 1 am, plus my mom will drop in any moment to spy check on me whether or not I'm doing my work, so yeah... (not that people reads anyway)
Sousei no Aquarion review
(This is going to be a really bad summary because I dont understand what the show's about in details, i'll just explain based on my understanding.): Apollo joined an organisation Deava (in case you're wondering I got the name from Wikipedia, hurray for advanced technologies.) to try to rescue his friend back from the evil clutches of Shadow Angels. Then there's Silvia, who is the incarnation of the love of Apollonius, Celiane. You see, Apollonius was one of those "people" with wings, while Celiane is a mere human. In an attempt to save his beloved Celiane, he tore off his wings to protect her. Ok, fast forward a few thousand years in front. Then there's a series of battles between Shadow Angels and the Aquarion evil robot fighting machines! But over time Silvia learns that it is Apollo (whom, btw she hates) who is Apollonius. And after both have learnt the truth will they start fighting the bad guys.
At first this anime seemed to be like a bad clone of Evangelion. Well, the primary idea behind it is the same - machines fighting monsters called Angels. But this anime does not have a religious concept behind it like Evangelion does, it revolves more around legends. While it is making an effort to personify the characters through the one-story-per-episode style in most of the series, there are still room for improvement. The attacks from the machines are, sad to say, cliche. With names like "Unlimited Punch" and "The Power of Unluckiness" (direct ranslations form chinese, original names: "wu xian quan"; "bu xing zhi li liang") it is not doing very well in the actions department. Also, it delivery of the plot is poor. But please don't take it that it really is the anime itself, actually I really suspect it's the chinese dubbing that's the cause of all these. :P And since we're on the subject of chinese dubbing, I shall be unprofessional and rant abit: The constant echoes are driving me crazy!! In the 20 minutes of the show, at least 10 is spent in rooms, with echoes.
But this Anime isn't as bad as it seemed at first (because I mentioned its bad points first). There are still hope for this!! (ok, the drowsiness is creeping in... BAD.) For one it's OST are well executed. The volume of the music is just nice, not soft but not very loud either. And although there's this constant use of the OP at the battles nearing the end of the episode, it never fails to make draw out that ...Woah, so cool! reaction from me. (because I like the song :3) Another plus side is its art. I have no need to describe the wonder of the detailed art because you guys can just do your part and stare at the picture up there. However the faces looks a bit distorted sometimes, but the beautiful still art (what i call unanimated drwings - live with it!) made up for it. And how can I forget the humour? With such detailed art one wouldnt expect humour to come along with it, but the good news is that It. Has. Humour. One quoted scene:
Silvia: You're still a kid who doesnt grow up.
Apollo: Who say's I'm a kid? For your information I have adult hair.
Silvia: (blushes and covers eye)
Apollo: (shows off his armpit hair)
See what I mean?
Although the bad points weigh more than the pros, somehow I just don't not like it. I actually enjoyed watching it. So people dont be put off by the technical sides. Think right minded, people, right minded!
No character profiles this time because both of 'rents are behind and thinking I'm reciting all my physics on this posting space *smiles*
Bye :)
Sousei no Aquarion review
(This is going to be a really bad summary because I dont understand what the show's about in details, i'll just explain based on my understanding.): Apollo joined an organisation Deava (in case you're wondering I got the name from Wikipedia, hurray for advanced technologies.) to try to rescue his friend back from the evil clutches of Shadow Angels. Then there's Silvia, who is the incarnation of the love of Apollonius, Celiane. You see, Apollonius was one of those "people" with wings, while Celiane is a mere human. In an attempt to save his beloved Celiane, he tore off his wings to protect her. Ok, fast forward a few thousand years in front. Then there's a series of battles between Shadow Angels and the Aquarion evil robot fighting machines! But over time Silvia learns that it is Apollo (whom, btw she hates) who is Apollonius. And after both have learnt the truth will they start fighting the bad guys.
At first this anime seemed to be like a bad clone of Evangelion. Well, the primary idea behind it is the same - machines fighting monsters called Angels. But this anime does not have a religious concept behind it like Evangelion does, it revolves more around legends. While it is making an effort to personify the characters through the one-story-per-episode style in most of the series, there are still room for improvement. The attacks from the machines are, sad to say, cliche. With names like "Unlimited Punch" and "The Power of Unluckiness" (direct ranslations form chinese, original names: "wu xian quan"; "bu xing zhi li liang") it is not doing very well in the actions department. Also, it delivery of the plot is poor. But please don't take it that it really is the anime itself, actually I really suspect it's the chinese dubbing that's the cause of all these. :P And since we're on the subject of chinese dubbing, I shall be unprofessional and rant abit: The constant echoes are driving me crazy!! In the 20 minutes of the show, at least 10 is spent in rooms, with echoes.
But this Anime isn't as bad as it seemed at first (because I mentioned its bad points first). There are still hope for this!! (ok, the drowsiness is creeping in... BAD.) For one it's OST are well executed. The volume of the music is just nice, not soft but not very loud either. And although there's this constant use of the OP at the battles nearing the end of the episode, it never fails to make draw out that ...Woah, so cool! reaction from me. (because I like the song :3) Another plus side is its art. I have no need to describe the wonder of the detailed art because you guys can just do your part and stare at the picture up there. However the faces looks a bit distorted sometimes, but the beautiful still art (what i call unanimated drwings - live with it!) made up for it. And how can I forget the humour? With such detailed art one wouldnt expect humour to come along with it, but the good news is that It. Has. Humour. One quoted scene:
Silvia: You're still a kid who doesnt grow up.
Apollo: Who say's I'm a kid? For your information I have adult hair.
Silvia: (blushes and covers eye)
Apollo: (shows off his armpit hair)
See what I mean?
Although the bad points weigh more than the pros, somehow I just don't not like it. I actually enjoyed watching it. So people dont be put off by the technical sides. Think right minded, people, right minded!
No character profiles this time because both of 'rents are behind and thinking I'm reciting all my physics on this posting space *smiles*
Bye :)
rainy days never stay, 9:28 am.
