Comments on: The Updated (Almost) One-Sentence Spring Anime Reviews http://zageek.wordpress.com/2008/04/22/the-almost-one-sentence-spring-anime-reviews/ Random musings on life in general and anime in particular Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:22:26 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: psygremlin http://zageek.wordpress.com/2008/04/22/the-almost-one-sentence-spring-anime-reviews/#comment-212 psygremlin Sun, 14 Dec 2008 13:39:08 +0000 http://zageek.wordpress.com/?p=59#comment-212 Hi Tony (you've just made me realise I've been badly neglecting this little spot - will have to remedy that over the holidays.) - I confess I enjoyed Amatsuki - not the most original story, but good characters and artwork. It does need a second season to wrap things up tho - I hope there is one coming. -A&L could have been much better than it was. The artwork and music again are great, but it needs more than that and the overall story just seems to lurch from drama to drama. A bit of a disappointment given the pedigree behind it and seeing as you have dropped it, there isn't any reason I can give to pick it up again. - Kurenai was odd. I liked the story and I thought it interesting that Murasaki would choseto stay and try and change things (what chance has a 10-year old got?) . There might be more to come,I'm not sure. - Kaiba was hands down the best series of the year so far. Everything about it is good (hopefully you'll agree). Competition coming in from Mourno no hako and strangely Ga-Rei Zero, both of which are doing some interesting story-telling. Daughter of 20 faces is another worth keeping an eye out for. Hi Tony (you’ve just made me realise I’ve been badly neglecting this little spot – will have to remedy that over the holidays.)
- I confess I enjoyed Amatsuki – not the most original story, but good characters and artwork. It does need a second season to wrap things up tho – I hope there is one coming.
-A&L could have been much better than it was. The artwork and music again are great, but it needs more than that and the overall story just seems to lurch from drama to drama. A bit of a disappointment given the pedigree behind it and seeing as you have dropped it, there isn’t any reason I can give to pick it up again.
- Kurenai was odd. I liked the story and I thought it interesting that Murasaki would choseto stay and try and change things (what chance has a 10-year old got?) . There might be more to come,I’m not sure.

- Kaiba was hands down the best series of the year so far. Everything about it is good (hopefully you’ll agree). Competition coming in from Mourno no hako and strangely Ga-Rei Zero, both of which are doing some interesting story-telling. Daughter of 20 faces is another worth keeping an eye out for.

]]> By: Tony http://zageek.wordpress.com/2008/04/22/the-almost-one-sentence-spring-anime-reviews/#comment-211 Tony Sat, 13 Dec 2008 20:52:56 +0000 http://zageek.wordpress.com/?p=59#comment-211 How did you end up feeling about Amatsuki? I watched one episode and decided that while it might turn out to be good, it could also turn out to be absolutely horrible. And with RD Sennou running at the same time, and Ghost Hound in recent memory, I decided not to risk it. If you liked it, I will go back and give it a try. I lasted through the first half of Allison & Lillia and decided that although each individual episode was extremely well executed, the story lines were thin and the personal interactions consisted of endless repetition of the same jokes. Please correct me if you ended up liking that one, too. I watched all of Kurenai and found it disappointing, ultimately. The rest, with the exception of Kaiba, I gave up on pretty quickly. Kaiba I missed somehow, and I am watching it now. How did you end up feeling about Amatsuki? I watched one episode and decided that while it might turn out to be good, it could also turn out to be absolutely horrible. And with RD Sennou running at the same time, and Ghost Hound in recent memory, I decided not to risk it. If you liked it, I will go back and give it a try.

I lasted through the first half of Allison & Lillia and decided that although each individual episode was extremely well executed, the story lines were thin and the personal interactions consisted of endless repetition of the same jokes. Please correct me if you ended up liking that one, too.

I watched all of Kurenai and found it disappointing, ultimately. The rest, with the exception of Kaiba, I gave up on pretty quickly. Kaiba I missed somehow, and I am watching it now.

]]> By: blue_eyes_sappire http://zageek.wordpress.com/2008/04/22/the-almost-one-sentence-spring-anime-reviews/#comment-201 blue_eyes_sappire Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:55:16 +0000 http://zageek.wordpress.com/?p=59#comment-201 Nice list Uncle Psy :) Nice list Uncle Psy :)

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