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[Neonivek]

In Yamato, the crew blows up an enemy base at one point. In the dub, Star Blazers they include the scene, but they spliced in an extra shot of a fighter plane leaving the base, and then had a voice over claiming to the head baddies "It's ok we evacuated safely". So hooray, a huge base got disintergrated by a massive space cannon, luckily nobody was hurt.

Ehh it was Sunday in Angel Grove.

[pondicherry]

So... what about ACCA13? Any thoughts?

[Sprin]

Goku is basically Forrest Gump

[apiks]

So... what about ACCA13? Any thoughts?

It's a rather well thought out anime that doesn't appeal to everybody simply by the virtue of it being slower paced and doesn't feature a cathartic release through conflict very often, resulting in frustration to those that like faster-paced, more action-oriented shows.

On the other hand, there's a lot to like. The OP is pretty good, I find the animation and art to be good enough for the show it is. The story is intriguing enough to be interested in watching it as a weekly thing.

What makes or breaks the show for people I would say is the characters. They're not very relatable, but we don't know if that's on purpose or not. On the other hand there's significant exposition of most of the characters making it seem more human, as in it's not focusing on one character all the time. This part would depend on whether you can look past relatability of the characters and find yourself liking them, acknowledging that it's fiction.


All that said, the show isn't bad at all, but given what we've seen so far, the only exceptional thing it's doing is that it's a somewhat novel approach to events. The manga itself on which it's based seems to have a consistent reputation so if you like what you're seeing right now, you'll probably like what you'll see in the future.

[JoshuaFH]

I got around to watching Astro Fighter Sunred, and I can't get over how much I want all other Hero/Monster of the week shows to just be like this.

[Reelya]

Yeah, I also finished season one of that recently.

Basically it's like One Punch Man but if he was older, more jaded and a bit of an asshole, and it's about what the monsters do in their daily lives in between being beaten up.

[Neonivek]

Yeah, I also finished season one of that recently.

Basically it's like One Punch Man but if he was a bit of an asshole.

Well... Saitama kind of is... yeah... he is an ass most of the time.

Though he is more of a dismissive ass

[Ultimuh]

You guys just got me sold on a new anime to watch.

[Reelya]

Just be aware it's a fairly low budget show with ~12 minute episodes that came out back in 2008, so don't expect it to look like Fate Zero or anything

[Sergarr]

DBS is sooooo cooooool.

[itisnotlogical]

I'm liking Iron Blooded Orphans a lot, although I'll refrain from posting about it as I watch. I only heard of it because people here are always talking about the latest episode, and I'm way back at the beginning

Alright, I just finished the first season and will now share pent-up reactions. Holy shit that was a wild ride, is every Gundam series like this?

Spoiler: Spoiler thoughts (click to show/hide)

I-I'm not crying, you're crying, who put all these tears in my eyes!?

Poor Fumitan. That was the most tragic scene I've watched... ever, I think. I didn't expect it, but it really hurt when she died. Kudelia's reaction during the entire revolt was heartbreaking but I broke down when Mikasuki had to drag her away from Fumitan. Maybe it's my imagination, but I think they actually do color her eyes a bit darker or with less shines after that episode...

Kudelia's arc was extremely well-done. I loved watching her grow, I loved her reactions, I loved watching her win. I thought it was going to be really stupid, that she was going to be another dumb princess that just didn't get it and would learn the harsh truth, but... well that's exactly how the arc went but it was fucking awesome. I felt for her every step of the way. I hope she continues to show up as a side character, if the plot really does move on. I haven't started the second season yet so I don't know.

I feel bad for McGillis. Scratch that, he's a bastard, but I like him. I think he legitimately wants to reform Gjallerhorn, or maybe he secretly wants to burn it all to the ground. Either way that was an awesome gambit and I'm curious what happens next. I liked Gaelio too but not as much, and Ein was the weakest of the main villains IMHO. The final battle was still awesome, I stood up because I was too excited to sit.

Mikasuki was like a pile of wet cardboard, the weakest character of the series thus far IMO. At first, when Kudelia was talking about how he saw right through her, I thought he was going to have some hidden depths. But the series went on and he was only ever the guy that drives Barbatos, nothing more, nothing less. I'm glad the romance was a red herring because I can't imagine Mikasuki doing anything other than delivering anime hero one-liners. At least Shinji Ikari screamed when he was fighting.

Besides Mikasuki, I don't think the music was all that great. The opening themes especially are pretty annoying, to be honest. It was also kind of annoying that the episodes almost always ran into the credits, that's usually something they save for finales. Why not just make the episode 30 seconds longer, or the credits sequence shorter, instead of putting the credits on top of an important scene?

Pure 10/10 series. I might just start watching the second season now, I really want to see more of this.

[Flying Dice]

I'm liking Iron Blooded Orphans a lot, although I'll refrain from posting about it as I watch. I only heard of it because people here are always talking about the latest episode, and I'm way back at the beginning

Alright, I just finished the first season and will now share pent-up reactions. Holy shit that was a wild ride, is every Gundam series like this?

Spoiler: Spoiler thoughts (click to show/hide)

I-I'm not crying, you're crying, who put all these tears in my eyes!?

Poor Fumitan. That was the most tragic scene I've watched... ever, I think. I didn't expect it, but it really hurt when she died. Kudelia's reaction during the entire revolt was heartbreaking but I broke down when Mikasuki had to drag her away from Fumitan. Maybe it's my imagination, but I think they actually do color her eyes a bit darker or with less shines after that episode...

Kudelia's arc was extremely well-done. I loved watching her grow, I loved her reactions, I loved watching her win. I thought it was going to be really stupid, that she was going to be another dumb princess that just didn't get it and would learn the harsh truth, but... well that's exactly how the arc went but it was fucking awesome. I felt for her every step of the way. I hope she continues to show up as a side character, if the plot really does move on. I haven't started the second season yet so I don't know.

I feel bad for McGillis. Scratch that, he's a bastard, but I like him. I think he legitimately wants to reform Gjallerhorn, or maybe he secretly wants to burn it all to the ground. Either way that was an awesome gambit and I'm curious what happens next. I liked Gaelio too but not as much, and Ein was the weakest of the main villains IMHO. The final battle was still awesome, I stood up because I was too excited to sit.

Mikasuki was like a pile of wet cardboard, the weakest character of the series thus far IMO. At first, when Kudelia was talking about how he saw right through her, I thought he was going to have some hidden depths. But the series went on and he was only ever the guy that drives Barbatos, nothing more, nothing less. I'm glad the romance was a red herring because I can't imagine Mikasuki doing anything other than delivering anime hero one-liners. At least Shinji Ikari screamed when he was fighting.

Besides Mikasuki, I don't think the music was all that great. The opening themes especially are pretty annoying, to be honest. It was also kind of annoying that the episodes almost always ran into the credits, that's usually something they save for finales. Why not just make the episode 30 seconds longer, or the credits sequence shorter, instead of putting the credits on top of an important scene?

Pure 10/10 series. I might just start watching the second season now, I really want to see more of this.

Some more so than others. They've all got the general "war is shit" theme, but the execution and specifics vary wildly.

[Reelya]

Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket is a good short one to check out, it's a side story to the war in the original Gundam series, but has it's own cast of characters.

[Max™]

I've only been slightly paying attention to Unicorn but dammit I love the mecha designs in this one, the Kshatriya, Unicorn, Banshee, Sinanju, the updated Zaku and Doga-spinoff-thingy, they got into the whole "LETS SLAP ON MORE PLATES AND GUNS!" mode later of course, but the main suits and such had a nice aesthetic to them.

[Reelya]

The original Gundam gets pretty silly with some of the later bad guy designs, but it was really getting into a monster of the week feeling by then: "what crazy shit will Zeon throw at us this time? Maybe it will be a three legged giant robot sea chicken with squid tentacles and laser eyes?"

I'm slightly exaggerating here, but it really did feel like they were scraping the barrel to make some of the special enemy mecha's "cool" enough. And it definitely feels weird that the orbital colony space guys have all these "special" designs fitted to work with various Earth terrains but the Earth humans don't have that.