I have seen way too many blogs as of late that have been hating on the upcoming anime Iron Man and so I decided to cut it some slack and think about the positive of it all. With that said, I have put myself in a mind set that I will be the unofficial supporter until I can judge it for myself.
really think that Iron Man can be very interesting depending on how they approach the storyline. If we take a look at the Hollywood movie, I do not think it is too hard to admit that it was quite awesome. Of course, it probably was mostly because of Robert Downey Jr, but we can’t disregard the fact that the mix between Marvel and Madhouse could create a character that is just as charismatic. If we just focus on Marvel’s work, their movies are never beautifully scripted, but they have always ensured an entertaining time. As for Madhouse, they have even dealt with this type of genre and the characters in them. Take a look at Casshern for an example…Similarish premises and Casshern turned out to be a pretty good series. By working with Madhouse, it should in theory result with:
-An entertaining show
-Good Animation
-Great Action Scenes
-Possibility of charming characters
In the trailer alone we can see 2 out of the 4 possible reasons to how this could be an awesome show so if people were to give it a chance, maybe it will fit all the criteria I hope it will. With that, until I actually see and judge the series for myself, I will be supporting it and encouraging more people to give it a chance. I hope I have created some sort of change of heart with a few. I do not expect the appeal of Iron Man to be for everyone because not everyone even likes Marvel at any extent, but if you like action series then I would imagine you should look no further for your action fix with the spring lineup!
I am 11 episodes into the series and I do not understand what the big fuss is about this series. To describe my feelings towards this series in the simplest way; its boring.
When I first decided to watch this series I sort of forgot that this was a show by Gonzo and when I recalled this fact once more, I started to somewhat understand why I am not liking this anime. I have never been much of a fan of Gonzo productions because they are always very boring and even if they might give you thousands of action scenes throughout they almost always do not know how to portray these scenes in an entertaining way. And they use these dull action scenes to cover up the fact that they do not really have much of a plot behind their episodes.
From a friend I learned that the character designs are by Murata who has a very peculiar look to his designs, but actually make them very beautiful. The character designs are probably the best part of the series, but just as Gonzo loves to do, there is still a lot of CG animation being used very frequently. This CG is also by no means seamless and instead gives the show an uglier look than it could have been. I at least like the opening in all this, just because I actually like the song and it manages to give off the expectation that this series could have been good.
In terms of the characters, I once again wander in the bin of boring. Lavie should be interesting, but every time she shows more than one side to her they just prevent it from further being discussed and she drops that attitude behind to go back to her figurative one dimensional self. An example of this is when she was showing tons of dislike and jealousy towards Al and just wanted to go home, but one episode later all was forgiven and her real home was not even a thought on her mind. Al is adorable so I do not mind too much whatever she does and from what I can tell at the end of episode 11, she is finally going to become more interesting. Claus is just the true definition of boring, he means nothing to me and I can never feel much sympathy for him. The only character I actually really like is Dio, who is by far the most entertaining and funniest aspect of this series. I approve of him at least.
I am going to finish this series because I feel like it is only right this far in and with episode 11 showing some sort of promise towards the plot, the show may become better from now till the end. I still do not see why so many love this series, so to the fans I hope you can explain to me what I am missing out on while watching this.
When I first heard that Toaru Kagaku no Railgun was going to be animated, I did not care much for it at all. Eventually I finally gave it a chance and I am so glad I did because this series is a joy to watch. Toaru Kagaku no Railgun has been pretty popular, but still has not been getting enough popularity as it should and so, I decided to make a list of 13 reasons why to watch this series to hopefully get more people to watch it!
As they say, if you can’t be them, join them and decide to rant as well!
The moment I went on AnimeNano, I saw at least five different blogs posting about Dance in the Vampire Bund ranging from several different opinions. We have the people who hate it, the people who love it and the people who think it is too much like Twilight…I have something to say as well! Read the rest of this entry »
Its Finally here! The last of the lists and with this, 2009 truly ends…probably….Don’t ask me why Clannad or Toradora is not on this list, they are great animes, but my list is composed of animes that started their air dates in 2009.
