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meganbmoore) wrote2007-03-27 01:24 pm
meganbmoore) wrote2007-03-27 01:24 pm
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anime: Samurai Champloo
If the whole series had been more like eps 20+, this likely would have ended up hovering around my favorites list, but as it is, I had the same problems with it that I did with Cowboy Bebop...too much about the music, style and action scenes and not enough about the story or characterization. I mean, I'm(obviously, if you read my anime posts) always good for a good action anime, but it's hard to care about the action if it's about the action instead of the who or why. I was more attached to this one than Cowboy Bebop(which, incidentally, is far from being the worst case of "style over substance" and I did like...like Samurai Champloo...it's just that the popularity of both rests much more on how the story is told than the story that's being told or the people in the story, and that's not my thing)
But the last leg was really good(and 20-21 had Sara, the only female in the show besides Fuu who was remotely interesting) and I'd probably have a different opinion of it if the whole thing was more like the last episodes, because that's when the focus shifts to story and character...Cowboy Bebop did the same thing towards the tail end, and that was when I really started paying attention to it, too.)
But the last leg was really good(and 20-21 had Sara, the only female in the show besides Fuu who was remotely interesting) and I'd probably have a different opinion of it if the whole thing was more like the last episodes, because that's when the focus shifts to story and character...Cowboy Bebop did the same thing towards the tail end, and that was when I really started paying attention to it, too.)
Re: PS
Okay, after you watch RahXephon, intersperse some other shows in there, then go for Neon Genesis Evangelion. It's similar to an extent, (and as I watched the first episode I really saw why
ignoramus-espeople claimed RahXephon was a rip-off), but it throws you into the story faster. And it's fucked up, I'm not kidding. Seriously messed up, and that's what makes it so fantastic. Not hentai-messed up, just "let me explode your brain for you"-fucked up.The order of Evangelion goes:
The series (26 episodes)
Evangelion: Death and Rebirth, which is half a recap (which, believe me, you need—there's no way to follow ANYTHING that happens in the series the first time around, lol)
End of Evangelion
When the last two episodes of Evangelion came out, the director received thousands of letters of hate mail, so he made End of Evangelion. Just watch the series, look at those last two and wonder "wtf?" and then watch the two movies. Then go BACK and rewatch the last two episodes, knowing that the eps are what happens "internally" to resolve the series, while End is the "external" events.
Also: The director never expected it to become so popular in the West. He admitted that, if he'd known, he would have done more research into Christian mythology (or fact, depending on how you read your Bible). He throws together Jesus-Adam-the Crucifiction-Lillith with no regard for the actual stories.
It's brilliant, although there are some people who consider it to be the worst show ever made. I'll leave that up to you ;)
One more suggestion! Serial Experiments Lain. It's only 12-eps, and kind of cyberpunky. Then it goes crazy and ends in absolute brilliance. Not that the beginning isn't good, it just turns off in an insane direction about 6 episodes in.
Oh, I'm so glad to be able to recommend these to you. I've been exclaiming about them for years and when I try to get people to watch they're all, "Ew, anime, whatever." However, you know the genius of Fullmetal Alchemist so I know you'll appreciate these shows.
Re: PS
Lain is...somewhere...on my list.