With both Votoms Finder and Case;Irvine, the creators got the strange idea that the usual Votoms mecha designs were too bland, so they decided to give them a stylish upgrade. That’s like, missing the entire point of Votoms here!
In any case, Votoms Finder is much better than Case;Irvine. It’s neither overly angsty or a Gundam wannabe, and even though it introduces concepts that would have been really weird in the Votoms Franchise, it also succeeds in expanding its franchise a bit. Its biggest sin is that apart from that, I don’t really have naything to praise it for.
The action was nice, but never really stood out. The story… well, there was a story. It was a story that fitted well within 40 minutes, but apart from that it’s just a damsel in distress story with just one single twist in the middle. The characters… they’re not annoying or anything and I guess that they’re likable enough, but they’re all pretty one-dimensional. Why would you want to watch this? Uh, I really have no idea.
After this post, I’m really going to stop blogging these OVAs, just for the heck of it. They just take away too much of my time and I want to stop writing about things that just don’t interest me. Talking about bad and mediocre stuff can be fun once in a while, but right now I’ve done just too much of that. Rants are fun once in a while but if you do them too often you’re just going to sound really whiny or obnoxious.
From now on, the only OVAs that I’ll create a separate post about are the ones that either:
– Are really good (read: episode rating of 8,5 or above)
– Are really underrated (nobody talks about them and they deserve more recognition).
– Are something that I really want to say something about (episodes that perhaps aren’t the best, but somehow did something to get me really fired up).
Regarding the others, I’m planning to just compile a list of general impressions for my monthly summaries. Writing posts about every single OVA that comes out that consist out of four or more paragraphs… those are just too much. This also includes things like Gundam Unicorn unless it does something really good, or .Hack//Quantum when it fails to really stand out. Blogging all of these OVAs at the same time, alongside all of the TV-series that come out is just too much of a chore.
OVA Episode Rating: 7,25/10
as i said already at Case;Irvine it just dont feel like votoms anymore, thats really sad :
Its set in an alternate universe. pretty legit reason to change mecha’s design while still keeping it faithful to its original designs. Good work for the creators here.