Kotetsushin Jeeg
Short Synopsis: A typical loser gets to pilot a big mecha.
Good: Rocking OP.
Bad: Sadly, the OP was the only exciting part; horrible main character.
Overall Enjoyment Value: 4/10
The umpth attempt to remake a mecha-classic. While most of them turn out good, or at least decent enough, Kotetsushin Jeeg, turned out to be pure garbage. It features characters with a way-too high testosterone-level, the main character being the worst case of this. Basically, it’s just an excuse to show flashy action, while attempting to make its characters look cool (which, let’s face it, obviously failed). Such a waste of a good OP.
Darker than Black
Short Synopsis: In a strange city, people can make contracts, in order to gain strange powers.
Good: Has potential… I guess.
Bad: The main character.
Overall Enjoyment Value: 5,5/10
Bones may have hit the spot during the fall-season with Tenpou Ibun Ayakashi Ayashi, I doubt that Darker than Black will become just as entertaining. So far, it had a few interesting points, but nothing really stood out. Yoko Kanno also disappointed, in my opinion. The main character also just doesn’t suit my tastes, like I mentioned before. First of all, he’s perfect, and second of all, he acts like a wimp. The broken fingers at the beginning of the episode also were a bit too much. I don’t feel like watching any more of this.
Koutetsu Sangokushi
Short Synopsis: It’s a war-anime, focusing on a guy whose parents have been killed, and is now under the care of an important person.
Good: Great combination of fights, characters and emotions.
Bad: I’d like to know how the main character was the chosen one.
Overall Enjoyment Value: 8/10
Now this is more like it! Koutetsu Sangokushi was one of those anime I knew next to nothing about before I watched it, and it immediately comes with a very strong first episode. It wasn’t without its flaws, though, as the main character gets great powers while it isn’t explained exactly why he got them, but apart from that, I liked this episode a lot. Finally we’ve got a bit of a good main character, who’s really struggling with his own morals at the moment. He’s fairly young, but he’s already learning in this first episode. I was also fairly surprised when he saw his father’s killer. With a first episode like this, the rest of the series either has to be incredibly good, or incredibly bad. I definitely hope it’s the former. Oh, and also thumbs high up for the background music. Beautifully orchestrated it is. :)]]>
Some quick first impressions: Kotetsushin Jeeg, Darker than Black and Koutetsu Sangokushi
Wow, your review for Koutetsu Sangokushi is making me keen to watch it. I have been somewhat waiting for it to appear, so hmm, ya.
What a surprise, regarding Koutetsu Sangokushi. I expected it to be bad, but I was going to watch it anyway due to its connection to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms/San Guo.
Koutetsu Sangokushi is a series I immediately began to look forward to as soon as I learnt it was set in the Three Kingdoms era and, once more, starred the Kingdom of Wu, easily the one I have the most interest in.
Although the idea of Lu Xun (I have managed to place each of the characters with their Chinese names using the official website’s character chart, and the hero’s name translates as the strategist/advisor Lu Xun) gaining great powers does not match what I expected from the show, I am still looking forward to it and I’m glad it seems to live up to its setting thus far.
The Darker Than Black comment, I don’t really understand. He’s purposefully faking the normal whimpy guy act
*spoiler look away*
(he’s an agent of some sort so he has to fit in) and that he is the guy behind the mask at the beginning whose actual personality is rather deadly right (sorry if that’s a spoiler but it was in the trailer ^^;)?
*end spoiler*
He’s definitely not a whimpy lead, though he is portrayed as perfect so far.
Whether or not the show suits you though is another matter and your welcome to not like it 🙂
Having watched Koutetsu Sangokushi, I now looking for soap for my eyes. While it is clear that its production is relatively higher than other series, the first episode was absolutely horible. First, the characters are lacking, and their dialogues just keep sending (bad) shivers up my spine. Also, it’s like the characters do not have a mind of their own. Their ideals/principles change waaaay too fast. Plus, their actions are almost never justified.
Conclusion? Unfortunately (for me), the horrible characters and storytelling outweighs the amazing art and seiyuus.
I was suddenly keen to look at some good show. First of all, 😀 Hayate no Gotoku! will be the most highlighted anime for Anime Spring 2007 in my list.
ON with the main point. Koutetsu Sangokushi…I’m horrible with Japanese but I have decent knowlegde after watching a lot of it already. It’s horrible…voices… 🙂 Miyano at certain was able to synchronize with the main character. But serious o.O The plot seems twisted…was the guy with the fan Zhuge Liang or something. Well he looks evil…is this an insult to the novel >.>
Characters…art work…okay…animation…bad… Just look at their lips and try not to laugh. It’ll make you wonder how they were able to breath without when their mouths were open. Their battle scene 🙁 seriously terrible. I thought there’s going to be some exciting slashing but it’s just a guy dissapearing and appearing and effects of slashing left behind. If it’s the matter of speed there’s WAY better animation studios out there…
Songs…whoa…now that’s very well done ^^ Praise for their outstanding composer.
It’s my point of view…:/ It was a major dissapointment but I might continue to watch. I’ll drop it if they don’t improve any of the animation.
Yan: it’s quite ironic, as one of my major turn-offs for Hayate no Gotoku was the fact that the character-designs looked ugly and the animation was horrible. I’ll try to pay attention to the animation for the second episode, as I do admit that I was paying attention to other things while watching the episode (like, trying to understand the dialogue. ^^;)
darker than black was pretty thrilling to me but a bit of confusing start, hopefully things will clear up soon… i doubt it (ie witch hunter robin and ergo proxy)