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areaseven
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Personally, I consider Godannar!! as a Perishable Item. It's a major insult to the super robot genre, not to mention a sad attempt at ecchi.
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Iniksbane
 Posts: 62 Location: The great state of Mary |
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Well I don't know about 75 percent of ADV's stuff being crap. Really I've found that most companies go through good cycles and bad cycles. Granted prior to the release of Full Metal Panic, ADV seemed to be a slump, but they've been coming out of it recently (i.e. I'm really enjoying Gantz). And in all honesty Geneon and Bandai have released enough of their own junk (Pilot Candidate anyone?) that I think it's a little unfair to rag on ADV.
But CPM or Media Works they do deserve to get ragged on. Often and a lot. |
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remember love
 Posts: 764 Location: Germany |
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Your post implied that you don't like the stuff ADV was bringing out because you were calling it crap and you went as far as calling some of it garbage and I'm stating the just because you think it's crappy or to be garbage doesn't mean that someone else finds it crappy, there bringing it out for a reason because some people like them. So your basically saying that ADV is bringing out stuff you yourself do not like because I don't think that they are crap. Some of them I may dislike?Yes, but I respect that others may find the ones I dislike quite enjoyable. |
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Captain Crotchspike
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Can you explain why? This just doesn't make any sense to me. It revels in colorful super robot-ness in a way I haven't seen since Mazinkaiser. If there's anything it fails at, being a super robot show isn't one of them. Really...what? |
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ANN_Bamboo
ANN Contributor
 Posts: 3904 Location: CO |
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It's repetitive in the same way that Sailor Moon is repetitive--because it's the same fight moves every time. If they're going to solve every fight with a Heart Breaker followed up by a Soul Breaker, then it's not interesting to me. If I'm going to be stuck watching the same transformation sequences 5 minutes out of every 25, it's not interesting to me.
It doesn't make sense because for the time being, there's no series story. You have this MAJOR event like aliens invading earth, but all of that's pushed to the back. There are times when that's okay, like in Saikano, but when you have a mecha fighting show, with all of the characters' lives revolving around this, there needs to be an explanation of what's going on, or at least how the current events are tied to the war that happened 5 years ago.
I, for one, am certainly not planning on casting it aside. I wasn't impressed with the first volume, but it has piqued my interest, and frankly, I'm interested to see where it will go from here. People tell me that Godannar gets better once the story unravels a bit more, but since I've only seen the first 5 episodes, I just have to wait and see for myself. |
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Alchemist449
 Posts: 341 Location: LED ZEPPELIN! nuf said |
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[quote="Kagemusha"]
The anime has more slapstick and adds many new people to the fray. It takes itself a lot less seriously at times, like ep. 6. It's an interesting show but I'm ten episodes in and I still prefer the manga. They haven't even mentioned the mission to Jupitor yet. I think you should buy it but it will disapoint you if you expect it to be as good. |
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marshall_b
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I read shelf life for the first time today, I must say I really enjoyed Dong's writing style
it's not patronizing, it's simple ^^ and yet, mannages to be sophisticated. well, I'm sure I sound silly, but I really enjoyed reading his reviews
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biliano
Posts: 956 Location: Cleveland, OH |
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Bamboo's master plan is working, dammit! 
Seriously, though, she's an excellent writer, and I love her work both here, in Protoculture Addicts, and in Anime Insider. I'm glad you like her style as well. Make sure you go to the archives and read her past Shelf Life columns, my friend. 
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Whearn9999
Posts: 211 Location: Texas City TX |
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As someone who has lived right across the water from Galveston for 32 years, I feel your pain Bamboo. I may be used to the climate, but I don't like it one bit. I am so thankfull for AC every day.
Planetes vol 2 was fantastic! Especially the Yuri episode. Talk about grabbing you by the heart! I keep reading good reviews about Koi Kaze. It is definitely on my "to buy" list. Same with Kodocha. Great article, Bamboo! Oh and BTW, I escape to the Denver area at least once a year. You are lucky
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areaseven
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Posts: 1486 Location: Makati, Philippines |
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Super Robot anime is all about action. And Godannar!! is almost devoid of it. Not to mention that the mecha designs are completely uninspriring. It's like the production team decided to just draw a couple of robots into an ecchi anime title in an attempt to draw in the mecha fans. |
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Rion
 Posts: 71 Location: In My Own World |
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Wow, i never heard of any of these, i really need to buckle down on my anime....
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remember love
Posts: 764 Location: Germany |
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There's probably a lot of anime you never heard of. I would say that I'm an extremem big fan of anime. But there is still a lot of anime I never heard of. So don't beat yourself up with it, your probably jsut as big as a fan as I am. And if you want to hear about these anime titles the aniem encyclopedia with there reviews will help alot. Just go in there and look at any anime you want even if you never heard of it from someone and see if you'd be interested in stuff like that. That's what I did for some of my newer titles I got in ym collection. |
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biliano
Posts: 956 Location: Cleveland, OH |
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This sounds more like Gravion than Godannar, IMO. 
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Rion
Posts: 71 Location: In My Own World |
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Yeah your right, Im just kind of used to knowing at least one title on a Shelf Life Review. lol
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