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Old 06-02-2010, 01:16 AM   #132
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Re: What have you been watching?

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I have been watching a couple of series Rainbow, Working!!, Angel beats, K-on!!, Fairy tail and Hetalia the second series. Be warned what I have wrote here may not make any sense and may be a load of rubbish. Hurray for a wall of text.

Rainbow follows the struggles of 6 inmates Joe, Mario, Suppon, Baremoto, Biceps and Cabbage as they are incarcerated into reformatory of Shio in 6-2. There they meet up with bro. Here the seven boys must learn to live an work together so that they can survive the daily beatings and humiliations that are dealt out mostly by the guard Ishihara. Little do the 6 new inmates know what they have been placed into as bro knows a dark secret that Ishihara wants him dead over.

This series is possibly the darkest and most grittiest series I have seen in all the years that I have watched anime (very few western releases come close to how dark this series is.). This series is set in and paints a very disturbing 1955 japan where problems are rife due to the pasts of these children. I do say children as aniki is the oldest as he is 18. the art style of this series complements the setting very well as the dark palette helps show the depressing atmosphere of their current situation. Even before each episode starts it mentions about the gore and it is right as it helps emphasis the situation.

The story itself is unique to me as I have not seen, read or even heard of a story like this. This is helped by the pacing and the telling of the story. Sure it can be a bit slow at times and there is very little action going on as it mostly focuses on the characters but it hits all the right notes throughout as when they are in the prison and find out their past (You might cry during some of these scenes and conclusions) you feel for them and once they are having a good time you know that it will be short lived.

Other note: The music does not really stand out as I vaguely remember any music in the series so far. The voice acting is well done and the villains are truly villainous and make the story even better (even if you do feel threatened or scared by them).

Overall I find this a hard series to recommend to people as it is very depressing and does not suit many peoples tastes. I must say that you MUST watch the first episode to see if you want to watch it as I have heard that soo many people have dropped the series after it as they feel that the series does not suit them and I can accept that.


The second series Working is set in the family restaurant situated in Hokkaido. At the start of the series we are introduced to Takanashi Souta a 16 year old middle school student. One night while out he meets with his sempai Taneshima Poplar who is a year older. She encourages him to work in the restaurant and he agrees and so our story begins as he meets the strange employees makes friendships yadda yadda. This story is nothing special but why should it be as it is a comedy. Sadly the comedy is rather hit and miss which does not help the matter at all. If you were to look at one screen you would think that it is a moeblob series... And you would be right so nothing much to say there. The voice acting is good but not that memorable.

Overall I think this series is... Meh but it is still better than a series that I will be mentioning. This is a good show if you dont know what to watch and want to kill 25 minutes.

The next series Angel beats. This series follows Otonashi, Yuzuru and yuri who is a leader of the Shinda Sekai Sensen who are made to combat the angel threat who can harness supernatural powers that is present. In this world Otonashi must get to grips with his death and amnesia in this new world while yuri fights the god who destined her to have an unreasonable life. My first initial thought of this anime were nothing special but after the 3 or 4th episode I was hooked as the characters are well developed with decent backgrounds and reasons for fighting.

This series has high production values as it has really good visuals and even made a completely new band called girls dead monster (If you listen to the radio they are played regularly so you should know some songs by now). I must say that the music that this band makes is really good and I was surprised to find out that they were made solely for this anime.

If you get a chance watch this as this is easily recommendable as it is an extremely good anime. On a side note you will probably remember and love T.K for reasons you will find out once you watch it.

The next anime Fairy Tail follows Lucy (a Celestial wizard) as she looks to join the guild called Fairy Tail (Surprise) were legendary wizards are found. During her travels to find fairy tale she meets our other main protagonist Natsu (A dragon slayer) and Happy. After an encounter with a shady wizard Lucy finds out Natsu is a part of Fairy Tail and so Natsu brings Lucy to Fairy Tail where she finds out that it is surprisingly easy to join. There she meets Gray and Erza and they form a team and complete tasks and fight wizards so on and so forth.

This series is really well done as I have not found a character that I do not like. Surprisingly still Natsu and Lucy are not even my favorite characters instead my favorite is Gray (An Ice creation wizard) and Loke. The characters are diversified and well developed that you will find a favorite and will still love the other characters. This is helped by the fact the characters have solid backgrounds that help flesh them out and they have arcs devoted to a single character.

The animation in this is really good and the fight scenes look spectacular. It is a bit weird that once people look at this series they think that this is done by the same people as one piece when in fact it is done by the same people as rave master... Weird. The soundtrack can be a bit hit and miss as there is some specular songs like the slow fairy tale theme but then there are other songs that aren't that great. The voice acting is top notch.

This series is easily recommendable to anyone and I would tell you to watch it NOW but crunchyroll have a 30 limit on each episode. So this means that you cannot watch the 1st episode or one that was released 2 months ago which is a pity.

The next series Hetalia the second series is just more hetalia. Its not as good as the first series but it is still hetalia.

Now K-on!! ughhh this is the bane of my existence. This is the shining example of what is wrong with the anime industry today. It is a complete moeblob series with two dimensional characters, the story's soo thin you could not spread it on a slice of bread and the music in this anime which revolves around music is rubbish and even includes an ear bleeding intro song.The worst part of this is that they made an unbearable series even more unbearable and the script is soo bad I stopped an episode and skipped it (I never do that).
I have to agree with that about K-On, there is nothing to it, it sells by moe, Ive forced myself to sit through the first episode, using all my willpower to keep myself from bashing my head against anything solid near me...

well ive caught up with Ichiban ushiro no daimaou and Mayoi neko overrun!, i actually like Daimaou, now neko overrun... the last 2 eps have nothing to do with anything... so i am starting to become disappointed in it... i also just caught up in Kiss X Sis, love that series.
still loving Angel Beats, though i doubt they could really pull something epic out of just 12 episodes...

i prob need to pick up working!! and Fairy tale.
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