Quick anime post.
Mar. 18th, 2007 02:46 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elwenI just wanted to briefly note how much Code Geass takes my breath away. The level of suspense and human drama in this show is beyond belief, but it's not like it feels rushed or anything. The number of helpful coincidences (geass ex machina?) is a bit much sometimes, but even when things seem awfully convenient, they still come as totally unexpected to the viewer. If the show had one fault, it would be that there is so much going on that we really only get to know the characters through the way they respond to external events, and while that's enough to show how complex they are, it doesn't provide enough insight into their histories and motivations to satisfy me.
I'd set aside the show while finishing off The Third, and also because I knew I couldn't stand its cliffhangers so I needed to keep a buffer, but now I'm back to wondering if I can really hold out until the show finishes its run in early April. (Originally it was March 30, I'm pretty sure, because I remember noting that it was right after my birthday, but delays happen, I guess.) Not that I have any shortage of other things to watch, but Code Geass is insidious that way: when I haven't watched it in a while, I forget why it was so addictive, so I figure I'll just watch an episode to keep things fresh, and then I end up hooked for several hours.
Other things on the active watch list:
- KIBA
- Angelique (raw)
- Saiunkoku Monogatari
- Venus Versus Virus
And since I'm posting about anime anyway, I watched an episode of Le Chevalier D'Eon because ADV made it so shiny I wanted to want to collect it, if you know what I mean. The premise had sounded vaguely interesting when I read it on AniDB -- it takes place right before the French Revolution, and is based on a historical figure who worked as a spy, politician, and soldier for the king, and lived as a woman for half his life. Great set-up for some good historical drama, right? Only it apparently fits better in the horror and supernatural genres. And the AnimeOnDVD review said something about people using loosely translated psalms as spells. I think I'll pass.
[And yet I still feel somehow obligated to finish the disc -- 4 episodes -- before sending it back to Netflix.]
I'd set aside the show while finishing off The Third, and also because I knew I couldn't stand its cliffhangers so I needed to keep a buffer, but now I'm back to wondering if I can really hold out until the show finishes its run in early April. (Originally it was March 30, I'm pretty sure, because I remember noting that it was right after my birthday, but delays happen, I guess.) Not that I have any shortage of other things to watch, but Code Geass is insidious that way: when I haven't watched it in a while, I forget why it was so addictive, so I figure I'll just watch an episode to keep things fresh, and then I end up hooked for several hours.
Other things on the active watch list:
- KIBA
- Angelique (raw)
- Saiunkoku Monogatari
- Venus Versus Virus
And since I'm posting about anime anyway, I watched an episode of Le Chevalier D'Eon because ADV made it so shiny I wanted to want to collect it, if you know what I mean. The premise had sounded vaguely interesting when I read it on AniDB -- it takes place right before the French Revolution, and is based on a historical figure who worked as a spy, politician, and soldier for the king, and lived as a woman for half his life. Great set-up for some good historical drama, right? Only it apparently fits better in the horror and supernatural genres. And the AnimeOnDVD review said something about people using loosely translated psalms as spells. I think I'll pass.
[And yet I still feel somehow obligated to finish the disc -- 4 episodes -- before sending it back to Netflix.]
