First off, I couldn't finish this show. I just couldn't. One of the main characters got increasingly more and more obnoxious. I made it to episode 20 out of 26.
Lets jump to the story. Blue Gender is set in the mid 2000's. A world over run by bug like monsters, named Blue. A young man is awaken from over a decade of slumber. A young woman from a space station comes down with a rescue party and finds young man. Romance, action, and gory violence ensue. Did I mention that everything in this anime is graphic?
There is a lot of cursing and death, a few episodes with nudity and brief sex scenes. Not for kids!
The voice acting was rather poor. I'm not sure if this is due to a bad Dub Script or that the actors just didn't care. The show has it's moments with good acting, but mostly it's over the top or dry.
The art work isn't bad for it's time. Bodies are pretty fluidly drawn. The Blue are pretty grotesque looking, which works very well to bring you into the story.
The entire show wasn't bad. The first 10-12 episodes were very exciting, and had a great progression to them. Then they get on the space station and the plot.... slows way the hell down. By the time it picks back up they decide to completely change the leading male characters personality. I could see how logically he changed, and they do give a reason for it. But why did they turn him into such a whiny jerk? I assume that they were going to use it to show some sort of redemption, or a lost man finding his humanity again. After watching 3 more episodes then I really wanted to. I lost any interest in finding out where they were going with it.
If you're going to watch this show, watch Blue Gender: The Warrior. It takes 26 episodes and reduces it to an hour and 30 mins. I give Blue Gender 6 exploding monsters out of 10. (I would have given it a lower score, but those first 10-12 episodes are great.)
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Chobits Review
For many of you that know a little about anime, you've atleast heard the name Chobits. It took me awhile to finish the show. It wasn't long. It wasn't boring. I just had a lot of different shows to watch. So here it is. My review on Chobits.
Chobits is a show set in modern Japan. It's a parallel universe in which humans have finally discovered how to make real AIs. These AIs are called persocoms. Persocoms are walking computers that can do just about anything. You like your Iphone? Well does your Iphone do the dishes? Does it find you a good restaurant while it walks your dog for you? I think not.
The story revolves around a young man named Hideki and his persocom Chi. Hideki has to move to Tokyo from his small town to attend a college prep-school for adults. Hideki for the most part is a kind and genuinely honest guy. He has a tad bit of a perverted side to him, but how many 18-20 year old guys don't. While in Tokyo he sees persocoms for the first time and wishes he had one. On his walk home he finds one in the trash, in perfect shape, and decides to take it home. Chi is adorable and clueless. Most persocoms come pre-programmed, but Chi for some reason needs to be taught everything. So shes very child like and innocent. How shes not child like is her full womanly form. Which produces some wonderfully awkward moments for poor Hideki, who tries his damnedest to be a polite gentlemen. I had some friends complain about the ending being half-assed, but I think those friends missed the point of the show. I thought the ending closed off all the important loose ends and left you feeling a sense of closure.
The artwork can be pretty lazy. Not really top shelf animation. The faces look pretty bad. And yet they do a great job at drawing the female form. Go figure.
The voice acting isn't really top shelf either. It's not Negima! bad, but it can get very reading off a script I'v never read before bad. As you get to know the characters more you start to ignore any bad acting, because the story is very captivating.
Chobits has a lot of sexual content. Fan service galore. It deals with sex trade, the porn industry, adultery, humans and robots having sexual relationships. There isn't any nudity or sex scenes, though. So in that way its clean. I wouldn't let a child younger than 14 watch this show still. So parents watch out.
Overall, Chobits is a very cute love story, filled with hilarity and awkward sexual tension. If you enjoy romantic comedies you'll most likely enjoy this show. I give Chobits 7 chibi lolitas out of 10.
Chobits is a show set in modern Japan. It's a parallel universe in which humans have finally discovered how to make real AIs. These AIs are called persocoms. Persocoms are walking computers that can do just about anything. You like your Iphone? Well does your Iphone do the dishes? Does it find you a good restaurant while it walks your dog for you? I think not.
The story revolves around a young man named Hideki and his persocom Chi. Hideki has to move to Tokyo from his small town to attend a college prep-school for adults. Hideki for the most part is a kind and genuinely honest guy. He has a tad bit of a perverted side to him, but how many 18-20 year old guys don't. While in Tokyo he sees persocoms for the first time and wishes he had one. On his walk home he finds one in the trash, in perfect shape, and decides to take it home. Chi is adorable and clueless. Most persocoms come pre-programmed, but Chi for some reason needs to be taught everything. So shes very child like and innocent. How shes not child like is her full womanly form. Which produces some wonderfully awkward moments for poor Hideki, who tries his damnedest to be a polite gentlemen. I had some friends complain about the ending being half-assed, but I think those friends missed the point of the show. I thought the ending closed off all the important loose ends and left you feeling a sense of closure.
The artwork can be pretty lazy. Not really top shelf animation. The faces look pretty bad. And yet they do a great job at drawing the female form. Go figure.
The voice acting isn't really top shelf either. It's not Negima! bad, but it can get very reading off a script I'v never read before bad. As you get to know the characters more you start to ignore any bad acting, because the story is very captivating.
Chobits has a lot of sexual content. Fan service galore. It deals with sex trade, the porn industry, adultery, humans and robots having sexual relationships. There isn't any nudity or sex scenes, though. So in that way its clean. I wouldn't let a child younger than 14 watch this show still. So parents watch out.
Overall, Chobits is a very cute love story, filled with hilarity and awkward sexual tension. If you enjoy romantic comedies you'll most likely enjoy this show. I give Chobits 7 chibi lolitas out of 10.
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