Guilty Crown – 4

And my reaction:

…the hell am I watching?  Sometimes Guilty Crown is truly amazing, a visual masterpiece with exhilarating action sequences and intensified drama.  But other times it leaves you dumbfounded, confused, and needing to ask, “Really?  Is THAT really what I’m watching?”

Last Exile: Ginyoku no Fam – 3

While I applaud the efforts of the continuity and consistency of Last Exile Fam in regards to the original, especially considering eight years and a near collapse of Gonzo have occurred between the two series, there are some pieces of this anime that just don’t feel right.  None is more evident than the discrepancy among vanships, airships, and other aerial machines that are the trademarks of this franchise.  For such an established and central aspect to be so different between the two anime, it should be nothing short of a surprise.

Guilty Crown – 3

I’ve always been judgmental and critical of school settings in anime and this episode of Guilty Crown is no exception.  Schools in anime are always the same and always a negative.

Last Exile: Ginyoku no Fam – 2

And with that, we pretty much have the main trio set up for this anime.  You figured that’d be the case from the opening but now we have the story of how they’ve come together.  All that remains is the grand tale of where they’ll go and what they’ll do.

Autumn 2011 – Week 3 Anime Review

This week: The mystery of Inga from UN-Go, worries in Chihayafuru, and Tamayura not really being a photography anime.

Guilty Crown – 2

Gut check time.  After two episodes, let’s take a moment to review what Guilty Crown is doing right, where it’s underperforming, and what is going wrong.

Last Exile: Ginyoku no Fam – 1

Last Exile: Ginyoku no Fam (Fam the Silver Wing) contains a healthy blend of old and new when bringing back the Last Exile franchise.  There are themes, concepts, and details that have been retained from the first series present and prevalent everyone in this new anime, which does well to connect this series with the original.  And then there are the newer elements which integrate nicely to distinguish itself from the first series.  This incorporation of new and old was the aspect I worried about the most when watching this first episode but, for the most part, everything turned out alright.