Comments on: This anime fan forever looks back on 2007

By: Davidlj

Davidlj — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:40:32 +0000

Well I agree with you on some stuff but I disagree with you so much more so I kinda hate you etc, you say Claymore is a ripoff of berserk, and that’s like saying that every fantasy story is a LOTR ripoff or a merlin ripof. And bashing heroic age? I mean come on, go watch some Ai Yori Aoshi and be happy LOL.

By: Ninya

Ninya — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 14:28:53 +0000

A huge thanks to you for writing this thing– I picked up Toward the Terra because of your review (I’d never heard of it before) and absolutely loved it. Thanks for the week of non-stop engrossment in the awesome show!

By: Stoan

Stoan — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:56:50 +0000

I have to completely disagree on Claymore. Berserk is an amazing manga, but the anime was an utter disappointment. The Claymore anime on the other hand was extremely good as long as it stuck to the manga. The animation was on a whole different level than the Berkserk anime, and as neither anime captured the real plots of their respective sources, that is where their value lies.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:21:49 +0000

I like Deathnote. But after watching the MOVIE I kinda just stopped paying attention cause now I know how it ends. LOL

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:21:34 +0000

Claymore was good until it started to diverge from the manga, after that it just turned to crap.

By: The Otakusphere: Downtiming on the Nightside in the Way Back Machine « In Search of Number Nine

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 08:44:48 +0000

[...] of my low expectations, I ran across bateszi’s listing of reviews for the end of the 2007 season. And I couldn’t help thinking, “Man, am I missing [...]

By: qwertypoiuy

qwertypoiuy — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 01:54:13 +0000

Death note or Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann are my number one
also i think ef should be up there

By: S.A.

S.A. — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 01:23:24 +0000

Code Geass may be not be a failure in marketing, but it’s definitely a complete creative failure I’d say. A bastardation of many concepts stripped down to their most insignificant core made to appeal to the lowest common denominator. To think, it’s from the same director as Infinite Ryvius and Planetes is mind boggling.

By: bateszi

bateszi — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 23:18:43 +0000

I’m not sure about Code Geass being only light entertainment, it gets pretty heavy at some points (especially the cringeworthy C.C montage in the last couple of episodes) but just when I think it’s getting good, an episode like the cat stealing Zero’s helmet turns up and makes a mockery of everything. Gurren Lagann is the ultimate in light entertainment and it could probably get away with a cat (or indeed, Boota) stealing Simon’s drill because the show is so cheesy and over the top, but I don’t really get that same feeling with Geass, it’s just too soap opera-ish with all that angst. Then again, I live in the Great Empire of Britannia, so may be Geass subconsciously offended my nationality with its shocking depiction of OUR GREAT NATION!

Anyway, I really wanted to include a few other things on this list but decided on some strict rules to avoid diluting my picks. I absolutely (seriously) adored the live action version of Nodame Cantabile (best Japanese TV drama evar!!), but I couldn’t really fit it in. I haven’t seen Byousoku 5cm yet (shocking, I know; the same goes for Paprika too!), but I definitely wanted to write about Tekkonkinkreet until I found out it premiered in Japan during late December 2006, thus ruling it out of my final selections by like 6 or 7 days. Same goes for The Girl Who Leapt Through Time.

By: Martin

Martin — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 19:53:18 +0000

No Byousoku 5cm?

Lists like this just remind me about how, for every show I watch, there’s at least one I wish I’d had the time to see. Becanno is definitely one of those on my to-watch list, as were Mononoke and Towards the Terra. Gurren Lagann and Darker than Black were excellent as far as I can tell so I’ll definitely be finishing them off on DVD as and when.

Oddly, I thought Bokurano turned out to be pretty good; that said, I did purposefully ignore the adaptation controversy and I gritted my teeth through the ‘meh’ middle section. With the decent ending taken into account too, it was by no means perfect but could have been much worse.

There’s been quite a lot of good stuff in the past year but I think Dennou Coil just wins in my book – the imagination and characterisation was absolutely mindblowing.