I love this anime alot

When i watch it Ive started to love it since i saw this some parts did i see in brazil and other Caribbean are true. Like kids like 3-12 having weapons where no one around n stuff wanna be gangsters n all .
But yeah so far first a black character ive most seen so far is afro samurai The boondocks n and others

i love interracial anime <3

I suppose I liked the idea that in the end, regardless of Hatchin’s uncaring father being unworthy of the effort, the journey felt like the worthier part of the story than the conclusion. Not a great show perhaps, but I wasn’t disappointed by any means.

Toradora on the other hand was a show I had high hopes for at the midway mark that then descended into cliffhanger of the week and cheesy cliches, becoming progressively worse towards the end. I still enjoyed it to a degree, but I felt let down after being pleasantly surprised at the start.

Putting the Emotional attachement to the characters aside, I think MeH had some very profound things to say about life. We have humans acting in very real ways, each of them hang onto the past and are held back because of it. It’s very down to earth.

Where in Casshern Sins we have robots acting very melodramatic and very strangely. It’s got a few esoteric points about the nature of life and death. But gets kind of lost in all the crazy, obsessive robot madness and cute kids that giggle way too much.

Anyways, If I wanted to sit my kid down in front of an anime and have them learn something from it, I’d choose MeH over most recent shows.

Ultimately, I scored Michiko e Hatchin as 7/10 and
Toradora as 8/10. In comparison, Xam’d was a 10/10!

@Ivy: I think the Toradora light novel series was completed in only a matter of weeks before the anime finished, and I’ve no idea how they managed to synchronize that so well!

As for Michiko e Hatchin– it’s fun and entertaining, with some really great action scenes in that second half. I just had a bit of trouble caring about the characters, is all, but I definitely wouldn’t call it sub-par.

@gaguri: It’s difficult to say whether or not Toradora would be worth your time, it’s quite generic in a way, and hence, difficult to recommend. But you never know, one day you may wake up and feel like giving it a try?

@Omisyth: Maybe in the anti-climax of Hiroshi’s reunion, the show revealed its truest intentions? I was quite surprised by it too– though I thought the epilogue was quite telling; after a few years, Hiroshi leaves Hatchin behind. So, after all that trouble, he turns out to be a total waster. What was the point? I guess, with them not having any one else to rely on, it’s all about Hatchin and Michiko becoming truly independent women?

@Kim: I really dislike having to criticize a series like Michiko e Hatchin, because it’s at least trying to do something creative, and even if it fails, it deserves credit for that ambition.

@coburn: Definitely. When I read you’re comment, I was wincing a bit because I know you loved Michiko e Hatchin from the outset, and this is usually the kind of anime I like, too.

The ‘Johnny Rotten’ tag wasn’t intended as a criticism, more just a nod towards the general feeling of ‘punkness’ I got from the show. The facial expressions and ‘fashion sense’ of Hatchin, in particular, really reminded me of someone like Billy Joe Armstrong.

Anyway, I’d definitely say it was a good series, it’s just that I never felt particularly engaged by the ‘drama’ or the characters, hence the whole thing felt a bit superficial. (Funnily enough, I had the same problem with Ergo Proxy; may be I’m just destined to struggle with Manglobe anime?)

@BluWacky: That’s a tough ask, because, in many ways, Toradora is precisely as generic as you would expect; Tiaga is the tsundere, etc, but still, it feels like more than just a ’surface’ level anime. The characters have personality, are fallible and prone to insecurity. There are none of the typical ‘CRY NOW’ flashbacks or tragic accidents that seem to dog the genre, it’s just a bunch of (older) teenagers trying to make sense of their lives and failing, sometimes quietly, other times spectacularly. But please don’t get me wrong, it wasn’t a masterpiece. I had low expectations of Toradora and it surpassed those, but fundamentally, it’s still a high-school romance/drama about a bunch of kids falling in love and making stupid mistakes. The difference is, this time, I actually cared about them.

@blissmo: Amil has a big part to play in the last couple of episodes, so watch them sooner rather than later, I’m sure you’ll be presently surprised! (By the way, which US TV shows are you watching? ‘Lost’? I’m following my fair share of US TV too.)

@Celeste: Of course, I’ll be all over ‘Eden of the East’. Aside from Chika Umino’s involvement, Kenji Kamiyama (Seirei no Moribito) is attached as director, so I’m quite excited to see how it turns out. On a similar note, are you planning to watch ‘Guin Saga’? I remember you talking about Twelve Kingdoms and Escaflowne, so you should know that Guin Saga is another epic fantasy adventure in that vein; I’ve read all five novels released in English and it promises to be quite good.

I haven’t finished Michiko e Hatchin simply because it didn’t have an emotional hold on me – and as i mentioned above, i’m a busy girl. I suppose the difference with Michiko e Hatchin in comparison with, say, Samurai Champloo – a strikingly similar series in the sense that it both dripped with style, but had a very straightforward plot: Find person X – is that throughout Samurai Champloo there was the sense that the characters were evolving, a sense missing in Michko e Hatching. That said, There’s something compelling in watching Michiko, ever the wannabe mature woman, chase doggedly and hopelessly after Hiroshi. I’ll see how it goes though.

Speaking of new, shiny things, I assume you’re in for Eden of the East? Umeno Chica’s chracter designs were enough to sell me on this one, but hopefully the plot delivers too.