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Mission statement for the season
As much as I thought I couldn’t be bothered with fansubs any more, I’ve been wowed by a small number of shows so I might as well list what I hope to blog on a regular basis in the coming weeks. There’s also a DVD backlog on my shelf too so expect more of that in the coming weeks. On we go, then.
Darker than Black
The creative staff of Wolf’s Rain is always a good sign, and a soundtrack penned by a certain Ms. Kanno is just the icing on the cake. The opening ep gave some interesting bits of info concerning ‘Hell’s Gate’, ‘contractors’ and so on but it didn’t reveal too much. It looks great, sounds great and impressed me right from the get-go. Top of the list for now.
Bokurano
A strange one, this. The first ep didn’t really grab my attention, looking like an average day at the beach with a cast number that’s a little too much to take in at first (there’s fifteen of them, for crying out loud!). Mecha shows are few and far between these days but I suspect it’s going to be a character-driven affair as much as anything. There are one or two moments that hint at something darker and more twisted, however. I’m intrigued.
Tengun Toppa Gurren Lagann
Dammit, I still haven’t found a copy of the first ep of this that isn’t a raw and my current attempt is supposed to finish downloading in just under TWELVE HOURS (tell me there isn’t something wrong there, guys) so I can’t comment on it yet. However, a cursory glance hints at a great art style and of course it’s Gainax (therefore a ‘must watch’ in my book). It could be a disaster of course but some reputable sources suggest good things.
Other stuff
Well, my DVD reviews for Kino’s Journey are at an end and the GitS: SAC Second Gig is almost there too. Coming up this weekend will be the Kino prequel movie, the rest of Gasaraki and I’ll make a start on Texhnolyze and Last Exile. Needless to say I’ll be following Eureka Seven, obviously.
Because the menu bar was getting a tad crowded I set up (through much painstaking effort, including coding nested lists in HTML by hand) an archive categories page for all of my finished series for 2006. They don’t have ’series’ categories assigned to them any more but the reviews are still very much there.
Posted on April 19th, 2007 @ 1:13 am
Where do you usually look to get your fansubs from? Episodes 1-3 of Gurren Lagann are readily available subbed at baka-updates.com and animesuki.com, among other places.
Posted on April 19th, 2007 @ 1:19 am
Animesuki usually. Not to worry though - it was third time lucky with TTGL #1, and I manage to watch it subbed. Boy, was that a blast! That makes it three new titles I’m following, which should be plenty to be going along with.