Comments on: Kaiji episodes 2 and 3 http://www.concretebadger.net/blog/2007/10/26/kaiji-episodes-2-and-3/ Get decultured Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:50:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: ConcreteBadger http://www.concretebadger.net/blog/2007/10/26/kaiji-episodes-2-and-3/#comment-29256 ConcreteBadger Sun, 04 Nov 2007 22:44:24 +0000 http://www.concretebadger.net/blog/2007/10/26/kaiji-episodes-2-and-3/#comment-29256 @Orion: I never really expected a show like this to be so enjoyable but it's not the subject matter as such that makes it entertaining - it's how the characters react. Another good example is Ping Pong (currently sitting on my shelf demanding a re-watch), a cool film with characters I found really engaging...despite having zero experience with table tennis! I can only guess at what's in store for our hero in the next few episodes... @Orion: I never really expected a show like this to be so enjoyable but it’s not the subject matter as such that makes it entertaining - it’s how the characters react. Another good example is Ping Pong (currently sitting on my shelf demanding a re-watch), a cool film with characters I found really engaging…despite having zero experience with table tennis!

I can only guess at what’s in store for our hero in the next few episodes…

]]> By: 0rion http://www.concretebadger.net/blog/2007/10/26/kaiji-episodes-2-and-3/#comment-29225 0rion Sun, 04 Nov 2007 04:11:14 +0000 http://www.concretebadger.net/blog/2007/10/26/kaiji-episodes-2-and-3/#comment-29225 No doubt that Kaiji is the winner of the season, at least in my book. The art style and subject matter seem off-putting to many, but in my mind they're great strengths that make it stand out from all the other moe garbage floating around this season. And really, a good storyteller could draw plots and characters from a hat and still make a masterpiece story out of it, and that's exactly what Fukumoto does with this show. It's excellent in ways you wouldn't have expected. :) No doubt that Kaiji is the winner of the season, at least in my book. The art style and subject matter seem off-putting to many, but in my mind they’re great strengths that make it stand out from all the other moe garbage floating around this season.

And really, a good storyteller could draw plots and characters from a hat and still make a masterpiece story out of it, and that’s exactly what Fukumoto does with this show.

It’s excellent in ways you wouldn’t have expected. :)

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