Re: What's On My Anime On Demand 2 [message #274496 is a reply to message #274494] |
Sat, 29 November 2014 09:51 |
E. Liddell
Messages: 44 Registered: August 2012
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From Newsgroup: rec.arts.anime.misc
On Sat, 29 Nov 2014 11:18:04 +0000, Dave Baranyi wrote:
> David Johnston <David@block.net> wrote:
>> Argevollen ***
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>> Young hotheaded hero gets his hands on a prototype mecha as his
>> country's defense falls apart before the invading army. This is of
>> course a familiar premise but at least it isn't another bloody harem
>> series and the protagonist is out of high school, if just barely.
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> Dumb premise, poor execution and annoying characters made me barely able
> to watch the first episode through to the end, so I dropped it after
> that. Apparently it is still running.
It is. I would class it as "uninspired"--it does nothing we haven't
seen elsewhere, and does it neither especially well nor badly enough
to be mockable. Having all the main characters be grown up is a nice
change, but it's not for those who dislike for angst, war stories, or
mecha.
(I watch a *lot* of mediocre action anime.)
E. Liddell
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