Re: What's On My Anime On Demand 2 [message #274504 is a reply to message #274496] |
Sat, 29 November 2014 14:32 |
David Johnston
Messages: 220 Registered: March 2012
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From Newsgroup: rec.arts.anime.misc
On 11/29/2014 7:51 AM, E. Liddell wrote:
> On Sat, 29 Nov 2014 11:18:04 +0000, Dave Baranyi wrote:
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>> David Johnston <David@block.net> wrote:
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>>> 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.
>>>
>> 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.
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> 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.
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> (I watch a *lot* of mediocre action anime.)
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> E. Liddell
>
One thing I'm little tired of is the portrayal of elder military
officers as out of touch and useless.
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