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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- And the final episode is here. Ahab had to kill Dew to save Moad. And Murano is dead now at least he's with Special Assistant. Also Sara is alive I think Murano really did save her it just took longer than expected for her to wake up. Anyway this series wasn't really bad but I expected a real Moby Dick story not a space whale hunters theme. This show reminds me of Outlaw Star. My score is 7/10 |
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| Man that ending came out of nowhere, like the show was on fast forward for that final episode in order to try and cram in an epic finale, not sure why it left everything to the last minute like that. Typical that Sara woke up at the end, I said aloud that 'here comes a tear rolling down her cheek' but no they went full on she's alive again. But yeah this show all comes to a close in a very abrupt fashion, I liked the final showdown but to have zero closure on alot of the characters is pretty unfortunate. Just a 1-3 minutes epilogue showing us where they all ended up would have been nice but oh well. I quite enjoyed this series despite its flaws. The Story while always interesting and often unpredictable was certainly abit strange overall. Characters were pretty likable, though White's heavy transition to comedic relief in the latter stages of the series became abit grating, especially since it's clear the humour didn't translate well. I'm guessing there was alot of japanese word play in that stuff? I watched the show with the ADV Dub and it was pretty good though not without one major and unfortunate flaw. For some reason Ahab got a typical 'Shiver Me Timbers' Pirate accent which is some terribly lazy direction. I think the actor did an okay job with it but it was pretty bad they chose that, very close minded. Even some of the dialogue was changed specifically to play up the Pirate Accent. Shiver me timbers is seriously muttered by Ahab in the dub on multiple occasions. Anyway yeah other than that the Dub was fine and while I have moaned about it Ahab's accent choice is not a dealbreaker imo. Animation was delightful and I have to say this is without a doubt a fantastic transfer from ADV for the DVD boxset which is how I watched the show. Clearly they had access to great masters. Beautifully detailed though I do wish the show wasn't always so dark. Seems alot of shows around this time favoured a dark blue hue and palette. I think it was almost halfway through the series until we actually saw something resembling actual daylight. Dezaki's classic still painted shots are aplently and all were superb. Character designs a nice upgraded version of Dezaki's classic style also. Soundtrack didn't really stand out to me as anything overly special, though often times thats something that tends to change overtime as I tend to listen to OST's after watching a show. But at least in the moment the OST sufficed and that was about it really. Overall this Anime is a good show but not quite a great one. There is a ton to enjoy about the series and it has a certain amount of whimsy thats hard to not love. Story might not be quite as grand as perhaps the creators had intended in many ways but it was always interesting. It was a strange ride at times but with plenty of left turns the show did a good job at keeping a stranglehold on me. I was never left bored by it as I could never reeally confidently predict what it had in store next. So with all that said I give it a solid 7/10 'Good'. |
BlaizeVApr 27, 2018 2:05 PM
| The anime felt...incomplete. The ending was sad, even though they eventually won the battle, they still had lost the war, the overall results werein favour of the federation. The planet they sought to save has already been nearly destroyed by the federation's attack, they killed almost every citizen. They also introduced a few characters near the end who work for the federation. We still don't know many things about its introduced faction "Office for the Development of Interplanetary Migration", let alone the federation itself. I'm pretty sure Dezaki originally wanted to make it longer anime, perhaps 52 episodes. That's why the ending felt rushed and incomplete. 7/10 Good anime though. |
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| Man, what a disappointing ending, just rushed to hell. Overall, I enjoyed the show, though I had initially expected it to be a more serious "adventure" instead of a comedy. Especially toward the end, when they seemed to never spare a moment to make a joke (like with White's constant haikus/tankas). Many times I was like, "Come on, just get on with the story!" But I liked all the characters and I laughed quite a bit. 8 whales of a tale /10 |
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