I'm watching anime since childhood but then I didn't know the difference. As I grew up I understood that most of the animation that I liked were "made in Japan". I learned afterwards the term anime used to describe the Japanese animation and manga for the Japanese comic books. I declare myself an anime fan cause I'm not into manga so much.
My first ever watched animes in the Hellenic TV of the early 80's were Swan Lake, The Wild Swans, Candy Candy and The Wonderful Adventures of Nils Holgersson. I'm a huge 70's and 80's anime viewer and supporter. Maybe it's because I grew up in the 80's watching stuff like that. Or maybe I strongly believe they don't make them these days like they used to be.... I think that the creators putted themselves wholeheartedly in the process to create them. Also the actors I think they were much more better then especially the men which in my opinion they were manlier than nowadays actors and with distinctive voices.
I'd like to give some hints on my grading system. For starters I try not to "bury" animes by putting them low grades like 4 or below and I rate so hard only those that I disliked a lot. I'm more tolerant towards older anime because you can't judge the same an anime from 20 or 30 years back with the new ones and particularly speaking about the technical details. You can't expect animation of the highest caliber and CGI graphics nor 7.1 DTS sound in older anime. On the other hand I'm more strict with more recent anime and I demand something good from them in terms of story, animation and characters.
I rarely put 10's in my Animelist because it has to be a flawless anime for me to rate it as such. I enjoy and recommend everything above 8/10 for everyone who is curious about my list. My 7's and 6's are good anime that you can give them a try if you like. Giving a 5 means an average anime that I barely saw and nothing thrilling about it. Everything below 4 is an experience I'd like to forget. Don't remind me about Urda.... Lol....
Yeah, S2 seemed messy. I really didn't like what they did to Graham turning into "Bushido Blade" or whatever it was.
IBO wasn't very memorable to me, but some people really like it. Does seem different from the norm.
I still think UC Gundam has been good in the modern era, especially The Origin. I liked Unicorn a lot too and the first Hathaway's Flash movie was good. Just wish these projects didn't take years and years to get done. lol
I thought about rewatching Gundam 00 earlier this year, I want to say it's one of the better modern Gundams at least. But I had an iffy feeling in my gut rewatching ep1, so I canceled that idea for now haha...
Glad you turned around on Xin. The cool armor helps LOL. Yeah, in the end there's a little plot armor and some shounen elements here compared to something like LOGH, but I don't mind. This is the best Chinese war anime I've seen by a fair bit. Feels like the Suikoden of anime. I think you'll enjoy the variety in S4-S5 even after S3. And me despite having seen a lot of historical KDrama and CDrama now, this series still continues to impress me with some of its ideas and battle situations. Maybe you'll get a 9 out of S4 or S5. I'd have a hard time ranking these last three seasons. I agree S1 is kind of a problem and might turn people away from getting to the better stuff. It could maybe even be skipped in a way, but I do think the backstory makes the payoff better in the end to see how far the characters grow. Since you're not shy of long anime I figured it was worth a rec for you, glad it worked out well! But it'd be hard to get some other viewers to commit to all these seasons. I'm definitely a big fan of Qiang myself.
Yeah, that aspect feels a bit shounen-ish haha. In all the KDrama/CDrama I've seen, the hierarchy/status and etiquette is taken far more seriously. His tongue would have been cut by now in anything else, lol.
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Trailblazer - 3... aliens in Gundam? WTF!
Lol yeah, think we agree that 00 really nosedived after S1. So much wasted potential. Ribbons is one of the worst antagonists in my book.
IBO wasn't very memorable to me, but some people really like it. Does seem different from the norm.
I still think UC Gundam has been good in the modern era, especially The Origin. I liked Unicorn a lot too and the first Hathaway's Flash movie was good. Just wish these projects didn't take years and years to get done. lol
I really wonder what you'll think of S2...
Oh man, 86... season 1 was enough for me. lol... it's rough trying to find good new sci-fi.
agreed, Kingdom is underrated. even though the manga is really nice.!
great taste; ma bro
Glad to meet another Leijiverse and LoGH fan out there.
Looking forward to your thoughts on S3-S5.