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May 2, 2012

Kidou Senshi Gundam SEED (Anime) add

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Gundam Seed is my first Gundam series that I watched. It's purpose was to introduce me to the fascinating universe of Gundam. I watched this first when I was merely 15 years old and I loved it. I re-watched now in the sub version, my appreciation for it remains the same. It's one of those special series for me that introduced me to anime. But I try to be the most un-bias as possible in this review even though it is kind of hard since it is one of my favorite animes from my teen years. I will review this section by section.

Story 9/10

The story ... yet not totally being original puts the protagonist (Kira) against his childhood friend Athrun on the front lines to fight for their friends and family. Kira being a coordinator sides with the earth federation or "Naturals". It's kind of a typical Gundam series with 2 sides fighting each other for their proper beliefs. This isn't the first time it was done in Gundam (Turn A Gundam) but I find it was really executed a lot better in Gundam seed. We felt the real issues of war at hand. I will be honest there were some iffy moments (more towards the beginning few episodes after eps 3) during the whole 50 episodes, but overall I found it had a very interesting story about friends fighting on opposite sides on the battlefield. The emotion that the stories told felt realistic. Like previous Gundams the story of Gundam Seed has a lot of political settings since that's what Gundam do, they want to bring out the issues of war and the people governing it (and also the politics behind it).

Animation 10/10

I personally found the anime to be really great for its time. It looked a lot better than the previous gundam animations and the beams looked far better by actually making them "flash". But personally I think the animation was great for its time and improved a lot compared with the older gundam animations.

Sound 10/10

I honestly believe out of all the Gundam series, this one had not only great soundtracks, but also great opening and ending songs performed by big stars. The transition of the soundtrack from battle to lighter moments was really done well. So for the sound and music part it had all covered. The music and soundtrack for this anime was simply amazing.

Character 10/10

The Characters were interesting and a few of the characters had a lot of depth. I found Kira to be one of those characters that you really see growing as the serie goes on. He goes from rookie pilot to a snob at some point and later finally matures a lot at the end of the serie. He has a lot of strength has a main character and we see his ways of thinking changes, but one thing never changed it's his focus to protect his friends and loved ones. He was always devoted to that and still kept it later on even though he changed his mind on how he saw the war. Athrun is another fascinating character, who is Kira's childhood friend. We see him fighting for the same reasons as Kira and later starts to change his way of thinking also and questioning about what he is doing, if what he is doing is right or not. Athrun has a deep hatred for the "Naturals" (which I will not spoil why) which slowly changes (I will not tell you how he changes because I might spoil). There is a lot of side characters that make the story interesting and makes the two main characters learn a lot from them. Overall, I found the true strength of this anime is really in its characters. They truly did a great job in creating characters that really do evolve as the serie goes on and really makes us love them even more.

Enjoyment 10/10

As I watched the Dub version first then the sub version, I can say they are both excellent. I watched it while I was young and later and I still find the same enjoyment as I did back then no matter how many times I watch it. I enjoyed watching the anime for the great soundtrack, the amazing story, but overall for their characters and how they changed during the 50 episodes.

I would highly recommend this anime for mecha fans, people who like a cast of great characters and for any action lover since it does involve plenty of action.

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Apr 30, 2012

Mushishi (Anime) add

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Preliminary (12/26 eps)

I am reviewing Mushishi after a second viewing. I was really surprised about a lot of the elements of this anime, It's not a mainstream anime and definitely not something for everyone, especially if you only like fast paced animes or watching a lot of episodes one after the other. Mushishi is more of a relaxing anime and makes you think about your life and the meaning behind it. It's an episodic type anime. Each episode is separate and has no specific plot. It's mostly about Ginko, the main character, going around solving Mushi related problems and interacting with the people involved with these problems. ... A Mushi is a type of being that lives side by side with the humans but I will let the anime can explain it way better than me since it's not so easy to explain, the anime does it better (episode 1). I will now analyze the anime section by section before giving my final impressions.

Story:
If it's episodic, it doesn't mean that the story has to suffer because of it. On the contrary, I find that Mushishi delivers quite well with short stories that are different one episode after the other. This type of story telling gives us the satisfaction of seeing the end of an episode as we know it really ended there. Another element of Mushishi is in it's various ending on it's 26 eps run. The ending can be, sad, happy or neither and leaves the rest up to you to decide on how you might have imagined it ending or what might have happened after. Mushishi has a great relaxing flowing story that focuses more on the characters telling you the story and really engaging you like if you were part of the conversation at times and listening as a 3rd person. Overall, the small stories makes it unique from other animes and leaves you with a great sensation at the end of the episode where you have time to think and relax your mind.

Animation:
The animation in Mushishi is simply beautiful. The art really puts emphasis on the whole theme of nature and the background is so beautifully animated. The Mushi's are drawn quite nicely and gives us these vague and mysterious looking things. Their entire existence is kind of vague and mysterious as you will learn as you watch this serie. Nothing else to say for the animation except the fact that it really is gorgeous.

Sound:
The soundtrack by Masuda Toshio is one of the best soundtracks I have heard in animes. He composed it so well that the soundtracks matches perfectly with the story and the situation that they are in. Also the ending song or rather soundtrack is different at the end of every episode which makes it easier to appreciate. It's easy to just listen to the ending song while rethinking about the episode. I sometimes found myself just looking at the credits while listening to the ending song. The soundtrack for this anime is just great, I have no complains.

Character:
In this anime, the main character is Ginko and he's pretty much the only actual character that's a "regular" in every episode. Since this anime is very episodic, you will not see any character development but rather you will see bits and pieces of Ginko in every episode. Beside Ginko only the doctor and Mushi collector shows up in 2 or 3 episodes. Putting all that aside, the characters from every episodes feels real, they have a certain realism to them the way they act in from of certain problems or situations. You can in some sense relate to their problems and they pact they decide to take on resolving the problem. Overall, the character was good but sadly we don't any character development which would have it made it better.

Enjoyment:
I enjoyed watching this anime for various reasons which involves great music by Masuda Toshio, the amazing animation, the great short stories and down to earth characters that we can relate to. I really liked the ending songs changing from episode to episode which really matched with the ending of the episode. It leaves a calm feeling and makes you really think about the episode that you just watched. It also lets you think about life in a certain way.

Conclusion:
I really enjoyed this anime and I highly recommend it for people who like slow paced, relaxing and calming anime with life lessons at the end of every episode.

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