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Sep 20, 2014
Ghost Hunt (Anime) add
Mixed Feelings
Ghost Hunt's backstory and setups of how the various supernatural forces operate are well done, as well as the actual mysteries they are involved in. However, what distracted its best qualities are the forced relationships and relying on predictable tropes to advance plot elements. My impression is that Ghost Hunter may have been altered to cater to target audiences by dumbing down the plot and dialog at some points, but when the actual investigation storyline calls for complex explanations and logic, the characters inexplicably gains 200 points in IQ to figure everything out.

Case in point: after almost a year working for ghost hunter experts, the ...
Jul 12, 2014
Mixed Feelings
Gundam Age is an attempt to attract a new, younger audience by re-packaging the core Gundam lore that has been established over the years into story arcs that follows three generations of Gundam pilots. While the premise is cool, the majority of its flaws comes from having to tell all three arcs within a 49-episode constraint.

Because there are so many characters in so little time, they are given few opportunities to develop. When a loved one is killed by malice and drives the hero to be consumed by revenge, it's very hard to fully buy into such extreme motivations even in the face of overwhelming ...
Dec 20, 2013
Mixed Feelings
This series is overrated.

For the most part, anime is a very difficult genre to critique because you can basically judge it in two perspectives: how it fairs within the context of the anime genre (or subgenre) and how it compares with the whole concept of a story, whether it's animated or not. For some titles, say Bacano, you accept the anime-ism, since it does certain things that's innovative and original in the anime format, and it works. Take it out of the anime style and anime tropes and the anime mannerisms, some things may not work the same. Other titles doesn't rely on anime-ism, ie, ...


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