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Because I dunno when I'll be doing anime reviews again
Of the two shows I ended up watching last semester:
Star Drivers ended up somewhat disappointing. It was solidly entertaining through out, with good storytelling, great visuals and likeable characters. On the other end it totally failed to be subversive, especially on the gender front and despite all the shout out to Utena, and has a pretty bog standard narrative overall.
Hourou Musuko aka Wandering Son otoh was great; a lovely, subtle and delicate coming of age story that centers on two transgender teens and their friends. It had great characterizations, very well realised characters and some very deft and gorgeous touches in the animation and storytelling. Due to the necessity to adapt a long manga series in only one cour it ended up a bit uneven in pacing at the beginning an the end; but that didn't really stop it from being awesome. Owe to read the manga to properly assess it as an adaptation though.
Of the new shows of this semester, I'm not yet entirely sure what I'll watch, but so far I've got:
Hanasaku Iroha which I liked much better until the lattest episode which played an adult man doing bondage on our 16 yo heroine without her consent as comedy. Ugrh x_x Then again, it's got gorgeous animation, a main dynamic, romantic yet cynical female character I'm really liking, a secondary intense and overly serious female characterwhom she's totally crushing on which I'm also liking a lot, and some pretty good dramatic moments so far. Except the lattest episode. *sighs*
The X-Men anime which is.... VERY HAMMY so far, but somewhat entertaining and fun. I'm not entirely sure the storytelling is willing to let its female characters be badass though x_x
Star Drivers ended up somewhat disappointing. It was solidly entertaining through out, with good storytelling, great visuals and likeable characters. On the other end it totally failed to be subversive, especially on the gender front and despite all the shout out to Utena, and has a pretty bog standard narrative overall.
Hourou Musuko aka Wandering Son otoh was great; a lovely, subtle and delicate coming of age story that centers on two transgender teens and their friends. It had great characterizations, very well realised characters and some very deft and gorgeous touches in the animation and storytelling. Due to the necessity to adapt a long manga series in only one cour it ended up a bit uneven in pacing at the beginning an the end; but that didn't really stop it from being awesome. Owe to read the manga to properly assess it as an adaptation though.
Of the new shows of this semester, I'm not yet entirely sure what I'll watch, but so far I've got:
Hanasaku Iroha which I liked much better until the lattest episode which played an adult man doing bondage on our 16 yo heroine without her consent as comedy. Ugrh x_x Then again, it's got gorgeous animation, a main dynamic, romantic yet cynical female character I'm really liking, a secondary intense and overly serious female character
The X-Men anime which is.... VERY HAMMY so far, but somewhat entertaining and fun. I'm not entirely sure the storytelling is willing to let its female characters be badass though x_x
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