Alas, even the animation style of Madhouse (whom I’ve favored ever since their work on Gunslinger Girl) can’t save this one. Recollections of a Certain Pilot (subbed by Taka and Thora) is a by-the-numbers war movie that barely holds your interest, but doesn’t do anything else besides that. Even more annoyingly, it starts off well [...]
Posts Tagged ‘war’
Recollections of a Certain Pilot (2011): Mostly Plane Porn
Posted in graveyard, tagged romance, war on March 4, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Sora No Woto: From Excellent to Pretentious in Six Episodes
Posted in graveyard, guide, tagged comedy, post-apocalyptic, romance, slice of life, sora no woto, war on April 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve held off on posting because I hate to see a series crash and burn. Even more, I hate being taken for a ride (or admitting that I don’t know how to pick good series, whichever works). I think I’ll keep around the early episodes, though, because they were that good. In the end, the [...]
Gunparade Orchestra Guide
Posted in guide, tagged comedy, drama, gunparade orchestra, mech, mecha, romance, school, SF, slice of life, war on December 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One thing I’ve discovered is generally anime` based on games are nothing but disappointment squared. Sure, there are exceptions, but Gunparade Orchestra, sadly, is not one of them. The structure of the series is to blame, because it starts over with a new set of characters every nine episodes, so by the time you’ve gotten [...]
