That Man..

Secret Garden 15-16! I was hoping this was a 16 episode series, but eh, it will be 20 episodes. Episode 15 was fairly humorous as Oska and the action school director find out about Ra-im and Joo-won. The action school director is one character that I really can't pay attention to, but the scene with him and Oska in the snow was cute. It was also mildly interesting that the gay prodigy revealed his feelings for Oska; I knew they'd make a good couple. Oska's scenes with any character other than Yoon-seul are usually silly. Small things progress in these episodes. I thought Joo-won's mother would be sorry, but man, she sank lower than low trying to resolve guilt with more money. Lastly, the soundtrack to this series is forgettable, but Hyun Bin's version of That Man is very smoldering...

That Man..

Secret Garden 15-16! I was hoping this was a 16 episode series, but eh, it will be 20 episodes. Episode 15 was fairly humorous as Oska and the action school director find out about Ra-im and Joo-won. The action school director is one character that I really can't pay attention to, but the scene with him and Oska in the snow was cute. It was also mildly interesting that the gay prodigy revealed his feelings for Oska; I knew they'd make a good couple. Oska's scenes with any character other than Yoon-seul are usually silly. Small things progress in these episodes. I thought Joo-won's mother would be sorry, but man, she sank lower than low trying to resolve guilt with more money. Lastly, the soundtrack to this series is forgettable, but Hyun Bin's version of That Man is very smoldering...

twelve year old self

Beelzebub 1! It looks like the baby will stay naked the whole time. Good luck to the US company who wants to license this and decides to censor his baby bits.

+ Decent production
+ Doesn't take itself seriously

Quick impression~ This was the only show that had an interesting plot summary. A delinquent, Oga, finds the demon king's baby and to get rid of it, he has to find someone more evil than himself that the baby will like. The baby's demon maid comes to tell Oga that he has to raise the baby to destroy humanity. The baby has some destructive powers when upset or threatened. While not roll-on-the-floor funny, it has likable pre-teen humor. It might be fun to root for a so-called evil character.

twelve year old self

Beelzebub 1! It looks like the baby will stay naked the whole time. Good luck to the US company who wants to license this and decides to censor his baby bits.

+ Decent production
+ Doesn't take itself seriously

Quick impression~ This was the only show that had an interesting plot summary. A delinquent, Oga, finds the demon king's baby and to get rid of it, he has to find someone more evil than himself that the baby will like. The baby's demon maid comes to tell Oga that he has to raise the baby to destroy humanity. The baby has some destructive powers when upset or threatened. While not roll-on-the-floor funny, it has likable pre-teen humor. It might be fun to root for a so-called evil character.

Mech action wahoo

Gundam 00 - A wakening of the Trailbrazer movie! When machines and/or aliens attack, Celestial Being takes action, and you have huge puffs of cotton candy smoke and colorful sparkles. I am amused by the female Clinton-like president taking over after the black president that was there during the tv series. Sooo, aliens not so unlike those in the Terminator movies (the liquid metal that can assimilate things) head towards Earth, and are attracted to quantum brain waves. Setsuna, who became a true Innovator at the end of the tv series, tries to communicate with them with his new brain waves, but well, doesn't have the singing abilities that the Macross fanservice girls have. His brain gets fried by his attempt. The other characters hope he recovers from the brain damage in time to operate a new Gundam to save humanity.

There's plenty of mech fighting to go around. The new character was just there for promotional purposes, and to throw audiences off during the first third of the movie. He was easily and quickly disposed of. That was probably one of two glaring weak points to the movie. The other was that the aliens turned out to be like the Macross aliens; creatures that humans couldn't communicate with, which is a rather uninspired plot element; aliens? shoot first, talk later. There were only two regular cast casualties, but all the side relationship developments almost made up for them killing off *spoilers* Sergei's son and Graham...Patrick survives once again..yay. Anyway, I do find characters in the Gundam franchise more likable than other mech franchises. They are just so gung-ho about their cause, and the writers don't spend much time on character drama. ~8/10 rating~ for nonstop action with tiny smatterings of humor, both intentional and unintentional. While I did expect a sentimental epilogue, it was not as bad as I thought it would be.

Mech action wahoo

Gundam 00 - A wakening of the Trailbrazer movie! When machines and/or aliens attack, Celestial Being takes action, and you have huge puffs of cotton candy smoke and colorful sparkles. I am amused by the female Clinton-like president taking over after the black president that was there during the tv series. Sooo, aliens not so unlike those in the Terminator movies (the liquid metal that can assimilate things) head towards Earth, and are attracted to quantum brain waves. Setsuna, who became a true Innovator at the end of the tv series, tries to communicate with them with his new brain waves, but well, doesn't have the singing abilities that the Macross fanservice girls have. His brain gets fried by his attempt. The other characters hope he recovers from the brain damage in time to operate a new Gundam to save humanity.

There's plenty of mech fighting to go around. The new character was just there for promotional purposes, and to throw audiences off during the first third of the movie. He was easily and quickly disposed of. That was probably one of two glaring weak points to the movie. The other was that the aliens turned out to be like the Macross aliens; creatures that humans couldn't communicate with, which is a rather uninspired plot element; aliens? shoot first, talk later. There were only two regular cast casualties, but all the side relationship developments almost made up for them killing off *spoilers* Sergei's son and Graham...Patrick survives once again..yay. Anyway, I do find characters in the Gundam franchise more likable than other mech franchises. They are just so gung-ho about their cause, and the writers don't spend much time on character drama. ~8/10 rating~ for nonstop action with tiny smatterings of humor, both intentional and unintentional. While I did expect a sentimental epilogue, it was not as bad as I thought it would be.