Comments on: Gunslinger Girl – Il Teatrino – bad, graphic novel, cheaper, and subpar.

By: Zhong

Zhong — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 23:18:51 +0000

The relationship between the girls and their handlers in GG1 was a lot more professional than in GG2. Judging from the first episode of GG2 the girl-handler relationship is shaping up to be a typical “big-brother little sister” anime relationship. I think that’s a shame. Like Ray I’m also upset that they replaced the wonderful OP song of GG1 with an awful one for GG2.

By: Solaris

Solaris — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 18:59:39 +0000

Opps i have some errata corriges i did notice way too late
>Action anime with blurs and stills areN’T the top Ones. It was ironic of course :P

>Pls naaa i don’t wanna read reviews!!!
“cause i’m stil watching to el cazador”

>@ Windspirit
Quote windspitit
I wanted to quote him but it seems i’m picking on him >_< Too bad of me!

Forgive me i screwed it all up T.T

note:
I noticed right now that some emote like this >_< screw up the comments!!
I had to edit this comment too cause the sentence about el cazador didn’t show up!!!

By: rayyhum777

rayyhum777 — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 17:45:04 +0000

Well, it’s anime we’re watching. It’s a 2008 anime we’re watching, so animation gotta count for something. But again, it’s only the first episode.
But I want Nanrietta back! Not some moe school girl voice! And I want music equal to the caliber of “The Light Before We Land!” Not some school drama music! Not for GG!

By: Solaris

Solaris — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:16:50 +0000

Crisu: “Although the original series did have a terrible episode 2 (with all the recaps and explanations). Maybe for this series it happened to be ep1.”

The first two episodes of the first season are about the very same event, narrated from two opposite point of view of Josè and Henrietta. That was a masterpiece.

The first episode of the new season is just horribly cheap. The plot and narration is still high quality. But what you notice at the first view is the graphics, and it impressed us all bad and worse. So now we all think GG2 is crap, but that is only a wrong minsunderstanding!

@rayhum (or raymond?) i also hope for the animation quality to be boosted up. Action anime with blurs and stills are indeed the top ones :(
Pls naaa i don’t wanna read reviews!!! >..<”"

@Windspirit: beware, anime for kids aren’t always light hearted nor stupid ;) I suggest you to watch to some. Start with Totoro or Sen to Chihiro ;)

By: Windspirit

Windspirit — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:03:19 +0000

Because nobody is interested in SHOWS FOR KIDS, but more ADULT and MATURE anime like this one?
[/sarcasm]
=> Haha. Quite amusing. It’s even more funny considering that those who say that follow pure crap shows such as Rosario + Vampire or H2O. These should go watch Dennou Coil, seeing what really a a japanese kids show is about.

About Gunslinger Girl -Il Teatrino-, this show is doomed, the plot will probably be good, but it’s just not enough, if the graphics and music don’t match it, it’s just meaningless. I’d rather read the manga…

By: Ray

Ray — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 00:32:28 +0000

Well, yeah, I can be hasty with something. But unfortunate when it comes to action shows, I’m often correct (see my El Cazador reviews). I love action shows and I love action shows with great plots (Black Lagoon). For GG, I read couple volumes of the manga and didn’t get to later ones.
In any case, with animation, it’s inevitable that people are going to compare the new with the old because the old was what raised the story to stratosphere greatness. Even if this first episode did impress me it’d take a few more episodes for me to get used to this style, plus the unimpressive OP and ED, and the rather lovey-dopey school girl voices behind these girls. Well, I can try to look past the music. However, the overall production value still shows cheapness.
I do look forward to the plot development if there’s going to be plenty. But for an action-oriented show the quality of the gun fights really should be better. It’s true nobody can do Madhouse like Madhouse, but a better effort would be appreciated.

By: Solaris

Solaris — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:37:53 +0000

http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/01/07/some-quick-first-impressions-strait-jacket-minami-ke-okawari-and-gunslinger-girl-il-teatrino/#comments

I wrote something about GG at psgel’s blog. Raymond i agree about the animation being crappy, but hold on a bit before trashing it all. Just read the manga, as it’s being scanlated up to vol #6, and you’ll notice that the plot develops into action and fights now. The fist 2 volumes (first season) just prepared the mood and the background, now the subsequent 4 will develop the social picture of the country. Italy is cracked up and divided in the story, on the verge of a civil war. Here the fight between the Social Wellfare Agency and the 5 republics takes place. It’s nice to see that, though you naturally would side up with the SCA, it’s not clear who’s the bad and who’s the good. The story will develop a lot, and we can expect a very good action anime to come.
The new character design may seem bad, but it’s only a matter of habit. We all naturally compare it with the old one. Let’s forget it for now and judge the serie like it is. It’s surely better fit for an action serie like what GG is going to become.
Let’s only hope the quelity of the animation will raise somewhat

By: Andrew F.

Andrew F. — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:09:31 +0000

So much for the one show I was looking forward to this season. Time to dig into the backlog…

By: korosora

korosora — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 20:26:00 +0000

This is just wrong.

I miss “The Light Before We Land.”

By: lametastic

lametastic — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:07:00 +0000

@psgels

Because nobody is interested in SHOWS FOR KIDS, but more ADULT and MATURE anime like this one?
[/sarcasm]

In my case I find terrible frustrating that the only shows subbed so far are stuff like Rosario Vampire, H20 or AYAKASHI. It seems that the more hate an anime gets, the change it’s subbed by 3 or 4 groups gets higher.