Finished 2 series. I'll start with eden of the east. I finished it within an afternoon and the last ep the next morning. I just had to know what was going on. The earlier episodes were the best with violent and crazy antagonists, although they were a bit too easy to crack, I almost feel like akira made too many stupid moves and could easily have been taken out. Akira was a pretty likable and compelling character with no hints of angst - even when remembering his mother abandoned him he was pretty positive - and I fully understood saki's interest in him, even if it seemed a little irresponsible. The last episodes started falling into negabu 'japan is messed up, neets, hikikkimori, ect' and techno-babble talk but it ended with a "bang!" and I really want the movies. now.
I also watched Macross 7 - just the tv series and the 3 encore eps. There's more out there i'll watch eventually. What can I say other than I loved it. Now i've never watched a macross series before so i can't say much on comparisons. First point - cell animation which i love. Everything feels so early 90's and the whole show feels like something you would watch in-between power rangers and transformers. The rock music plays right into it and I get a huge sense of nostalgia and age (which i love). The plot is campy and outright ridiculous - the idea of using the power of song is brilliant in my opinion, but others may think it's stupid. The love story in this show I've never really understood, which made it great. I could never tell if Mylene likes Gamlin or not, who is a damn cool character. He's serious, entirely nervous around people , but pulls off the greatest fighting moves - i hated his character design at first, which is his only flaw. He has a couple of sweet moments with mylene that made me really want them together. Oh well...
Then there's Basara. I love this guy for the same reaon everyone hates him. He's selfish, moody, loud, rude and completely uncaring toward anyone's feelings. At the start he has the best moments with Mylene but as time goes on he seems completely uninterested in her. He ignores everyone's safety in the hopes of finding a listening audience - the enemy. And he will sing at them while they scream in pain at the sound. I also love how he rarely changes his clothes. He wears the same jeans, green tank top and pink bandana in bed, hanging around town, at concerts, at mylene's birthday party, at top secret military meetings and fighting the enemy - he'll occasionally wear his concert outfit. This guy is the best pacifist i've ever seen. He never fights, only sings, even when getting puched out. He'll fight when he feels a situation is hopeless and calls for it, but is racked with remorse and self-hatred afterwards. I have the biggest fangirl crush on him, but who desn't in the show? He gets all the girls and he doesn't even have to try.
Last point though - Gepelnich is not a man not matter what you say! Ugly enemies too - one of them looks like a demonic furry.
Trivia fun! Name 5 characters or more that look like Basara - come on, it's not that hard.
