I started Code Geass R2 and was loving it, even better than the first season, but decided to force myself to stop because I know I'd slit my wrists if I had to watch the second half of the season one episode per week... I'm waiting until it's all out, then I'll watch everything.
I tried watching Tengen Toppa again, it still sucks. I don't understand the universal praise. A couple weeks ago I plodded through the first four boring episodes, and today I just suffered through two more... this show is boring as hell. I can tell it's still getting started, every episode introduces a new character, but everyone is boring. Every
thing is boring, but especially the generic characters, and since there's no real plot (yet) other than "ROOOOOBOT FIIIIGHT!!!" it's easy to criticize the generic people who shout the generic lines. I expected much more from Gainax, especially given the budget.
[quote name='GTzerO']So I saw Akira today. I don't really think it was that great. None of the characters were really likable, and the conflict between Tesuo and Kenada is so old and played out that it just pisses me off. I also couldn't understand what the hell was going on through most of the movie. Of course, you may say that's because I'm stupid, but you must admit that tons of questions are left unanswered. Things just happen without any explanation, and I'm left with "It's a cartoon" whenever I try to make sense of it all. Visually, the movie is awesome. One notable thing that shows in the animation is the great lip syncing, but the way the characters move when talking is quite gratuitous. The part near the end with Tesuo is probably the most disturbing thing I've seen in anime. I don't watch much, but still. All in all, I find the movie unfulfilling. The high admiration it gets just makes me feel like I'm out of the loop.
Also, yes I know I'm about 18 or so years late.[/QUOTE]
Read
the manga. 2,000 pages of a manga as complex as Akira cannot be turned into a 2 hour movie -- at least, not a good 2 hour movie. The movie is so overrated. They changed a lot and omitted even more, a lot of scenes end up being virtually inexplicable. It's dumb. IMO.