Neo Sez "Whoa"
Dec. 31st, 2007 03:37 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
talkingsoupThe anime "Karas" is the most pulse-pounding, intense anime I've ever seen. No other anime has so literally had me on the edge of my seat. I'm amazed more people don't know about it or haven't seen it, because it's brilliant. Maybe not for the storyline--don't get me wrong, it's an awesome and complex storyline, but it's nothing particularly new--but definitely for the action, the animation, the characters and the music.
Like, literally? They animate every possible second of the fight scenes. Sure, some of it is CGI and I know some people have an issue with that (I don't as long as it looks like it belongs in the show--if it's glaringly obvious that it's CGI then I don't bother), but it's just so damn beautiful. They spent a fortune on this thing. None of this "long pause for the opponents to stare at each other and the wind to blow." Once the fight starts, you see every second of it, and there are no pauses until it's over.
Think Lee vs. Gaara + Naruto vs. Sasuke + Kenshin vs. Saito + Ishida vs. Mayuri + Ed vs. Greed + Asuka vs. all the pseudo-Evas + Tetsuo vs. Kaneda (and I can't think of anymore right now) then times by animation and divide by cookie and you get the fight scenes (all of them) in Karas.
I also finally managed to see the second half. The first half is good and fine, though the ending was so abrupt it felt like it had ended in the middle (and it did). The second half, "The Revelation" reveals backstory for everyone and answers a lot of the questions raised in the first half. The first half bears watching twice since the storyline is so complex and hard to understand. The second half is explanation, but not in the "as you know, Bob" kind of way, but in the badass "I reveal my past by killing a bunch of people without speaking" kind of way. It's also extraordinarily bloody (they pull no punches) and violent and the entire thing is one fight to another. Otoha and Nue continue to be awesome.
Oh, and I love Amefuriko. The little snail guy.
The only issue I have with the show (OVA?) is that they don't give you the names for almost half the people. When names are mentioned, it's so rare that it's easy to forget who's who, but then it doesn't matter since everyone is so recognizable. I imagine it would be difficult to talk about in conversation is the problem--"That Karas was so cool." "Wait, which one?"
Absolutely brilliant. I'm so glad I bought it.
Also, the most recent Naruto episode? Made me realize just how terrifying and destructive the Kyuubi really is.
Like, literally? They animate every possible second of the fight scenes. Sure, some of it is CGI and I know some people have an issue with that (I don't as long as it looks like it belongs in the show--if it's glaringly obvious that it's CGI then I don't bother), but it's just so damn beautiful. They spent a fortune on this thing. None of this "long pause for the opponents to stare at each other and the wind to blow." Once the fight starts, you see every second of it, and there are no pauses until it's over.
Think Lee vs. Gaara + Naruto vs. Sasuke + Kenshin vs. Saito + Ishida vs. Mayuri + Ed vs. Greed + Asuka vs. all the pseudo-Evas + Tetsuo vs. Kaneda (and I can't think of anymore right now) then times by animation and divide by cookie and you get the fight scenes (all of them) in Karas.
I also finally managed to see the second half. The first half is good and fine, though the ending was so abrupt it felt like it had ended in the middle (and it did). The second half, "The Revelation" reveals backstory for everyone and answers a lot of the questions raised in the first half. The first half bears watching twice since the storyline is so complex and hard to understand. The second half is explanation, but not in the "as you know, Bob" kind of way, but in the badass "I reveal my past by killing a bunch of people without speaking" kind of way. It's also extraordinarily bloody (they pull no punches) and violent and the entire thing is one fight to another. Otoha and Nue continue to be awesome.
Oh, and I love Amefuriko. The little snail guy.
The only issue I have with the show (OVA?) is that they don't give you the names for almost half the people. When names are mentioned, it's so rare that it's easy to forget who's who, but then it doesn't matter since everyone is so recognizable. I imagine it would be difficult to talk about in conversation is the problem--"That Karas was so cool." "Wait, which one?"
Absolutely brilliant. I'm so glad I bought it.
Also, the most recent Naruto episode? Made me realize just how terrifying and destructive the Kyuubi really is.
