Divergence Eve II

More bosomy space action.

Ghost in the Shell – Stand Alone Complex – The 2nd Gig

More future cyborg police procedurals.

Transformers Superlink

At this point, I’m thinking there is exactly as much as meets the eye. Known as Transformers Energon in the US/UK.

Maria-sama ga miteru Haru

More Catholic schoolgirl romantic friendships.

Kakyuusei 2

Has any good come from subtitles that are quoted in tildes? Sequel to a 1999 dating game anime.

To Heart ~Remember my memories~

The tildes in full effect here too, on a sequel to a 1999 erogame adaptation. Visual Novel nerds, is To Heart the trendsetter in the homeopathic porn market? Was there anything before it that got watered down from computer porn, to de-porned console game, to anime?

Rockman EXE Stream

Megaman nerds – how is the whole EXE side of things looked on by the hardcore?

Yu-Gi-Oh GX

I’ve seen far too many episodes of this half-asleep. Felt a little more subdued compared to some of the craziness of the original, though the dub script seemed more self aware and deliberately goofy. That being said, it does eventually go reassuringly nuts with being the school transported to a fantasy realm and a card that requires human sacrifice to be played.

Gundam Seed Destiny

Hoo boy, did the fans of Gundam Seed turn on this in quite a nasty fashion. Specifically against writer Chiaki Morosawa and her husband, director Mitsuo Fukuda. No doubt some of the criticism was legitimate, but an awful lot seemed aimed at them personally, rather than the work they’d produced.

The first episode infuriated me so much I refused to watch any more.

• Too deliberate in it’s invoking of elements of the original Gundam series.
• Cheap animation
• Repetitive character design

Despite all that, Mitsuo Fukuda & Chiaki Morosawa’s revamp of the Gundam franchise was a big success. Unfortunately that success meant that the backlash they got for the follow up all that much more great. But we’ll get to that later.