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From: "Ryoga P Hibiki" <carrotglace@juno.com>
To: <ffml@fanfic.com>
Sent: Monday, January 17, 2000 2:59 PM
Subject: [FFML] [Carrot-san anime review!]
As yet another average anime fan..sorta..I just gotta put my $0.02 in. It'd
drive me insane if I didn't.
Item number one: Magic Knight Rayearth [Vol. 1-4]
They stole the opening sequence to The Wandrers: El-Hazard; It's almost
exactly the same, but with Rayearth charaters instead.
Reverse that. Magic Knight Rayearth was out and done LONG before El-Hazard
showed its face to any public.
I kind of thought it was pretty cool though, anyway. This is almost as
saccarine filled as
Sailor Moon. If you've seen Escaflowne, then this is like Escaflowne
light. It's cute, almost too cute at times. [Mokona must die!]
Still the video game like premise sort of impressed me, One of the
characters even mentions that it's a lot like an RPG, which it is. The
story is pretty involving, but the voice actors failed to impress me. I
think the same girl who does Miyaka in Fushugi is one of the Magic
knights, ugh. Any way, if you like Sailor Moon you'll be impressed, if
you like Lodoss War, you'll want to beat it with a stick. Fanfic of this
would be easy, but also hated by many as it would be a self insertion.
Please don't.
Actually, many very well done fanfics concerning the Rayearth universe in
general are currently being done. See anything done by Studio Yogipigs as
an excellent example. You must've watched the dub though. Miaka's seiyuu,
IIRC, did not have any part in MKR.
Item number three: Variable Geo.
This is a really well drawn movie, the fights kick ass. Unfortunately it
suffers from total lack of plot, this whole movie is one big fan service
flick with cool fights.
That's the point of the entire anime. The original game was very ecchi and
this anime follows its origin.
Item number six: Martian Successor Nandesico
A word of warning, this show
also has an annoying female lead, but that is one of the jokes as well.
It's kind of funny too, because we get to hear Shinji Ikari's voice doing
the exact same thing he did in Evangelion, playing the reluctant pilot.
[An intentional move by ADV I think, so they could get the most out of
the "I'm scared, I'm gonna run" attitude of the boy. I'd have to say he
probably had more fun with this one though. Finally a series where the
main cast aren't teenagers. [Even though it seems that way at times.]
Actually, Hoshino Ruri is 14 and most of the cast is around the teenage
range. Ikari Shinji's seiyuu had nothing to do with Nadesico so ADV's
ragtag dub group must've done that. Yurika's not meant to be annoying,
she's meant to be sweet and adorable and loving. The dub must really throw
this off. She loves Tenkawa-kun and shows it very openly.
Final thoughts:
Watch the sub. You'll get a better feeling than the dub will ever possibly
give you. Checking japanese seiyuu is not a hard task, just find your
favorite character, then head to www.tcp.com/~doi/ and look her up. I'm
sure she's done other things unless she's new (I.E. Sana-chan's seiyuu from
Kodocha).
-Moeru