I saw the episode from last weekend and I loved it. Though I was a bit confused at what was going on because I missed the first episode. This show looks very promising. It may well become one of my favorites. It's got all the aspects that I love in stories. From royalty and knights to world conquest to waring mechs.
Only one thing though. Every time I watch the main character speak I can't help but feel like I'm watching Ichigo from Bleach.
No, you're right. Perhaps I'll see that soon. I've just been so disappointed again and again that I almost gave up on seeing a good Gundam series....
I think we're talking about different kinds of "bad" here though
Let's face it, Geass is ridiculously contrived at some points and with the exception of a couple of central characters, slaughters character development for the sake of its breakneck plot. Practically everything it does is extremely idiosyncratic and sometimes downright dumb. But it does it with all with such confidence and gusto, and at such a breakneck pace, that it really doesn't need to apologize for anything. Honestly, it's pointless to watch this series without cheering all along to its shameless brand of epic pwnage!
One example of what irks me about the way it does business...
Spoiler :
Mao.
Seriously, has there ever been a bigger, more annoying plot device of a character in the history of anime? We learn practically nothing about him, while he's used shamelessly to unravel not one but three characters (Lelouch, C.C., Suzaku); he presents the most farfetched yet predictable obstacle courses to prove the protagonist's unquestioned genius; he's "killed" twice in his short screen life after going batshit insane, and comes back with nary an in-between story - the writers could have at least spared an episode for him where his sole purpose would not have been to validate Lelouch's and C.C.'s awesomeness, and spill Suzaku's little secret
Honestly, I was disappointed. And I'll be mad if in later series he somehow turns out to not be dead AGAIN and comes back to conveniently give the writers an easy escape out of plot holes. And I think he could be a pretty cool deranged character if he's not used as such a tool - we see glimpses of it.
One thing I learned though... you kind of have to accept these things and watch the series more as a theater drama than a movie. It does have the right theatrics
The Birds are using humanity in order to throw something terrifying at this green pig. And then what happens to us all later, that’s simply not important to them…
The music reminds me A BIT of Eureka7, but I guess that's because the people who that, also made this. Oh well, it's looking good so far, but I don't really like the whole 'eye' gimmick the kid has.
"Suffer the little ones, for they may yet rise up and beat you seenseless." Druid's Call, from Magic: The Gathering
