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In honor of Zseni leaving, reviews of her most beloved anime! Vol. 1 by Damocles 04/07/2005, 9:57pm PDT Maison Ikkoku: Where wacky hijinks can't stop a great romance! (actual tagline) Three's Company: anime version. Most all of the "wacky hijinks" are from miscommunications. Too many contrived situations in an attempt for said antics (typical anime "every trip or fall must result in an inadvertent grope"). Love interest exhibits bi-polarism as she goes in and out of love with the main character on a whim with no reason for either. What saves this series is Mr. Yotsuya, his non-chalant intrusiveness, his paradoxical upright slacker nature, and his rigid nip eyebrows. Without Yotsuya things fall apart, as illustrated by when he left for new year's and they were forced to resort to the lame kitten plot to keep the hijinks wacky. Witch Hunter Robin Would be cool if it wasn't so damn repetitive. You can't shake the feeling that you've already seen this show before you even start. Enough static shots of a briefing room to make Ghost in the Shell SAC proud. In fact, it's Ghost in the Shell with a supernatural twist!!! with witches instead of spies and terrorists. Mysterious corpse discovered, briefing/research sequence as they trace the suspect's witch family tree, confront witch, witch incapacitates other members until Drew "Robin" Barrymore provides an opening. Watch the first episode or two to nail that formula down, then safely skip ahead about a dozen episodes where the arcing central plot finally starts to get going. Macross Zero Good mech combat with preachy Jap environmental theme rearing its ugly head. Princess Mononoke with mechs. Fun up until the lame Evangelion ending. Tits! Macross 7 What is with the Macross/Robotech series and singing? Every climatic battle has to be solved with it. Even the pretty good Macross Zero had singing. Macross 7 is entirely song and dance with boring characters and combat to back it up. Enough 100% stock footage combat scenes to make the old Battlestar Galactica proud. Garbage.

In honor of Zseni leaving, reviews of her most beloved anime! Vol. 1 by Damocles 04/07/2005, 9:57pm PDT     Re: In honor of Zseni leaving, reviews of her most beloved anime! Vol. 1 by Casual observer 04/07/2005, 10:31pm PDT         Re: In honor of Zseni leaving, reviews of her most beloved anime! Vol. 1 by Quentin Beck 04/10/2005, 11:52am PDT     Re: In honor of Zseni leaving, reviews of her most beloved anime! Vol. 1 by Creexul :( 04/10/2005, 3:59pm PDT