Last Exile wrote:The sad thing is sometimes the gems get voted off
*mumble mumble* Kino's Travels *grumble grumble*
Last Exile wrote:and some of the really schizenhausen ones get voted in off 1 episode and then people regret it.
*mumble mumble* Godannar *grumble grumble*
Last Exile wrote:Remember the reaction after the first episodes of Bottle Fairy, Gokusen, Gunslinger Girls? Most people thought they were the bomb to start with then wondered what monster they had unleashed on AJAS.
Bottle Fairy yes. Gokusen maybe. But Ginslinger Girl had its fans. They're all very strange people, but all the same.
Oh, and you forgot 2x2=Shinobuden. Funny first episode, pity the rest were
scheiße.
Last Exile wrote:As I did discuss with Mappy last week, 2006 is a step in the right direction. However, there's still a way to go.
What is needed is for 2007 and 2008 to be at least
as good, if not
better, than 2006 for one to say that there has been a revival in the fortunes of anime. 2003-05 had their good shows, but the majority was just plain, honest
scheiße, much the same as a decade beforehand when all the good stuff were oavs, and thus there was very little of it around. 1995-96 saw a revival, mostly in tv anime, so if the pattern holds, 2008 should be legendary.