Snodgrass Supreme posted:

Command Ant posted:

This episode reminded me of Redline, in that the space racing was a metaphor for passionate sex.

Zorak posted:

That was a fun episode, the thing that still gets me in this show is the minor poo poo they animate that they could easily have shortcut a lot more, like the audiences.

Franz von Dada posted:

I feel disheartened at how so... mediocre this show feels to me.

It looks and sounds absolutely amazing. There are some real fun moments and I'm certainly not bored while watching it, but afterwards all I feel is just "eh, that was ok." I can acknowledge all the good stuff, but just don't find myself enjoying it as much as I should. I'm going to keep watching, though, just so I could see how wacky it all gets.

Franz von Dada posted:

I feel disheartened at how so... mediocre this show feels to me.

It looks and sounds absolutely amazing. There are some real fun moments and I'm certainly not bored while watching it, but afterwards all I feel is just "eh, that was ok." I can acknowledge all the good stuff, but just don't find myself enjoying it as much as I should. I'm going to keep watching, though, just so I could see how wacky it all gets.

Also, the music is great. When are we getting the soundtrack? I need it.

LaTex Fetish posted:

Did you guys not enjoy Cromartie High School or Nichijou or any comedy show that doesn't really have an over-arching story?

Waffleman_ posted:

It seems like you guys keep harping on how disappointed you are. We get it. It's been two months.

Potsticker posted:

The cast list at the end didn't include the race announcer, so I have to ask if it's the same actor olaying DJ Sagara over in Gaim of if it's just a case of similar sounding people doing the same vocal schtick?

Broniki posted:

All I know is that Dandy made reference to a hawaiian bikini model from the 70s called Agnes Lum and she is fine as hell. I'm glad that the human race still cares so much about a small island chain on one planet even after exploring the entire galaxy.

The Monkey Man posted:

Wait, is this where Lum from Urusei Yatsura got her name?

Internets posted:

Notes about the name

Lum's name, character and...ahem, proportions were mostly based upon Agnes Lum, a Sino-American bikini supermodel who was popular in Japan during the mid-1970's. She was well known as a spokesperson appearing in many TV commercials, usually wearing bikinis. She came to symbolize the ideal of feminine beauty of 70's Japan much like Namie Amuro did in the late 90's or Ayumi Hamasaki does for today's Japan, causing many women to hope to emulate her tanned and voluptuous look. Much healthier looking than the emaciated look that has become the ideal of today's Japan. She since settled down in Hawaii got married and has raised a family, but she still makes apperances from time to time. Even though her heyday was over 25 years ago, In Japan, her old photobooks still sell pretty well among the newer idol books.

Long before Tomobiki-cho was around, it was commonly believed among the North American UY fan community that Agnes Lum was a pop-singer from Hong Kong since that what a well-circulated interview with Takahashi had claimed. But evidence suggests that Takahashi might have been misquoted or mistranslated. True in her later years Miss Lum had released a few albums, she was never famous for being a singer, nor was she from Hong Kong. Chances are that someone may have confused her with Agnes Chan. All evidence points to the lovely lady in the pictures above. She certainly looks the part, doesn't she?

It has also been noted in articles about Miss Takahashi that while growing up, she'd often shorten her name and write it down as "Rum" or "Lum" due to the interchangeability of the letters "R" and "L" to the Japanese ear. It's true that Takahashi views Lum as her less inhibited alter-ego. So in a way the character of Lum is also based somewhat on Rumiko Takahashi herself.

aers posted:

She's the main writer on some shows you may have heard of called Cowboy Bebop and Wolf's Rain.

buzmeg posted:

How can someone responsible for the amazing arc episodes in Cowboy Bebop produce the utter garbage that was Wolf's Rain?

Wow.

Franz von Dada posted:

"Utter garbage" sounds pretty strong. I was under the impression that Wolf's Rain is really good.

buzmeg posted:

However it's so aggressively mediocre (and I'm being painfully forgiving) that it doesn't even merit an entry on the ADTRWiki. That's pretty indicative.

buzmeg posted:

Not even close.

Okay, I will grant that I'm given to some hyperbole. Wolf's Rain was not "utter garbage" (see: Witchblade, Zero no Tsukaima, etc. for utter garbage)

However it's so aggressively mediocre (and I'm being painfully forgiving) that it doesn't even merit an entry on the ADTRWiki. That's pretty indicative.

Mercrom posted:

I don't think your opinion is weird though since Annie Hall and Ratatouille are some people's favorite movies of all time, yet I think they are two of the absolute worst movies I've ever seen.

Franz von Dada posted:

"Utter garbage" sounds pretty strong. I was under the impression that Wolf's Rain is really good.

Sakurazuka posted:

The TV series also got a lot of flak for its non-ending, which the OAV series fixed by and large. And at the time BONES + Yoko Kanno soundtrack kind of had a lot of people expecting something that it wasn't.

darkgray posted:

It's been ages now, but I remember enjoying Wolf's Rain to some degree until it got screwed over completely by a comet or something and was forced to go into a 4 episode long recap festival. Not sure I even bothered to finish it after that.