I can\'t QUITE remember if there has been a topic already about this, but I figure what the hell...

Okay, anyone heard of this crap called Kikaider? It looks like Astro Boy, but that\'s an overstatement.

I personally think it is such crap it shouldn\'t be used to put in a Mexican person\'s garden as fertilizer. And that\'s saying a lot.

The animation is....well, horrid. The neck upon the main protagonist (which is a woman, by the way) is like...well, imagine a tube with a ball put on it. That\'s her head. Also, she is far too masculine to be a woman, and she seems to have a range of emotion limited to like she\'s about to cry and an emotion of surprise... Terribly done, if you ask me...

If a visual is needed, then look no further than here...not Kikaider, but some of David Gonterman\'s work....and work is an overstatement. (check out the comic called NiTRO, you\'ll see what I mean..)

So, anyway, Some funny little factoids to clear it all up: Apparently Kikaider is a bot that has human emotion. Someone in the particular episode that I watched tried to stop him, and he looked remarkably like a mix betwixt Protoman and that green haired fellow from the movie Metropolis. He is even MORE like Protoman, in the fact that he whistles (*Cough*RIPOFF*Cough*) and that drives Kikaider insane. (PLEASE, that is so LAME.) Oh, and by the way, the antagonist\'s name is Akaider.

But, I digress....

The backgrounds are, on the contrary, very niceley done and I like them very much....It still seems to me that this was an attempt at Anime by a 11 year old. And if it is by the man what created Astro Boy.....Boy, has he been steered down the wrong path.

Any comments on my criticism? Questions? Concerns?

Up Next: Armitage: Dual Matrix. Stick Around! ^^

Well, I looked at that Gonterman stuff....that\'s some of the funniest shit ever. Really. o.o

As for Kikaider there..never heard of it, hopefully will never see it. I hope that -my- halfassed art will make an anime someday. Cause if it\'s as ugly as those comics..ugh. My sibling drew better than that at age 12.

[font=comic sans ms]Well, this guy has problems....Was never accepted at school as a person, found the net, became popular, then pulled out....NiTRO. Popularity fell like a rock filled with lead.

Now the poor guy won\'t even take CREATIVE criticism anymore...oh well, his loss.

Anyway....

Armitage: Dual Matrix

Okay, lemme say this and get it out of my system: I want a bot like that! XD

Ahem....This movie is about a woman that is actually a bot that can...wait for it....give birth. (Oooooh!)

These bots of her type are called Thirds, and she was the last of the line. After an explosion in a factory of her soon-to-be born sisters, she is flooded with data and goes out to find the bastard who did it, kicking all kinds of ass all kinds of ways along the path.

The animation is awesome. The visuals, the lighting, the shading...In fact, it rocks so much, not even the Woman-bot (Called Armitage) can kick that much ass.

The plot keeps twisting and changing, and it took me a good while of thinking afterwards to finally get it all. (No, I couldn\'t watch it again, it was on Showtime on DirecTV.)

The story stays fresh, and keeps throwing some new twists at you. It gets complicated, but, fortunately, there is virtually no Technobabble at all.

They also use cel-shading to depict some animation (More or less mnoving cars), and they did a beautiful job.

My only beef? IT WAS TOO SHORT! ~_~

Clocking in at 1 hour 40 minutes, I think it could be longer, but you know....what the director wanted to depict, he depicted in 1h 40m...

There should be a game on this too. And while we\'re at taking requests, I want Gungrave on an arcade machine.

Overall: Best....Anime.....For Now! (at least till I buy the Animatrix...)[/font]

it was way too short

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X

Yes, kiddies, x. Not the \'bot, the movie.

X is a dark tale of death, destruction, and Deciding the fate of the Earth. One boy has to choose between two groups in an apocalyptic battle; the Heaven Dragons and the Earth Dragons. The latter is the one bent upon destroying humanity, and the Heaven Dragon brigade is there to oppose them. Sounds easy, right?

Ah, but there is ONE problem. The Earth Dragons have his \"girlfriend\" and his friend (who is male) has the lucky, lucky fate of choosing the side opposite of his side. The \"evil\" friend is bent on chaos and destruction and opposes the Heaven Dragons. He also kills the \"girlfriend\" in absolute madness in a race to power. In the end, only one Heaven Dragon is left....

The boy who plays the role of God.

Overall, this is an EXCELLENT story of trials and tribulations and a bit of a romance, may I add. It also shows in detail that there is darkness in man\'s heart, and that even GOOD can do wrong.

It has much sorrow and anguish in it. It was so bad that...well, let\'s just say it was so bad my eyes teared up. *~*

Anyway.....A definite movie to buy or record. Awesome, awesome, AWESOME!!!XD[/font]