I got introduced to this series from the live action movies on netflix. Not the best but not bad movies, entertaining and interesting and piqued my curiosity about the anime.
So after looking into it a bit I saw all the hype surrounding the anime and unfortunately I totally bought into that hype and started watching it...and this is probably the most disappointed and confused I've been in a while.
I truly tried to like it, I really did and lasted around 15 to 20 episodes and just could not do it anymore. First and foremost yes the animation is awful. Really, really bad. Why they chose to go to the route they did with the bad, weird CGI is completely beyond me. I didn't care for the character design either...but the best part is the main protagonist...a 13 year old whiney, loud kid with no real formal training, wearing nothing but a raggedy robe & straw flip-flops (no joke, literal flip-flops), maybe 5 ft, is somehow this completely unstoppable and overpowered force of nature that full-grown armored, armed, fully trained, veteran soldiers (heck even entire armies) are unable to take down...
Sorry but I just couldn't do it anymore & yes I've read & heard time & time again "give it a chance, it gets better" but I'm sorry I don't have the time or patience to sit through 38 dang episodes for a series to finally get better. On to better anime's now.
So after looking into it a bit I saw all the hype surrounding the anime and unfortunately I totally bought into that hype and started watching it...and this is probably the most disappointed and confused I've been in a while.
I truly tried to like it, I really did and lasted around 15 to 20 episodes and just could not do it anymore. First and foremost yes the animation is awful. Really, really bad. Why they chose to go to the route they did with the bad, weird CGI is completely beyond me. I didn't care for the character design either...but the best part is the main protagonist...a 13 year old whiney, loud kid with no real formal training, wearing nothing but a raggedy robe & straw flip-flops (no joke, literal flip-flops), maybe 5 ft, is somehow this completely unstoppable and overpowered force of nature that full-grown armored, armed, fully trained, veteran soldiers (heck even entire armies) are unable to take down...
Sorry but I just couldn't do it anymore & yes I've read & heard time & time again "give it a chance, it gets better" but I'm sorry I don't have the time or patience to sit through 38 dang episodes for a series to finally get better. On to better anime's now.