Hellsing, Wolf's Rain, Dear Boys

[thistlechaser]

More anime viewing last night.

Started with my last downloaded ep of Hellsing (#9, I believe). Bad cliffhanger! I wish I could find the last eps to download. Love the series. Really strong female lead, along with a cute girl and some very interesting guys. Amazingly good art style and music.

Wolf's Rain: I watched one ep (the first one) a day or two ago, and two more last night. I'm very, very "eh" about the series. The animation is nice enough, but the plot has major and serious holes in it. Plus it has giant guns and robots/fighting things and such like that -- not my style. The music is really blah (too much English-language pop-type songs). But it's really the story that makes the series fail for me. I'll probably watch a couple more eps of it to confirm my feelings, but I think Wolf's Rain will end up getting a big thumbs-down from me.

Dear Boys: Watched only one ep, but was reminded how much I love the series. Interesting storylines, almost every character is nice to look at, and there's just so much inter-character dynamics. Oh, and great music. How can you beat Japanese rap? And some sort of other hip-hop type of music. Hee. Fun and interesting! And did I mention that almost all of the guys are really attractive? Mmm.

I'm still waiting for the last two eps of Get Backers to be translated. I'm looking forward to seeing the end of the storyline.

Comments

[quasilemur.livejournal.com]

What in Hellsing is nearly this bad?

First off, I never said there weren't questionable issues in Wolf's Rain. I wasn't defending one, I was attacking the other. :)

And here's where one of our major differences lies. I'm generally not a nitpicker while being entertained by a narrative. If it manages to maintain narrative flow and be entertaining, I probably won't notice minor inconsistencies. In that, I'm less offended by the farfetched/fantastic aspects of Wolf's Rain than I am by the fractured nature of Hellsing. When the story randomly drops subplots and characters, never to be seen again, I find it more difficult to ignore minor factual inconsistencies.

Incidentally, I really like the Hellsing manga. It doesn't suffer from most of the issues I have with the anime. In fact, the creator was less than thrilled with the anime, as he was unable to put much of the story into it that he wished, as it was a rushjob. Many of the plot elements in the anime represent things that were built upon in the manga...but not the cartoon. Plus, there was some interesting allegory involved. And if you like Walter, there's a very cool storyline involving Alucard and young Walter fighting Nazis. :)

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Huh, interesting.

I've seen almost no manga of any kind yet, but it's another thing on my 'things to check out' list.

And if you like Walter, there's a very cool storyline involving Alucard and young Walter fighting Nazis. :)

Oooh, that sounds really interesting!