We had an entire anime about a guy who drinks a girl's drool, so toothbrush
But Madoka is a pure marketing show that isn't very creative.
The TV show itself was fine. Besides as an original show, it had nothing to market!
They may not be completely devoid of creativity, but one thing they certainly are devoid of is sensible production scheduling.
I can tell you the exact thought process that went into making this.
Aniplex: "Dang, we've got ourselves a hot, hot property on our hands. We've got to do everything we can to keep this cash train rolling as long as possible. What can you whip us up real quick, Shaft?"
Shaft: "I guess we can slap together a recap movie."
Aniplex: "Sold! Better make it two recap movies so we can take advantage of every bit of TV footage. Now what extra incentive can we throw in to sweeten the pot and get more people into the seats?"
Shaft: "Well, why don't we promise a third movie down the road with some sequel stuff? We'll make some changes to the TV events to set that up and everyone will want to come to see that."
Aniplex: "Excellent. Get to work."
(Several months later.)
Shaft: "Shit, these movies is supposed to come out next month and we haven't done jack squat. Better slap together some new backgrounds and get that thing out there. Oh, I guess we were supposed to make some changes or something. Well, can't bother with that now."
"Third movie? Ha ha ha, if we can't manage to get Kizu out, we're not going to be getting another movie out in any of your lifetimes."
Clearly they need to break out the premium ramen with the exotic flavour MSG packets! That'll get them working harder.
I can't believe Urobuchi is thinking of a fucking sequel series though. They might as well try to get Toei to make this show and work it into their insane Precure schedule. lol
(I think I've come to appreciate how much efficiency you must have to be able to do two movies and 50 episodes in a year.)
There's a lot of anachronism in the society and combat of LoGH, so I can see how that would be offputting if you're looking for more "hard" sci-fi.
Thinking about your statements in the past, would it be fair to say that you're looking for "A crew of a spaceship does badass things"?
I think having fleets numbering in the thousands goes back to like... Roman times though. lol
But yeah, I guess that's what I'm looking for. You have a small crew of people that can share a bond similar to one found in your standard soldier narrative, but literally put into a bottle. There's just something pretty cool about the Navy that you don't get in standard war narratives that I can't quite explain. The fact that science fiction Space Navies also get the added bonus of fighter jet porn is a bonus!
Speaking of which, I just watched the second half of the BSG miniseries and man... what a wasted opportunity. Maybe I should dig up the B5 civil war arc again.
From time to time people explain to me that the CG in
Macross Zero isn't that bad. Maybe they're right. Still, it's hard to come down off:
http://i835.photobucket.com/albums/zz278/Jexhius/macfight1.gif
Man, maybe I should finish the original Macross. Or rewatch MacF. I keep forgetting about that show... probably because the jets have to turn into giant robots.
And that's the episode that killed the OVA!
It happens more often than you think; I just don't always announce it! The last five shows that I dropped as they were airing were probably...hmm...
- Aoi Sekai no Chuushin de
- Teekyuu
- Tari Tari
- Campione
- Utakoi
And that just goes back to the beginning of summer.
Why did you drop Tari Tari, you monster?