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Hard as ever to make a fleshed out profile.

As this is an anime site I ought to start with my opinions on the medium. I have watched a fair amount of shows now - nothing like the most hardcore viewers out there, but still such an amount that I feel like voicing some concern regarding the quality of output today.

While it is true that quality shows are being made with somewhat acceptable intervals I find them to be increasingly shallow and repetitive. I miss the originality of Cowboy Bebop, the themes of Revolutionary Girl Utena, the thought provocation of Ghost in the Shell and the plain grandness and epicness of Legend of the Galactic Heroes.

I will use Skip Beat as an example of the direction I find the industry to be going in. Everything is pretty-pretty and the show starts off with a fairly engaging plot. Some development is made before it comes to a screeching halt. Then nothing. Arguably this is a "build-up" for a predictable ending, but to get that ending we will have to wait several years as the show hits a concrete wall. Great, so the manga is still publishing with no real end in sight. The alternative is to make an alternative ending, rarely appreciated by the fans, if ever.

By this we get to another topic which is not equally annoying, but still makes me ponder. Why is there so little original work being made? Does everything have to be based of mangas? Code Geass was original work to my knowledge and was a mega-hit. Hence, I hoped to see more companies follow that lead, but to no avail it seems. Of course I enjoy the well made manga to anime adaptions as much as any of you, but in comparison with the movie industry I find the amount of original work to be minimal.

Ok, this seems to have turned into quite the rant. However, there are still shows I look forward to, for example the Black Lagoon OVA:s and the remaining OVA:s of Hellsing Ultimate. Which leads me to the final part of my rant. Where are the shows aimed for a more mature audience? This is connected with the first part I wrote, as a show for grown-ups usually contains some of the elements mentioned earlier. A realistic take on life is also fairly underrepresented, we need more work like 5cm per second. And sometimes we just want a nice boat, so cut down on the censorship please.

Interests


Here at the end I'll mention favorites which are not shown up to the left.

Favorite OP:s and ED:s (in alphabetical order)


As a conclusion to this list I can say that the quality of OP:s and ED:s do not always correlate well with the quality of the series. Especially Gundam 00 had good intros and endings despite being a terrible show in my opinion. However, high production values seem to play an important part in this area.

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