Gundam Unicorn AFA and anime

did my Koi Cafe review X3

Gundam Unicorn 
to which i was told that's what Gundam really is, not Gundam 00, by die-hard Gundam fans

being an absolute newbie to Gundam, i was confused and wonder why the characters are so old-drawn? the person who uploaded the video didn't upload it to the fullest, n got me searching for a long time to find the end

after two hours of searching n re-watching the repeated part (just in case i missed any part) i've finally finished watching the whole thing. While waiting for the final part to load i read about it and realised the timeline of Gundam Unicorn - very old timeline, way way way WAY before Celestial Being

And wat's with the English announcements in the OVA? Trying to promote English? C'mon..or maybe i'm really a newbie in Gundam not to realise anything about the timeline - i can't read Japanese novels at all, nor watch without English subtitles

no offense to the real Gundam fans but i was bored - there was too much talk and a little action. Pace-wise i prefer Gundam 00 - the action had already started a few minutes into its first episode. HOWEVER i cannot compare it this way as i'd realised Gundam Unicorn is like an OVA format, and as i read, released only twice a year

The fun part came when the lead character of the story Banagher Links - no offence but now i'd realised why "Links" sound so familiar...Link, the main character of the the game Legend of Zelda..SORRY!!! Really i'm a failure to the real Gundam fans...i say real = die-hard cos they have been following the Gundam series for a very long time

i've seen Gundam Unicorn's 2m model and another replica in the Mecha Exhibition - it was only in the anime that i'd realised the majestic awesomeness of it, at the final part when it was revealed. My heart had never throbbed so enthusiatistically - it's been a long time since i've felt this way for any anime besides Gundam 00 that i am soooooo waiting for Gundam Unicorn's next episode to be released.

Come to think of it, AFA should show Gundam Unicorn's 2nd ep instead of Gundam 00's movie, after Gundam Unicorn's 2nd ep release Gundamm 00's movie's yesterday's news - somehow AFA should come up with fresher stuffs to be as real-time to Japan as possible - that's when maximum J-culture really means. LP n i talked about AFA..the more we talked about it, the more boring the topic became - somehow i have come to a point that there's really nothing new except hoping to see new Gundam models which AFA still needs lotsa brush-up for it

Maybe Danny Choo should be the one of the head of AFA, then maybe there's a reason to look forward to, cos Danny Choo is a walking J-culture experience to be respected. With his unlimited J-culture ideas i'm sure he will inject so many fresh stuffs into AFA - only if he's the one of the overall-in-charge...

But i'm looking forward to AFA - seeing cosplayers. Hope there are new cosplay characters this year due to Fall's anime release

but...speaking of anime...my classmates said the anime industry is falling - i couldn't believe it when i heard it. But come to think of it, of all the new anime releases i was anticipating there was only a few - Uragiri wa Boku No Namae wo Shitteiru, Seito Kaichou ni Chuukoku OVA 2 and Kuroshitsuji Season 2.

Fall's release..so far i've watched Iron Man, Bakuman, Psychic Detective Yakumo and Super Robot Taisen

Super Robot Taisen
i know very little about the game. i needed some mecha therapy after Gundam 00 and thought this could be it. It wasn't until in the middle of its first ep that i got turned off, "Wait a minute, the female pilot - did did i see bouncing boobs - and tits?!!! What de -" and the ending credits got me sick with all the females in ecchi drawings (ecchi pug!). It wasn't until i read a review that said something like this anime is for mecha ecchi otaku..i gave up. i'm not familiar with the seiyuu anyway..

Bakuman
looks like a visual novel. Slow pace. Boring. i think reading the manga's better. Somehow struggling mangaka and seiyuu doesn't appeal to me - not that it doesn't but there's no kick..the episode just drones on and on and on..just like real life..routine..on n on n on..u get the picture

Psychic Detective Yakumo
surprisingly it failed to catch my attention after waiting for it eagerly! No way i could compare it to Death Note cos the latter did not catch my attention either - only the manga. Yakumo looks so much like Death Note's Yagami Light. It has come to a shrug-nothing's-new point.

Iron Man
i was like "huh? is the anime industry really falling? so badly that a foreign collaboration is needed?!" all i can say is - bold move. I was curious to see how the Japanese animators Japan-ised ang mo comic characters and without compromise. It is strange to see angular, more-wrinked, yet smooth cheeks and un-anime eyes for the first time. I felt - distant and like a fish out of the water, facing an identity crisis - like an Asian trying to subtle-ly blend into the ang mo scene to be accepted by Asians!

If not for Fujiwara Keiji, the seiyuu for Johnny Rayflo in Vassalord Drama CD i would have passed this series. Getting Johnny Rayflo to be Tony Stark is a good idea!!! Johnny's a playboy but serious when duty calls. Tony Stark (i'm going according to the movie Iron Man 2) is a flirt but serious when duty calls too. Since there's no Vassalord anime - which i think there better not be, after all the disappointments i'd experienced from most manga-to-anime series - watching a Johnny Rayflo human clone aka Tony Starks lets me drift into Johnny Rayflo mode thereby dying to see Cheri - uh Charlie - uh CHARLES - n hoping to see both in anime which i think there better not be but when i see Tony Starks i drift into Johnny Rayflo mode which..it's a vicious cycle i tell u..

I'M STILL WAITING FOR HAKUOKI SEASON 2 ENGLISH SUBS!!!! *CRY*

after being bitten by disappointments by so many anime i will NOT anticipate much from Togainu no Chi.

i duno how to feel about Koi Suru Boukun's next release, Ai no Kusabi's release (when is it?!!!!!) or any anime release..

but i'm gonna try some other anime series released in Fall..hopefully there's some redemption..

maybe the anime industry is really failing..