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| definitely should continue the story :D woah Alphard surviving that fall is amazing O_______O and yeah Cummings became a buddhist wow. it's kinda sad to see Canaan and Maria separated but they have to if they want to be strong through the end. glad to see the two Canaans pictures on the wall of the museum :D we definitely need to know what happens next and how Alphard will react to Canaan. though they are scenarios that didn't get any explanation. the UA virus didn't had a big impact in the story to be honest :( it seems to have a bigger role on 428: Fūsa Sareta Shibuya de which Canaan scenario came to be. hoping they would animate that as well!!!! also the Snake group didn't saw the leader(or could it be Alphard) or even Yuri Natsume's CIA group and how they manipulate things. i also got confused how Yuri said early on how Maria doesn't remember anything or just playing dumb. and who was the white girl below the cave that looks like Canaan!!!! it's almost 3 years now since it's last air showing, we want more!!!!!!!! .____. all in all despite some confusion and lack of backstory and explanation in some other things, definitely enjoyed it :D 9/10 :P *EDIT i also forgot Lang Chi didn't show up and really died huh??? she was sooooooooo crazy O_______O and what happened to Alphard's other Arm??? :P |
SomaHeirJan 10, 2012 10:29 AM
| I guess it wasn't too bad. Then again most of the characters really annoyed me. The only ones I actually liked were Minoru and Alphard. And the relationships between the characters weren't really to my taste. The series on the whole wasn't entirely bad, there were a fair few things I didn't like, but there were also a lot of things that I did like. PrinceHeir said: and what happened to Alphard's other Arm??? :P She shot her arm off when Canaan wouldn't let go of her on the train. |
| Ahh, a rare little gem that I watched awhile ago. Pretty interesting tbh, I mean girls with guns? Who doesn't love that? |
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| i quite enjoyed the ending, wasn't as action packed as what I thought it was going to be.... but nonetheless still acceptable, really good to see alphard alive, (that kept my rating at 8) and i even grew to like yunyun especially for her efforts in that final episode :) Cummings as a monk was rather random but I had a smile, and I was almost certain the taxi driver would have a little part even though there was no crazy driving or singing... So yeah overall loved this anime a few flaws but nothings perfect, willl reccomend to my friends for sure :) |
| good series, good ending. gonna miss Maria Osawa xS |
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| So... why did Alphard kill Siam again? That's the only thing I never really caught. |
AngelicFeces said: So... why did Alphard kill Siam again? That's the only thing I never really caught. Not targeting you specifically but I don't get how so many people missed this, not to mention it seems like most people missed what Alphard's goals/motives were all about. The main 'twist' is the fact that Alphard had been jealous of Canaan all along, and that it was actually Alphard who was more dependent of Siam than Canaan was. Canaan learned how to move on, while Alphard clinged to the past. Alphard killed Siam out of jealousy towards Canaan for feeling as though she was less favored by Siam. The reason why she doesn't kill Canaan at the start of the series is because she was merely taunting Canaan, tormenting her by getting her to fight with other people who were infected by the Ua virus to make her feel as though she's not so special. She did this to mock Siam's idea, to prove that Canaan isn't as special as he thought she was. Alphard only decides to kill Canaan at the end as she feels that she's just weak and worthless unlike what Siam thought of her, but that's until Canaan started fighting back with no self-doubts. I liked this anime, it wasn't a masterpiece by any means but it turned out pretty great and actually better than I expected. Not to mention it wraps up all the key loose threads giving closure to all of the main relationships between the characters. There's nothing wrong with the "life goes on" kind of ending, as the main point of the story and the conflict between both "Canaans" have already been resolved. Also contrary to popular belief it DOES NOT need a 2nd season. |
ronriSep 14, 2012 6:20 PM
| I'm kind of surprised that this show doesn't get more recognition from yuri fans. Canaan and Maria pretty obviously have something between them. It's a lot more blatant than a lot of popular "yuri subtext" shows, actually. All in all I was quite impressed with this. It was far from perfect, but definitely an enjoyable show. It did a surprisingly good job tying up loose ends, too. 9/10 from me, bumped up the score a bit because of the yuri. |
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| what noone would do that crap shooting your arm to cut it off? what a idiot , better shot canaan once in her arm to let you loose then that ... |
lakisa said: what noone would do that crap shooting your arm to cut it off? what a idiot , better shot canaan once in her arm to let you loose then that ... I'm guessing that you simply missed the point of the symbolism behind it... |
ronriJul 8, 2012 7:51 PM
Stringed said: I'm kind of surprised that this show doesn't get more recognition from yuri fans. Canaan and Maria pretty obviously have something between them. It's a lot more blatant than a lot of popular "yuri subtext" shows, actually. All in all I was quite impressed with this. It was far from perfect, but definitely an enjoyable show. It did a surprisingly good job tying up loose ends, too. 9/10 from me, bumped up the score a bit because of the yuri. I agree completely. The wikipedia page for yuri doesn't even mention Canaan, but it lists shows with significantly less subtext. Half the reason I love the show is because of the yuri subplot. (the other half is because I'm in love with Alphard) lakisa said: what noone would do that crap shooting your arm to cut it off? what a idiot , better shot canaan once in her arm to let you loose then that ... That scene was one of my favorites in the series. Try watching it again; there's a more powerful message than meets the eye. |
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| I really liked the ending , it pulled a 9/10 . |
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| A friend of mine recommended this very warmly, so my expectations might have been pretty high, but that doesn't change the fact that this was a major letdown. Maria spent the whole time being an annoying moe who needed saving constantly, Canaan fired her gun and ranted about Maria, and Liang Qi went batshit. I liked Alphard, Hakko, Santana and Yuri though; to me they were the only interesting characters, and I'd have liked to see more of them. This anime was mediocre at best, but because I liked a few of the characters, the rating goes up to 6/10. |
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Aurrod said: The ending weas extremely stupid. Why the fuck would they not even include Canaan and Maria meeting up at least ONCE again? They met up one last time, seems you might have missed it. Now if you're talking about why they separated and never met each other at the end: Aurrod said: There was no fucking reason. They simply moved on with their own respective lives after Maria realized that she can't force Canaan into a normal life since Canaan herself seemed content with her lifestyle. Canaan lives the life of an assassin, Maria is simply a photographer, that's more than enough reason for them to go their separate ways. Aurrod said: And why the fuck are people here saying it's "far from perfect" and give Canaan a 9/10? Are you stupid? Welcome to reality, it's called having an opinion. |
| 8/10, was an entertaining and fun short series to watch. I was hoping they would meet up near the end, also Alphard still alive at the airport lolwut. |
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| Man this really needs a second season! Great ending in my opinion. So happy Alphard is still alive (though I don't understand how), dunno why. xD |
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| I watched another awesome anime. I am really glad I watched Canaan. The ending was really something, painful thought of Canaan and Maria not being able to continue their friendship physically , a stroke of light giving hope for both of them because they will always be connected by heart. This light will never fade. Continuation of normal life (well if you can call Canaan's life normal from an outsider perspective ) . I think I took this anime really deep. And the main issue for me in it was unconditional love for someone or something from which you gain unlimited strength to protect it, no matter the cost. Some of us would describe it as dreams, some passion and some would call a name when they think about their light. Every time when I will think about the name Canaan I will recall an unbreakable bond that I share with my own light and about the power this light gives me to aim for my dreams and desires. I am really thankful for starting this series and appreciate all the hard work put into it so we can all enjoy it. Thanks. Cheers everyone. ~ExcellionMaster 私の大好きな光ずっと 守るよ。いつでも、どこでも。。。 |
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| I'm glad Alphard lived at the end. This show had its ups and downs, but it was enjoyable and the action scenes were pretty good. Overall I give it a 7/10. |
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| Really only watched because of Alphard so I was kinda of disappointed when I found out she wasn't as bad ass, as I expected her to be. Still a decent series. |
| After i watched all 13 episodes- I give this anime 7/10 |
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| I also think that Alphard's still alive. There's too many circumstances that'd legitimize it. Imo beautiful ending. I love this moment at the gallery at the end. ;w; |
| Great ending actually, I was surprised, very fulfilling end. Well, kind of disappointed Maria didn't die, but at least it was Yunyun who saved her. Also good that things have changed, the relationship b/w Maria and Canaan. Also disappointed that Alphard was so surprised by Canaan's reaction after the bomb. Once her expectations weren't met, we know the fight is pretty much over. Was good while it lasted, though. Okay, okay, so the MG3 has a rate of fire of over 1000 rpm, and this hacker (Canaan) dodged those shots. . . my life is a lie. Good that Mino pays respect to Hakko and Santana with his new "scoop". Not a bad series, but not great either. Was kind of confusing, especially having only 13 episodes, so kind of compact. The gunfights were nowhere near as cool as in Jormungand (watched Canaan due to recommendations from Jormungand). Jormungand is better in probably all aspects in my opinion, but again, this wasn't bad. Probably a 6 or 7 out of 10, small possibility of an 8. Favorite scene was Santana's death, very powerful and well-done. |
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| Well that was a pretty great ending actually! I liked how everything rounded up and even the epilogue giving the viewer the imagination what would happen with canaan next! I sure liked this anime, it had quite a decent story development and a proper pace, combined with some awesome action it sure managed to make my evening interesting! A pretty decent anime in general I'd say. |
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| the ending was okay but i wanted maria and canaan to meet again |
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| It was an okay Anime, it was indeed enjoyable. It had its up and downs but still decent. The only thing that annoyed me was how Maria survived the explosion, it made zero sense (I have nothing against her, but still)... So, Yun Yun was able to jump off the train, run to the other half, which was at least 3/4 miles away, hop through the broken window, pull Maria onto her back, jump back out the window, and clear the blast radius.... In under 30 seconds?? Maria's survival had no logic behind it, there's just no way she should have survived... Well if not for Canaan and Alphard then it would have gotten a lower rating. I give a 7.5 |
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| Maria was annoying till the very last episode. I wanted to scratch my face off every time she went into one of her monologues. And most of this episode was just her talking. The only characters I ended up liking were Alphard and Hakko and Santana. Oh and Yunyun of course. |
| Hrmmm, what to say . . . Well the ending was kind of . . . Honestly it didn't make a whole lot of sense with the logic as to why they couldn't hang out anymore. I mean does Canaan have to be a mercenary? No. I found the ending for Cummings to be somewhat funny, but overall it was a very anticlimactic ending and kind of just started back at square one almost. Anyways, overall I would give the series a 6/10. |
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| i like how this show make a fool of usa so i will give it 5/5 9/10 |
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Pirating_Ninja said: Hrmmm, what to say . . . Well the ending was kind of . . . Honestly it didn't make a whole lot of sense with the logic as to why they couldn't hang out anymore. I mean does Canaan have to be a mercenary? No. I found the ending for Cummings to be somewhat funny, but overall it was a very anticlimactic ending and kind of just started back at square one almost. Anyways, overall I would give the series a 6/10. You took the words out of my mouth. I completly agree. It's exactly what I think. In my opinion, love (romantically talking or not) as we see, between Canaan and Maria, should surpasses these "world" of differences between Canaan and Maria. I think it's just again that "good" and old cliche of not putting the mains together because of "different" world that they live. I really hate this... My score to the series: 7-8/10 |
TechOtakuNov 23, 2014 3:15 PM
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| An action packed resolution in the first half and a well paced epilogue in the second. Alphard's true ambitions finally come to light, which made me think back to what Siam says about the goal vs personal desire. Alphard severing her arm was brutal but really hammered down the idea that "she's out there somewhere" when she's in the airport at the end. I really enjoyed how this had an explosive amount of well choreographed action while also exploring the psychological state of the characters simultaneously. Lots of showing and less telling. A bittersweet departure between Canaan and Maria, but it appears that both transformed each other and have grown as a result of their brief encounters. I like what Canaan says towards the end about how she'll always be able to sense Maria. I think my favorite part of that photo exhibition of Maria's was seeing the name "Canaan" next to both Alphard and Canaan's photos. It really drove that part home for me. As a whole this series has some really intriguing concepts and themes as well as references and was able to blend that together well with its stunning aesthetics and awesomely awesome (pulling a Maria here!) action. 8/10 |
ZekkenshinNov 25, 2014 1:18 PM
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| Alphard vs Canaan scene was excellent with a different fighting environment. Damn!!! Alphard tore off her arm using gun. How the hell did she survived from that fall? Most unacceptable moment is how did Maria survived from explosion that close?!!?? LOL That's impossible, right? So Canaan can use color of observation (haha). WTF yoo~~~!!! CUMMINGS!!!! Why you chose the path of monk??! Damn!!!! Overall: 7/10 |
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| Yunyun to the rescue! Lol |
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| mediocre anime but the action scenes are superb, the last 3 ep are very good 6/10 |
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| 5/10 because the action and the animation was good |
alpha_shadowSep 15, 2015 8:42 AM
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| Dumb ending, wtf are you talking about? I think you guys are fans of dumb mindless shows and this one was not for you. Ending was awesome like whole series. PA Works are never not disappointing (ok excluding Uchouten Kazoku). Great atmosphere, likable characters, pretty good plot for action show. 9/10 Btw animation would be amazing if they wouldn't be using cheap CG, I didn't like that running scenes in full 3D :/ |
rsc-plDec 26, 2015 2:47 PM
| Dub = fake crap. Always. |
| this anime is one of my fav seinen anime. it's just too realistic and complicated like what i want from seinen. it felt like i was watching hollywood movies tbh :D but there is still one thing that confused me; which is what is the reason alphard killed siam in the past if she didn't want to kill him at all instead she want to free him from cannan ? i'm guessing it's because siam choose cannan more than her ? she felt being betrayed by him and killed ? well, if that really the case, then i make sense to me. so i'm just gonna stick with that. and so alphard tried to killed cannan....nope....tried to destroy her physically and mentally (?) cause that the only thing which came into my mind considering that she was trying to kill maria. or maybe you could say that she was trying to kill cannan's light so that she would went despair but instead she didn't. tbh, that characterization is one hell of a complicated ones from what i have seen from many anime so far. seriously, it took me a while to connects everything and realized it. Overal thoughts on the series, it was great seinen series tbh with two sides story. the POV from the reporter and the POV from cannan. "a group of people who suddenly met a bunch of bad people doing bad thing" pretty much sums up the story and i like a lot moreover it takes place in shianghai from the beginning of this series until the end of this series which made it looked more interesting to me :D. it's complicated and confusing sometimes, but i enjoyed it from overall points, moreover with that kind of animation was being used in the action scene. it's so badass and enjoyable to watch. i really appreciate that kind of animation being used in this kind of anime, cause animation wins a lot of point for the enjoyment to me xD 9/10 for this anime, or more spesifically 8.7/10 i prefer they made it into a trilogy movies/seasonal movies tho... that would be looked more awsome imo. but either way, i still enjoyed and liked this anime. great anime overall. thx for the show P.A Works xD |
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| So, I'm not a hater, but I just watched Canaan because of it's recomendation at the Black Lagoon page, and I gotta say, Black Lagoon >>>>>>>>>>>> Canaan... Canaan it's far behind from Black Lagoon, just because it has some girls and guns they are similar? LOL C'mon.... Besides that, I was going to give this anime a score of 5, but just because Alphard is beautiful I give this anime a 6, no longer said this anime is so OVERRATED. PIECE |
| ''Ask not the Sparrow, how the Eagle soars'' - Kiryūin Satsuki |
| I thought it was really confusing throughout, especially the plot, it's either a cliche one (probably not for its time), or just really hard to understand. Certain character's motivation is also unclear. They didn't really explain a lot either about their world. Some of the things that happened is also really weird, like at the very beginning, people were killed and the bystanders didn't care at all. I know it's trying to squeeze that scene into the whole theme of Maria's motivation and Canaan's character, but it felt really forced without further reasons, felt more like plot devices. I am also not too fond of the relationship between the "mute" girl and that 2 guys. Most of the characters are not very likeable, the only one I would say I enjoyed was Yunyun, just a girl who's trying to be cheerful all the time, trying to look into the good side of thing rather than the bad side. |
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| I'm pretty sure there are some things they forgot to include into this anime Oh well The ending is good, but not really satisfying and pretty for me Kinda wish Canaan, Maria, YunYun ended up together till the end Maybe Mino become bar owner with all 3 of them helping? Yeah... Cummings is alive Taxi driver is alive and healthy Yun Yun is alive and kicking I can't ask anything more than that |
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| ah cannan the one that had so much potential but turned to trash throughout. The plot was wobbly and characters dull as a Sunday it made my disliked anime looked like masterpieces. This is the lowest I have rated so far and my top hate. The director or creator were lazy and desperate on this one, no rewatch ever. |
How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb --- Dr Strangelove  |
| So they literally all survived the last two episodes? I really thought at least Alphard would have died after that drop. What was the point of shredding her own arm now? Could have just let Canaan save her and escape properly afterwards. Well, regardless of that unsatisfying end it was pretty nice all in all. Liang Qi could have died a few episodes earlier but it wasn't so bad as to reduce the overall enjoyment. |
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