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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Well seems that Maya has to make a different choice this episode. Wonder, how everything will play out :P After watching this series, I gave it a 5/10 also as it was just rushed story and felt like watching a movie. There was also little character development although I do admit that some of the music and art is nice. Overall, not something of a series that I will remember by for a long time.  |
Stark700Apr 21, 2012 3:54 PM
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| Well they tried to wring a lot of drama that just wasn't there out of this episode. The complete lack of development for most of the characters and relationships made most of the death scenes come off as shallow at best. Six episodes might have been enough to tell this story if Ozuma could have decided what it wanted to be. Instead it wavered between a cliche ridden mess and a poorly written Dune knock off. There were plenty of good ideas here that went to waste. This series wasn't terrible but I am personally pretty disappointed with it. With six episodes it could have never been as rich as Dune but it could have created it's own charming little story using it's unique setting and ideas. Instead nothing gets developed and the anime ends up barely average. It barely scrapes a 5 out of 10 for the anime and a 3 out of 5 for the last episode. |
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| Maya finally made her decision: She released Ozuma and along with it all the creatures it gathered from all around the world, ultimately leading to a new ecosystem. It seems like Dick commited Kamikaze at the end. |
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| Barely watchable series, considering who was 'backbone' of the project. 5/10 overall |
"There is a road in the hearts of all of us, hidden and seldom traveled, which leads to an unknown, secret place." |
| Not bad idea, but could have benefited from another 5,6 chapters to better develop the story and flesh out the characters. |
| "Perhaps there is a universal, absolute truth. Perhaps it justifies every question. But that's beyond the reach of these small hands." Mamoru Oshii There is a cult of ignorance (...) nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.” Isaac Asimov |
| Great ideas, especially the world being "reborn" by the lifeforms Ozuma's collected, but it was executed poorly, leaving the overall experience average & mediocre in every sense of the word. 5/10. As for the Dick/Captain angst filled segment...  |
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| I don't like how it ended but it was a good 6 episode anime. Ozma turned out to be a gigantic submarine-like, whale-like vessel of some sort that is living in the same time. The enemies were destroyed and the main chars are victorious. One of the things I liked in this last episode was the music in the end when flowers and trees started appearing. |
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| Still wondering just why Dick had to make the suicide run, since Ozma still destroyed the enemy fleet and released the new ecosystem. This was a very messy ending--downgraded series to 5/10. |
Please don't feed the trolls! In my next life I want to collide at the corner with the cute transfer student carrying a piece of toast in her mouth...rodac |
| It was a well-rounded last episode. Ozma was a deliciously old school series, really an unexpected hidden gem in this year 2012. Good script and direction, too bad some characters weren't up to that. 8/10 |
 In every age, in every place, the deeds of men remain the same. |
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| NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, HARLOOOOOOOOCK! |
| About that end, I'm kinda felt that it's not fitting in this kind show lol. Fine. 6/10 |
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| Overall a 5 / 10 anime. Really the anime started off too slow, then finally showed promise, but by this time the anime was already over. Characters failed to develop more than what they were initially and overall had ugly unappealing designs. There was wasted potential with the action and effects. The action scenes that it did have were riddled with acronyms that made it hard to follow. The one twist was the most memorable moment. The OP felt lazy. I did like how the sand was just like water, missile visuals, and the dominoes scene. On ep 6 itself it was pretty epic though they went back on the twist to make it not a twist anymore, and really there was no resolution with the antagonists on account of the protagonists which was odd and just anticlimactic. The laser was hot though as well as the actually electric weapon. |
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| well...that was unexpected...in a way, its not a bad anime, but ask me again in two months and i migth not remember it... over all a 6/10 cause it kept me entretained, i even grew used to the stupid character animation, but oh well so be it |
| Being a fan is like having a penis. Its nice to be proud of it But don't pull it out in public and wave it in other's faces Kyurem Black. Kyurem White. Together they are Pretty Kyurem. |
| Imagine if they hadn't tried to jam this story into 6 episodes. Imagine if it were allowed to have been 13-24 episodes. I think it had potential to be something very good. |
| The music was absolutely beautiful in this last episode. Enjoyed this show, but still it could have been better. I'll give this a 6 or 7/10. I'll give it a 7 for now and I might change it in the future. |
Sir_LexaApr 22, 2012 3:31 AM
| Ah old school style but it was not enough, Bainas got widowed in the end though well predicted 5/10 |
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Hoshimaru57 said: This is a reminder of the past, and I think it should be honored as such. Not really. There are a lot of great older anime out that that should definitely be honored but I don't think this half baked mess deserves more respect because it was made in an older style. Unless you're telling me poor character development and shitty plotting were hallmarks of anime 40 years ago. The only thing I will give this credit for was the art style. The retro character designs were refreshingly different but the limited budget did make for some dodgy animation at some points. If the story and characters had been better I wouldn't knock the animation but as it is I was often bored with the flat characters following the paint by numbers plot. Now if you want to argue about the plot seeming cliche because of the older style then I have to say that it wouldn't have hurt to give the anime something unique other than it's interesting setting. Just because it might have been made in a certain style doesn't mean you have to let it constrain the creativity. Ozuma could been something that bridged the gap between older and newer anime. A lot of new anime are cliche ridden messes as well. It's not like that problem is unique or anything so you can't really blame that all on the style. |
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| Nothing special, artstyle was nice but story was disappointing. 5/10 I think it would work better as ~2h movie than 6 episode series. |
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| 9/10 great show - I liked it no stupid fillers, nice characters and setting (ok Dune-like but I don't mind) and of course that old-school feel in it. Nice to see something different. |
| Decent show with cool captains. Sadly, the other characters weren't really likeable/didn't stand out. The design was great, but somehow, it doesn't really fit today, or the animators did a lousy job. I love Leiji's design, but it didn't look that good here. The biggest problem is the episode count. It's like Gundam F91, trying to fit a 50ep story into 2h, except that F91 was great. Nevertheless, Ozma was pretty enjoying, but it's one of "wasted potential" shows. 6/10 About Dick's kamikaze run, he did it because he wanted to die as himself, and not as Gide who would probably take over some day. At least that's what he was implying. |
 "Your sight, my delight. Will you marry me?" |
| Space Magic! Space Magic Everywhere! It was ridiculous and embarrassing. It means that Maya's people created a human model with perfect DNA to be immortal. Ok, and their goal was to be the superior race on the planet? Ok, but humanity is already not? Then they destroyed the nature of the planet to be the superior race, or at least let it die. Ozma was created many centuries ago to save samples of nature. Okay, and what for? How the human race can be superior living in a barren planet? This is impossible! It makes no sense! Humanity NEED nature to survive, and the best way to show their superiority is taming nature, not living alone on the planet! In the end through Sam, Maya saw that humanity was strong and could survive? Oh please, this is ridiculous because humanity shows their strong precisely adapting to any environment. And coming back to Ideal Children, if they are so superior, why have begun to use the bodies of ordinary humans? This contradicts all ideas of them. Totally contradictory. |
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| Huh? It's over...OK. Well I daresay it's a fitting Earth Day tribute somehow. It was short 6 episodes but I'll agree with anyone that an hour and a half movie adaptation would have sufficed or better than a stretching it to 6-episode series. Bainas was OK I guess, Maya was still mysterious until the end, Sam was annoying, and Mimay was an unknown like the rest of the crew and the the Ideal Children. 6/10 since I still enjoyed the sand submarine battles midway through the series. |
| You see there's no need to wonder where your god is, Coz he's right here! ...and he's fresh out of mercy. |
| 8/10 was short but i liked the way it was set out maybe it could of been longer but i liked it how it was.. the art style was great and the plot was ok... |
| Woah, this episode was quite the epitome of bullshit. Also, Diiiiiiiiiiick. That is all. |
| I definitely have superpowers. I can feel it in my balls. |
| First of all, WOULD YA STOP YELLING "MAYA" YOU ANNOYING JERK?! *phew* Seriously, I wasn't this ticked off since "Toola!". Oh and we get to see some clone girl x mechanical whale action. Wicked. The button not working scene was hilariously anticlimactic. Capitan is awesome, but only when she's not being emo. And Dick goes kamikaze for whatever the reason. Dune was better. |
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| Not bad... |
| As I tought before watching it, 6 episodes were too few to develop the story and characters. However, it wasn't bad at all. What I have, I need to blame is the art. It was terrible so many times... At least, this episode was better than the others. On the other hand, Ozuma's music was quite good. I'll pay attention in order to download it. 5 or 6. |
Stark700 said: I gave it a 5/10 Marius2005 said: It barely scrapes a 5 out of 10 kashim said: 5/10 overall MusashiRose said: 5/10 27CansOfTuna said: Overall a 5 / 10 Laevantein said: 5/10 bastek66 said: 5/10 You are clichéd. |
| I agree with everyone else. The art wasn't the problem, it was the rushed story and the lack of episodes. It had potential and was executed horribly. It's really too bad but w/e. On to the next show. |
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| 8/10 Sure it lacked character development and was cliched as hell but this series has a heart.Heart apparently forgotten by a lot of anime fans today. |
Kyobotte said: Stark700 said: I gave it a 5/10 Marius2005 said: It barely scrapes a 5 out of 10 kashim said: 5/10 overall MusashiRose said: 5/10 27CansOfTuna said: Overall a 5 / 10 Laevantein said: 5/10 bastek66 said: 5/10 You are clichéd. I was the 3rd post to say that... but regardless... even if I was 4638726434th person... it is how it should be ranked. Maybe this is how people voted because 5/10 ="average" and this show was average in every way. THANK GOD you're here to give it a 6/10 and shake things up. |
MusashiRoseApr 26, 2012 11:04 PM
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| This was pretty good. 8/10 The two notable flaws to me were bits of the dialogue just not fitting and the 2deep4unatureisbestlol morale of the story. I know I'm probably in the minority, but I thought the characters were decently developed. I don't need 20 episodes of filler that explores each characters past just to deem that a character has depth. I felt like there was plenty of material left unexplored and that's a plus to me. Having a story not hold my hand and reveal every single detail on every single faction, character, and environment is a breath of fresh air. |
MusashiRose said: Average in every way? My picture of average is way more positive, this anime is way below an average.Kyobotte said: Stark700 said: I gave it a 5/10 Marius2005 said: It barely scrapes a 5 out of 10 kashim said: 5/10 overall MusashiRose said: 5/10 27CansOfTuna said: Overall a 5 / 10 Laevantein said: 5/10 bastek66 said: 5/10 You are clichéd. I was the 3rd post to say that... but regardless... even if I was 4638726434th person... it is how it should be ranked. Maybe this is how people voted because 5/10 ="average" and this show was average in every way. THANK GOD you're here to give it a 6/10 and shake things up. |
| I definitely have superpowers. I can feel it in my balls. |
| A Machine Whale was slightly disappointing, the background of the entire episode was beautiful. The ending with Bainas x Dick was nice. It was OK overall. |
| what a lame ending! liked the Zone though, really pretty |
| I finished watching this and.... I DON'T KNOW. The ideas behind it were brilliant, but with only 6 episodes... it lacked in pretty much every area. I think if this anime had been the standard 26 it could have been one of my favorite series. Seriously. The ideas were that great... but zero depth was able to be displayed in the amount of time given. They weren't able to make me give a fuck about, well, anything that was happening. And the "big revealed" in episode 5 was so obvious..... I don't know. I am sad that this anime was a waste of a great idea but........ oh well. |
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| great last episode, although the scene between bainas/dick was definitely more than a little over-dramatic - good anime, although not great - there was a lot of potential here, but six episodes was just to short to really develop the story properly... |
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| The End ? And what is it ? Not bad... He is Dick...T____T All in all, it's boring anime, ...good but some disappointing moments)) 4/10 |
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| Sad that this was only 6 episodes it could have been a hell of a whole lot better if it were 12~24 episodes. 6/10 I loved the character designs and OP/ED the story could have been simply amazing if it had more room to develop. Bainas (sp?)/Dick is my OTP for this series I seriously teared up when she was begging him to open the door. |
"What has two arms, two legs, and is alive? Not your favorite character lol! xD" |
| I'm just thinking, after reading all these responses, would having more than 6 episodes really make it better? How? By continual battles with the military? But all the gut-wrenching angst from each of the characters? By Sam continually disobeying the captains orders? The whole point of the story is the repopulating of Earth. Anything more that would have been a distraction to the main storyline. We got enough flashbacks to know about Dick, Maya, the clones, etc. I just gave it a 7/10 because of the old-school artwork and the beautiful art, both in the desert and Zone scenes. The story, cliched (how many times have we seen the "dead earth, destroyed by man" storyline? |
| What if the Hokey Pokey is what it is all about? |
| Throwing a bunch of nice ingredients and mixing them together wont make a fine meal. Same here, nice individual ideas, but it seemed horrible together. Not enough character development, lots of unanswered questions, and main characters are way too cliche. Can a sandworm eat Sam now? please? pretty please? |
| Well, I actually thought this was the best episode of the bunch. The last episode was pretty good too, but I thought the rest was dreadful; absolutely abysmal. I don't know though. The last episode kind of makes me think that maybe there was a good story in all of this mess afterall. Maybe someday, when I have the courage to rewatch it, I'll marathon it. It's only 6 episodes. I love shorter anime/shows. I think long-form anime is ridiculous unless it has an extremely good story or expansive setting/mythology. So this is actually the ideal length. For now though, terrible first four episodes, mediocre to great ending... overall, 2/10 EDIT: oh yeah, just wanted to add. I thought Dick's death was beautifully directed and great use of the ending song in the scene as well. |
Roloko said: Same here T_TBainas (sp?)/Dick is my OTP for this series I seriously teared up when she was begging him to open the door. Even though the series was avarage at best, it had it's good moments also. |
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| This felt like a movie that would have been far better if it was longer because it felt rushed. |
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