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Nice! I've been trying to learn Spanish for the past 4 years with much difficulty. But still, English is a tough language to learn so congratulations. Tell me how Kino's Journey is when your done. I'm thinking about watching it.

Gurren Lagann is....... well crazy. It's a show that should by all means be terrible with all its cliches, but its so epic and over the top that all I can do is respect it. Sure, it can fall flat on its face sometimes but when the show is good it can really be entertaining. It's not amazing, but its a fun show to say the least. It also has a great dub and good soundtrack.

So what do you plan in watching next?

For the ending, I believe it is quite fitting. Both Zwei and Reiji are presented in the series as unfortunate people of surcumstance, but are still terrible people. The have murdered children without a second thought, so their death is fitting with the actions they have caused. I also think the ending is supposed to give a Clockwork Orange effect, where when the main characters kill, we feel fine but when they are killed we feel bad for them. It's playing on our attachment for the main characters and seeing how far we will sympathize with them.

Well at least you were able to get some enjoyment out of it. Really quickly did you watch sub or dub?

The point you brought up about Near and Mello contrasting was something I never thought about. That's a pretty damn good point actually, so consider that complain completely void.

About L's death, at first I was shocked at why the authors would choose to kill one of the best characters on the show. But the more I think about it, in the grand scheme of the show, the choice to kill L off then was a great one. After L and Light worked with each other on catching the third Kira, it would of been weird/awkward to have them continue to work with each other. At episode 25 was overall the perfect time to kill L, while still being a great twist.

With Phantom for me the show was frustrating because every arc the show started with had so much potential but it was ultimately squandered. I can take over the top action but boring characters (who can be down right idiotic at times) and two flashback episodes (for a 26 episode anime there should be 0 recap episodes). The main romance even felt forced and contrived.

While the second arc was the strongest trust me the final arc is so unbelievable horrendous by the end thatt it's painful. But that's just me :).

Thanks for the welcome!
Love your Mushishi avatar-and the series itself ^^

I wish you much enjoyment in watching anime, and may your list grow forever longer!

Well, for me I was a HUGE Naruto fanboy during grade school when they still aired anime on TV. I also liked One Piece. But both those shows I watched and enjoyed, not really knowing they were anime.

The first anime I watched knowing it was anime was Afro Samurai, but the show that hooked me forever was Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. After that it was Samurai Champloo then Trigun.

Also, interesting that you say your hooker show was HS. It's not really a show any person can enjoy, or get people hooked on anime. It still is, at times, an intelligent show that has a wonderful dub.

FLCL I put on hold, but for right now it's nothing special. It has great music and animation but little in any other catigory. With Death Note though I am greatly enjoying it. The characters of L and Light and their rivalry is truly incredible. Only things I can think of right now that I don't like with the show is the emo-rock opening and possibly Misa. So overall, it's quite good.

So how are you enjoying Kids On The Slope? I LOVED Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo and felt that while not as good as those two Kids was still excellent. (I refer to those two shows because the same director directed all 3.)

Absolutely! Two of my favourite music acts