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Zeta has a bit of a build-up, does it not? I almost thought I enjoyed MSG more for the first part for all its awkward charm. Then, like in MSG, really good episodes started to crop up, and I got really into it. I think I prefer this series now much more.

Kamille is far more interesting than 12-year-old emo Amuro who was apparently biologically 14 or 15 or something somehow. I keep comparing his far superior successor to renegade Shepard from Mass Effect, which is a major plus. Kamille matures into a very balanced young adult through the course of the series, and I enjoy his growth as a character. Most of the cast undergoes similar development as well. :D

As a whole, MSZG is darrk, what with the bad guys going so far as to gas civilian cities and experiment on poor girls in attempt to bypass evolution. Four and Rosamie (however you spell her name) are tragic characters! The good guys don't always win, either. For example, I wasn't expecting Kamille to be unable to disable the bomb that detonated in Von Braun City (or "Von Brown City" if you listen to the dub?).

Just about anything with Char and Bright has to be awesome, though, right? Char taking on a mentor role for the cast of MSG when he was initially their enemy makes for some awesome moments.

MSZG still has enough quaintness to it to make up for no longer being MSG, though. Any development in romance leads to the death of one partner without fail, "DANGAR" and "Wellcome" signs everywhere, and Char wearing his sunglasses even in his flashback were fantastic. Not to mention the seeming increase in random "correcting". I am solidly a Gundam fan now.

As for FMA:B, I fear I view it with a bit of a bias to begin with. I was super into studying alchemy before I watched the series in 5th grade. I really disliked something about how alchemy was portrayed or the accuracy or something like that. I don't quite remember, but I really disliked the series when all my friends got into it back then.

The story is very good (especially for a shonen), but I feel they degraded it by targeting a younger audience than the series deserves. As a whole, it feels directed towards children. The immature humor gets on my nerves a lot. Even so, it's a satisfyingly complex series (far over the heads of the people I assume the anime was made for). Perhaps they were seeking a balance? Either way, I disliked that.

Also, I find Ed, Winry, or Roy Mustang. I don't find them funny or attractive or cute or anything people commonly find them to be. They just annoy me every time I see them. I do love Alphonse, Greed, Hawkeye, Major Alex Louis Armstrong, Ling Yao, and Scar quite a lot, though...Character design and development is good, but enough of the /main/ cast annoys me to prove to be enough of a thorn in my personal taste.

Please, though! I do love this series now, much more than I did in middle school. And it really deserves to be a favorite series of any anime community. I just don't think it holds itself as the pinnacle of "What Shonen should be". It's very good, but not -that- good. I don't take this community very seriously, though, so I'm thankful the top-rated (at this moment anyways) is at least something acceptable. Personally, I wouldn't mind some Inferno Cop as #1.

As for very good shonen, I love the 2011 remake of HxH and will watch the original after it's over to make the franchise last forever if I don't end up doing it while waiting a week for the next episode. The story is veryy simple and nothing groundbreaking, but the character design is very unique and interesting, development and dynamic even better, and everything is very well executed, IMO. My experience is far too shallow, though, and I don't think I take my hobby seriously enough to definitively point to anything as everything shonen has to offer. I enjoy FMA:B, HxH, and DBZ (definitely flawed, hehe, but so good!) in different ways and don't at all regret the time I've spent watching and rewatching them, you know?

Eugh, that was long-winded and still not very concrete.

Just more mecha I need to see.

Yeah Hellsing is badass.

Thanks. When i saw this quote i thought it was perfect for these annoying elitist morons. I sometimes wonder why they watch anime in the first place. Anyways glad to see another Mecha anime fan. But how the hell did you finish so many animes? Over 1000 on that list. You have my respect sir.

Yes, I've looked into RahXephon, and it does look very promising. I'm definitely going to check it out once I finish the anime already on my "watching next" list. And I didn't agree with a lot of the ideas presented in Evangelion either, but it was very interesting nonetheless.

I'm currently focusing on Psycho-Pass and Sword Art Online (really curious about all the hype and hate it has received). Those are the shorter series that I try to finish as soon as possible. Katekyo Hitman Reborn and SKET Dance are the ones I watch whenever I feel like it.

Which is your favourite series of this season, so far? :)

Oh yea man that was my 3rd rewatch of Wing. I love the nostalgia it brings back from my childhood. and imo still can withstand the test of time.

No, I don't hate it. The action is great. I really don't like the characters though.

Dendoh is more my cup of tea. I like how the attack names appear Hokuto no Ken style and all the video game elements.

How do you feel about the mecha this season? I think MJP is consistently terrible, but the other two are entertaining. Valvrave is too hilarious not to be entertaining. I think Gargantia has a lot going for it but has been muddied up the past few episodes. I'm hoping the "growing attached to the new way of living" part is over and things pick up now.

I've been recommended those series quite a few times now.

I really should get back into watching some Gundam...Been much too long since I've laid eyes on a mobile suit.

Well for me it was great but looks like I'm the one who are not that picky about that adaptation as the most people )) I really liked that the theme about "castle" was chosen and shown as central one opposed to the old adaptation, but I think for people who haven't read manga it was a bit hard to follow the story. Actually I think this part followed the same pattern as the other ones -- a bit of CGI, a bit of pron, a bit of blood bath, a bit of taken away manga parts, so cause it looks like u didn't like much previous ones, so maybe this one will not be very much likable for you either. Anyway, I hope they'll at least get some money to continue making this movies(