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Dec 16, 2009
Mixed Feelings
Preliminary (28/110 eps)
This is easily the most overrated anime of all time. When I first came to MAL, I didn't hear much about it. About August 2008 I started seeing it being recommended by people in the Recommendation forum. I didn't pay attention to it. Fast forward to 2009, March to be exact, and I'm seeing it being recommended left and right, and being hailed as the greatest anime of all time. Many people even went as far to say that if you didn't like LOGH, you had no taste in anime. So I started to think that I may want to watch it. I went to it's page and found that it was ranked in the top 5.

That's when I initially started watching it. April, 2009.

Now, I watched the first 7 episodes and thought to myself "Well, it's starting off a little slow, maybe it will pick up." You see, by the first episode, I was already bored. I put it on my On Hold list.

Then, September 2009, I decided I would give it another chance, I thought that maybe I just wasn't in the right frame of mind back in April, and that I really had made a mistake by putting it on hold. It turns out it was a mistake to put it on hold, I should have put it where it belonged - in dropped.

You see, it never got any less boring. In fact, it got even more and more tedious, until it at episode 20, it began to be a chore to watch it. I would actually DREAD my anime watching time, because I had to watch LOGH, the 'great anime of all time'. If I could give it a 0 for enjoyment, I would. Hell, this sounds corny, but I would give it a -10, if I could. Alas, I cannot. So I give it a 1. This is about the most boring anime ever.

Shouldn't anime be enjoyable? If an anime isn't enjoyable, hasn't it failed? In my opinion, yes, Anime should be enjoyable. In my opinion, LOGH isn't. I know there are people who share this opinion, but are just to afraid to voice it, due to the people who actaully have the patience to finish the horrid show being vicious when disagreed with about the show, like rapid, foaming at the mouth Twilight fangirls.

Story - 6/10

Almost directly plagiarized from Star Wars. I'm surprised George Lucas hasn't sued them. Imagine Star Wars, only with no light sabers, no plasma guns, and no awesomeness. Oh! And it's run by aristocrats from France. Alright, now you have Legend of the Galactic Heroes. If you haven't seen Star Wars, just imagine Star Trek, only more boring. If you haven't seen either of those, I'm not sure why you're even reading my review.

Art - 7/10

Nothing to write home about. Very average. Almost everything I watched was a Laserdisc rip though, so you can kind of see how it might not look too nice. I mean the art really is truly average 90's art, which I happen to be a fan of. But that's it. Nothing special. I will add though that the command deck for the Empire is quite detailed.

Sound - 4/10

Subpar - not even worth getting into. Very little background noise, just voices, and many annoying ones at that.

Character - 4/10

You know lots of people rant and rave about how human the characters in this series are. The trouble is, they aren't. Every character - stock. It's like the author of the original book (ahaha, yes I do know that much!) just got a list of all the stock characters of all time and just decided "Whoop! I guess I'll use these!"

Yeah, so all in all, LOGH isn't worth your time, or hard drive space since the only way to watch it is to download. Most people who will read this review will probably be outraged. Hey - if this review has angered you, feel free to leave me a comment about it. But atleast be civil. Remember that everybody's opionion is different, and just because I don't agree that LOGH is the best anime ever doesn't mean I'm stupid, dumb, or have bad taste. It just means I didn't like LOGH.

And that, my friends, marks the end of my review.
Reviewer’s Rating: 5
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