The story is carried almost entirely by everybody scrambling to find A Thing. This Thing is defined only by it's supposed ability to be very powerful/effective, but not HOW it is. After the fourth episode I'd completely lost interest in what any of the characters wanted and considered just looking up the ending and not finishing it.
Maybe I'm not enough of a Gundam fan to appreciate excessive whining and ineffective protagonists. I watched this to hopefully feel a desire to get more into the Gundam universe and watch some of the longer series, and this failed to ignite any interest for me.
The character and mecha
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Aug 29, 2016
Chibi Maruko-chan Movie
(Anime)
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I was really surprised I enjoyed this movie as much as I did. Looking at the art style and quickly finding out it's school story about small children, and that it didn't heavily feature crudeness or violence, I thought for sure that I would be bored out of my mind.
I was wrong. I watched this movie during my breaks at work and was thoroughly engrossed in everything Maruko set out to do. I recalled my own hope and desire to do really well at simple things at school and failing at them miserably. It made me remember the friendships that I had. The "flatness" of some ... |
