Reviews

Apparently, I should thank my instincts because my instincts in facts of anime are pretty much almost always on the point. Why, you ask? because like it happened with the godawful, unnecessary movie they made out of Trigun ten years after the classic 90's series was ended, my instinct prevented me to watch this completely unnecessary sequel to a pretty good and influential series (except the sixth episode that is, totally unwatchable unless you're into formerly depressed Otakus who believe themselves "profound" and "intelligent" because they employ totally empty religious and non-religious words in a black-and-white, badly-drawn artsy-farty dreck) because I thought this was going to be an awful experience. And guess what? that's what this is, an awful experience that starts more or less - except, once again, a completely pointless use of religious tones at the very start - pretty good, with full-on fanservice (made with the overseeing of the same guy who put the concept that sex is unnecessary in his 2000's live-action unwatchable turd Shiki-Jitsu...really?!) and quips to Kamen Rider Otakus who are into Tokusatsus like myself love. And then...then the rest of the series happens, and the hard sci-fi tones of the original Gunbuster are replaced by (boring, in this case) superhero stuff that has no reason to be here in the first place (this is no Ultraman) and atrocious writing not saved in the slightest by the copious throwbacks to the original series and to Evangelion, which are ridicolous to say the least. Oh and congratulation for the reuse of the rape innuendo from the godawful Wings of Honneamise, that was REALLY important in the grand scheme of events...not. If you're a fan of Gunbuster and in particular of the least pretentious part of it (Hideaki Anno at his best ever hands down together with the Daicon III and IV openings and the Return of Ultraman fan parody) rewatch the first five episodes of that landmark series, eventually go down directly on some Kamen Rider series alltogether and avoid this turd with no remorse whatsoever.