Comments on: A Busou Shinki Primer

By: Gobi

Gobi — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 12:59:00 +0000

Thank you for your kind words, Hitori. Thanks for the link, too. I had not seen Wave 8 before. This one is my favourite of the three.

By: hitori

hitori — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 20:37:36 +0000

Hi Gobi,
You seem to have the most informative articles on Busou Shinki written in English!
Thanks for writing and maintaining them.
I got a lot of information from your Links collection.

I was wondering if you saw these.
Seems like the 8th editions are going on presale already.
http://d.hatena.ne.jp/Nachbar/20071003

Cool thing is that Asai is the designer again.
I love his military inspired mechas.
If you find any other info about them, please let us know, too. =D

By: Gobi

Gobi — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 11:52:20 +0000

Anyway, the first seven episodes of the Sky Girls series are on YouTube if anyone wants to view them. I'll make it a point to check out your other blog for that entry for anime recommendations. I remember there was one on that list that I really wanted to see.

By: microbry

microbry — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 22:54:13 +0000

Ah, I see. Yeah the OVA I liked as pretty much pure fluff, much like, say, Plastic Little. I wouldn’t hold either up as a great example of anime or anything, but I enjoyed the battles and pretty pictures, and took the lack of story for granted. I guess “b-movie” comes to mind…that said, I tend to avoid this in most anime, though. I think I tend to be more forgiving for moe-fluff with cybernetics or mecha, heh. But yeah, if you didn’t like the OVA, then the TV show’s not much an improvement…they toned down the “service” such as it is a good deal, and it takes a slower pace, spending more time on character development and such, but otherwise it’s the same set up and feels like the OVA is just a later episode set in the same continuity.

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True…I’m not into the Mecha Musume stuff, but it definitely seems surprising that they haven’t done so already…

By: Gobi

Gobi — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 04:57:17 +0000

I actually saw the one-shot OVA rather than the first episode of the TV series. It may be I’m guilty of being hypercritical but everything about it seemed to be anime-by-the-numbers. On top of that, I’m not a fan of Shimada’s designs (mecha or moe). So, all told, the Sky Girls OVA was not a pleasant experience for me. Episodes of the TV series are on YouTube so I may give them a shot.

I think it’s only a matter of time before Konami does MMS versions of Shimada’s other work as well. Mecha Musume, for instance, would translate very easily.

By: microbry

microbry — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 21:39:33 +0000

Ouch. Well, true that first episode was definitely awkward at best. It does get better once they get to the mechs proper, from what I’ve watched, but I concede it’s not for everyone. Did you like the OVA version at all? If so, then I’d say it might be worth giving one more shot, but if not, then yeah, it’s pretty much more of the same.

Anyway, putting my possible bad taste in shows aside, I’ll stick with my comment that Konami better release the mech suits themselves, they really look like they were designed with MMS in mind from day one. :)

By: Gobi

Gobi — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 04:40:29 +0000

I saw the first episode and wished I hadn’t. Let’s leave it at that.

By: microbry

microbry — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 20:38:46 +0000

Have you checked out the Sky Girls TV series? I’ve watched a couple and it’s surprisingly good so far as a mech series. I know that they are going to make Shinki figures of the three heroines, but strangely without their mech suits. I hope this means they’ll sell the suits seperately later to make the combined price seem lower (the suits will be big at that scale, but not outrageously so).