Anyway, I had opportunity to watch Gene Shaft. It's a 13 episode series based in the future where mankind almost destroys itself in the 21st century.
I say that in a awkward, trailed off way, to make room for thought.
......Something seems ironic, and speechless. Can we do that? yeah, probably....
Basically they recreate the population with gene-changed humans, where people are born with modified DNA, and some human emotions are taken away to ensure everyone cooperates. There seems to be lots of anger issues however in individuals, so I think they had some miscalculations......
For the most part, they can't feel "Love" anymore, not comprehend why you would need it....everyone has replicas possible from the gene bank. So if anyone dies, well, you can replace them.
There is a character named Mario.
I know it sounds funny..."Hey, like Super Mario Bros"....but he actually is quite a likable character. His personality affects the ship crew, especially when he takes over the bridge while the captain is not fit for duty due to some bothersome flashbacks.
It was rather interesting, but I disliked how the ending was so...abrupt. Did not really quite see how things turned out between some people, it was hinted, thrown in, or had some basic idea of, but didn't really conclude that "so and so are now exclusively together", or "so and so is now feeling happier about their life".
The opening theme was pretty cool, and was actually the basic theme music for the entire series. In other words, it wasn't just a song picked out to market the show-you will hear a lot of this guitar stuff.
Oh yeah...we also didn't get to see Mika reunite with her dog! she promised to come back....what's with that? we barely got to see what happened after she saved *insert character name spoiler*, and didn't even show being back onto the ship yet. I want to see the dog!
Did you know her dog can type? it also can talk apparently.
Another thing I did enjoy was that the mecha designs (within the series), through data, and programming, were not perfect. Not near it. There may be "perfect" examples of human being dna in this series, but despite all that, even their Shaft (the robot piloted between two people), was not even close to perfection. There were tons of bugs, and many times during life-threatening moments, the program would crash. This often led to floating helplessly in space for a few moments while rebooting the system.
The way they controlled the Shaft, too was interesting. All sorts of cables make the control pieces look a bit more interactive for some reason, and how the seat slides...it reminds me of those rides where you sit in that seat, and the seats are all inside this "space ship" that bumps around, as if you are hitting space debris XD....it was amusing.
I also re-started the last 3 episodes of, and than finished, Last Exile.
I was again displeased with the ending. It seemed rather unclear what all really happened in the last scene, apparently 9 years later.
I didn't quite notice it at the time, but I read other's say how being 9 years later, the kid protagonists sure haven't aged..........but the one other guy did, also while growing facial hair and having a child with the girl he had a crush on.
I guess those kids got the gift of immortality, haha! flying vanships in strange places in the sky can do that.
I have Ghost in the Shell: Sac 2nd Gig to watch too....I picked that up.
Le Chevalier D'eon is something I've watched in the last few months, too. I grabbed it for Boxing day, and got to finishing in sometime in February.
What I'd really like to know, though, is when an online version of Fafner: Heaven and Earth is up. (I'd probably grab a dubbed version on dvd, but it's highly unlikely anyone will pick it up-because the original series wasn't saved from discontiuation-they'd even have to hire the same voice actors as ADV did...preferably) It hit the Japanese theatres in December last year, but, I haven't seen any news of dvd releases :/.....
Well, that wasn't quite exciting....but at least it's an update.
I think Geneshaft is re-watchable. 13 episodes isn't too long, and I rather enjoyed it.
There are of course flaws, too...and it's an older series, but who cares...
I don't know about you, but I watch anime to watch it-not to criticize it. I'll criticize it if I want, but that's not really my intention when watching most anime...or most of anything.
You will know when I do intent to criticize...because from the moment it starts, I start sharing my sarcastic side and making fun of just about anything. Hope your show isn't one of them...
