Give me something to talk about; I have both no shame and a lot of spare time, so give me any fandom-related topic you like, and I'll turn on my metaphorical microphone and then write up the result.
Then I will bring up something near and dear to my heart: Art design. Characters, machines, creatures, places...just what makes one show look so amazing and creative, and others so bland...even if the actual appearance is often similar.
Okay, Art Design. I've not put much conscious thought into it, but the quality of visuals and design do make a huge difference to me. For example, the art design of GX, while superficially similar to the style of the original series, is typically uninspired or outright ugly, with only a few decent designs to go around. Really, compare Yuugi Mutou and Judai Yuki. Even at a glance, Yuugi's design has a lot of heart in it, and you can tell a lot about what sort of person Yuugi is from how he holds himself, how he dresses, and of course that crazy hair of his. Judai...is just there. He looks like an extra, a one-note one-shot character who's gone by the end of the episode and quickly forgotten, so the fact that he's supposed to be the main character creates a sort of dissonance, I think. The same goes for the rest of the characters, the ones in Yugioh are just plain better, while the GX ones look like they were quickly churned out to fill a quota of certain archetypes.
And to go off in a different direction entirely, I've been watching Mahou Sentai Magiranger as of late, and the costumes that they've got on that show are just incredible. Just...damn, really good stuff, and no small part of why I picked it to watch over any other number of Super Sentai shows I could have watched.
Watching the final episode of Princess Tutu brought me great joy and fulfillment. Seeing Duck dance ever on and on, Fakir's heartache as he wrote Duck's story, Mytho rescuing Rue, and the four of them destroying Drosselmeyer's machine, freeing the town from the grasp of the story and letting everyone become free to pursue their own lives...and watching Fakir fish and work on his story as Duck swam by, at his side, while Mytho and Rue took off to pursue their new lives together...such a great ending. I could hardly ask for anything more from a story.
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Art design. Characters, machines, creatures, places...just what makes one show look so amazing and creative, and others so bland...even if the actual appearance is often similar.
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And to go off in a different direction entirely, I've been watching Mahou Sentai Magiranger as of late, and the costumes that they've got on that show are just incredible. Just...damn, really good stuff, and no small part of why I picked it to watch over any other number of Super Sentai shows I could have watched.
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