天下制覇

Really? Ice cream?

Impressions:

Aw yeah, babe. CG cars! Okay, I am stretching here, although the CG people later make me feel better about adding it to the imaginary list I’m not keeping. This also steered clear of the internal monologuing briefly that has characterized much of today, instead opting for two friends to summarize each other’s current character traits and future plans. Which is a thought I find oddly hilarious as I think about siting down with my friends at a WcMonalds and deciding that would be the best time to review what we know about each other. The sheer amount of exposition in general was easily the weakest part of the episode too. Especially from around ten minutes in until the ice cream attacked. Exposition is meant to provide enough information to move the story along, not bring everything grinding to a complete halt. They could have cut nearly that entire seven minute span. Sure we would have missed the valuable knowledge that two trains colliding, killing hundreds and unleashing a swarm of monsters into the undercity is a disaster, but I think there were enough contextual clues to pick up on that. Like, say, for example, the two trains colliding, killing hundreds and unleashing a swarm of monsters into the undercity.

Don’t get me wrong, it’s nothing like most of the other… things… from today. There’s exploding ice cream with a machine gun for one. Not horribly animated for two, although they’re going to have to step it up a little higher than CG ice cream. Semi-eventful for three, although again, that middle chunk brought everything to a very unfortunate grinding halt for no good reason. The very Pokemon-ish battles of striking poses while their monsters run around could have been… I don’t know, hidden or something. It’s too corny to be showcased like that at any rate. God willing, unlike Persona’s adaptation, someone will eventually think to pick up a stick and hit something. Or even more astounding, maybe one of the military folks will give the kid who can already summon god beasts from Chinese lore to cause mass destruction a pistol for self-protection so he doesn’t flounder helplessly the first time a pigeon flaps at him.

Anyway, it certainly makes the cut for the first week above most of the rest. Production’s competent, maybe even a little on the upper end, although the actual action sequences themself were not overly impressive. Characters are plainish, but not annoying. Mostly competent with a side of CG ice cream.

Next Episode:

Flying skulls.