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Your opinion did not ruffle my feathers, I just found the "unnaturally flat and two-dimensional" statement about a 2D medium to be quite funny. However, with your additional comment about how you would have liked more shading to add depth to the characters, I can now fully understand your opinion. I also apologize if my previous comment came off as rude and snarky. Sousuke's inability to express himself has been a part of his character since the past 3 seasons, but even in the first episode of IV he's making progress because he actually went ahead and held Kaname's hand, which was huge for Sousuke actually acting more like a regular teenager. I also think Gates from TSR was more like Dr. Evil, whereas Leonard is more of the calm, yet calculating type who only shows his most upmost emotions when confronting something like Sousuke's courageous heroism. Nevertheless, if you do not like the art-style, there's no point in forcing yourself to watch something you do not enjoy. Let us both agree not much was particularly done well in episode 10, including a certain reveal towards the end. Although I still find Courtney pretty funny: From my point of view the Namsac arc was a real step out of what viewers/ readers were previously accustom to when it came to FMP. It was like a refreshing restart for Sousuke. Imagine a place where Sousuke was actually good at his job, respected for his job, and had a potential love interest that did not always criticize him for every of his action he took. The Namsac arc is also consistent with TSR and the earlier four episodes of IV where Sousuke keeps thinking about going off on his own away from Mithril and the Namsac arc showcases what that could be like. While Sousuke has some mild success in Namasac, reality comes back to him when all of these good times get taken away from him. As for your previous comment about, "they should have done a true to form adaptation, blending all those stories into something original." This statement does not really make sense and I would recommend being careful in your choice of words, as this statement would usually imply some kind of filler or original material that was not in the previous adaptation. However, after reading your additional comments, it just sounds more like what you actually wanted was a smoother transition between each story arc in IV. At least in my opinion, the transition from episode 4 to 5 felt okay because we see Sousuke making that big step out of school and going into episode 5 as something completely new. I think the more abrupt transition from Japan to Namsac worked for the narrative and I'm sticking by it. The transition between the end of the Namsac arc and this current arc has also been okay as it goes back to Sousuke and Lemon while also giving us the much needed current situation Mithril is in. People generally care that the adaptation is faithful to the source material especially in anime because the source material is what made the story popular in the first place. I will agree with you a 1:1 adaptation does not work, but it should only be minor changes made at best to fit the next medium as necessary. Although, what could be considered minor is totally subjective and is probably different between the both of us. Furthermore. the only reason the original FMP and TSR had to have original content added at the time, was because the novels and manga were simply unfinished. However with IV, the novels and the Sigma manga have been completed so at least in my mind it makes sense to go with a faithful adaptation because the material is already there. Why make more work for yourself? Anyways, this long analysis takes me back to the old days of discussing anime and maybe we should all sit back and enjoy ourselves sometimes instead of pointing out all of the flaws.

This is a 12 episode season. 4 episodes dedicated per novel. Storytelling bad? I have to disagree completely. A little fast? Yes. One of the reasons why I enjoy this season a good amount, is because things are actually happening and it doesn't take 10 episodes of meandering in space to get somewhere plot relevant. Blending the story arcs into something original rarely works well at least in anime. Fans of the novels would have complained they weren't faithfully adapted and they're still complaining about all of the changes made in TSR. Although I like some of the changes made in TSR especially Gate's character, but honestly I have seen enough " anime original" material that skewed away from the original source material ( naruto, bleach, violet evergarden, kenshin, the first Fate/Stay Night anime) that the odds would not be in it's favor.

Every time I see it, I want one, but then I see the reviews and then shrug away. It would be nice if ET made some significant build quality improvements to the Zeta and Iota, but I am not hopeful.

I definitely hope the blu-ray improves some of the funkier faces, some of the music placement and even some of the material they obviously cut out due to time constraints. Episode 10 was bad in terms of character art, although not the worse I have ever seen ( Gundam IBO S1 and Muv Love Total Eclipse are still worse). Episode 11+ 12 being an hour special and airing all the way to July 18th....hopefully they have enough time to make it look decent. I have waited 13 years to see the laevatein animated, I hope things will be okay. LOL oddly two-dimensional.....like this was an animated cartoon or something? Whelp, you're missing out on a pretty solid story, but whatever.

00 7 swords, first release Exia, battle damaged Exia, and Laevatein have all gotten loose in some of their joints for me. Everything strike freedom onwards has been quite good except my Arbalest which had a loose ankle joint out of the box.

Some of the older releases turned floppy, but could be tightened back up with some floor polish. Starting around strike freedom, Bandai started reinforcing the joints to stay tight longer at least IMO.

The "Die Hard in a boat incident" was not animated. On the one hand I think KyoAni can animate well, after the work on FMP years ago the president of KyoAni claimed TSR tired them out and would probably not animate mechs again (which has been true for the past 13 years). After watching Violet Evergarden I think KyoAni would have added a lot of unnecessary changes to FMP instead of straight up adapting the source material like Xebec is doing. Additionally, KyoAni's night scenes in Violet Evergarden were so poorly lit you could not see what was happening. Why draw all of these amazing frames of animation when you can't see most of what is happening? Xebec did a good job on lighting all of the night scenes during the Burning One Man Force arc in IV. On the other hand, I'm not quite use to the redesigns Xebec used for the characters in FMP IV. They're like a hybrid of their former anime and manga incarnations, leaning closer to their manga designs. What I do appreciate most about this Xebec adaptation is their attention to mechanical detail on close-ups on any of the arm-slaves, guns, cars, engines etc.

Not to be a party pooper on the E=X Garland, but Japanese reviews, especially on amazon have not been favorable. Brace yourselves for those who bought it.

It looks like the Freeing E=X Garland is out in the wild.

There should be two rectangle divets on each side of the booster, trying grabbing on to those with your finger nails and then trying pulling it out. I opened Ray up today and I definitely agree the tolerances are better on this toy over Stig's. I moved around the armor bits and ankle guards a lot and nothing popped off making this a much more positive experience. Oddly, the crotch piece is a little higher than Stig's and now I really can't use the lower waist joint at all, but hey that means I won't be tempted to chip paint. I'm almost tempted to sell my V1 Stig and pick up the reissue in September if there's a chance the build quality will be better. Oh yeah and there were zero stress marks on Ray's handlebars.

I could use a Ground Gundam and EZ-8, it would be EZ money. Gouf custom too. But seriously, 0083 line and I might be able to quit Gundam forever.

I think as long as the cannons hold their position it should be fine? The ARMDs were a pain in the ass to put on. So much so I was basically lightly sanding off the top coat on the connectors in order to get them on.

While I don't like the art style, this is just a kids show marketed towards kids , therefore this doesn't affect me. No harm no foul.

FMP Another is set 10 years after the end of FMP. Episode 5 is following the novel Burning One Man Force which is the novel right after Continuing On My Own ( ep 1-4). Episode 5 is not the past, it's the present. You'll find out more why Sousuke went to Namsac later.

It feels good that this Yamato remake is finally getting the attention it deserves internationally with official subs and bluray releases coming down the pipeline. It's a good time to be a fan.

Beware of the small clear plastic adapter pieces! They're very fragile.

Yeah, that sounds like them. It was like that for Zero, UBW, Apocrypha, and now Heaven's Feel. The Fate gatekeepers be angry and whiny. It's a good thing the shows still entertain me.

Kind of like the Fate franchise or the Netflix Voltron fandom, I just choose to ignore most of them and I'm much happier for it. Gosh, being in the premiere for Heaven's Feel was one of the worst decisions I ever made.

You can count me in as one. I only need one and I'm good. I don't need anymore YF-19s after this.

You opened Pandora's Box you poor poor fool.

Whew, somehow got one. And now the madness is over for me.

Here we go again.

I sent an email asking if there was some kind of mistake. Will see how this goes....

I keep refreshing and nothing happens. So who wants to contact CD Japan and ask them what happened?

Wait, was this for the 36,000 yen one? Because u can add that one to your cart......if you're desperate.