Comments on: Sky Girls Catchup: 08-10

By: rikki

rikki — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 23:24:40 +0000

hey a least put a naked guy that really shows his thingy and put a girl in it that she can suck on it for long but make shure that people are able to see his dick

By: Stripey

Stripey — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 05:46:18 +0000

Having just caught up with ep 10, I’d have to say I hardly consider ep 10 as fillerish. As you have mentioned there was character development and it also builds on one of the greater story elements – the technology behind the sonic divers. The astral boy we see could well be Otoha’s brother which would explain the excellent syn-rate she gets with Zero. (yes, it does feels Eva-esque) :P

And I totally agree with Alias. The character development has been consistent and coherent which actually is one of the strengths of JC Staff productions. No huge flashbacks to dump an entire backstory but a controlled release to build up the characters equally and steadily. This is good storytelling imo :)

@Alias: Nanoskin tech is same as WORM since it’s both destroyed using this harmonics-whatever XD Which of course makes the SD technology a lot more intriguing even if it runs the risk of copying a plot device from Evangelion :)

By: Alias

Alias — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 10:43:48 +0000

From my point of view, Sky girls has, so far, done a great job in developing the various charaters. In most other animes, or for that matter, most stories, there are only one or two points which really makes a great impact on the charater’s point of view. Sky girls managed to spread out the charater development fairly nicely and it really helps the audiences to assosciate with the charaters.

That aside, I’m frankly quite suprised with the consistent high quality of the show. There aren’t many animes with quality such as this, and maintaining a fair level of it for 10 episodes is bound to cost alot. Anyone has any idea how much the budget for this thing is?

As for the WORMs, I’m not exactly certain about what exactly are they, except that they can not be biological, or at least not completely. It really makes me wonder if the Nanoskin or the Sonic diver is based of technology of the worms, which would certainly explain the “whims” of Reijin and Raijin.

By: Sasa

Sasa — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 05:57:34 +0000

Wow, a nice entry! I am wondering whether I should pick up the series again…

Your little spoiler about Gurren Lagann totally reminded me of the Bokurano manga (I haven’t seen the anime but it seems like the story is different). Kirie, one of the boys, asks whether people never cry for the dying nameless people in blockbusters, but they are happy as long as the hero has survived; while he himself found himself not able to feel happiness because of all those deaths. I found that quite thoughtful (and I realized that whenever I watch anime or action movies, I do care more about the primary characters.)

By: BrikHaus

BrikHaus — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 00:54:59 +0000

@ Siva: What’s wrong with my way of watching Sky Girls? I’m actually totally calm, but I just happen to think the show is a piece of crap. There really is no storyline to follow, just episodes about hot springs, missing pens, and lost bras. I can really only take so much of that. There really isn’t even any character development, but rather a disgusting showcase of 1 dimensional moe stereotypes. And in a show about the military and an alien invasion there should at least be a little action. But after 8 episodes of nothing, I figured it was time to move on. Finally, I don’t force myself to expect something great, but I do have high standards in what I watch. I won’t often (although I will occasionally) continue to watch a show that doesn’t even attempt to have any sort of intelligence or excitement. We shouldn’t lower our standards when a series is weak, because when we do that, shows like Sky Girls continued to be made.

By: 2G

2G — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 03:30:03 +0000

I’ve been following the series but i still don’t know what on earth the WORM’s are….

By: Siva

Siva — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 01:21:39 +0000

So i was right again, Shirukii? that i stated in the last post, “Sky Girls is still need a few more eps before u can see its action started.”

The development of character is a need at some point but some people could careless about it and that is the reason they dont like a slow series like this one.
Oh yea, Karen in ep9 was a good one but it maybe a little bit too short for me to see her in action like that. Karen’s softies on the outside and strong on the inside, and her accurate calculation just as what i expect from her character.
At least it makes me start to like Ryohei a little bit.

@BrikHaus: your way of watching Sky Girls is not a good way to do it. If u want to enjoy watching Sky girls u need to calm down urself and follow the story line without forcing urself expect something really great from it. If u can do that u will find out that there is something great in it and it is all just as what Shirukii stated in his opinion.

By: BrikHaus

BrikHaus — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 23:36:59 +0000

I started out really liking this show, but it devolved into a huge steaming pile of shit. I didn’t even finish the hot springs episode. That was all I could take of it. If it gets substantially better maybe I’ll give it a second chance…