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jennariaGETBACKERS
Genre: Action and Adventure
How much seen: one episode (subbed)
What it's about: At first, it's about a team of two men who claim they can get back anything that's been lost. Anything. Later on, I'm given to understand it gets more complicated, in large part because Ginji in particular apparently has a History which the first episode only hints at.
For that first episode - well, honestly, if I went by the opening credits, apparently the series is all about how adorable Ginji and Ban are! It does give us a good general overview of their characters and what they can do (and, unfortunately, what they can't do - like consistently earn enough money that they eat regularly, or park in places where their car won't get towed). They get a good chance to kick a bit of ass - even without the recommendations I'd gotten for this series, I'd be at least intrigued.
Overall reaction: I'm intrigued - but not swept off my feet. Between Ginji's childlike attitude, and the tendency to have him pop chibi at the drop of a hat (while Ban doesn't), the clear and obvious bond between Ban and Ginji is, well, clear and obvious and I'm sort of uneasily hoping it isn't romantic. Or that I'm missing something about Ginji. Which is certainly possible, given I have all of one episode's worth of evidence here.
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Genre: Action and Adventure
How much seen: one episode (subbed)
What it's about: At first, it's about a team of two men who claim they can get back anything that's been lost. Anything. Later on, I'm given to understand it gets more complicated, in large part because Ginji in particular apparently has a History which the first episode only hints at.
For that first episode - well, honestly, if I went by the opening credits, apparently the series is all about how adorable Ginji and Ban are! It does give us a good general overview of their characters and what they can do (and, unfortunately, what they can't do - like consistently earn enough money that they eat regularly, or park in places where their car won't get towed). They get a good chance to kick a bit of ass - even without the recommendations I'd gotten for this series, I'd be at least intrigued.
Overall reaction: I'm intrigued - but not swept off my feet. Between Ginji's childlike attitude, and the tendency to have him pop chibi at the drop of a hat (while Ban doesn't), the clear and obvious bond between Ban and Ginji is, well, clear and obvious and I'm sort of uneasily hoping it isn't romantic. Or that I'm missing something about Ginji. Which is certainly possible, given I have all of one episode's worth of evidence here.
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P has headed off, telling me to send Stef out to get me breakfast come morning. Easy for him to say.
24 hours, 49 posts - seven hours left! As always, if you donate to the Nature Conservancy, let me know, as I'll be matching all donations!
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Date: 2011-07-31 04:49 pm (UTC)But it really /is/ all about how adorable Ban and Ginji are together. Well, and saving the world, but mostly about the adorable.
The manga is harder edged, so you might want to give that a look-in if the anime is too tooth-rotting for you. The manga also goes on for a lot longer and makes more sense of the "weird world, screwed up cosmology" hints that get dropped.
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Date: 2011-07-31 07:25 pm (UTC)I vaguely remember glancing at the Getbackers manga ages ago, getting the impression that Ban and Ginji just sorta failed at day-to-day life, and putting it back down. Ironically, that idea is there in the episode I watched as well, but it didn't feel as, mmmm...I don't know, I wasn't as sensitive to it? So it could just be one of those 'wrong time for the story' sorts of things.
In the meantime, Kay has procured a copy of several episodes for me, so I can give them a try - and I know that my local library has a copy of the manga (see above), so I've got that for back-up!