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jennariaEARTH GIRL ARJUNA
Genre: Magical Girl
How much seen: one episode (subbed)
What's it about: "Japan does Captain Planet," said B. It's snarky, but it's not inaccurate (at least, insofar as I know anything about Captain Planet). The first episode, before even the credits start, is all talking about the meaning of life. Then we meet our heroine Juna, who is failing at Kyuudo (highly ritualized archery). She's succeeding at relationships - or at least would be succeeding, if she could be bothered to pay as much attention to her boyfriend as he pays to her. She wants to see the sun set over the ocean (despite the fact that they seem to be standing in front of a harbor? Fine, hop on his motorcyle, they'll go up north to the Sea of Japan.
Sadly, this leads to a big accident, and Juna apparently dying on the operating table. Fortunately for her, rather than just 'going toward the light,' she gets shanghaied by someone or something who identifies himself as "Chris," who explains that he needs her to fight the "Raaja," which are totally taking over Earth in the form of pollution, or because of pollution - my notes sadly do not specify which. In return, Juna doesn't die on the operating table. June points out that she hasn't the faintest clue how to fight these Raaja (which seems to be a recurring problem with Magical Girls, really: no training courses), but apparently agrees, given that she does not die at this time.
The drawback is that the agreement is immediately effective. She wakes up and immediately heads out of the hospital to be picked up by a convenient helicopter, which holds the apparently-human Chris and his caretaker, a bitchy telepathic red-head. June gets handed a Magic Stone, and then dropped in front of a malfunctioning nuclear reactor. Nothing like a little stress to make someone show what they're made of!
She does eventually manage the transformation, but not until Chris drops her boyfriend (who's managed to follow her to the reactor) into harm's way. We couldn't help wishing she hadn't. Not that we objected to the boyfriend: just that the transformation sequence was, well, dippy. Really, really dippy. "We're done now," dippy.
Overall opinion: Yeah, no. I do believe in environmentalism, but (1) I watch anime to be entertained, not to be lectured, and (2) nobody ever responds well to implied guilt trips. And that's before ever we get to the '...why does she have Twi'lek lekku on her head?' transformation sequence.
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Six more hours. I can do six more hours, dammit. I just need more caffeine.
24 hours, 49 posts, to benefit the Nature Conservancy. I'm sponsored by XamJapan (Not Just For Ninjas). If you donate - or if you just want to let me know that you, too, are awake - please leave a comment!
Genre: Magical Girl
How much seen: one episode (subbed)
What's it about: "Japan does Captain Planet," said B. It's snarky, but it's not inaccurate (at least, insofar as I know anything about Captain Planet). The first episode, before even the credits start, is all talking about the meaning of life. Then we meet our heroine Juna, who is failing at Kyuudo (highly ritualized archery). She's succeeding at relationships - or at least would be succeeding, if she could be bothered to pay as much attention to her boyfriend as he pays to her. She wants to see the sun set over the ocean (despite the fact that they seem to be standing in front of a harbor? Fine, hop on his motorcyle, they'll go up north to the Sea of Japan.
Sadly, this leads to a big accident, and Juna apparently dying on the operating table. Fortunately for her, rather than just 'going toward the light,' she gets shanghaied by someone or something who identifies himself as "Chris," who explains that he needs her to fight the "Raaja," which are totally taking over Earth in the form of pollution, or because of pollution - my notes sadly do not specify which. In return, Juna doesn't die on the operating table. June points out that she hasn't the faintest clue how to fight these Raaja (which seems to be a recurring problem with Magical Girls, really: no training courses), but apparently agrees, given that she does not die at this time.
The drawback is that the agreement is immediately effective. She wakes up and immediately heads out of the hospital to be picked up by a convenient helicopter, which holds the apparently-human Chris and his caretaker, a bitchy telepathic red-head. June gets handed a Magic Stone, and then dropped in front of a malfunctioning nuclear reactor. Nothing like a little stress to make someone show what they're made of!
She does eventually manage the transformation, but not until Chris drops her boyfriend (who's managed to follow her to the reactor) into harm's way. We couldn't help wishing she hadn't. Not that we objected to the boyfriend: just that the transformation sequence was, well, dippy. Really, really dippy. "We're done now," dippy.
Overall opinion: Yeah, no. I do believe in environmentalism, but (1) I watch anime to be entertained, not to be lectured, and (2) nobody ever responds well to implied guilt trips. And that's before ever we get to the '...why does she have Twi'lek lekku on her head?' transformation sequence.
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Six more hours. I can do six more hours, dammit. I just need more caffeine.
24 hours, 49 posts, to benefit the Nature Conservancy. I'm sponsored by XamJapan (Not Just For Ninjas). If you donate - or if you just want to let me know that you, too, are awake - please leave a comment!
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Date: 2011-07-31 07:37 am (UTC)Re: :-)
Date: 2011-07-31 07:55 am (UTC)