If you're not into anime, this post probably isn't your cup of tea.
Also the gripe list is sorta just there for people who want to read my gripe with a terrible anime series.
Burst Angel (4/5):
I really liked this anime and yet I can't explain what I liked about it.
It's like the combination between a western, a giant robot anime, and an alien sci-fi flick.
Aside from flimsy continuity, I thought for an anime it was pretty good.
Elfen Lied (4/5):
This show was done extremely well with an extreme emphasis on noir.
It's like watching a picture of a person getting butchered. You find it grotesque and yet you can't stop from watching. Lots of gore, violence, and curse words. Think twenty-three deaths in seven minutes with a ton of dismemberment.
It is definitely a downer so I wouldn't recommend it to anyone who likes light-hearted Anime. The plot and story were fairly well written, but I could see the manga being better. Jamming a ton of content into thirteen episodes is not generally a good idea.
High School of the Dead (HSOD) (0/5):
Yep. That's right a zero.
It's like watching American Porn with zombies or in other words, Zombie Strippers.
The makers of this Anime did a poor job storytelling for more than one reason. As a once film student, I'm fully aware of the term "suspension of disbelief" but...
*Spoiler Alert*
my long gripe list
0. They never go into the cause of the so called zombie pandemic. The main characters just seem to accept the fact that for unexplained reasons that the entire world has turned into zombies on a pandemic scale simultaneously around the world.
1. Boob and Ass shots are supposed to be used at appropriate times. I'm a fan of the female form, but I don't expect all female characters to have tripple E's with short skirts and skin tight uniforms.
2. Character development really helps. This anime pigeonholes the characters a lot.
3. Their use of Air Force One was actually more random than that used in Escape from New York. In the film Escape from New York,
the very premise is driven on the event of what happens to Air Force One.
In High School of the Dead (HSOD), the events on Air Force One was more of an afterthought used as a plot device to finally put the series out of its misery.
4. If anything happens to Air Force One, the President of the United States should be the last one in harms way.
In HSOD, the president and secretary general are both temporarily safe in a zombie infested plane, but bitten. It should be mention that in the safe room the president is in, there is an officer who is good enough to kill a secretary general who is about to turn, but just inept enough to let the president get bitten.
5. The use of EMP was kinda stupid. Assuming the world is already in a state of Apocalypse, there's really no reason to use EMPs or Nukes.
6. Zombies are either lethal or not.
7. Japan, Taiwan, and China are way more prepared for zombie apocalypse than the US. The use of metal gates and bars sure beats our crystal clear windows.
8. A vehicle with glass windows is not going to protect you from a horde of hungry zombies.
9. If a manga or book is too long to fit in 13 episodes or two hours then write according to the material you have.
10. A girl's chest cannot adequately balance the kickback on an AK47 or any assault rifle.
11. Cement road blocks do not impede a zombies range of motion.
12. If someone is bitten by a zombie, kill them before they turn. No such thing as second place with Darwinism.
13. When a little girl urinates on you, the smell will linger.
14. If you are within reach of a zombie, they will try to grab you.
15. No matter how perverted, a couple consisting of a male and female will have to engage in intercourse to repopulate the human race.
16. In order for a zombie outbreak to locally occur, there must logically be a local cause. an entire submarine or Air Force One are not just gonna have zombies aboard.
17. The workers at the power plant and water treatment plant are probably dead. There should be very little, if any, resources.
18. Depending on the zombie breed, zombies should attack animals as well as humans.
19. When in contact with infected blood, there should be a risk of infection. In HSOD, they make it so that blood contact is irrelevant but a bite will turn you.
20. Not all vehicles are amphibious.
21. Fire should kill zombies very fast.
22. At point blank range, a shotgun will still hit multiple zombies even with bad aim. I guess if you hit one or fewer zombies that you are a really bad shot.
23. If you see someone bitten by a zombie, it's a really bad idea to just ignore it. The main character kinda does this and ends up regretting it as it sets off a chain reaction. Not related to 19.
24. If you're going to name an anime High School of the Dead, there better be a reason you chose it.
25. Homicidal tendencies are probably not what you should be worrying about when you're trying to avoid being eaten.
26. Infected turning time should be within some kind of static range.
27. Time does not change speed just to save the main character. If its red, its dead.
28. When attacked by the walking dead, clothes will be ripped and a good amount of blood should reside on the characters.
29. School girls should be creeped out when getting groped by their teachers.
30. falling off a humvee into an asphalt pavement at a high rate of speed usually leaves more than just a bruise.
31. A terrible way to end an anime is having the main characters run into a wave of zombies shooting, slashing, and screaming for no reason.
*/Spoiler Alert*
Also the gripe list is sorta just there for people who want to read my gripe with a terrible anime series.
Burst Angel (4/5):
I really liked this anime and yet I can't explain what I liked about it.
It's like the combination between a western, a giant robot anime, and an alien sci-fi flick.
Aside from flimsy continuity, I thought for an anime it was pretty good.
Elfen Lied (4/5):
This show was done extremely well with an extreme emphasis on noir.
It's like watching a picture of a person getting butchered. You find it grotesque and yet you can't stop from watching. Lots of gore, violence, and curse words. Think twenty-three deaths in seven minutes with a ton of dismemberment.
It is definitely a downer so I wouldn't recommend it to anyone who likes light-hearted Anime. The plot and story were fairly well written, but I could see the manga being better. Jamming a ton of content into thirteen episodes is not generally a good idea.
High School of the Dead (HSOD) (0/5):
Yep. That's right a zero.
It's like watching American Porn with zombies or in other words, Zombie Strippers.
The makers of this Anime did a poor job storytelling for more than one reason. As a once film student, I'm fully aware of the term "suspension of disbelief" but...
*Spoiler Alert*
my long gripe list
0. They never go into the cause of the so called zombie pandemic. The main characters just seem to accept the fact that for unexplained reasons that the entire world has turned into zombies on a pandemic scale simultaneously around the world.
1. Boob and Ass shots are supposed to be used at appropriate times. I'm a fan of the female form, but I don't expect all female characters to have tripple E's with short skirts and skin tight uniforms.
2. Character development really helps. This anime pigeonholes the characters a lot.
3. Their use of Air Force One was actually more random than that used in Escape from New York. In the film Escape from New York,
the very premise is driven on the event of what happens to Air Force One.
In High School of the Dead (HSOD), the events on Air Force One was more of an afterthought used as a plot device to finally put the series out of its misery.
4. If anything happens to Air Force One, the President of the United States should be the last one in harms way.
In HSOD, the president and secretary general are both temporarily safe in a zombie infested plane, but bitten. It should be mention that in the safe room the president is in, there is an officer who is good enough to kill a secretary general who is about to turn, but just inept enough to let the president get bitten.
5. The use of EMP was kinda stupid. Assuming the world is already in a state of Apocalypse, there's really no reason to use EMPs or Nukes.
6. Zombies are either lethal or not.
7. Japan, Taiwan, and China are way more prepared for zombie apocalypse than the US. The use of metal gates and bars sure beats our crystal clear windows.
8. A vehicle with glass windows is not going to protect you from a horde of hungry zombies.
9. If a manga or book is too long to fit in 13 episodes or two hours then write according to the material you have.
10. A girl's chest cannot adequately balance the kickback on an AK47 or any assault rifle.
11. Cement road blocks do not impede a zombies range of motion.
12. If someone is bitten by a zombie, kill them before they turn. No such thing as second place with Darwinism.
13. When a little girl urinates on you, the smell will linger.
14. If you are within reach of a zombie, they will try to grab you.
15. No matter how perverted, a couple consisting of a male and female will have to engage in intercourse to repopulate the human race.
16. In order for a zombie outbreak to locally occur, there must logically be a local cause. an entire submarine or Air Force One are not just gonna have zombies aboard.
17. The workers at the power plant and water treatment plant are probably dead. There should be very little, if any, resources.
18. Depending on the zombie breed, zombies should attack animals as well as humans.
19. When in contact with infected blood, there should be a risk of infection. In HSOD, they make it so that blood contact is irrelevant but a bite will turn you.
20. Not all vehicles are amphibious.
21. Fire should kill zombies very fast.
22. At point blank range, a shotgun will still hit multiple zombies even with bad aim. I guess if you hit one or fewer zombies that you are a really bad shot.
23. If you see someone bitten by a zombie, it's a really bad idea to just ignore it. The main character kinda does this and ends up regretting it as it sets off a chain reaction. Not related to 19.
24. If you're going to name an anime High School of the Dead, there better be a reason you chose it.
25. Homicidal tendencies are probably not what you should be worrying about when you're trying to avoid being eaten.
26. Infected turning time should be within some kind of static range.
27. Time does not change speed just to save the main character. If its red, its dead.
28. When attacked by the walking dead, clothes will be ripped and a good amount of blood should reside on the characters.
29. School girls should be creeped out when getting groped by their teachers.
30. falling off a humvee into an asphalt pavement at a high rate of speed usually leaves more than just a bruise.
31. A terrible way to end an anime is having the main characters run into a wave of zombies shooting, slashing, and screaming for no reason.
*/Spoiler Alert*
