After Thoughts: Gunslinger Girl Il Teatrino Episode 1
Now a first for my blog, an anime review. However this one is not for an entire series, but just my thoughts on a first episode. For this post I'll be looking into the first episode of the second season of Gunslinger Girl. So if your one of my friends looking for some good reading, I promise something deep later this week. So skip this post entirely or just keep reading your choice. Just another example of how nerdy I am when it comes to anime. So without further adue here are my impressions.
When I first finished the first season, I felt that somethings just didn't click into place. I was kinda expecting that big bang kind of ending that would have summed up the entire series. However like most animes it leaves you with a sense of "make up your own interpretation of the ending". So some spoilers here so either skip down or cover your eyes until then. To me I felt that even though these girls were going to die eventually, but they wouldn't die empty and alone. That's how I felt end of story. However come this past fall, the announcement of the second season was a shock to me. I knew that the manga continued on the story, but I never expected it. Lots of questions came to my mind like will it continue the story, would the original voice actors return, would we get the same feel and experience the first season showed?
The answer yes, no and it shows promise. I'm going to get a bit nerdy here for a bit but here's my first gripe for the second season. This season has an entirely new voice actors for the characters. Thats a big thing for me, the actors that I loved didn't return. To put it into context for those of you who don't understand, its like this imagine if in the next new season of Heroes (or insert your favorite piece of American television garbage) didn't have the original actors from the previous season or who were originally casted. You get an entirely new feel that's the thing. I'm not mad, but it really makes me scratch my head.
Next up, character designs. I'm disappointed that Madhouse didn't return to do the character designs. The girls look more moe than usual. Which seems out of place if you've watched the first season. The character designs I think are decent are for Triela and Claes, thier designs closely mirror the first season. However I do like the improvements to thier handlers' design. The one thing I miss is the detail on the guns. That's what brought me into the series in the first place. The shine on Henrietta's P90 and Sig looked frighteningly realistic in the first season. This season however its been toned down to a dull sheen or looks like a deadly toy. Overall from what I've read the designs closely resemble the manga, and ultimately thats what I think designers want. People want to see the characters ripped right off the pages and put into full motion, and thats what I want to see as well.
In the end however from what I've seen this season of Gunslinger Girl seems to promise more missions with the girls and thier handlers and I'm happy to see this series back again. So hopefully it'll be another 13 episodes of shooting, relationship developments with the different Fratellos and continuing the story.
When I first finished the first season, I felt that somethings just didn't click into place. I was kinda expecting that big bang kind of ending that would have summed up the entire series. However like most animes it leaves you with a sense of "make up your own interpretation of the ending". So some spoilers here so either skip down or cover your eyes until then. To me I felt that even though these girls were going to die eventually, but they wouldn't die empty and alone. That's how I felt end of story. However come this past fall, the announcement of the second season was a shock to me. I knew that the manga continued on the story, but I never expected it. Lots of questions came to my mind like will it continue the story, would the original voice actors return, would we get the same feel and experience the first season showed?
The answer yes, no and it shows promise. I'm going to get a bit nerdy here for a bit but here's my first gripe for the second season. This season has an entirely new voice actors for the characters. Thats a big thing for me, the actors that I loved didn't return. To put it into context for those of you who don't understand, its like this imagine if in the next new season of Heroes (or insert your favorite piece of American television garbage) didn't have the original actors from the previous season or who were originally casted. You get an entirely new feel that's the thing. I'm not mad, but it really makes me scratch my head.
Next up, character designs. I'm disappointed that Madhouse didn't return to do the character designs. The girls look more moe than usual. Which seems out of place if you've watched the first season. The character designs I think are decent are for Triela and Claes, thier designs closely mirror the first season. However I do like the improvements to thier handlers' design. The one thing I miss is the detail on the guns. That's what brought me into the series in the first place. The shine on Henrietta's P90 and Sig looked frighteningly realistic in the first season. This season however its been toned down to a dull sheen or looks like a deadly toy. Overall from what I've read the designs closely resemble the manga, and ultimately thats what I think designers want. People want to see the characters ripped right off the pages and put into full motion, and thats what I want to see as well.
In the end however from what I've seen this season of Gunslinger Girl seems to promise more missions with the girls and thier handlers and I'm happy to see this series back again. So hopefully it'll be another 13 episodes of shooting, relationship developments with the different Fratellos and continuing the story.
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