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kutsuwamushi
Take that, Edward Cullen.
There seem to be two animated versions of Hellsing. I thought I would try this one, because I couldn't remember if it sucked or not, and because someone on Netflix said it was the version truer to the manga.
So far it has been mostly pulled from the manga, just slightly rearranged. It loses something in the transition, though. The animation shortcuts make it drastically less creepy, and attempts to emulate the style of the manga fall flat. I'm not sure if the visual style of Hellsing is suited to animation, but a decent attempt would require a bigger budget. And more imagination.
That and condensing the storyline made it even more stupid. We have two things: clumsy exposition, and violence. The manga is completely ridiculous, but it has something that makes it entertaining all the same. Style, a bit of a story... Not so much this anime.
I think I'll remove the rest of this from my Netflix queue unless someone says, "no, wait, it gets better!"
MEANWHILE, IN THE SPACE CRAVAT ANIME, A LOT HAS HAPPENED.
When I last watched, the Tytanian dukes were embarrassing themselves by losing important battles to various types of riffraff: pirates, doctors of philosophy, men with no cravats. Fan Hyulick, a member of he latter category, had been particularly annoying, and so Tytania was after him.
Alses, Duke Zarlish's horrible little brother - from now own referred to as "the squid" - captured the woman in stupid pants and decided to use her as bait.
It backfired, because he sucks.
Fan Hyulick rescues the plot device. Kind of.
STOP READING IF YOU CARE ABOUT SPOILERS
What is is about becoming the love interest that makes female characters so annoying? Don't answer that; it was rhetorical.
As soon as she sees Fan, Lira turned from slightly annoying into completely annoying. All of her personality suddenly leaked out of the holes in her clothes. One minute she's kneeing a soldier in the groin and stealing his gun, and the next, she's clinging to Fan and whimpering his name.
Even her death was annoying. As she "bravely" and completely unnecessarily sacrificed herself to the squid's man-eating eels so that Fan could escape, I wanted to punch her and the writers in the face.
BUT AT LEAST SHE AND HER STUPID PANTS ARE GONE.
On the other hand, so is half of the squid's face, and all of the squid's dignity - not that he had much to start with. He gets himself a dramatic mask on very short notice. It makes one think that he went as the Phantom of the Opera for Halloween last year.
Idris tells Alses not to stand out too much. Idris has a mean sense of humor. His next joke: feeding his dinner guests their own children.
No one likes the squid except his mother, so the Tytanians use him as bait to draw out Fan Hyulick, who kills him and then gets away again. YOU GUYS NEED TO LET JOUSLAIN COME UP WITH YOUR TRAPS. HE'S THE ONLY ONE ANY GOOD AT THEM.
Stop making that expression. It makes the feathers in your space cravat much less effective at keeping people from taking you seriously. Also, stop killing off treasonous family members.
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Date: 2009-11-20 02:20 am (UTC)Also the other soundtracks were much more awesomer.
SPACE CRAVAT SPACE CRAVAT SPACE CRAVAT
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Date: 2009-11-20 07:08 pm (UTC)ALSO, YOU SHOULD WATCH THE SPACE CRAVAT ANIME.
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Date: 2009-11-20 02:05 pm (UTC)What really irritates me is how Fan seems so goddamn smitten with her. The only real basis for this appears to be her making a good omelet. The only other thing she's ever done is try to cram him into her big damn hero mold.
So yeah, I'm hoping there was some development there that was cut for time and simplicity.
Mahdi is the real love interest anyway.
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Date: 2009-11-20 07:06 pm (UTC)But I'm too preoccupied with Dr. Asshole's torrid behind-the-scenes romance with Princess Miranda to care. Oh, that and Jouslain and Aryabhata's late-night tickle fights.