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Past Seasons
Been watching plenty of short, standalone Pokemon anime. Their production quality is top-notch.
Hisuian Snow - Reminds me of How To Train Your Dragon, but somehow I couldn’t really get into it. Perhaps it’s because the protagonist didn’t have enough interaction with Zorua / Zoruak. 7 / 10
Twilight Wings - Apparently it serves as backstory for one of the latest gen games or something, but I did not play them so I didn’t get any of the references or easter eggs. Still a wholesome watch though. 8 / 10
Paldean Winds - This one felt like it has more of an overarching plot compared to Twilight Wings. I enjoyed it more. 9 / 10
Dragonite and the Postman - This right here is my favourite of the lot. I like this story most - perhaps because the stakes here are higher (but tbf the stakes were low across the board). The visuals are stunning. I also find it cool how they change from the modern artstyle to an older-looking one during flashbacks. Instant 10 / 10
With how good modern Pokemon anime turned out to be, I thought I’d check Pokemon: Horizons out. But it has 100+ episodes, so looks like I won’t be touching it for a while.
I also tried Code Geass but dropped it after 5 episodes. It has many elements of Gundam which I usually like: warfare, politics, discrimination / classism, friends-turned-enemies. Heck, it is even similar on a superficial level with the Char clones, Lacus clone and mechs.
The problem is with the main characters.
The way Lelouch behaved is just like Light from Death Note, which makes him so dislikable. Had his cause not been just, I would be gladly cheering for his downfall like I did for Tanya in The Saga of Tanya the Evil. But that’s not the case. So now I can’t really root for / against him.
Suzaku on the other hand is a stereotypically dumb protagonist. I get some of the logic in what he’s saying, but his naivety is too much for me to handle.
With such dislikable main characters, I’d naturally dislike the show. 2 / 10
I won’t discount resuming it if people tell me that the story becomes that great later on.
The ending of Code Geass is worth it and I consider it among the top-tier endings in anime.
Is this ending that of season 1, or of the whole story?
Definitely the ending of the whole story I’m afraid.
Code Geass’s story really is just that great, but if you don’t like the main characters I can’t really recommend you resume - I don’t think they fundamentally change much by the end. It’s not like there’s a shortage of other great anime to watch after all.
I tried Code Geass as my 1st anime and dropped it 1st episode haha. I didn’t like the OP and the artstyle. Apparently that was enough at the time.
Then I tried SAO (I know), and here I am, 12-13 years later: weeb and still haven’t watched Code Geass.
Just own it bro.
At this point, SAO is overhated. Yes, some parts of the story are mediocre, but you see mediocrity in many other shows and yet they don’t receive the same level of vitriol.
And its peaks are strong enough to contend with other top-tier anime.
True, but the reason for the vitriol is because most mediocre anime aren’t nearly as popular as SAO.
Code Geass is one of those series that I haven’t watched yet, but I have only heard great things about. So, it’s interesting to see a different take on it. From what I do know from clips and discussions is that Lelouch is meant to be that way, an over the top character. I can see how that can be polarizing though (I don’t have a lot of love for Light either tbh).