Monster

CoolKid3 · Post by **CoolKid3** » December 27th, 2009, 11:55 pm

ranger wrote: I watched like the first four episodes...maybe it's just me, but in the beginning of the anime, it's soooo sloooow. Does it pick up? or what?

Maybe slow at times but it's like Lost... As the series progresses you will learn a lot about the past of the major characters... The side stories may turn you off a little bit but the awesomeness of the series would be appreciated probably midpoint of the series...

kkslider5552000 · December 28th, 2009, 12:23 am

ranger wrote: I watched like the first four episodes...maybe it's just me, but in the beginning of the anime, it's soooo sloooow. Does it pick up? or what?

well if it's anything like 20th Century Boys, hype yes it picks up!

hgokuh · Post by **hgokuh** » December 29th, 2009, 1:56 pm

Monster is one of the best Manga/Animes ever done. I really recommend it to everyone.

kkslider5552000 · Post by **kkslider5552000** » December 29th, 2009, 4:27 pm

lol, Ocelot

ranger · Post by **ranger** » December 29th, 2009, 6:12 pm

CoolKid3 wrote:
ranger wrote: I watched like the first four episodes...maybe it's just me, but in the beginning of the anime, it's soooo sloooow. Does it pick up? or what?
Maybe slow at times but it's like Lost... As the series progresses you will learn a lot about the past of the major characters... The side stories may turn you off a little bit but the awesomeness of the series would be appreciated probably midpoint of the series...

You trying to earn some brownie points mentioning LOST to me? Well, from what I've seen, they can't really compare. Anime vs Live action. Secondly, LOST's character development cannot be rivaled by annnnytthiiing. They have so many characters that have fully developed histories and the connections the writers developed between them is unparalleled by any other show.

Ocelot wrote:
ranger wrote: I watched like the first four episodes...maybe it's just me, but in the beginning of the anime, it's soooo sloooow. Does it pick up? or what?
well, nothing really happens in that series. you can skip about 50 episodes(it really only has 70 episoes) and you will still be able to guess what happened before + predict the final episode.
if you want to watch some episodes about philosophy, you should go to http://www.veoh.com and search for some documentaries.

thanks, i shall do that

ranger · Post by **ranger** » December 31st, 2009, 6:22 pm

Forgive me friends, I forced myself to watch past episode 4, and it got REALLY good at episode 7!!

ahh I really like this show now, inspector lunge is funny as hell with his typing thing..

CoolKid3 · Post by **CoolKid3** » January 4th, 2010, 6:39 am

ranger wrote: You trying to earn some brownie points mentioning LOST to me? Well, from what I've seen, they can't really compare. Anime vs Live action. Secondly, LOST's character development cannot be rivaled by annnnytthiiing. They have so many characters that have fully developed histories and the connections the writers developed between them is unparalleled by any other show.

All I can say is this... " You'll thank me later!" much later I think....
As for the character development, as the series goes on characters really do evolve... Those seemingly random episodes aren't really random at all...

Umandsf · Post by **Umandsf** » January 4th, 2010, 10:19 am

I just read a review of the first DVD release, and it sounds really good. I think I'll add it to my to-watch list.

ranger · Post by **ranger** » January 5th, 2010, 2:46 am

Umandsf wrote: I just read a review of the first DVD release, and it sounds really good. I think I'll add it to my to-watch list.

yeah you should, it starts slow in the first few episodes, however it's just setting the plot. I find Monster's filler episodes, if you can call them fillers, extremely well done. The show just has this aura of intelligence, it's pretty awesome. The characters are well done also.

I haven't watched as much as I want to (im on like episode 21), but it definitely feels like a mix of a mature adventure story and throw in some mystery/realism/adult themes.

ranger · Post by **ranger** » July 11th, 2010, 12:56 am

YESSSS 6 MONTHS LATER I HAVE FINISHED THE SERIES!!!

Spoiler:

Awesome series, its sick how everything, minor or not, comes back up as an important event. Also, I have to give credit to the character development - I loved Tenma's mini-adventures he would have as he would travel through the country side of ze Fatherland and the Czech Republic. That was probably my favorite part - how each character was so fully developed.

The only beef with the series - the anime is waaaay tooo freaking long for its own good - i felt like the animators dragged this shit on more than it had to be. The plot progresses even slower than DC when it comes to the plot episodes.
And because it's so long, you forget a lot with all these complicated German names - I found myself going "wait who's that again?" and looking at wikipedia.

If you're going to start watching, you want to watch it continuously without any breaks, because I did that I forgot shit. The manga is probably a lot better with this issue.

Akonyl · Post by **Akonyl** » July 11th, 2010, 1:25 am

You probably only forgot peoples' names so easily because it took you 6 months to finish it, yeah.

And I just realized I'd never even looked into this thread which had an @me thing in the first post. Good to knwo someone who doesn't post here much anymore (that I can tell) will remember me till they turn crazy, though :V

ranger · Post by **ranger** » July 11th, 2010, 2:08 am

Akonyl wrote: You probably only forgot peoples' names so easily because it took you 6 months to finish it, yeah.

shutup

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