EPTOn October 15 2018 13:24 BigFan wrote:
So, I finished watching the Yamato anime recently. Apparently, this anime is the star wars of Japan, go figure. I was reminded greatly of SDM Macross though to be fair, Macross was actually inspired from Yamato and not the other way around. The anime itself was an enjoyable watch, but I couldn't help but feel like something was missing. One of the hardest things to swallow was the constant battles. You'll be shown that the Yamato is battling so many ships, and they are extremely damaged yet somehow they become victorious or the enemies are total nincompoops.
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If anyone has any thoughts on the anime, please share!
So, I finished watching the Yamato anime recently. Apparently, this anime is the star wars of Japan, go figure. I was reminded greatly of SDM Macross though to be fair, Macross was actually inspired from Yamato and not the other way around. The anime itself was an enjoyable watch, but I couldn't help but feel like something was missing. One of the hardest things to swallow was the constant battles. You'll be shown that the Yamato is battling so many ships, and they are extremely damaged yet somehow they become victorious or the enemies are total nincompoops.
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For example, Yamato stormed Balun despite there being what, hundreds of thousands of ships there? Then what happens? Well, all the commanders are idiots apparently because they start shooting at the Yamato in turn hitting each other and then the Yamato somehow makes it to the gate, fires the phase cannon, and jumps right as the planet explodes killing lots of Garmillans, and destroying lots of ship. It feels just way way way too easy for what's going on. Like wtf man, you have a ton of ships and sure, sometimes going hard and by surprise is the way, but this felt really exaggerated.
The romance between Kodai and Yuki was sometimes hard to swallow too, and it's likely because the original anime is old, but this whole "I help save her, she changes her attitude and starts to like me" starts to get really old. Yes, maybe it was a bit more original then, but couldn't they have found some other way to get them to like each other. This is something that I feel a lot of anime do. Get the MC that is hated to save/help the other character that dislikes him and tada, they are now the best of friends!
Then there was the cosmo reverser, and Mamoru deciding to revive Yuki's life after she was apparently dead. I mean, ok? Doesn't that work based off the memory of the object or something? If that's the case, did Mamoru really know Yuki well enough? Wouldn't this also affect her memory to some degree? I mean, don't get me wrong, a happy ending is great and all, but I was surprised when she ended up in a coma and figured that maybe something will happen to help her wake up. Then the cosmo reverse shuts off after it gets used, and powers up again? Why? Did the captain dying have anything to do with this? They talked about how miracles don't just happen, yet they then had that happen.
Desler and the way he acts is also way too bizzare as well. Namely, him trying to drop a portion of the fortress on the capital. Like, how the hell does that help you make a case for combining Garmilla and Iscandar together? It was extremely extremely stupid. From my perspective, this was done mainly to help the rest of Garmilla accept the Yamato after they saved them from death. I can't comprehend what Desler was thinking at all. From that perspective, how is the first princess of Iscandar even ok with how he acts? Guess being in love makes you blind to stupidly.
The trip itself did feel long, and the back story was good too. However, in comparison to something like LoGH, the whole scale felt really really tiny. You'll also have the character act really bizzare, like the ghost of that Iscandarian taking over whatever her name was, and no one even thinking much of it or the captain constantly having those attacks, and being relieved of duty temporary, or the takeover attempt of Yamato for the plan to relocate humanity. Problem is, they never did confirm if the planet they found was habitable, neither did they think about the Garmillas attacking that planet instead, or how they would relocate all of humanity to a place lots of light years away.
There's more, but I'll mention one last thing. Theory of relativity which is something that's accepted in the scientific community. Traveling faster than the speed of light has consequences, aka, when they went back to earth, there should be no one alive haha if my understanding of the theory is correct since they age normally, but the rest age relatively. In other words, there was no way to save the earth. Obviously, that was not the case, and I'm ok with ignoring the theory for the sake of a fun anime.
The romance between Kodai and Yuki was sometimes hard to swallow too, and it's likely because the original anime is old, but this whole "I help save her, she changes her attitude and starts to like me" starts to get really old. Yes, maybe it was a bit more original then, but couldn't they have found some other way to get them to like each other. This is something that I feel a lot of anime do. Get the MC that is hated to save/help the other character that dislikes him and tada, they are now the best of friends!
Then there was the cosmo reverser, and Mamoru deciding to revive Yuki's life after she was apparently dead. I mean, ok? Doesn't that work based off the memory of the object or something? If that's the case, did Mamoru really know Yuki well enough? Wouldn't this also affect her memory to some degree? I mean, don't get me wrong, a happy ending is great and all, but I was surprised when she ended up in a coma and figured that maybe something will happen to help her wake up. Then the cosmo reverse shuts off after it gets used, and powers up again? Why? Did the captain dying have anything to do with this? They talked about how miracles don't just happen, yet they then had that happen.
Desler and the way he acts is also way too bizzare as well. Namely, him trying to drop a portion of the fortress on the capital. Like, how the hell does that help you make a case for combining Garmilla and Iscandar together? It was extremely extremely stupid. From my perspective, this was done mainly to help the rest of Garmilla accept the Yamato after they saved them from death. I can't comprehend what Desler was thinking at all. From that perspective, how is the first princess of Iscandar even ok with how he acts? Guess being in love makes you blind to stupidly.
The trip itself did feel long, and the back story was good too. However, in comparison to something like LoGH, the whole scale felt really really tiny. You'll also have the character act really bizzare, like the ghost of that Iscandarian taking over whatever her name was, and no one even thinking much of it or the captain constantly having those attacks, and being relieved of duty temporary, or the takeover attempt of Yamato for the plan to relocate humanity. Problem is, they never did confirm if the planet they found was habitable, neither did they think about the Garmillas attacking that planet instead, or how they would relocate all of humanity to a place lots of light years away.
There's more, but I'll mention one last thing. Theory of relativity which is something that's accepted in the scientific community. Traveling faster than the speed of light has consequences, aka, when they went back to earth, there should be no one alive haha if my understanding of the theory is correct since they age normally, but the rest age relatively. In other words, there was no way to save the earth. Obviously, that was not the case, and I'm ok with ignoring the theory for the sake of a fun anime.
If anyone has any thoughts on the anime, please share!
I enjoyed the anime. I hadn't seen any of the old ones before, but I figured this would be okay to start since it seemed like nothing crazy was going to happen. I agree with + Show Spoiler +
The relationship aspect being stale and overused. I also agree that Desler's actions were completely bizarre. The wildly popular General could have easily taken over the planet if he had the ambition. It seemed that the populace just went with the flow and didn't really care about how evil the King/Emperor was.
As to Relativity, It depends on how long it took them. If it took a year to do all the jumps and everything, then they would age one year, relative to the people on Earth. I think you mean if they had been close to a black hole that warps space time. I don't think they hit true FTL speeds, but achieved true LS. Either way, the science plays out.
A lot of what the story did was expose(accent) the characters. It gave everyone who was on the screen a purpose for being there. Instead of a random character popping up and having this important scene/role and then fading, a lot of the characters were revealed and used early and often. I think that helped me not have the same critique as you.
As to Relativity, It depends on how long it took them. If it took a year to do all the jumps and everything, then they would age one year, relative to the people on Earth. I think you mean if they had been close to a black hole that warps space time. I don't think they hit true FTL speeds, but achieved true LS. Either way, the science plays out.
A lot of what the story did was expose(accent) the characters. It gave everyone who was on the screen a purpose for being there. Instead of a random character popping up and having this important scene/role and then fading, a lot of the characters were revealed and used early and often. I think that helped me not have the same critique as you.
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