Bounen no Xamdou

[Tatsujin]

Just finished watching this anime. I'm going to say, since people gave it scoring, it goes in my book as a 4 out of 5, bolded and marked as favorite.

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I have many negative things to say about this anime, as well as positive. First, and foremost ... I'm disappointed in how they dumped shit down right after episode 13. It dragged, dragged, and dragged, and kept dragged ... Tons of pointless shit that could have been covered earlier rather than later. The past should be presented in two different fragments ... one is in the beginning, and two is either in the middle or near the ending to cover any lost parts. Eureka Seven had 50 episodes, spanned and covered a whole bunch of shit that was confusing, irritating and what not and I love that damn series so darn much. Bounen no Xamdou was freaking awesome up and until episode 13, right after Furushi (name spelling?) died ... like decided to take his own life I was just very confused and curious as to why he would do something like that, when it was getting so good, it was going very smooth and so wild ... all the sudden he decided "it's over" just like that? What the fuck. What.the.fuck. I sound pretty pissed, but that part was that. I kept going and well, the anime was just shitting all over again. The last episode, however, was really great. I liked it, I loved it. I've enjoyed it. This anime could have been better if it was presented better, and yet if they couldn't then just add more episodes to cover all the past. They just tossed it at us out of no where, ... like "what the hell?!". Animes like this, irritate me to hell.

My final conclusion, watch it when you are bored, don't expect so much out of it. The animation, sound, voice acting, characters and the plot are really nice. The story telling, on the other hand ... is completely fucked up. I could have set the story in a better way for god sakes. But it just gets dumped down after episode 13 ...

Moving on ...

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I agree with what you said for the most part. It did go downhill after Furuichi committed suicide. When Takayuki lost who he was and gained the mask... the story went to hell. I liked Haru's side of the story, but there was so much garbage thrown in there with Takayuki trying to figure out who he was that it really hurt the overall story. And a LOT was left unanswered. Regardless though, hell of a series despite its faults.

I can certainly say that the ending in Xamdou was much better than Eureka's ending (in certain parts). But, stating it again, after episode 13 .. just goes down the hill, slowly.

[Takeshi]

Wow, I just saw everything THORA had done, and I was NOT able to restrain myself for more THORA eps! What a great series, the animation is sublime, and the characters are incredibly likeable. What I'd like is a more thorough explanation of what Xam'd really is. The storyline is really exiting, and there's an eva-feeling over the series, though only a feeling. Oh, and BONES animated the show = 'nuff said.

[Onoz]

Wow, I just saw everything THORA had done, and I was NOT able to restrain myself for more THORA eps! What a great series, the animation is sublime, and the characters are incredibly likeable. What I'd like is a more thorough explanation of what Xam'd really is. The storyline is really exiting, and there's an eva-feeling over the series, though only a feeling. Oh, and BONES animated the show = 'nuff said.

You know I couldn't help feeling INCREDIBLY impressed with how they integrated all the plot cycles simultaneously. The whole storyline about his mom and dad just blew me away

[billlanam]

Just finished watching this anime. I'm going to say, since people gave it scoring, it goes in my book as a 4 out of 5, bolded and marked as favorite.

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I have many negative things to say about this anime, as well as positive. First, and foremost ... I'm disappointed in how they dumped shit down right after episode 13. It dragged, dragged, and dragged, and kept dragged ... Tons of pointless shit that could have been covered earlier rather than later. The past should be presented in two different fragments ... one is in the beginning, and two is either in the middle or near the ending to cover any lost parts. Eureka Seven had 50 episodes, spanned and covered a whole bunch of shit that was confusing, irritating and what not and I love that damn series so darn much. Bounen no Xamdou was freaking awesome up and until episode 13, right after Furushi (name spelling?) died ... like decided to take his own life I was just very confused and curious as to why he would do something like that, when it was getting so good, it was going very smooth and so wild ... all the sudden he decided "it's over" just like that? What the fuck. What.the.fuck. I sound pretty pissed, but that part was that. I kept going and well, the anime was just shitting all over again. The last episode, however, was really great. I liked it, I loved it. I've enjoyed it. This anime could have been better if it was presented better, and yet if they couldn't then just add more episodes to cover all the past. They just tossed it at us out of no where, ... like "what the hell?!". Animes like this, irritate me to hell.

My final conclusion, watch it when you are bored, don't expect so much out of it. The animation, sound, voice acting, characters and the plot are really nice. The story telling, on the other hand ... is completely fucked up. I could have set the story in a better way for god sakes. But it just gets dumped down after episode 13 ...

Moving on ...

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I agree with what you said for the most part. It did go downhill after Furuichi committed suicide. When Takayuki lost who he was and gained the mask... the story went to hell. I liked Haru's side of the story, but there was so much garbage thrown in there with Takayuki trying to figure out who he was that it really hurt the overall story. And a LOT was left unanswered. Regardless though, hell of a series despite its faults.

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Nope it didn't go down hill at all, since the story lines made sense all through it, Akiyuki trying to figure out who he is, showed that he could figure it out, allowing him to restore himself from stone at the end. Though of course there is the ridiculous coincidence of Akiyuki being taking care of by the commander's mother (story tellers just love coincidences).  Nakiami being sealed for a 1000 years is a standard end to that kind of story, recognized that story line once a 1000 years was mentioned (though it the first time I've seen it in Anime).

[hoahoa]

i enjoyed this series way too much. one of the best soundtracks imo. i like to think of xam'd as E7 but without the targeted audience being younger kids. i also think that Xam'd and E7's running length should have been swapped around. E7 felt extremely dragged out while Xam'd felt like there was too much information in too little time.

[Enzedder]

Wow, I just saw everything THORA had done, and I was NOT able to restrain myself for more THORA eps! What a great series, the animation is sublime, and the characters are incredibly likeable. What I'd like is a more thorough explanation of what Xam'd really is. The storyline is really exiting, and there's an eva-feeling over the series, though only a feeling. Oh, and BONES animated the show = 'nuff said.

That about sums up how I saw the series. Add in an awesome soundtrack imo and you have it.

[Takeshi]

I just finished it yesterday. An amazing series which needs to be watched several times to fully understand it. Depends on the person watching it.

I personally watched 1-20 the first round, then I waited one year it seems (), and watched 11-26.

I didn't really like what happened to the little sister on my first watch, not so much what she goes through, but more how her character changed.