Subject: Parallel Works 2 Sun Jan 16, 2011 4:05 pm
Kittan Zero
The Sense of Wonder
My XXX is the Best in the Universe
Goodbye Dai-Gurren
Big Building
Kiyal's Magical Time, Three Minutes Before
Gunmen Symphonia
Kittan Zero - It serves as a prequel in the same manner that "Let's get fired up!" did. It's nice to see that before they met Kamina and Simon that the black siblings did actually do something other than talk smack but I was under the impression that King Kittan was gotten after they met Kamina and Simon, not before. Oh well, it's not like this is the first time that this series has contradicted itself.
The Sense of Wonder - Oh boy, a love story between a character I could care less about and Simon. Adding in those bits of Kamina and Yoko really didn't add much to me caring and I don't understand the point of that whole coalition outside of the castle waiting for Simon as it was never shown until the end.
My XXX is the Best In the Universe - In the same manner of "Libera Me From Hell", we have a bizarrely designed video set to one of the best pieces from the OST. Although this serves as a flashback in Nia's perspective which makes you wonder what in the fuck goes on in that skull of hers.
Goodbye Dai-Gurren - Was I the only one getting a Narnia feel from this? Oh well, it's pretty dull for the most part. I'm sure I would've known more had it been subtitled but if the other Parallel Works could tell a story for the most part without trying to add in dialogue then this one shouldn't need it either.
Big Building - This one.. I can't really describe. It's robots punching robots but then tries to add Kaiju into it before realizing it's Mecha again and then transforming into... a base that does a lot of nothing so it can get killed in what seems like a Beavis and Butthead acid trip.
Kiyal's Magical Time, Three Minutes Before - Another one that I can't really form an opinion for. It weirded me out but not enough to stop me from watching and... yeah, that's pretty much it.
Gunmen Symphonia - Okay, it seems that this and Kittan Zero are the only good ones in this batch and this suffers from a bit of inconsistency as well since Lagann has that helmet when it shouldn't, but it's another minor complaint in what was a pretty interesting video.
Overall, yeah pretty bad except for the first and last one's.