Some of the sequences on the space station are truly gorgeous and that’s probably a good thing given little else happens on the space station (a few major plot points aside). And while prettiness isn’t reason enough to watch, it is enough to hold your interest in the down times between attacks and the like in this series. Moving away from the characters, this anime is pretty. Everything else in this anime is fine or actually quite good, but Salty Dog are neither interesting enough as villains or menacing enough to actually serve any purpose other than filling screen time. And realistically, this is probably the sticking point. It is like the writers knew they didn’t have enough conflict or drama with the planetary gears (given that they were useless and they needed recharging after every encounter so couldn’t attack next episode) so they threw in some of the most repugnant human beings they could find and gave them a position of authority.ĭelete all Salty Dog characters, cut down the number of episodes, and the anime still works and is probably the better for it. These guys are the most nonsensical element of the whole of Captain Earth. On the most recent rewatch, I started to like some of the planetary gears a little bit more as some of their interactions weren’t as over the top as I remembered, but they are still terrible villains and they really do let down what is an otherwise fairly competent cast and realistically, a lot of my rant should be saved for Salty Dog.
Given their singular lack of a master plan other than eat everything and the fact that most of their advice came from an outside source, the betrayal is pretty inevitable and by that stage you more or less have written off these guys as pathetic. Maybe if I try the exact same thing? How about you try it now?įinding out that the planetary gears were also being manipulated from above was not a surprise.
Let’s try repeating the same sequence of events again. Other than that, they just seem like highly sexually charged teenagers playing with toys and their planning sucks. Whether it is the humans discussing the threat or the villains discussing their plans. Why are they attacking the earth? Because humans are weak and insignificant and we can devour their libido. Their motivations are actually endlessly explained. Our villains are the most cliché driven and useless creatures in creation. Though while I’m giving the characters props, I’m going to give the planetary gears the rant they deserve.
#Captin earth free#
There’s technobabble, there are the bureaucrats that get in the way, and then there are the troubled teens that all just want to help and be free and maybe pair up and live happily ever after. About as effective too, because while they are squabbling the ice-cream probably melted and no one ended up with anything.
#Captin earth series#
The planetary gears who act as the face of the villains for the majority of the series (before the real bad guys step forward – where have I seen that before) are as over the top ridiculous as you would expect and their motives more or less amount to being kids fighting over the largest scoop of ice-cream. Captain Earth may not be a good anime, but it is still enjoyable.Ĭaptain Earth at its core accepts what it is and what it is presenting.
Still, Captain Earth balances perilously in that inbetween area where I find myself enjoying it enough even as I laugh at the once again ineffectual adults who ultimately shove the entire fate of the earth onto some emotionally traumatised kids (admittedly, only two of the kids are human if that makes the concept any better). I think the real issue is that the genre is a little hit and miss for me and as a general rule I go in expecting not to end up enjoying the show so the ones that work end up pleasantly enjoyable. It isn’t as though I dislike the genre given there are plenty of mecha anime I’ve enjoyed. There’s something about mecha anime that for whatever reason make me super critical before I start even watching them. Okay, it is more complex than that but at the end of the day, this is just a standard mecha plot with some good ideas and some things that just fall completely flat. Captain Earth has a basic set up of the Earth is in danger from planetary gears (that name makes no sense) and only a giant robot piloted by a teenage boy can really use to save the day.
0 kommentar(er)
