Comments on: Burst Angel: Plenty of nipples but not much plot

By: Karura

Karura — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 11:09:04 +0000

For the record, I don’t rate Eva all that highly in terms of plot/story quality, but that’s a discussion for another time.

Of course expectations play a part in enjoyment; I was hardly expecting Burst Angel to be a masterpiece, but for me it even failed to fulfil the purpose of light fun, hence the rant. I enjoyed myself far more watching Najica and Dirty Pair Flash.

By: Gurotaku

Gurotaku — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 06:24:30 +0000

Eeeeh, I just finished it and I honestly think how much one likes it all depends on what you’re expecting at the startup.

If you’re walking into this expecting plot/story quality in league with say…Fullmetal Alchemist or Neon Genesis: Evangelion, then you’re out of luck. You’ll get tired fast and likely wind up writing a review similar to the one seen above here.

IF HOWEVER, you’re starting up Bakuretsu Tenshi for the purpose of just relaxing with an anime that doesn’t require too much focus, aka; you want something not too heavy on the brain, just some fan-serviced mecha-action, or some such distraction from reality; then this series works perfectly.

So in short: quality relies on expectation.

By: bochiula

bochiula — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 07:57:35 +0000

dont know much about burst angels..
so what am i doing here? nuthin much..just letting the sands of time slowly trickle away as another day passes by in my life..

By: omo

omo — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 20:52:52 +0000

I don’t think Burst Angel was as bad as most people claim it to be. The worse thing about it was that it actually had a lot of things going for it, but they’re all wasted and diluted from its poor focus, from its excessive length, and from some other production pitfalls.

There are a few episodes that I thought it was brilliant, and most of them didn’t come until the second half of the show.

By: Karura

Karura — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 15:46:57 +0000

It was hearing “omg Jo is so cool” that made me want to watch Burst Angel in the first place, but I think it all fell down when I started expecting something in the way of a plot as well.

j.valdez, the one thing I dislike more than the mecha is those bullet time shots that Gonzo seem to like so much- it always annoys me that the bullets look so fake.

By: tj han

tj han — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 14:08:43 +0000

Lol you don’t understand Burst Angel. The whole point of the show was for sexy Jo. I just had to watch the show after buying her figurine. And I willed myself into liking it. And now I have the full set of 1/8 figures. Woo, self-hypnosis is amazing.

By: j.valdez

j.valdez — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 13:29:00 +0000

Reading that almost makes me want to un-watch Burst Angel. I can’t say that I really liked BA, but I thought Jo was cool. I didn’t find fault with the story or characters as much as the badly designed CG mecha.