A friend once described Cross Ange out to me as something that made Valvrave look like Citizen Kane. I wish that were true because even that would be better than Cross Ange's attempts at being "edgy", which are so one-note it's just depressing. The shows first three episodes exist in a bizarro world, sparing no time at all for important moments (like Julio's insurrection or Ange's combat assessment) while trying to find as much time to do stupid fanservice that feels like the story's trying to have its cake and eat it too by being titillating while simultaneously trying to show how terrible things are for everyone.
I don't care about Ange because in all that time, her personality kept ping-ponging, often without reason. First she's the misinformed racist, then she's the resisting poor sap dragged into this, THEN she's somehow coherent and driven enough to be deemed "above average" through her entire assessment, THEN she goes back to just obsessing about wanting to get home, and THEN she gets comrades killed and feels guilty and gah it just feels like too much time was wasted that should've been put towards fleshing her out. Or anyone, frankly. Were Jill and Zola trying to toughen her up? Were they just psychos that enjoy what superiority they have? I don't fucking know any of these characters after three episodes. How did Ange even get her freaking ring back? Didn't it get taken from her?
The mecha combat is boring too, sluggish and drawn out with just generic shooting and energy bullets everywhere. Majestic Prince's CG-animated battles were amazing last year in comparison, and G-Reco's fights similarly felt more action-packed and faster-paced.
Give it a pass. It's not even worth watching for bile fascination or snarking material. I've watched three episodes out of curiosity and in spite of so much happening, nothing feels like it actually happened. Nothing's been fleshed out. Nobody's gotten decent characterization. The "shocking" material is just some abrupt deaths and some really shallow fanservice... as if tapping into the same shock value as Valvrave's rape scene repeatedly won't provide rapidly diminishing returns. It's just a generic "young adult out of their element with lots of other people their own age who dislike them but then they become really awesome and a leader!" story and a bad one too.
Cross Ange: The Edgy Sunrise Show show (look at eps 1-3)
A friend once described Cross Ange out to me as something that made Valvrave look like Citizen Kane. I wish that were true because even that would be better than Cross Ange's attempts at being "edgy", which are so one-note it's just depressing. The shows first three episodes exist in a bizarro world, sparing no time at all for important moments (like Julio's insurrection or Ange's combat assessment) while trying to find as much time to do stupid fanservice that feels like the story's trying to have its cake and eat it too by being titillating while simultaneously trying to show how terrible things are for everyone.
I don't care about Ange because in all that time, her personality kept ping-ponging, often without reason. First she's the misinformed racist, then she's the resisting poor sap dragged into this, THEN she's somehow coherent and driven enough to be deemed "above average" through her entire assessment, THEN she goes back to just obsessing about wanting to get home, and THEN she gets comrades killed and feels guilty and gah it just feels like too much time was wasted that should've been put towards fleshing her out. Or anyone, frankly. Were Jill and Zola trying to toughen her up? Were they just psychos that enjoy what superiority they have? I don't fucking know any of these characters after three episodes. How did Ange even get her freaking ring back? Didn't it get taken from her?
The mecha combat is boring too, sluggish and drawn out with just generic shooting and energy bullets everywhere. Majestic Prince's CG-animated battles were amazing last year in comparison, and G-Reco's fights similarly felt more action-packed and faster-paced.
Give it a pass. It's not even worth watching for bile fascination or snarking material. I've watched three episodes out of curiosity and in spite of so much happening, nothing feels like it actually happened. Nothing's been fleshed out. Nobody's gotten decent characterization. The "shocking" material is just some abrupt deaths and some really shallow fanservice... as if tapping into the same shock value as Valvrave's rape scene repeatedly won't provide rapidly diminishing returns. It's just a generic "young adult out of their element with lots of other people their own age who dislike them but then they become really awesome and a leader!" story and a bad one too.