Bennett the Sage / Anime Abandon

The series died because the writer was sick and fucking died. It had nothing to do with his politics

I saw 3.0 + 1.0 in the theater last week so I finally took the time to watch the second part of the Eva review. Man, that last segment was a kick in the nuts...I always kinda figured that Bennett had dealt with some self-esteem issues, I just never thought things went that deep.

It didn't help that the 2011 Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami happened that caused so much devastation and death that it made the author depressed and not continue Hsotd since he felt it was inappropriate to write a zombie apocalypse manga during this horrible time.

Bennett looks at whether or not Naruto is "mid" and other hot takes.

Edited by windleopard on Jan 5th 2023 at 4:22:05 PM

I'm liking this new series, I just wish the episodes were a bit longer.

Bennett put a thread on Twitter today explaining that he's had to scrap his latest episode of Dumpster Dive due to a corrupted SD card, and that the Death Note episode is looking to be around an hour.

Thats a bummer.

The length of the video doesn't surprise me. There's a lot to talk about around the manga and anime, nonetheless about manga and anime themselves.

Edited by Zeromaeus on Feb 23rd 2023 at 3:16:19 PM

It's time to look at Light Yagami and Death Note and see them for what they are. Because even after fifteen years, there's always a teenager who's watching Death Note for the first time.

Never watched the anime, but I read the manga, and sold it back to Hastings as soon as I was done. I enjoyed it, but I didn't think it would have a lot of revisit value. I enjoyed this video, and I was glad to see that the vast majority of the comments I saw by and large agreed with Bennett's take.

Edited by Willbyr on Apr 2nd 2023 at 9:20:49 AM

I knew that Death Note had a somewhat bigger impact than other anime in my generation, but I never saw it being anywhere near as culturally significant as Bennett portrayed it as. Heck, even the Otaku conventions I attended back in the day didn't care much for it, except for a couple of girls doing the usual Misa Amane goth cosplays and a booth selling a bit of Death Note merchandise - often kinda felt like I was one of the only few fans around. Might be because of how casual almost everyone tends to dress, thus limiting cosplay opportunities, or how difficult it is to copy the appearances of the Shinigami without looking lame.

Can definitely attest to once thinking Death Note was super-deep... hell, I still sometimes think about the effects that little black notebook could have in the real world.

Edited by SgtRicko on Apr 7th 2023 at 4:35:55 AM

I think once Death Note went mainstream thats when it started getting the reputation for being 'deep'.I don't think it has a shallow premise for an anime but maybe the word 'tryhard' it clearly wants to be seen edgy and deep

It was a shonen series, so it played out like one despite the lack of fighting. That's probably why some people thought it was deep growing up, you had nothing else but more action oriented shonen to compare it to since it was one of a kind back on tv. If the demographic were different the tone of the death note's effect on society would have been explored from that angle instead of the cat and mouse game.

And it would've been so much better if they did explore the Death Note's impact on society versus the ridiculous direction they took after L's Death and the timeskip. Or how the schemes kept getting more and more implausible, like the mob using a freaking cruise missile launched from a hidden bunker to transport the book.

Kept thinking it would've been better if the story dialed things back slightly and started focusing on all the issues Light would've encountered trying to play God and influence society. Like, how exactly would he filter out people deliberately trying to frame a subject for execution-via-Kira for their own personal gains, how would he rein in more over-zealous followers like Mikami while not blowing his cover, or just how much damage a guy like Demegawa and his television show's sensationalism has probably done to people on an individual level.

At that point you might as well read a different manga entirely.

ANIME ABANDON is back with the review of Genma Wars

Edited by VeryVileVillian on Oct 1st 2023 at 4:50:58 PM

That thing comes across as if Osamu Tezuka had made Violence Jack, while having a dreadful flu.

Glad to see Bennett's channel back in action, I was beginning to think he might just close up shop and move on, especially since his viewership has shrunk so much and his other obligations.

Well, he'd planned on releasing a video on Trinity Blood this weekend, but he's going to be OOC for a while due to family health issues.

Despite all problems and unpleasentries with his PC, Bennett managed to release his episode on Trinity Blood.

Dude was being way too harsh on a pretty damn decent series here. And I say that as a huge fan of both Trigun and Hellsing.

I have fond-ish memories of Trinity Blood, but I don't think he's wrong in any of his arguments here. I think it just boils down to whether or not you like the thing despite its flaws. Some will. Some will not.

I'm sorry, they actually named the main villain and hero Cain and Abel, respectively?

You know what? I kind of admire them for being so nakedly on the nose.

They dive even deeper and have a Seth and Lilith in the mix too.

Edited by Rynnec on Dec 20th 2023 at 6:08:06 AM

I only remember this series due to the author of the novels dying before it was completed and it got finished due to the author's friend continuing the series.

Plus I recall how different each adaptation is with certain events and characters changed like one of the heroes went Face–Heel Turn while one of the bad guys had a Heel–Face Turn and lived while in the anime that bad guy died but never switch sides.

Bennett looks at the Japanese-American stop-motion movie, Nutcracker Fantasy.