Anime Snapshot

I've been downloading and watching a bunch of new shows lately. A

number of them are shows that are coming out right now, so they are

only in the first few episodes. Here's a rundown and some thoughts on

a number of them:

• Tenchi

  Muyo! GXP - I've only been able to track down one episode of this

  that had been fansubbed. So far I like it. If I understand things

  correctly it takes place after the upcoming new Tenchi OVA series

  coming out. This one focuses on the Galaxy Police, and someone from

  earth who joins up. It will be interesting to see where this one

  goes.

• .hack/SIGN - Welcome to the next stage in online

  roleplaying. Think of a high tech VR Evercrack. I've seen the

  first two episodes of this and we're still learning the details. For

  the most part it focuses on this one character who finds he can't log

  out of the system. I'll be downloading more of this for the time

  being. My one complaint is that the story feels like it jumps around

  a bit too much.

• Chobits - I've already talked a bit about this

  one, but I just want to mention it again. I got the HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1931514925/lifelistedchr-20">manga

  for it a few days ago and it will be interesting to see how the two

  stories match up. I'll definitely be following this one too, since I'm

  becoming a CLAMP junkie.

• PitaTen - This is an odd one. It's about a young kid in school

  who meets this girl who seems to be an angel. This show also prompted

  my recent post "How come?". I'm not quite sure what I think of this.

  It may be just a bit to cute for me.

• Alien 9 - It's got a very catchy theme song, but I'm still not

  sure what I think of this 4 episode OVA. I've seen the first two

  episodes and the second was kind of enjoyable and more then a little

  disturbing. I want to see the rest before I pass final judgement on

  it. Oh, and the main character is even whinier then Akari from BAV

  (which makes it fairly painful at times).

That's it for now. I think I'll post updates on what I'm watching

now and then with comments, just to add some flavor to my blog.