Watched Solid State Society on Sci-fi

[Nightfall]

*seven*

While the one edit and the way they did the widescreen was annoying, Sci-fi delivered a first rate hit out of the park towards getting a true anime block to compete with AS. While I'm not sure the rest of the upcoming lineup will be that entertaining (Hard to do with Manga Entertainment's limited collection), it's at least gotten its foot in the door with Git:SSS.

A furious romp of mystery, intrigue, action and basically what fans of the Gits:SAC and 2nd Gig enjoyed. I will say it helps to have seen both, but not enough you need to worry about missing plot points. The plot is complex enough to worry about without delving too deeply in to matters mentioned in the show or both movies.

Honestly folks ole NF is pleased as punch to have watched this. I hope Ani-Monday on Sci-fi can expand to go to 11 to 2 am. I want to see this compete with the "best" weekday lineups AS can manage. Mean time I'll wait and see how Macross, Tokko, Noein and Street Fighter work out. I am hopeful for two of them (Tokko and Noein), but not sure about the rest. I am sure Highlander: Quest for Vengeance July 30th will be a stellar success.

 

[trancejeremy]

I found the video quality to be unwatchable (and I er, stopped watching). I guess they took the widescreen and squished it? I dunno, looked horrible. (Doesn't help that I have DirecTV, which often gets compression artifacts as well)

 

[Nightfall]

*one*

Trance,

Eh the video quality wasn't an issue for me. It certainly could be for others, but if that's the case, get the DVD. I certainly was pleased watching it, regardless.

I just hope Sci-fi can find a better source for their Ani-mondays or more than just Manga Entertainment. ADV for instance, or even Bandai.

 

[Sir Brennen]

I guess they took the widescreen and squished it? I dunno, looked horrible. (Doesn't help that I have DirecTV, which often gets compression artifacts as well)

I watched on a wide-screen tv, and when I set it to Full Screen, the "squeezed" look went away and I got a nice clean picture. They probably did squeeze the entire DVD image into a 4:3 signal, like the opening credits of some old spaghetti western.

(I also set my wide-screen TV to chop off the letter-boxing when watching shows like Stargate, which also gives the image the proper aspect ratio for wide-screen.)

I enjoyed the broadcast, but thought it was too talkly, especially for a theatrical release. Interesting though how it incorporated elements from the manga Ghost in the Shell 2: Man/Machine Interface.

 

[Nightfall]

*one*
Brennen,

All IG Production GitS shows/productions are talky. That's part of the charm at times. Honestly the entire movie was just another way to build off not just the show, but the movies and the mangas as well.

 

[Nuclear Platypus]

I kinda have hopes for Ani-Monday. Didn't watch all of it tho. Cartoon Network's running close to false advertising ("School of Rock"??) while Toonami is just sucking since there's nothing to really replace Samurai Champloo, Cowboy Bebop, Outlaw Star, InuYasha, etc. Heck, Boomerang got all the good stuff like the Dini-verse and CN -could- play stuff like Vampire Hunter D or Ushio and Tora or Bubblegum Crisis! Haven't seen BGC in like years. I'd love to watch more of the Lupin stuff. It's not like CN / AS's ratings would drop any lower.