A late addendum to Amiami's noon update today brings two new figure preorders from maker Organic, one which we were anticipating and one which is a complete surprise. Taking the second one first, Amiami's listing marks the debut of the industry's first Garnet MacLaine PVC figure from Dragonaut -The Resonance-, and in fact the first figure from the series to be announced. She's scheduled for release in August at an unspecified scale (16 cm tall) and 6,090 yen retail, with a sculpt from Saitou Heel (Love Love Garden) and cooperation from Beagle. The second new Organic preorder is the Tezuka Osamu / Yoshizaki Mine collaboration Fushigi na Merumo PVC set from Marvelous Melmo that we reported on a month ago. (more info soon)
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I could easily say that Dragonaut: The Resonance was overhyped and flopped. Conversely, I could also say that not enough people gave the show a chance and it was tossed aside before being given a chance for redemption. I don’t think the show was outright terrible, but it did have a much longer way to [...]
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I think the best piece of advice my engineering economics professor gave us about presentations is that the thing most listeners will remember about your presentation is how it starts, and how it ends. With that piece of information in mind… Dragonaut: The Resonance Plot Summary A shuttle bound for the moon is destroyed by “asteroids” upon takeoff. [...]
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Vandread is basically what Dragonaut could have been like, assuming that they wanted to make the show silly rather than it being unintentionally funny. In fact Vandread makes jokes about things like gattais that provided the frame of reference that makes aspects of Dragonaut unintentionally hilarious. The sad part? Gonzo did both [...]
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[ Episode 25: Resonance -Echo to Eternity- ] It took me a while to stop laughing before writing up this entry. Honestly, I was astounded by this episode and the finale. I can’t accurately put into words just how ridiculous everything was in this episode. I had feared the POWER OF LOVE was going to be [...]
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What the hell did I just watch? I know Gonzo has a habit of pulling some really stupid stuff, especially when it comes to their endings, case and point, I couldn’t stand to watch more than two episodes of Dragonaut. But this time I’m just confused, it’s sorta like the feeling you get just after you’ve [...]
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ERUPTING GOD FINGER SEKIHA LOVE LOVE TENKYOKEN! The wild train wreck is finally over. I guess most would say that’s a good thing, but honestly I did enjoy watching Dragonaut. Does that mean Dragonaut was good? Hell no, it was an epic catastrophe of plot, characters, and pacing. It’s the definition of a bad anime. [...]
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Dragonaut has ended. Yes, Dragonaut: A series where characters literally win through the “power of love.” NO. SERIOUSLY. Their love actually manifests and does shit. What in god’s name were they thinking? I guess it isn’t just love they fight with, but also a good bit of manpower. Or should I say, DRAGONPOWER! - Important [...]
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And with that, the best/worst bad anime in a few years is over. It definitely couldn’t keep up its early pace throughout the series, which from what I have been told may have been because the original writer quit, and therefore the only idea anyone could think of was to have about a dozen [...]
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