Yeah, you're not the first person who had the "great story but OHMYGODMYEYES" at Gankutsuou. Eventually, I got really used to it and hardly noticed the animation strangeness, but I can definitely see how it'd mess with some folks. I totally get what you mean about the locking-in of artistic style, though. I mean, Gankutsuou didn't NEED that type of style to tell the story, and would have been a wonderful anime if it'd just been made with some normal but good production values. Artisty things like that always run the risk of running folks off because of things like migraines. ;P
I get what you mean about Furuba being dark. I mean, most folks' immediate thought is that it's fluffy shoujo, but it really is quite dark under the surface, and particularly the manga, esp. when you get to learn pretty much anything about Akito. I don't think that I'd want someone younger than 12 or so reading it, either.
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Date: 28 Sep 2007 05:00 pm (UTC)I get what you mean about Furuba being dark. I mean, most folks' immediate thought is that it's fluffy shoujo, but it really is quite dark under the surface, and particularly the manga, esp. when you get to learn pretty much anything about Akito. I don't think that I'd want someone younger than 12 or so reading it, either.