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25Jun 06

What I'm Watching v.13 (Review)

Fafner ( 2004-07-04 to 2004-12-26 )

     Fafner is basically a fusion of Neon Genesis Evangelion, RahXephon, Gundam Seed and Gunparade March. The first few episodes were like Evangelion with the whole military city theme. The Festums who were the "bad guys" looked like something you'll see in RahXephon. The character design in Fafner was a complete rip off of Gundam Seed. Kazuki who is the main character in Fafner looked exactly like Athrun, with black hair. Kazuki's father, Fumihiko looked just like Mu La Flaga and one of Kazuki's friends, Toomi looked like Miriallia. The whole story was just like Gunparade March where the focus wasn't in the Fafner/Mech fighting, instead more focused in the relationships between several pilots.

     The animation wasn't spectacular, but it was above average and everything would have looked better if the color was brighter. The Fafners only looked good in some angles, but when looking at the Fafners straight up, they look terrible because the size of the torso was way too small compared to limbs and the upper body. The Festums only had one color, gold and you can't really tell them apart.

     All the voice actors fitted perfectly with their characters and I didn't find any misplaced voices. The majority of the background music was good, but there were a few I didn't like. I also didn't like the opening song, which had a nice tune but was ruined by the terrible singing. After listening to the closing song a few times, I ended up liking it.

     The first half of Fafner wasn't really exciting because all the pilots were jocking for positions and you add to the fact the Festums weren't too interesting to being with. But once everyone knew their roles in the second half everything became more interesting and the teamwork the pilots showed were superb. Up Next Gun X Sword.

Animation: 7/10

Sound: 8/10

Story: 7/10

Enjoyment: 8/10

Fav. Episode: 19

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  • Posted Jun 25, 2006 12:10 am PT
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