Former thread title: "Yu-Gi-Oh 5Ds. There, I said it!"
All right, I need to get something straight. It's been
years since I got involved in an anime. Many long, sad, hard-luck years with nothing to watch but the mouth-frothing tripe of 4kids' Saturday morning block on the New Orleans CW.
But then I started watching Yu-Gi-Oh 5Ds: Earthbound Immortals. And I cannot explain this, but somehow I like it.
The scary part is that I'm almost positive I'm not supposed to.
I mean, come on. Just a few years ago, cinema-quality animation and high-minded plot were the only things that got my attention. I would settle for nothing less than anime works of art for even my most casual entertainment.
These days, I watch even the likes of shaggin'
Dinosaur King. And
laugh. Often.But that's not my point.
I started watching YGO5Ds and I got into. I really did. I caught it right about the start of the showdown with the Dark Signers. Perhaps something about the dark, cruel atmosphere and civic-minded survivalism drew me in, even if only superficially. And now, I'm actually going out of my way to watch episodes of it on
www.4kids.com.
I don't know if my point is "I like Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's", or "I can't sodding
believe I like Yu-Gi-Oh 5Ds".
Of course, I lost quite a bit of respect for the show once the Earthbound Immortals actually started coming out. Lousy CG aside, the names are what got me. Roman's Uru I could live with. But once we got to Kalin...
"Behold, Earthbound Immortal CA-CA PACK-A-POO!!"
And Jack Atlas's accent nearly made me shit myself.
All right, now I'm just making
myself laugh.
...I lost my train of thought. Someone take over and set me straight.