3/10/08 12:43 am    So. Anime of the day is Cluster Edge, this time. It's about a world ravaged with wars, who came to rely on artificial soldiers to fight those wars. And now that it's over, the artificial soldiers don't have a reason to exist, and the humans want them disposed of. It's about individuals who fight for the rights of the artificial soldiers, and some of those soldiers themselves, those who have gained feelings, personalities. It's rather interesting. And it would be a whole lot better if not for the constant re-cap episodes. I was surprised when the first one showed up at episode 7. I was not so amused when another came up at episode 10. I was pretty much pissed off when yet another started half-way through episode 14. Skip those, and what you're left with is a good shounen anime that really should be more widely known than it is. Well, it's not like I know how widely known it was back in 2005-2006, when it was released. =D; Oh, and I think the first opening and ending are really good (although the opening took hearing it a couple times to like it). Rare. Cluster'S - 君という名の光
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jyuukoi
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On a scale of one to ten, I'd give Cluster Edge a seven or an eight. (7.5? =D) It has a good plot behind it, some truly fascinating characters, the world (while a rather standard AU historic setting) is good enough, and the realization not too bad, occasionally wandering into 'very good'. On the other hand, there are those re-cap episodes and the realization sometimes wanders into 'not so awesome'. They don't delve deep enough into some aspects of the story, on the other hand giving time to rather inconsequential things (and re-cap episodes).
It starts off rather slow (re-cap episodes...it's 25 epis all in all, so those are concentrated in the beginning) but gets off the ground after some sputtering and retains a good level afterwards.
All in all, though, I'd say it's well worth watching. At least if you skip the re-caps, and I think I've already said way too much of those. =D;