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Broken Blade: Time of Awakening (Dub) Status: COMPLETE
Movie
Originally Posted by AboveTheClouds
Broken Blade
Movie
Broken Blade. Finally a mecha to get a taste of. What did I think of it?
Well... nothing totally out of the usual. It SURE AS HELL didn't need to be an HOUR LONG.
This is a 30-minute anime episode stretched to 60 minutes and that's just as boring as it sounds, so strike numero uno.
I'm going to summarize every single thing that happens in this "movie", ready? Here we go:
It's a world where most people have magic, but the main character does not. Magic is needed to pilot giant robots and said giant robots are used to battle over territory. A bad territory wants a good territory to surrender and have it's nobles executed. Main character's not cool with that. Shows up on request of the king who he used to be friends with at school and is told that other friend from school is leading the fight for the bad territory. Main character is shown old mech which won't respond to magic for some reason. Main character revealed to have super extra special magic and able to pilot it. Main character pilots it and helps drive off a small troop of enemies. Mech recovered and repaired in time for a siege. End.
Save character names that's everything that happens in that entire episode-I MEAN MOVIE- that matters, but instead we waste time on over-exposition, side characters, and boobage.
I've gone through quite a few Dubs so far in this thread and at this point I'm inclined to say that Broken Blade is probably the worst I've heard so far. The first warning that we're not off to a good start is that the main character is voiced by Greg Ayres who pulls the shrillest most screachy whiny boy voice you've probably heard in anime. He was also the voice of one of the Zoids protagonists, so you know we're working with A-grade stuff.
Unfortunately, I think Broken Blade mostly suffers from the same issues Zoids did as well as most mechas I've seen. Over-emphasis on crap characters, under-emphasis on awesome mecha.
ALTHOUGH, I do have to lend credit where credit is due, Broken Blade certainly accomplishes that prime combination of fast-paced action and heavy crunchy weighted combat that I've been looking for.
Well... nothing totally out of the usual. It SURE AS HELL didn't need to be an HOUR LONG.
This is a 30-minute anime episode stretched to 60 minutes and that's just as boring as it sounds, so strike numero uno.
I'm going to summarize every single thing that happens in this "movie", ready? Here we go:
It's a world where most people have magic, but the main character does not. Magic is needed to pilot giant robots and said giant robots are used to battle over territory. A bad territory wants a good territory to surrender and have it's nobles executed. Main character's not cool with that. Shows up on request of the king who he used to be friends with at school and is told that other friend from school is leading the fight for the bad territory. Main character is shown old mech which won't respond to magic for some reason. Main character revealed to have super extra special magic and able to pilot it. Main character pilots it and helps drive off a small troop of enemies. Mech recovered and repaired in time for a siege. End.
Save character names that's everything that happens in that entire episode-I MEAN MOVIE- that matters, but instead we waste time on over-exposition, side characters, and boobage.
I've gone through quite a few Dubs so far in this thread and at this point I'm inclined to say that Broken Blade is probably the worst I've heard so far. The first warning that we're not off to a good start is that the main character is voiced by Greg Ayres who pulls the shrillest most screachy whiny boy voice you've probably heard in anime. He was also the voice of one of the Zoids protagonists, so you know we're working with A-grade stuff.
Unfortunately, I think Broken Blade mostly suffers from the same issues Zoids did as well as most mechas I've seen. Over-emphasis on crap characters, under-emphasis on awesome mecha.
ALTHOUGH, I do have to lend credit where credit is due, Broken Blade certainly accomplishes that prime combination of fast-paced action and heavy crunchy weighted combat that I've been looking for.
My favorite part of the whole movie is easily when Rygart, the main character, is trying to feel out the mech with foot pedals and levers during combat. It really lends a distinct impression of machinery to see him operate a big honkin' robot like a vehicle.
It's a shame that the whole magic element is even a plotpoint at all, really. It's boring to see people just will the mechas to work, and it cheapens Rygart's success when his ability to pilot the mech isn't simply old school technical know-how, which this era of society may very well lack in such an age of magic, but that he himself is THE CHOSEN ONE in some way.
That sucks. It would have been way cool to see him go all Demolition Man on them, and show them how we used to robattle back in the day.
It's a shame that the whole magic element is even a plotpoint at all, really. It's boring to see people just will the mechas to work, and it cheapens Rygart's success when his ability to pilot the mech isn't simply old school technical know-how, which this era of society may very well lack in such an age of magic, but that he himself is THE CHOSEN ONE in some way.
That sucks. It would have been way cool to see him go all Demolition Man on them, and show them how we used to robattle back in the day.
Here's my completely unrealistic hope: Broken Blade has a sequel where everyone shuts up and it's just straight mech combat.
Is that a thing? Can we have that? I want that. If that exists, tell me which one it is so I can skip the rest and watch it subbed.
I don't have enough awesome mech combat in my life.
Final Verdict: [Friggen' Awesome][Pretty Good][Meh...][Just... Bad][Irredeemably Awful]
Is that a thing? Can we have that? I want that. If that exists, tell me which one it is so I can skip the rest and watch it subbed.
I don't have enough awesome mech combat in my life.
Final Verdict: [Friggen' Awesome][Pretty Good][Meh...][Just... Bad][Irredeemably Awful]