Summer Animays for 2013

[Ryong]

I really liked Gargantia 13.It was a good ending, on the same trend of Eureka Seven's "everything was good forever and also the main couple is finally a couple for reals also the robot saved everyone and went away forever."

On the series as a whole, some characters felt rather...Familiar.

Click here for my shitty character analysis.Amy felt like a really stereotypical genki girl.
Bellows is basically TTGL's Yoko, with a bit of Talho thrown in.
Ridget is a LOT like TTGL's Kinon after the time-skip.
Pinion is Kittan + Viral.
Rackage is Adiane. She has a crustacean-based mecha, quickly develops a relationship with the Viral parallel, is sadistic and dresses scantly.
Amy, Saya and Melty almost work like Kittan's sisters as a group: mostly eye candy, each with its own spin ( like how TTGL had a shy, glass-wearing girl, a brunette and a blonde with big breasts, Amy was "the normal one", Saya was the big breasted one and Melty...Well, Melty was the flat one. They're also all on the more energetic side of the spectrum, but with varying degrees.)
Kugel is Holland. They look similar and seem to have the same attitude of only letting younger people do their thing because they just can't do a thing about it or would rather take it upon them to do it instead of relying on someone else.

So hey
PIERCE THE HEAVENS WITH THE ORBITAL MASS DRIVER

[phil_]

I disagree with your assessment of Kugel. Kugel never threw a tantrum and trusted his subordinates. Holland was a tall, heavy child with a beard for most of the series (he got better, obviously). If I were going to describe Kugel in one word, though, I'd ignore all that and go with "Kugel is dead." Most of the Kugel we knew was just Striker's holographic dead man puppet show. Also, Melty is the small one.

As for the cannon, I thought it was a pretty interesting reveal that their irrigation system was the shock absorber for a mass driver. Didn't see that coming at all.

And then Recorder and Randsell Mi had to be delayed. What a drag on my Monday; I was looking forward to it.

[Ryong]

But Kugel's personality was used for his puppet hologram. Remember, Ledo worked with him a long time and didn't find his behavior weird.

[Ryong]

I have a friend annoyed that Gargantia's last episode was too fast and didn't do a bunch of drama that anime usually goes through.

...Wait, shouldn't these posts have become one?

[Bells]

Just Watched epiosde 1 of Dragan Ronpa ...

...i think it's going to get disturbing real fast.