I haven't been watching any anime lately but friend mentioned that there was a second season to Gunslinger Girls. So naturally I figured I'd go watch since I'm extremely fond of the series. It was the first anime I torrented and stuff. Plus, if it's going to be 2nd season--Pinocchio arc!! Triela! But, three minutes into the show, I gave up.

Yes, it was that bad. So bad it was like a parody of original show/manga.

I mean--sure, there's probably no way they could get the killer budget like first season (it was ¥13,000,000 per episode according to ANN) so sure the animation wouldn't be as pretty. But, even so, it shouldn't be THAT ugly. It's the first episode for goodness sake! I figured they wouldn't be able to get the old cast back, and it's not like I have an issue with the new one...it's just that the way the episode was directed was just...urgh. The girls seemed so normal and happy. @__@ Sounds weird but...Rico was happy and acting like a normal girl! That's just WRONG. And Hirscher was ugly! ~ish shallow~ Bishie Hirscher! ~sobs~

Anyway, yeah, I probably won't be watching anything this season too. Speaking of which...maybe I should finish Ghost Hound, El Cazador, Gundam, Zetsubo, Aria, Lucky Star, RomeoxJuliet...and whatever else I started like two seasons ago? Claymore doesn't count because I stopped watching at the end once they started moving away from canon. I don't have a problem with manga Raki but anime Raki is like this whiny brat that you hope if you glare at him long enough he'll spontaneously combust. He's like the crazy monkey man from High and Mighty Color who ruins all their songs with his incoherent screaming, only arguably worse. ~sighs~