There's this one problem I've been having. Usually when I pay attention to gender stuff it's just whether there are any kickass female characters (a slim view, and maybe a somewhat rude one? sorry), and the show I'm mentioning here doesn't appear to have any shortage in that department.
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (which I still haven't seen past the first four episodes, but I doubt will take this into account, considering the name of the show itself. "Gurren-Lagann" is a combination mecha of two. There won't be a third one) introduces, in its first episode, a wonderful and plot-wise important woman with a damn big gun. She's competent with it, clearly everyone respects her for what she can do on the battlefield, she can handle herself with no problems. But the two guys, the main character guys, get robots that, when all's said and done, do the real ass-kicking.
I probably wouldn't have minded this, I wouldn't have felt sad over this, if the action scenes were badly done, but the problem is: they're not. They're heartfelt. And I sat therein front of my computer screen with a bowl of noodles lol, adrenaline starting to pump into my veins, and thought "shit, it'd be the coolest and the most cathartic thing ever to just let myself pretend I'm in their place" and there came a wall. Apparently when it comes to action for its own sake, usually a moment of beast-smashing in a videogame, I can't identify with males. If it's an emotional thing, quiet or not so quiet, sure, gender's no problem! But the action's a different story. :(
What I want is an action anime/Western TV show/whatever with incredible animation/scene-setting/special effects, and with a main female character who overcomes troubles and defeats villains with her iron fists! Kill Bill was nice, but too short! Besides, it was a drama in the end, not mindless and retarded mecha-action with the promise of a great self-discovery being made at the end of each episode.
...And here I must thank one big Japanese company for Final Fantasy XII and it giving me the choice of fighting most of the important boss fights with an all-female party that wasn't made of fussy mages and summoners. ♥ Aunt Ashe is here to decapitate you with her claymore.
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (which I still haven't seen past the first four episodes, but I doubt will take this into account, considering the name of the show itself. "Gurren-Lagann" is a combination mecha of two. There won't be a third one) introduces, in its first episode, a wonderful and plot-wise important woman with a damn big gun. She's competent with it, clearly everyone respects her for what she can do on the battlefield, she can handle herself with no problems. But the two guys, the main character guys, get robots that, when all's said and done, do the real ass-kicking.
I probably wouldn't have minded this, I wouldn't have felt sad over this, if the action scenes were badly done, but the problem is: they're not. They're heartfelt. And I sat there
What I want is an action anime/Western TV show/whatever with incredible animation/scene-setting/special effects, and with a main female character who overcomes troubles and defeats villains with her iron fists! Kill Bill was nice, but too short! Besides, it was a drama in the end, not mindless and retarded mecha-action with the promise of a great self-discovery being made at the end of each episode.
...And here I must thank one big Japanese company for Final Fantasy XII and it giving me the choice of fighting most of the important boss fights with an all-female party that wasn't made of fussy mages and summoners. ♥ Aunt Ashe is here to decapitate you with her claymore.
