Heroman. Wow. If there were such a thing as American anime, then this would be it. I'm not sure what was being thought when it was created, but it's oh so obvious that this is a show with "American ideals". In a way it kind of pisses me off, because the first few minutes they show heavy traffic complete with Hummers (which only douchebags drive IMO), suburbia galore, and tons and tons of American flags. I should have counted how many there were in the first episode alone. And then some of the characters even dress so you know they're American. Then of course you couldn't have America (this particular anime based in what is essentially California) without the ever so wide variety of clicks. There's the main character, a scrawny kid who essentially dresses in a fashion I'd maybe call punk. Then there's the blond haired blue eyes cheerleader who wears nothing but her cheerleading uniform, and of course her older brother who wears a red, white and blue shirt and is built like a jock, and has a little posse he hangs with, all filled with rich kids. And there's the skateboarder kid who you'd never expect to be based of an American stereotype because his hair is huge like you often see in anime. And of course, Heroman, the giant robot, is dressed with the patterns of the American flag on him. I haven't really watched that much mecha (pretty much just Eureka 7 and Code Geass), but this is different. I do believe most mecha involve someone being inside the giant robot, whereas this giant robot turns into a giant robot after being unleashed by the giant cool looking hand thing and is just a giant solid robot with nobody inside him.
It may seem as if I don't like it, but I wouldn't say that. I kind of just made me laugh, on the inside at least. Pretty much the only thing Japanese about it is the fact that they're speaking Japanese, although they use as many English words as they can. So I'm probably going to stick with it, since I haven't really taken on that much this season. Last season I watched probably 80% of the shows that aired. This season I'm only doing four or five, at the moment. I don't think there's anything else I was planning on watching though.
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Amber. 20. Nov. Arizona. Harry Potter. Fullmetal Alchemist. Anna Tsuchiya. MythBusters. Romi Paku. More?
