Comments on: Ongoing Investigations: Case #069

By: Lothos

Lothos — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:24:17 +0000

I vaguely remember watching exo-squad when I was a kid, I think I had a couple of the toys too…but I can’t for the life of me remember a single character’s name, what any of them looked like, or really anything about the series except that they had the power frames. I don’t think it was a show I watched regularly, since I can still remember specific info about those (thunder cats, gi joe, david the gnome, the little price, etc).

@ TheDigitalBug

Oh hell yes Gargoyles was awesome!

By: TheDigitalBug

TheDigitalBug — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 02:57:12 +0000

I loved exo-squad back in the day. That cartoon as well as Gargoyles were truly the best American cartoons made.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:22:11 +0000

Description of Kiruminzoo was a bit vague but its piqued my interest enough all the same. One thing I noticed early on was that the opening theme song is really cool and incredibly catchy.

Its interesting to note, in the later episodes of Cross Game, the entire Aoba-tries-out for national level and plays for all girls team Arc, none of that was in the manga. It was added specifically for the anime, possibly to encourage a stronger female viewership.

My only complaint with Cross Game is that, Adachi has to go so far as to introduce a female character that has not just the looks, but the EXACTLY the same personality as Wakaba. To me, it breaks the magic of Cross Game a little by being a little hard to swallow. It steps into the territory of ‘Plot Device’ too much.

Thx for the write up.

By: reversethieves

reversethieves — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:21:43 +0000

@ Sean Russell
I do not think you will regret it. It is an amazing show. Adachi makes a great manga with excellent drama and excellent baseball. The adaptation really brings that to like well.

- Hisui

By: Sean Russell

Sean Russell — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 05:56:06 +0000

It’s my goal in life to watch at least one episode of Cross Game before week’s end.