2010-04-04, 12:23 AM
I've been hearing "Heroman","Heroman", "Heroman", and "Heroman" nonstop on /a/ yesterday in the rare occasion I ever do lurk 4chan. I was actually pretty shocked to see that there was so much buzz about this series, because I had come across this to see what else Stan Lee is doing in anime and manga besides Karakuridouji ULTIMO, and saw the manga for this, but wound up uninterested to check it out and had no clue about the plans for an anime on this. So, with all the word about it, I checked it out last night and here's my thoughts.
Heroman 1:
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I was pleased to see that this wasn't half-bad...in America. Very generic and full of cliches, but that's something pleasing for this series...in America! What I like about this series is that it's the Saturday morning done right; without the half-assed and crappy animation that plagues most Saturday morning cartoons and it's got a fair plot going for it...in America! The show feels like a mix of Gurren Lagann and Ben 10 to me. The plot seems simple and not too convoluted or trying too hard to fit with what's considered standard anime fare like Stan Lee does with ULTIMO, and that's something I like. Bones is doing a pretty fine job with this series, and let's hope that good direction takes Stan Lee's story and makes it into something nice. As for character designs... not really fond of Joey looking really feminine, Psy might take some time to get used to, and Lina's pretty cute; actually.
If anything, I felt like Heroman and ULTIMO were Stan Lee's views on anime and manga. It shows in the character designs a lot- particularly in ULTIMO, but that might just be Hiroyuki Takei's flair to it; because everyone in that series seemed generic in design and personality. Here, he seems to give a pro-American twist to it and actually based this one on American comics, but I see that he gives his own views of anime and manga in the designs of Psy and Joey. This series seems to be less than subtle about the fact it's in the US. We see Center City, West Coast USA show on the screen for a bit; and then the next second, we're seeing American flags draped everywhere. It shouts "...IN AMERICA!" every five seconds or so for a while, and once you think it stops, you ask it back, "Lemme guess, 'in America', right?" and then it responds: "I wasn't going to say that...", and then mutters an "...in America" back when Heroman pops up with this whole American flag design.
Heroman 1:
I was pleased to see that this wasn't half-bad...in America. Very generic and full of cliches, but that's something pleasing for this series...in America! What I like about this series is that it's the Saturday morning done right; without the half-assed and crappy animation that plagues most Saturday morning cartoons and it's got a fair plot going for it...in America! The show feels like a mix of Gurren Lagann and Ben 10 to me. The plot seems simple and not too convoluted or trying too hard to fit with what's considered standard anime fare like Stan Lee does with ULTIMO, and that's something I like. Bones is doing a pretty fine job with this series, and let's hope that good direction takes Stan Lee's story and makes it into something nice. As for character designs... not really fond of Joey looking really feminine, Psy might take some time to get used to, and Lina's pretty cute; actually.
madanthony Wrote:Heroman 1
How to describe... pleasantly generic? I dig it. Strangely amusing to watch my own culture through a Japanese lens with Stan Lee there to make sure it doesn't go haywire. Will take some getting used to: Psy's hair. Even by anime standards, it's a little ridiculous. Love the OP
If anything, I felt like Heroman and ULTIMO were Stan Lee's views on anime and manga. It shows in the character designs a lot- particularly in ULTIMO, but that might just be Hiroyuki Takei's flair to it; because everyone in that series seemed generic in design and personality. Here, he seems to give a pro-American twist to it and actually based this one on American comics, but I see that he gives his own views of anime and manga in the designs of Psy and Joey. This series seems to be less than subtle about the fact it's in the US. We see Center City, West Coast USA show on the screen for a bit; and then the next second, we're seeing American flags draped everywhere. It shouts "...IN AMERICA!" every five seconds or so for a while, and once you think it stops, you ask it back, "Lemme guess, 'in America', right?" and then it responds: "I wasn't going to say that...", and then mutters an "...in America" back when Heroman pops up with this whole American flag design.