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I'm completely lost on the music hate for Darker Than BLACK

I'm completely lost on the music hate for Darker Than BLACK - was the OST that was released, like, not the music actually used in the anime or something? 'Cause I have the soundtrack (never watched the show) and it's one of my favorites - moreso than the Bebop soundtracks. I also found it very distinctly Kanno, as did my mother (not an anime fan), who, upon walking into my room while I was listening to it, said "That's Yoko Kanno, right?" and immediately asked if she could borrow the CD.

You have to see how poorly it's used in the show. It works as a stand-alone CD, but it's not matched very well to the scenes.

Bamboo wrote:

Personally, I've always found Ichitaka to be a solid lead. He's not particularly good at anything, but he cares deeply about his friends. He's always the one who saves Iori from perverts (because for whatever reason, Katsura romances have a lot of rape danger scenarios), and he cares deeply about his friends.

Was this done on purpose? Either way, you certainly made it clear what his most outstanding quality is.

I'm not. I'm not a huge Kanno fan in general, only really enjoying Cowboy Bebop and Macross Frontier's soundtracks, but even by her standards DtB had an awful soundtrack. It really did sound like someone was trying to mimic a jazzy style and just ended up with a cacophony that didn't sound like much of anything at all.

edzieba wrote:

Quote: Darker than Black [...] mildly awful soundtrack Really? Really? Quote: The animation isn't particularly impressive This too. Bones? high budget? Not impressive?

I really must agree with this. Darker than Black's soundtrack is composed by Yoko Kanno. I'm pretty sure most people agree she's one of the best anime composers.

It's been a while since I saw DtB, but I do remember being stunned by the animation. They put in a lot of detail even where it wasn't really necessary.

I've watched the first episode of the Love Hina Anime. I found it so abysmally awful that I swore never to watch a "harem comedy" again. Those who managed to watch the entire series have my simultaneous respect and derision. I never saw the appeal of such repetitive and unimaginative situational "comedy" hi-jinks. There are plenty of far better Ecchi Anime out there if that's what you are looking for (maybe not so much back then, but still). And if you want comedy, there are scores of Anime that pull it off better than in Love Hina. Heck, Trigun had more comedic moments in it while still packing serious action and drama. I know this is a mean thing to say, but I have no sympathy for those who watched past the pilot episode. If you couldn't see it was that bad right from the get-go, then tough.

I suppose. Still, the whole loli schoolgirl/shotabait thing doesn't really fit any of them either, which I presume that's what got him squicked out in the first place. I can't think of any other reason why, anyway.

How about "If they watched past the pilot episode mabye they actually *liked* the show"? Not everyone enjoys everything the same way.