![]() ![]() Senkawa and Birdy are fused, which leads to an interesting dynamic between the two, but it feels squandered since most of the runtime switches between the main sci-fi plot, and then to the slow dump that is the school-based slice of life segments. Birdy tracks down several alien criminals to earth, and while the story doesn't differentiate itself from your average sci-fi anime much, hunting down Geega and Bacillus is quite entertaining, the fights have immense energy and dynamism, the story is well-paced for about 3-4 eps, and there's a mystery slowly unravelling, almost like a detective story. Though I've personally never seen it pulled off in a truly great way. There are many different races populating various far-flung planets, most of which seem far more advanced than earth. To begin with, it has one of those storylines following an intergalactic police organization. It has nice qualities, but it's definitely flawed. it's not a slog like Naruto or Bleach or some LONG shounen. Fortunately, all of these slices of nice animation are presented in an isolated format for your viewing pleasure on Youtube, so while dumpster diving may lead to some unique finds, you can forego the diving part and just get right to the good stuff when it comes to anime. The problem with a number of "sakuga fests" is that, like Naruto, it's not uncommon for them to be like dumpster dives where you end up swimming through banana peels and sludge, but you at least find a few nice items-in this case, animation-that (hopefully) makes the tedious and/or gross experience worthwhile. ![]() of great key animation here, especially coming alive during the numerous action sequences. A typical sci-fi action/adventure that sometimes looks merely okay or a bit generic, but the production values shift rapidly to be something more awe inspiring. Although the rating on MAL is pretty decent, I remember this being a series with a fairly lukewarm reception back when it came out-at least the first season, and i can see why. The gist of it is more or less the same, but Decode is completed. After the original Birdy series was abandoned, the author returned to write a new Birdy series, which Birdy the Mighty: Decode is an adaptation of. ![]()
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