tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323543890331313328.post5538029600177090182..comments2024-02-14T05:37:12.373+00:00Comments on Hanners' Anime 'Blog: CANAAN - Episode 12Hannershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02789149333914200143noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323543890331313328.post-43416526357558605452009-09-21T22:52:34.181+01:002009-09-21T22:52:34.181+01:00It's been mentioned before by people on this &...It's been mentioned before by people on this 'blog that the "missing link" I speak of may well be familiarity with the "428" video game from which this series spins-off - I wouldn't be at all surprised if that game fills in a lot of the motivations and developments that we feel we're lacking here, which might in turn have made this series seem much better.Hannershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02789149333914200143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323543890331313328.post-26951679754248950502009-09-21T04:13:13.611+01:002009-09-21T04:13:13.611+01:00I've chewed through Canaan in the last few day...I've chewed through Canaan in the last few days, and I've been enjoying it immensely as well, but I see what you mean about "something missing".<br /><br />I think that the main problem is a lack of a clear antagonist. While Alphard is set up as the baddie, God only knows why... she's not so much inscrutable as incoherent! <br /><br />In one scene she says that she's going to start lots of wars to show the futility of capitalism (um, somehow...?), but against that she's the head of a big corporation, has a shot of royal blood in her, and in another scene says that she wants to use the Borners as a bioweapon business. She keeps going on about how she's no longer bound by the past, but she still jealously pursues Canaan for being the late Siam's favourite (but then leaves her be half the time, so it's a pretty confused cat that's chasing the mouse). I'm not sure exactly what the tortured cutting off Liang Qi, a fanatically loyal lieutenant, was supposed to achieve either. <br /><br />The show makes a few anti-American sideswipes but is pretty muted and half-hearted about them. The Snakes themselves have no motive - they just seem to be terrorists just for the sake of being bastards. <br /><br />Canaan is an action anime, but it's one without an enemy! All of its elaborate moves and techniques are flailing at empty air. It's a great pity, because it's strong in many other respects.Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02320100195323014968noreply@blogger.com