~Cast in the Name of God~: Ye Will Watch The Big O

[Great Rumbler]

Spencer suggested it in the anime thread, so we're gonna do it.


The Big O

The story takes place forty years after a mysterious occurrence causes the residents of Paradigm City to lose their memories. The series follows Roger Smith, Paradigm City's top Negotiator. He provides this much needed service with the help of a Gynoid named R. Dorothy Wayneright and his butler Norman Burg. When the need arises, Roger calls upon Big O, a giant relic from the city's past

Director: Kazuyoshi Katayama [Appleseed OVA, Argento Soma, Those Who Hunt Elves]
Writer: Chiaki J. Konaka [Armitage III, Hellsing, Serial Experiments Lain, Ghost Hound, Shadow Star Narutaro]
Music: Toshihiko Sahashi [Gundam SEED, Full Metal Panic, Hunter x Hunter]

Aired: 1999-10-13 to 2000-01-19 and 2003-01-02 to 2003-03-27
Episodes: 26
Random fact: The second season was released 4 years after the first because of the series' success on Cartoon Network [who co-produced the second season]

[TEEEPO]

trash.

[Great Rumbler]

Wait there's a second season? Holy shit

It's really not as good as the first season, despite a bigger emphasis on a cohesive plotline. It's not bad, though, but the ending makes little sense.

[Great Rumbler]

They kind of got away from what was great about the first season [stand alone episodes, big emphasis on noir] and went for more action, more story, and more recurring villains. Again, it's not BAD, but it's not as good either. Season 2 does still have some of the things that worked and features some really great episodes regardless.

[brob]

I love a man who takes charge

[Great Rumbler]

Episode 01 - Roger the Negotiator

Roger Smith, Paradigm City's top Negotiator, is hired to oversee the retrieval of Dorothy, the kidnapped daughter of the wealthy scientist Miguel Soldano. But in the City of Amnesia, things are not always what they seem.

[Vizzys]

we only got like halfway through the "watch cowboy bebop" topic

[Great Rumbler]

we only got like halfway through the "watch cowboy bebop" topic

That's fine, Big O's quality tails off after the halfway point anyway.

[Bebpo]

The ending does really suck.

But it's one of those shows that's worth watching despite that.

[Great Rumbler]

we only got like halfway through the "watch cowboy bebop" topic

That's fine, Big O's quality tails off after the halfway point of the first episode anyway.

Sounds about right

Don't make me Hulk out on you, bro.

[Narag]

First season was so damn good. I only ever recall the weird sentai parody from the second though.

[Madrun Badrun]

I would watch an anime about big O notation.

[recursivelyenumerable]

I would watch an anime about big O notation.

Me too. There must be more of us, let's start a project on Kickstarter.

[Great Rumbler]

By the way, I'm going to leave the first episode up for several days before going to the next.