Impressions: No. 6 has been an interesting series thus far. I’m enjoying the whole setting of this series; futurisitic, 1984 esque. You can never go wrong with a series that’s being produced by Bones, in the end you are always given something that’s enjoyable on so many levels…unlike Gonzo…

So, the futuristic setting is awesome. I like how everything seems perfect but yet if you dig deeper, it’s not. There’s ugliness in the beauty. Shion notices it and everything starts to crumble around him. N0.6 is hiding something big.

I didn’t like Shion at first, but he eventually grew on me. I’m not the biggest fans of the naive characters, mostlybecause once they get thrown into the real world they bitch and complain about everything. But once he resuced Nezumi I figured that he wasn’t such an annoying character after all, he’s an exception to the naive character cliche. Nezumi is an interesting character too, I really don’t know what to think of him. At times it seems he harbors a little brother complex towards Shion.  It’s amusing at times.

I thoroughly enjoyed this episode mostly because of the theatrical references (theatre major). The mentions of Oscar Wilde and Macbeth bring back so many memories, especially Macbeth (at times I loved being in that play, and I times I hated being in that play).

Shion finally got the white hair, I was really wondering how that was going to come into play and that brings me to the whole bee infection thing. I’m beginning to think that the people behind No.6 are the people behind the mysterious deaths that happened in the earlier episodes (it seems obvious to me at least).  I hope he gets a chance to see his mom again, although I think it’s highly doubtful. The escape from No.6 reminded me of Ergo Proxy, when Re-l, Pino and Vincent escaped from Romdo…only the outside of No.6 didn’t look as dead as the outside of Romdo looked. I hope we get to meet some characters that are ‘inside the system’ soon.

I’m curious to see what Shion’s going to do about his friends and family that are still inside No.6 who are in danger of the mysterious killer bees. I also wonder what’s going to happen to his mother. I also wonder how that will affect his relationship with Nezumi. Speaking of which, I’m in love with the rats and how they are used as communication.

Bees and wasps scare the crap out of me.

These openings are  considered to be my favorites and most of these songs are found on my IPO-I mean PSP. When I first find an anime series that I have an interest in I look up the opening to get the feel of the series. Most of the time I am successful and about 60% I end up failing. These 5 are considered to be my favorite and I love them with all of my black hole (heart).  And these are in no particular order.

Let’s start out with the obvious, Baccano! Baccano is my favorite series (though it’s in danger of getting dethroned at the moment). When I first came across Baccano I wasn’t expecting that crazy of an opening. An introduction to over a dozen characters was all it took to get me hooked. Believe it or not there is a video lurking out there on youtube that has the non-instrumental version of Guns and Roses (aka, with lyrics). It’s actually a pretty nice/catchy song.

This is the reason I got into Code Geass in the first place. My friend was a HUGE fan and he was like “OMG! Aaron you have to watch this video. It is going to get you hooked into the Code Geass franchise. ” And it eventually did, his mission was completed. What I really liked about this opening though was that it was a complete, crazy ass mess (which I later found out pretty much signified Code Geass R2). It had CRAZY action, it introduced way too many characters (Baccano was manageable) and it did this with a really catchy J-Rock song that will always remain on my PSP. It was gold in my book, thank you Code Geass. Also another thing I found funny with R2 was the 2nd OP line “Everything is -FABULOOOOOUS-.” Thank you gg fansubs, you guys are crazy.

Gankutsuou was such a special series, the opening song managed to bring a tear to my eye every time I heard it. The opening song also doesn’t spoil a lot of the art style (which is SPECIAL).

Maaya Sakamoto, enough said. Her songs are very beautiful and they also move me to tears (especially Wolf’s Rain). This was another instance where the OP hooked me into the series…sadly I had to wait a good 4 years before I really got into the storyline. Rahxephon was one of those series that I wanted to own. My favorite part of the opening was the change of pace, it always gives me goosebumps (music nerd).

I’m saving the best for last.

…….I’m pretty sure some of you are completely speechless, or you are laughing your butt off. Let me leave with this statement  “Any shred of insanity that people have seen come out of me…blame it completely on Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei.”