I really wanted to want to like it and say this show is good, but I just can't...

I really wanted to want to like it and say this show is good, but I just can't. it may not have felt bad watching it but it didnt feel good for the hype it was getting. the positive I can say about this show aside from the op/ed though I don't think its good, if the bar is set this low and as long as people like it then it still opens the door for another one hopefully better written

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It's a weird mashup of popular anime series back in the 90s (Trigun, Cowboy Bebop etc). Judging by this and Castlevania this is what they are aiming for with their "anime brand".

yeah and not in a good way, you can't just slap good ideas, has to be organic, really wanted to like this show, but it has no focus and the middle episodes don't help none, it honestly feels like there's 6 episodes of filler

I agree. I'm all for cool stuff just for the sake of it being cool, but first you have to understand the core essence of what makes the thing cool. One example is giant robot transformation sequence which is also used in this show. However, since the staff doesn't seem to be able to grasp what exactly makes giant robots cool, they just make the transformation happen in the middle of the first episode in very anti-climatic way. Then, the transformation happens again in the SAME EPISODE. I assume this is the part that was supposed to be "the epic scene", but it's not since it lacks the certain buildup, music and direction that makes you go fuck yeah, cool robot.

It's like how She-ra and the Princesses of Power tries to take elements from magical girl anime, but without truly understanding what makes those shows so interesting. She-ra does have a transformation sequence, but it's just her standing there. She-ra does have a cool cape, but the animation never shows how cool that is so it's just there.

Cannon Busters is probably the creator's dream project and I'm happy for him to get there, but it really feels like a high school student's own super cool anime idea which actually is just a collection of ideas from their favorite classic anime series.

I mean I heard its from like 2006 and I can only imagine its one of the first pieces of work theyve done EVER but come on , did they not think to check anything like maybe changing some episodes around or remove some scenes or adding them?

I was already at low point with the series on episode 11 then the scene whhere the mc punches the female hand villain and it changes to a black and white "epic" sketch shot and im like "fucking why?". I can only hope this show opens the door for other people's work(hopefully much better ones) to get one day get animated themselves, netflix does have some lowkey good animated shows like the hollow, though imo it could be better without the reveal and stay animated.side note why was the "punk" girl in the hollow so fucking ugly?

The worst part is the show isn’t bad, it’s just mediocre. It has a lot of great character designs and concepts, like the mc getting a tattoo when he dies, the chick with the hover arms, and the old man trapped in a kids body. Again a lot of fun idea that fit into a single show pretty easily especially given it’s setting, it’s just really under utilized. Honestly it would’ve been better if they dropped the whole save the kingdom bs and the robot girl was a ancient relic and she had ptsd flash backs of her long dead kingdom. With a change like that the show could be more episodic while still having a gauge goal of find the long dead kingdom to give the robot girl closure because she’s on denial or something. That’s just a random shit off the top of my head but even with a loose idea like that there’s far more opportunities for character growth and when the show changes themes between horror and more light hearted it wouldn’t feel as jarring. The show is basically a big budget lesson in wasted potential and that character designs can’t support a show alone

Gaijin writers can't do anime

and devloping your characters I felt no investment for any of the characters, even casey who I find cute as a mascot, the only ones I was liking was the female with the hover hands but she has nothing don't know her motives or whatever, the only character who really feels invested in the prince's bodyguard oddly enough, the only character with the least amount of screen time has more story investment than any other so many things wrong with jsut the last episode alone
>hilda, captive, barely twp eps dies and the prince is crying over her?
>that pointless sketch of philly punching madam hands to look epic
>philly's fucking bipolar attitude towards the entire story
>red old man showing up out of nowhere, why didn't he just stay with the group then?
>where are the extra bounty hunters madam hands was hiring?
>villains have a clean getway already on their ship but somehow just doing stupid circles around long enough for the group to catch up, dumb, red old man and bodygaurd possibly have the best fight of the series but skip it because of the weird shit going on outside
jeeze. it hurts more for every one great original(truly original, not buying the license from original) Netflix adaption like castlevania(imo) there's like 3-4 mediocre/bad ones for their animated list
I think the worst part is the cliffhanger for a part 2, you had 12 episodes and wasted 6 of them on pointless, and uninteresting stuff they seriously need checkers, its the same issue I have with shows like netflix sabrina or sword guy, it feel like they don't know how properly pace themselves and jsut throw everything in the second part/season 2 instead of properly making it a show as if it was being done all at once or week by week like anime

it has nothing to do with trying to be an anime

Maybe American problem. French seem good at making their own anime and manga and even films like that new City hunter.