When you hear Space Opera, what do you think? Do you think w ild interstelar adventures with a group of teenagers trying to defeat an evil empire lead by a laser sword weilding man in black? How about a group of interstelar space frontiermen who will boldly go where no man has gone before?
No, not that familiar? How about the story of a young pilot who finds himself piloting an experimental mecha? Or a Young man falling in love with a girl who's gift can create peace between humans and aliens? Yeah, much more familiar now I bet. But what about the story of one Justin Ueki Tylor, an irresponsible man,one day decides to join the United Planetary Space Force and ends up becoming captain of an small space destroyer and a mis-match crew? No? Well let's change that. Welcome to the Otaku Underground's review of The Irresponsible Captain Tylor!
YOSH!
A little background first, like some anime Captain made it's start not as a manga but as a light novel under the name "The Most Irresponsible Man in Space". It was then made into an anime (which will be what I am directly reviewing),then made a 10 part OVA series and finally a manga under then the title Love and War. However, the most interesting thing about Captain Tylor is that it's a comedy/parody of Space Operas. At least at first...
Music: 8/10 Good!
Right from the get go the Opening makes me think about the 80s, (even though this show was released in Japan in the early 90s). This isn't a bad thing but to me it makes the anime feel old to me, not that it's a bad OP. It's an Opening that fulfills all the the requirements, gets the viewer interested and excited to watch the new episode. But where the anime truly shines is in it's soundtrack. There is a theme for every moment, every character in the show that fits perfectly. There was on such tune that I would always know when it was coming, however I can't find the name of the song or the soundtrack for the show, so I'm just going to call it "Captain Tylor Strikes again" you'll know what it is when you hear it. So the OP is good, the Soundtrack is thrilling but the ending is possibly one of my favorite bits. It's slow, and really gets you into the mindset of Captain Tylor if only for a moment, which I will be talking about when we get to story.
And now it's ROULLETE TIME! But the answer is obvious!
My Favorite is!
The Irresponsible Captian Tylor is Licenced by Nozomi Entertainment and was directed by Koichi Mashimo. You can find Captian Tylor online on Nozomi's Youtube account but be warned because they are only streaming episodes for a certian amount of time and then taking them off. I absolutely greenlight anime. If your into Space Operas of any kind make sure you check this one out for sure.Ther sheer personality of the show will interest you from the start.The comedy is golden, constant and the story itself is real with it's own originality thrown into the space opera genre.
Overall: I give The Irresponsible Captain Tylor and his magnificent crew
No, not that familiar? How about the story of a young pilot who finds himself piloting an experimental mecha? Or a Young man falling in love with a girl who's gift can create peace between humans and aliens? Yeah, much more familiar now I bet. But what about the story of one Justin Ueki Tylor, an irresponsible man,one day decides to join the United Planetary Space Force and ends up becoming captain of an small space destroyer and a mis-match crew? No? Well let's change that. Welcome to the Otaku Underground's review of The Irresponsible Captain Tylor!
YOSH!
A little background first, like some anime Captain made it's start not as a manga but as a light novel under the name "The Most Irresponsible Man in Space". It was then made into an anime (which will be what I am directly reviewing),then made a 10 part OVA series and finally a manga under then the title Love and War. However, the most interesting thing about Captain Tylor is that it's a comedy/parody of Space Operas. At least at first...
Music: 8/10 Good!
Right from the get go the Opening makes me think about the 80s, (even though this show was released in Japan in the early 90s). This isn't a bad thing but to me it makes the anime feel old to me, not that it's a bad OP. It's an Opening that fulfills all the the requirements, gets the viewer interested and excited to watch the new episode. But where the anime truly shines is in it's soundtrack. There is a theme for every moment, every character in the show that fits perfectly. There was on such tune that I would always know when it was coming, however I can't find the name of the song or the soundtrack for the show, so I'm just going to call it "Captain Tylor Strikes again" you'll know what it is when you hear it. So the OP is good, the Soundtrack is thrilling but the ending is possibly one of my favorite bits. It's slow, and really gets you into the mindset of Captain Tylor if only for a moment, which I will be talking about when we get to story.
Art & Animation: 5/10 Average!
Now I didn't really care for the art style of Captain Tylor, the space stuff looks spacey and the spaceships seem to be your standard Humans V.s Aliens Affair. And before anyone accuses me of dogging points because it's old because here is the reason why.
| Age 20??? |
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| Yeah, Age 20 |
This is Justy Ueki Tylor, captain of the Soyokaze and our main character... Age: 20. Now does this man look 20? For a majority of the anime no... no he doesn't. He looks more 30 than 20 and in fact I find this to be a slight weakness. Alot of the cast in the anime looks different from what their age is, girls looks more 18 than 20 or 30 and other problems but this is VERY minor for me. But it's still a problem that was constantly reminded during the show. Although they fix it on the 2001 box art release.
Characters/Audio: 9/10 Great...
Finally, to my favorite part. The greatest part to Captian Tylor I love is the fact that keeps the comedy as priority one, because this is the opposite with most Space Operas. With Star Wars, Gundam and even mecha you usually get dry/dark humor but whenever you get a generally funny moment you predict it right before it happens loosing some of the humor. However from ep.1 the audience is given comedy full force, but better yet. The audience is given space opera parody humor, which I found to be very unique for the series. There are so many cliches like the young ace pilot, the ruff and tough space marines, the beautiful yet headstrong female Lieutenant, the crazy doctor and the mysterious yet attractive woman on board. However... the one thing I like better is that it keeps to it's own story and still plays as a Space Opera. There are parts where you just stare at the screen with eyes wide open thinking, "No... that didn't just happen." And it does that while balancing the humor in.
And then there is the voice acting... look I'm neutral in the Subs vs. Dubs debate. With this both are good with the exception of these characters...
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| On the Left are the Twin and in the english Dub are voiced by the same voice actress with no difference in tone at all and on the right is Kojiro and his english voice sounds whiney and absolutely annoying when he speaks casually. However This could be on purpose since it is a Space Opera parody, it still sounds annoying. |
My Favorite is!
Justy Ueki Tylor Age:20
Yes, I'm sure you all didn't see this one coming. But anyone would have to agree, not only is Tylor the center of comedy, action and drama in the show but he is also the most interesting character in alot of space opera anime. Okay, so he's a captian so he has a lot of power right? Yet he barely ever uses it, at least in the way one would expect. He's lazy and really lets everyone do what they want to do. And this is another reason why Tylor is so interesting. Remember Trigun? Remember Vash the Stampeed and in the 1st episode he looks completely helpless and looks like some kind of comic relief character until the very end of the episode where he takes out the big bad guy and you didn't know if he planned it or not. I have the same feeling about Tylor throught the entire series. At first he looks like a typical guy who just wants to have a good life, but then he starts taking care of tight situations like a pro but he does it all with a sense of doubt in you everytime he does it. If a ship gets in range of him he surrenders with no resistance and acts very kindly to his captor. A ship is about to destory his ship all together, he runs away and finds some random but logical way out of it. Captain Tylor has such a child like way of thinking yet still acts like a functional adult, yet at times it's almost impossible to see why he acts the way he does. Everyone calls him just a lucky guy, though some have their suspicions about him that he's just hiding it and altough I doubt he is really an alien who has been alive for hundreds of years that doesn't stop him from always capturing my interest in the show every time I watch it.
The Irresponsible Captian Tylor is Licenced by Nozomi Entertainment and was directed by Koichi Mashimo. You can find Captian Tylor online on Nozomi's Youtube account but be warned because they are only streaming episodes for a certian amount of time and then taking them off. I absolutely greenlight anime. If your into Space Operas of any kind make sure you check this one out for sure.Ther sheer personality of the show will interest you from the start.The comedy is golden, constant and the story itself is real with it's own originality thrown into the space opera genre.
Overall: I give The Irresponsible Captain Tylor and his magnificent crew
9/10 Great...
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