Comments on: Final Thoughts - Toward the Terra

By: Aloe Dream » Blog Archive » Marathon :: Terra e…

Aloe Dream » Blog Archive » Marathon :: Terra e… — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 05:45:18 +0000

[…] blindsided by this, mainly because of such strong character development and connections, as others have stated. I believe this is partly in lieu of the story layout, which tends to jump time gaps […]

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 04:25:40 +0000

I loved this show. The character development was some of the best I have been exposed to in any anime I’ve seen so far. In as short as one episode, I fell completely or a character that was then killed off. May of the characters on this show bare the same affection.

The plot was good, not great, but the emotional influence it has is much stronger and keeps you wanting to continue watching one episode right after another.

Keith Anyan was a little annoying at times though. I was also confused by his constant self-denial. It was just in his character though to act the way he did and I’m glad the writers didn’t turn him into just another cookie-cutter character.

By: Penguin_Factory

Penguin_Factory — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 18:59:02 +0000

Wow….. after reading this I started watching Toward the Terra again. You’re right- it really started getting good around episode 4.

By: roastedpekingduck

roastedpekingduck — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 04:41:32 +0000

Glad you enjoyed this so much. It was a damn fine show, especially through its hard-hitting middle stretch, and certainly one of the better shows of 2007. It’s a pity 2007 is so crowded, or else in a sparse year, Terra e could have easily been among my top few shows.

By: BluWacky

BluWacky — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 09:39:46 +0000

Thanks for the info about Keith. That precisely explains why I found Keith a little odd. The Shiroe arc seemed to build him up to question Mother, and indeed Shiroe did make him question his actions at times, but I couldn’t understand why he was still so single-minded about his purpose for so long. If Swena took a lot of that away from him that would explain it (I did, however, really like what the writers did with Swena precisely because I thought she would be a throwaway character and she turned out to be more interesting than that!).

By: anne

anne — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 08:45:02 +0000

Not many people have seen this and it’s a shame, since it was my favorite show of 2007. I know the term EPIC gets thrown around a lot, but I think this type of show really portrays that well. They fought for decades for the future of the world.

Keith is an interesting character, but suffered because they took out a lot of what made him interesting in the manga. In the manga, Swena (or whatever her name was) was a basically throw away character and all the questions she asked where actually asked by Keith. So, basically that is why he was doing what he was doing…since he wanted to know why. I think they did redeem him in the end, but still I guess the need for a lead female kind of ruined his character a bit.

Jomy was one of the best characters in term of growth that I have ever seen in anime.