It’s April, and that means the Spring 2010 anime season is rolling out new series.
I’m not really a big fan of American comics. So considering that Heroman was based on an idea by Stan Lee (creator of Spider-man), I had my reservations.
The pilot episode sets up the stereotypical superhero beginning. A seemingly weak boy, the kind that gets pushed around at school, fixes a broken toy robot that miraculously transforms into Heroman and partners up with him.
I’ll give this anime a few more episodes to see how it turns out, mostly because Bones is the studio animating it.
Rating: Mediocre
Working!! Final Impressions
Midseason Impressions – Spring 2010
Rainbow First Impressions
Freezing – First Impressions
Yeah, Bones animation worked pretty well with this episode.
Stan Lee did a real good job of making the anime look like it branched out from Marvel Comics. Joey reminded me too much of pre-Spiderman Peter Parker.
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Im not going to watch this..
zetai!
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oh~,i forgot to watch it yesterday. bacause it was broadcast evening. i watch animes mid-night. but i manage to try to watch it chapter1.
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@Sebz: Except that Joey looks really feminine, but yeah.
@Fabrice: :/
@mangajet: Yup, give it a try.
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I’ve heard about how this series could go either way, and so far, it looks like that prognosis is leaning more towards “could be bad” than “could be good.” Still, I did hear that the music was good, so I might just check the soundtrack out and nothing else.
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Reltair Reply:
April 3rd, 2010 at 4:04 pm
I’m leaning towards “could be bad” I guess, but I’ll be happy to be proven wrong. I can’t recall the music from the first episode; going to need to watch a few more to let it soak in.
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Bah. Heroman is fucking awesome. And really, really American.
Also, Jeoy is actually Yui from K-On. Stan Lee told me so.
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Reltair Reply:
April 5th, 2010 at 11:42 pm
Haha, Yui as rendered by Bones.
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