Comments on: Final thoughts on Xam’d: Lost Memories

By: Jenkat

Jenkat — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 21:50:28 +0000

@Martin
I was curious about this series, and went looking for reviews. I happened to come across another “review”, published earlier this year, which awkwardly and incompletely plagiarizes your own review here.

http://japancinema.net/2011/04/19/xamd-lost-memories-complete-series-review/

Near the end, in the final paragraph,
"The attention to detail and the wonderful alternate 1940-50s era worldview justice – I can’t remember the last time I saw an anime series that took so much time to invent a world that was so familiar-yet-not, from vehicles and flying machines to weapons and light fittings."

By: TheHinac

TheHinac — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 05:14:26 +0000

Am I the only one that wants to be there in a thousand years! heh ;) sigh did this anime really have to end… -Justin

By: john

john — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 23:59:18 +0000

I loved the show but to be honest had a hard time following some of it. I found myself rewatching episodes a lot to try and figure it out, and after completing it i do find it a little disapointing that a lot of little details were left to the wayside. One thing I would like to know is whether the Akiyuki at the end in the flash foward is the real Akiyuki or is it the hiruken emperor who took over his memories and form durring the final showdown?

By: hugo

hugo — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 03:34:34 +0000

oh man i feel like crying because they didn’t make any more episodes. They could do so much more with the anime.

By: Michael C.

Michael C. — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 03:15:42 +0000

I just finished watching the series and I agree that the ending left a lot of questions. Like how does Akiyuki escape his stone imprisonment and if he did then what is that large stone statue. Also why 9 years? If anyone could answer that for me I will thank you. I would think they would end the story a little more emotional. Then again Bones has always come up with unique endings. Other than that the series was so great I finished it in 3 days.

By: departedlion

departedlion — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 19:46:43 +0000

This may be a totally dumb question… But where can I actually a buy a copy of this?(with english subs of course) been looking all over the net and I can’t find it.

By: Tony

Tony — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:07:55 +0000

I totally agree with watching it in chunks. Then again, I watched ep 1 to 26 in a straight shot; needless to say I loved it.

By: Martin

Martin — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 19:06:24 +0000

@Ghostlightning: like you, I didn’t have a clear idea about the details but was deeply moved by the emotional side, so that was enough for me too. Your mention of the Coolest Parents In The Universe intrigues me though; iirc their pairing was quite the historic moment in the context to the Macross story.

@Omisyth: yeah, I loved the fast-forward for the warm fuzzy feeling thing. I think there’s a tonne of symbolism I missed out on but fundamentally the relationships are what made it special. That and the gorgeous artwork!

By: Omisyth

Omisyth — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:18:37 +0000

I don’t think Xam’d would’ve had as good a conclusion if they hadn’t done the fast-forward. Sure, it’s normally a shameless way to give the appearance of characters growing both physically and emotionally, but it was in a show that was so much about the realtionships the fact that Haru waited for Akiyuki all those years is heartwarming. Not to meantion all the paralells and symbolism.

By: ghostlightning

ghostlightning — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:08:38 +0000

I resisted reading this post, and I reward myself now having just completed Xam’d a few minutes ago.

My initial reaction is that I loved it.

I felt that it’s shamelessly sentimental, but that I’d be a fool to hold this against Xam’d. Like coburn said, it really is good to watch it in chunks. My wife and I watched the last five episodes in one last buffet and my our eyes were moist the whole time.

Re Ryuuzou and Fusa, I can name another estranged middle-aged couple that’s pretty awesome to watch. It’s comedic so it may not provide the same emotional gravity as RxF, but I wager you’ll enjoy them: Maximilian and Millya Fallnya Jenius in Macross 7.