[Rebel]

So Rebel, what about the show weren't you too fond of exactly?

First, I dislike the "little miss soldier girl" concept. It's one of the most asanine character styles ever developed. A person who does whatever they're told without question has serious issues. I know, I have a cousin who is "little soldier boy" for him, the army is always right, and he follows unquestioning. In short, people like this are stupid. And they annoy the shit out of me because they lack the ability to actually anazlize a situation and think for themselves.

Second, the "teenager with super-powers" is a little tiresome. It was one thing I liked about NGE, Shinji wasn't really special in any way other than he could synch up with a giant robot. He didnt have mad fighting skills from the get-go. He couldnt make Ka-meh-ha-meh-ha waves or some stupid crap like that. This kid in Bleach barely even needs training, he comes preequipped with a bad-ass Cloud-style buster sword, krazy fighting skillz and a crazy outfit. The only thing he "needs" from this chick who's "teaching" him is to be told whats good and what's bad without thinking for himself, and in an episode I've caught, it's already been shown that what the "good" guys say is "bad" is not necessarily true.

The animation is not spectacular, while this isnt something that often gets to me as far as animation goes, this is animation I expect from the next generation of Yu Yu Haykusho, not a brand new show. Plus, I simply dont like it, call me spoiled from too much Gundam SEED or GITS.

The plot is rather tired. Mysterious orginization pulling sturings to fight mysterious evil that's really more misguided than actually evil. Teen holds the power to set things right with the world. Nobody can see any of it except teen and select few others. *this part I ESPECIALLY dislike*

And I agree that it needs to be a little darker and more serious, they're dealing with some VERY seirous concepts in this show, and I want to see them take it seriously. They're on a mission to destroy "bad" souls. That's beyond simply killing people. Bodies are frail things, souls are eternal, simply destroying them is a little disturbing even to faithless little 'ol me.

And finally, as I said already, it's TOO F******** long. Gundam 0083, 08th MS Team, Hellsing, and Gundam 0080 are some of my fav series, easily all in my top ten, and all of them are 13 episodes.(both 0083 and 08th MS have an accompying movie though). They are IMO, great series, with good animation that fits the show perfectly. 100+ episodes is excessive. Make sequal series if you have to, but dont make one big never-ending nightmare.