NEEDLESS Ep. 1
The new season of anime has started, and that means it’s time to check out all the new series.
I just finished watching the first episode of NEEDLESS, an action anime with what looks to be a generic rising up against oppresion story. Normally I would find this kind of story boring, but what kept me watching until the end of the episode was the similarites between NEEDLESS and Gurren Lagann. In NEEDLESS there’s a useless kid called Cruz which reminded me of Simon, a cool dude named Blade who I guess is sorta like Kamina, and a booby-bouncing girl named Eve. If you don’t want to watch the anime to see the similarities, I’ve pointed them out on the screenshot below. Now the only thing missing is giant robots, but I’m 90% sure at least one will show up sometime in the series.
Besides the Gurren Lagann-like characters, it looks like NEEDLESS will also have quite a bit of fighting between people that can use special powers, so there’s sure to be lots of cool moves to look forward to. Of course, since this anime is aimed mainly towards guys, there’s got to be some fanservice and they certainly don’t disappoint (just take a look at some of the screens).
Well, as of the first episode, I’m not expecting anything great from this title, but hopefully it’ll turn out decent.
I watched Gurren Lagann first, and I liked it but later I watched Needless and I loved Needless. In my opinion, Needless is better!
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