Audience reviews
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paintpixie
I watched this because I really liked Last Exile, and I learned that sometimes it's best to leave a good thing when it ends. The show isn't particularly BAD, but it is vastly inferior to the first one, and would have probably done better as it's own show with it's own characters, rather than as a sequel to Last Exile.
The overall feeling I got from it was that it was more childish and simple. I didn't really care about the characters as much as I did with the first series, and it was ultimately mostly forgettable.
I think you could get some enjoyment out of it, especially if you really loved the first show, but don't go into it with very high hopes. The premise for the story is a little interesting, and it does give you some more insight into the world of Last Exile.
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Whether anime is good and bad, sometimes they just feel complete and a sequel might actually affect the feeling towards an anime in a negative way. Luckily, this sequel pulls it through, but just like the prequel there is something questionable.
Just like the prequel, this anime is for those people who like to dive into another fantasy world, ruled by planes flying on the strange fuel of Claudia. This world is different from the one you saw in the prequel. In fact the second summary clears any unknowns in the story of the "Last Exile". If you did not watch the prequel, go do it, otherwise this review might contain spoilers for it.
Apparently, the story of the "Last Exile" ends by obtaining the big ship, that allows you to travel between the worlds (or planets). It seems that the people i…
Read at the sourceKross_sounds
I was initially very hesitant to watch this once I found out that the main characters were different. I will not spoil anything, but I think it's important that you know that this is NOT a spinoff. It's a true sequel. Despite the focus being on new characters at first, there are a lot of returning cast (you can see this much from the intro sequence).
I liked this season better than the original Last Exile. I know many will disagree. I get it. The first season was so good and definitely stands out as unique in many ways, especially art-wise. But what drew me to the original was not the story, but the action and the sequencing. Despite not being super interesting all the time, the pacing was phenomenal and always kept me hitting the next episode button. Not to say the story wasn't good. It…
Read at the sourceMioSakomoto
So, i decided to write a review of Last Exile: Fam the Silver wing after re-watching it. Despite some reviews here that makes this anime bad, i must disagree.
While i didn't really like Last Exile (at least not first episodes) since it was boring to me, however by the mid and end i really like it. Story of the Fam the Silver Wing is set several years later on Earth, it introduce many new characters and i will say story was well written.
Fam the Silver wing will make you laugh but will also make you cry. Combined with emotional music everyone who are kind hearted may cry, there is no shame in it, especially if you had some tragedy in your life and lose someone dear to you, some moments in this anime may trigger emotional response (do not hold it, just let it be).
Art is fantastic, slight…
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After watching the first season of Last Exile, watching this series feels somewhat off. First let's start with the story. In one word, the storytelling sucks. It feels like something that people come up when they brainstorm idea and have the Eureka moment. The story is unrefined and tries too hard to give roles to the 'Heroines' in this story. The end result: it just doesn't match with the story. This show tries too hard to integrate the FUN fact of flying into this war type of anime. The result being that the FUN part feels too shallow like watching some sport anime where the main character repeatedly says "This is so funnn~~~!".
Let's go to the Vanship design part. Everything I saw the Vanship I just thought one thing "Why the hell is the Vanship so small and why the hell has it not got…
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To call Fam the Silver Wing a cash grab for Gonzo to milk off the popularity of Last Exile is sadly an accurate statement to describe this series. Gonzo had just recovered from declaring chapter 11 bankruptcy at the time they started production to this series and it looked like they were trying to milk the success of Last Exile's original run. While Last Exile was far from being a masterpiece in my eyes, it was still a unique steampunk title that offered an engaging plot, a likeable cast, an excellent soundtrack and some of the best animation put out by Gonzo. Unfortunately, Gonzo doesn't capture the same magic that made Last Exile worth looking into with Fam the Silver Wing.
In Fam the Silver Wing, it focuses on a brewing war between those who returned to Earth from Prester and those who…
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the original series was one of my first and is one of my favorite animes. when i started to watch the sequel i remembered why i loved the original. i am a little confused why people bash on this great show. i believe gonzo did an amazing job and this anime deserves more credit than it gets. it was a different story than the original series but people seem to view it as a bad continuation. there isnt a lot of connection to the original, besides some characters. this is a fresh story that was done very well. there wasnt any connection to the original because its a new setting and characters, there wasnt supposed to be a connection.
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I loved Last Exile. It's one of my all time favorite shows. So when I heard there was gonna be a sequel. I was like "Oh yes". After I finished episode 2 I was like "Oh no". Not gonna lie, I'm 100% sure they made a sequel to the wrong series. The entire show is a downhill joke. If you don't want any Spoilers, don't read ahead.
SPOILER WARNING, MULTIPLE SPOLIERS BEYOND THIS RANT
Now that I have that out of the way, as others have said, the story line is lame. I think the Initial idea of the whole Space Pirates thing to be cool, Especially with little girls, but not these ones. So anyway, Someone blows someone else up, all war erupts. Congrats, Episode 1 done. Not Gonna lie, I was bored most of this show. Luscinia's motive is rather weak, and does nothing but make me ask "Why?" everytime he…
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LAST EXILE sequel is not pair to its predecessor, sure, but it does have its flavour, and does have a nice pace. We see people doing things they believe, and there are no true villains, but people trying to struggle against what they perceive as wrong. That I really like. Pitty is GONZO did not went all the way with the possible potential with this story, and some gaps were left which should have being explained (like Dio surviving a fall inside Prester Grand Stream) or if they really abandoned it, which is very likely, as Anatoray-Disith were facing famine and lack of resources on a probably spent habitat. The idea goes near Ergo Proxy outline story, and could have been more well explored, as wel as Anatoray-Disith part could have been a lot more well explored than what it was (although i…
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Last Exile: Ginyoku no Fam goes from an interesting tribute to a snoozer and ends in a failure.
Throughout the early episodes of the series, I remember having favorable opinions for the show; it reminds me of the brilliance of the first season, the vast world, and even one of the first reasons I started liking anime, because Last Exile was one of the earliest shows I've watched. I hated Millia, but I liked Fam, and that Toyosaki Aki did a pretty good job on her. As long they keep this up and moving on to the real story, it would turn out really good.
It didn't have a good story. After the first, say, 1/3 of the story, one of the most prominent problems began to show up: the lead character Fam. There are many, many things said about her character, I think I can sum it up as having no dept…
Read at the sourceUriel1988
In 2003, Gonzo made “Last Exile”: a neat adventure story with gorgeous visuals set in a fascinating world inhabited with some intriguing characters and, most importantly, a genuine sense of adventure and wonder. That said, it had its problems: the main characters were bland, the story pace was uneven and the ending was a rushed mess.
Fast forward to 2011, Gonzo is diving into the world of Last Exile yet again with “Last Exile: Ginyoku no Fam” (TL: Fam, the Silver Wing). A sequel that's only loosely tied to the original, both in story and, sadly, in quality.
Set an unspecified number of years after the original, “Ginyoku no Fam” is an adventure story starring Fam, a spunky young pilot who dreams of a free and peaceful sky. Said wish is brutally shattered when the powerful Ades Federation…
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Roughly eight years have passed since the final episode of Last Exile. We all remember how it concluded: after defeating the antagonist and ending a war that was raging for eternity, good guys laid their hands on a sleeper ship and went to another world to live in peace and harmony. But what they actually arrived at turned out to be the twisted, corrupted world of unnecessary sequels.
Truly, Gonzo was having a tough time and needed a strong comeback that will allow it to stay in business, so they chose to milk one of their old successful and popular titles. Was it a wise decision? Probably, it was. Does the new show turn out to be good? Well, let’s find out.
The story is pretty simple. A young sky pirate girl named Fam Fan Fan is accidentally caught in a war unleashed by bad, bad Ades Em…
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well there is 23 episodes of high flying fury with large battalions to small pirate vespas which are vanships that takes to the skies with the fight for freedom to once again fly again in the grand race.
as this is the second exile it does have some good flying action and it does have a nice story it seems to not relate much to the first, though in a way some of the characters show up from the first, but you would have to watch it to find who does.
story line is Fam a lost pirate vanship driver find herself involved in a battle when she comes upon a princess and soon after her sister into custody for a guy who thinks bringing the last exile down to make freedom for his country who lost his control right after a grand race. then he once again gets hands on the same land, with princess Sara…
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When a sequel to Last Exile was announced, it had a real air of desperation to it. It felt like Gonzo were desperately rummaging through their back catalogue to find an IP with recognisable quality that they could rehash for some extra dough. The original Last Exile was great, but it was also complete, and ended in a way that solved all the characters issues and wrapped everything up in a perfect package. It by no stretch needed a sequel. But they did so anyway, setting it with new characters and on a completely different planet, with only very loose connections to what happened in the original. That all said, Gonzo put an extraordinary amount of effort into this, pumping out something that I would say could stand proud alongside the original. That is, if it wasn't for Fam.
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