Anyway, thank you for posting this review – I think I’ll give railgun a try!

Railgun seems to avoid little landmines like that, however, which suits me just fine. I wasn’t sure if i was going to watch the entire thing, but this review has made it a lot more likely.

Thanks,
Cygnus

Glad you decided to give Railgun a try and that you liked it.

I guess I’m not too fussy when it comes to OPs and EDs. As long as there’s a nice song with nice images, I’m satisfied ^^,,,

Watching this series on Blue-Ray must be really cool. I watched it on mediocre quality AVI files.

I must admit that Satan and Mikoto are very wonderfully made characters that have you sympathize with their controversial actions. Uiharu was another good character, but Kuroko was not true to her namesake. She was a tad bit annoying and I do lay some of my opinion based on premonitions about her seijuu’s tone. Other than that, it was a wonderful cast and a great trip. It makes me want to go see/read Index now.

I’m incredibly picky about OP/EDs. I like the song “Only my Railgun” (and will be purchasing it soon) as well as the opening animation. My problem is that I don’t like them together. I’m not quite sure why they (and all the other songs) don’t mesh together well for me. I’m a stickler for audio/video cues which definitely are lacking in this series. Once again, it’s only my opinion and I do like everything separately, just not together.

If things work out, I hope that this will be my first series on Blu-Ray. The visual style is very appealing and I can tell that some hard work went into it. It’ll be a pleasure to see it again in better quality. The extras aren’t too bad either.

I think the disc sales will bring the series a second season. The discs (combined BD/DVD) appear to be getting over 20,000 total per set; and if that holds it’ll be one of the better sale rates (definitely better than Haruhi’s doing).

Thanks for reading ^.^ It’s always nice to have another visitor.

I think you’d like Railgun so I hope you decide to check it out =)

But Railgun sounds like it might be something I can get into! From what you say, it seems like it’ll be good. So I’ll give it a shot at some point this quarter. ^o^v

I like what I see so far on your blog, so I may be popping up randomly and stuff. Thanks for sharing~

Railgun in whole was disapointing, too much wasted episode, and i was hoping for more touma x misaka

Ah, I see. I knew Anti-skill does the actual combat and stuff, but I thought that Judgment had the responsibility of not only finding the crimes but also apprehending the culprits until Anti-skill arrives, which usually results in fighting anyway because the culprits aren’t going to wait quietly for Anti-skill. Thanks for the explanation. I’m terrible at remembering details like that =P

I dropped Index after the pacing became like torture, but Railgun is in a different league. Definitely recommended.

@ Yumeka

As for the question you raise in the main entry: fighting dangerous criminals is ‘not’ the responsibility of cute girls like Kuroko and Uiharu. Judgment consists of students because it’s supposed to take care of delinquent espers in schools. Beyond that, their job is mostly limited to the ‘find the kitty’ type of task showcased in some episodes. Actual conflict with esper criminals is reserved for the Anti-skills, as their name suggests. The only reason why the girls end up in all those situations is that Kuroko uses Judgment as an excuse for her private vendetta against crime (and Misaka often goes along with this). This is referenced directly a few times in the story (by Konori and Uiharu, I think), and also indirectly by Telestina when she mentions that the gang’s involvement in the Level-upper case makes their cell of Judgment notable. The manga, on the other hand, could afford a page of exposition which states this outright :p.