Guilty Crown was one of the most entertaining anime of the year despite the repeated blasphemes against its good name by our hallowed leader, Scamp. There was not a single week it didn’t deliver the goods; writing about it was one of the best episodic blogging experiences I’ve had in my dopey career. Choosing just one moment to represent the whole of Guilty Crown seems like a fool’s errand; and, frankly, it is. So I’m not going to do that!
Instead, I am taking the opportunity to celebrate blind American patriotism on this Irish anime blog. If you watched Guilty Crown, you know the man staring you in the eye, pointing two thumbs to his chest and shouting, “AMERICA, FUCK YEAH!” Mr. Dan Eagleman is clearly the most important American of 2012 by virtue of being the most important American to appear in the most important anime of 2012, Guilty Crown. Mr. Dan Eagleman stole the hearts of all Americans immediately with his bold speeches, brash swagger and general outlandishness. He is everything Americans aspire to be in Japanese animation. Look at those medals! Look at how SHINY they are! Now there is a true American Hero.
If you hate Mr. Dan Eagleman, then, clearly, you hate everything that is good and righteous in the world.
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I salute this great American hero.
He deserves a 350-million strong salute.
GOD BLESS AMERICA
I don’t believe in a god, and yet I believe in this sentiment. ;_;7
He makes me wish I was an American.
Must be something to do with the smiley face badge/medal.
Fun fact: Dan Eagleman killed The Comedian from Watchmen to get that medal.
I need to watch this show.
The Brits get the Jojo clan.
The Americans get Dan Eagleman.
The Irish get Clain.
All right with the world.
This is my favorite comment of the day.
Oh hey, this was from the good episode of Guilty Crown! Shinmaru always has the best taste in anime.
He’s killing it with these moments. All excellent picks so far.
Both excellent and 100 percent true statements.
Dan Eagleman for president.
I would vote for him.
USA! USA! USA!
USA! USA! USA!
USA! USA! USA!
You stave off my disappointment for one more day Mr. Maru.
But will I continue to do so?!?! Only tomorrow shall reveal …
Apparently Dan Eagleman transcends time, because I seem to recall him showing up and getting killed off last year.
Um, yes, he is The Greatest Patriot, after all.
So what if he died? He got better, as all American patriots should be able to do.
I liked Dan. It’s a pity he showed up too few times anyway.
But the series had too much Evangelion-derived content and overly typical shounen hero progression behind it. I didn’t find many of the episodes to be entertaining during the second half since things got simultaneously too creepy, under-explained and predictable all of a sudden.
God Bless America
Hey, I like this short post the among all the 12 days anime post so far.
Dan Eagleman is a rare character in Guilty Crown who is not awful.
He even died protecting a woman he barely knows.
Rest in peace, dude.
You will be remembered.
Instead of “Oh Ma Shoe”
I knew I shouldn’t have dropped Guilty Crown like 4 episodes in. I never got to experience true American Patriotism.
I felt Dan Eagleman represented both everything that was right and that was wrong with Guilty Crown. If there were more people like Dan Eagleman in it, perhaps it would have been a better show. I also think if there was no Dan Eagleman it could have been a better show.
Dan Eagleman, you are an enigma. At the same time you’re an anti-enigma and that’s why I loved you.