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[Articalys]

For those of us who don't mind Sawano's work, Aniplex posted a preview of the OST:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yr_JCil34Ls

which of course is region-locked, so here's a reup:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x23li0o

 

[ColossalLazy]

Those names lmao

 

[victreeb3l]

I cant wait for the soundtrack. Some of the tracks remind me of KLK.

 

[Maximilian Kolbe]

Episode 7 preview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcYDUkWSX3M

 

[Cloud Strife]

Cannot fucking wait.
I remember the sheer ecstasy that was Kill la Kill's OST. HNNNG.

 

[Bombless]

Cannot fucking wait.
I remember the sheer ecstasy that was Kill la Kill's OST. HNNNG.

Can't wait.

 

[duckroll]

Episode 7

Thank God Ei Aoki is back storyboarding again. The moment I saw the fists chasing the sky carrier I knew the direction was suddenly more interesting then the last couple of episodes. Hope he sticks around for a few episodes instead of handing it off again!

Decent episode this week. A step up from wallowing in stupidity since they revealed that Mars was run by the biggest moron in the galaxy. The second half of this season should involve more of a counterattack now, given the developments this week. All I could think of in the final scene was "Boy, Inaho really doesn't like sharing his role as lead character." Lololol.

 

[Bombless]

Glad I didn't wait until tomorrow, another awesome episode.

 

[Raytow]

Inaho needs to die in a fire.

 

[DiscoShark]

Aldnoah Zero - 7

First time I've genuinely enjoyed this show since Episode 3. Fucking Inaho though.

 

[Ruuppa]

Episode 7

Great fight, decent otherwise, a bit too much deus ex machina. That ending was pretty stupid; Got to get that rivalry going, no matter what, eh?!

 

[victreeb3l]

Episode 7

The earthlings found Yamato

lol Inaho is such a dick, I love it. I feel bad for Slaine, dude needs a break. Eventually. I guess the show wants to pit them against each other in a final deathmatch or something.

How hard was it to say that "I'm Slaine, I am a close friend of the Princess"? Or that hes actually from Earth? Oh well.

Action was pretty great, enjoyed the way they took down that Ashura Kat. Sniper martian chick was cold blooded with the execution too.

 

[duckroll]

See if Ei Aoki storyboards every single episode himself, even when the script gets super dumb we can still talk about how the action is entertaining.

 

[sonicmj1]

Episode 7

This episode felt more like episode 3 than any episode since. With the entire running time focused on taking down an enemy mech, the action provided momentum from start to finish. Without dumb cannon fodder mechs on the human side, everyone who was fighting made a meaningful contribution to victory. The outcome had me legitimately excited. I'm not going to second-guess that feeling.

I also liked Inaho here, if only for how his relentlessly logical mind frustrates most expectations for what a normal protagonist would do. You keep on truckin', Inaho.

With humanity finally doing something besides sitting on a boat traveling hundreds of miles, maybe things will start to pick up more consistently from here on.

 

[Pooya]

7
Kerrytugu must have had a rough childhood, lol.
the ship looked really ugly urghhh. The show has potential to be stupid entertainment still, I look forward to Hime-sama watching Inaho vs Slaine, should be fun ahahaha.

 

[Cloud Strife]

7
The Martian counts are very boring in a generic way, I suppose it's to be expected considering they are only around for 1-2 episodes before getting pwnt. Count Crouton and Sazaplum hopefully will have more engaging battles.

As for Inaho/Slaine, I guess it makes sense for the lack of trust but c'mon! Easily one sentence away from either party going "ohhhhh" but now there's needless tension/conflict. Hopefully Hime-sama will ask to see the pilot and find out it's Slaine.

So

Spoiler

Aldnoah Mk.0

makes its appearance! Time for the counterattack.

 

[Raytow]

7
The Martian counts are very boring in a generic way, I suppose it's to be expected considering they are only around for 1-2 episodes before getting pwnt. Count Crouton and Sazaplum hopefully will have more engaging battles.

They are fucking morons, remember the Lelouch royalty those are genius in comparison, random martian girl giving her the last hit was specially the most aggravating way to die.

 

[phaze]

Aldnoah.Yamato 07

Damn Inaho is cold as ice.


Also kind of stupid, to kill off your potential ally on the basis of three exchanged sentences.

Pretty fun episode. It was nice too see Inaho and Slaine finally interact, even if it ended on a rather sour note. lol

 

[LMN]

Aldnoah.Yamato 07

Damn Inaho is cold as ice.


Also kind of stupid, to kill off your potential ally on the basis of three exchanged sentences.

Pretty fun episode. It was nice too see Inaho and Slaine finally interact, even if it ended on a rather sour note. lol

Well, it not really stupid if you look at the scene again. You can see that both of them shoot at each other almost simultaneously, so is not just Inaho being coldblood, rather both of them just do not trust each other.

 

[Frog-fu]

Episode 7

Inaho and Ryat continue to be the biggest pair of dickheads in this show. The fight was actually boring at shit to me.

Slaine is superior. If he doesn't kick the shit out of Inaho I'll be disappointed.

 

[phaze]

Well, it not really stupid if you look at the scene again. You can see that both of them shoot at each other almost simultaneously, so is not just Inaho being coldblood, rather both of them just do not trust each other.

You're right that they both had a go at the trigger. It was Inaho who moved the conversation into that standoffish direction though. He could have just agreed to take him to the princess and everyone would live happily ever after, especially since Slaine saved his ass just minutes prior.

 

[Cloud Strife]

They are fucking morons, remember the Lelouch royalty those are genius in comparison, random martian girl giving her the last hit was specially the most aggravating way to die.

Yup agreed. If they are losing to the Terrans NOW then imagine when Inaho and co. manage to fight on equal terms. I really doubt the whole series will have them pulling the same shit in the training Kat.

Yeah now it's clear to me, the villains in this show suck.

 

[Haly]

So we're pretty much Gurren Lagann now, yes?

Yes.

And Nia is Asseylum.

 

[Klyka]

Yup agreed. If they are losing to the Terrans NOW then imagine when Inaho and co. manage to fight on equal terms. I really doubt the whole series will have them pulling the same shit in the training Kat.

Yeah now it's clear to me, the villains in this show suck.

The Martians are LARPers. They are scientists/the descendants of scientists from Mars who got amazing technology and can now take their revenge on the world that shunned them.

That's pretty much how I see it. Like the parents of the younger ones just going "nyeeeeh my son/daughter we are special nyeeeeh nothing can stop us cause we got this tech nyeeeeh". So when they actually meet resistance by the people who they deem "inferior" they start freaking out and have no idea what to do. It's actually pretty realistic.

 

[CornBurrito]

Yup agreed. If they are losing to the Terrans NOW then imagine when Inaho and co. manage to fight on equal terms. I really doubt the whole series will have them pulling the same shit in the training Kat.

Yeah now it's clear to me, the villains in this show suck.

Calling it now, princess will lend Aldnoah to earth.

 

[Xamdou]

Ep7!

That music at the end of the battle sounded so familiar...

Inaho took advantage of the enemy of his enemy, then disposes of him right when he knew he couldn't trust him.

In actuality Inaho wanted to take all the credit for himself so that all the Terrans will continue praise his tactical efforts and keep all the ladies for himself!

 

[Bombless]

Calling it now, princess will lend Aldnoah to earth.

Spoiler

She just did, as the female knight said just before she got run over.

 

[Maebe]

I hope Slaine kicks Inaho's robotic ass for that.

 

[Bombless]

I hope Slaine kicks Inaho's robotic ass for that.

He's beginning to show emotion now and then during fights though. There IS a heart in there somewhere.

 

[CornBurrito]

She just did, as the female knight said just before she got run over.

Haven't watched the episode yet buddy

 

[LMN]

You're right that they both had a go at the trigger. It was Inaho who moved the conversation into that standoffish direction though. He could have just agreed to take him to the princess and everyone would live happily ever after, especially since Slaine saved his ass just minutes prior.

Yeah, I do agree that Inaho should ask a better question like why Slaine help him, or why he want to meet the princess, but still don't forget that Slaine didn't answer Inaho's standoffish question. He just want to go and meet the princess directly, and also the first to point the gun at Inaho. If we look at the audience perspective, yeah, then Inaho should just take Slaine to her, like you suggested. However, if we look at the character's view point, How can you take or trust a person who you just met (through voice), barely know each other just through 1 episode fight, to meet the princess who is pretty much the only person that can stop the war.

 

[Xamdou]

He's beginning to show emotion now and then during fights though. There IS a heart in there somewhere.

Yeap, Inaho is evolving... when he get's his own Aldnoah he will be unstoppable!!!

 

[Bombless]

Haven't watched the episode yet buddy

Gah, sorry, re-reading now I see you were speculating on what you quoted. I assumed you had seen it.

 

[Cloudy]

Ok, Inaho is a psycho lol

 

[Ponn]

Ok, Inaho is a psycho lol

Thinking of it from his perspective and not the viewers though its hard to blame him. He doesn't really know who to trust in this situation and here comes somebody that knows she is alive but won't answer simple questions.

 

[Cloudy]

Thinking of it from his perspective and not the viewers though its hard to blame him. He doesn't really know who to trust in this situation and here comes somebody that knows she is alive but won't answer simple questions.

The fact that he helped them should show he's not an enemy. At least give him a chance to explain [/TeamSlain]

 

[Cloud Strife]

The Martians are LARPers. They are scientists/the descendants of scientists from Mars who got amazing technology and can now take their revenge on the world that shunned them.

That's pretty much how I see it. Like the parents of the younger ones just going "nyeeeeh my son/daughter we are special nyeeeeh nothing can stop us cause we got this tech nyeeeeh". So when they actually meet resistance by the people who they deem "inferior" they start freaking out and have no idea what to do. It's actually pretty realistic.

As realistic as it might be, it's pretty anti-climactic if there is little difficulty beyond deus-ex hidden warship or Inaho's supercomputer analyses.

 

[Cloudy]

Man that insert song/alternate ED song is soooo good. I NEED this OST

 

[SenatorBot]

Slain was definitely in the wrong here.

Inaho let Slain be his ally because he said "The enemy of my enemy is a temporary Ally". When they established communications, Slain was talkative with Inaho. After the battle, Slain said that the princess was alive and he wants to meet her. As far as Inaho knows, only the rebels who created the original assassin plans know that the Princess is alive, not to mention the fact that Slaine could be a martian from another territory or a double agent sent to kill the princess again. Inaho asked him twice on how does he know that the princess is alive, Slaine went from talkative to being quiet. Inaho gave him multiple chances to answer and Slain assumed that the humans are abusing the princess and trained his guns at him. If you rewatched the episode, you can see that Slaine shot first and Inaho shot back in self defense.

Inaho knew that winning the war would be impossible without getting the princess's help, which he talked to her about in the previous episode. Either way, Slain should have answered Inaho's questions and the situation would be diffused.

 

[Bombless]

Slain was definitely in the wrong here.

Inaho let Slain be his ally because he said "The enemy of my enemy is a temporary Ally". When they established communications, Slain was talkative with Inaho. After the battle, Slain said that the princess was alive and he wants to meet her. As far as Inaho knows, only the rebels who created the original assassin plans know that the Princess is alive, not to mention the fact that Slaine could be a martian from another territory or a double agent sent to kill the princess again. Inaho asked him twice on how does he know that the princess is alive, Slaine went from talkative to being quiet. Inaho gave him multiple chances to answer and Slain assumed that the humans are abusing the princess and trained his guns at him. If you rewatched the episode, you can see that Slaine shot first and Inaho shot back in self defense.

Inaho knew that winning the war would be impossible without getting the princess's help, which he talked to her about in the previous episode. Either way, Slain should have answered Inaho's questions and the situation would be diffused.

Pretty much this. #TeamInaho

 

[victreeb3l]

Slain was definitely in the wrong here.

Inaho let Slain be his ally because he said "The enemy of my enemy is a temporary Ally". When they established communications, Slain was talkative with Inaho. After the battle, Slain said that the princess was alive and he wants to meet her. As far as Inaho knows, only the rebels who created the original assassin plans know that the Princess is alive, not to mention the fact that Slaine could be a martian from another territory or a double agent sent to kill the princess again. Inaho asked him twice on how does he know that the princess is alive, Slaine went from talkative to being quiet. Inaho gave him multiple chances to answer and Slain assumed that the humans are abusing the princess and trained his guns at him. If you rewatched the episode, you can see that Slaine shot first and Inaho shot back in self defense.

Inaho knew that winning the war would be impossible without getting the princess's help, which he talked to her about in the previous episode. Either way, Slain should have answered Inaho's questions and the situation would be diffused.

Yep. Slaine is just too emotional.

 

[tensuke]

Inaho is just experiencing the true reformation of humanity's evolution and migration into space. His soul is slowly breaking free of earth's gravity and soon he will show his true power towards the dreaded Marsnoids.

Spoiler

I can't wait to see what they do with the red kataphrakt

 

[killer rin]

Aldnoah Zero 7
.. What the fuck Inaho... Why did you shoot/kill Slaine. WHY, He helped you and if you would have asked again he likely would have answered your question

**Upon Rewatching**
Well then.. Slaine you were kind of being stupid there. You turned the guns and shot first, don't know how I missed that.

 

[Bombless]

Aldnoah Zero 7
.. What the fuck Inaho... Why did you shoot/kill Slaine. WHY, He helped you and if you would have asked again he likely would have answered your question

Slaine pulled a Han Solo.

 

[Heysoos]

Slaine shot first. Bow before Inaho da god.

Slain was definitely in the wrong here.

Inaho let Slain be his ally because he said "The enemy of my enemy is a temporary Ally". When they established communications, Slain was talkative with Inaho. After the battle, Slain said that the princess was alive and he wants to meet her. As far as Inaho knows, only the rebels who created the original assassin plans know that the Princess is alive, not to mention the fact that Slaine could be a martian from another territory or a double agent sent to kill the princess again. Inaho asked him twice on how does he know that the princess is alive, Slaine went from talkative to being quiet. Inaho gave him multiple chances to answer and Slain assumed that the humans are abusing the princess and trained his guns at him. If you rewatched the episode, you can see that Slaine shot first and Inaho shot back in self defense.

Inaho knew that winning the war would be impossible without getting the princess's help, which he talked to her about in the previous episode. Either way, Slain should have answered Inaho's questions and the situation would be diffused.

Correct.

 

[Cloudy]

Inaho was totally in the wrong and his logic was dumb for such a smart guy. If Slaine wanted the Princess dead, why would he save them? The reasoning they used of Martians fighting amongst themselves for the bragging rights doesn't work in her case. Any conspirators would want her dead one way or the other.

 

[Frog-fu]

Fuck Inaho. Sincerely hope he and Rayet die by the end of the series. Insufferable.

 

[Bombless]

Inaho was totally in the wrong and his logic was dumb for such a smart guy. If Slaine wanted the Princess dead, why would he save them? The reasoning they used of Martians fighting amongst themselves for the bragging rights doesn't work in her case. Any conspirators would want her dead one way or the other.

Slaine said "I FOUND HER!" on the radio. Thus Inaho realised he helped the terrans before he knew the princess was there.

Edited for clarity

 

[kiunchbb]

I really hope the show will take a surprising direction:

Spoiler

The princes got torture, brainwash, and abuse just so Earth can get some awesome robots. Inaho sided with earth and Slain took over as the main character as avenger.

Please.

 

[Wiktor]

Damn..Inaho owns so much Will be hard to get back to other mecha animes after this