Nolan's super ambitious space odyssey blockbuster couldn't even beat a Disney cartoon with a robot designed by Shigeto Koyama at the boxoffice. Looks like he's done.
A new challenger appears. He's very timid, but I can see how he'd be an easier and better "boyfriend" than Kyouya.
I'm still rooting for Takeru to win the Erikabowl though. This wasn't as strong with the comedy as other episodes has been.
Re-L's/(Real?) apparent demise. They revealed too much about her to simply write her out now. She's probably a Proxy herself, given her supposedly superhuman healing ability.
Plenty of plot reveals to be had here. In particular the details of human reproduction in Romdeau are a welcome bits of info about something that had me puzzled since the second episode. The whole creepy city council reminds me of
SEELE and even more so now, given that they proclaimed themselves to be a single entity.(wtf?)
At least their taste in sculptures is impeccable. It shouldn't have taken me so long
to realise they're all works of Michelangelo given that poem at the beginning of the show.
Meanwhile, being Vincent continues to be suffering.
Maybe cause the adaptation didn't do a good enough job but Rin wasn't trying to kill Shirou, if he got hit with one of those Gnadr shots he'd just fall unconscious, get his command seals stolen by Rin, and then get memory wiped of everything relating to the war. The whole episode was meant to demonstrate that Rin can "talk the talk but can't walk the walk" (it's to be expanded further later in the story) which is is crystalized in the ending scene where she's discussing with Shirou about parents and magecraft.
Showing the gal sweating while she was acting all smug was what the staff hoped would clue people in to her inner workings but it seems to have been inadequate (I think so myself).
Maybe cause the adaptation didn't do a good enough job but Rin wasn't trying to kill Shirou, if he got hit with one of those Gnadr shots he'd just fall unconscious, get his command seals stolen by Rin, and then get memory wiped of everything relating to the war. The whole episode was meant to demonstrate that Rin can "talk the talk but can't walk the walk" (it's to be expanded further later in the story) which is is crystalized in the ending scene where she's discussing with Shirou about parents and magecraft.
Maybe cause the adaptation didn't do a good enough job but Rin wasn't trying to kill Shirou, if he got hit with one of those Gnadr shots he'd just fall unconscious, get his command seals stolen by Rin, and then get memory wiped of everything relating to the war. The whole episode was meant to demonstrate that Rin can "talk the talk but can't walk the walk" (it's to be expanded further later in the story) which is is crystalized in the ending scene where she's discussing with Shirou about parents and magecraft.
Was Rin the point when the modern Tsundere archtype became stupidly popular?
Log Horizon 6
Not sure what happened to Crusty but I can't imagine it's anything good based upon how things have been progressing. Also the whole "male in a female body develops a female voice" just further convinces me that Idol girl who joins Log Horizon is actually a boy trapped in a girl avatar. No reason to bring up that plot point at all unless they're planning to reveal someone is the opposite sex and she/he's the most obvious choice.
Maybe cause the adaptation didn't do a good enough job but Rin wasn't trying to kill Shirou, if he got hit with one of those Gnadr shots he'd just fall unconscious, get his command seals stolen by Rin, and then get memory wiped of everything relating to the war. The whole episode was meant to demonstrate that Rin can "talk the talk but can't walk the walk" (it's to be expanded further later in the story) which is is crystalized in the ending scene where she's discussing with Shirou about parents and magecraft.
Weird, in this episode Shirou even remarks how he'd probably die if he'd get hit proper and overall I didn't get the vibe that Rin wasn't intend on killing him. I mean, looking at the amount of destruction she caused...
That actually did feel a bit out of character for her as it was previously darn obvious that she's just your typical Tsundere already madly in love. So the VN version makes more sense to me.
I don't know what Ufo was thinking but: http://lparchive.org/Fatestay-night/Update 138/
Stuff was just gonna give him a case of the Japanese cold, which he rather quickly recovers from (heavily implied to be with her help).
The cooldown after the overblown drama from last episode. Koharu helps Yuzuki make up with Nonoka, Shione bonds with Noel, and Souta gets tossed to the wayside. Aside from that last bit, I thought this was a good episode. As usual, OST of the season.
I don't know what Ufo was thinking but: http://lparchive.org/Fatestay-night/Update 138/
Stuff was just gonna give him a case of the Japanese cold, which he rather quickly recovers from (heavily implied to be with her help).
In the non-bad end version (the page after your link), they're pretty much as they are in the anime. They sound like real bullets. Glancing blows inflict injuries. Shirou hears "murderous intent" in them.
Since they can't show the information in "bad ends", the anime has to adapt only the things that happen in the true route. That seems like a problem if all the character motivations come across nonsensically without the information contained in those dead ends.
Pretty much awesome and action packed for almost the entire episode
That ending worries me though... are we getting an anime original ending :| that scene they previewed I don't remember happening at this point in the manga.
Edit: Double checked the manga and yeah this has gone full on filler ending :/ DAMN IT
In general terms this is like Fate/Zero... but with terribad writing.
Needed terribad writing, mind you.
Why? Because the concept with the main character is flawed. He is the typical MC that doesn't want to kill anybody, even if he just entered in a battle royale for ultimate power, and he doesn't know how anything works nor how other mage families are, and he is barely a mage.
So the writer has to twist and turn the story in mind bending ways just to let him survive. From enemies that are tsundere for him and just will let him live "for now" or is saved (several times actually) just to "call it even" to enemies that give up the fight because she "can finish them whenever she wants" to enemies that will lose time describing how he will be tortured instead of killing him in one hit, to again the tsun bandaging his arm even if in theory she was trying to kill him FIVE MINUTES AGO.
Also to add the gal drops the act cause the guy stuck his arm out for her and saved her life, she had this whole thing about repaying debts early on in the series.
Anyways, Akame ga Kill! 19: The one fight I was looking forward to animated and it looked pretty bad, also seems that they're rearranging events for what's the come into some pseudo anime original arc.
Maybe cause the adaptation didn't do a good enough job but Rin wasn't trying to kill Shirou, if he got hit with one of those Gnadr shots he'd just fall unconscious, get his command seals stolen by Rin, and then get memory wiped of everything relating to the war. The whole episode was meant to demonstrate that Rin can "talk the talk but can't walk the walk" (it's to be expanded further later in the story) which is is crystalized in the ending scene where she's discussing with Shirou about parents and magecraft.
Showing the gal sweating while she was acting all smug was what the staff hoped would clue people in to her inner workings but it seems to have been inadequate (I think so myself).
I get she isn't really ready to be a cold blooded murderer and participate in the Grail War, even if she believes it's the case. She worries too much here and there for "civilians", she would prefer for Shirou to give up without fighting, etc.
But the magical shots were making nice holes in the walls of the room, and how can the command seals to be stolen?
Decent episode I guess. Fight was...okay but it should've been better.
That episode preview though, I feel like they're skipping stuff? I don't remember that happening until later.
That ending worries me though... are we getting an anime original ending :| that scene they previewed I don't remember happening at this point in the manga.
Edit: Double checked the manga and yeah this has gone full on filler ending :/ DAMN IT
It did happen, when Syura teleports them into the capital, stuff from like less then 10 chapters ago. Kind of weird, are they skipping the Esdeath vs Susano/Najenda fight? Mind explaining what you mean by filler ending?
Anyways, Akame ga Kill! 19: The one fight I was looking forward to animated and it looked pretty bad, also seems that they're rearranging events for what's the come into some pseudo anime original arc.
I dunno, not really feeling this show much anymore. For a 4koma adaptation they spend a lot of time on gags that aren't particularly funny, imo.
Akame ga Kill! 19
Decent episode I guess. Fight was...okay but it should've been better.
That episode preview though, I feel like they're skipping stuff? I don't remember that happening until later.
They better not, I want to see the next fight. What's the point of animating this if you're going to skip that?
Well basically how the manga handled this episode/chapter and the next few is
Manga spoilers of basically everything the anime skipped/changed, I won't spoil any characters deaths that haven't happened in the anime yet because I'm not sure how the anime is going to change their deaths if at all.
Everything with Seryuu attacking Mine and Tatsumi and that whole fight is canon, however in the manga they weren't acting as bait to lure people away from the palace while the rest of the group went after Bolick, they just happened to get spotted which lead to the battle. After beating her they regroup with Night Raid, have their "last supper" which we saw in this episode, and then plan the all out attack to kill Bolick. It's right before this mission that Mine does her "I want to tell you something if we survive" speech. The battle on the cathedral is completely different, Run and Wave get major fights outside the palace against Lubba, Akame, and Mine while Tatsumi, Leone, Najenda, and Susanoo battle Esdeath inside the cathedral. Bolick doesn't run away, instead watches the battle which Esdeath dominates until Akame and Mine show up as reinforcements with Akame killing Bolick with a slash.
A bit more happens after that in the manga, and like 5-10 chapters after these events Syura reappears in the story, where as next weeks anime episode seems to be skipping from chapter 38 (battle between Mine and Seryuu) to chapter 48 (Kill the Carnage the name of next weeks episode).
Well basically how the manga handled this episode/chapter and the next few is
Manga spoilers of basically everything the anime skipped/changed, I won't spoil any characters deaths that haven't happened in the anime yet because I'm not sure how the anime is going to change their deaths if at all.
Everything with Seryuu attacking Mine and Tatsumi and that whole fight is canon, however in the manga they weren't acting as bait to lure people away from the palace while the rest of the group went after Bolick, they just happened to get spotted which lead to the battle. After beating her they regroup with Night Raid, have their "last supper" which we saw in this episode, and then plan the all out attack to kill Bolick. It's right before this mission that Mine does her "I want to tell you something if we survive" speech. The battle on the cathedral is completely different, Run and Wave get major fights outside the palace against Lubba, Akame, and Mine while Tatsumi, Leone, Najenda, and Susanoo battle Esdeath inside the cathedral. Bolick doesn't run away, instead watches the battle which Esdeath dominates until Akame and Mine show up as reinforcements with Akame killing Bolick with a slash.
A bit more happens after that in the manga, and like 5-10 chapters after these events Syura reappears in the story, where as next weeks anime episode seems to be skipping from chapter 38 (battle between Mine and Seryuu) to chapter 48 (Kill the Carnage the name of next weeks episode).
I think you're right, if you put it that way it sure looks like we're moving into filler territory, or at least things being rearranged to end at a certain spot.
I wish UBW had kept Fate Rin's personality. Her actions felt like they had some kind of meaning to them as opposed to her just being totally tsun for Shirou.
It's considered a divisive arc. Some people love it and others hate it.
I think it drags for a while, but the ending and villain are great.
I think you're right, if you put it that way it sure looks like we're moving into filler territory, or at least things being rearranged to end at a certain spot.
It really doesn't make sense though, like are they not going to kill certain characters who died before the events the next episode is adapting? Where they're skipping to was like 3 chapters away from being caught up in the manga. Multiple characters have died between where the anime was last week in canon to where it's jumping to along with quiet a bit of character development that is basically needed for the part of the story their adapting next week.
If I had to guess the anime hasn't been selling/doing that well and the part they were about to get to was going to be an explosion of action and group battles which would have probably been expensive to animate so easier to go with a cheap/lazy filler end then something that would let anime fans leave off and go read the manga. I mean I guess they can watch episodes 1-18 and just pretend the series ends there.
I'm interested in this as well, also is it only a BR issue or is it both DVD and BR that have the problem? If it's the former I'll just buy the cheap DVD only release that comes out on tuesday.
Nolan's super ambitious space odyssey blockbuster couldn't even beat a Disney cartoon with a robot designed by Shigeto Koyama at the boxoffice. Looks like he's done.
I wouldn't call it better than Gravity per se but I did enjoy it more. The plot has issues but I still liked it and everything surrounding the film itself, including the performances, was amazing. Definitely going to buy it and let it join Moon and Bladerunner in my blu-ray collection.
I'm interested in this as well, also is it only a BR issue or is it both DVD and BR that have the problem? If it's the former I'll just buy the cheap DVD only release that comes out on tuesday.
Considering his last film made a billion I don't think a flop, comparatively, would let him die haha
I wouldn't call it better than Gravity per se but I did enjoy it more. The plot has issues but I still liked it and everything surrounding the film itself, including the performances, was amazing. Definitely going to buy it and let it join Moon and Bladerunner in my blu-ray collection.
Well, I just think that Gravity will probably be the best "projected on a flat surface film experience" that I'll have in my lifetime, so I find any comparisons to it a bit suspect. lol
I don't even know if Cuaron himself will be able to make another film that uses the camera in such a mesmerizing manner.
