What are these spoiler tags for? Y'all don't appear to have read the manga and these 'spoilers' are actually for your speculation, right? Can we get a quick clarification on how spoilers will work in this thread?
Can we get a quick clarification on how spoilers will work in this thread?
This episode I really am starting to understand why Smile's playstyle is so disgusting. It's like watching someone throw away their God given abilities while also being patronizing about it at the same time. It's the most insulting way a person could play any sport.
Just rewatched the smile vs wenge match again. And yeah it pretty damn clear that smile throws the match on purpose. Right after wenges trainer yells at him, the episode cuts to a closeup of smile that makes it clear he "understands" what is being said to wenge, and after that you can tell from the reaction of smiles trainer and the kaiou guys that smile is not playing seriously anymore.
That's how I understood it as well. They made it seem like smile could understand Chinese. Was that the case or was he just hearing the stress in the voice?
If only he'd write them faster!As always, make sure to read Ben's posts on cartoonbrew: http://www.cartoonbrew.com/recaps/ping-pong-recap-smile-is-a-robot-98619.html
Just rewatched the smile vs wenge match again. And yeah it pretty damn clear that smile throws the match on purpose. Right after wenges trainer yells at him, the episode cuts to a closeup of smile that makes it clear he "understands" what is being said to wenge, and after that you can tell from the reaction of smiles trainer and the kaiou guys that smile is not playing seriously anymore.
This is what I was planning to do with ピンポンPing Pong#3 http://abload.de/img/c230_rough-genga-zmr5j.gif … roughs are alright to upload.
I did over 20 cuts, but they didn't make it into the show because of tight TV schedule, very sad for me but I have to keep moving forward.
Episode looked really rough in a lot of scenes relying on lots of empty backgrounds, but when it came down to the actual matches, they really got it right. The Kazama match was pretty much as intense and hype as I expected to be it. Not to mention the music choice was fantastic.
so this is good? impressions in this thread seem positive
It's the best.
well it cant be the best without dragons, but I'll check it out
It has dragons.
Asian ones though, not the European kind.
Dedication Through Light said:Sadly the show seems to be going downhill rather fast with the writer clearly showing signs of having struggled to make an sports anime actually deliver on the qualities that make a sports anime good. Each match considerable gets worst and worst and sadly this episode just ended up being pretty unbelievable and disappointing
Well, I'll say it again.Anime production schedules strike again!
Episode 4
Parts of this episode looked cheap. Even if it served a purpose, the frame recycling in that lob-and-smash sequence between Peco and Akuma was unbelievably shameless. But there's still a strong vision holding everything together, and they absolutely know how to turn it on when they have the opportunity. Seeing Kazama play for the first time was pretty awesome.
I never would have thought my favorite character so far would be the guy speaking Chinese, but Kong is great. There's something nostalgic about all those conversations he has with his coach.
I really hope they can hold things together all the way to the finish. There's clearly a ton of talent at work.