Oh, so they were eating food they had bought from chefs then. I thought they were crafting it themselves. K.
Fall 2014 Anime | Fate, stay the night, harem
John
#204
Holy crap, this is getting really fun. So they are basically an anarchic state governed by a coalition of unions and one bank owner, and they are having to negotiate with monarchic royalty.
Iâm actually rooting for peace!
chapel
#205
So. Thoughts?
I enjoyed the last two episodes, but am a bit sad it ended on such a hopeful note. Did you enjoy Shinya?
Overall was a good season even if it wasnât as climactic as I might have wanted it.
Leo
#206
Zankyou no Terror 6-11 END
Very enjoyable show. One of my faves of 2014, and it aired on the tail end of the year. I feel the production was rushed, and the writing was lacking and unclear, but even despite those, it was an emotional ride. Lisa represented a common character archetype in anime, the girl who essentially had no personality, and it made her seem very depressed. Iâve seen similar characters like her in other shows. Not an interesting character at the least. Iâm not saying all characters have to be happy-go-lucky and positive all the time, but Lisa never offered anything thought-provoking or entertaining. On the flip side, Nine and Twelve were intriguing characters. They were the yin and yang of personality. One was positive and the other negative. I mean, Nine did resemble Lisa in a way, but I think he offered more background than her. That may have been my big problem with Lisa, not enough character background.
That brings me to Five ⊠You can definitely surmise that poor production led to her character suffering in background development. Had this series been given another season, she could have been given an arc to expand her past a lot more. Her entire motivation throughout this 11 episode journey is mind-boggling without more information. At least, the reason she gave to hunt down Nine was stupid, and when she finally got to him, she kills herself. What the hell. Also wanna add, at times, the bomb-searching felt like Phi Brain to me. Lol.
Now for the good. Really, Nine and Twelveâs close friendship made this show entirely. Episode 9âs Ferris wheel scene was wonderful, and the Icelandic vocal song that accompanied it was very nice. I think Twelve and Lisa liked each other on a romantic level
I was satisfied with the ending, but it was regretful that it had to have a sad ending. I really liked watching Nine and Twelve, and I wanted them to have a happy ending, not both dying, although no matter what, from the very beginning, you knew they werenât going to get away clean after everything was said and done.
Leo
#208
I didnât notice the quote in the corner. Lol.
Edited for an impression I was meaning to do.
DG_Nick
#209
Oh. Oops. Shouldnâta read thaâ. I spent my evening on two Dota matches that server crashed on me and watching the latest episode of Metal Gear Scanlon 2. Premium members only.
DG_Nick
#211
Where was he? I didnât see him 
It had its ups and downs but overall it was okay. It wasnât nearly as good as the first. I wasnât particularly satisfied with the ending either.
DG_Nick
#214
Iâm assuming Johnâs already heard but for clarityâs sake:
BTW, did you watch this weekâs Shirobako? What do you think are the odds that Hideaki Anno is playing in the next episode?
John
#215
I did, and i wondered that myself for quite a while, but honestly, i donât even know. On one hand, he might up for more voice acting, but on the other hand, perhaps he only acted in TWR because it was Miyazaki who asked him. It would be very weird for them to keep something so big and so obvious for the last episode and then have nothing special to show for it, but who knows. I checked to see if Khara has worked on Shirobako but i canât find anything.
Honestly iâd be happy just to see them make fun of his beard.
John
#218
Finally watched the second Sora no Kiseki/Trails in The Sky OVA and by golly do i heartily recommend it. Itâs an incredible exercise in adaptation that trusts you to already know what itâs throwing at you and which also does a very good job of giving the characters a new breadth of personality with its animation and VO. Itâs nicely paced and follows just enough of its story that you can very easily understand what is going on without needing any overbearing exposition, but with obvious nods here and there to those who might know the story in its full extent. And its action scenes are, if i can be trusted with such heresy, as impressive as ufotableâs best but done with significantly less it seems, relying on excellent choreography and simple and clean direction rather than sheer displays of strength and visual effects, which gives the characters a very strong sense of skill and gravitas. The final action scene has become one of my favorites, even if itâs a tad shorter than iâd like. Though thatâs partly due to some new rendition of Silver Will playing while the fight is going on. I canât seem to find that song anywhere, itâs probably the best version of Silver Will so far
On the story side, itâs unfortunate that the bad guys turned out to be the standard âweâve been through shit so weâll kill much as necessary to make sure what happened to us doesnât happen againâ ordeal, but i trust Falcom to know their stuff and actually provide a stale archetype with new life.
Even more hyped for SC!
