Gonna vote for the best case scenario, which is Toei beginning to spin back up the moment the state of emergency ends (May 31st). That's the rest of this month, and all of June, being taken up by something else (endless recaps?!). Meanwhile, June 1st, Toei will begin a hopefully shortened pre-produc...

The most notable example is episode 9, when Asahi strays off because she hears "someone calling her", and ends up leading Katsumi and Isami to the Earth Crystal. That's one of the few times when it doesn't make that "ding" sound though.

Kinda feel bad for Asahi at the start here, she's clearly paralyzed by grief and shock from losing Tsuru-chan, but Katsumi and Isami just run off again. They obviously have things to take care of, but kinda funny for them to just be like "you ok? alright. now run!" and then just go off aga...

Hate to say it, because I love Katsumi and Isami, but they kinda failed at their set goals here. They promised Mitsurugi they'd save her, and even earlier in the episode they promised Asahi the same thing, and yet she unfortunately ends up passing. Honestly one of the more heartbreaking deaths I've ...

Literally saw a twitter comment that said "It's so cool they inverted the font colors for the Grongi subs!" like... really, that's what excites you? I got a whole new world for you over here if so, bud!

According to episode 14, the four flavors are red bean, custard, matcha, and limited edition strawberry :P Feel bad for Mitsurugi in this episode. Some part of her wants to believe Katsumi and Isami, and wants them to save her. But as evidenced, they're not quite up to the task... so she walks to he...

The Lupato movie had a plot that could've lasted past 30 minutes! But the rest usually don't have much to stand on, yeah.

takenoko wrote: ↑Sun Apr 26, 2020 11:59 pm
I was thinking of picking up the Blu-rays but didn't think they'd arrive in time. Ah well.

Well now they'll NEVER arrive!

Hehee, some audio balancing issues in this episode for some of the transformation calls. I don't recall that error in the Blu-ray rips I watched, so I assume this was a TV episode production error. I can explain away Mio's hyper behavior as either simply being her personality, or her being excited t...

I love ZOIDS. I wish literally any group cared. How can anime go unsubbed in this day and age, there's like 10000 fansub groups

It took 1/3rd of the allotted episodes, but yes, we finally have the fail state! Dying in game means dying in real life is a big trope, but I'm happy with it because it's an immediate fear that we all relate to. This was a good episode. I'm not quite as pleased with the twist as everyone else seems ...

A project I'd like to do when I'm normal, have energy, and spare time, is to vectorize the title graphics from Orb and R/B. They're so awesome.

Mitsurugi had some depth added to her in this episode. It's becoming clearer that she's still very much grieving her brothers, and while some part of her may want to ask Katsumi and Isami for help, she simply can't bring herself to. So she tries to both egg them on and get rid of them, in turns. Isa...

I'm usually all for slow pacing and worldbuilding, but for a 12-episode show it's a little rough. I hope they have everything plotted out and we won't be racing to fit everything in at the end... Otherwise scenes that take several long seconds to play out when they should otherwise be quite fast (pe...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSoun-NIEA0 The PV. And a good article from Toku Network: https://tokusatsunetwork.com/2020/04/ultraman-z-trailer-reveals-forms-and-return-of-ultraman-geed/ I'll keep an eye on it, but right now it's not super interesting to me. I don't want another story in/around/ab...