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Old 2006-09-26, 22:24   Link #1961
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With this kind of ending... I don't see room for a second season. Maybe an OVA. Maybe.

I think that the ending is fitting. One of Simoun's core messages is that life goes on even when it seems like it will (or you wish it would) stop. The rest of Chor Tempest has no idea what really became of Aaeru and Neviril - why should we? They don't know where Amuria went, either. Heck, they may not even know what happened to some of the ones they went to the Spring with. Considering how life really goes, I think we got a lot of insight into how everyone turned up. Their lives aren't resolved yet, and hence the story itself shouldn't be resolved.
Plus, it gives us way more stuff to argue over
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Old 2006-09-26, 22:26   Link #1962
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Old 2006-09-26, 22:47   Link #1963
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Simoun cast and staff in fall shows

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The series has ended... so what's next for us...?
I think we'll keep coming back here for quite a while, but as far as new shows are concerned, we seem to have come to this anime from a lot of different directions, so I imagine we'll be going to our scattered realms.

For myself, I don't see anything as interesting as this in the fall line-up. But then I didn't realize Simoun would be so great until I watched it. I'll keep watching NANA and Bokura ga Ita, which continue through the fall, and are for me the only two shows on now which are in Simoun's league. Two different kinds of romances, both with great scripts and terrific voice-acting. And maybe I'll have time to catch up on Saiunkoku Monogatari, where Kuwashima Houko (Guraghief) is beyond praise for her excellent work as the heroine. It continues through the fall, too.

Among the new shows, Hataraki-man, in the Noitamina Thursday-night slot looks interesting (starts Oct 12). About a workaholic woman editor. More Honey&Clover on caffeine than Simoun, though, it seems.

I have made a graphic calendar of the fall season, showing what days and times shows are on TV in Japan, and giving highlights of staff and cast for most of them. Link in my sig, with a highlights post in the hashihime blog. Maybe this is my opportunity for an information-dump about who from the Simoun staff and cast will be working on what this fall:

Studio Deen's next offering is Shounen Onmyouji, a magical powers show, but from a josei (young women's) magazine. The script is by the woman who wrote Turn A Gundam, Wolf's Rain, Geneshaft and five episodes of Noein. The sound director did Haibane Renmei and Princess Tutu. And the OP was composed by Kajiura Yuki, who is/was in See-Saw with Ishikawa Chiaki, who did Simoun's OP.

I'll be watching at least the first episodes of Ayakashi Ayashi (monsters attack Edo, again) just to hear Niino Michi (Aaeru) in another role. And because the main writer on Simoun wrote it.

And I'll look at Ghost Hunt because Nazuka Kaori (Yun) is the star. She also stars in Gin-iro no Olynssis, a show that seems like post-apocalyptic mecha, but the blurb says something about time and space being uncertain and a boy's door to fate. I'll look at Code Geass, an SF adventure, partly because Yukana (Dominura) is one of the stars, and also because the whole cast is unbelievable (including Nazuka Kaori and Koshimizu Ami), and the writer and director did PlanetES.

Takahashi Mikako (Rodoreamon) stars in Mamoru-kun ni Megami no Shukufuku wo! and is also in Super Robot Wars and Black Blood Brothers. Noto Mamiko (Limone) is in Mamoru-kun, too, and Okada Mari, who wrote many episodes of Simoun, is the main writer.

Sahashi Toshihiko, who did the amazing music for Simoun, writes the music for Black Blood Brothers.

Kuwashima Houko (Guraghief) has joined Toyoguchi Megumi (Alti) for Black Lagoon 2. Morinaga Rika (Mamiina) is continuing in Chokotto Sister.

Noto Mamiko (Limone) is back for a second season of Jigoku Shoujo. Koshimizu Ami (Paraietta) shows up in Code Geass, Kujibiki Unbalance, and Gift-Eternal Rainbow. And Matsuki Miyu (Anguras) is in Soukou no Strain and Otome wa Boku ni Koi Shiteru, which seems to be the closest thing to yuri available this fall (girls fall in love with a guy dressed as a girl). Red Garden, a supernatural mystery, doesn't have an all-female cast, but five women are the stars.

The calendar has links to the Anime News Network information on all the shows and most of the cast and staff members.

Oh, and sorry, warainagara, I didn't realize "Yunashia" was a joke. I guess because I kind of hoped they'd merged myself.
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Old 2006-09-27, 00:20   Link #1964
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ep. 26. Pretty fitting ending I suppose. I'll give it a 8 of 10.

Spoiler for saw some posts on the wall art:


Spoiler for Onashia explained her story to Yun :


Spoiler for Did you hear the final girls synopsis about :


I have to wonder with future past tense mixing if ALL slowly morph to a new reality sooner or later without even knowing it.

Really really glad I got to see this one, and it sparked some of the funniest things I have ever read and Never thought or even believed could be typed in a forum
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Old 2006-09-27, 05:17   Link #1965
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Hello! I haven't watched Simoun yet, but I'm planning to now. Can anyone recommend a subber for Simoun? Who's the best Simoun subber out there?

Thanks! =)
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Old 2006-09-27, 06:19   Link #1966
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Considering how life really goes, I think we got a lot of insight into how everyone turned up. Their lives aren't resolved yet, and hence the story itself shouldn't be resolved.
Watching it again tonight, I was also thinking about the episode title: Their Portraits. A portrait isn't a biography, it captures a person at a brief moment in their lives. Maybe if the artist is good enough, you can spot little details that tell you something about where the person has come from and where they're going. But in the end all you have is that moment, that eien no ima captured on canvas.

Which is precisely what I think we got.

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Hello! I haven't watched Simoun yet, but I'm planning to now.
Welcome! You've made an inspired choice

For subs, the only game in town is Simoun-Fans. Slight complication is they picked up the show at episode 4, so they've only recently been able to go back and sub the earlier episodes. Doremi also subbed 1-5, but I'd recommend Simoun-Fans where possible because their subs generally have the benefit of more hindsight.
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Old 2006-09-27, 06:21   Link #1967
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there only is simoun-fans -> simoun-project -> wowo, and for the first eps Doremi. (Simon beat me it seems...)

Spoiler for plumbum:
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Old 2006-09-27, 07:50   Link #1968
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Thanks for the info! =)
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Old 2006-09-27, 09:02   Link #1969
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there only is simoun-fans -> simoun-project -> wowo, and for the first eps Doremi. (Simon beat me it seems...)

Spoiler for plumbum:

Books....

Limone lears from a Plumbum spech book, the meaning of something special name.... Episode 8

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Old 2006-09-27, 10:18   Link #1970
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Hello! I haven't watched Simoun yet, but I'm planning to now. Can anyone recommend a subber for Simoun? Who's the best Simoun subber out there?

Thanks! =)
There is only one Group at the moment on it.

Click and look for her Signatur : http://forums.animesuki.com/member.php?u=38890

Wowo has some Softsubs for the Raws timed to Starks "Freelancer-Raws".

Click and look at her Signatur : http://forums.animesuki.com/member.php?u=43698

And Simoun-fans, has released 1-2 and 4-16 now.
I've heard episode 3 will come soon, too.

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p.s. Sorry, for the indirect Links, but i try not to avoid the Rules
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Old 2006-09-27, 10:25   Link #1971
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And Simoun-fans, has released 1-2 and 4-16 now.
I've heard episode 3 will come soon, too.
Tomorrow evening, barring any further unforseen delays.
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Old 2006-09-27, 10:37   Link #1972
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They're still doing Ri Margion meaning that we should have 4 eternal maidens left instead of two right?

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Old 2006-09-27, 11:06   Link #1973
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maybe not even they ^^
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Old 2006-09-27, 11:07   Link #1974
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We all know this, but I just wanted to ask again, why can their priestesses speak the langage of Simulacrum
In episode eigth it's mentioned that many Plumbian priestess come from the border area with Simulacrum. There are apparently some clans who move back and forth through the border regularly. Also because of the similarities of the deities, some derivative of the Simulacran language might be some sort of holy language for these priestess, kind of like Latin for Catholics, which would make it easy for them to study the language of their enemies. I think something about that was mentioned in later episodes but I am not sure.
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Old 2006-09-27, 12:37   Link #1975
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PS2 Game Gallery
http://www.mmv-i.net/game/ps2/simoun/gallery.html

Now with fanservicey pictures... and a commercial.

While I'm still trying to put my finale feelings into the words which aren't coming.
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Old 2006-09-27, 13:08   Link #1976
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PS2 Game Gallery
http://www.mmv-i.net/game/ps2/simoun/gallery.html

Now with fanservicey pictures... and a commercial.
"Nosebleed Ri Maajon" wins
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Old 2006-09-27, 13:59   Link #1977
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While I'm still trying to put my finale feelings into the words which aren't coming.
Right there with you on that one...
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Old 2006-09-27, 14:08   Link #1978
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Quick question about the game title, 異薔薇戦争 Ibara Sensō. My kanji dictionary (the New Nelson) says 薔薇 "rose" can be read bara or ibara. So just hearing the title in the CM you might expect it to be 薔薇戦争. Presumably though the I- comes from 異 "strange". Does this mean the title translation should be "Strange Rose War"? Or is 異薔薇 some sort of idiom, not to be translated literally?

*sigh* Must learn more Japanese...
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Old 2006-09-27, 14:40   Link #1979
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Rikai-chan renders '異' as "different."
As I see it, it may even be renderable (new word ) as 'another.' "Another Rose War" sounds good to me.
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Old 2006-09-27, 15:08   Link #1980
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異薔薇 would be pronounced "ibara", and therefore sounds like the word 茨 ibara "thorn." I think we're dealing with a pun: "other/different/strange roses" and "thorns." "The War with the Other Roses (who are like thorns)."
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