Sky Girls TV Series

[Rengemaru]

Yeah this series is using a typical yet well made story or so it was shown from
the few episodes aired. We'll just have to wait and see I guess.

[Ashlotte]

Found this while I was poking around looking at general mecha musume pictures...



I'm still holding out hope that something...anything...blows up by episode 6.

[CrowKenobi]

What I've seen so far I've liked!

Froth-Bite has started subbing Sky Girls... Their translation of the open is a lot different than Ayako's...

[Atreides6874]

Well, I cannot comment on the Japanese part, but it seems like Ayako did not interpret the English part that well of the song. The translation looked a little odd, but I normally don't pay much attention to the open or ending that much anyway.

[Maids! Maids! Maids!]

4035x5984, 2 MB

And a little fan art:

[Ishikawa Minoru]

Just finished watching episode 5.

Although I like the series (Karen is so cute), I can't but constantly remind myself of the striking similarities between Sky Girls and Evangelion: set in a post-apocalyptic world a group of children (among whom a German transfer pilot) must pilot mechs which seem to have a life of their own (Evas and Zero) in order to fight menacing giant creatures bent on the destruction of Mankind.

It's nice and everything, but it'd be nice if the staff were to be slightly more inventive.

[JagdPanther]

Yeah, it does have a little Eva to it, but hopefully the ending is much happier. O.o

I don't think you're allowed to kill that many lolis (or just-past-loli stage).

Ichijo > everyone else

Anyway...

Does the German girl finally appear in episode 5? This is getting frustrating! LOL

[Mef]

Originally Posted by JagdPanther

Does the German girl finally appear in episode 5? This is getting frustrating! LOL

elise,zeig dich endlich!!

let's hope that this helps

[Deathkillz]

ep 5 ~

Spoiler:

the series still has its appeal to me even if it does seem to follow the Eva formula ~ well another day of training with failure not being accepted ~ i like the character developments showed but think its about time something blew up :/ but we dod see hints at the end of this ep when the commander finds out that a place has been attacked ~

next ep we will finally see elise! gogo loli power!

[Deathkillz]

woot ~ my summary is up for anyone who wants :3

Please to meet you! Zero! ~ Sky Girls Episode 5

[Seiryuu]

Honestly no problem if SG is on the so-called Eva path. Archetypes are always being reused, and much of what is being called this is just typical mecha. It seems like the greater portion of sci-fi, particularly mecha, anime create some plot trick to require the fighters all be kids. And the idea of your weapon being alive and having its own personality is, if anything, more common, again especially when dealing with mecha. Generally, the author's going to come up with some excuse to have young, good-looking protagonists to attract members of the opposite sex, and at least one weapon is going to have a lot of bizarre traits like individual will or a tendency to corrupt. Similarly, for suspense sake, you're generally going to have either a desperate fight to stop apocalypse from coming or a desperate fight to keep it from coming again.
Also, now that I think about it, it seems like many female characters are intentionally set at the developmental point seen here, just teasing the edges of loli. After all, they want to appeal as much as possible to every group, so it's easier to have girls that are loli enough for some and old enough for others. Besides, "loli" doesn't seem to be a singular type anymore. It's not just the classic loli, designed to mix childish and subtly adult features just right so that you're telling yourself "Don't think that, she's jailbait!" before the first inevitable dirty thought even comes to mind. You have the "goth" loli that's more about style than age, the still-a-loli like Zero Louise who would possibly be willing to kill over the term "grade-schooler", demonic akulolis who make the kid in The Ring seem nice, and super-lolis who never grow up but embrace and ruthlessly exploit their looks instead of resenting them. I know most of these are just random terms, I just made them up to fit the characters. Ultimately it's not about specific measures so much as the impression they give.

[Rengemaru]

Ep04 is finally out by Ayako.

[Jerseykid]

Sky girls are hot

[JagdPanther]

Does anyone think that Ayako is better subs than [Your-mom] for Sky Girls? I've actually heard they're the same people, or they're related..

Thing is, I like to have quality subs with good translations, but I also don't like to wait too long to see something... So I've been getting the YM subs as they come out, but for future storage I'd like to have the Ayako ones if they're better quality.

[Deathkillz]

ive been using ayako so far and they have been fine good quality and nice translation they are doing a great job so far ^.^

ep 6 raw is out...

[JagdPanther]

Originally Posted by Deathkillz

ive been using ayako so far and they have been fine good quality and nice translation they are doing a great job so far ^.^

ep 6 raw is out...

Yeah, I like Ayako. That's why I'm asking, kinda. If I can avoid downloading the same eps over again, I will, but if it's really that much more better than the YM subs, I'll do it.

Yeah, talking like it's hard. LOL I can easily pull down the 3 other Ayako episodes. Prolly just do it tomorrow. ^^;

[Rengemaru]

What Your-Mom subs? Only Ayako are doing Sky Girls, Your-Mom aren't involved! Or is my browser is broken >.<;

[JagdPanther]

Originally Posted by Rengemaru

What Your-Mom subs? Only Ayako are doing Sky Girls, Your-Mom aren't involved! Or is my browser is broken >.<;

WTF?

*thinks*

What the hell am I talking about?

>_>

<_<

I'm sorry. I was thinking of another series that's being subbed that the original subbers as being slow and YM is taking up the slack.

Gotta put School Rumble 2 on hold right now and get Sky Girls 4 off of my laptop so I can watch it.

EDIT: Well hell. I didn't actually download it yet. Quick down to the Mail Room to hijack some wireless and grab SG 4 and TM~OL~ 22.

[Rengemaru]

Originally Posted by JagdPanther

I'm sorry. I was thinking of another series that's being subbed that the original subbers as being slow and YM is taking up the slack.

lol, you probably confused this with Seto no Hanayome.

Spoiler for ep5:

I was really impressed by this episode! I didn't realize this show had this much drama in it. Specially loved the scene when Otoha couldn't fire and Zero offered her the sword. Not to mention a few "cute butt" scenes that almost gave me a nosebleed XD

Spoiler for Ep6 preview:

And finally the last loli is showing up! Can't wait!

[JagdPanther]

Originally Posted by Rengemaru

lol, you probably confused this with Seto no Hanayome.

No, actually it's a series about which we are not allowed to speak in regards to subs here. ^^;

But doesn't matter anymore. One more minute until the SG 4 torrent is done and I can go back upstairs, transfer it to my external and then copy it onto my desktop for viewing.

Kinda ticked about putting School Rumble 2nd Term on hold for a short bit, but it's worth it if it's Sky Girls.

EDIT: Okay, just finished episode 4.

Man, this was a great episode for me as an Ichijo fan. She really became human in this episode. She smiled a lot, she was friendly (most of the time), she had human desires (ooooo, to see her shift so quickly from scolding Otoha to almost drooling over that chocolate...), and was just so cute. ^_^ She really is my favorite character out of them all. Definitely someone the other pilots will always be able to lean on. Ichijo will always protect them.