Golden Kamuy Season 4

[Kanon]

Episode 5 was peak Golden Kamuy, with a very silly and hilarious first half focusing a lot on dicks, and an emotional and serious second half focusing on Asirpa's family, what her father wanted for her, and what she wishes to do.

[Master_Yoma]

Well Asirpa is such an awesome director

So Sugimoto is getting sick of eating brains

[grecefar]

I really missed them after 4 chapters and they gave a great chapter.

It was great that asirpa could watch that movie of her family but of course it was destroyed because we can't have good things and keep it.

[Yu Ominae]

Had a hard time keeping a straight face in the fourth episode.

[Kanon]

I guess I should have expected Koito's reaction to the reveal Tsurumi completely manipulated him.

Interesting development on both Tsurumi and Hijikata's side. They both think they have the upper hand over the other, and I'd say Hijikata is the one who is right. He completely saw through Tsurumi's scheme, and in fact got him to move as he wanted. Or did he?

Shiraishi actually made some very good points at the end of the episode. Sugimoto doesn't get to decide what is best for Asirpa, she's grown enough to choose her own path. And he truly is an idiot if he thinks Tsurumi will just let her go if she gives him the key to the code. He's far more likely to kill her after she tells him so she'll never be able to tell anyone else.

[grecefar]

After all we saw from tsurumi indeed is pretty naive of sugimoto to trust tsurumi will leave asirpa alone after that.

I almost fell for koito turning on tsurumi.

[Wandering Soul]

Koito's reaction to learning about Tsurumi using him is pretty expected. It really shows how devoted he is and how effective Tsurumi's methods are.

Shirashi was pretty spot on with his rant. Sugimoto deciding he knows what's best for Asirpa and not taking her own agency into consideration is pretty dismissive of her, and makes his criticisms of Wilk a bit hypocritical.

[Master_Yoma]

Koito really knows how to keep up the wackiness up

Yoshitake really knows how to pick up a really classy girl

[Guardian Enzo]

Episodes 7-12 delayed indefinitely due to the 11/1 passing of an "indispensable staff member" as yet unnamed. Terrible news on every level. I guess we'll know more when we know more, but I sincerely hope this is not some sort of MAPPA scenario.

[serenade_beta]

Animators overworking? That's new to me

[Nachtwandler]

While this is tragic, I'm now curios, who could be so crucial for the team that it halted the whole production and they can't be replaced within a couple of weeks. If someone like director or the main scriptwriter died, they would not hide it probably.

[Kanon]

Originally Posted by Guardian Enzo

Episodes 6-12 delayed indefinitely due to the 11/1 passing of an "indispensable staff member" as yet unnamed. Terrible news on every level. I guess we'll know more when we know more, but I sincerely hope this is not some sort of MAPPA scenario.

This is very sad news

For them to delay the rest of the series, it has to be someone in a pretty high position like the chief animation director. If not, there's likely a deeper problem.

[Guardian Enzo]

Originally Posted by Kanon

This is very sad news

For them to delay the rest of the series, it has to be someone in a pretty high position like the chief animation director. If not, there's likely a deeper problem.

That's what I'm afraid of. I hate that the mind immediately goes there, but the anime industry and production committee system have brought that on themselves.

[Wandering Soul]

Originally Posted by Guardian Enzo

Episodes 7-12 delayed indefinitely due to the 11/1 passing of an "indispensable staff member" as yet unnamed. Terrible news on every level. I guess we'll know more when we know more, but I sincerely hope this is not some sort of MAPPA scenario.

That's sad to hear. My condolences to the deceased and their loved ones. Whoever they are must have been very high ranking.

[Yu Ominae]

I can't help, but rock to the OP sequence:

[Mad Pierrot]

A shame about the passing of the staff member. Still, Shiraishi being the voice of reason while being sick is insane.

[Guardian Enzo]

Returns in April (a shame it isn't winter, which looks wafer thin), starting with Episode 1.

I can't help but think there's something more to this story than what we've been told. Tragic certainly, but there are things here that just don't make sense.

[Cloudedmind]

Originally Posted by Guardian Enzo

Returns in April (a shame it isn't winter, which looks wafer thin), starting with Episode 1.

I can't help but think there's something more to this story than what we've been told. Tragic certainly, but there are things here that just don't make sense.

Has it been revealed who the staff member was?

[Guardian Enzo]

Originally Posted by Cloudedmind

Has it been revealed who the staff member was?

Not anywhere I've seen.

[kuroyanagi]

Originally Posted by Guardian Enzo

I can't help but think there's something more to this story than what we've been told. Tragic certainly, but there are things here that just don't make sense.

Could it be the production was struggling already and the passing of that key staffer was the last straw?

Anyway, good to have a date to look forward to. I'm seeing more of these cases of broadcasts being stopped halfway, and I'm hoping it's working out better for the production staff than the conventional way of plowing through to meet the airing date with a substandard product and then make corrections for the BD.