Bleach Episode 219 Discussion Thread

[monir]

Ahoy! Yumichika... done. Kira... disturbingly served. In comes Shuuhei.. the unperturbed, indifferent vice captain with 69 tattoo on his face inherited from the Mr. 69 himself out of eternal gratitude for saving his hide. This young gun hasn't done much in Bleach story line thus far as is the case for a lot of cool faces in the midst of this show's huge cast. Will he shine? I know I'm looking forward to it. If the preview was any indicator, the animators will draw some good lines and attempt at some good movements in this episode.

My only worry is the music. Just have those crappy noises called music conceived in the midst of equally crappy filler story line out of it, and I shall be so happy. Bleach has already demonstrated more than a few time that it is capable of composing good background music suited for the action at hand. Let's get it done.

Enjoy the episode and the subsequent talks that inspires it.

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Absolutely no manga spoilers in any anime-only threads such as the weekly Episode Discussion threads. That means, no hints, or vague remarks about a future event from the manga, even within the spoiler tags. Inability to observe this rule will result in a BAN!

[Alchemist007]

Yay Shuuhei time!

[mageormike]

wow, I was actually impressed by the original content added to this one. Shuuhei was always one of the lieutenants that I had wanted to see stuff from and he did not disappoint.

Spoiler for episode contents:

Living here in Japan with many friends working as ALTs in Japanese schools, I was given the impression that his opponent was almost the embodiment of one of Japan's social values.

"The world is made up of choices of right and wrong answers, therefore of course one would want to make as many correct choices as possible"

You notice that even though Shuuhei doesn't like the idea that his opponent is "giving out the answers" he does not really try to refute this statement (at least that's what I got out of it).

Not really trying to say anything important here, just thought it was an interesting representation of Japan's "manual-book" style of learning. ^_^

Good episode though. Especially liked how Shuuhei agreed with Iba about the fact that these episodes are designed to give the unpopular lieutenants some screentime XD

[Vicious108]

Kira is anything but unpopular. In fact, he's the 6th most popular character in the whole series.

[neshru]

Great episode. This was probably the best animation I've seen since 166.

[Vicious108]

So I've heard. And I gotta wonder why they're wasting all the budget on a fairly unimportant fight that is nothing compared to some of the other ones coming up ahead. Oh well, at least this episode will be good eyecandy.

[DarkHollowIchigo]

Can't wait to see it.

[TadloS]

Fucking awesome episode. Instant 10/10

As expected from Suzuki Youko.

If somebody wonders, Suzuki was staff in:

Eureka Seven (TV) : Key Animation (ep 29)
(The) Girl Who Leapt Through Time (movie) : Colour Check (Studio L)
Naruto (TV) : Original Picture
Peach Girl (TV) : Color design (ep 5)
BLEACH : Key Animation (214), Character Design (OP8, 171, 216)
NARUTO : Key Animation (90)
NARUTO Movie 2006 : Original Picture
Kekkaishi : Character Design (35, 36, 37, 52)
To Love-Ru : Character Design (16)
Street Fighter IV The Ties that Bind : Original Picture
Zettai Karen Children : Character Design (4, 11, 46)
BLEACH Movie Fade to Black : Original Picture

[Haohmaru]

Wasn't at Ichigo vs GJ quality, but still good. Especially compared to the usual. Anyone know who did keyanimation? No Ogiso Shingo in this one?

[neshru]

Originally Posted by Haohmaru

Wasn't at Ichigo vs GJ quality, but still good.

I'd say it wasn't as good as the last Ichigo vs Grimmjow (ep 166), but it was as good as the first Ichigo vs Grimmjow (ep 121). Though I have yet to watch it in high quality, so it may not be that good. But it was great anyway.

[Haohmaru]

Yeah, I was referring to Mask Ichigo and Released GJ.

[Haak]

Watched the RAW. It was a really good episode. The coversations weren't too long and streched and the action was quick-paced and well animated. Wished they put this much attention to all fights.

[Kakashi]

This episode instantly owned anything that was animated in Bleach in the last 50 episodes.

Shiny blood. That right there is a dead giveaway that the same team that animated the first Grimmjow/Ichigo fight also animated this one.

[Frailty]

Originally Posted by Haak

Watched the RAW. It was a really good episode. The coversations weren't too long and streched and the action was quick-paced and well animated. Wished they put this much attention to all fights.

yeah agreed, they should animate greatly great fights especially to

Spoiler for manga spoiler??:

Ichigo vs Ulquiorra

[Gin]

Originally Posted by monir

Ahoy! Yumichika... done. Kira... disturbingly served. In comes Shuuhei.. the unperturbed, indifferent vice captain with 69 tattoo on his face inherited from the Mr. 69 himself out of eternal gratitude for saving his hide. This young gun hasn't done much in Bleach story line thus far as is the case for a lot of cool faces in the midst of this show's huge cast. Will he shine? I know I'm looking forward to it. If the preview was any indicator, the animators will draw some good lines and attempt at some good movements in this episode.

My only worry is the music. Just have those crappy noises called music conceived in the midst of equally crappy filler story line out of it, and I shall be so happy. Bleach has already demonstrated more than a few time that it is capable of composing good background music suited for the action at hand. Let's get it done.

Enjoy the episode and the subsequent talks that inspires it.

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Absolutely no manga spoilers in any anime-only threads such as the weekly Episode Discussion threads. That means, no hints, or vague remarks about a future event from the manga, even within the spoiler tags. Inability to observe this rule will result in a BAN!

I really love the intros that you give for episode discussion threads

[medigo]

Yay new music too!
(allthough I still like the Bount arc music themes, unlike some people....)

[Crimrui]

I have to say that I'm totally impressed by this episode. Not because Hisagi is one of my favorites but the animation and the music was top notch and I can't remember when I enjoyed a fight like this one. Finally got to see his awesome Zanpakutō and his skills in using it. And I don't care what you people say like ''unimportant fight'', this guy is important to some people and I love Bleach because unlike some other anime, it gives fair enough of screentime to minor characters. I wanted to see a fight since I saw the guy and waiting for all this time was totally worth it. 10/10

[Ichiban Hayai]

Does anyone know if the music is new (i.e new soundtrack), or from the 3rd movie?

I hope it's new. The original tracks are overused, as are those of the 2nd movie.

[kitten320]

Oh I love Hisagi's shikai!
Hope there will be more of it in the future

[WONDERMIKE]

now that was nice to watch not only the eye candy, the fight choreography was refreshing after some bad examples(Noi/Nell and Noi/Kenpachi).. and as a bonus they picked some nostalgic music from the early days of bleach on some points