(CR) Giant Killing (TV)

[Casshern]

This ep was pretty slow paced, with lots of lows and no highs. You would expect a big comeback normally. I think they're trying to make the viewers experience some of the fans' anxiety. Pretty interesting, almost as if they want to lure the viewer into losing faith in Tatsumi like the fans are, even though logic dictates he'll pull through and the team will make a huge comeback.

[Azuma Denton]

Originally Posted by KiNA

As far as I have watched football .. I've never seen a team playing with 2 PM at the same time... And as far as ETU play Gino is the assigned PM. If Tatsumi are indeed a MF (I think he is as well now) then he is most likely be the Box 2 Box Midfielder. A Gerrard/Ballack type of player .. Or Diaby/Ramsey in Arsenal

Hmm, i prefer to think Murakoshi is like Vieira...
The one to slash the attacking opponent, then build attacking from deep...

[KiNA]

Well.. whatever the mystery about Tatsumi's position, its now cleared up in the latest episode... Same as Murakoshi ..

@ Azuma .. Viera is a B2B player.. I just give example of current players .. They are energetic player that can cover the whole pitch by themselves .. rare breed nowadays .. Another one from that era would be the other captain fantastic.. one Roy Keane

Anyway, as expected .. A string of loss against other teams, discontent brewing in and out of of the team.. Tatsumi need a pillar of confidence from someone, his idea seems distance from his teams ... I think its now, where he need Murakoshi the most, which he seems to get, albeit reluctantly at first.

Regarding the tennis tourney.. My best bet is that he wanted to see the teamwork from each position.. Teamwork seems to be missing from the team itself, and from the short scene during it, it seems it relief the tension from the players.

I just watched the episode once in a hurry, would probably rewatch it again to understand the episode better..

And to the ETU fans around the world.. be patient, Rome isnt build in a single day And coming from Arsenal's fan.. it seems like something of a normal advice to me

anyone else find it funny that Gino is exempted from the tourney?

[AbSoLuTeMiKe]

Remember early on in the series when the two younger players teamed up with Gino against the older vet players? It showed to me that Gino is so skilled that he can pretty much mash up with any player.

Kuro...I understand his passion to win, but there is usually someone like that on a losing team, or a team that can be quite weak, someone who is so determined to win they literally handicap the team themselves.

[Azuma Denton]

Auch 3 losses already.
I can see the midfield is torn between attacking and defending.
Poor Tsubaki.

Kuro should be reflecting on himself.
Why he blamed other people? It is his job to defend. He is payed to become a defender.
If i'm the manager, i'll sell him right away...

[Shiroth]

Giant Killing is now on crunchyroll.

http://www.crunchyroll.com/forumtopi...the-world-cup/

[germanturkey]

Kuro is pretty dumb. 'nuff said. anywho, has it crossed anyone else's mind that Tatsumi was SOLD by the board when a foreign offer came in? for a guy who picked up and left, he's pretty indifferent given his situation.

[ditn]

Poor Belgium no love from crunchyroll

[Saturn Beaver]

Originally Posted by Shiroth

Giant Killing is now on crunchyroll.

http://www.crunchyroll.com/forumtopi...the-world-cup/

Yay! Netherland's included, so this means a guaranteed faster release of GK! Thanks, CR! I can't wait for the next episode, hoped that Tatsumi has some plans to fix this situation, it always hurts to see the team that you're rooting for loses again and again. It is arguably more realistic though, and the advantage of having a league system is that unlike the tournament system (which can be boring as you know they'll win anyway) you're allowed to lose and still win the whole thing at the end.

[KiNA]

Dear CR,
Screw you!

<3,
A Malaysian.

[fertygo]

at least DEEN' get more share because this title, so maybe they can throw more budget from upcoming episode and maybe give some reason to make a sequel in future
but its too naive thinking

yay more faster release anyway

[LusterFlare]

Just caught up to 7. Definitely following this.

[KiNA]

Ep 8

Spoiler:

Still looking for the first win after 5 match But Kuro and his defense partner are reinstated back to the first XI. Them taking break and watched the team play from outside allow them to see that most of the team's fault earlier came from them defending too deep after the lucky 1st goal, causing the team unnecessary pressure at the back. The current team playing high up, with compact formation in the middle helps the team more. The last 2 game lose are both from set pieces (one from a penalty kick follow up and one from poor marking during a corner) and no more from outfield play so I expect a win (or at least a draw).

The series continue to amaze me, while the animation in and off field are something better left unsaid most of the time, the story shape up to be very interesting.. I only catch a few bits of dialogue most of the time .. My self taught japanese skill are still poor - I'm curious about the ramen talk from that oyajii lol... but I really impressed from what I do understand. The author do knows his way around tactic and strategy of the game.

[gonzo562]

just started watching this series. Awesome anime

hopefully they start winning soon

[Kaoru Chujo]

Ep 8 worked for me. It's not as if a lot happened on the outside, but the internal emotional pressure is strong and interesting. Good stuff. And I liked where they broke the story. Here we go, boys!

[KiNA]

For those who wonder, why Kuro and his defense partner is making mistake by staying closer to the GK (in football, we call it deep defensive line).. Imagined a glass of water.. and your goal is at the top. Those defense line is how high the water is. If its nearly full (aka, almost spill over .. which is what Kuro and his partner is doing) theres a lot of space.. if we put a small fish in it, it can swims freely around. Now imagined if we want to catch that fish.. because there's a lot of water, he can easily evade around. That fish, is the opposing player with the ball. What the current team doing right now, is playing with high defensive line ... In our glass example, its like playing with half glass full, or simply, lesser water. The fish will still able to swim around, but now his movement is a bit more restricted, thus easier to catch.

Playing high defensive line is not without danger of course, because if the offside trap fails, the opposing striker gets a free one on one shot with the GK.

I sux at explaining

[Saturn Beaver]

Hmm, no one watched the newest episode yet?

Spoiler for Ep 9:

If I have one complaint about this episode, it's the lack of any soccer plays which makes the wait until next episode where the match finally starts more unbearable. Still, it highlights many members of the cast in this darkest of times quite well.

We discover that Gotou used to be a player in ETU, so despite looking as young as Gino he should be at least over his 30 to retire (unless he got injury or something). It's nice to see him as someone who got an undying loyalty toward Tatsumi, willing to risk her own neck on the faith of his capability. They also depicts fans in a realistic manner, they even make a distinction between the types of fans and them being angry at Tatsumi is all very understandable. I also like the journalist lady, she's definitely in for a scoop and despite not really believing it, he knows what's gonna happen.

For the players, it's great to see Murakoshi as he focus on improving his own skill as players (eveidenced by his fitness training) and giving helpful advice on Tsubaki. Tsubaki seems to got his groove back on, so it'll be interesting to see how he fare next match. Also, there's a nice moment between Yuri and Tsubaki as well. Speaking of Yuri, we know that she's the chairman's daughter, proven by Tsubaki calling her Nagata-san and a photographer saying Chairman Nagata. However, Tatsumi's surname is Takeshi, is he really part of the family?

The Brazilian players are great fun to watch as well, although a bit stereotypical in depicting Brazilian players as happy-go-lucky less disciplined people with superb skills in street soccer. Still, it's not like it's really that much of a stretch really, being selected to be on the national team means learning tricks like that shouldn't be so hard. Great to see the animation on the play too, and I don't know anything about Portuguese but the native language they're speaking seems natural.

[KiNA]

I think it was explained earlier.. Tatsumi just call the chairman ojiisan as a sign of respect. Also, you really need to differentiate the use of her and he /grammar nazi

Anyway, I watched the raw yesterday and as you said, no match, so I really cant comment much on the episode. Now that I watched the sub however

Spoiler:

This episode deals with the internal turmoils of ETU, the fans, the board, the players all being tested.. Sadly for Tatsumi, he bears the grunt of fans not only as a coach, but also an explayer tagged as "betrayer" .. But luckily for him, there are some who believed in him.. And while Murakoshi wanted his head earlier in the series, even he see what Tatsumi bringing to the game, it just the team are in transition phase of understanding the new way.. Those fans are are classic too, impatient when things dont go too well, they simply dont have the patience for team building.. win win win fark all.. thats all they know.. Sadly, in real life, while they are the minority, they are also often the loudest. -.-

Next episode pit them against Nagoya, a team who seems a complete opposite of ETU, in that they cant stop winning.. led by ETU's old coach, Fuwa(?) .. The comment of ETU's VC made me chuckled, Fuwa = Benitez

All the classic recipe in here, I call for the Giant Killing spree start .. NEXT MATCH against the Nagoya team.

[Saturn Beaver]

Yeah, I was too tired to check my post for grammar and it resulted in a horrible mess in which I mixed up the gender pronouns really badly...Hopefully won't happen again.

Can't wait for the next episode, as this episode has already set up all the necessary pieces on the table, next one is going to be an exciting match to show the true meaning of Giant Killing!

[KiNA]

Dont feel bad.. just a friendly poke .. My post is filled with it as well