2007-04-25, 04:20 | Link #62 |
Weapon of Mass Discussion
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Y'know, it's a really small detail, but I am really happy when a show bothers to have an actual reason for small teenage girls to be the leads in an action show.
How many shows have we all seen where the fate of the earth rests on some teenage kid or young girl. Dozens? Hundreds? In how many of those shows is there an actual reason why it takes a young girl to save the world? A handful at most. In Rocket Girls we have the payload problem to deal with. That is at least an acceptable excuse to need young girls to pilot a rocket, but what kind of "human being" would actually use children so cavalierly? Fortunately we also have a sadistic doctor and callous director. Not since Gendo Ikari have I seen someone so willing to sacrifice the lives of children for his own purposes. That's a "Bravo" for Rocket Girls.
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2007-04-25, 14:52 | Link #63 |
Math Ninja
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Spoiler for Episode 9:
Also, it looks like Rocket Girls got some assistance from the Japanese space agency, JAXA. I don't know what it says on this page from the official website, but the photos make it look like a JAXA astronaut met with the cast and crew. Pretty neat! |
2007-04-26, 13:12 | Link #65 | ||
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Location: Finland
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At first the idea of skin tight suits make me roll me eyes (it was just for fanservice), but to my surprise it is possible to use those. I would have imagined the problems with keeping it in correct temperature, plus I wouldn't like the idea that between me and vacuum of space is only a few millimeters of clothing. Quote:
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2007-04-26, 15:53 | Link #66 | |
Yuuki Aoi
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2007-04-26, 16:00 | Link #67 | |
Math Ninja
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I used to fly model rockets when I was a kid. Ah, memories... |
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2007-04-28, 19:07 | Link #69 | |
Math Ninja
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Location: Ventura County CA
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Nooooo!!!!
Ah well... maybe the fansubbers will take the opportunity to catch up a bit. Quote:
The beginning looked like: Spoiler for ep10:
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2007-04-29, 12:55 | Link #70 | |
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Albuquerque
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What they were testing was reaction times in soldiers, seeing if they could isolate a way to "track" those soldiers into jobs that needed them--seeing as warfare was getting more and more "video-game-like". What they found was that race was not a factor, but age and sex were. The younger the subject, the better their fighting ability and potential (in terms of reaction time, amongst other things). And if that subject was female, even better. So, I *think* the explosion of magical girl anime came partly out of this little factoid, which made it into Japan's zeitgeist more than it did N. America's (with the exception of things like Ender's Game). |
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2007-05-02, 21:12 | Link #72 |
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i`ve watched the first 2 ep it was soooo funny
i think this is one of the best comedy animes i`ve ever saw !!!!!! the thing is i want to dl ep 3 but my ISP block the tracker site so can anyone save the torrent file and upload it in zip file so i can dl it with my bittorent client !?? plzzzz or can anyone know how to contact Rakuda fansubs (no site, no IRC address) to ask help from them about the tracker problem !!!! thanks guyz i can`t wait to see ep 3 |
2007-05-10, 11:47 | Link #76 |
I like pie.
Join Date: Nov 2004
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I just D/Led the raws and subs up to episode 10 so far (only watched through episode 7 for now, but I'll catch up on the rest soon) and I must say, this is a cute series. I agree with whoever said that it reminds them of "Planetes." That was a great series, too, and there are bits of this that remind me of that. (Except, of course, the "Just drop by our jungle base and we'll take you in as an astronaut, little girl" thing. XD)
Still, if Rutan & Co. can send people into orbit on a rocket made of old car tires, then hell, why not Japanese teenagers? They drive the rest of the economy, anyway. Might as well drive space exploration, too. XD Thanks to Kaoru Chujo for blogging about this, otherwise I never would have found it. |
2007-05-10, 18:44 | Link #77 |
Yuuki Aoi
Join Date: Jul 2004
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Episode 11 was terrific, if somewhat unlikely. Watching it, I realized that this may be one of the best moe shows I've ever seen, in part because it doesn't depend on moe for everything, in part because the moe is so pure and the bearers of it are a great combination of small/weak and smart/strong.
Spoiler for ep11:
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2007-05-11, 12:41 | Link #78 |
Math Ninja
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Okay, I've seen it now, and...
Spoiler for Ep 11:
As I said before, it's a bit silly to think that NASA would leave the space shuttle up there just sitting in orbit waiting for our heroines to come fix a problem that could just as easily have been solved with some duct tape stuck on the end of a long pole. But it was still fun to watch. I was also tickled by the fact that they came up with the same way of "docking" the two ships that I thought of, i.e. having the girls' capsule link up with the shuttle's robot arm. It's too bad this is only a 12-episode show. Maybe they'll do another season later. We can hope, right? |
2007-05-15, 19:08 | Link #80 | |
mentionitis ouendanica
Join Date: Dec 2003
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So, unless Nojiri Housuke starts up a sequel series to the original light novels... the anime would probably be a one season deal. |
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