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Shiroth · 2010-10-17, 12:06

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Originally Posted by hai_san

Real men fight with their fists

Fixed that for you.

Edit: It's official after this weeks episode episode, we're watching a show created by a bunch of Utena fanboys

. I mean first the hair cut scene in the classroom, followed by the sword duel and then the camera shots during the council meeting. All that last fight scene needed was a J.A. Seazer piece. Oh wow, this show is fantastic.

Also this.

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Francismeunier · 2010-10-17, 13:26

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Originally Posted by Kagura89

You are joking right

For BD release, the first volume is on 26 January 2011.

Sure...I will wait....I have other things to watch too.

ninja_pintu · 2010-10-17, 13:59

Damn that fish girl song is so awesome. It's the best thing of this show for me

KROMEangel · 2010-10-17, 14:29

Episode 3, and here it is; THE SWORD DUEL!

Once more, the mecha designs are awesome; Its a freakin' Samurai, how could it not be!? Can't take down a Dual-wielding Takuto though. Great animation in both fencing scenes, and a cute finish with the e-mail.

The overall formula is, like a few have noted, a little bit too formulaic; it's literally a "mecha of the week" setup played completely straight: After 15 minutes or so of high school hijinks, we get an almost disconnected mecha battle of intergalactic significance. This isn't helped by the fact it always starts off with fish girl's lullaby and Takuto's Fabulous Transformation; both of those combined is like, what, about 2 minutes? Then we finally get to the spectacular action.

There's nothing inherently wrong with this; but I do hope they decide to surprise and change things up a bit. However, I that may be a long ways off; those other dominatrixes haven't been introduced yet, have they?

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This actually has the spirit of a 80s action cartoon for kids, only with the style and grace of modern anime.

Sums up my feelings pretty well.

Dazzling the Stage!!.......................

serenade_beta · 2010-10-17, 15:33

Spoiler for ep3:

Jarmel · 2010-10-17, 15:40

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Originally Posted by KROMEangel

Episode 3, and here it is; THE SWORD DUEL!

Once more, the mecha designs are awesome; Its a freakin' Samurai, how could it not be!? Can't take down a Dual-wielding Takuto though. Great animation in both fencing scenes, and a cute finish with the e-mail.

The overall formula is, like a few have noted, a little bit too formulaic; it's literally a "mecha of the week" setup played completely straight: After 15 minutes or so of high school hijinks, we get an almost disconnected mecha battle of intergalactic significance. This isn't helped by the fact it always starts off with fish girl's lullaby and Takuto's Fabulous Transformation; both of those combined is like, what, about 2 minutes? Then we finally get to the spectacular action.

There's nothing inherently wrong with this; but I do hope they decide to surprise and change things up a bit. However, I that may be a long ways off; those other dominatrixes haven't been introduced yet, have they?

Sums up my feelings pretty well.

Dazzling the Stage!!.......................

My guess is that we're going to get 10 episodes to establish the main players and who they are through weekly "mecha of the week" fashions. It'll probably diverge later on in the second half if it's a 25 episode series.

They really are trying to make Takuto into a badass. One sword isn't cool enough so lets double the pleasure.

The choreography is somewhat refreshing and the movements are very well done in general.

I'm also starting to like the Vice-President. He makes a cute mascot.

The animation for the mech fight was also pretty cool so I hope they mix it up more.

Shiroth · 2010-10-17, 15:50

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Originally Posted by ninja_pintu

Damn that fish girl song is so awesome. It's the best thing of this show for me

The instrumental version we heard in this weeks episode wasn't that bad as well.

HandofFate · 2010-10-17, 15:53

hm, not alot of stuff revealed in this episode. Just some small characterizations.

Spoiler for episode 3:

KROMEangel · 2010-10-17, 16:01

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Originally Posted by HandofFate

hm, not alot of stuff revealed in this episode. Just some small characterizations.

Spoiler for episode 3:

Oh geez, I hope we don't fall into a DBZ type development of just making everyone level up; dangit, Takuto's hair even grows yellow!

"Vegeta, what does the scouter say about his power level?"
"It's Faabulooous!!"

Dahak86 · 2010-10-17, 16:53

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Originally Posted by Shiroth

Also this.

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I'm pretty sure you'll like them in gif format, too

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Spoiler:

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Originally Posted by ninja_pintu

Damn that fish girl song is so awesome. It's the best thing of this show for me

yeah, same here! she's always so amazing!

can't get enough of her...

and Wow, Mrs. Watanabe...

really, she's soo HOT!

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Spoiler:

other funny gifs

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ep3 was ok, I guess.
Sure, everything has begun to feel a bit too much formulaic since ep2, like others have said; but the cool action stuff is still there...(and so is the rather nice fanservice

)...
so an enjoyable ep, after all.

Aurelia aurita · 2010-10-17, 17:09

I'm pretty sure Sakana-chan's story is a metaphor for the show (à la the Shadow Girls in Utena).

The fisherman seems to be Takuto, the girl is Wako while the king and the king's ship are Sugata and his royal Cybody, or Tauburn. I'm guessing the Squid Emperor is the Crux and the galaxy is possibly Zero Time.

Shiroth · 2010-10-17, 17:12

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Originally Posted by Dahak86

I'm pretty sure you'll like them in gif format, too

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Spoiler:

Oh god i do yes. Thank you so much.

HandofFate · 2010-10-17, 17:26

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Originally Posted by KROMEangel

Oh geez, I hope we don't fall into a DBZ type development of just making everyone level up; dangit, Takuto's hair even grows yellow!

"Vegeta, what does the scouter say about his power level?"
"It's Faabulooous!!"

well, we ARE going to be seeing some power-up development where everyone levels up. The badguys aren't going to be staying in phrase 2 forever, they're going to get a win or two, and they be in phrase 3 and be that much more formidable.

hell, right now, the badguys are still in phrase 2, and the 'fodder' they're sending against Takuto are starting to hold their own for longer periods of time.

Also, I wouldn't be surprised if they just send two Cybodies against Takuto in a future episode.

molitar · 2010-10-17, 17:35

I'm a bit confused on this show.. What do they mean by phases? What is the purpose of trying to break the seals on the maidens? What is the purpose of the maidens? And why is a maiden that is a prisoner being so upbeat? She doesn't even seem depressed. And who is Takuto? And who is his grandfather that told him about what he knows about Cybodies? He definitely didn't know what his grandfather was talking about when he was told but during the fights he mentioned that a couple of times. Also his grandfather told him they are the mask of lies.. is the mask somehow fool the Cybodies into thinking they are the true pilots?

On side not the Crux are all have a few screws loose just look at their fashion sense for one.

HandofFate · 2010-10-17, 17:55

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Originally Posted by Aurelia aurita

I'm pretty sure Sakana-chan's story is a metaphor for the show (à la the Shadow Girls in Utena).

The fisherman seems to be Takuto, the girl is Wako while the king and the king's ship are Sugata and his royal Cybody, or Tauburn. I'm guessing the Squid Emperor is the Crux and the galaxy is possibly Zero Time.

I think its more literal than that.

I'm going with that the Squid King is the father of Squid girl in Ika Musume. So I see a surprise cross-over.
I mean, they both have beach areas...I wouldn't be surprised if the beach house is just on the other side of the island..

I can see the episode going like this.

Takuto (on one knee with his cybody): dai- pichi. Looks like I'm done for grandpa.

Badguy: muahah your done for!
*exploding shurikens hit the scene*
(unknown): wait right there-de geso! Your opponent is me-geso.

Spoiler for who's there?!:

I can't be the only one who saw this connection.

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Originally Posted by molitar

I'm a bit confused on this show.. What do they mean by phases? What is the purpose of trying to break the seals on the maidens? What is the purpose of the maidens? And why is a maiden that is a prisoner being so upbeat? She doesn't even seem depressed. And who is Takuto? And who is his grandfather that told him about what he knows about Cybodies? He definitely didn't know what his grandfather was talking about when he was told but during the fights he mentioned that a couple of times. Also his grandfather told him they are the mask of lies.. is the mask somehow fool the Cybodies into thinking they are the true pilots?

On side not the Crux are all have a few screws loose just look at their fashion sense for one.

info from current aired episodes and little promotional booklets they passed out in Japan to publicize this show.

Spoiler for phrases:

wandering-dreamer · 2010-10-17, 18:33

Sakana-chan's story seemed like a pretty straightforward explanation of either the current situation or possibly the story of what Takuto's grandfather did previously (he was mentioned again in this episode and seemed to know a few things about the Cybuddies that the Glittering Crux Brigade didn't). If the fisherman really did win and steal the fish girl away then it could explain why someone from outside of the island knows about the brigade's activities and why Takuto of all people has a mark (especially if fish girl=a previous shrine maiden).
Also, I think Takuto might have figured out who some of the members of the brigade are. There's that little line about not getting paid and I think he recognized the other pilot from the fighting style. That was what I thought anyway, might be reading too deep into it.

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I'm going with that the Squid King is the father of Squid girl in Ika Musume. So I see a surprise cross-over.
I can't be the only one who saw this connection.

Aw man, you beat me to it!

KROMEangel · 2010-10-17, 18:40

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Originally Posted by HandofFate

well, we ARE going to be seeing some power-up development where everyone levels up. The badguys aren't going to be staying in phrase 2 forever, they're going to get a win or two, and they be in phrase 3 and be that much more formidable.

hell, right now, the badguys are still in phrase 2, and the 'fodder' they're sending against Takuto are starting to hold their own for longer periods of time.

Also, I wouldn't be surprised if they just send two Cybodies against Takuto in a future episode.

Do the baddies have two working cybody pods? Well I'm sure they can scrounge one up.

And no doubt they are going down the list of enemy archetypes. Let's see:
Ep 1 was the martial artist (boxing's a martial art isn't it?)
Ep 2 had the speedster on the motorcycle (or WAS the motorbike)
and Ep 3 was a swordsman (Modeled as a samurai

)
I'm gonna guess we're gonna have a gunslinger, and probably the token female fighter come up at some point.

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Also, I think Takuto might have figured out who some of the members of the brigade are. There's that little line about not getting paid and I think he recognized the other pilot from the fighting style. That was what I thought anyway, might be reading too deep into it.

I caught that too. Maybe he DOES know, cause that's a pretty specific line to spurt out at that moment; or it could be just like you said, he recognized the swordsmen.
Well, if he does know, Takuto's keeping it on the DL at the moment.

Rah-Rah · 2010-10-17, 18:45

Pretty good episode, this one. Gotta say though, I was kind of expecting Takashi to be wimpy and subservient, but he turns out to be pretty cool. Looking foward to more of him and his inevitable comeback. Also, Kanako is definitely my favorite Crux member so far, although I'm digging how...stuck up Keito seems to be. Looks like we'll be seeing her and her Cybody (Possibily?) next ep.

solomon · 2010-10-17, 19:23

Not much to say aside from the fact that the mecha rendering is reminicent of this one guys work, but I can't remember whos!!

Oh yea, Mrs. Watanabe is FUCKING HOT.

Pilly · 2010-10-17, 20:13

Spoiler for Takashi:

2010-10-17, 13:59	Link #703
ninja_pintu Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Age: 33	Damn that fish girl song is so awesome. It's the best thing of this show for me __________________

2010-10-17, 15:33	Link #705
serenade_beta そのおっぱいで13才 Join Date: Dec 2006	Spoiler for ep3: Mmm... The first impact is gone now, so everything has begun to just feel so... formulaic? First half has some not-really-interesting interaction and weird characters acting weird, and then the last half has some fighting which is not very exciting but moves a lot. Oh, and the song. Though it is a "fun" anime. Just that... I wonder when the blue-hair will do something... His fiancee's going to get stolen... __________________ -Blog --> http://tdnshumi.blogspot.com/ (Mainly about video games) -R.I.P. Hiroshi Yamauchi, Gaming wouldn't have been the same without you (9/19/13)

2010-10-17, 15:53	Link #708
HandofFate Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006	hm, not alot of stuff revealed in this episode. Just some small characterizations. Spoiler for episode 3: I'm sure that little fairytale story the girl in the cage is telling the purple haired guy probably has some significance. Wish it wasn't so cryptic on purpose like this. Hopefully by episode 5-6, a big development or two will show up to change the formula a bit. We are seeing some increase in power level readings on the badguys side though. First fight, the guy didn't even touch Takuto, second fight, he got pushed back a bit, but no direct hits. In this 3rd fight, he did get thrown around a bit. I think its only a matter of time before Takuto takes a full critical hit, which will probably be where the next big development/arc starts. Looking forward to the next episode. "Wake's Song" I could sure use a new song to play whenever the battle of the week starts __________________ ...

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Rah-Rah I Am A Justaway Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Atlanta, GA Age: 34	Pretty good episode, this one. Gotta say though, I was kind of expecting Takashi to be wimpy and subservient, but he turns out to be pretty cool. Looking foward to more of him and his inevitable comeback. Also, Kanako is definitely my favorite Crux member so far, although I'm digging how...stuck up Keito seems to be. Looks like we'll be seeing her and her Cybody (Possibily?) next ep. __________________ Daybreak's Bell rings over the land covered in Ash Like Snow

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Pilly Anime watcher Join Date: Sep 2007	Spoiler for Takashi: So near the end of Ep3, we hear that takashi has a star too. What exactly does this mean?

2010-10-17, 17:09	Link #711
Aurelia aurita ??? Join Date: Jan 2007	I'm pretty sure Sakana-chan's story is a metaphor for the show (à la the Shadow Girls in Utena). The fisherman seems to be Takuto, the girl is Wako while the king and the king's ship are Sugata and his royal Cybody, or Tauburn. I'm guessing the Squid Emperor is the Crux and the galaxy is possibly Zero Time.

2010-10-17, 17:35	Link #714
molitar Senior Member Join Date: May 2004	I'm a bit confused on this show.. What do they mean by phases? What is the purpose of trying to break the seals on the maidens? What is the purpose of the maidens? And why is a maiden that is a prisoner being so upbeat? She doesn't even seem depressed. And who is Takuto? And who is his grandfather that told him about what he knows about Cybodies? He definitely didn't know what his grandfather was talking about when he was told but during the fights he mentioned that a couple of times. Also his grandfather told him they are the mask of lies.. is the mask somehow fool the Cybodies into thinking they are the true pilots? On side not the Crux are all have a few screws loose just look at their fashion sense for one.

2010-10-17, 19:23	Link #719
solomon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Suburban DC	Not much to say aside from the fact that the mecha rendering is reminicent of this one guys work, but I can't remember whos!! Oh yea, Mrs. Watanabe is FUCKING HOT.