Anime Mirai/Young Animator Training Project 2013

[Branduil]

Ryo was confusing garbage. LOL at the last shot:

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[Utsuro no Hako]

2014 projects announced.

Looking at the staff list for Okii Ichinensei to Chiisana Ninensei, for a moment I thought it said "Shinichirou Wataname (Space Dandy)" but I guess the Space Brothers' Watanabe is reasonably skilled. The plot sounds like a cute Tezuka-style kids story, as does Paroru no Miraijima. The other two are high school stories, as though we need more of those, but Harmonie at least sounds promising.

[Warm Mist]

Paroru is easily the most interesting. Kameda doing designs, Studio Pablo doing art direction and background art, and the key visual looks the best. Different, appealing, refreshing.

The others could be good based on the staff, but the images don't really grab me. Looking forward to Ayumu Watanabe's short though.

[bhl88]

What Little Witch Academia looks like, but the shipping is too much.

[Shadow5YA]

A little late to the party, but:

Originally Posted by Kanon

Death Billiards did have a Twilight Zone feel to it. I enjoyed it a lot, but the concept is a bit iffy and I'm not a fan of the ambiguous ending. It makes it harder to tell what the message or the moral is.

Spoiler for Ending:

Why do people who die at the same time have to be tested? That doesn't make sense. It should be the same for everybody.

My interpretation is that the young man went to heaven. His only crime was to desperately want to survive. He demonstrated his determination. He didn't intend to kill the old man (and he in fact didn't kill him) and he regretted what he did. He was as earnest as they come.

The old man, on the other hand, was strangely calm during the whole ordeal. He either didn't care about his fate, or he enjoyed the situation he was put in. Either way, it's not normal. His sinister grin in the elevator leads me to think he was more evil than he let on. He reveled not in his (supposed) victory, but on the young man's loss. It's also possible he remembered his death all along and deliberately pretended to be innocent.

I wish we had at least heard what he said to the Bartender. We don't have enough hints to make a guess.

Check the masks above the two elevator shafts. I think that's a pretty big hint on who ended up where.

[8blkpaws]

this is probably a cold trail by now, but i'm looking for the death billiards blu ray
is there anyway i could find a copy ?

[FredFriendly]

I was quite surprised today when I watched episode 8 of Uchuu Patrol Luluco and there was what can only be described as a crossover appearance of Sucy, complete with the Sorcerer's Stone in its tower. Nice!