[Kanon]

Originally Posted by Katapan

Ohh. I thought Hana's voice sounded a bit untrained for seiyuu work and wondered if they'd possibly hired a 9nine girl to do it, possibly Kawashima Umika since she seems to be the most popular one to me (and with the most acting experience) - and it turns out she really voiced Hana. She's the girl who starred in Yamakan's live-action movie Watashi no Yasashikunai Senpai, if anyone cares. Most likely a rising star.

Spoiler for Episode 16:

Color me slightly disappointed as well. Not a bad episode by any means, but it has to be compared to the conclusion of the first arc, and I don't think it's come anywhere close to it. One would expect more fabulous animation for a Head/Takuto showdown... well, not that it won't happen again, I suppose.

Now to find out how Keito's arc will play out?

Ah! I thought Hana's voice sounded a bit untrained too. That explains it.

Spoiler for episode 16:

Although the animation wasn't quite as fabulous as expected, the poses sure were.



DAZZLING THE STAGE!

Originally Posted by Dann of Thursday

Spoiler for 16:

Indeed, the opening version was much cooler looking, though the fact we didn't see Head use that hand projectile makes me think a rematch will come up. I actually enjoyed the first half since it was nice to see Takuto having trouble, but was disappointed by how quickly Head lost when Takuto got up. If he's so good, he should have been able to keep his cool rather than freaking out. Some recent interview implied that we're going to see Tauburn upgrade with each new Phase, though if he is already on the Fourth Phase that would make sense as well. I've seen someone make the theory that it might somehow be Takuto's power, to be one step ahead or something to that effect.

Maybe, though what really confuses me was that the Random Curiosity summary on the episode seemed to imply that he isn't actually Takuto's real grandfather, but that of the boy who it seems was not Takuto's brother as I assumed. Which would seem to indicate that marks can be given to those not blood related though maybe that was an error or something.

Spoiler for episode 16:

Hmm, I think it's something along those lines as well. He might just have the power to grow stronger everytime he's defeated. It would sort of explain why the same technique won't work twice on him.

No, he's Takuto's grandfather. That's what Random Curiosity's summary says too (I admit the line is a little bit ambiguous).