(L) Cross game

[Guardian Enzo]

Originally Posted by bbee

I can't really understand why it's so loved by many. Is there something more to the show that I'm missing?

In a word? Yes. But not everyone has to like every show. Sounds to me like this one just isn't your cup of tea, because the stuff you say you hate is what a lot of us love and as for the baseball, well - it's hardly present in at least half the episodes.

[Proto]

Yeah, this series have been popular even among people who traditionally aren't interested in sports anime because the sports segments in this series are pretty short and to the point, and they are only used as a vehicle for the story, at least when compared to other series in the same genre.

[poko-kun]

The reason I love CG so much is because I love the characters, they are down to earth like the boys & girls next door to me. ^^

Anyway for#44
Well done 2nd year!

[Theowne]

I must admit I also find it a little strange that the relatively minimal baseball sequences could hamper enjoyment of the much more frequent SoL sequences. But all the same, I don't think it would be Cross Game with the baseball parts cut out, as suggested. I guess a small amount of respect for youth-team sports is a prerequisite as all. I certainly don't think its trivial. I don't think anyone would say that someone striving to be a good pianist is a trivial thing, and sports shouldn't be seen differently.

[germanturkey]

well, funny thing is, i gave up on Erin after one episode and rated it a 3/10..

anyways, the baseball is a vessel for character development and plot progression, just like gondola training is in Aria. the true value of this show is its slice of life qualities and its character development.

[Proto]

Erin is a series that has its first strong climax point at episode 8. I would really recommend you to give it that much chance, and withhold your judgment till that point. The first 3-5 episodes are pretty much introductory.

[germanturkey]

Originally Posted by Proto

Erin is a series that has its first strong climax point at episode 8. I would really recommend you to give it that much chance, and withhold your judgment till that point. The first 3-5 episodes are pretty much introductory.

sarcasm didn't really have time to follow it that much.

i guess i'll wait for subs to come out for 44 before jumping on it. though i can already guess (know..) what happens. does the game take up the whole ep?

[Free]

I'm surprised no one is calling for a lynching mob yet. Perhaps CG's crowd is just too mature. You don't need someone to cut it for you, just skip the baseball parts yourself...

I never much liked Erin, though I did manage to get to the end.

Spoiler for certain plot:

The scene with the mother in the water was awesome though, if you have that kind of fetish.

It did have its good moments, but overall, it was just a tool for procrastination.

Since you did go past CG epi01, and still found CG to be disagreeable, I suppose you never will like it... That's unfortunate...

LYNCH HIM!

[PeterI]

Originally Posted by Guardian Enzo

In a word? Yes. But not everyone has to like every show. Sounds to me like this one just isn't your cup of tea, because the stuff you say you hate is what a lot of us love and as for the baseball, well - it's hardly present in at least half the episodes.

If the Cross Game anime has a defect, it is that there isn't enough baseball. The current episode would have been better if they had made that game against Sena (with Miki as pitcher) last most of two whole episodes. Touch and H2 had more in the way of decently long anime baseball games.

The only anime I've seen which really made the games long enough was Ookiku Furikabutte. I hope to see season two soon. I just want to point out that some of us like anime baseball.

[Proto]

They are diffferent beasts altogether. In Cross Game baseball is a vehicle for character development. In Ookiku Furikabutte baseball is the vehicle for character development. I mean, we get 2 games in the whole 2-cour series. And baseball was 80-90% of the series. Not that it is bad, but its obvious the focuses are different.

[Proto]

Early threat from Subsmith guys. This comes in handy since I was having troubles getting the RAW myself.

[germanturkey]

i'm so happy i held off watching this show until the end. i think the wait would have killed me. i'm so giddy that there's a new ep.

pretty standard baseball episode. i can't wait for the next few eps though.

[poko-kun]

Sena sure played risk game against Seishuu.
high risk, high return (esp. for Seishuu - Hurayyy!!)

Spoiler for Toilet scene:

They should animate the scene Aoba insulted Kou while he was doing his business in the toilet, that moment is uber hilarious in manga

[germanturkey]

they sort of did. but you couldn't really tell. i interpreted it as hand washing. also, the surprisingly large amount of yaoi art on pixiv made me not want to search for fanarts of this series any more..

[Proto]

Normally I don't mind when they cut the 4th wall humor, but I would have liked for them to animate this bit



It made me literally lol when I read it. I'm a simple guy.

Spoiler for ep 44+preview:

Otherwise, an excellent episode, albeit a ltitle fast. However there was no way around it, for it seems we are back to development land next episode. Should be interesting, if anything because there doesn't seem to be any named rivals for Seishuu till they battle it off with Ryoh.

[poko-kun]

Oh right, I miss the gift from Senda Clause.

[Asleep]

lol they should have put that.

The episode finished so quickly! I was suddenly staring at the ED Watching Cross Game puts me in a good mood though. Gaah why no soundtrack!

And I like that Cross Game is not only about baseball but I do enjoy the baseball episodes

[Kirarakim]

Originally Posted by Asleep

And I like that Cross Game is not only about baseball but I do enjoy the baseball episodes

Well how I see it even the baseball episodes are ultimately more about the characters than the baseball which is why I enjoy them so much. It's all slice of life to me.

[Pellissier]

Originally Posted by Hata

I came here to talk about the manga, but I guess most of you guys are just talking about the anime?

Of course, because this is the anime only thread. We do have in facts a Cross Game manga thread therefore everything manga related shall go there while nothing, and I mean NOTHING about future events, hints or whatsoever has to be posted here.

A bunch of recent posts (including the one I'm quoting a portion from) has been deleted.

[bbee]

Originally Posted by Proto

Yeah, this series have been popular even among people who traditionally aren't interested in sports anime because the sports segments in this series are pretty short and to the point, and they are only used as a vehicle for the story, at least when compared to other series in the same genre.

Hmm I got the impression from the wiki summaries that there was a lot more baseball going on.. I don't know, but from the eps that I've seen, there was a lot of focus on training, buliding a strong team, "hiding" asset players.. Talk about techiques. I just don't care about that sort of thing. I don't see how those bits could be used for character development. From what I've seen in the comments here, the romance doesn't go anywhere either (45 eps and not even a kiss?).
Maybe it's just not my thing like Enzo said. I have a general distaste for shounen shows (I haven't seen one that was worth my time), and this show gives off that vibe, less than most other shows, but still.. Thanks in large part to the char designs.

Originally Posted by Theowne

I must admit I also find it a little strange that the relatively minimal baseball sequences could hamper enjoyment of the much more frequent SoL sequences. But all the same, I don't think it would be Cross Game with the baseball parts cut out, as suggested. I guess a small amount of respect for youth-team sports is a prerequisite as all. I certainly don't think its trivial. I don't think anyone would say that someone striving to be a good pianist is a trivial thing, and sports shouldn't be seen differently.

Maybe I should have said _competitive_ sports.. I'd love to see an animated character study of someone trying, and failing, to become a good pianist. Or even baseball player. As long as it didn't focus at all on the actual playing, the technique of playing, or spend too much time dwelling on rivalry at competitions etc. (Or try to mooch off the popularity of classical pieces, and add nothing of value of its own. This is where Nodame breaks down).

Originally Posted by Free

Since you did go past CG epi01, and still found CG to be disagreeable, I suppose you never will like it... That's unfortunate...

LYNCH HIM!

Heh, I guess I should have expected that from a fansubber, did suggest putting the knife to a show after all.. I'd still like to see key character development-related scenes from ball games, and this is hard to do when you're skipping through an ep yourself. But I guess I'm in the minority, nobody would ever do this sort of thing for fear of being ridiculed or tarded.