2006-07-27, 22:21 | Link #1062 | |
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Re-watched episodes 4 and 5 last night. The more I watch, the more I'm convinced that ALL the Simoun are different. Even the "standard" ones have high spines and low spines, Paraietta's has a sort of secondary spine behind the vertical one. The one Aeru appropriated for her nocturnal adventure with Limone was the round finned one (both ventral and dorsal fins end in sort of a spoon, and the dorsal fin was bent back at the top). This one, unlike the others, has twin cannon under the "cow catcher". Haven't figured out who exactly owned that particular Simoun - Aeru doesn't fly it after that time. I'm pretty sure by now the T-tailed one "belongs" to Rodreamon (who flies with Morinas later). She and Aeru flew it in episode 6. And the swallowtail belonged to Limone (and now Dominura) though I could have sworn Alti and Floe had it in episode 10. In Limone's flashback, the two simoun looked like they had sharp ventral spikes, and short dorsal fins - until THAT happened, when you can see that one had a T-tail. Maybe the animators weren't being consistent, since you can't see any sign of a T-tail before that. Reminds me of the old men-of-war in the days of sail. Gold leaf, figureheads, baroque lines and ornamentation, and every one of them different in some way. Last edited by Iskandar Taib; 2006-07-27 at 22:41. |
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2006-07-27, 22:53 | Link #1063 | ||
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I found it interesting that the Simoun-on-Simoun fight reverted quite quickly to guns, since both sides are manoeuvrable enough to consistently evade each other's Ri Maajons. On current evidence, it seems like the Ri Maajon will be less and less of a factor in air combat as Argentum's equipment and tactics improve... which could be a real problem for Our Heroines. (On the other hand, the Ri Maajon is devastating against ground targets, and Simouns are fast and have practically unlimited range and endurance. If things get desperate enough, the Simouns would probably make excellent strategic bombers...) Quote:
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2006-07-28, 09:44 | Link #1065 | |
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They're probably made one at a time, by craftsmen. Not an assembly line type thing. |
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2006-07-28, 12:45 | Link #1066 | |
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(IMO it's pretty wasteful anyway, since assigning a couple of extra pairs to each Chor would cover for contingencies like fatigue or illness and permit some rest and rotation even during periods of sustained combat... but I guess they're still not really accustomed to thinking that way.) |
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2006-07-28, 13:09 | Link #1067 | |
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2006-07-28, 15:11 | Link #1068 | |
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2006-07-28, 18:18 | Link #1069 |
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There are some good new images on the Simoun image board this week (July 24+). Including one that appears to be a worksheet made in January for the animators with detailed drawings of six different types of Simoun.
There is also a poster of Aaeru, Yun and Mamina by AS (Nishida Asako, the chara-des/animation director). Here's a detailed view of the top part of the poster from 2channel (direct link to Japanese upload, so I don't know how long it will last). Why those three? One 2channel poster suggested it was because they are the three from the country. Not sure which magazine it's from, but probably Megami. Someone also posted the first page of the second chapter of the Megami manga. And for good measure, here's a pic of Morinas. And I can't help agreeing that Kyuukoku's strategy and tactics leave a lot to be desired. I'm glad that there's technology-as-magic involved, or they'd have no chance. One more thing: the staff blog says that Takahashi Rieko (Neviril) and Hosokoshi Michiko (Kaimu) are on stage this week in Goethe's Faust. Takahashi-san is playing Margarethe and Hosokoshi-san is in the chorus.
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2006-07-28, 18:42 | Link #1070 |
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Yun's blushing so stupidly in that poster, you'd think she has moved to some other series and reduced her IQ as a result of that.
I like the fact that the Simulcran strategy is dumb, it adds a sense of realism to the show. You can't expect people who are trying to learn warfare during the course of the conflicts to not make stupid mistakes.
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2006-07-28, 18:50 | Link #1071 | |
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2006-07-28, 19:12 | Link #1073 | |
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A comic book covering three chapters serialized in yurihime will be published on Sep 16th. Megami will be the official manga after all. It seems they are beginning to aim more at the male audience. This month's Yurihime magazine itself also changed a lot. Suddenly, it is appealing to hard core yuri even more than before. I was wondering why and guessed Strawberry Panic DVDs may have been quite successful. But DVD 1 sold only 2,000 copies according to 2ch, which is not to be seen a promising figure. I think that's the way they can keep more readers at any rate, though. More adult taste doesn't seem to repel female fans, if any, but is effective for drawing quite a few male fans. Last edited by warainagara; 2006-07-28 at 19:51. |
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2006-07-28, 19:18 | Link #1074 | |
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2006-07-28, 19:29 | Link #1075 | |
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More importantly, if that is the sale rank for SP, simoun could be worse. Just take a look at TV rating...
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2006-07-28, 19:46 | Link #1076 | |
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Truely, Simoun's TV rating is not so prominent.. only around 1%. TV rating would be more about on-air time and DVD sales more about the number of the loyal fans. I'm watching both of them but I don't want to pay for Strawberry Panic DVD while I am willing to for Simoun if the graphic part is upgraded at some points. |
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2006-07-28, 21:18 | Link #1078 | ||
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For a Simoun Chor, it would make sense to have more pilots than aircraft, since their loss rate is generally quite low and the Simouns are usually 100% available (which makes their maintenance crews seem very good, but then again they don't understand and never touch the most critical parts of the airframe - so what exactly do they do, anyway? Reload the guns and polish the hull?). Quote:
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2006-07-28, 21:38 | Link #1079 |
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Yun fans might be interested to see at least one ep of Innocent Venus. The young girl, Saya, is played by rising star Nazuka Kaori, who is the voice of Yun (and also did Eureka, Erisu in Canvas2, Lala Ru in Now and Then, etc.). The first episode made it seem as if it could be a decent dystopic future adventure with mecha, special young girl, and bishounen.
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2006-07-29, 01:47 | Link #1080 |
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Thanks to Kaoru Chujo, for the picture of the sketch of six Simouns.
I just put the pilots' names beside each Simoun. the Simouns of the Chor Tempest |
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