2012-01-15, 10:12 | Link #221 |
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Ep. 15
Wow, Rook is seriously messed up. Spoiler for ep 15:
And apparently next month Gammon's little sister will appear. Her name is Sakanoue Miharu and she'll be voiced by Taketatsu Ayana. |
2012-01-16, 13:30 | Link #223 |
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Damn, Rook is no puzzle maker, he's a torture creater. All those idea's he had drawn in that book when he was younger was pretty sadistic of him...but what could have triggered him to draw things like that? Or more importantly, where did he learn to draw things like that? The room Rook was living in looked more like a pirson cell than a classroom for a private school. More must have happened to him than what we can see...
Ana says some pretty interesting things, and his painting are quite wonderful. He sure did make me smile when he shouted "Good evening" at the woman XD Oh Ana, you are still polite to even the most suspicious people I find it cute how he's not even fazed when he's having the options given to him, he's to interested in the surroundings The shock on the characters faces when they learn that Ana is a boy never seizes to amaze me Lastly, that ending was quite nice. It appears Rook still has some good in him from when he was a child until he turned into the way he was now. Maybe there is still hope for his and Kaito's friendship. So it appears it's Gammon's turn next episode.
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2012-01-16, 15:10 | Link #224 |
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One thing seems to be sure: Rook wasn't always the emotionless, ruthless guy he is now, but was made that way by the POG. His old puzzle may be the key to get him to treat Kaito as his friend once again.
I loved how Ana remained clueless about what went on around him and merely followed his sixth sense, much to his host's fury. And he seems to know more about Kaito's relationship with Rook (or rather, the possibly consequences thereof) than we're aware of. Probably because he always speaks quite cryptically. So, next week is Gammon's turn to suffer and by the looks of it, he'll fail miserably and will need Kaito to intervene. I wonder how that will go with Nonoha, who doesn't have any puzzle-solving abilities whatsoever, assuming she too gets a turn. Wouldn't it be awesome if she can survive a puzzle without Kaito's help and Gammon cannot? I wonder who the true Big Bad within the POG is, because I'm quite sure that Rook's not it.
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2012-01-17, 17:11 | Link #225 |
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Only recently found this, and was surprised to realize it is actually ongoing.
Not much to say that hasn't be said before. 'Death trap puzzles by people with more money than morals' has never been so good animated. |
2012-01-17, 17:29 | Link #226 | |
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2012-01-18, 04:04 | Link #227 |
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Second season greenlit: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news...ets-2nd-season
What they're basically saying is that this show will just continue on into Spring without taking a breather. And I'm totally fine with that.
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2012-01-18, 15:23 | Link #229 |
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Phi Brain has been renewed for a second season!
I seriously didn't expect this, but I'm very glad. Yay! |
2012-01-18, 17:46 | Link #230 | |
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2012-01-18, 18:12 | Link #233 | |
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Maybe it got continued cause...I don't know...Sunrise actually has something resembling capital and assets and can afford to greenlight a second season of a show really quickly while other studios haven't played their financial cards right over the years and thus have to wait a bit before they can go another round with a show most of the time and really have to take every single project as a huge risk. Also while most show struggle to get up to the 26 episode mark, for Sunrise 50 episodes really isn't all that out of the ordinary even in this day and age since again...having actual capital and assets allow them to do them. It would surprise me if the producers were already holding out on the likelihood of a 50 episode kids show with the Phi Brain project and were just waiting to see if they had a reason to go ahead with it. I mean sometimes that's just how it goes....and to be honest I could see kids in Japan really digging this show and that being plenty enough of a reason to greenlight more of it. Last edited by Kaioshin Sama; 2012-01-18 at 18:31. |
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2012-01-18, 19:12 | Link #235 |
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Yeah, I'd be lying if I said I'm not amused by the gritting of teeth this news caused.
As for why it got a second season, I think it has to do more with NHK than Sunrise. NHK is paid by license fees so ratings don't affect their programming as much as they would other channels which are more dependent on commercials. NHK also has more money at their disposal than other channels. |
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