2009-05-02, 02:07 | Link #241 |
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Well, color me surprised. I'm not a fan of sports anime in general nor have I heard of Adachi prior to this season, but through Sorrow-k's post, I got drawn into it and the charming characters basically nabbed me hook, line, and sinker. The presentation's been great and the background music with all those guitars has been most excellent, though it's obviously the story that's going to carry the day and I'm looking forwards to see how Aoba will warm up to Kou.
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2009-05-02, 05:51 | Link #242 |
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Well, I found one of the 15 second promo videos for Cross Game, and they sort of promote it as a "love story" anime rather than sports anime which isn't wrong. Baseball is just the delivery method to get to the objective.
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2009-05-02, 08:37 | Link #243 |
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From my point of view Cross Game is much more slice-of-life than sports anime/manga (let say sports related slice-of-life ) and choosen presentation, like bright colors, and pace fit it nicely.
Ep4 comment: Another almost faitful manga adaptation, with only few flaws: - Senda is common target of author's jokes in manga, but his throw after Koh (when he took cake from him) was way too pathetic. He is "ace" (self-proclaimed ) pitcher for middle school team, but that throw will hardly reach a plate on playground. - They bit overdone Aoba's breathing when she was running back to house with thief. She is (very) good athlete and runner, but she was breathing like after marathon from the start.
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2009-05-03, 02:52 | Link #244 |
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Well, just watched episode 5. It covers the last chapter in the second volume of manga (for anyone interested in where the story is). I really liked it. It moves the the story along by about 3 months by the end of the episode, too, so I think we're just about to get into some good hard baseball action.
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2009-05-03, 04:08 | Link #245 | |
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Will watch episode 5 once I get home.
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2009-05-03, 04:08 | Link #246 |
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Waiting in excitement for episode 5 for:
Spoiler for manga spoiler:
Believe it or not, I ran through, 15 books of Touch, 10 of Rough, 12 of cross game, and slow step, in the past 2 weeks. I love my bookstore. Patiently waiting for the 34(!) books of H2, should arrive anytime next week. What's crap is that I can't find Short Program anywhere, -> in despair. God I love Adachi.
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2009-05-03, 10:00 | Link #247 |
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So episode 4 got me teary-eyed, first time since the start of this season's lineup. Anyway, do they really have to show Wakaba during the intro? Pretty much the reason why I skip Clannad After Story's intro after episode 16...
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2009-05-03, 12:44 | Link #249 |
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I'm a bit surprised at how much they extended the New Year's Day sequence over the manga version, although they did a very nice job of it. I wonder if this means they're stretching to fill 3-4 cours of episodes, or if they're stretching the non-baseball scenes because they're not going to have Major-style baseball games that go for 3-4 episodes.
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2009-05-03, 19:02 | Link #252 |
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I bet they'll bring Wakaba out every episode, just to keep jerking your heart strings. :P It's a bit cheap, but it works.
I doubt they'll cut any baseball stuff either. Sport/tournament types provide continuous satisfaction through the hardships and victories (mainly victories) of the protagonist, and that's always good for the viewership. This series that seem like it will last a long long time, albeit addicting all along the way. |
2009-05-03, 22:14 | Link #253 |
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Is it me or is there a sudden explosion of fansubbing groups subbing this? When the series started I was really only follwing Central Anime, now there's like 5 different groups subbing it. Suddenly popularity spike?
Anyway I just found an episode 5 sub, gonna post later if it's a good sub.
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2009-05-04, 02:50 | Link #254 |
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Saw episode 5 last night. This episode was great! Koh score some points when he grabbed Aoba by the collar. Hah! You'd think she will be a bit more sensitive about wishing death on anyone... especially on any of her sisters.
These people in charge of the anime is doing a great job with the adaptation thus far. Usually these sort of shows looses a lot of nuances in the translation, and often fails to resonate with both type of audience, manga/novel readers and first-time anime viewer. And that seems not to be the case by judging from the posters' take in the thread. The music and the apparent laid back pacing makes the show such a delight to watch. I instantly relax whenever watching an episode of Cross Game, so it wins big points from me. Anyway, the coach was happy for once, wasn't he? He said it's been a while when he saw some earnest practice. I guess this geezer will shine under the limelight and show his brilliance once he gets to work with these new talents that are coming to the picture. I wonder if Koh will throw any pitches to the new batter who shattered Koh's record in the batting center. Don't answer. And was that a curve-ball Koh just threw? Adachi's grasp at baseball makes me lol, but fortunately for me, it hasn't put a dent on my enthusiasm about this show for various other qualities.
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2009-05-04, 13:44 | Link #256 |
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Ep5 and this show just keeps rolling. I can't say I approved of his grabbing Aoba. But I can suspend my disbelief/disapproval and go with the flow: the plot moves, the characters' attitudes move, the pacing is not there to drag things out but to move them at a nice pace. All this and baseball, too?
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2009-05-04, 14:10 | Link #257 | |
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2009-05-04, 19:00 | Link #259 | |
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In addition, that glow on Kou's face when he paid his respects at the Tsukishima home shrine to Wakaba shows how much she is still in his heart. |
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2009-05-04, 19:51 | Link #260 |
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Aoba is treading a very thin line with being flat-out unlikeable at this point, though I trust she will mellow as the series progresses. She's the one part of the show I haven't warmed up to yet.
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