Uh... so this woman was a robot? I mean... ouch at the fall...
And it would explain how she managed to build the bell so fast... not mentioning placing it above the tower... before Casshern left.
And next episode... another woman? wow... Casshern is being a playboy =P
In my opinion, this was the shittiest episode of the series so far.
I agree. There was nothing really worth remembering.
Just a woman trying to get on Casshern's pants... err... I mean... make a bell.
I loved this episode. There is just so much despair in every respect. A woman (presumably a robot, I don't know how else she took that fall) was so shaken by the silence of the ruin she just wanted to ring a bell. It's these little things that so artfully set the scene of this show.
Everyone is just so hopeless.
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Amazing episode I really liked English songs and Casshern fighting.
"Life is hilariously cruel" by Bender
That was my favorite episode yet. You just gotta love such a perfect compilation of music and animation.
i thought the bell ringing episode was awesome. maybe not awesome, but frighteningly both depressing and hope inspiring all at the same time.
the sexual tone in this show is absurdly high. or is that just me?
episode 8 was interesting too. And, well hell, I was so sure those were swords on his hips. But in the fight scene, he used them almost as engines to propel himself. That was certainly unexpected... I'd just sort of gotten accustomed to heroes having swords/melee weapons as their super awesome hidden power that comes out around episode 12 or so...
and, yeah, wow. i'm usually a big hater of Japanese singing English only songs, but the final scene was done so well and it was really pretty moving.
i don't know what to say. this show is golden.
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Humans are different from animals. We must die for a reason. Now is the time for us to regulate ourselves and reclaim our dignity. The one who holds endless potential and displays his strength and kindness to the world. Only mankind has God, a power that allows us to go above and beyond what we are now, a God that we call "possibility".
Vaasa looked a bit different the last time I visited the town...
A most excellent episode. One of my favorites, though I have to say it only works so well because it was preceded by the earlier eps that built the hopeless world stage and thus the woman singing hope had an impact. Who knows why a combination of someone visibly singing (not just background music) and someone fighting at the same time can be so poweful. Worked even better in this one than Macross Frontier.
The animation when Janis was singing was superb. Heck... they even matched lip movements... something you don't see everyday on non-movie animations
awman, this episode was amazing! that ending fight with her singing was so good. lol, I was like "what the heck?" at the beginning when she broke out in song, and I thought it was gonna be some like lame amv episode or something. which it kinda was, but not completely, and even though it kinda was it wasn't lame.
anyways, awesome episode.
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kraco, i actually even thought, that this episode´s woman looked and sounded a lot like Sheryl from MF.
Well, i didnt like the episode that much..didnt bring us news about Casshern. Only interesting thing was that Ringo was able to cry.
I can't wait for Ringo to start singing.
"Life is hilariously cruel" by Bender
goddamn this show is rough on the old ticker sometimes...
this episode first raised my eyebrows when Bolton (he even got a name!) didn't just die, but had a scene for about a full minute with just him and Nico. It had been awhile since they focused so much on an older, battle robot, but they pulled it off pretty well in this episode.
of course, Nico is just not fair. You take a cute, childish robot and then fully cross her with the retards (and, let's face it, every minor character in this show, with the exception of Old Man, is either crazy, a child, or both).... The setup was just too easy to pull on the old heart strings with the ending...
And we got a fair amount of info about the world after Luna. This is certainly the first time I remember people talking about "Luna" (a woman who can stop the Ruin) being alive. Also, and added to by the next episode preview, it looks like Dio is organizing... You have to wonder what for, and also if that woman who he seems to be serving is the "new Luna" or what...
It was another excellent episode.
Humans are different from animals. We must die for a reason. Now is the time for us to regulate ourselves and reclaim our dignity. The one who holds endless potential and displays his strength and kindness to the world. Only mankind has God, a power that allows us to go above and beyond what we are now, a God that we call "possibility".
yeah, one thing I noticed was the time they gave for how long the ruins been going. they said what, like she got dumped there at least 2 years ago, which was right after Luna's death.
lol, towards the beginning.. with them falling through the top, landing in the flower girl's flower bed, then being greeted and woken up by the flower girl.. it almost seemed straight out of ff7. well, just that first part reminded me of it. the rest of the time I was too focused on the story and plot development. possible living Luna.. the plot thickens!
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Shit... I sweat I almost cried... Nico TT___TT
Damn awesome episode. Few series that have a 'one character per episode focus' manage to be this good.
the episodes get a bit boring..
they should quit always showing us a different ruin victim every episode and get the plot moving.
I think we all understand now, that casshern feels very sorry and that the world is totally destroyed etc.
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Names (because I like doing this sort of thing):
Luna - Spanish / Italian - The moon
Lyuze - Czech - The rose
This one is tough, because, first of all, "l" and "r" are the same letter in Japanese.
Other possibilities:
English - Lose
English - Ruse
The theme of 'flowers' is pretty big in the series (the OP is called 'Blue Flowers') especially with how Ruin seems to wilt everything. But considering her backstory, 'lose' would make sense for her as well.
Sophita - quite likely Sophitia - Greek - 'Wise Goddess'
An ironic nickname? I can't find much at all for Sophita...
Dio - Italian - God
Ringo - Japanese - Apple
At least, that would make the most sense... especially as she's paired up with one of the only other re-occuring characters to have a Japanese sounding name ("Ohji = old man / uncle")
Friender and Braiking Boss are pretty simple...
Of course, the one name I can't figure out is Casshern's.
edit - after watching episode 10, i had to look into Leda a little bit...
But since I don't see any swans around... and since SHE seems more like a seducer than anyone else around her, I'm having a bit of trouble figuring out what to do with her...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leda_(mythology)
edit - wow. a whole episode dedicated to developing the bad guys. this show is so freaking awesome like that. Dune was absolutely badass, and his fight with Leda (and to a lesser extent, with Dio) was awesome.
The bad guys in this show are some pieces of work. Dio is clearly suffering from the Luigi / Protoman / Sabato brother-envy-syndrome. I loved how they did the part where Dune mistakes him for Casshern, because you just KNOW it's going to make him so angry. Yet, at the same time as he's grossly stuck on his insecurities (which let us relate to him far more than we ever could with the average anime villain) he is observant enough to see how these things are and that he has to try to overcome that.
Leda? Manipulative as all hell. It was interesting to see her struggle in the fight, because even though she saved Dio from Casshern a few episodes back, you got the sense in this episode that she might not actually be stronger than he is. Also, her internal monolouges leave no doubt that she is using Dio for her own ends... but her affection for him... maybe it's still partly real? Or all a ruse? Time will tell.
This show is made of gold.
Last edited by masamuneehs; Mon, 12-08-2008 at 03:33 AM.
Humans are different from animals. We must die for a reason. Now is the time for us to regulate ourselves and reclaim our dignity. The one who holds endless potential and displays his strength and kindness to the world. Only mankind has God, a power that allows us to go above and beyond what we are now, a God that we call "possibility".
A good ep. Though right now it's hard to see how this fellow (and her chick) could really threaten Casshern. Dio still hasn't healed fully; how long has it been since their fight? Casshern would have healed such a wound in no time. Plus I don't think he is as good at fighting, either. They would really need to use guile to even attempt to beat him. Not that I'd have anything against guile, of course, but they were just building a useless ragtag army in this episode.
The flowers being ruined was an interesting piece of detail. It makes it look like the ruin affects also living things, not only robots. The human in the beginning of the series was ruined enough, alright, but human have all kind of diseases even without any special universal ruins, so it's of little significance. I guess it's some super entropy plague, then.
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