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ANBU - Tytania Episode 05 - HQ - mkv
What the hell happened to the people watching this show? Off fapping to Alyses yaoi?
double posting for release
ANBU - Tytania Episode 05 - HQ - mkv
What the hell happened to the people watching this show? Off fapping to Alyses yaoi?
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".
Dunno, but I am liking this show quite a lot.
Also... in the early episodes they talk about Earth as some mythical place. Do you think Earth will serve as some last episode climax that will end the Tyranny of the Royal folk in Tytania?
my guess is that Earth has been destroyed or mostly abandoned for more fertile ground...
really liked episode 05. one of the things this author does well is tell very good, smaller stories inside of the larger epic. Erwin and the Tyrandia Duchess might not have been the most original story ever told, but there were enough twists and wrinkles on the old variation to keep it interesting for me.
also, Jouslain is a man who gambles for keeps. Keeping his own life hanging in the balance was a ballsy move. If those Tyrandia guys had been dumber, they'd all have been dead.
Arybatha gets a shot at redemption. Space battle ahoy!
Idris is so sexy. And they weren't very subtle with setting up that old man and his son as future obstacles... That and the Imperial Admiral who was quietly supporting the Tyrandia coup are likely to cause some trouble in the near future.
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".
You kind of knew how it's going to end up when it was shown how much she worships Tytania. Though I expected her to sacrifice herself more directly but in retrospect this makes much more sense considering she was, after all, a wishful noble lady, not some heroine. I think it was all in all a pretty neat miniarc considering it didn't last any longer than that but still had an impact as if it had been a longer one. It certainly also increases the history documentary feeling that's in the background of the show sometimes, just like in LOGH, when they basically show backgrounds and people for events not yet even started in this manner.Originally Posted by masamuneehs
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Idris' idea was damn awesome. Guess he's not just all sex appeal and ruthlessness after all. He explained it perfectly in the first scene of the episode, so I really don't have anything to add except to say it was a very shrewd show of diplomatic baiting.
The guy with fiery red hair is the one most concerned about minimizing bloodshed...
empress shows up to fulfill the episode loli quota and actually makes some keen observations. i'm thinking she'll be important to either aryabatha or Fan in the future.
Ajman's brother and his son, Bal'ami, are actually pretty surprisingly interesting characters. While this episode and fight seems to be a warm-up for the eventual real trouble that'll shake Tytania, it's looking more and more like these two might play a bigger role in tearing Tytania apart than the rivalry between the Four Dukes.
Bal'ami especially is dangerous. He seems much more adept at manipulating his father (and the popular forces he'd command) than any of those three Imperial ministers. Or he could be Idris' agent inside...
Love that the Tirandia guys couldn't get a single planet to stand with them. Wasting all that time trying to rally support instead of working on a battle plan... They were bound for a pathetic end. Also really like that Ajman was so disappointed by the lack of resistance shown. Like someone said earlier, he really does seem to love the idea of having a sharp enemy to keep Tytania fresh and strong.
Man, the music for whenever people who will eventually be associated with the rebellion is always so goddamn noticeably different. It really takes the mystery out of the upcoming fight, because out of all the poor young Tirandia military people they could develop in this episode, the one we get is presented in such a way that we know for sure he's going to survive... (edit before post: Guess I was wrong about this...)
Ajman is really growing on me. He simply asked Aryabatha about if he'd like to fight or not, and given a mild and humble reply, firmly ordered him to redeem his honor. Ajman = motivation.
Tirandia's initial fleet organization is simply unacceptable. They're in an attack formation for a defensive operation. Regardless of the enemy's current battle strength, Tytania has several fleets that could come as reinforcements at any time, while Tirandia has already thrown all of its current military capacity into this initial battle. The idea, I imagine, would be to quickly kill the enemy commander, but it's simply such a straight forward attack that any patient, long-term battle plan taken against it would make the Tirandia forces unable to win a second battle. Not coincidentally, the half-moon formation Aryabatha adopts is perhaps the best "open-face" baiting position one could muster.
ugh, and Tirandia doesn't even re-organize before the fight begins...
Pride is a sin for a reason. And how quickly it befalls the once and former upstarts.
The trap closes. The fall of the prideful is unsightly. However.
That, my friends, is how you fight the lost fight. With even a handful more of equally dedicated ships at his command, Weiz would have delivered the first ever death of a Tytanian High Noble in combat. Tirandia's forces are already almost eradicated, and so the loss is already counted. But, from a larger perspective, such a victory from defeat would be an even greater morale booster for anti-Tytanians everywhere than Fan's.
Awww... just bread for dinner... also, angsty red-head is angsty... Maybe if he'd taken some pages from Idris' book he'd have been able to at minimize the casualties. But aiming for no losses...
rewatched the scene from the Weigelt cannon deployment to the end. Man, Ajman looks SO happy when he sees that Aryabatha's pulled off the Weigelt Cannon Trap.
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".
Those Tirandia's coup d'état admirals were hopeless fools. You could really see they had never fought a single real battle in their lives, and all they had experience of was simple power play in petty politics. While Aryabatha was highly arrogant in the lost battle against Fan, he's no cowardly fool like these three.
It wasn't a very exciting battle at all, aside from the brief moment Weiz got to shine before his assured death.
The darkness hinders
ANBU has Episode 07 out
edit - I still can't figure out what a large regional commander is doing out that far into formerly hostile territory without a sizable fleet at his defense...
but, well... we do remember what happened at Little Bighorn, don't we?
You don't? You suck at American history. I remember. As great as a victory as it was for the disadvantaged opposition, it became an even greater rallying cry for the larger imperial force to rally around after the fact. Excellent historical parallel here.
Last edited by masamuneehs; Mon, 11-24-2008 at 04:21 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".
Oh, wind!
ANBU - Tytannia - Episode 08 - mkv HQ
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".
You didn't need to be Fan Hyulick to know the fortress and the pirate fleet were doomed. They were pretty stupid and conceited people: Being succesful at piratism certainly doesn't equal to being succesful as a regular military fleet. Kind of funny Fan didn't mention that to them.
It was good to see the little princess wasn't just the actress of random cuteness moments but actually will play some part in the plot. She certainly has more courage and spirit than her broken dad.
Indeed. I kept wondering why she keeps popping up in between scenes in the past episodes. It seems she was being developed as a character because she is going to play a significant role in the rest of the story.
Peace.
Princess will transform into fighting Loli soon enough, don't worry.
I was hoping for some Fan Hyulic ownage by taking command and coming up with a super ownage strategy. Guess not. :P
the real problem was the pirates all trying to act like a pro army... especially up against a trained, well commanded fleet twice their size... I was actually shocked that the Blaze Flag guys stood their ground for so long. I'd have thought that there'd have been a shit ton more confusion as individual ships began deserting right and left at the first (and early) sign of defeat...
Either way, it's a real loss. They might not have been able to match a Tytanian fleet in open combat, but those guys were best at the quick-strike tactics that could really have stretched out Tytania's forces, starting to bleed them slowly...
I thought that one commander had a rather smart defensive strategy. But the brutish Zarlish really cared nothing for a beautiful building (which also begs the question: what tactical advantage did that freaking thing offer at all? No big cannons and the armor didn't seem particularly thick...) when faced with the prospect of losing another humilating battle. The Blaze Flag's offensive strategy (the two seconds it gets) was simply terrible, and it's the kind of thing that's just hastily added on that, if you consider it for ten seconds, realize will herald the death of the Blaze Flag before they can come close to implementing that crappy offensive strategy.
The loli princess steps up to the plate... Doctor Lee aside, it's about time someone outside of Tytania showed up who had some diplomatic sense and skill. Her naivety will hinder her at first, but i think she'll be a more valuable asset by the end of the series than anybody except for maybe Fan Hyulick... She's certainly a very different kind of "in the middle" character than Rubinsky...
Bal'ami is just so full of the piss and vinegar. Also, I'm not quite sure I got everything out of the hinting the narrator does while Ajman is feeling pissy about his brother's betrayal. There's something up there.
Jouslain is my favorite character, even if he keeps acting like an insecure pussy.
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".
I wasn't even hoping for that since it wouldn't have fit his character. It's pretty clear by now he doesn't actually enjoy fighting like Zarlish, for example, so he wouldn't join a battle just for the battle's sake, especially when the objective was ridiculous and chances slim. Fan has read his Sun Tzu and von Clausewitz. His problem mainly, I suppose, is that he doesn't seem to have a purpose and seriously lacks motivation. Even the chick back on the cheese planet couldn't get him motivated. So, no random pirate dreaming of becoming a great statesman will get him to command fleets.
A small wind:
Episode 9 - ANBU
to say that I enjoyed this episode greatly would be no small lie.
with 'Tytania26Partners' popping up in the last shots of both the OP and ED, and the fact that the books have been stuck on 3 volumes for the past decade, I can't help but get a bad feeling about this show's length, and, thus, it's pacing.
this kind of episode is perfectly fine for a long series. We get our first real, extended look at Lydia, and we learn some more about a few of the key figures in Tytania. But, really, if this thing is 26 episodes, this is not how I want to spend 1 of them. Of course, if this series ends up being half as long as I hope it is, this is more than fine for one episode.
even if i didn't enjoy it that much... although, Lydia paying for ice cream with a freaking gemstone was pretty smile-inducing.
I like that we got to see some of the main characters (and key people around them) in a situation totally unrelated to battles or keeping Tytania's power. Francia showed more than ever how trusted she is by Jouslain (and for good reason). Ajman showed that he really doesn't discriminate at all when it comes to evaluating possible sources of improving Tytania. Aryabtha was somewhat reluctantly enjoying the whole thing.
Most interesting, we got to see a lot of Bal'ami and Jouslain. These two have "i'm going to wind up trying to kill you, even though I actually think you're pretty decent" written all over them. Bal'ami is still so full of piss and vinegar it's ridiculous. Jouslain is still calm and, in a genuis move, directs Bal'ami to an unpleasant task that will surely soften the kid up and hopefully instill into him loyalty for something other than his old fart father. Bal'ami hates Tytania, but he can't resist acknowledging Jouslain.
The probable, eventual clash between these two would be pretty interesting... if Bal'ami wasn't so clearly going to get raped sideways. He isn't even in the OP!
Oh, and Alses calls his mommy. Bet you dollars to donuts Zarlisch doesn't ever call whenever he's out on the war path....
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".
Lol, now poor Bal'ami has to deal with that crazy little Princess, I hope he learns something from the experience though since he seems like he'd be a pretty decent guy if not for the massive chip on his shoulder. I thought it was pretty silly that Lydia remarked that Tytania wasn't to be trusted and then set off to try and meet with the leader of Tytania, as if he would somehow be more trustworthy than his subjects. But I suppose that can be attributed to childishness.
What I don't get is what this girl could possibly bring to the table other than spunk. There must be a reason she's a big deal and I just don't see her amounting to anything unless there's a timeskip and we see what living with Tytania for a few years turns her into. Josh and Bart seemed to have fun with her but I imagine Zarl or Idriss would just as soon toss her out an airlock as look at her.
Last edited by Yukimura; Wed, 12-10-2008 at 02:06 PM.
Tytania, or Ajman, might have got out of the girl and her kingdom exactly what they wanted. Ruining the planet by stealing their mine doesn't sound like such a great idea to me. Of course a big part of the Tytania power is through sheer power and fear, but since Ajman doesn't look like a Sith lord, he might realise that peace and trade bring more money to the table than gaining enemies. Lydia's planet was a particularly bad place to make an enemy out of because they actually helped the Tytania soldiers escaping the pirate occupied space station. If you ruin those who (outwardly) willingly help you, you better be ready to be eternally surrounded only by enemies.
So, in short, who knows what kind of a deal they made now when the girl thought she was saving her planet whereas for Tytania it was probably nothing but a minor deal.
I liked this episode quite a lot, no matter how long this series is, for I trust they wouldn't have had this episode if it didn't have some significance later on. It looks like too good writing for wasted episodes. Also, it was pretty funny in general to have a half-silly episode in a series like this.
Payback's a bitch
ANBU - Tytania - 10 - mkv torrent
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can you pack more treacherous bastards into one episode?
Doorman, Berthier, and even De Bohr. Man, the Bs and Ds are all bastards.
Idris really is the bomb. It's low, but when you're up against a guy like Hyulick who pulls out all the tricks, you've got to get down in the mud too.
was totally not expecting the grandma
Last edited by masamuneehs; Mon, 12-15-2008 at 06:53 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".
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