I already pretty much know how this will turn out and yet i could still feel the tension. Well done Madhouse, a truly wonderful adaptation of one of my classical favorites.
I already pretty much know how this will turn out and yet i could still feel the tension. Well done Madhouse, a truly wonderful adaptation of one of my classical favorites.
Yeah. You can tell the direction and the whole production is well made when that happens. I feel the same way.Originally Posted by Archangel
Bad guys aren't dumb or totally fucked up in the head (well maybe Hisoka is...)
Went back to watch the original TV series version of this scene. I have to say that the new rendition did a much better job at the tension build up, especially with the eye zoom-ins.
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Only complaint I had: Is Nobunaga that slow? I thought all Troupe-members were lightning-fast, so it felt a bit off to me when Gon and Killua ran up to him and then managed to break through the walls to escape. At least breaking the walls should slow them down enough to give Nobunaga the time to react.
On the positive side, I need to mention how genius the writing here was regarding Killua, Pakunoda and Kurapika. This whole "I didnīt know who it was, but then an image popped up in my head"-thing that Killua said would be bullshit in any other anime. Here it feels right, believable. And the order in which things happened made it all the more exciting.
Last edited by David75; Sun, 10-07-2012 at 05:02 AM.
I'm curious about that dude with the boxing gloves who's wrapped in bandages, sup with him?
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The scenes where Gon and Killua had just been caught by the ryoudan showed not so much the speed of the spiders, but their ability to read both Gon and Killua, and their quick response, enabling them to preempt anything their opponents tried to do. In the case where Nobunaga was guarding the two, Gon and Killua managed to trick him, and cause him to misread their intentions, reducing his ability to preempt their escape. He was mentally and physically set to stop a head on attack.
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I don't think Nobunaga is the brightest one in the bunch anyway. Or maybe that's not the right word. Let's say he's not necessarily guileful enough to expect the unexpected. He simply couldn't guess the attack wasn't an attack at all but a diversion. The same was proven again when he heard Gon shouting they can take him down together. He was fully prepared for a fight, instead of imagining it was nothing but another plot to lead him astray. I'm pretty sure some other members of Spiders would have read correctly Killua and Gon's real intentions in both cases. Nobunaga is too much a straight-forward fighter - as is natural for somebody looking like a samurai.
Nobunaga closing the door was really fun. To me, that particular image was to tell us Nobunaga is more of a natural/action fighter than a clever one. Even the other troupe members were telling he's a one-on-one type. So having two clever little guys tricking him showed how lacking he is in those cases.
Killua and Gon breaking walls reminded me too much of the same trick they used during the Hunter exam. But after all, why not use the same trick when it works?
All the things I really like to do are either illegal, immoral, or fattening. And then: Golf.
Oh man, they STILL haven't changed the opening theme...? They just mix up some of the animation...
Watch out Killua! Don't let Barbara Streisand read your mind!
Animes generally change opening themes either once every 13 episodes for shorter series, or 26 episodes for longer shonen shows. We have 2 episodes to go.
Yeah, but they JUST made those changes to the intro this episode showing more of the Spiders.
I doubt they'd bother making that alteration if they were only going to use it for 3 episodes.
This. .
I think theyve been making changes the entire season. Considering they changed the opening theme around episode 26, Im confident they'll stick to the tradition that every other shonen anime has been following for over a decade.
They didn't, it's been the same song from the beginning.
Oh, they only changed the animation....my bad. It would be funny if they kept the same song for 100 episodes.
No it wouldn't, it would suck. >_>
Actually, I'm pretty sure they changed the song as well.
It's the same song, but a lot of the lyrics changed at the same time the opening changed.
51 is out!
Great last half of the episode.
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