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Postby NAveryW » Fri Apr 27, 2007 5:24 pm

Has anyone seen the fourth episode yet? Apparently the animation style has changed, and it's considered by many to be crappy... :(
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Postby Gendo'sPapa » Fri Apr 27, 2007 5:33 pm

I've seen it. Personally I'm not the biggest fan of the style but I also don't feel its crappy.
Apparently it looks like Gurren-Lagann is going to be another GAINAX show that brings in guest directors to handle specific episodes and give them free reign to tell the story their way.

Apparently episode 4 was storyboarded and directed by Ozamu Kobayashi, a popular anime director whos work I've never seen. The animation itself is weird (the lips are actually synched to the Japanese for once, very little floppy mouth) and the style is nowhere near the stlye of the previous episodes. Also while the action isn't bad it pales in comparison to the previous 3.
But it doesn't bother me as an experiment. Looking at the preview for the 5th episode it looks like the old style comes back.
I actually hope they brign in more experimental directors and fool around a bit (it wouldn't be GAINAX without pissing otaku's off a little). I'd love to see Anno or Tsurumaki handle an episode but they're knee deep in Shinji, so not this time.

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Postby Tokpile Quohog » Sun Apr 29, 2007 5:38 pm

Just finished watching episode 4......

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It wasn't complete trash but it could've been better. Here's hoping that they improve on the next episode.
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Postby NAveryW » Sun Apr 29, 2007 10:08 pm

I haven't seen episodes 4 or 5 yet, but...
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Postby BrikHaus » Sun Apr 29, 2007 10:27 pm

At least Gainax is smart enough to give Nono center stage. Although, it definitely needs more Mahoro. :D I might have to watch this episode just to see what the heck this thing is all about.
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Postby slothen » Sun Apr 29, 2007 11:46 pm

so like.. could someone tell me what the hell this thing is? what is it? and what does it have to do with nono?
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Postby Otaprince » Sun Apr 29, 2007 11:46 pm

Gendo'sPapa wrote:Apparently episode 4 was storyboarded and directed by Osamu Kobayashi


Strangely, though, this style didn't resemble any other Kobayashi anime I've seen, either (Beck, Paradise Kiss)--

Gendo'sPapa wrote:I actually hope they brign in more experimental directors and fool around a bit


agreed-- in my ideal world, we'd get Satoshi Kon's Gurren Lagann!

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Postby Gendo'sPapa » Sun Apr 29, 2007 11:48 pm

I know. I saw that image this morning and despite being a busy day I still can't get over it.
And if you see it in action Nono has the quintessential "Gainax Bounce" going on.
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Postby Tokpile Quohog » Mon Apr 30, 2007 12:37 am

So episode 5 is in the process of being subbed?
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Postby Ornette » Mon Apr 30, 2007 3:03 pm

a group named [anon] has a torrent out

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Postby NAveryW » Mon Apr 30, 2007 3:43 pm

Does it seem odd that Asuka still has her "hoohoos" and Lal'C has her forehead patch?
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Postby Ornette » Mon Apr 30, 2007 6:19 pm

Ornette wrote:a group named [anon] has a torrent out

nm, that one didn't have subtitles.

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Postby Defectron » Mon Apr 30, 2007 7:25 pm

Does it seem odd that Asuka still has her "hoohoos" and Lal'C has her forehead patch?


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Postby NAveryW » Mon Apr 30, 2007 7:32 pm

And Mahoro finally got her wish and has large breasts.



...I'm going to go out on a limb here and venture to say that this scene is probably just going to last for about two seconds at most, these eclectic Gainax protagonists will be extras, and the show will not go into any more detail as to why they are there.
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Postby Zkh » Mon Apr 30, 2007 7:39 pm

Ornette wrote:nm, that one didn't have subtitles.


What. I downloaded one of the eps from [anon] and it had subs with it.


Also I kind of like my animation styles to stay consistent so it feels like I'm watching the same show. Also, Kamina acted very out of character in episode 4, FAILNAX does it again.

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Postby Tokpile Quohog » Mon Apr 30, 2007 8:06 pm

Zkh wrote:What. I downloaded one of the eps from [anon] and it had subs with it.


Also I kind of like my animation styles to stay consistent so it feels like I'm watching the same show. Also, Kamina acted very out of character in episode 4, FAILNAX does it again.

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Postby Trigger's Elysium » Mon Apr 30, 2007 8:25 pm

Zkh wrote:Also I kind of like my animation styles to stay consistent so it feels like I'm watching the same show. Also, Kamina acted very out of character in episode 4, FAILNAX does it again.


Of course, they change animation directors for one episode and everyone shits all over GAINAX, even making a co-founder leave the company. Jesus Christ, can't people suck it up and accept that the one episode looks slightly different than the others?
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Postby Tokpile Quohog » Mon Apr 30, 2007 8:40 pm

Trigger's Elysium wrote:Of course, they change animation directors for one episode and everyone shits all over GAINAX, even making a co-founder leave the company. Jesus Christ, can't people suck it up and accept that the one episode looks slightly different than the others?

I find that "slightly different" is a bit of an understatement.
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Postby BrikHaus » Mon Apr 30, 2007 8:45 pm

NAveryW wrote:And Mahoro finally got her wish and has large breasts.

Now if I could only have my wish of a different Mahoromatic ending, all would be right with the world.

...I'm going to go out on a limb here and venture to say that this scene is probably just going to last for about two seconds at most, these eclectic Gainax protagonists will be extras, and the show will not go into any more detail as to why they are there.

I figured this would be the case, as well. Some kind of joke, and a cut away scene, ala "Family Guy." I think that the girls they picked were good choices, however Lal'c (she'll always be Lark to me, dammit) was a strange choice. I would have probably gone with Haruhara Haruko instead, or maybe even Nadia.
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Postby Tokpile Quohog » Mon Apr 30, 2007 8:48 pm

If Haruko was included in the scene I'd have to say she would take Nono's place at the center. Please don't hate me BrikHaus. :(
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