The cynical view is PT Barnum’s “There’s no such thing as bad publicity”, or more appropriately in this case Oscar Wilde’s “The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.”
I understand Momoka, and therefore Nina’s strong motivation to succeed on their own musical merits and not be pop sellouts though.
The ending felt like a cop out, but a feel good story was good for a change.
A nice way to end the season! I really enjoyed the writing on this show!
The MC Hobin’s highs and lows were thrilling! and I really looked forward to this every week.
Sakura’s a cool guy when he wants to be, and he’s justifying his classmates’ faith in selecting him as grade representative.
Some nice sakuga of him just jumping down stairs.
Weird… So the aliens can travel back to the past to change the present?
Neat take on the narrative structure!
I still can’t figure out what the name Isobeyan is referring to…
But this just became bizarro Doraemon.
The flying propeller hat? It’s a classic Doraemon gadget
I forgot that Doraemon is sent from the future to help Nobita.
Likewise the alien also appears to have come from the future.
Mushrooms on the other hand, symbolize that someone’s been doing drugs…
No surprises there. The punching through your own chest maneuver looked silly instead of… whatever it was supposed to be.
I wouldn’t trust Kafka after that display of losing control either.
And what is Kafka’s alien parasite’s goal anyway?
A nice wrapup to this story arc. A couple of loose ends are left and may come into play in future stories, like the newly announced season 2!
Sunagawa gets the best art, and this episode is no exception:
At least Misaki’s in good hands
What a great show! It just played with my emotions, and the characters were all so likeable.
The magic didn’t make sense, but that’s okay because it’s magic.
The art was worthy of a Miyazaki movie at some points…
I read that GBC is supposed to be a long term project, unlike Jellyfish.
It’s too bad the music and writing aren’t better.
Right at that moment when they’re at the temple discussing whether to take DD’s offer, I was thinking of Paripi Koumei’s “borrow the enemy’s arrows” strategy, and they should play before a larger audience to get more exposure, and have a chance of winning over a few of DD’s fans. I mean, people listen to music from different acts in their song rotation all the time, right?
I’m surprised no band members or their agent brought up that argument.
Speaking of rivalries, at this point, I haven’t watched most of Jellyfish, so I’m not sure how the 2 shows compare. I hear it’s good.
Hmm, good question.
I spot checked 3 articles on parents, kids and Frozen, and found 3 different writers.
Bob Ross’ show ended 30 years ago, and PBS and NPR funding has declined even more as a proportion of operating costs since then.
Although I do have to add that the NYTimes has umm, a weird obsession with Frozen, moreso than other mainstream news orgs that I read.
There’s a collection of related articles at the bottom of the article page with titles like:
“My Son Loves Elsa From ‘Frozen.’ I Had to Learn to Love Her, Too”
“The Kids Who Love ‘Frozen’ and the Parents Who Love Them”
“Achieving Transcendence on the Millionth ‘Frozen’ Viewing”
That’s what NPR and PBS were supposed to be, but they’re so perpetually underfunded that they’re almost commercial stations. edit: with corporate sponsors and viewer funding pledge drives.
Some public stations have been taken over by right wing orgs that came in with massive funding.
For those interested, before the Very Special Military Operation, the 83rd Airborne Brigade had about 40,000 men.
The French wouldn’t degrade themselves by using English.
They’d call it something like L’Association Pommes Frites
But they’d surrender if anyone objected.
There’s supposed to be a heat wave here next week, so I might have to start my own experiment with cold brew too…
Electric burr grinder is the way to go, unless you’re a masochist.
If you think the anime is good, it captured the essence of the source webtoon really well.
That’s a good question: How much of Kafka is Kafka, and how much is Kaiju?
What I hope we don’t get is a b.s. internal dialogue and negotiation between Kafka and the thing, where Kafka wins because he’s the good guy and wants to be with his friends, or other b.s.
I like the way that Parasyte handled its similar premise: The alien parasite subtly influenced its host’s psychology and improved his body to be a braver better fighter, but only viewed it as necessary for its own survival.
Fable outclasses the yakuza thugs and pro hitmen with his boosted toy gun bullets.
I love Sunagawa’s face design, it’s so expressive and full of personality from all angles!
Hopefully to be expanded to a full TV season, as is the way to get additional revenue from by re-using the same footage, e.g Mugen Train, Swordsmith Village.