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Spiritus Nox posted:Plus there's also my creeping suspicion that we're in the Matrix and it's not clear if anyone who's died has stayed dead or even been a real person to begin with. Akane might just be playing glorified GTA (or think that she is) for all we know, running around ganking NPCs and kicking over sandcastles in a harmless simulation. Some people have noted in the opening that there's a character who looks a bit like Akane, but far creepier, like a person with their house full of trash would in real life. If this is just some simulation she set up to be popular and good-looking, that would be interesting.
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Oct 14, 2018 04:24
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Justin_Brett posted:Some people have noted in the opening that there's a character who looks a bit like Akane, but far creepier, like a person with their house full of trash would in real life. If this is just some simulation she set up to be popular and good-looking, that would be interesting. Another possibility is this is reality and Akane is just being manipulated into believing it's a simulation by Alexis. Of course, you could also flip that particular trope on its head later and have it turn out that she really is as depraved as she currently appears to be
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El Burbo posted:Forget transformers, the villain is literally Over Justice, down to the VA and badge on head I suppose Justice... is OVER.
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Oct 14, 2018 04:42
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Justin_Brett posted:Some people have noted in the opening that there's a character who looks a bit like Akane, but far creepier, like a person with their house full of trash would in real life. If this is just some simulation she set up to be popular and good-looking, that would be interesting.
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Oct 14, 2018 05:14
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My thoughts on Akane: Given the various Kaiju bodies already dotting the skyline Akane has been at this a while, offing people and altering the timeline. My theory is Akane is targeting her victims based on perceived/actual wrongs from the "original timeline". Seeing her Hikikomori like living arrangements I wouldn't be surprised is OG Akane was the victim say horrific bullying and driven out of school, so flipping out at the teacher wasn't about him not looking where he was walking, but not paying attention in a previous timeline when she was bullied. Hell, if Rikka is the Megatron to her Optimus Prime in design, I imagine that some past iteration of Rikka is central to whatever Akane's deal is.
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the beginning riff of the op is literally just the same chord progression and sirius https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNJ4Hjftstg&t=36s
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https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/a-shattered-glass-anime-ssss-gridman-piles-on-transformers-references/42231/ Good write-up on 2nd episode references.
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Oct 14, 2018 10:00
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Little details in the ED that I absolutely love: Rikka's finger-walking to the piano, Akane mouthing the words, the photo shots of Rikka's jumping.
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Oct 14, 2018 13:20
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Apraxin posted:Series website says that's a different character with a different VA, 'Mysterious Boy': https://gridman.net/character/#/nazo. Though if we're in Matrix territory, I guess anything's possible. Nah, the person I meant isn't actually in that rollcall.
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Oct 14, 2018 17:47
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Sorry to  but the OP lists Tsuburaya Productions as Tsurabaya Productions twice
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Oct 14, 2018 17:58
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Rikka and Akane definitely have some sort of connection (otherwise why would they put them together in the ED?) which will be interesting to see explored further. From some of her dialogue when talking with him in this episode it seems she might possibly know who Yuta really is as well. But yeah, I kind of like Akane as a villain so far (she's a sociopath but at the same time there are hints that there might be a few more layers to her underneath). Larryb fucked around with this message at 18:15 on Oct 14, 2018 |
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Oct 14, 2018 18:12
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Ignis posted:Sorry to Whoopsies, fixed.
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Okay, after watching the episode and seeing the spoilered comments here - is this actually a sequel to the live action series or not? I'm confused.
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There's elements that make people suspect it might be, but as far as I can tell they haven't outright spelt it out for the audience yet
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The Deleter posted:Okay, after watching the episode and seeing the spoilered comments here - is this actually a sequel to the live action series or not? I'm confused. Two of the characters (Yuta and Akane) are named after characters that were going to be in the cancelled sequel Gridman F. Also aside from Gridman himself and Junk there hasn't been a single other thing from the original that's shown up so far so it can't exactly be called a reboot but I'm not 100% sure if this is a sequel either. Time will tell of course (also I believe when this was in development the producers were intentionally vague on that front).
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I'm asking because I've seen stuff saying it has no relation to the original storyline. So now I'm confused and I'm wondering if I need to go watch the original to understand what's happening in this show. I hope it isn't because I have no time or inclination to do so but I don't want to be totally lost down the line.
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Oct 14, 2018 18:39
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I've never touched OG Gridman or the western version other than looking at quick summaries and I'm following along fine. Time will tell if the connections go beyond Gridman and Junk though.
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Yeah, so far at least you really don't need any knowledge of the previous series to enjoy this on its own merits. My current guess is it's more like something along the lines of Gatchaman Crowds (that is, it has some similar names and terminology but otherwise has nothing to do with its predecessor above a superficial level).
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Oct 14, 2018 18:45
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OP revealed there's definitely a combined form with all the assist machines. probably no standalone combined form ala God Zenon, unfortunately. But each one having a combination with Gridman is cool too.
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Oct 14, 2018 18:57
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SpazmasterX posted:OP revealed there's definitely a combined form with all the assist machines. probably no standalone combined form ala God Zenon, unfortunately. But each one having a combination with Gridman is cool too. You were saying? https://twitter.com/tokunation/status/1033033090359279617?s=21
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Oct 14, 2018 18:59
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Oh gently caress yes, it's almost exactly a new Thunder Gridman. I can't wait to display it with my original.
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Oct 14, 2018 19:33
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LunarCress posted:So it looks like all the character designs are actually low-key transformers humanizations? They're relatively deep cut one's at that. I did a lil' bit of searching. quote:The director, Akira Amemiya has done art for Transformers products in the past and he was a member of the Transformers Go! design competition, but he was not hired. Guess the director really loves Transformers.
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Ccs posted:That’s fun that they integrated both titles. I wonder what Japan thinks of western recuts of their live action shows. IIRC, Power Rangers SPD, the US version of Dekaranger, was dubbed in Japanese using the sentai cast, no?
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V-Men posted:IIRC, Power Rangers SPD, the US version of Dekaranger, was dubbed in Japanese using the sentai cast, no? Several Power Rangers shows have been redubbed and aired in Japan, it's actually fairly popular over there too (not by a huge amount mind you but there is a fanbase at least). Kamen Rider Dragon Knight was also brought over there and wound up being more successful than it was in the west. Larryb fucked around with this message at 05:21 on Oct 15, 2018 |
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Oct 15, 2018 05:00
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Larryb posted:Several Power Rangers shows have been redubbed and aired in Japan, it's actually fairly popular over there too (not by a huge amount mind you but there is a fanbase at least). Kamen Rider Dragon Knight was also brought over there and wound up being more successful than it was in the west. what the gently caress
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Xarbala posted:what the gently caress To be fair you don't have to be very successful to be more successful than Dragon Knight was in the U.S. I'm talking like 2 viewers instead of 1 levels of failure.
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Good enough to actually get a DVD release anyway (also I believe a few Kamen Rider alumni were part of the Japanese dub cast). They even recorded a brand new opening song for it.
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https://www.facebook.com/HisAwes0meness/videos/2161561390534670/
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https://twitter.com/Clarknova1/status/1052062045779226624 p low bar
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https://twitter.com/makaiJ/status/1051532038535172096 amemiya: "make her locks big and thicc"
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pro click
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Who does the Samurai Caliber dude look like, I know I've seen the exact same guy in a show from the 60's or 70's, maybe Lupin?
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Sakurazuka posted:Who does the Samurai Caliber dude look like, I know I've seen the exact same guy in a show from the 60's or 70's, maybe Lupin? Grow his beard, give him a hat and he's pretty much Jigen. He had perfect Monkey Punch proportions.
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this show is very good wow
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Schwarzwald posted:pro click He's not kidding, that's a pro click, don't skip just because it's a non-embed fb link (like i did) e: really looking forward to seeing just what Lindsay Seidel's deal is.
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https://youtu.be/rcwMwpgqw9E Translated audio drama.
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Oct 17, 2018 07:34
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Nice to hear that Gridman and Samurai Caliber have senses of humor.
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Kaptain posted:https://youtu.be/rcwMwpgqw9E
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