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| Decent end to a decent series. I'll give it a high-ish 5/10, as its better than most 5's I give, but it just lacks the impact for a 6... At least it was better than K-On. Rank 6/14 for the season (not including OVAs or short animes)... That in itself tells how mediocre the season was, with the exception of those I rated above it (FTR, that is Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu, Durarara, Nodame Finale, Katanagatari, Cobra)... |
llamabenMar 23, 2010 9:44 PM
Maximatum99 said: GarLogan78 said: Was Aisha a boy or girl?  Does this help solve the mystery? Thanks. This gave me two solid minutes of laughing out loud. |
Maximatum99 said: GarLogan78 said: Was Aisha a boy or girl? Does this help solve the mystery? Yeah thanks lol. I could have sworn the subs I watched for this episode referred to Aisha as a 'he'. Oh well. Sometimes, you have to trust your senses. Oh, and don't believe everything your read. |
| Hopkins was the best character in this show. In a better anime he would be flat and boring, a "lulz I'm the bad guy" villain. But here, a welcome change from entire episodes about a little girl wetting herself. Too bad he wasn't there the whole time and was kind of thrown in at the last minute. |
| I'm surprised at this episode....just wish all of the episodes were at least this good. Decent anime overall....not the best...but I've seen a lot worse. |
| Boy this was garbage, 2/10. |
| Wow, despite this ending being totally cheesy, pretentious and plain stupid, it was also quite touching. Pretty much like the whole series I'd say, a lot of slice'of'life mixed with some serious moments and a plot that lasted 3 episodes or so. Overall there were some nice moments and I liked the themes used in this show. But the execution was flawed so it wasn't as enjoyable a it could've been. A lot of things were left out too. 5/10 |
OrionCA said: francismeunier said: Second part's best with the Takemikazuchi rest was impressive but unfortunate it did not use its missiles nor other features....though it was ridiculous that it go pounded yet still stood up and did minimal counter attacks. At least it proved to impress Hopkins, it's fast/versatile,has a 2 cannon armament and obviously out of the others league armor. If you'll notice during the startup sequence it also has some form of antigrav to lower its weight. That allowed the Old Era spider tanks in ep 7 to climb buildings w/o falling off and Tank-kun to leap tall armies in a single bound - the force field landing cushion was awesome. Aisha wasn't strapped in so they also must have inertial compensation. Yeah it looks like it did have that I noticed it but to have inertial compensation is so out of this era......who knew....just thinking about it gives me shivers of the evolution. OrionCA said: I doubt the missiles worked. Didn't look like Helvetia used missiles and it's unlikely the propellant in the motors would still be good after 300-400 years. Well it might have worked depends on the propellant used. Some propellant last forever likes missiles in spaceships. OrionCA said: Also take into account Tank-kun had a severely green crew. Felicia was the only member who'd actually ridden a tank into combat before and modern Helvetian tanks are pale imitations of Old Era Vector Zero tanks. Ok, yes that's true but they still had Noel who figured out everything and they got virtual simulations so they might have gotten used to it faster than I though. OrionCA said: Yeah I noticed that but the armor just proves that the ammunition standards are pretty low to use if that's what it takes to blow up another tank of the modern ones......notice also that they used the tank only to damage the other tanks when it attacked if they wanted to they could have blown up all the the tanks they aimed at. Did you notice that they got hit in the right flank exactly like Felicia's tank back in ep 7? Old Era armor is much tougher than the stuff they use in the modern era. Mockman said: Well I think the GIF is better of this scene:Maximatum99 said: Thanks. This gave me two solid minutes of laughing out loud.GarLogan78 said: Was Aisha a boy or girl?  |
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| Most bullshit ending ever, I'm glad this shit has finally fnished. |
 I am proud to have Clannad as the only thing on my dropped list. |
Malestel said: Cheese, cheese, cheese ... oh and more cheese! Yep. All I have to say is ZOMG TEH FRENCH SONG The rest was "well, yeah, ok". Except for the Aisha forgiving Noel part, that was quite touching. Also, lol at army-stopping music. I understand it's Amazing Freaking Grace, but come ON. |
CenedessMar 24, 2010 7:24 AM
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| I wanted that evil general to slaughter the townspeople (since he is called a "demon" he most have done something similar). Hearing Amazing Grace for the nth time just doesn't that special anymore. Rio selling her body for peace XD . |
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Cenedess said: I am telling you it's God in the form of the sun/light....Also, lol at army-stopping music. I understand it's Amazing Freaking Grace, but come ON. loli_slayer said: Sure it is with light/sun it's all good.Hearing Amazing Grace for the nth time just doesn't that special anymore. loli_slayer said: Guess even sex stops war from a crazy dictator.Rio selling her body for peace XD . |
In spoiler my anime list for now. |
| I'm absolutely torn on how I feel about this anime. On one hand, I love slice of life, although it has too much 'plot' for a slice of life. I also enjoy watching female badass-ery with a deep plot, but this didn't have enough of any of that to call it as such. As soon as she started playing Amazing Grace, I literally cursed out loud. No, really. "Oh, fuck this shit. If this song ends the war..." I'm so relieved something sensible like a peace treaty did that instead. I suppose it's earned a 7/10 from me. It was average with some really dumb moments, but the ending two or three episodes bumped it up from a 6 to a 7. |
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| Too bad it's only 12 eps, this anime would be much better if it had 24... The last 2 episodes were really great, but the first 10 looked like K-on or sth like that. I'll give a 7/10 . And also this:  |
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| That army guy managed to pull a Houdini there. What's more amazing that the fact that he had a hidden James bond shoe knife was that he managed to cut the rope binding his hands behind the chair with a knife that was attached to the front of his shoe. How in the hell did he manage that?! Somebody's been practicing Yoga..... |
AidanAK47Mar 25, 2010 6:54 AM
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OrionCA said: TAB said: Aisha's VA actually hails from Austria. From all accounts of German-speakers I've talked to her accent and diction were pretty god.Ignoring the 10 episodes of filler, the last 2 were actually pretty good. Also hate it when japanese people try to speak german. That they were. Best German I've heard from a Japanese yet. More than that, there weren't any errors in her grammar either. Only the u feels wrong in some words (grandmother sounds like the plural). Really one of the few positive points from then onward. Overall quite decent series, too bad plot and pacing were a lot worse than the graphics and sound. |
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Saint_ said: Haha, made my day. :) |
| Not a perfect ending, but nice story and nice build. Glad that they didn't stop just because of 'Amazing Grace', but it did give Rio enough time to arrive on the scene and actually end the battle. The enemy being confused by her playing their 'cease fire' would make sense for buying time too. Rio coming back at the end fit well as well. Though for how long we don't know. The country's princess and fiance/peace delegate as a war officer? |
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| Great ending. I loved it. |
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Saint_ said: Now, that's what I call "Bad company". lolToo bad it's only 12 eps, this anime would be much better if it had 24... The last 2 episodes were really great, but the first 10 looked like K-on or sth like that. I'll give a 7/10 . And also this: |
| Not great, Not bad, all in all a very average anime with mild thrills and OK entertainment. GOODBYE WINTER SEASON, HELLO SPRING SEASON |
| Just realized that was somewhat of a questionable. In the openings, Rio was one of the 'Flame Maidens' but she didn't actually play the part. She brought in the actual peace, but as a princess, not as the Flame Maiden. The Roman soldier (forgotten her name) played that part better.. at least she was with the other four at the time. |
"You're such an idiot." ~Celty (Durarara) "How many seconds until the boy confesses his love to the girl?" ~Durarara Should it be sad now that twice in a season I've been glad that subs scrolls by to quickly for me to process? |
OrionCA said: AidanAK47 said: That army guy managed to pull a Houdini there. What's more amazing that the fact that he had a hidden James bond shoe knife was that he managed to cut the rope binding his hands behind the chair with a knife that was attached to the front of his shoe. How in the hell did he manage that?! Somebody's being practicing Yoga..... Yeah...that was swiss-cheesy bad (full of holes). Unless Hopkins was a contortionist all a spring-loaded boot-knife was going to do for him was let him carve his initials in the flooring. I would guess he also had one up his sleeve, which he could have used to cut himself free. They should have shown something like that instead. They didn't have the budget to animate how badass he is. |
| I really liked the series. Had some episodes that made me go meh etc, but it was great in general. Lovely (: This last episode was really touching and fun to watch. Personally i don't think there's any need for season 2, this show was wrapped up really great in my opinion. It felt like Kanata's playing brought a hope in people's hearts. |
ThePuisiitisMar 25, 2010 3:20 AM
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| Maybe the range of the series I've finished isn't wide enough, or maybe I'm just too forgiving, but I thought that this was by no means bad. Per the general consensus, the art and music were good, and I personally found the whole thing enjoyable. I do agree with some of the complaints mentioned, such as the pacing, but they didn't bother me enough to make me dislike the show. noteDhero said: The way music was portrayed in this show is downright laughable, and borderline offensive to anyone who's ever played an instrument. I honestly can't say that I agree with that. I, for one, found myself able to understand and "feel" what the glass blower was getting at. |
bambooXZXMar 25, 2010 4:24 AM
OrionCA said: francismeunier said: OrionCA said: francismeunier said: Second part's best with the Takemikazuchi rest was impressive but unfortunate it did not use its missiles nor other features....though it was ridiculous that it go pounded yet still stood up and did minimal counter attacks. At least it proved to impress Hopkins, it's fast/versatile,has a 2 cannon armament and obviously out of the others league armor. If you'll notice during the startup sequence it also has some form of antigrav to lower its weight. That allowed the Old Era spider tanks in ep 7 to climb buildings w/o falling off and Tank-kun to leap tall armies in a single bound - the force field landing cushion was awesome. Aisha wasn't strapped in so they also must have inertial compensation. Yeah it looks like it did have that I noticed it but to have inertial compensation is so out of this era......who knew....just thinking about it gives me shivers of the evolution. DE-evolution, you mean. I'd think we could have something like the Vector Zero tank towards the late 21st century/early 22nd century. We already have spider-walking vehicles though not nearly at that scale. Add in some way to negate the weight and keep the crew from flipping end-over-end when it moved and it would be well within the grasp of our tech today. Strictly speaking in the anime setting of this series at first evolution then lost of technology due to Apocalypse of Angel then evolution once again in present day of Kanata with the Vector Zero rebuild first model, which Noel did. I meant it something like that. OrionCA said: I doubt the missiles worked. Didn't look like Helvetia used missiles and it's unlikely the propellant in the motors would still be good after 300-400 years. Well it might have worked depends on the propellant used. Some propellant last forever likes missiles in spaceships. OrionCA said: Missiles in spaceships would be stored in a sealed, airless environment at subzero temperatures. Takemikazuchi sat in a high school gym with a hole in the roof above it for Niven-knows how many years. Noel was a genius just for getting the drive train and main gun to work - from parts she scrounged around Seize. However I don't think she'll have any trouble getting government support to get the other systems working now, do you? I would say the Emperor might grant her that but I still disagree about the storage simply because I think the missiles are far from being conventional and besides a test fire would have been able to prove that but they did not do that at all so not sure of either of us can be of this. OrionCA said: If there's a 2nd season I would see it revolving around dealing with their other major problems: The seas are dead and apparently so is most of the planet. There's a heavenly host/alien battlefleet that got sweet-talked into stopping the Old Era war before they finished wiping humanity out You mean the Angel's friends...hmmmm....interesting but you know it would turn into a sci-fi thing with war and the cute stuff would have to go out completely....not sure if they are willing to do that. OrionCA said: but with humans starting to emerge from the rubble they may rethink that decision. The Flame Maidens have a lot on their plate now that they've established themselves as protectors of the world. Once again not sure with the sci-fi in all this to be done like that for this series. |
In spoiler my anime list for now. |
Bastion said: The Roman soldier (forgotten her name) played that part better.. at least she was with the other four at the time. Actually, she "played" the part of the Angel, I think. The Angel came from the heavens as a destroyer, as Aisha came from the Romanian Empire as a soldier; seeing as the Romans were the threat to Seize's safety, and the angel was a threat to world's safety, this would be accurate. Next, the Angel was wounded, as was Aisha. The Flame Maidens protected the Angel (an enemy) from the people of their town, the Flame Maidens V.2 (Kanata and the rest) protected Aisha (an enemy) from Treize's platoon (or whatever it's called, I'm a noob when it comes to military) - which should theoretically be allied with them. The people burned the Flame Maidens, as Hopkins' army would have done if they became involved in the war. And the Flame Maiden who played the tune "with her last breath" was, of course, Kanata. |
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bambooXZX said: I honestly can't say that I agree with that. I, for one, found myself able to understand and "feel" what the glass blower was getting at. If that conversation were in a different context, then I would agree. But for that conversation to be the only reason why she knows how to play is absolutely ludicrous. |
Cenedess said: Interesting way of putting it.....I for one will agree with you on that one. It's very logical and sound.Bastion said: The Roman soldier (forgotten her name) played that part better.. at least she was with the other four at the time. Actually, she "played" the part of the Angel, I think. The Angel came from the heavens as a destroyer, as Aisha came from the Romanian Empire as a soldier; seeing as the Romans were the threat to Seize's safety, and the angel was a threat to world's safety, this would be accurate. Next, the Angel was wounded, as was Aisha. The Flame Maidens protected the Angel (an enemy) from the people of their town, the Flame Maidens V.2 (Kanata and the rest) protected Aisha (an enemy) from Treize's platoon (or whatever it's called, I'm a noob when it comes to military) - which should theoretically be allied with them. The people burned the Flame Maidens, as Hopkins' army would have done if they became involved in the war. And the Flame Maiden who played the tune "with her last breath" was, of course, Kanata. |
In spoiler my anime list for now. |
francismeunier said: Cenedess said: Interesting way of putting it.....I for one will agree with you on that one. It's very logical and sound.Bastion said: The Roman soldier (forgotten her name) played that part better.. at least she was with the other four at the time. Actually, she "played" the part of the Angel, I think. The Angel came from the heavens as a destroyer, as Aisha came from the Romanian Empire as a soldier; seeing as the Romans were the threat to Seize's safety, and the angel was a threat to world's safety, this would be accurate. Next, the Angel was wounded, as was Aisha. The Flame Maidens protected the Angel (an enemy) from the people of their town, the Flame Maidens V.2 (Kanata and the rest) protected Aisha (an enemy) from Treize's platoon (or whatever it's called, I'm a noob when it comes to military) - which should theoretically be allied with them. The people burned the Flame Maidens, as Hopkins' army would have done if they became involved in the war. And the Flame Maiden who played the tune "with her last breath" was, of course, Kanata. That is the most reasonable explanation of the ending ive seen, it makes a lot of sense |
AsunyanMar 25, 2010 9:22 PM
kg-san said: Asu you're still a fragile flower... But its ok cause you're a beautiful flower! 花火花火花火 :D:D:D |
| Well that series ended. 7/10 |
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| great ending to a very good anime, I really enjoyed it. also, I was spot on about Rome being "The Holy Roman Empire" |
| Anime makes me smile! :-) |
| Haha well Rio returns... |
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| It was a good ending, I especially liked when their tank beat all the other tanks like it was a Tiger Tank in WWII or something. And when they ended the battle before it started, it was a nice scene. Although I have seen better anime I would like to say that I think Sora no Woto really is one of the better anime this season. |
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Asukai-san said: francismeunier said: Cenedess said: Interesting way of putting it.....I for one will agree with you on that one. It's very logical and sound.Bastion said: The Roman soldier (forgotten her name) played that part better.. at least she was with the other four at the time. Actually, she "played" the part of the Angel, I think. The Angel came from the heavens as a destroyer, as Aisha came from the Romanian Empire as a soldier; seeing as the Romans were the threat to Seize's safety, and the angel was a threat to world's safety, this would be accurate. Next, the Angel was wounded, as was Aisha. The Flame Maidens protected the Angel (an enemy) from the people of their town, the Flame Maidens V.2 (Kanata and the rest) protected Aisha (an enemy) from Treize's platoon (or whatever it's called, I'm a noob when it comes to military) - which should theoretically be allied with them. The people burned the Flame Maidens, as Hopkins' army would have done if they became involved in the war. And the Flame Maiden who played the tune "with her last breath" was, of course, Kanata. That is the most reasonable explanation of the ending ive seen, it makes a lot of sense Wut? needed explanation? i thought that would have been obvious xD Hmmm, if you don't get that, then the "fairy tale" they are telling at that moment wouldn't make any sense, i see. |
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| I really enjoyed this anime, looking forward to more in the OVA's. The tank was awesome, have'nt seen a decent mecha for quite sometime. |
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| I really hate it when I come into these threads and the first few posts are so much different than my opinion. Kinda makes me feel embarrassed that I enjoyed the series. The final episode was good for me, and I liked the way it ended. I do wish they could somehow fit in another season as I would be willing to watch that as well. Maybe if they did a prologue with Princess Ilyia it would work? Oh well. |
| I'd say that it has a fitting end, very good |
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| There was much to like about the final episode: spider-tank, Kanata's powerful rendition of "Amazing Grace" and Rio's memorable entrance on the battlefield, among other things. More importantly, the story wrapped up nicely enough. As a whole, the series didn't quite do it for me, but it wasn't bad either. |
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Rathma said: Wut? needed explanation? i thought that would have been obvious xD ^ this xP |
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| What a great episode! What a great series! I made a 9/10 score before the last episode. Then after seeing it, it made me change it to 10. Such a good way to end the series, I was so entertained that the episode flew by really fast. One thing I could comment on this: "History repeats itself" |
Cenedess said: Rathma said: Wut? needed explanation? i thought that would have been obvious xD ^ this xP It's better to get the view of someone else.....we can understand this but sometimes it gets so confusing that I am not even sure it's what I understood. |
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| lol @ "Why wasn't it K-ON! WAAAAAH THIS SHOW SUCKS!" comments. First half was solid gold. Noel's freakout and Felicia going into Mama Bear mode was just glorious. Ending was predictable but solid nonetheless with reasonable execution. 8/10. Haters can suck it and watch their retard girl bands. |
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