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| Great episode, I really enjoyed the soundtrack and 2d animated bits |
| Holy f that was amazing, especially how they showed Wolfwood's story and then the whole experimentation part from his perspective. Never seen anything like either of those in anime. Was the backstory part hand-drawn as well? Seemed like it, but not sure. 10/10. Was disappointed it ended. |
"The f**ker who goes round beating people to a pulp. He thinks it'll never happen to himself. But there's gonna be a day when the f**ker gets f**king beaten to a pulp too. But that day's f**king today and the guy doing the beating is a f**king c**t." - Sang-hoon, Breathless (2009)    |
| I wish the show was fully animated in that 2d style, looked gorgeous and for a moment made this interesting again. Then we returned to the actual plot, and it's kinda too primitive, I don't know. But I can't fully take it seriously. |
| good fight scenes, action still feels wonky at parts. good cliffhanger, and some crazy backstory. solid episode. |
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| wolfwood looked like he was on demon time in the beginning. action scenes well done again. |
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| I'm surprised that they're debuting Livio this early! I'm not a fan of his new look, though. It's a far cry from the badass suit he had in the manga... |
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| Way better than the last episode, wow this was good. |
| August 6th 2023: Biggest upset ever, deception, selfishness, or scammed, manipulated. Heavy damage costs, and more. Days since: 15 Last updated: 8/21/2023 One Piece Episode 1041 & 1042 & 1047 & 1048 & 95.75%/1049 & 1053 were a mistake and Uta brought the salvation -AhriTheS3xyFox |
| sad memories and horrible destiny!!!!! :( kekeke |
V1P3R0P said: God damn!! That backstory was such an acid trip. Another amazing episode. I'm loving this series with every coming episode Loved it. They are really fleshing Wolfwood out much better this time. |
| Nicholas' backstory was incredible |
| Honestly surprised at the low engagement this anime is getting. Episode 6 just released for almost a day and on reddit it only got 605 upvoted and only 33 replies on this thread lol |
| BEST EPISODE YET those flashback animation sequences were SO good and wolfwood backstory is all I’ve been waiting for <3 |
| Holy crap now we got Legato....they really are going full bore into the manga and im all for it. |
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| Livio appears in the anime! For the first time ever, and in different way than he did in the manga, but still in style. :D I liked the flashback and the way it looked different from the rest of the episode. Different and well done art for telling events from the past is always nice to see. I might sound like a broken record, but the animation was stellar, just as in all previous episodes. What a gunfight it was! Everything escalated once Knives' powerful henchmen appeared out of blue and one of them rigged the Humpback's machinery. As if the situation couldn't be worse, another group of baddies (Bad Lads gang) used that opportunity to start their assault on the Sandsteamer. |
| Both Vash and Nicholas D. "The Punisher" Wolfwood going off on the Sand Steamer while both Meryl and Roberto needs to head back to work and encountering his orphan companion and brother Livio on a killing spree, this is their backstory. Livio and Nicholas's flashback, through the speechless narration, is dark, ruthless and sombre with its child-like visual art style, while the former tries to kill Vash in any way, shape or form. Nicholas being the 1st test subject to be subjected to torture from this Eye of Michael cult that's part of Million Knives's noble plan to eradicate the world from Bluesummers, and he volunteered himself in Nicholas's place for the experiment. This all accumulates in the Sand Steamer getting shifted off course, leading to the Bad Lads gang arriving onboard, and this is the Punisher's punishment: a fate that he cannot run away from. Orange's 3DCG impressive animation never ceases to please the eye, with its fight animation. What a masterclass episode we have here, easily the best so far of what makes Stampede stand out differently from the 90s anime. |
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| I need to know who directed this episode because WOW. Actually, I need the whole staff list. From the brilliant switch between 2D and 3D to the silent backstory to the great action, it was amazing. |
| Damn Nicholas backstory was (intentionally) confusing and trippy for that part, was still need to know more about all that happened but I'm curious about his "brother" now |
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| Well, it's taking it's own shape, but I dislike how they made Livio, just hope the next episodes make him justice and also, I hope it doesn't mean well see the end of Wolfwood so soon. |
| 35 years old ossan who still watches anime |
| This anime keeps having more and more drama, the 2D animated part was pretty neat. Man this big organization by Knives seems to have so many strings, they might be the cause of all of the problems in this place, lmao. |
| I like everything, ok |
| Another great episode. I loved how they did the backstory with the 2D and that art style. Sad backstory as well. So much going on while the sandsteamer is on a collision course with the town Wolfwood’s orphanage is in. Can’t wait until Saturday’s episode. |
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| Dude human child experiment... Amazing Action Sequence, love it. |
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| There is a specific scene here where it looks like the desert scene from Mad Max lolz! haha 4/5. |
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| Im scared now that Stampede is just going to be 12 episodes, without a second season. It really feels like the pacing is going to start to become way too fast and there won't be enough room for things to really breath and settle in the story. Say what you will about the original anime and manga having some 'filler' stuff. But I think that helped to really flesh out the world, the side characters and Vash himself. |
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| Really liked the storybook aesthetic for Wolfwood's backstory, the 2D animation and silent-film text screens for dialogue made it feel like there's some form of somber whimsy to this, which made the shift to the psychedelic sequence more effective. I also liked that the somber music track that played throughout flashback would extend into the present day with Livio shooting at Vash while Wolfwood watches on, kinda paints the song as representative of Wolfwood's mindset. Good mood setting. Wolfwood's backstory in the original anime was different, but I was already vaguely aware of his manga backstory since I stumbled across it years ago, though I didn't know about Livio so it's nice that I only got the child grown up part. Solid stuff all around. Also Legato made his debut, I've been waiting for him to show up for a while, and honestly, he might have the biggest downgrade in appearance in Stampede. Hate how he looks here. |
TerrestriousMar 28, 2023 2:45 PM
| Meryl's conclusion from the photo of Vash and the kid is something's up with Vash, that he ages slowly. Could it just be the other way around? With Wolfwood also being a victim of the cult's experiments, he grew to be older than his friend Livio. |
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| This web of mystery keeps just getting more and more tangled.... |
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| Jesus, this is too much to handle! My heart is in PAIN. I knew Nicholas would have a really sad backstory but that was worse than I could’ve imagined. He gave in to those bastards and it still didn’t save his brother 😭 |
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