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Nov 25, 2017 9:15 PM

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Surprisingly, I didn't think they would take Antarcticite.
Phos to each episode is transmuted, I wonder if Phos could forget his own goal, that is usual in the plot of immortals.
Nov 25, 2017 9:34 PM

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AND NOW HER ARMS ARE GONE. If there is one thing this anime does well, its making me feel bad for Phos, while also making me love her more with ever line she speaks. It also confuses me and, once again, makes me question just how much mess Phos can find herself in... And now I feel bad. Antarcticite will be missed.
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Nov 25, 2017 9:43 PM

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Well it's still possible to get Antarcticite back right? The souls would have to bring her back down as a weapon or something, like they did with the giant shell.

Anyway, poor Phos. All the "bad" things happen to her, but they're also good things. I'm curious as to how her and Sensei survived the rest of winter.





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Nov 25, 2017 10:12 PM

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What an episode ! What an anime ! What charaters ! God dammit ! This anime is freakin' georgous and feel nothing but passion ! It's been a while since I saw an anime with so much love and care. Yeah, there is some flaw, but it's impossible for me to see these flaws. I don't see a product here, but a craft of love by its creators.

Personnaly, Phos evolution is perfect. We don't have here an anime where the MC goes OP without real evolution. I see Phos like a Shinji of Evangelion in fact. Not the same personnality, but there is the same care in its evolution. Phos doesn't evolve for the reader, they evolve for themselves. Again and again they is treaded like some unusefull thing just good for being funny, and Phos just saw all its friendd being in danger and killed and everything, always without being able to do anything. When they lost its leg and was ashore behing Mercury, we saw all this. They try to evolve but can't, and can only evolve by losing some part of themselves and memories. There is a true reason and weight behind Phos and their road to power. It's rare to see a writer that achieve to show a real evolution in its caracter without putting it OP just for being epic and cool.

Damn, the scene where their new arms were keeping their mouth shut, just like if everything in Phos was trying to keep themselves useless and away of everything (the new arm that creat a "prison" for Phos. What it is, if it's not a protection, protecting Phos of the hardship of reality ?). It was brillant.
Damn I love this anime. Not perfect, but don't care.
Passion erase every flaw.
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It's pretty sad that even though Phos got a stronger arms, she still wasn't able to save Antarcticite.

Also, a little question, is there something special with Phos' inclusions? This episode makes me think that Phos can just kinda combine with any other kind of rocks, or maybe it is just the characteristics if phosphophyllite. And whose sword was it that Phos uses at the end, were the lunarians the ones who brought that?
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Hakaminah said:
Phos are likable again, they weren't annoying as 2 ep before at all to me... kinda like, it was nice that something changed about them just like they wanted tho I already dislike new haircut they'll get.

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Sensei told that they don't have materials for it, I guess that it's just powder.


Wonder why they didn't powder them before.
Nov 26, 2017 3:40 AM

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tourke said:
Hakaminah said:
Phos are likable again, they weren't annoying as 2 ep before at all to me... kinda like, it was nice that something changed about them just like they wanted tho I already dislike new haircut they'll get.

Sensei told that they don't have materials for it, I guess that it's just powder.

Wonder why they didn't powder them before.

That part was only a split second preview, so it's possible that the production didn't have time to apply the pattern to her legs. It's likely it will be there next episode because it's in the manga.
Nov 26, 2017 5:29 AM

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I was spoiled the outcome and I was on edge of seat for minutes. That's a feat.
Strongest episode yet. Gonna be aots. Surely.
Nov 26, 2017 6:03 AM
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Whose sword was it, btw?

Antarticite sword had saw-like teeth
Nov 26, 2017 6:52 AM

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That was amazing dammit.
Nov 26, 2017 7:53 AM

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daftpunkliker said:
Echo13243 said:


Whose sword was it, btw?

Antarticite sword had saw-like teeth


Yeah it was.

It could be just new sword made by Obsidian.

From preview:
I'm watching anime since 2012. I also play games, sometimes.

Don't bother me if you want to 'become friends' or things like that.
It's tiresome. I know you just want to collect some meaningless numbers.
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Nov 26, 2017 8:45 AM
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daftpunkliker said:
Echo13243 said:


Whose sword was it, btw?

Antarticite sword had saw-like teeth

It is Antartarcticite's sword. When Antarc was fighting the lunarians, their grenade-like traps wrapped the sword and deformed it into its current condition. When Phos is running towards the lunarians with her new arms, you can even see that she is using it.

I don't have screenshots from the anime, but here is the page in the manga when it happened:
Nov 26, 2017 10:07 AM

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The final part of Phos's pursuit in an attempt to save Antarctica is very sad. How bad we got to see Phos, all shattered in the master's arms. The Seleniuses have become really smart, who knows how they will respond to this evolution of the wicked, Phos and companions. Really great the graphics and sound, I did not think that it came to combine minerals with metal, Phos's character, is taking on a really complex and strange composition. Touching the ending.
Nov 26, 2017 10:11 AM

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@Apsidelos Thanks for pointing this out, I didn't notice that it changed shape.
@daftpunkliker some cuts from anime:

I'm watching anime since 2012. I also play games, sometimes.

Don't bother me if you want to 'become friends' or things like that.
It's tiresome. I know you just want to collect some meaningless numbers.
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Nov 26, 2017 10:17 AM
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It seems that the ice flows are conspiring to stop Antarticite though. So Phos has now also lost her arms as well then. The masters reaction at seeing Pho's though was priceless. Antarticite really tries to take all responsibility by herself huh. So the chord shore was where they were all born at then. The skies sure cleared at an inopportune time though. The luna's were smart to launch simultaneous attacks on both the school and at Pho's and Antarticite. Its funny how Pho's new limbs resulted in her being trapped in a gold block though. Well Pho's gained a new set of arms but Antacticite was lost defending her. The ending theme though was appropriate as it sounded like a mourning one.
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Nov 26, 2017 10:32 AM
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Thank you guys!

Honestly I thought it was Antarcticite's sword but I didn't understand that the grenades had warped it. Thanks for pointing it out and providing screenshots!
Nov 26, 2017 11:13 AM
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Has anyone thought of how the insides of the main Lunarians/Tsukijin looks like either lotus root or chikuwabu? And I've said it before, but it's worth repeating: These characters have the nicest asses of any asexual character ever! And now, a screenshot that shows both. ^_^



Edit: Oh yeah, I forgot this: Phos' new arms remind me of someone...


Many replies below, so spoilers to reduce length.


I'm using feminine pronouns for Phos because while I understand that the gem-people are asexual, they do seem to have gender. Phos is quite a bit more feminine than masculine, so female pronouns it is. Antarcticite is slightly more masculine, so male pronouns for him.

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Nov 26, 2017 11:47 AM
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kyoudai said:


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Can we all agree on the fact this episode was the worst so far? Phos is shattered, Antarc is gone, and Kongo-sensei seems to have been in a tense fight.

Worst as in tragic events, but spectacular in production quality, and enough for me to bump my rating to 9. I have 16 titles I've rated 10 out of nearly 1,300 on my list (1.2%). I have extremely high criteria for 10's. But I think this series just might make it before the end. If you mean it's a bad episode/poorly made/boring, then no, you're probably very much in the minority on that.[/spoiler]


Oh yeah I meant as in tragic events, and worst time for the characters in the episode.
This show is great, I've already put it in my 10's
Nov 26, 2017 12:24 PM

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Antarc blocked by the ice and loses phos arms, the Lunarians show up and she taken :'(
The gold really love phos, her connection must be special.
Nov 26, 2017 12:45 PM

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kyoudai said:

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I haven't read the manga (that might change though if we don't get a season 2 announcement soon after the season ends), but it's becoming painfully clear that one of if not the primary theme of this show is about the dangers of not being able to accept oneself and trying to forcefully change. Phos is becoming stronger, but at what cost? Based on that preview, I'm going to go with "everything that made her unique and lovable."

I think along with that is the theme of "how much can you change and still remain the same?" The way the inclusions work, the mind (and soul, if they have one) is not centered in the brain but instead spread throughout the whole body. By losing and replacing parts piecemeal, Phos is slowly losing chunks of herself, her memory, her identity, and what makes her Phos instead of a different chunk of phosphophyllite. The more she loses, the more she becomes Not-Phos. Each time she loses a part, it's like a partial lobotomy for humans. And at what point is she more Not-Phos than Phos? Can she also replace her torso and still be Phos? What about her head? I didn't watch the preview (preferring to read ahead in the manga instead), but it seems that this is a theme we're going to be faced with next week.


Yes, something like the classic Ship of Theseus: if over the years you gradually replace every piece of a boat until not even a single nail is left from the original ship, is it still the same ship, and if not, then at what point did it stop being the same ship? Only here, instead of a ship it's a living thing and, more importantly, its memories.
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It annoys the hell out of me at how unknown and underrated this show is because it is beautiful, funny, awesome, has dark moments, has nice moments, but still no one talks about it! Whatever, at least I know of it and am enjoying the shit out of it!
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This episode shows once more why this anime is so amazing. They never told you anything about the universe, there was no narrator explaining the rules of this universe, the only hints that we get about how this world works is through dialogue between the characters, by doing that the world building is extremely slow, but the amoung of immersion you get by doing it that way is unbelieveable!

And god dammit the point where Antarcticite just shatters right when you thought that the battle is over, was just unreal.

Isn't that the first time that someone "dies" on screen for real?
Nov 26, 2017 2:23 PM

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It annoys the hell out of me at how unknown and underrated this show is because it is beautiful, funny, awesome, has dark moments, has nice moments, but still no one talks about it! Whatever, at least I know of it and am enjoying the shit out of it!

Yeah, this definitely needs more people talking about it.
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It annoys the hell out of me at how unknown and underrated this show is because it is beautiful, funny, awesome, has dark moments, has nice moments, but still no one talks about it! Whatever, at least I know of it and am enjoying the shit out of it!


You took the words right out of my mouth. I couldn't agree more. Why is this "gem" (lol pun) of a show so under the radar? I just don't understand. Is it because it's filled with androgynous genderless (yet beautiful) beings, and not some beefy muscle cakes and/or curvy T&A? Is it because this kind of story doesn't scream "bad arse" or "smexy" or "lol gag comedy"?

This episode was breathtaking. Things turned even more serious, and loss of Antarcticite (sp?) was heartfelt. Aww, I'm gonna miss that cool gem. Additionally, poor Phos... I think she always means well, despite her antics, but she's just too weak and fragile to be successful, even with new set of legs and arms. However, hopefully it would mean she would mature and learn from all this... and maybe even become strong too.
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kyoudai said:

I'm using feminine pronouns for Phos because while I understand that the gem-people are asexual, they do seem to have gender. Phos is quite a bit more feminine than masculine, so female pronouns it is. Antarcticite is slightly more masculine, so male pronouns for him.


Maybe it's just a weird stubborn feeling I personally have, but I can't stop seeing Phos as a boy.

To me he seems like a tomboy, which in real life would make him a boyish girl. But since they're asexual, there's no point in even having the girl part. Hence my views. Antarcticite definitely comes off as a boy. Dia a girl and Bort a boy or again, an extreme tomboy.
Nov 26, 2017 6:17 PM

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What a sad episode. Poor Antarcticite...
Nov 26, 2017 7:07 PM

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didn't sensei shoot two strings of sorts toward the lunarians ?? what was that ?
Nov 26, 2017 8:43 PM
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didn't sensei shoot two strings of sorts toward the lunarians ?? what was that ?


The same thing he used when rescuing Amethysts.
Nov 26, 2017 10:23 PM

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this episode was amazing knew this show was gonna be a keeper if it kept it up, score keeps bumping up to guess more people are coming around to it now.



Phos really can't catch a break with just being cursed bad luck and those around her will always end up suffering not to mention how useless she must feel after all of this without being blamed.
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Inugirlz said:
kyoudai said:

I'm using feminine pronouns for Phos because while I understand that the gem-people are asexual, they do seem to have gender. Phos is quite a bit more feminine than masculine, so female pronouns it is. Antarcticite is slightly more masculine, so male pronouns for him.


Maybe it's just a weird stubborn feeling I personally have, but I can't stop seeing Phos as a boy.

To me he seems like a tomboy, which in real life would make him a boyish girl. But since they're asexual, there's no point in even having the girl part. Hence my views. Antarcticite definitely comes off as a boy. Dia a girl and Bort a boy or again, an extreme tomboy.

I would mostly agree with you, and I can see what you mean about Phos being a tomboy. Since they are asexual, Phos should have only one gender representation (masculine or feminine), whereas "tomboy" implies masculine behavior by a female. Maybe instead of being tomboyish, Phos's gender is more similar to that of a prepubescent child, neither feminine nor masculine, since sexual differentiation hasn't really kicked in, and has simply no gender expression at all. (Phos is the youngest one. Maybe still young enough to be their equivalent of prepubescent, if they have one.) Along the same lines, I totally see Red Beryl as otokonoko/femboy. ^_^ But whereas Phos has no or very little gender expression, Red Beryl has an abundance of it.

Phos does use "boku" as the first-person pronoun, somewhat implying male or tomboy. If I had read the manga before starting the anime, I might feel very differently about all of them, but I think their voices really influenced how I see them. The hairstyle has a bit to do with it too, so perhaps next week I will see Phos as more of a boy or tomboy than I have to this point.

Most of the others (Yellow, Zircon, etc.) are slightly more feminine (perhaps in catering to the audience's tastes), with the exception of Rutile, who I see — at the risk of stereotyping — as a "butch lesbian" type: flannel shirts, Doc Marten boots, very short hair, drives a Jeep. (No offense intended to lesbians or Jeep drivers.) Though again, lesbian implies that the character is female, but Rutile is asexual. And Euclase, I'm not quite sure of, but probably the most androgynous of all of them.

Perhaps what it comes down to is that we have no accurate way to describe their gender expression in the absence of physical sex. We often describe gender expression as being contradictory to their sex: "tomboy", "femboy", "butch". Without sex, those terms become mostly meaningless. If they were humans with sexual differentiation, Red Beryl would be too feminine to be a girl, and Bort would be too masculine to be a boy. They're the embodiment of exaggerated femininity and masculinity, respectively.

On a spectrum with feminine on the left and masculine on the right, I see them more or less in this order:

Red Beryl > (feminine archetype) > Dia > Amethyst
> Phos(totally androgynous)Euclase <
Cinnabar < Jade < Antarcticite < Rutile < Sensei(masculine archetype) < Bort

: more feminine or approximately equal to
: more masculine or approximately equal to
: approximately equal to


In general, I'm just glad to see a wide variety of gender representation in an anime. It's unusual, but refreshing — and appreciated. Especially unusual since they aren't particularly sexualized… other than those short shorts and amazing butts. (Which I also appreciate. ^_~) hehe
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Broken Phos was repaired with a technique Kintsugi for Japanese tea ceremony.





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Nov 27, 2017 2:08 PM
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I think this is the "character development" Phos goes through that people were talking about. I plan to read the manga because I really like the art-style and the story is interesting. But I have yet to buy the physical copies.

I can't wait to see what Phos can do with her arms after this and how surprised all the other gems will be when they get back.
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I'm sure it is but that doesn't take away anything from what I said, in fact it only reinforces it, there's been no growth in eight episodes of a twelve episode series. Don't get me wrong, I still like this story and I still like Phos and that's why I currently have this anime at an 8/10 but it's getting more and more frustrating. Whatever Phos changes into it better start happening soon and it better be worth it.

Just know that this isn't the type of series that let's it's protagonist off just because he becomes stronger and more mature. In fact, Phos maturing is the reason why the plot begins to get darker and darker. He has to deal with the side effects.

This is obvious if you've watched the preview.


This is OBVIOUS if you watch the preview. Yea, that one fucking frame out of the entire preview REALLY gave it all away there. SO OBVIOUS, it clearly all makes sense now.
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Good to see 8 episodes in and people are still bitching about which gender people are referring to them as like its fucking triggered snowflake paradise here. Rather than just not complain about what word anyone choses to use since they have no gender so word choice doesn't matter, it always has to turn into some massive debate. IT DOESNT MATTER! THEY HAVE NO GENDER! THEY'RE NOT REAL! EITHER WORD WORKS!

On a related note, good to see 8 episodes in and people are still bitching about the rating of the show too. It went from almost to 6 to almost an 8 before the show is even close to over...and that's still not good enough for you people? Are you going to keep whining until it's a 9.9? It's already rated higher than 2/3 of the shows on here and it's not good enough? Are you going to protest the MAL admins until they raise the scale to 15/10 for this show?

My goodness, of course an enjoyable show this season doesn't come without the caveat of a bunch of MAL whiners ruining it in the episode threads every week.

Ugh, now that that rant is over, I'm convinced after this episode that "Sensei" probably isn't 100% a good guy, and is most definitely hiding something. He's always seemed a tad sketchy, but the way the Lunarians seemed to almost worship him there seemed odd, and when he saved Phos with his tattered robes, he was rocking some serious villainy vibes.
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I felt nothing on what happened to Antarcticite. His fight was pretty cool though. He did his best. Phos tried to save him with all that gold on her, but she couldn't do anything. Oh well. Her uselessness putting others in danger is getting annoying. She is just a bad luck magnet who should stay away from the others so she can't cause them more pain.


Ugh!

I can't take this anymore with the "he", "him" and "his"

And yes I know they're genderless

But c'mon we a male character (Sensei), the gems looks 100% females

You've made me create a topic for this

https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1687221&show=0
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Most intense episode yet!
and Phos really went all out anger and rampage because Antarcticite has fallen!
Looks like Phos is the most Hybrid of them all huh...golden arms? lolz
5/5.


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This is OBVIOUS if you watch the preview. Yea, that one fucking frame out of the entire preview REALLY gave it all away there. SO OBVIOUS, it clearly all makes sense now.

Oh? What evidence do you have to the contrary, then?
Phos just lost his first real mentor and partner, it has been shown clearly that the gems hate losing partners. They're sensitive about that. Add the fact that the show is clearly heading for a darker storyline and simply showing post-winter arc Phos's face is enough to clue in people.
Or at least I thought it would but that seems to not be the case lol.
Perhaps I should've mentioned that "Spring" was the title of the next episode even though it's Winter right now, hinting at.........well hopefully you get what I'm saying or else I'd be even more disappointed. XD

This is all besides the fact that the manga exists and I could just simply spout spoilers.


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Jonesy974 said:

This is OBVIOUS if you watch the preview. Yea, that one fucking frame out of the entire preview REALLY gave it all away there. SO OBVIOUS, it clearly all makes sense now.


It's 1-2 seconds, not just a frame. They also post the frame on their official Twitter, so it should be pretty damn obvious.
Also another one for the next episode, taken from the episode summary page from the official site.

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This was such a great episode. I'm glad that this show is animated in CG, because that gold is beautiful. The way that this show has slowly been slipping into this darkness is phenomenal. At one point of watching the show, I just stopped and said, this is dark. I was almost shocked since it had progressed so much from the tone of the beginning. Tragedy after tragedy happens, and yet it keeps going getting darker still. With the way the show is going, I can't see a happy ending, but I still hope one is in sight. Pho's character progression is amazing, although for the past few episodes its almost as if Cinnabar is all but forgotten.


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-the beginning of the dive sequence was pretty sick
-phos h i t s t h e d a 🅱🅱🅱🅱🅱🅱
-the chord shore is actually pretty cool in concept
-uh oh
-antarcticite using her saw as a fuckin assault snowboard is pretty cool
-on second thought, these new lunarian designs are pretty great, so i guess episode 6 wasn't a total garbage dump
-hey it's a fez cube
-ouch, seems like everyone phos becomes partners with just can't get a break, although this is the first time that any of them have actually been harvested
-yeah i still don't get why bingo bongo agreed to let phos join in on the winter shift anyway

So I didn't really appreciate the new designs for Lunarians until literally halfway through this episode. It wasn't until I saw the grenadier tentacles that I realized that the pretty much every Lunarian shown before episode 6 was the exact same type, and both of the new Lunarians are pretty cool. Aside from that, the episode had a pretty decent action sequence with Antarcticite using the saw as a snowboard to outmaneuver the Lunarians. The little diving sequence at the beginning was also pretty nice. I didn't really think that Phos using her new arms for the first time was too notable other than maybe the recoil damage inflicted to Phos. I didn't really enjoy it too much because it wasn't too visually spectacular, but I also didn't really hate it. It seems like from the preview that she'll use the new arms more, so I'll be waiting to see how they continue that. In any case this was a pretty average episode for the show.
Nov 28, 2017 9:32 PM

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ThreePercent said:

-phos h i t s t h e d a 🅱🅱🅱🅱🅱🅱





I didn't really enjoy it too much because it wasn't too visually spectacular


Phos emerging from a lotus flower cocoon, using kintsugi to repair her fractures as she ran, and then falling to earth like a gold-winged Icarus:

wasn't too visually spectacular


We'll have to agree to disagree on that one. :P

EDIT: Here's a clip of the big final scene: https://streamable.com/ci5xp

Just for reference. :)
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sorathecrow said:
ThreePercent said:

-phos h i t s t h e d a 🅱🅱🅱🅱🅱🅱





I didn't really enjoy it too much because it wasn't too visually spectacular


Phos emerging from a lotus flower cocoon, using kintsugi to repair her fractures as she ran, and then falling to earth like a gold-winged Icarus:

wasn't too visually spectacular


We'll have to agree to disagree on that one. :P

EDIT: Here's a clip of the big final scene: https://streamable.com/ci5xp

Just for reference. :)


It was actually nice but not perfect because they mixed drawings in few moments which normally wouldn't be bad but in this case it just doesn't match

maybe these don't look bad as static images but as animation these 2 little moments for me weren't that great.
HakaminahNov 28, 2017 10:27 PM
I'm watching anime since 2012. I also play games, sometimes.

Don't bother me if you want to 'become friends' or things like that.
It's tiresome. I know you just want to collect some meaningless numbers.
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Hakaminah said:


It was actually nice but not perfect because they didn't used their standard cgi all the time, it looks like they mixed drawings a little.


They've mixed 2D and 3D since episode 1.

In fact, close ups as a general rule are 2D in this series.

Sources:
https://twitter.com/Yuyucow/status/916816271290912769
https://blog.sakugabooru.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/delicate-senpai-ownage.jpg
https://blog.sakugabooru.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/good-phos-that-im-pretty-sure-nishida-herself-drew.jpg

Some unique motion scenes are done in 2D as well, since it would be harder to capture certain effects in 3D.

Example: https://www.sakugabooru.com/post/show/41315

They even do full action segments in 2D, seamlessly switching to 3D. Here's a scene from Aculeatus destroying the Lunarians that were holding him hostage: https://www.sakugabooru.com/post/show/41314 Note how it goes from 2D Aculeatus tentacles owning 2D Lunarians, to a tentacle backhanding part of 3D Phos's face off.

So I'm not sure what point you're making--the hybrid nature of the series is a strength, rather than a weakness, and one that it's demonstrated consistently.
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sorathecrow said:
Hakaminah said:


It was actually nice but not perfect because they didn't used their standard cgi all the time, it looks like they mixed drawings a little.


-0-


Edited my post later to avoid this kind of comments but I guess it's too late. I'm aware that they were doing this often but as I added it later to my comment it doesn't match the overall of that scene. It was too distracting.
I'm watching anime since 2012. I also play games, sometimes.

Don't bother me if you want to 'become friends' or things like that.
It's tiresome. I know you just want to collect some meaningless numbers.
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This was so sad... Now I got a hole to fill in my heart.
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Even Phos is actually become strong af, I don't think Phos would still be Phos....

I rather have the original Phos...
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I just heard about this series this past week and am all caught up. What a great show! I can't help but like Phos, but she doesn't look too peppy in the preview.

It's quite a feat to care about the loss of Antarcticite after only knowing them for less than 2 episodes.

How much of the animation is CG? I've heard people state that it is fully-CG, but is it? It looks terrific, and I can't really imagine this show in the traditional 2D style.
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I'm sick of Phos! If she would have just taken her ass to sleep like everyone else, Antar would still be alive.
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Best gif. Lost arms, don't care.
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John_Titor_ said:

How much of the animation is CG? I've heard people state that it is fully-CG, but is it? It looks terrific, and I can't really imagine this show in the traditional 2D style.


SakugaBlog did an article about this, actually! A lot of the closeups you see are full or partial 2D, and most of the facial expressions are 2D. Here's the link: https://blog.sakugabooru.com/2017/11/15/land-of-the-lustrous-houseki-no-kuni-production-notes-1-6/
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