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| "Sarabada, Nemokun." Ice cold! A true grand episode. It's good to see the crew back alive and kicking (neoatlan buttocks). Nemo is still so hardcore. And this mech action, so precise and fluid *overjoyment* |
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| Wow, with the battleship-style turrets on the New Nautilus, Electra's space-catsuit, and Nemo's long coat and lovely locks, this episode is channeling Captain Harlock pretty hard. Electra's personality must has changed a lot off-screen since she doesn't want Nemo to sacrifice Nadia to beat Gargoyle, but I guess she never really had very much to begin with, so whatever. |
| yep a great episode - and it is really obvious just how much Anno loves Harlock and Yamato, everything, direction, pacing even the music (big buildup then a kindof 'release' music as finally launches). The whole 'we can't start the engines' scene was classic Yamato tension building also, there was even a definitely intended homage to the many dialled engine/computer rooms in all of Matsumoto's ships during it. I really like how blatantly futuristic the ship was too, as compared to the very Jules Verne styled mecha we saw in the start of the series. There were even echos of Gunbuster at times. Overall - as a massive fan of all things Harlock/GE999/Yamato, Gunbuster and Evangelion, I verily enjoyed this. As a slight aside, probably my favourite part of Evangelion Rebuild 3 was pretty much the very same hommage - the launch sequence :). |
| Yep, it's Gainax alright. Loving the Electra makeover. |
| Millions times better then that low budget arc! |
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| Nadia: I have the power to destroy the world. YET THE BITCH CAN'T EVEN DESTROY A SHIP OR TWO. SHE DIDN'T EVEN THINK OF USING THE BLUE WATER BACK IN THE ISLAND ARC TO OPEN THE GODDAMN CANS FUK!!!!!!!!!! Jean even showed it RIGHT IN FRONT OF HER EYES back in the Nautilus arc that it could clearly scratch the slab of space metal. da hoe's got some cognitive disorder |
| Just how much time passed since episode 22 for Nemo's hair to grow so long? |
 "Your sight, my delight. Will you marry me?" |
| Nemo looks so badass now oh my godd. |
| I mean to say this in previous episodes, but now seems to be the appropriate time. It sure is Captain Harlock in here. |
| The new music was nice. But more importantly... This Excelion/New Nautilus looks like a cross-over between the Uchû Senkan Yamato and Gunbuster's Excelion (not to mention almost identical scenes). And Nemo (and his people) 's new look seems to come straight out of an Harlock anime. Perfect recipe. 5/5 A finale divided in so many episodes? Great! @RafaelDeJongh Skipping the episodes would have you asking yourself a lot of questions like "why are they here", "how can this be", "why is the expedition guy back", "how did they end up with Gladys gang" and so on. (als, you would have missed the incredible feats of animation those episodes provided, like the incomplete cells, bad lenses etc) |
Rei_IIIMay 24, 2018 12:00 PM
| Uh, wow. I am willing to bet that the "Secret of Blue Water" ended up being of a greater scope than anyone here imagined. |
| "I will become his world and will make him my world" - You really should know who said this. "Firing at unarmed citizens is a feat that those without courage and a chivalrous spirit simply cannot accomplish." - Oskar von Reuenthal "No way Spirited Away is better than Akira. NO WAY." - Kanye West |
| So much goodness here. Homages to Harlock and Yamato, echoes of Gunbuster and a taste of things to come with Evangelion. |
| "Perhaps there is a universal, absolute truth. Perhaps it justifies every question. But that's beyond the reach of these small hands." Mamoru Oshii There is a cult of ignorance (...) nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.” Isaac Asimov |
| Holy moly and here I thought Gainax couldn't pull it through to the end, shit I was mistaken... Gainax did it again with a mind blowing plot twist, one which I personally did not expect whilst secretly hoping for! And man is old Gainax good with animating explosions! Boy such greatness in this episode and it really gives me a great Uchuu Senkan Yamato/Captain Harlock vibe as well as that true Gainax oldness! Real great and I do wonder now that they have Nemo's Blue Water what they'll do with it! But I'm sure with that Uchuu Senkan they're not going to leave it at that! Looking forwards to see what comes next and well for once I should've listened to skipping episodes... damn without those horrible ones this series would be golden! |
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| Pretty strange that they made a new opening for the final four episodes, but I suppose it makes sense considering the return of Nemo and the crew of the Nautalis. |
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| The legendary Exelion? I sense Gunbuster here! Also, that omage to Yamato omg Here's a side-by-side comparison https://youtu.be/qxJRD-ESQd8 Haven't seen the show yet, but all the Gainax omages to it made me want to. Btw it looks like that flying sausage ship was different from Exelion. So they have a fleet of 2 ships, eh? |
St0rmbladeSep 9, 2019 12:14 PM
| We open to reveal the Neo Atlantis airships have arrived waiting for our heroes and I am not gonna lie for the first few minutes I was having some flashbacks to those episodes stricken from memory with those comedic bits glad they did not last that long at least >.< I did like Nadia surrendering herself to save her friends even though there was no way Gargoyle would keep his promise but turns out he gave them a running start to lure out Nemo and the remnants of his crew who he suspected were within the ruins. Which they are! Electra greets them in her new style she wears that hairstyle and spacesuit well X3 and it seems she has a new lease on life in the time the crew has been away from our heroes and it seems Nemo's words on the value of life were able to reach her and gave her a renewed purpose so that is great to see ^-^ Speaking of Nemo his new long haired more dark look is badass to say the least he is finale ready! Plus with him being back we get nice reactions from Grandis X3 from her shouting to her affectionate reactions just fantastic ^-^ Seems Nemo and his crew stand a much better fighting chance at stopping Neo Atlantis with their new ship and even though Nemo tried to harden his heart and make a personal sacrifice to save the world the words of our heroes broke that down and he could not bring himself to kill his daughter and thus, gives up his Blue Water and Neo is more powerful then they anticipated! Looks like it will be up to Nadia to overcome her fear of the power her Blue Water yields and use it to protect her loved ones! This shaping up to be quite the conclusion looking forward to how it all culminates at the end :D |
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ZetaZaku said: Just how much time passed since episode 22 for Nemo's hair to grow so long? I'm wondering the same thing! Only a few episodes ago, Hanson said they were stuck on the island for 4 months, and they traveled to Africa just after that. Then, stayed over a week more or less? Well, they didn't stay much time before going to Tartessos. I guess the only explanation is that Grandis, Sanson & Hanson were lost in the sea for weeks before finding the new island, which means that Jean. Nadia, Marie, and King were in the Lincoln Island for more than 4 months, maybe 5... and that the trip they did from the island to africa took them months too. Even then, 6-8 months doesn't seem like enough time for Nemo to get his hair growth like that. xD That lenght takes years. |
| Hablo español. |
| Gunbuster references in the ship names ''Exelion'' and ''Eltreum''. A spaceship using a rusty shipwreck as a disguise, obvious Yamato reference. I realize now that in Otaku no Video (which I watched over 8 years ago), Yuri Satou was cosplaying Electra when they were on the Otakuland spaceship's bridge (which was based on the Yamato's bridge). Her new uniform looks like a prototype for Evangelion's plugsuits. |
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| Everyone's just perfectly fine again. Ship is back, Captain isn't shot, and no betrayals. Back to where it was in episode 22. Seriously? |
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