OAV Anime Power Levels (Trinity Term Week 4)

May 17, 2012 4:08 PM

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OAV Anime Power Levels poll for Tinity Term Week 4.

( Rules found here: http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=440531 )

Episodes for this week:

- Cowboy Bebop eps 21
- Nodame Cantabile eps 20
- Dennou Coil eps 22
- NHK eps 20
- Mononoke eps 8

Points pool: 5 plus points, 5 minus points.
The closing date for this is the end of next Wednesday (May 23rd).
Starting from this week, please put spoiler tags in your scoring section!

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May 19, 2012 1:24 AM

Kolokotronis

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All my nostalgia.

May 19, 2012 4:30 AM

MikeP

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512

May 19, 2012 6:24 AM

kekekeKaj

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Cowboy Bebop: Probably one of the weakest episode in the series. It's still pretty entertaining though.

Nodame Cantabile: This episode is more entertaining than anything else. The most interesting part is probably Nodame's affinity for the composers that epitomised the dramatic characteristics of music from the Romantic period and her difficulty in communicating with the more restrained Schubert. So typical of her personality :D As for Kai Doon's (is that a German name??) German lines, I'm guessing from Selina's reaction that he delivered them with an impeccable German accent ;)

Dennou Coil: Another cliffhanger episode, though perhaps not quite as exciting as last week's. I also get the feeling that this series suffers from me watching it for the first time at anime soc - anime that I've seen already like NHK and Nodame tends to be more memorable for me when I watch it again in anime soc.

NHK: Very strong episode of NHK doing what it does best - describing the depressing aspects of life and lacing it with superb black humour. Also, Yamazaki's way of breaking up is so ... manly lol. Possibly his second best moment after the online RPG one.

Mononoke: I don't know why but I couldn't get into this week's Mononoke. All the usual ingredients are there, but I just didn't feel drawn in. Could it be I'm starting to get bored of its eccentric style?

Night Raid: This seems to be "lets try to speak a foreign language" week. Some of the Chinese was atrocious. Some sound good but wooden (probably Chinese native speakers but with little or no acting experience), and some sound good but a bit odd (possibly Japanese people who can actually speak Chinese?). The effect of trying to listen to the Chinese is that I missed about a third of the dialogue in the episode. Not sure if this is the sole reason of the episode being so confusing though. It reminds me of Darker than Black, and I liked the Shanghai settings. Thinking of watching it because my favourite seiyu is in it (the narrator).

Anyway, enough ramblings, here are my scores:

Nodame Cantabile: +2
NHK: +2
Dennou Coil: +1
Everything else: 0

This week's best is not as good as last week's best, but it's a much tighter top 3. Decided to give extra points to Nodame (cos I'm biased), and NHK (cos of Yamazaki's moment of glory, and also I think deserves some love lol).

kekekeKajMay 19, 2012 6:33 AM

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May 19, 2012 10:45 AM

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May 19, 2012 2:19 PM

kekekeKaj

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who was Akira Ishida? Was he Kai Doon?

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May 19, 2012 3:33 PM

MikeP

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I suspect he was the guy who walked in on Chiaki changing.

May 19, 2012 3:38 PM

Schattentrinker

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Yes he was. Somehow, this voice actor always seems to get this kind of roles. It's very entertaining (and he's one of my favourite seiyuu, too).

May 22, 2012 2:43 PM

lani-anela

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May 24, 2012 10:33 AM

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kekekeKaj

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Voting closed.

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