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Karekano is great call! But I almost struggled to keep up with Gunbuster which was only 6 episodes, I'm not 100% sure I could commit to anything much longer with regularity. (Don't mind me though if everyone else can!).

No new scenes as I recall, just jumping from one episode to another. It's not quite as jarring as it sounds, but a lot of scenes lose their impact. Like you read, it does make Noriko seem a little more unstable as a character, as we've not seen half the scenes that got her to where she is. It...

I love the ending of Jin-Roh, imported it ages ago but might double dip as this release looks rather nice and it'd give me an excuse to watch it again.

Demo is great, his review of Alien Nine convinced me to seek it out to watch!

But, but, but you must be watching it wrong! Nah, I kid, I'm totally unable to view the seires objectively anymore. Characters and events probably stuck with me just because how many times I've watched it, now that I think about it. But you're right, it's at least cool to know where a bunch of...

I know exactly what you mean! I get so much out of similar short OVAs like FLCL and the Little Witch Academia short than most one and even two cour series can muster in their runtime. It takes some real skill to achieve, I think it must be something to do with them being more passion than...

And Episode 6. Similar sentiments to @orgun, it's all too wonderful to pass comment on properly. The time dilation stuff hits really hard with Noriko coming to terms with the fact that just about everyone she has ever known will die before her and fears of being forgotten, Jung having to let go...

Episode 5 down Will probably write up more thoughts tomorrow. In short; effects of time skip are made particularly grounding with the late graduation and the re-introduction of Kimiko. Desperation of the people on Earth in the face of space monster annihilation, with Kimiko offering up her...

Episode 4 down. The last 5 or so minutes of this episode are just so good it's difficult to put into words. All of Noriko's experiences culminate into an incredibly well animated high stakes space battle with a soundtrack that's still stuck in my head. There's a cut of a few seconds that I...

Episode 3 down I often forget that it takes half the OVA for its namesake or the enemy to turn up! I also have a bit of trouble getting attached to Smith, considering he's only around for 10 minutes or so (poor guy only gets like 30 seconds in the compilation!). Overall this episode seems to...

I'm glad I'm not the only person who does this.

Time dilation. Episodes are around the 25 min mark, think the final might be 30.

Episode 2 down As others have said time dilation is used to great effect throughout the series, I've not really seen an example done better to more conveniently expedite parts of the plot, like the construction of the Exelion. Jung Freud (unsure why they went for the psychology references!) is...

First episode down. It doesn't matter how many times I watch Gunbuster I never get tired of it, feels like a real passion project and has such a 'can do' attitude towards everything... The intro song is super catchy, and it always amused me how the backing visuals are all just cuts from...

Better move to Texas then so I can save that £2.50, yee-haw!

That before or after tax?

Looks amazing! Hammering F5 on the store now.

Gunbuster is incredible, think I'll join in for this one! It's easy to watch legally I don't know what you're all on about, just spend £99 on the region 0 VHS to DVD transfer. Or like me/Prof Irony fire up your future tech and watch it there. I'm printing out the subtitles to read along using...

I ended up getting the 7" single of this like a hipster. Strongly suggest checking Etsuko Yakushimaru's previous stuff like Radio Onsen Eutopia if you enjoyed this.

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