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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Neil.T" data-source="post: 604222" data-attributes="member: 4160">⚠️Long post incoming.⚠️First, back to that Star Driver OP again:It's really interesting that you mention the scrolling direction, João, because I've noticed that in other anime before. Take a look at these three examples:[SPOILER="Kimba the White Lion OP"][MEDIA=youtube]L2cScp6qpT8[/MEDIA][/SPOILER][SPOILER="Nadia ED"][MEDIA=youtube]m2KioJzXkBo[/MEDIA][/SPOILER][SPOILER="Evangelion 3.0 preview"][MEDIA=youtube]5FtVJ3C3GCw[/MEDIA][/SPOILER]Here in the West, we read from left to right, so our perception is that action "progresses" in that direction, too. It's the opposite direction in Japan, and that originates from the direction that scrolls were once unfurled in, versus the reading direction of our books.I'm so glad that Nintendo genius Shigeru Miyamoto chose to go against the grain and make Super Mario Bros. scroll from left to right!Incidentally, as another little bit of trivia, here's something I learnt from watching the director's commentary for episode 5 of Gainax's FLCL. Have a look at these two stills of Masamune's family's truck. (They're the best examples I could find online; you'll have to zoom in on the second one.)[SPOILER]<img src="http://brendysbookreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Screen-Shot-2018-03-01-at-9.58.18-AM.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://brendysbookreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Screen-Shot-2018-03-18-at-5.23.17-PM.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />[/SPOILER]Notice how the phonetic characters appear to be written in the opposite order on either side of the truck? That's because, in decades gone by in Japan, lettering on vehicles was read from the front of the vehicle to the back. (It reads Masamune, incidentally.)<hr />Now back to GL.I meant to ask this about episode 3 before, but...Is that Viral's Gunmen, Enki, then?Episode 4:It certainly didn't end as a laugh. As Wikipedia explains:Takami Akai, an animation producer of the series and a co-founder of Gainax, announced that he would resign his position effective episode five, which aired on April 29, 2007, over comments that he made regarding posts on the Japanese textboard 2channel. Akai and another Gainax employee, Keiko Mimori, made disparaging remarks about comments criticizing the animation style of the fourth episode of Gurren Lagann, which was completely directed by guest and friend Osamu Kobayashi. With regard to reading the fan criticisms, Akai stated that it was "like putting [his] face next to an anus and breathing deeply." Fans later became aware of his comments, and he announced his departure from the company he helped found.[URL unfurl="true"]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurren_Lagann[/URL][In the section "Production", under the sub-heading "Conflicts"]Episode 5:Yep, it's our Jōji Nakata again. Always good to hear him. 👌😌Ouch. 😅As veteran Gurren Lagann viewers likely already know, it's difficult to suggest that Rossiu will gain much in the way of audience popularity. He's a sympathetic character, though, in terms of his role in the story.And lastly, looking ahead to tomorrow's episode:I imagine you probably saw the actual proper episode, dude, rather than tomorrow's watered-down edit. The proper episode is the common one, and the "too hot for TV" edit is the curio.Explanation of its original airing on Japanese TV, from that same Wikipedia article linked above:As a result of the series airing at a child-friendly time slot, the staff members had problems with episode 6. Although that episode had a subplot involving peeking into the women's bath, the television stations believed it was suitable when reading the script. After seeing the finished episode, the station said that it could not be aired, and a revised version of the episode was produced.[Again under "Production", sub-heading "Conflicts"]</blockquote>

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