Summary: In order to get to the moon, Dan and company have arrived in Flora's kingdom of Skybloom where there is a giant Moon Cannon.
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At long last we reach the finals of the OCB Championship with a chance to travel to the Moon at stake, but despite this all of Team Basquash's members seem somewhat preoccupied, with Sela, Iceman and Dan all finding their minds wandering elsewhere.However, all of that is (to some extent) forgotten once the action and the much-anticipated final against King of Kings tips off, giving us rare chance
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Okay, so while this episode itself wasn’t that special, and just another basketball match, it did pique my interest again. This series was really into a bit of a mid-season lull for the past few episodes, with the plot really at a standstill because of that tournament, but this episode showed hints that this series [...]
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Summary: After a nightmare about a sword being swung at him, Iceman wakes up screaming on the morning of the championship game.
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With Team Basquash through to the semi-finals, it's probably no surprise to see them drawn against Eclipse in the next round of the OCB qualifiers - Although you have to wonder if Turbine City is going to hold up long enough to actually host all of the remaining games before being reduced to rubble...However, it isn't really the city or its inhabitants that interest this episode (aside from a
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Summary: Team Basquash is up against Eclipse in the semi-final round of the championship, and the night before the game, Sela is once again out on her own.
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Nice. After the previous episode, I was expecting another rather silly episode, but this installment instead took itself entirely serious. Instead of going for the usual fun basketball matches that this series became known for, instead the focus fell to Dan and Rouge, and the romance between them. As it turns out, the idols had [...]
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Kaitlyn: I’m here with my third post!! And this time, it’s a Basquash post! Everyone knows I watch a lot of sports anime, and Basquash is no exception! So, I decided to take over tonight for Garrick, and try and blog this! Sorry if I do really bad. Kaitlyn: So, Team Basquash has been choesn to [...]
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Summary: One of the teams that Dan and company have to face in the championship consists of triplets who specialize in magic tricks.
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After all the build up in the last episode, this twelfth instalment of Basquash! brings us to the beginning of the Open City Basketball tournament... Not that there's much point referring to it by its official name, as everyone has taken to calling it Basquash anyway.This particular episode is actually split into two sub-episodes, for no reason other than to be cool and different I suppose.
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Ah, okay. Sorry for the little misunderstanding after the previous episode. According to this link here at MyAnimeList, it seems that the director changed after episode 9, while the chief animation director got replaced at the end of may, so probably around episode 17 or 18. Last episode simply seemed to have been the victim [...]
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Summary: Dan and company have been gaining in popularity as they win more matches, and it has gotten to the point where James invites them to the OCB championship in Turbine City.
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It's probably a little early to start discussing what impact the change in director and the reshuffling and replacement of various other staff members on the Basquash! project will have, but one thing is for sure - There were some occasionally disastrous lapses in animation quality here that were truly jarring against the normally superlative inducing quality we've come to expect from this
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It appears as things are not going so well in the land of the Basquash. The director of the series, Shin Itagaki, will be replaced  (aka. fired), along with the chief animator Katsuzo Hirata, as well as others on the staff. Anime Vice’s intern Eric translated a 2ch post about a message Katsuzo Hirata left on his personal message board on Wednesday that describes this hectic scene. "Apologies for the late reply! *bows*(Comment: Via the smattering of pictures I feel like I’ve had a glimpse of the real trouble at Basquash. Hirata-san paints a picture that heightens the tension)Number 9 has been totally exhausting. The production period from beginning to end was only 11 days (whew!), the shortest schedule of Basquash so far. It isn’t likely that there’ll be another schedule as short as this, but after episode 9 there’s another looming problem.I think they’ll make an announcement soon enough, but they’re hurriedly doing some so-called “shoring-up” and it looks like Director Itagaki is out of a job and they’re suddenly putting in a new substitute.Also, there’s been an accompanying staff reorganization, and it appears that I will also be discharged after May. Reorganizing the staff of a show that’s currently being broadcast is highly unusual, and I’m very surprised by the whole affair. Anyway, please see the upcoming official announcement for more details. *bows*(Comment: I’m waiting for the day when we can consistently see the quality that’s Hi-rata’s trademark.)So I’m sorry, but I wonder if the fans could wait for my next production...I want to wait for a chance to make something on perhaps a more relaxed schedule.  Anyway, my apologies for such a serious story *sweat drop*"So, that leads us to why he was fired in the first place. I can admit the pacing is kind of weird in the anime, but it isn’t a deal breaker for me. Other than that I’m enjoying it, and loving the mix between mecha, basketball, and giant breasts. Perhaps it has something to do with the giant corporate sponsor Nike pulling the strings? I don’t know, but I hope it doesn’t mess with the show.<object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1h-4mNlxB9w&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1h-4mNlxB9w&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></param></object>
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Well, you can really see that the animation director has changed, because the animation really is abysmal. Seriously, this episode was full of horribly distorted faces and rushed drawings. I think there were only two or three shots where you could see that time was spent on making them look good. The animation was very [...]
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Summary: While training up her basketball game one day, Rouge gets light-headed and is caught by Slash.
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Garrick: Alright, I’m here with another of Basquash’s episodes, and… from what it looks like, the story has passed from the “creation”, per say, of the team, and more into its matches, and how exactly our new “antagonist” is going to change their lives and careers. And with these episodes coinciding with the NBA finals, [...]
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After the relative success of their game against the idols of Eclipse, Dan finds himself to be reported as a man in decline, suffering a slump in form on account of his personal issues. I'm sure it goes without saying that all of those issues spring forth from Coco's accident, no matter how long gone and in the past that may be...These issues are thrust well and truly into the spotlight on two
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Very, very solid episode. My favourite part of this show has always been the Dan vs. Coco storyline, and this episode was entirely about that. On top of that, the romance between Dan and Rouge remains surprisingly enjoyable because of this. This episode was all about Dan, seeing Coco’s image in Rouge (probably because Rouge [...]
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