Victory changes everything.  We spent the last four weeks of the series focusing on the one key game to get ETU on track for success.  They have a little downtime until the next game, but instead of resting on their laurels, everyone is working harder than ever.  The win over Nagoya has renewed a sense [...]
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Over the past three months, I’ve used the start of these episodic plots to talk about various anecdotes in the football world and while they may not have tied entirely into the plot of the episodes, I’ve tried to make them have some relevance. As this week’s episode had all of a minute of actual [...]
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After the drawn-out but ultimately satisfying 2-0 victory against Nagoya Grand Palace (which we get to bathe in a little once again at the start of this episode - I was so caught up in the moment itself I didn't notice how genuine the depiction of the fan's joy was at this narrow victory), it's time to return to Earth with a bump as the next game looms already... at least, it is for the players,
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This is just one of those series that can be awesome, even in episodes without any action. This was all meant to be an intermezzo, but it still was an excellent watch, and really gave some extra depth to the people it featured. Most of all, this episode was about the older fans, trying to [...]
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Well, not really, but I am laughing at how much recap Studio DEEN is starting to squeeze into these episodes. Someone at DEEN has been watching too much Kare Kano and Gundam SEED + Destiny lately. Anyway, ETU’s first win comes to a close, and it turns out to be an enjoyable romp once the [...]
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TSUBAKI*clap*clap*clap*TSUBAKI*clap*clap*clap*TSUBAKI*clap*clap*clap* Well done to Tsubaki, Gino and Kuroda for scoring two goals and holding Nagoya to a 2-0 victory! I must admit that I thought Nagoya would get one goal back, but you’ve got to hand it to Gino for being able to snipe one in from beyond the box in what must have been [...] Related posts:Giant Killing 7 Giant Killing 11 Giant Killing 12
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This is the game that never ends.  Yes it goes on and on my friends!  Some people started playing it not knowing what it was, and they’ll continue playing it forever just because…  What’s that, it ends with this episode?  And they won?  Awesome!  Watching this game was like playing a bad round of 2Fort.  [...]
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Before their fourth round FA Cup replay against Premier League side Wolverhampton Wanderers back in February, Crystal Palace were a side in crisis, and would continue to be a club in crisis to the present time. Administration had meant the sale of one of their young starts, and the 10 point penalty put them in [...]
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Yeah, so the result of the match was predictable. But like always with this series, it’s everything around it that made it memorable. The euphoria, the different reactions of everyone,. That made this really into a colourful episode. It’s really refreshing to see another sports series in which it doesn’t mean the end of the [...]
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So, as the 2010 FIFA World Cup trundles ever onwards; here we have another episode of Giant Killing that I have put off talking about for a week. Well, considering I also put off watching the episode for a week I suppose this World Cup has just been too good; and boy has it been [...] Related posts:Giant Killing 8 Giant Killing 7 Giant Killing 10
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Sometimes it's one of the joys of football to be able to watch a bunch of over-played, under-performing and egotistical players get their comeuppance... but that's enough about England's second round elimination from the World Cup, let's get back to Giant Killing!Despite finally treating us to a goal last episode, the game still wasn't over, so with twenty minutes left we looked likely to be left
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The title has nothing to do with the episode; I am just in an obnoxiously patriotic mood after America’s 1-0 victory against Algeria. Go, America! Also, try not to give me a heart attack before the World Cup’s conclusion. The Lakers already sent me close enough to the edge. Thanks. Have to agree with the [...]
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So, after an awful week that surprisingly didn’t involve any alcohol I am left with an episode of Giant Killing that I haven’t watched yet. I did that on purpose since there’s no point of writing a post for Giant Killing 12 if I have yet to see it. Subsequently there is no point of [...] Related posts:Giant Killing 9 Giant Killing 10 Giant Killing 8
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For the last two weeks, ETU and Nagoya have been competing for supremacy on the field.  This week, they continued their struggle.  Next week, guess what?  Yeah, they will still be playing.  I have a criticism for Giant Killing now, and its all about the pacing.  Condensing all the losses apparently means they feel they [...]
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This episode finally saw a significant breakthrough in the psyche and mentality of the Eastern Tokyo Team. A huge part of the strategy to beat the Brazilian trio and Nagoya lies in the hands of Tsubaki, a player lacking in confidence and one that seems to do little right until this match. I must admit [...]
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Argentina went into the 1990 World Cup as defending champions, but a disappointing group stage saw them barely advance as one of the best 3rd-placed sides. Their 2nd round match against Brazil was about was completely one-sided. Brazil created chance after chance after chance, but Argentina were repeatedly bailed out by a combination of the [...]
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I think that the only criticism I can give on the way that the anime creators adapted this manga (from the perspective of someone who hasn’t read it, of course) is the recap at the start of this episode. They’re getting longer and longer now, and this episode just went a bit too far with [...]
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After having had to sit through England's abysmal performance against Algeria on Friday night, I'm starting to think that the best possible training for the squad might be to sit them down in front of a few episodes of Giant Killing, and this particular instalment should quite possibly top the bill, featuring as it does something that England couldn't achieve during that turgid game - A goal.The
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For the purpose of this discussion I posit that the ‘cult of the underdog’ in contemporary culture is best represented by the David vs. Goliath story. In Biblical Israel, their Philistine enemies were trouncing them in battle due to their super soldier, a literal giant named Goliath. The battle ended with David, then a 12-year [...]
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All across the Aniblogospheriversemension, an amazing thing is happening. Episodic bloggers are making really good posts full of interesting content, sometimes even better than anything they’ve written in the past. And they’re all posts about the soccer anime Giant Killing. I’m not sure why this is happening. Perhaps it’s because Giant Killing is a show [...]
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