「HIGHS & LOWS」 I'll say it: I loved this episode. The post Zankyou no Terror – 09 appeared first on Random Curiosity.
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This episode of Zankyou no Terror was pretty much the definition of hauntingly beautiful. Gorgeous shots were littered everywhere, the music was chillingly pretty, and the emotional beats (especially [...]
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So, last week was a framing of the conflict. Conflicts need stakes, something you stand to gain, something you stand to lose. With all the explosions, you’d think it’d be lives, but lives of faceless [...]
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After the explosive events at the airport, Zankyou no Terror takes an episode to set up the endgame for the series finale. To be honest, I was quite glad that the airing schedule of Zankyou no Terror [...]
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A new Zankyou! And it couldn’t come soon enough – with both Barakamon and Zankyou on break, last week was pretty much a barren anime wasteland. I’ve had to sustain myself by actually paying attention [...]
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Absence makes the heart grow fonder, so they say.  Does it work here?Maybe it wasn't the worst time in the world for Zankyou no Terror to go on a break, because my esteem for the show had reached [...]
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Following the Battle of Haneda, Five proves not particularly gracious in defeat, but she’s intent on winning the war, no matter how many rules she has to break or how much blood is spilt. To that end, [...]
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This week’s is an episode of comings and goings. First, their house blows up. Gotta leave. Then, Lisa leaves after Nine tells her everything is her fault. Albeit indirectly, he casts her out and says [...]
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「MY FAIR LADY」 The pieces are coming together for what could be a fabulous finale. The post Zankyou no Terror – 08 appeared first on Random Curiosity.
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I can’t take it anymore. Tagged: Zankyou no Terror
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Last week was rough, no Zankyou no Terror, no Barakamon, but here we go again. Last episode was “Seat of our pants” thriller, with non-stop music that kept things racing, and a sort of “Bizarro-world” [...]
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Hey, look who’s back today! It’s Zankyou no Terror! In case you need a bit of a refresher of what happened last episode (I did), here’s my write-up from two weeks ago. By way of summary: Nine and Five [...]
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Episode 8 will air next week. I know, Lisa, I’m sad too.
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As of now, this is already “Anime of the Decade” material.   Having only experienced the teamwork between “Shinichiro Watanabe” and “Yoko Kanno” in Cowboy Bebop and Macross Plus, I tried to keep my [...]
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Actually, why ARE Nine and Twelve called terrorists in the first place…?! Time was when you needed a cause to become a terrorist. I really don’t have the patience anymore to put up with this series’ [...]
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You know, I meant the title to sound ridiculous, but lately…  Having the police plant bomb themselves is a bit ridiculous. But honestly I think people are more afraid of the police than of terrorists, [...]
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It’s Zankyou no Terror meets Die Hard 2 with chess, electronic warfare and exploding planes. Coming off last week’s setup in the BLANK airport, the mind games between Five and Sphinx kicks off in [...]
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At what point do we judge art by an objective standard, and at what point by that of its creator?There are problems with Zankyou no Terror, don't get me wrong - and I mean general problems, [...]
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In preparation for more English dialogue from Five this week, I decided to come at it from another angle: if English is her character’s second language, then her thick accent is totally acceptable. [...]
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「DEUCE」 If we ever look back and try to look for a point where the views on this show diverged, I'd say this would be it. The post Zankyou no Terror – 07 appeared first on Random [...]
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