Martian Successor Nadesico DVD 3: Unnatural Disasters
EP-10: The Dangers of ‘Femininity’ A new type Chulip lands on a tropical island which means beach episode! Battle with the Jovians jiro-bug and harem battle ensues with the blonde mistress of the island.
LOL at ‘my misfortune is that I have only known happiness’. ‘I have always wanted to be a tragic heroine’ FTW. And the swimsuit fanservice wasn’t very fanservicey – by today’s standards or even compared to back then in the ancient times? Or have I just been spoiled by memories of SHUFFLE?
EP-11: Finding Yourself in a ‘Routine Plot’ New Chulip, new artillery type weapon in the Kursk industrial area. Nadesico’s long range attack goes awry, surprise surprise; switching tack to a ground assault by the Aestis who are faced by that old 20th C favourite, the tank. Akito learns the value of comradeship.
Though he doesn’t seem to have fully absorbed the discipline required to be a good pilot. Gah, I really hate those supokon types that just get by with guts and passion – go and get killed on your own already and don’t drag down the rest of the team! Akito (eats the curry from Ryoko): ‘This is delicious!’ Ryoko: ‘Of course, you cooked it, you dummy!’ LOL
EP-12: Those ‘Unforgettable Days’ Friendly fire against the UEAF by Nadescio and its Aestis is traced to the ship’s computer Omoikane. Akito and gang battle to save the ship’s consciousness through an extremely cute graphical-VR interface.
Lovely Ruri-centred episode, the second of three in the series. She gets such good lines, like the opening when she described how the Jovians targeted the Nadesico in battle like they were responsible for murdering the Jovians’ parents and her wake up your idea line to Akito about self and belonging.
EP-13: There is No Single ‘Truth’ Erina Won tries to recruit Akito for Nergal’s organic boson jump experiments after he is dismissed from the now-militarised Nadesico. After turning his back on her and Inez, he returns to use Chulip Crystals to save his friends from the enemy… whose mecha has a cockpit filled with Gekiganger merchandise.
EP-14: Let’s Go with ‘Hot-Blooded Anime” A recap episode running thematically rather than strictly chronologically. And featuring the Gekiganger gang watching Nadesico as an anime.
Ah, reminded of Naze Nani Nadesico (The Why and What of Nadesico) and how we’ve seen homages to it in Naze Nani Mai HiME or whenever any anime has an explanation interlude.
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Aaaah, Nadesico :) … makes me feel all nostalgic!
You’re soon to enter the twilight zone part of the show, when things zig and zag very violently. I’m curious what you’ll think once you reach it!
i remember watching Ep10 in anime club at school. People were rolling on the floor, gasping for breath form laughing too hard.
The most fun thing in ep 11 is Yurika and the rest of the bridge crew cosplaying wearing military uniforms, and Yurika saluting everything in sight.
In ep 12 the coolest thing is chibi-Ruri sitting on Akito’s shoulder and giving him directions. That image of chibi-Ruri returns later in the series, by the way.
The way the series zigs and zags really confused me the first time I watched it. It was only later that I realized that this show is in part a satire of the mecha genre, and part of the reason why the story line zigs and zags is that they’re trying to arrange different kinds of situations for referential humor. Since at the time I didn’t know a lot about the history of anime I didn’t get most of the references, so it came off as confusing to me.
…with all due respect, since you’re giving away everything here, shouldn’t you be tagging these posts as spoilers? Especially when you watch the next DVD; you’re about to learn, and presumably write about here, the single biggest spoiler of the series.
Mentar, I remember having a similar impression from the first time round when I marathoned it. Now I’m taking my time (and watching it for the second time), might have a different appreciation…
Xellos-_^, after Ep 10, one never does see tragic heroines in quite the same light ever again. -_-;;
Steven, I still don’t get quite a few of the mecha references, mainly because my mecha knowledge is still pretty weak but what I do get has been hilarous.
re: spoilers, you have a good point – while my policy is discuss them quite freely, especially for series where the statute of limitations has long expired, I’m considering being just a bit ambiguous about the biggest spoiler of this series. ;)