#seriously though does anyone else hear nautilus???

[hana-the-ghostieee]

what references to previous songs could you find in moonbath -the latest yorushika single?? :O

so far most of it sounds like Kaze wo Hamu, mixed with a bit of Yakou though i think around 2:55 i heard a bit of last few notes from the outro of Nautilus and ofc Telepath's melody from about 3:55 onwards

also kind of unrelated, not sure if the extended tEEEEEEEeeeeeeeEEEEEEEeeeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE is a reference to Miyakoochi's wAAAaaaaAAAAAAaaaaaaaaAAAAAA which might be referencing Haru Dorobou's kUUUUuuuuUUUUuuUUUUUU

i mean just look at it. they're five notes that alter within the same syllable

if i missed some (or if you think i missed some) lemme know!

[crazyd4esq]

So I'm Watching Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water for the First Time

Here are my initial thoughts:

So I'm guessing it's Gainax's thing to have an opening that starts off like Zankoku na tenshi etc. a choir, then become pop.

I WANT THAT BATWING CAR. I don't care that it can't fly and I don't have a driver's license; I want it.

What is that kid's accent??? I mean, most of the time it's French Caricature, but then it's like "nein! German Stereotype!" or "nope! 'Murican English!"

. . . that kid is Uraraki's ancestor, isn't he? Although I suppose that means Yui Ikari and son hail from Atlantis.

YO DAWG WE HEAR YOU LOVE ASUKA AND LIKE CASCA SO WE GOT U AN ASUKA TO CHASE AFTER YOUR CASCASUKA (casuka?)

Having heard 28yo Asuka's voice, I hereby withdraw my complaint about the kid's voice.

[costume rant]

Grandis Granva: because the best member of Team Rocket is Asuka Langley Soryu cosplaying as M. Bison.

Ever get the feeling that Anno is literally everyone wrong and literally everything right with anime?

OMG EP2 AND WE GET AN EVANGELION MOMENT although it had dialogue so it might not count.

That commercial stinger makes me feel very uncomfortable.

I was gonna say something about not being used to a Gainax male lead being competent or likeable . . . and then he did a proto Gendo Pose and my brain shut down for 5 minutes.

Anybody else notice that they did about as good a job keeping Nadia's boob size consistent as they did with Asuka's? I only notice because that jewel makes staring at Nadia's chest a fucking plot point. I'm ticking down the minutes until Nadia says "what are you, stupid?!"

Could I get a spinoff crossover series staring King and Pen-Pen?

FUCKIN' GRANDIS AND SANSON THO and Hanson is aight

OMG HANSON AND SANSON ARE BASICALLY CHAOTIC NEUTRAL BLUES BROTHERS THAT IS SO obviously a coincidence.

I'd groan about the ugly American stereotype, except 1) food, deep sleep, and play are the best, and 2) I have unhinged my jaw and eaten an entire fish whole on more than one occasion. Still though, I felt rather attacked.

Seriously could this blonde freckly dude just start yelling "OH MY GOD," "HOLY SHIIIT," etc. already?

Poor captain snotstache . . .

So . . . there really wasn't any point to that battleship getting fucked up other than Anno having a thing for U.S. battleships getting fucked up. So the same reason we have a 14yo tsundere in an incredibly skimpy outfit that miraculously becomes less skimpy once she's of-age.

Actually, now that I think of it, is there any point to Nadia being an acrobat other than putting her in that outfit?  I mean, does her skill with acrobatics come into play at any point going forward beyond the hyper-skimpy outfit?

. . . and then Grandis makes everything better. GRANDIS IS MY STAND, SIS.

. . . and then Anno reminds us that he can fuck with visual perspective to make a 14yo girl look topless. T_T Although that "we gon die, let's hold hands" thing was pretty legit, and then Nadia stuck the landing. c:

DAMMIT ANNO STOP MAKING A 14 YEAR OLD GIRL LOOK TOPLESS FUCKING HELL

They really made staring at a 14yo girl's chest a plot point, didn't they?

Any excuse to get a 14yo girl naked and wet, huh Anno?

It is fun to see the various proto Gendo Poses on display.

OMG THE NAUTILUS IS A PROTO NERV

OMG IT IS SUCH A PROTO NERV

"That's the name of our ship. Don't tell anyone." A strategy as reliable and ironclad as that lil red eyemask.

And that's the first 4 episodes. I just want to make a formal apology to all my followers for this long-ass post of imperfect sobriety (that's a nice euphemism). I think I'll continue on with this series, all things considered.