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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- That's why I love Mahiro Maeda. A short masterpiece with incredible visuals, direction, music and themes, that just comes together perfectly. With Yuasa's Happy Machine and Watanabe's Baby Blue, it really is a genius party :) |
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 In every age, in every place, the deeds of men remain the same. |
| Mmmmm... I liked this. This is one's all about the music. And it's ending... |
| "Gala" has a nice concept and there's no denying that Maeda directed this short, with his typical drawing style and sense for powerful pictures (though it wasn't as energetic as his Anikuri short). There was also some awesome animation in it (impact in the beginning). |
| Those first few seconds looked amazing. |
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| Wow surprising twist at the end, and the music was grand! |
| I was kinda worried when they all attacked it though then that concert they give it later was wonderful. It is true the sprouting of a tree is magical. |
| Wow, that was amazing. Good visuals and art, unique character designs, great music, very interesting ending. Overflowing with creativity. So far my favorite of the whole collection. |
| I probably regret this post by now. |
| Wow. That looks like one multicultural spirit world out there, my hairs were standing. What a celebration for one tiny life indeed! XD |
| You see there's no need to wonder where your god is, Coz he's right here! ...and he's fresh out of mercy. |
| Sweet. |
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| Oh I wouldn't expect that. The short film was really amazing. It was surely worth watching - the whole world was created so well and the ending made it a masterpiece. |
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| Great and fascinating short about the power of music and sort to seem a giant plant! Great animation combined with wonderful and colorful art! Great first short I've got to say! |
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| This was just an amazing piece of art. The music, the art and the play just came along so nicely. Really enjoyed it |
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| Hah, it was a seed all along. Loved the music. |
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| The ending made it for me! |
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hentai_eucli said: The ending made it for me! Yup, same here. |
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| The visuals and designs did feel like they were from a generic shounen manga. It was an ok story, but nothing special. |
 "Your sight, my delight. Will you marry me?" |
| I felt a Miyazaki influence in this one, though I can't pinpoint exactly what gives me that impression. Great execution of a concept that's somewhat cliche by now, but at least relatively rare in anime. I was pretty skeptical of the work as a whole until the last minute, but I have to grudgingly admit that the final twist was enough to give meaning to the work as whole. It's not where my sentiments lie, but hats off to Mahiro Maeda for expressing himself so well. |
| “Money can't buy dere” |
| A truly beautiful short, very enjoyable art and music. By the way, did anyone get Evangelion vibes from the cicadas sounds in the end? I instantly remembered Evangelion because Maeda was directing the last film (3.0), and Evangelion has quite a lot of these sounds. |
| A little magic happening in a metropolitan area. At first, I had no idea what was going on. I didn't understand why all the villagers were trying to agitate this giant meteor-like object, and the shock at its subsequent destruction caused by its apparent birth was more confusing. I mean, what were you all expecting? Then suddenly, the goal was to calm the object with the power of music, which wasn't as bombastic or symphonic as I was expecting. It was actually rather toned down, despite the size and amount of instruments present. Still, it's interesting to see the mystical interpretation of a plant's germination. Nice animation though. |
| Great start. I really like this one. 7/10 |
| definitely weird and nonsensical but I guess that's part of the point, good ep! they saved the giant seed! which became a tiny sprout. got zelda vibes from the silent elfboy protag |
| I have a third testicle that gives me psychic powers |
| Ah! The Genius Party Beyond! What a ride! The phenomenon of germination is portrayed in such an artistic way! Amazing! |
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