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Zhou-BR
Joined: 28 Feb 2008
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 Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2025 3:14 pm |
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| Quote: | | I'm not sure if Masako Nozawa and Barbara Goodson are doing a younger voice for the character in this scene or if they cast new voice actors, but either way, both versions of the character capture how her voice would age over time. |
I don't know about the English dub, but in the Japanese track it was Toa Yukinari who voiced Tetsudome in her younger form.
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tintor2
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| Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2025 4:26 pm |
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At first the training seemed predictable but the second the scene ended, Sanda downright said he doesn't want to use violence on the child. I wondered if he prefers betting on his immortality as Santa Claus instead by receiving headshots instead.
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Gina Szanboti
Joined: 03 Aug 2008
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| Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2025 11:28 pm |
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| Quote: | | I can't jive with this power-up considering how fast and loose the show has played around with its logic previously. |
Did you mean "can jive (jibe) with," or were you using "jive" in the sense of a taunt? It doesn't seem like the latter, since you used "with" instead of "at" after it. If you did mean "can't" then I don't understand how any earlier logical lapses prevent you from being on board with this power-up, unless you are using "jive" in a sense I'm completely unfamiliar with.
| Quote: | | Tetsudome's backstory, revealing that the adult she killed was her sick mother ... Tetsudome's character needs to be fleshed out a bit more before her fight with Santa |
At least here I know you meant Namatame.  And boy is she one creepy kid.
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kgw
Joined: 22 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2025 4:16 am |
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I think it's a shame that this anime is being overlooked*. I didn't pay much attention to the manga when it was released, but I think this anime adaptation is much better than 90% of the anime released this season. It still has many tropes of the usual action series, though: crazy battles and even crazier enemies...
I hope they get a second season
* I blame Amazon. But I don't know if it would it have more followers or views on CR, due to its very inusual nature.
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Greed1914
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| Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2025 2:43 pm |
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| kgw wrote: | | I think it's a shame that this anime is being overlooked*. I didn't pay much attention to the manga when it was released, but I think this anime adaptation is much better than 90% of the anime released this season. It still has many tropes of the usual action series, though: crazy battles and even crazier enemies...
I hope they get a second season
* I blame Amazon. But I don't know if it would it have more followers or views on CR, due to its very inusual nature. |
Yeah, Amazon has a tendency to grab things and then assume the audience will turn up for it. Coming from the author of Beast Stars and being animated by Science Saru coming right off Dan Da Dan are both worth promoting to at least get some initial interest.
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tintor2
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| Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2025 12:35 pm |
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I'm surprised how the romance is portrayed in this series. In contrast to Legoshi and Haru, Sanda and Nico seem to enjoy each other and don't come across as a distant or tabboo. After all the warnings, Sanda finally kissed her and showed not regret at all.
Moving on to the battle, Black Santa seems like a parody of fighting series generally seen in the demography. The dark side Sanda has involves hurting children by giving them big hugs. Even the music used for that scene was making fun of how ridiculous it was.
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tintor2
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| Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2025 7:43 pm |
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Did Tarantino direct this episode?
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tintor2
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| Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2025 6:27 pm |
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I wonder how far can that book Sanda go. The Black Santa state is actually based on a Japanese story about Santa Claus so in potential upcoming seasons, Santa Claus might actually develop powers from different types of stories.
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EmeraldSaucer
Joined: 31 Jan 2025
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| Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2025 7:15 pm |
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Thought this last episode was a good summation for the season as a whole for me: strong character work dragged down by half the episode being taken up by action that doesn't go hard enough on its potential lampooning of shonen battles and so just ends up feeling like an obligation rather than something that meaningfully adds to the whole
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