While scouting through ANN, I saw this disheartening waste of money:
This year’s Buzzer Beater anime, which will be the second television adaptation of the basketball manga by Takehiko Inoue (Slam Dunk, Vagabond), will begin airing on NTV affiliates in Japan on Tuesday, July 3. Source: TMS Entertainment
WTFWHY??? Here’s our coverage of the original [...]
Category Archives: Buzzer Beater
Misses At the Buzzer
5/23/2007 – 6:07 pm
Buzzer Beater Review
6/11/2005 – 10:16 am
I was surprised that this series got animated, as the manga was just a short, free, online ditty that didn’t have that much of a story (although the ending was surprising). They cut out almost every intriguing alien and plotline, and toned down Hideyoshi’s skill. Although many of the basketball sequences were beautiful, [...]
Buzzer Beater 13 (Final)
6/11/2005 – 10:00 am
The Earth team finally takes a 70-69 lead thanks to DT’s amazing play, but DT is really starting to wear down. He’s tired and dizzy, and gets whistled for two charging fouls and fouls out (the first one was questionable, but on the second one, Rigel jumped into him, wtf). With DT out, [...]
Buzzer Beater 12
6/3/2005 – 9:41 pm
Well, it’s finally time for the game against the Dayfield Sonics, and the Earth team is still undefeated at 4-0. However, the Sonics team has the best defensive player (their center, Kaiser), last year’s rebound king (power forward, Rigel), a captain that makes everyone better (Tachyon), and a good shooter (Spira, played by Tayuya). [...]
Buzzer Beater 11
5/26/2005 – 9:31 pm
Hideyoshi is mad that Julius is so confident in a TV interview, but before the game against the Sonics, he has something he must do. His groupies notice his shoes are getting ratty and advise him to buy new ones before the game, but what Hideyoshi has in mind is a nice flashback on [...]
Buzzer Beater 10
5/3/2005 – 9:40 pm
Most of this episode features the red-headed Goran from last time. Julius (nicknamed “J”) is a rising star, but he’s also quite sensitive. Although Julius did fabulous in last year’s championship run, he made a boneheaded play in the last four seconds that lost them a game against the IBL’s Thunders that would [...]
Buzzer Beater 09
4/15/2005 – 9:13 pm
The scrub team from last episode gets owned, and so they make a big deal of bringing in the real starters. However, it doesn’t make any difference and by the time it’s 86 to 24, the Earth team empties the bench (except for Afro). The game ends with the Earth team winning 132 [...]
Buzzer Beater 08
4/10/2005 – 5:01 pm
After the last win, everyone’s feeling good, and the coach is pretty excited about the addition of Lazuli. From the looks of things, he’ll probably play one of the forward positions, and he’s got a pretty good handle to go with his post moves and medium-range jumper. The only concern is that Lazuli [...]
Buzzer Beater 07
3/30/2005 – 1:01 pm
As the game starts, it becomes clear that the Smoky Queens do more than just play dirty. Their unbeaten streak at home actually has 3 components: referees who have not learned how to operate a whistle, a court that has a deep pit around the edges, and basketballs with different weights. The lack [...]
Buzzer Beater 05-06
3/22/2005 – 10:06 pm
Hideyoshi’s friends are just as annoying as he is, and so they pass the time by stalking Ivan. They’ve never heard Ivan talk, and they discover that Ivan loves bananas, anime, and trading cards. Believing that children should behave like children, and adults should behave like adults, the brats have Hideyoshi confront Ivan… [...]
Buzzer Beater 03-04
3/12/2005 – 5:25 pm
Now that everyone’s assembled, it’s time to have some competitions. The first centers on Cha-Che’s desire to join the team. Even though she is an exceptional shooter, her grampa (Yoshimune) never even considered having her on the team. When Yoshimune says that what they need is open minds and skills, Cha-Che calls [...]
Buzzer Beater 02
2/17/2005 – 11:17 pm
Hideyoshi is on the list of top players that Yoshimune wants on his Earth team, and so Cha-Che and her coach are dispatched to recruit him. The coach wants to test Hideyoshi, but Hideyoshi doesn’t want to go with them and thinks he is above playing a woman. Then Hideyoshi gets completely clowned, [...]
Buzzer Beater 01
2/13/2005 – 5:33 pm
Hideyoshi is a young blue-haired street punk who hustles the basketball courts on Earth. In spite of his extremely chibi-size, he is so fast and skilled that opponents never stand a chance. He can even dunk (Japanese fans must just love short players that can dunk ^^;;). One day he runs into [...]
