Pendragon Is Mightier Than The Sworddragon
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 [...]
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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, many of [...]
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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, the team [...]
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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). The [...]
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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 the [...]
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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 have qualified [...]
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