March 08, 2005
Fantastic Children Episode 15 - Remembrances
Germany, 1970. Gherta's visit to a museum dedicated to Conrad Rontgen affects her profoundly. Years later, she is confronted by Duma, who entrusts her with important research into the Fragments and some kind of machine. Duma himself appears to be acting on behalf of other, more insidious forces. Meanwhile, back in the main plot, Helga remembers lots of things about her past life as Seraphine.
Too...many...plot...threads... the Seraphine flashback was nice, although fairly superfluous, but next episode launches into the Girishia backstory which I REALLY want to see, especially given the Duma section of this episode. What's happened to Cooks and Alice?
One thing about Fantastic Children is beginning to make me laugh inappropriately at this point - since there are so many revelations, you get endless "quivering" shots, where a character just stands there and shakes in shock while gasping like an asthmatic dog. I suppose it's a budget-saving device, but it's getting a little old.
Posted by BluWacky at March 8, 2005 11:08 AM | TrackBackUnfortunately, you haven't seen the last of that. I have to admit to exactly the same problem; I can't help but laugh when they're standing there almost spastically quivering in fear. I guess Nippon Animation isn't exactly very creative in their cost cutting measures?
The Girishia arc is nice, but there's this particular ep that's especially cool, which the director himself storyboarded. It's a refreshing jolt of good stuff from the slowly deproving quality of the eps. Although the last bit dragged a bit...
I'd like to see what you have to say about the relationships in that arc and all later... I personally prefer the Earth trio...
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