R.O.D. TV

Post by **Taurec** » Fri Dec 05, 2003 6:20 pm

And they were punctual ..

#14 The Forest of Paper Leaves,

Alright in this ep Wendy seems to get some air time

This one is very interesting it's giving extra information about Dokusensha, and The British Library.

It uses some footage of the original OVA, and there is a sweet moment where rei errrr J.R. cooks.

All events seem to be linked to the "Great Britain Reconstruction Program"
Apparently GB has fallen on it's ass politically and financially after they tried to repair their political leader Mr. Gentleman.

He had some euh ... Medical troubles, - anyway I'll get to that later.
(now the first 3 mins of this ep it didn't really make sense to me)

Fact is, Mr. G is so bloody important that they had to save him or his knowledge.
So they started a plan called "The Gentleman Resuscication Project"
The idea was nice, transfer his genius mind to another body,
But no normal body could hold his mega brain so they tried to use a abnormal body, yes the I-Jin. (Who ? ... those scary peeps in the OVA) anyway somethings went bugga and they tried plan B.

Using a nice trick called Skin Print, ... you guessed it ... they kinda
made a hardcopy of Mr. G, and divided him in those 7 books everybody is hunting for.

At the same time the Chinese Dokusensha build their mighty empire,
I think they want to get back at the Brits (read some history books to find out why)

Anyway GB is on it's knees, and the Dokusensha kinda likes it that way.
But they want the books and it's info ..... and they want it bad...

Using this knowledge Mr. Joker has signed a deal with the devil ..
But as seen in the previous ep he doublecrossed them.

Well there ya have it.. they still have 12 episodes left. to make a brilliant conclusion ...

Neko · Post by **Neko** » Sat Dec 06, 2003 12:49 am

lol, thank you Taurec for that lovely summary, its good to know I'm on the right track with that episode since it was confusing as hell.

Well at least it shed a lot of light on the whole Dokusensha Vs. Great Britain thing and just what exactly the hell Joker is doing, but geez I miss the paper action.

HELLFIRE · Post by **HELLFIRE** » Sat Dec 06, 2003 4:56 am

Oh GOD!!! So much plot was crammed into this ep, I thought I wouldn't
be able to hold it all. Some of it makes sense, and your summary helped
there Taurec. I may have to catch the OVA to get some background,
but the basic idea around Mr Gentleman sounds like the ULTIMATE library
in a walking, talking form... where'd they get the hint from

LOVED the explanation of the 'paper users,' though I wish they went
more in depth into it; curious if it's a genetic thing or can be trained
-- thinking back to the ep explaining Maggie, Michelle & Anita's
background, how could Anita have these powers, and if she did why
wasn't she 'scouted' for it?

...dark days ahead indeed, now that the background info's been filled in.
You're (GB) on the rise, Dok-whatever's down but not for the count,
Readman may have been located... KEEP IT UP!!

ADDENUM: caught the China v. GB stuff and yeah, there is a LONG history
of animosity between the two powers... interesting they'd use that as
the starting point of the plot. Just my 0.02

Regards

HELLFIRE · Post by **HELLFIRE** » Thu Dec 11, 2003 3:01 am

...seiyuu listing for ROD TV. I recognize Anita's from Last
Exile (Lavi) and Popotan.

...as I wait for ep 15

Regards

Post by **Taurec** » Thu Dec 18, 2003 9:02 pm

i saw that the Raws for 15 and 16 are available for a few days now .... somebody care to translate ??

HELLFIRE · Post by **HELLFIRE** » Fri Dec 19, 2003 3:28 am

...MAYBE we'll get one by this friday?

// crosses fingers

Regards

HELLFIRE · Post by **HELLFIRE** » Sun Dec 21, 2003 3:33 am

AonE put out nr 15 -- nothing amiss with their encode / sub job....
maybe a-s'll grace us with one soon enough?

At the Bottom of a Gloomy Chasm. Nenene and the 3 sisters get
a makeover (because of their actions, they've be declared terrorists).
HK' s been flooded. Nenene's pace has been trashed... whoa, missed
one killer party, dude!! Inside a Dokshenshu Zippo, they find a clue that
Yomiko's still alive, and she's in possession of a book that they're still
searching for. All the bookstores in town are empty... again! Gratituous
FMP! ref: Anita's Halisen attack! The place with the most books in
Japan

A hide-and-seek reunion betweeen Nenene & Yomiko.
"We're still aging"

Anita forms a bond with Yomiko's assistant Nancy *hehehe*

...and Joker jumps into the mix as well...

Interesting times ahead? PLEASE more action!!

Regards

HELLFIRE · Post by **HELLFIRE** » Sun Dec 21, 2003 9:30 pm

AonE #16!!

Farhenheit 451

Deeper meaning here?

The Action:Is Joker supposed to be a good guy or bad guy, or is he just on everyone's bad side by default? He's here to get "The Paper" back to Britain, and the "little Book" she has in her possession. New nickname for Joker? "Baldy" *hehehehe* I dunno, but the alternative looks alot more... So how to break this bad aura? Three Sister's Meeting Time!

"I have Paper!" "I have Water!" "Water Beats Paper!!..." 'less you're Yomiko Readman that is *hehehe* Heavy
Artillery Time!! What kinda funds does Joker have? He BOUGHT the
Japan Diet Library?!?! Well, Gotta hand it to Joker, he knows how to
negotiatite... Till the three sisters fight back!!

It literally is Farenheit 451 in the book district(s).... ouch! BASTARDS!!!
So why didn't Readman contact Nenene? "I didn't want to get you involved."
And is there a connection between Junior & Nancy?

Anita screams as if she's reliving a bad nightmare, and Wendy & Readman
have a face-to-face about "Please atone for your sins, The Paper."

Regards

Post by **Taurec** » Sun Dec 21, 2003 9:58 pm

Deeper meaning !!! does Bradbury's classic ring a bell ..
or if you saw the movie Equilibrium you get the idea...

i'm gonna watch them now ..

HELLFIRE · Post by **HELLFIRE** » Mon Dec 22, 2003 1:55 am

a-s just came out with their 15 and 16!!

...and yeah, I know about the book entitled Farenheit 451, where all
books are banned *ergh!*

Regards

Post by **Taurec** » Mon Dec 22, 2003 11:00 pm

Well Nancy is a "sister" of ms. Deep in the ova, can't tell more without spoiling it.

Jr. could be (is) Nancy's child.... since they know about cloning and accelerated growth. i wouln't be surprised.

up to ep 17..........

Neko · Post by **Neko** » Tue Dec 23, 2003 9:52 pm

Well it took me long enough but I finally got to see the episodes.

First episode reaction: YAY! Yomiko is finally back

Second episode reaction: wtf? What could they possibly achieve by burning all them books?

In reference to Fahrenheit 451, the book is about a future where books are banned and the fire fighters, rather than putting out fires, start them by burning books. The book is mainly about censorship and if I remember correctly, something to do with the evils of television or something. How the hell does that all relate to that episode? Well superficially its obvious enough, deeper meaning? I dunno, Dokusensha does want to control the world and censorship is about control. So maybe that's it right there.

I could go into all the crazy details of that book and make a few more connections but its already past my bed time

HELLFIRE · Post by **HELLFIRE** » Wed Dec 24, 2003 1:29 am

Neko wrote:Second episode reaction: wtf? What could they possibly achieve by burning all them books?

Raise my blood pressure up 600 points, I dunno

Also had some pretty strong resonances with pre-WW2 Nazi Germany,
and the mass-burnings of literary works by Jews, et al. -- ref. Indiana
Jones: Last Crusade

I'd just go stone-cold psycho and start papering everyone
to death... that's just me, of course <-- avid book lover

Neko wrote:Well superficially its obvious enough, deeper meaning? I dunno, Dokusensha does want to control the world and censorship is about control. So maybe that's it right there.

Perhaps... my brain's not up for any deep thinking right now.
Methinks they may answer more later on, I hope...

#14 was good insofar as to explain what's going on, but there's alot
yet that hasn't been explained

Regards

Circle · Post by **Circle** » Thu Dec 25, 2003 1:36 am

Weeee, I've finally caught up watching the episodes now. Yea when Nancy-san talked about her lost son I thought about Junior. It was funny when she stops Junior rather easily and used that stern voice on him, he was stunned for a second

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My cousin has that book, Fahrenheit 451, but I can't remember if I ever finished reading it. I just rememeber about the main character being the "fireman" of the future and burning books... now that I think about it more, I'm remembering more. Stuff about he met a rather cheerful girl but she disappeared and but it seemed like she never existed in the first place, and he decides to hide a book instead of burning it. Hmm, I should get it at the library and read it again.

Neko · Post by **Neko** » Sun Jan 04, 2004 4:40 am

Naw she did exist, she dissapeared because she was hit by a car. She was suppose to represent a bunch of stuff but I can't remember. Anyway what happens is during one of the book raids, rather than burning one of the books, Guy Montag (I think that was his name) keeps one of the book and reads it. I can't remember which one it was though. Anyway what ends up happening is the fire chief (which BTW has got to be one of my favourite villains of all time, that dude was sooo cool) finds out and Guy escapes the city and ends up living with the book people who try to preserve books by memorizing them and thus becoming books themselves, ready for an era when books become legal again. Yup, I wanna read Ray Bradbury's other book though, it was 19 something, some kind of year.