Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
LE0KING wrote:At first I was like "come on guys you're just reaching" but the cyber planet key sealed it. I went back and looked closer and noticed the cliffjumper headlights in the shoes and the cut in the 8 and am totally on board with this.
For some reason this makes me incredibly happy. I especially love the strafe lapels.
So, while SSSS Gridman is getting a lot of play in the main Transformers forum for its more plentiful and overt references, I'm also geeking out a bit because someone on Trigger's staff might also be a bit of a Blizzard fan.
In this screenshot specifically, we get numerous references to Heroes of the Storm. The most prominent vinyl kaiju figurine seen here is obviously Pajamathur (a "cute" version of Starcraft II's Abathur), the one-eyed creature in multiple iterations. But there's also a Zagara (Starcraft II/Heroes of the Storm, right shelf), a couple of Stitches (Warcraft III/World of Warcraft Abomination zombie), a lone Dehaka peeking into the frame (HotS character design, Starcraft II character), and bits and pieces of various Butcherlisks (Zerg-themed reskin of Diablo III's Butcher demon).
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
This week, there's a Youtube group where all 4 members (along with the group) are named after toy companies that have made Macross toys. And how does this relate to Transformers? They're all Jetfires.
Spoiler
Also, the boys that die in the episode are named after the toy companies that went out of business. That is the nerdiest a dark joke I've ever seen in a TV show.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Thing is, the way the names of Rikka Takarada and the doll you mention are spelled and spoken aren't the same.myanime002 wrote:Don't know whether anybody notice previously, the "SG Megatron" young lady, her name is Rikka Takarada. For the individuals who viewed Toys That Made Us ought to recall: Takara was right off the bat well known for their Rikka-chan doll line.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Emerje wrote:Those were the only references in the episode? I somehow caught all three since they were so obvious. I really thought there would be some other better hidden references like in the other episodes. Rikka's bikini and some of the shorts seemed like they were supposed to be something, but maybe that was just me. Akane does ask Yuta if he's "transforming" in the dub, not sure if that was an intentional reference or not.
Emerje
Not only that, but the person doing the dub voice of the main villain is doing a Tim Curry impression in homage to Curry having been the voice of Kilokahn back in Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad.ZeroWolf wrote:Emerje wrote:Those were the only references in the episode? I somehow caught all three since they were so obvious. I really thought there would be some other better hidden references like in the other episodes. Rikka's bikini and some of the shorts seemed like they were supposed to be something, but maybe that was just me. Akane does ask Yuta if he's "transforming" in the dub, not sure if that was an intentional reference or not.
Emerje
This is being simuldubed? Does that mean funi are handling it?
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Sabrblade wrote:Not only that, but the person doing the dub voice of the main villain is doing a Tim Curry impression in homage to Curry having been the voice of Kilokahn back in Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad.ZeroWolf wrote:Emerje wrote:Those were the only references in the episode? I somehow caught all three since they were so obvious. I really thought there would be some other better hidden references like in the other episodes. Rikka's bikini and some of the shorts seemed like they were supposed to be something, but maybe that was just me. Akane does ask Yuta if he's "transforming" in the dub, not sure if that was an intentional reference or not.
Emerje
This is being simuldubed? Does that mean funi are handling it?
In a country that never even officially got the Shattered Glass toys and fiction (barring one shared exclusive set), no less.D-Maximal_Primal wrote:It warms my heart to see other people who love Shattered Glass like I do, especially ones that make TV shows
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Emerje wrote:Hasbro, and by extension Takara Tomy, retained the rights to Shattered Glass right? Hasbro has released Heatwave and Rodimus Unicronus at retail so they must. Akira Amemiya should pitch a SG series, some animated shorts from Studio Trigger and a line of repaints of recent figures. Think along the lines of what they did with Transformers Go!, but without an excess of unused molds to play with.
Emerje
myanime002 wrote:Don't know whether anybody notice previously, the "SG Megatron" young lady, her name is Rikka Takarada. For the individuals who viewed Toys That Made Us ought to recall: Takara was right off the bat well known for their Rikka-chan doll line.
Except, as I explained before, it's not the same name as the doll.davidpratt wrote:myanime002 wrote:Don't know whether anybody notice previously, the "SG Megatron" young lady, her name is Rikka Takarada. For the individuals who viewed Toys That Made Us ought to recall: Takara was right off the bat well known for their Rikka-chan doll line.
totally agree with you. I read that in other forums as well. Rika was the one helping Yuta with his amnesia too for those of you who don't know
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Mini-series are becoming more in-style over there along with half-year and full-year long series. This series just happened to fall into the mini-series category. But don't worry, there's still plenty of half-year and full-year shows over there too. Those formats probably aren't going away anytime soon.o.supreme wrote:I'm surprised at how short this series was (only 12 episodes). In times past most anime and even live action Toku series run for 26 (half-year) or 52 (a full year), or some number close to that. Is Japan following the North American trend of shortening everything....?
(Except NA is going form 22 minute to single 11 minute episodes, Japan is just significantly shortening their series overall...).
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
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