First rewatch on the new PC, this feels a little bit weird to be typing in this document with such a different keyboard that's for sure, but at least it'll be quieter while watching
OH CGI planes is not a good first impression unfortunately, but does make me feel like I'm about to be watching Macross or something
OH SHIT THAT DUDE GOT SHREDDED. Well that's a great way to set the tone of what's happening
THE CGI smoke is actually pretty well renders though, points for that
Great title music, the somewhat mournful strings bringing peace after the big battle sets the tone flip exellently and gives the audience a great moment to readjust off the back of the cold open
There's a real sense of momentum that is built up through the song that leands itself to the grandness of a war while not detracting from the sadness of what we all just witnessed. It's a plea, not a declaration
That has to be an Oshii basset hound
These character designs are familiar, but why. Ah it's Tetsuya Nishio.
An acknowledgement of the source of the quote about the sun, the glare being opressive, but no deeper engagement about that, a buisness focus, a needed detachment
How he's framed against the windows vs how she is certainly starts out to begin with despite everything
the aniamtion on the newpaper fold is kind of awesome actually
hahahaha, window introduction is best introduction
The most hilarious face to take a screenshot of accidentally
An easy familiarity vs the coldness of Kusanagi reflected in the room they're in
Swapping to ENG for the plane talk is a small blessing when it comes to understanding what's actually going on
The run up to the damn reminds me of the sequel Top Gun film, that damn mountain
It's interesting that this is being approached as not a war, not a conflict, but a mission where the estalished expectation is they would fight but there's no broader tension around the idea. just a clipping
Nice bit of subtle animation on his co-pilot when askig about the former pilot of his plane
"Here or not here" and that's all, there's a question about existence coming up here, what it means to not be witnesses while being a solider in a not-war?
Kildren?
Dont trust people whod on't smoke hahaha
Also the planes belonged to companies, not nations which was an inetresting detail dropped earlier on. No call out for the mission, no alarm or alert, or even visible briefing, just a detachment and nothing else
Launtern Corp is who they were fighting against? Corp not nation?
Judgy mechanic lady is a new favourite
NOOOO WHY DOES HE HAVE TO BE CALLED NAOFUMI, i have issues with that name
Fooco reminds me of soeone who'd come out of MGS honestly
Such an interesting and muted little "outdoor" scene to establish broader context compared to something like Macross Plus or NGE
Fancy ass tattoo on the back, I love it
We still don't know anything ab.... oh he's going to ask, there goes my point that I was about to make
Sweet but weighed down by something, somewhat the opposite of the detacthment of our MC so far
He is a kid, well that's awkward if you don't have any surrounding context for the worldbuilding
She's desperate for him to come again, an intensity that says she needs his promise for her own stability
Oh I thought he was on the other side of that bridge then and was really confused when he drove into the foreground instead of away from it
The commnder still locked away in her closed window room
The main theme again when she comes to the room, Jinroh's room perhaps? Or her own, not sure
Here, and only here, does she open the window to see the plane return, the sound of it frees her for just a moment and nothing else
Same mark on her pin that is on her jacket
Kildren can't become adults? This is giving me Simoun vibes in a way
Hahahah, fucking wussy ass dog
the MC is so hilariously chill about everything that is thrown at him that it's kind of funny
I love his long awkward silences when it comes to people opening up to him
Stuck in the in-between is kind of how I'd describe the tone of this film
Kusanagi shot Jinroh, that I wa snot xpecting, but they keep dolling out this info in such tiny little amounts that it's driving me slightly insane
Tourists for war factories..... ewwwww "cheering for your team"
"fighting for a peaceful word' as part of a game?
AHAHAHHAHAHA THE SMILE
"adjasent theatre" so all of these battles are happening in designated and limited zones
is she angry because she thinks its worthy, or because she thinks he's foddeR? Not sure yet, it's nice
He has no mometum, that's the best way to describe the MC, not even a war identity
He's pushe.... oh that's a bomber that's not good
Anyway, once he's pushed into action with Kusanagi, that's when the "waR" is pushed into action a swell
"careful of what", the idea of someone caring for him, for his role in the combat, is completely foreign
Just put the scooter in the back dude!
I thought they were going for dramatic slow mo then, but no she was actually just rolling to a stop for the landing, that's kind of funny
There's something about them all smoking depsite being perpetually not-adult which is interesting
Once again, the theme plays when she's out of the office, the small thing of freedom she gets, free to speed along the freeway
"the problem with dealing with children" LIKE YOU DIDN"T LITERALLY CREATE THAT ISSUE
"for people who might die tomorrow, do they have any need to grow up" and yet they do not have a childhood
Theme plays at the small moment of normalcy while sharing a dinner in the guest hut
Completely dispassionate offer to sleep together with the jacket removal, not even looking at him
I love the low framing in the cockpit, especialy during manuvers when you are looking up at them and their reflection, the sky starting to storm above the pilot
Absolute resignation to the idea that they aren't allowed to win too often
The concept of being a pilot and being an adult is also completely foreign
OH WOW THAT'S ONE FANCY ASS MUSIC MACHINE
basset hound not realistic enough, has't once tripped over his ears yet
Nice skid mark, so much for her coming back to the base in that wreck
Nooooo don't leave the dog outside
HAHAHAHAHA bouncing on the kid rides emptily, I love it. She doesn't even have a counter
Kannami has such a reputation when we know nothing about him
CAT
The mundaneness of everyone going to the shops and cutting bread while this batle is happening
I haven't given much thought to the old man sitting on the steps "witnessing" the unaging pilots, but probably should have, it's an interesting touch
City skyline looks like a vampire castle hahaha
Always looking out teh window, but this one isn't open
More fantastic music to set the tone and feel of the city compared to what just happened
The emptiness of the city is striking once again, not just as a concept, but they are closed out from it
Even in the bowling ally they are alone, nothing but kids in a purgatory
This dude is more of a kid then those two ever thought of being hahaha
His moment of being a child is the first time other people are allowed to exist with them, the first time they're broken free of their emptiness
Kunnami is the "good hound", Kusanagi is the woman stripped bare
The dolls over the back of her, the historical figures, as if she is the spokesperson for their decisions
"who are we fighting against" with the politicans over the back of her
Where as to him it's just a job for a company
Interesting speech. people need war to understand peace, the same way you need sadness for happiness, and it's only through war they feel alive while the pilots also feel that in the sky
Lipstick only makes he look even morelike a doll than she did before
She really has a thing about killing epople. or being killed as it turns out, that's her escape
hands on the gun while kissing, that struggle for control but also to feel something
oi. Aihara looks a lot like that dude that got shot down
OI THAt'S THE SAME PAPER THING
So they aren't just engineered, they're cloned or replicated to some extent. She was being very lietral when she talks about the idea that nothing will change as long as this war goes on, they even duplicate the pilots who act the same
OH RIGHT. He literally can't rememb..... dude he's Jinroh isn't he (remember where he was stationed)
The sequences showing his lover, his plane, his hanger and dog, his connection with others
That's why she's offering to shoot him, repeating the cycle
I really do love this theme, I may even be in love with it as a musical expression
So that means Kannami and JinRoh is both here and not here, very stuck in the in-between
I like this female ace. Also questioning and fighting, wanting to know, but still a child
revolving door of people sitting at his bunk tonight hahaha
Oh, she doesm't know either, she doesn't have an understanding of her own memories, or own existence
Poor girl really is confronted with the realization she's her own ghost
"hows the coffee" something you use to wake yourself up from a dream, he asked for it hahahaha
Music in this scene after she almost shot her reminds me of Silent Hill in the best way
Genuine human contact is what summons hope back into the music, along with the mourning
"even if the road is the same you discover new things, isn't that enough to live for"
FATHER? what
Oooooh, is that the implication. The teacher left, so they cloned him to not lose his skills? Each side has to have the "Teacher" as the undefeatable enemy for the others to overcome
well that didn't work out for him. fuck. thats brutal for an MC
It doesn't matter that he died, it matters that he chose to do something, anything at all, his choice and his life in doing so for the first time
What a time to bring back the main theme, brings to mind the opening sequence in the.... oh shit that was him in a way wasn't it