Thursday, September 27, 2012

Third Week Trivia


With certain leading members mysteriously absent, the scores are evening out. Furthermore, this week we've started new programming! In the thirty or so minutes before club, we'll be showing the first episode of some show or another from the past couple of seasons in Japan. If you like what you see, it'll all be posted here with the trivia. See more after the break!

Sunday


Don't Worry, I Have THIS!
1 - Gene Starwind, Outlaw Star (Caster)
3 - Lancer, Diarmuid Ua Duibhne, Fate / Zero (Gae Dearg, Gae Buidhe)
5 - Vash the Stampede, Trigun (Angel Arm)

Sooooo What's Your Real Name?
1 - L, Death Note (L Lawliet)
3 - Kuroneko, OreImo (Ruri Gokou)
5 - God, Serial Experiments Lain (Masami Eiri)


It's Not a Gundam!
1 - Titular giant robo, controlled by an amnesiac Batman (Big O)
3 - The name of the first Eva seen in 2.22 (Provisional Unit 05)
5 - Testujin Nijyuuhachi Go, first giant robot anime (Gigantor)



Sunday's random new show was Tsuritama from the Spring 2012 season, which I lovingly refer to as "Fishing Bros," and a certain club member has provided the tag line of "Something Seems Fishy." Click here to watch it for free on Crunchyroll.












Thursday


Oh No, The Fight's Out, I'm Gonna Knock Your Lights Out!
1 - One of the speaking participants of the fight beginning in episode 11 of Baccano! (Claire or Ladd)
3 - The rain coat-clad participant in episode eight's fight, Bakemonogatari (Kanbaru Suruga)
5 - The climactic school top fight at the end of season one of When Thy Cry (Rena Ryuuguu and Keichi Maebara)

So what's your real name?
1 - Nyuu, Elfen Lied (Lucy)
3 - John Smith, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (Kyon)
5 - The Red Comet, Gundam (Char)

A Land of Cloaks and Broomsticks
1 - With a typically witchy appearance, this shape-shifting old woman known only by a title reserved for the managers of brothels lives in a dream-like world providing relaxation to magical patrons. During the move, she Shanghai's the protagonist into losing her identity. (Yubaba, Spirited Away)
3 - This seemingly homeless college graduate lives in a wildly colored world of abstract architecture and emotionally needy girls. We never see him use magic per se but he solves a lot of magical problems. (Meme Oshino)
5 - Though they consider it more of a science, this warring, industrial era is populated by government sanctioned magic users. This person in question comes from a far away place, and uses her alchemy in a way more mysterious to the protagonists, by manipulating transmutation circles from a far. (Mei Chang, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood)

Thursday's random show was Summer 2012's Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita, also known as Humanity Has Declined. Watch it for free here on Crunchyroll.

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