As I write this post, I bring sad news: Kaza is unfortunately not part of Team Zero anymore.  The details are slightly more complicated, but he has personal reasons for leaving.  I myself, and the rest of Team Zero, wish him the best of luck and hope to hear him in the near future.  That [...]
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Dari: Yet another  late episode… once again, sorry… not much happened this episode, so this will be a short post. Dari: It’s a hiking trip out through the countryside to the wasteland. We learn about an advanced detection system and the wasteland that marks the edge of … . apart from that, not much else happened [...]
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Spending that first paycheck well doesn’t happen as often as it should…at least Kanata did not waste it on a first payment for a car she could not afford. Funny how they decided to have a small part on pay problems on the same week I had to help process travel claims. While the 1121st being [...]
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Well, this gets more interesting… Well, the first part was funny… While Kanata took a break, the rest of the crew tried to do a deal with some guys with Kureha, Noel and Rio in a suit paired with fedoras and obviously, Felicia dressed as a classy lady. They done a diversion and faking the shooting [...]
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I can’t help but think that every time I watch an episode of Sora no Woto, not hetalia as in that Hetalia, but as in the useless Italian Army of WW2. It seems like a portion of the aniblogosphere is bent on heaving praises to the subtle hints of this post-apocalyptic world being dropped left [...]
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       Well, this episode starts out on a bright and sunny morning with Kanata getting ready to head out to town, it’s her first payday and she wants to buy a present to send home to her mother. Kanata is surprised to learn that she’s getting paid in real money, not scrip, to which, Kureha [...]
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Last week on Sora no Woto, we had a look into the areas surrounding the town of Seize.  The lush plains made a stark contrast with the destructive landscape of No Man’s Land.  This week pleasantly surprised me in its plot devices and development, and I would say that thus far it is the best [...]
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Episode six introduces a wonderful, wonderful day in Kanata's working life, and one that I'm sure a lot of us remember ourselves - The first pay day. Ahh, the beauty of opening that envelope and finding the reward inside, your mind racing with just how to spend all that beautiful moolah...Anyhow, in her excitement (and naivety no doubt) Kanata never stops to ask just how come she's been paid on
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I wish I can show you pictures, because then I wouldn’t have to try to explain it with only words. Then again it might be easier to just be vague and simple. It’s the strongest! It occurred to me when Ben over at Anipages mentioned SoraOto, and how the character animation and art “get in the [...]
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I heard that Seize, the town from Sora no Woto, was based on a real historical town in Spain called Cuenca, so I decided to look it up. Really, there is a city called Cuenca in Spain and it looks, or rather Seize looks exactly the same.Cuenca is a city with population of 58,000. It was founded by Arabs after they seized the land in 714. The town was under Arab rule until 1177 when it was conquered by Christians after a long period of siege. Cuenca was prospering since then, mainly thanks to textile manufacturing and livestock exploitation. In 18th century, Cuenca fell into economic recession because the town was forbidden to continue the textile manufacturing. It was an order from the king Carlos IV, who wanted to put an end to the city's successes as it strongly competed with the Royal Tapestry Factory. As a result, the city lost a lot of its inhabitants; in addition, it was massively damaged by Napoleon's troops. Only the introduction of timber industry was able to boost the economic state of the town, as well as raise the population - to 10,000 inhabitants. In 1874, during the Third Carlist War, Cuenca suffered great damage again. The beginning of 20th century was marked by poverty in rural areas of Spain, including Cuenca. Desperate and tumultuous people went as far as to discharge their fury at the Church and annihilated many monks, nuns, and clergymen. After WWII, Cuenca fell into extreme poverty and many people migrated to more prosperous regions of Spain or even to foreign countries. The city began to recover in 1960's and has been financially growing since then, particularly thanks to its touristic value. In 1996, Cuenca was registered to the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites.Now, it's time for comparison between reality and anime.Well, Cuenca has been added to the list of Otaku Holy Lands thanks to Sora no Woto. You can set out on an anime pilgrimage if you live in or visit Spain. You can experience the thrill of following the "steps" of your favorite characters without traveling to Japan.
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Good episode, plot and character wise. We get to see the tank in action (even if it was just a training session), and the “No man’s land”, which mainly consisted of a vast desert and what looks like the remainings of a city and some war machines. We still don’t know what exactly happened, but [...]
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If you thought this was silly, you haven’t seen 200 guys running around the woods shouting “SHOT, SHOT, SHOT, BURRRRRSSST!“. Jinx The [...]
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I’m not an admirer of the moé aesthetic, so my initial response to Sora no Woto was one of indifference; just more moé, I thought; not interested. That’s always my default reaction to a series like this, but the thing is, life’s not that simple. Genre is a superficial excuse; no single story is the same [...]
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Now they go on a torture field trip on a hot and steamy summer day. The field trip involves one carrying a very heavy bag along. Kanata, Kureha and Noel checking on three devices that protect the towns along with it, with these heavy bags that is nearly impossible to carry without wearing yourselves out. Kanata, [...]
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Dang they got holoscreens on every station, I also like how they placed the commander right be hind the driver. I have to hand it to this series it reminds me of tactics that drill instructors have used on recruits as well as offering some nefarious ideas of their own or simply ones I have yet [...]
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Today I'm going out to do errands with Noel-chan. I must have been acting pretty uptight before I left, since Rio-sempai tricked me into thinking I'd need a handgun! I guess it was just the thrill of finally being on some kind of mission, ehehe.
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       This episode begins with Filicia running the squad through a combat simulation using tanks simulation mode. After destroying a simulated target, Claus shows up bringing the squad some letters and communications from higher.  Kanata gets a letter from her mother, and Noel gets a letter from her professor.        A bit later, Rio gives Kureha [...]
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Dari: Sorry for being late again, I had little time to work on this over the last week, due to lab reports, and a ski trip, and so episode 5 will also be a little while in the making ,but should be out before episode 6, but then, I believe, I have another Lab report [...]
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Editor’s note: This episode canonized the spellings Filicia and Noël.  Previous posts will reflect the change. Last week on Sora no Woto, we got acquainted with Noël a bit better.  In addition, the town and it’s people received a bit of expansion.  We saw that not everyone is happy that the military is in town, and [...]
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Not to worry, it was just a training exercise! Or was it? The beginning of Sora no Woto’s fifth episode left me wondering even more about what the series was going to contain for us viewers. The first indication that the series may contain more than it seemed was the ghost in episode three, which I didn’t notice [...] No related posts.
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