I saw what you did there, Shaft
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DiGiKerot in
Random Stuff at May 31, 2009 on 7:04 pm
Hey, it’s Motsu!
This weeks Natsu no Arashi makes me wonder if I’ve really been paying enough attention to the show. Yukkuri and minor cameo aside, I thought that Shaft were laying off doing too many of their usual, self-referential, wacky anime-reference hijinks. Then I saw the first five minutes of episode 9…
…with the hastily re-coloured cast of Saki…
… and the cast of Hidamari Sketch (that’ll keep Author happy, at least)…
… and Hinako…
… and the re-coloured cast of K-On (and Pani Ponis Meso-Usa)…
… and some characters from Maria Holic…
… and, most importantly, Yayoi, Miki, Takane and Hibiki from iDOLM@STER (SP).
Plus a few more I didn’t recognise. The Ark clearly has really, really amazing customer turn-over…
-update- Oh, I forgot to mention this one since I didn’t take a screen grab of it, but the 8-bit game that they see in 1985 is also the same game that Asuna buys in Negima!? – or at least they’ve reused the game footage ^^;
2009-05-31
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I didn’t think Hinako was theirs. Has she become a meme? (Wouldn’t be surprising, would it?)
2009-05-31
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Nah, Hinako isn’t theirs (nor is Saki, K-On or iM@S, for that matter), but I think the Hinako thing pretty much is a meme at this point, at least to some degree. Not that Shaft haven’t proven themselves very capable of throwing references to the most obscure things at times…
2009-06-01
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You’ve got sharp eyes to catch the Saki reference, by the way. You’re right about it, no doubt whatever. But it sure doesn’t stand out to the eye on first glance.
2009-06-01
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I find the references to classical moveis more thrilling, e.g. the body swap and Gion no Kyodai. They are so mysterious! I wish someone helped me out with the tank.
2009-06-01
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Youre pretty observant eh?