√ Eizouken ni wa Te wo Dasu na! Episode 5 Review

Alternative Title: Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!

Episode Title: An Iron Giant Appears!

Review Status: Finished

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「 A quote from this episode 」

"The things you experience personally lead to originality."

「 The Review 」

Synopsis

The Film Club has been hired by the Robot Club to create a film about their mecha Talos.

Story

I like the fact that they tackled about location scouting because it's one of the most important things in creating a high-quality show.

The more the production team knows about the actual setting, the more realistic it will be. Even more, it will be relatable to those who were familiar with the area the setting was based on.

Characters

There was nothing unusual amongst our trio, but if I get to choose who stole the spotlight from them, it's the president of the Robot Club.

His passion for piloting a mecha as a robot enthusiast was so intense, even our main characters were moved by it.

Well, except for Kanamori.

To quote our financial manager: "I have huge problems with people who solve problems with emotional appeals."

And this is just a tiny rant, but I hope they show more characters related to our protagonists. So far they have only shown us a glimpse of Asakusa's mother and brother, and for the other two... none so far.

Writing / Storyboarding

I really liked the storyboard in the beginning, when Midori stumbled and her head was stuck in a wood, then was dragged by Tsubame. Followed by the slow motion of the two trying to get away, but Midori tripped on the chord, and the plug hit Mizusaki's forehead. Lastly, Asakusa accidentally being hit by bottled water on her head. That was ridiculously funny.

And I think so far this episode had the most number of trivia, from the origin of robots, animals like Asian bombardier beetle and pistol shrimps, up to the phenomenon called sonoluminescence. I did research all of them, and everything was a fact. Kudos to the writers for yet another educational episode.

Artwork / Animation

The Crabtle monster was in a way unique, and interesting, and for the upgrade they did on the robot, I'd say they did what they could do to satisfy both parties. (Meaning for me it wasn't great, but it's not bad either.)

Music / Sound

There was no standout from the music that was used in this episode, but the sound effects were again on point.

PS: Here's the trailer for the mentioned animated classic film, The King and The Mockingbird:

「 Episode Rating 」

An otaku since the mid-90's. I consider Evangelion as the most influential anime. My favorite classic films are Laputa: Castle in the Sky and Spirited Away.