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Rocket Girls capsule design
As I mentioned before the movable engine going through the heat shield is a huge safety concern. However, there’s plenty of smaller oddities as well. For one thing, pilot position is wrong. Here’s the...
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Danny Choo: Cant remember exactly why I dropped this. I think t’was because it took too long for something to happen. I am linking this for the sheer weirdness of his perception, considering the...
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Farewell, Rocket Girls
The wild ride has ended, but the journey continues. Rocket Girls was an odd duck. As an anime, it fails, in my view. Deforming characters, insufferable 3D inserts, and the overall amateurish and...
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The ANN Encyclopedia entry lists Akane Miura and Motoko Miura. Since Akane and Hideto are the only two members of Miura family who ever get to speak, this certainly jumps out. It looks like an obvious...
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Rocket Girls capture notes
I am getting lazy or else more sophisticated. Instead of penciling notes down, I take screenshots. This is only possible when watching on computer, of course. Next, snapping pictures of TV screen? The...
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Having a robust OMS system is essential to SSAs capsules for a couple of reasons. First, it serves as a reusable upper stage. It’s not just a workaround for the pitiful booster. Having your engine...
View ArticleRocket Girls (at 10)
I’ve got a bunch of notes here. I have screenshots for all of them, but unfortunately, the standard shot size is too big for having lots of them; if I downscale them, captions become unreadable. I’ll...
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Rocket Girls (at 07)
Did I just hear Naoko Yamazaki voicing herself?! This tie-in thing is getting out hand.
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Here’s just a quick note about the poor animation quality. I have screenshots, but it’s a big bother to upload and link them currently, so this is just jotting the material down for future use. Ep.5 –...
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Rocket Girls (at 06)
Rocket Girls is amazing in many ways. For example, many instances of 3D animation are amazingly bad, like the pseudo-Humvee charging through the clip-art jungle. Presently though, I am amazed at the...
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