Giant Killing - Episode 19 & 20

I was about to write my notes for episode 20 when I realized I hadn't written anything for episode 19. Then I realized I hadn't even watched episode 19. I skipped an entire episode and didn't even notice. *sigh*

Episode 19: They practice, show up for the game. Coaches talk. Weeee.

Episode 20: They start the game and do well for a while, until one of the guys falls for a trick and the other team scores a goal.

Isn't it sad that it only took that much to sum up both episodes?

Giant Killing - Episode 18

They lose a game. Their opponents for their next game just won their last game 8-0. They're a bit afraid of the next game. Wee. I'm bored now.

Giant Killing - Episode 17

Sera episode #3. It was only a minor sprain, but he's out of the game for a week. Sera is all defeated about this, but then he gets a lecture from Sakai. Natsuki gets put in during the next game. I find him rather annoying, but that's beside the point. The other team scores as soon as he is subbed in, but then he scores a goal right away. The game ends in a draw. This makes 3 wins and 2 draws for the last 5 games. Everyone's talking about things going well, but it doesn't look like Tatsumi is satisfied. I hope something interesting happens soon because I'm getting a bit bored with this anime.

Giant Killing - Episode 16

Sera is afraid that his spot in the lineup is in jeopardy. He's made one goal in eight games. He resolves to score, but when he's given the best chance, he injures himself. The whole episode is basically Sera whining. Meh.

Giant Killing - Episode 15

Sera misses a goal in the game at the beginning of the episode. They win anyway, but he's upset since forwards are supposed to score goals. He wants to do backflips after a goal with sparkles around him. ^_^

Natsuki is a forward who had to back out during the last season due to injury. He's very happy to be back and he's very obviously a danger to Sera's spot in the lineup. 

There were a few rather amusing scenes in this episode. Something that impresses me about this series is the level of detail on the wide shots. I wouldn't expect them to spend so much effort worrying about the fans in the stands and such. Sometimes the switch between the incredibly detailed shots and the more plain shots is jarring, though.

Giant Killing

The East Tokyo United football team was a raging success, until the star player, Takeshi Tatsumi, took a job overseas and left. The top players in the club left one after another and, before long, the team was relegated to the 2nd division. With a lot of struggle, ETU managed to make it back into the 1st division, but are in danger of falling back down. Ten years after he left, Tatsumi is brought back to ETU as its coach. He was able to bring a team of amateurs in England to the point where they were winning matches against pros. Can he do the same thing with East Tokyo United?

Okay, enough with the summary. I watched the first episode on a whim. The fansub group I get Kaichou wa Maid-sama from also subs Giant Killing. I saw that it was also on Crunchyroll, so I thought I'd check it out. It's a bit slow sometimes, the art isn't really my style (huge honkers!), and it's about soccer.  Somehow I still like it. ^_^