IFC Premiere Talkback - Hell Girl (Spoilers)

SCHEDULE CHANGE: Starting this Tuesday, Feb. 10th, the show moves to 3:00 AM for the next three weeks. It'll move back to 12:30 AM in March. The Friday airings will remain at 11:30 PM.
 
The 1st series is over and Hajime won't go to hell by his daughter. I thought he was but glad he didn't.

So, what's next for IFC anime? They have Witcrabroadlade running now but I'm done watching that series since last year.
 
I might try Witcrabroadlade, if IFC have the guts to keep airing the series.

I just hope there's no fan-service scenes involving Rihoko.

Seeing Tsugumi and Ai naked is bad enough.
 
I can't protest so much since it looks to be temporary. I'd be more upset at how they rescheduled Witcrabroadlade if I didn't get the box set last week.

Trivia note: The character of Inori is Caitlin Glass' first role in the series since the potty-mouthed stuck-up actress back in episode seven. SounRAB as though she's calmed down a bit since then.

Funeral March for a Marionette.

I am literally CHOKING on the irony here.
 
Saw the episodes during the weekend with my dad, unfortunatly, I don't rememeber a lot, so I think I'll comment on them kinda randomly, heh.

Bound Girl:

A woman who kills dogs, jeez, they really want the TV-14 bug off of them...

Green vomit...technically she didn't kill it, but in this series, it's either way, right?

I feel like howling now...

Okay, so since when Tsugumi can imitate 2 people? I thought she could only imitate Ai. What is this, Xavier: Renegade Angel?

Life.. (Life...life...)

Is Tsugumi breaking the fourth wall? Looks like it.

"God, I hate people sometimes."
I think by "people", he means the mean people in this show, except replace "sometimes" with "all the time", so don't overreact...people.

Pinky's a mother, yay!

Pinky's dead, WHY?!

THIS IS THE LCPD! Wait, this isn't Liberty City...well, it feels like it.

She killed her own son, WTF.

Mission accomplished, gentlemen.

WHAT THE HELL?! That's right, Miki, PULL THE DAMN STRING!

I almost had Spirited Away visions, after watching that baby.

I REALLY don't like bittersweet endings here. Well, hope it doesn't happen next time.

I think this episode will make people...go emo.


Bride Doll:

Tell me why, or why not... (Higurashi, first ending song, reference)

She doesn't like being lazy? Wow, she must be a trooper.

How can she gain weight? She doesn't look like she gained any.

That old lady has watched The Punisher a bit too many times...

Once again, how can she gain wieght? PLOT DEVICE.

Uh...she has a laptop? ANOTHER PLOT DEVICE.

Tsugumi also sees self-aware chicken McNuggets.

Tsugumi's breaking the fourth wall again! She's like a Tiny Toons Adventures character now!

"What do you know, I'm just a kid."
And I'm a teen, so now we're even.

Hey lady, if you like saying the word "doll", then you should try listening to the Pussycat Dolls.

Okay, just stop saying "doll".

STOP IT...

Okay, if I hear her say the word doll again...

GRR...

Ooh, cool, she touces the possessed dolls, and she slowly turns into one! Cool.

WHOA! I don't know what Ai said there, but I think I found the best line in the entire series! Do any of you know what she said? Please?

"No, you just have to sit still, just like a doll."
GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!! WHY DID YOU HAVE TO RUIN IT?!

I need a gun. To shoot him. In the head. NOW.
 
Wow, what an amazing twist! Though I guess I should've seen it coming what with Ayaka being the bigger b****. Speaking of which, while I don't mind curses, Funimation was laying them on a little too thick here compared to the other episodes. Even Speed Grapher didn't have all those curses (at least in the subtitles). Maybe they should
change the first "n" in their name to a certain something else...
 
Wow, so some prick shows up and begins to kick Hell Girl buttm but only he didn't? Also, why didn't HG vanished when she realized it was a trapped? I have to say it was rather too easy this time to lured HG out. Although, you would have to find an idiot willingly to make a pact with HG in order for this particular plan to work.

Another question is why were the dolls speaking so secretive in and around HG house? Its as if the old dude don't trust HG "grandma" or is too afraid to piss it off. Maybe a little of both?

This ep has me intrigued as hell about HG. She took a beating in this ep and yet she gets back up, recites her death oath, and doesn't missed a beat as if she a robot or something. She acts likes she under some kind of spell which makes her not questioned anything. Strange, very strange.
 
Little late with this one, just got back from a basketball game.

This week: a shooting star goes supernova on a red dwarf who's a real crab...nebula.

High expectations, low tolerance.

THIS EARLY in the episode? They're sure trying to break formula, I'll give 'em that.

You see?! Ai's steps are TEN TIMES more graceful than yours!!

One scene of torment and already she's out for blood.

The language is strong this week.

No buts. She's good. You suck. She's in. You're out. End of story.

This is really stooping to Midori's level.

Three worRAB: open casting call.

THE EYES OF MIDORI SEE ALL.

Fancy way to tell her she'll never work in this town again.

Is that a wire hanger in your locker?
HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU, NO! MORE! WIRE! HANGERS!!

Seems the revenger has become the revenged...upon.

She's not a lost cause. She curses as often as someone in a Quentin Tarantino movie.

The reviews are in, your play's a flop, and it's time to bring down the curtain.

NICE TWIST this week.

Oh, and the actual plot kicks in next week, so I hear. SounRAB fun.
 
The curse worRAB were a bit much. I can deal with a few but sometimes FUNi over does it. This is one of those times. Anyway a nice twist to the formula.
 
And Caitlin Glass voiced Winry Rockbell with that mouth?

"Ready to confess?"
"Like hell!"
"Ironic, 'cause that's where you'll be going if you don't own up to your actions."
Hey! Don't steal my shtick!

There's an unwritten clause in the Hell Correspondence contract which states, and I quote, "you snooze, you lose."
 
REMINDER: Hell Girl will start at 8:30 pm ET starting tonight. The repeat's at 11:30 pm. And now, the titles in a foreign language, tonight being French.

Jeune Fille De L'Enfer
 
Strange that IFC's Media Project miniseries starts on the same day the journalist joins the Hell Girl cast.

The episode guide was kinda vague on this one, but it think it has something to do with silent frienRABhip this week.

Why is it that pivotal scenes in Japanese television always occur at opposite enRAB of a railroad crossing?

Ladies and gentlemen, your new characters Hajime Shibata and his kid Tsugumi. Let's make them feel welcome.

He doesn't have very many frienRAB, does he?

Not another stalker, I hope.

"I'm the best role model a little girl could ask for."
Your daughter chucking a hard-boiled egg at your head would prove different.

"GBC"? "Good Burger Company"?

Some girl just went past that window. DownwarRAB.

I LIKE this new girl. Going through her dad's browser cache while he's in the shower. Tee hee.

I think you're gonna owe her FIVE trips to a theme park when this is over.

Tell that to seven other girls. Well, six girls and a guy.

That'd be a sight, seeing a guy running through the street shouting HELP! I'M BEING ATTACKED BY A WINDOW DISPLAY!

Going down.

Great. Not only is your friend injured, she's now single again.
 
Apparently, this is what Hell Girl and "Sweet Trap" (aka Episode 9) are in Bulgarian, according to the Google Translator:

дяволите момиче
сладък капан
Hey look, a continuation from the last episode! Hajime becomes more and more obsessed over what he saw last episode. Meanwhile, Yuka and her sister Hiromi's dream of opening a bakery together is ruined by someone from the past.
 
On the good ship Hell Girl this week, it's a sweet trip to a candy shop where aspiring bakers play on the gloomy beach of Damnation Bay.

Hey! An episode which connects with the last episode!

Suddenly I crave cake.

This is too normal. When does it all hit the fan?

Whoa. The cake really is a lie.

"Fonathan's"?

There's those namedroppers again. Does Ai pay them to promote the site?

When it's all goose eggs in military time, someone's about to get scrarabled.

If I knew you were coming, I'd have baked a cake.

She just goes straight to the Hell Correspondence that quickly? Shouldn't she (we) get more information on this first?

You will never know the joys of heaven blah blah blah.

Well, Yuka, some people are just...bastarRAB.

Okay. That's enough info. Take him out!

Closes your bakery, and then calls you and your sister a pair of sluts. PULL THAT STRING!

Gordon Ramsay's got nothing on THIS kitchen nightmare.

So much for having your cake and eating it too.

Ah, sweet revenge. Or just desserts. Whichever you like.

Okay, no more puns.
 
Wow, Hell Girl just pulled a Hansel and Gretel (or, make that the witch from Hansel and Gretel). Talk about a real gingerbread man--and just in time for the holidays!
 
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