Category Tiger&Bunny

Jun 24 2011

Viewer stats from Ustream (updated)

As you may know, Tiger&Bunny is broadcast on Ustream in Japan on Saturday nights. (Ustream is also one of the sponsors of the show, their logo is on Sky High’s hero suit.) The broadcast is only viewable within Japan.

Viewer stats for the Tiger&Bunny Ustream channel per episode:

  1. 1,500
  2. 4,000
  3. 8,000
  4. 12,000
  5. 15,000
  6. 20,000
  7. 22,000
  8. 28,000
  9. 33,000
  10. 36,000
  11. 38,000
  12. 45,000 (Ustream crashed after Sky High lost his battle)
  13. 44,000 (30min late)
  14. 50,000
  15. 53,000
  16. 41,000 (one hour late)
  17. 48,000
  18. 50,000 (reports say there were 80,000 accesses, but stream was choppy so many people went to watch it on TV instead)
  19. 46,000
  20. 42,000 (Comiket weekend)
  21. 50,000
  22. 59,000 (30 minutes late)
  23. 60,000
  24. 61,000
  25. 77,000 (Live viewing event 153,000 total views)

Jun 22 2011

Barnaby figure by S.H.Figuarts (Updated)

S.H.Figuarts released photos and information of the completed Barnaby Brooks Jr. figure on the Tamashii website. This prototype is planned also to be on display at the Tamashii Festival, held 16-17 of July.

Barnaby Brooks Jr.
Release: October 2011
Price: 4,725JPY

 

 

Like the Wild Tiger figure, this one has amazing details, too. I’m not a hardcore figure collector myself, but I’d definitely love to get these babies on my shelf. If the speed that Wild Tiger figure sold out already on preorders is of any indication, it’s best to order this as soon as possible if you want to own it.

ETA: A series of SD mini figures are also coming. There’s not much information on them yet on the site, but the release is slated later this year.

Updated 6/24: According to the official Tiger&Bunny Twitter account, shops may start taking preorders for Barnaby figure starting July 1st. The SD figures will also be up for preorder.

Jun 21 2011

Haven’t I seen her before?

We’ve seen most of the episodes several times by now, but I still didn’t notice this girl until she was pointed out to me. She’s been dubbed Scarf-tan, Scarf Girl and Miss Waldo and she’s always where things happen, but is she just a terribly unlucky girl or maybe a Hero TV employee? She’s not the only background character that’s appeared more than once, for example the drunken man at the bar in episode 4 appears again in another episode among the crowd of spectators.

As far as photobombing goes, she’s a lot more inconspicuous than Origami Cyclone in the background. I wasn’t able to spot her in episodes 2, 3, 4, 6 (added in BD) and 23, but she’s been in all the others.

Personally, I think she’s a running gag and a jab at some TV series always using the same extras. Although her design is pretty plain it’s more detailed than most of the background characters we see at the crowd scenes so reusing her is definitely intentional. I will laugh if it turns out that she has an own character page in the upcoming official books. (In fact, I’m secretly hoping for that to happen!) Update: She did get a page in Official Hero Book!

Oh and if you’ve spotted her in the episodes I couldn’t find her in, do drop a comment!
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Jun 20 2011

Episode 12 impressions

12. Take heed of the snake in the grass　「草の中にいる蛇に用心せよ」

Oh boy. Should have seen this come from miles away. Somehow the series managed to lull us into false sense of security by being incredibly fun and entertaining, but things never are that easy when it’s a Sunrise show we’re talking about. After spending a week wringing our hands at what’s going to happen to Ivan, it turns out that he was the least of our worries. Welcome to mid-series crisis.

Since Aki is still in a state of wanting to throw vending machines at people, I guess this post is on me. (Not that I can blame her.)

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Jun 19 2011

New character coming: Kotetsu’s brother

Aki found this article snippet from Great Mechanics DX17 (summer 2011 issue) and translated it. It’s an interview with (most likely) producer Kazuhiko Tamura from Sunrise and it mentions an upcoming addition to the cast, Kotetsu’s older brother.

Well, Kotetsu emigrated [to Sternbild]. Right now, his mother is looking after his daughter, Kaede. But there is one more person watching over them – Kotetsu’s older brother, who’ll appear in the show soon. Kotetsu doesn’t want to reveal his hero identity, but his brother and mother both know about it, the only one in dark is his daughter.

We’ve seen a few mentions that he’s supposed to appear in episode 14 but we can’t confirm that without a source.

(Episode 12 post coming as soon as we can sort our thoughts on it. Geez, Sunrise…)