Category Speculation

Jul 17 2011

Episode 16 or the higher they are the harder they fall

Before I say anything else about this episode, I just wanted to say that Keiichi Sato (director) and Masafumi Nishida (screenwriter) are amazing. The characterization, relationships and the issues Tiger & Bunny tackles and the way it is done are just incredible. We can’t remember seeing anything like this in an anime before and not even many live action dramas go this deep. The more we get into the characters and their motives the more our mind is blown. If anyone can pull this series through to a good ending, it’s these guys. And they’re turning Tiger & Bunny into a masterpiece. You have our trust, keep on rocking.

I made a separate speculah post last week, but it’s not gonna work this time. There’s simply too much stuff packed into this episode, not to mention dropping the bomb on Lunatic’s backstory.

16. Truth lies at the bottom of a well.
-真実は井戸の底にある-

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Jul 16 2011

Age guessing (Updated with some confirmed ages)

NOTE: These are our guesses unless marked otherwise. Only Barnaby and Kaede have officially confirmed ages within the series.

Kotetsu: 34-36
We know his age is closest to Sky High’s VA Go Inoue’s, who is 33. Barnaby’s VA Masakazu Morita comments that he’s not that far off Kotetsu’s age himself (he’s 39), so I doubt Kotetsu would be younger than Inoue.

Barnaby: 24-25
Barnaby is confirmed 24 on 1st cour, 25 on 2nd. His birth date is NC 1953/10/31.

Antonio: 33-35
Antonio’s slightly younger than Kotetsu.

Keith: 27-29
We could be really off with this, but Keith seems older than Barnaby judging from his appearance. Definitely not over 30, though. (Insert mental images of 30 year-old virgin.)

Nathan: 30ish (?)
Nathan’s definitely not younger than Barnaby, but not as old as Kotetsu. We’re having really hard time guessing her age.

Ivan: 18-19
Seems to be confirmed to 18 on 1st cour, 19 on 2nd in some early production notes, which haven’t been included in the official books.

Karina: 16-17
Confirmed 16 on 1st cour, 17 on 2nd. The production notes with her age haven’t been included in any of the official books.

Pao-Lin: 13-14
Confirmed 13 on 1st cour, 14 on 2nd. The production notes with her age haven’t been included in any of the official books.

Yuri: 30-32
Yuri looks about 14-16 in episode 16. We don’t know how far in the past that flashback is, but it’s not further than 15 years.

Kaede: 9-10
The second character whose age we know for sure. She’s confirmed 9 years old on 1st cour, 10 on 2nd.