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Allusion point
[edit]The line in question, "In episode six, the very end scene mirrors the last scene of Aim for the Top!, therefore showing that the events of Diebuster take place about twelve thousand years after... or ten years before the end of, the original OVA."
This was changed to say that it literally was the same scene as Aim for the Top, and I reverted this. Reason being that such a claim is confusing and could use further clarification. Are you saying that it is the same footage, frame for frame? If so, it would be preferable to state that explicitly. The other section of that change used an undefined pronoun that was also confusing.
Furthermore, the conclusion that this claim reaches (in either revision) is confusing to anyone not intimately familiar with the plot. First, it is a nonsequitor, just because the scene is the same or is mirror does not mean that it takes place 12k years after or 10 years before etc. It should be explained. Further, is this claim of being one or the other infer a cyclical view of time or something? It should be explained how it could be one or the other or both...and it should be clarified if it means either an "either/or" situation, or a "both at the same time" situation. Thanks -Verdatum (talk) 15:10, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
Minimizing Allusions
[edit]However interesting, the section "Allusions to Other Anime" is essentially a trivia section and should be reduced or removed. Please help me to incorporate this section into the larger article. The allusions to other anime section can stay if we want to write it into an article format instead of a bulleted list, for example, "The combat in the anime was highly influenced by... (list of animes)" Kit.MacAllister 15:02, 12 April 2007 (UTC-7)
FLCL
[edit]I'm torn between my desire to prevent the list of allusions from growing into a mass of indiscriminate unsourced information and an iching desire to further discuss the parallels to FLCL. I won't add of it because I don't have any repudable sources that discuss it any further than I've already included in the article (making it WP:OR), but I have a suspicion that such sources exist. The parallels are so strong that in fan circles, it's sometimes flippantly refered to as "FLCL 2". So if anyone could make mention here if they find any such sources that discuss the topic (say, for example, a translated DVD commentary track or something), I'd happily track it down and add any appropriate facts to the article. -Verdatum (talk) 19:35, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
Nono's Fate
[edit]The article makes multiple references to Nono sacrificing her life in the last episode. This is, in fact, left ambiguous; she warps it away, but it's never said that she dies. I think "fate unknown" would be more appropriate. Midnightbrewer (talk) 04:53, 6 October 2009 (UTC)
Writers/directors & dates
[edit]We need some cites for this data. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0856824/ disagrees with us about who wrote it, and http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=3920&page=25 disagrees with us about the date of the 6th episode. --Gwern (contribs) 17:46 12 January 2010 (GMT)