Buzzer Beater

It was already the subs turn to play, but when they were showing off their skills, the scene where the first set played were shown. I don’t know if the producers/animators wanted this episode to be over quickly and were recycling scenes, but these are easily noticed if you watch this anime simultaneously. In other things, the red-head Gyoran is really a cutie.

The old man unexpectedly went to a private conference among the intergalatic league team owners. He announced to them the pursuance of the Earth Team to join the league. Some members didn’t approve of this, but the “head” had given the old man a chance being that he helped in starting the league. The Earth Team is to compete against a minor.

The whole “galaxy” seems to have made a big fuss out of Earth Team’s determination in joining the league. They did great in defeating an underground team, but when Tono fought with an intergalactic league player, they seem to be a lot different from them. That alien had incredible speed! And that alien is red-head cutie.

I’m so happy that the match went on only for this episode. XD The Earth Team’s coach made the right decision to leave the youngsters. When the Smokey Queens changed players, the ball also did. It was lighter. DT made Cha-Che have a feel of the ball and Cha-Che knew she could handle the shooting then. They did a wonderful comeback and was able to score a lot of points ahead of Smokey Queens. Since the group won, they decided to take Lazuli (from Smokey Queens) to be part of Earth Team.

Minor complaints about the animation — Lazuli looks like Cha-Che when he was still young. Actually, a lot of the characters look like Cha-Che. XD Even Rose does. (Not that it matters a lot. *lol*) Also, when DT passed the ball to Cha-Che the ball to call for a time-out, the same scene was also on episode 6. I thought there was something wrong with my video player. They used the same scene for two episodes!

The Earth team goes to Smokey Queens’ home. (I wonder what planet it is.) Instead of placing a bet or disbanding the lost team, Lazuli (the human guy in Smokey Queens) chose to get Cha-Che if they lose. This is a tough decision for the owner (also Cha-Che’s grandfater), but this is the starting step for the Earth’s team. Ivan, Cha-Che, Tono, and the afro-guy are currently on bench as inexperienced players should watch the game and their opponents first. Tono wasn’t the least happy about this.



The stadium and the audience are terrifying. The support for the Smokey Queens can get the other team nervous is intimdating. There are no rules in the Underground basketball game. This has totally taken the other players by surprise. Except for Rose, shouldn’t he be aware of this? Why was he calling for a foul?

The two boys wonder who Ivan is really. He barely speaks, a slob, watches anime… He does things uncommon for an “adult.” Tono tells him off, even calling him an old man, but Ivan suddenly says, “Don’t call me old man. I’m only 15.” His size is like that of a gorilla, but he _is_ only 15. Wow. The team was then called for a meeting since Grandpa has decided to get them a match. It was a match against the Smokey Queens (aka Bloody Queens). It was a team in the Underground League. A betting league with NO rules.

When Smokey Queens was first shown I thought how “human” one of them looks like. It’s kind of odd for a human to play alongside with aliens.

The players are all gathered now. Tono just made a shameful and hilarious introduction of himself. I can’t wait to see how he plays seriously. One of the players has the same name as my brother. I must remember to joke him about it.


The last time I saw men wearing cycling shorts/spandex was in Gundam Wing. Actually, that was only Heero. Now I’m seeing them again. But they look like black body painting than clothing. Black body painting on that part of the body is still bad, don’t you think? Anyways, it seems Tono is now the PG. He is better than I thought he was.

The players are all gathered now. Tono just made a shameful and hilarious introduction of himself. I can’t wait to see how he plays seriously. I can’t believe my brother is in here! XDDD J/k! J/k! The best shooter in the team’s name is Maru and so is my brother. Oh, I like the green-spiked hair guy.
The last time I saw men wearing cycling shorts/spandex was in Gundam Wing. Actually, that was only Heero. Now I’m seeing them again. But they look like black body painting than clothing. Haha~

Let’s see how long I will last in watching Buzzer Beater. I’m not a basketball fan, but my brother told me some nice things about this anime. He got to watch an episode in WOWOW. This is the second sports anime I’ve seen. PoT being the first.
Episode 1



Tono and his friends are very poor. They make a living by playing against other basketball players. Tono’s friends praise him, so he shows off some dribbling moves. As he was about to shoot, he sees a girl in a window watching him. He hits his head on the ring, falls, then angrily searches for the girl. A red-head girl with red eyes. There’s also an appearance of another basketball player who resembles Tachibana Kippei (PoT). It’s the hair. >_>

How many members does one basketball team make? (I’m obviously ignorant when it comes to basketball. Would you believe I became the captain ball back in hs w/o knowing anything? *rofl*) I’m worried there would be a lot of characters like in PoT. @__@ I like the opening song’s intro. The song itself is also likeable. Ska-ish. Ska-ish because there are horns playing, but it’s not really ska. Know what I mean? Gyuma’s interesting. He looks like Michael Jordan with horns. You would think they were making fun of Chicago Bulls. ^^v


Episode 2



Tono lost to a female coach. Just like most male kids, their pride gets easily hurt. So he decides not to go with her and play and learn serious basketball. After a few days, he found out from his friends that Gyuma used to be like them. But Gyuma is now a famous and very good basketball player in the Intergalatic League. He finally makes a decision and goes to visit the coach with the owner of the earth’s basketball team.

They should explain how they got to find out about the “Hideyoshi-sama.” He does have a good reputation on basketball, but that’s just around their neighborhood. The red-head girl, Cha-Che, wasn’t very much impressed with his skills. This episode is still so-so. I hope it will get enjoyable soon. If this turns out to be like Dear Boys with only the aliens, then I won’t continue watching. Dear Boys bored me.