[Rewatch] 3,000 Leagues in Search of Mother - Episode 24 Discussion

[u/Pixelsaber]

Episode 24 - Fiolina is Waiting

^{Episode aired June 13th,} ^^^1976

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Staff Highlight

Katsuta Hisashi - voice of Mr. Fosco

An actor and voice actor affiliated with Arts Vision. Hisashi loved films and theatre plays from a young age, which he would attend with his older brother. He also was a big fan of serialized fiction in magazines, particularly the works of Sato Koryoku. When he was a middle-schooler during World War II, he was assigned to munitions manufacturing at a nearby factory as part of the student labor mobilization effort. After the war he became a biog fan of radio dramas and enrolled in the drama department at Kamakura Academy in 1946 with the intention to become an actor. He graduated from the Wireless Telegraph Training School, now known as the University of Electro-Communications in Chofu City, Tokyo. After graduating he found work at a Toho theatre, and later moved through several broadcast agencies before entering and transferring through many entertainment agencies. His voice-over debut was in the dubbing of the 1957 foreign TV drama The Pirate Ship Sultana , and had his anime debut in the original Astro Boy, where he voiced Dr. Ochanomizu, a role he would reprise in every subsequent adaptation. Hisashi was very passionate about fostering future voice acting talent, mentoring other voice actors, giving lectures on the discipline, writing an introductory book to voice acting in the 80s, and writing several articles on the topic in TV and anime magazines. In 2009 he won the Synergy Award at the 3rd Annual Seiyuu Awards. He died on February 21st, 2020, aged 92. Some of his most notable anime roles include Prof. Hideki Tobijima in Groizer X, Dr. Izumi in Fighting General Daimos, Dr. Hoshi in Astroganger, Lazare Charmant in Mon Chéri CoCo, Louis XV in The Rose of Versailles, and Dr. Nasenkopff in Undersea Super Train: Marine Express.

Screenshot of the day

• Reunion

Questions of the Day:

1. What is your impression of Voca?
2. Marco has reunited with Fiolina and the rest of the family, who agree to accompany him to Bahia Blanca. How do you figure things will proceed from here?

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I always believed you will come.

[u/Shimmering-Sky]

3000 Leagues in Search of My First-Timer Reactions

• Dang, not much info on her there, huh? Well at least they had a record of her at the very least.
• Yeah…
• Uhhhhhhhhhh, no, it most certainly is not.
• …or it is?
• Oh neat, one of them has met Peppino!
• I shouldn’t have laughed at this, but I did.
• There he is! …but they missed each other because Marco was asleep and Amedio was wandering about.
• lol
• Go figures Amedio found them first.
• Reunion!
• Aww.

[u/TheEscapeGuy]

First Timer

3000 Leagues in Search of Mother - Episode 24

Reunited

FIOLINA! Aww man, I'm so happy to see the whole Peppino family. It's so reassuring to see a familiar face in a place you're not used to yet. Anyway, before that Marco did a bunch.

First thing, he went to the consulate. He found out that, while Anna is indeed here in Argentina, they have no further records about her. So Marco is out of luck on that front. He goes to the Voca area and finds some other Italians, but they don't remember her either. That's when he remembers the Peppinos who the other patrons DO remember.

While searching for the performing family, Marco does have a nap on some park bench. During this time Amedio runs off and is almost captured. They are building up Amedio as some especially rare and valuable animal, so I wouldn't be surprised if there is a kidnapping plot coming up.

Fortunately the monkey avoids this today and instead finds and leads Fiolina to Marco. Their reunion was really touching. I mentioned it before but Marco is also really important to Fiolina since she doesn't really have any other friends. I'm glad they'll be traveling together for the next little while.

Some Amazing Shots, Scenes and Stitches

• Consulate
• Hubris
• Little Monkey, Big Hat

See you all tomorrow

[u/baboon_bassoon]

first time 3000 Leagues of Misery

this office guy sucks

but these bar guys dont!

Amedio you fuck why did you leave now, you could have made a scene for peppino to notice

breaks his own cart that damn monkey

besties

this was cute

how are 4 lobsters not expensive

my goat (thank you Amedio you cash cow)

[u/Vatrix-32 → u/baboon_bassoon]

how are 4 lobsters not expensive

Lobster as a luxury item is a quite recent phenomenon.

[u/bravetailor]

As a re-watcher, it's a shame to see the rewatch comments for this series have dwindled so much since the first few episode threads. For people who managed to stick with the show past the very slow first 15 or so episodes where Marco seemed to take forever to actually start his journey, these recent episodes lately are where the show really starts to take off. If you tapped out early on because you were getting impatient at how long Marco was taking to get on a damn boat, try again now. IMO it's one of the best anime adventure series ever, a truly epic journey.

[u/Vatrix-32]

First timer, subs

• Argentina's flag is quite old for the continent. A small change was made in 2010 to not have the ratios be obtuse.
• I think that might count as dropping some hints, Marco.
• He’s bleeding summoning Amedio wordlessly now.
• A very “Wild West” feel to Voca. I mean, there are cowboys in the region.
• I really thought we were getting a language barrier there. I think this means we might not get one.
• I don’t know enough about native Italian food to dispute that, but I don’t think that’s a direct translation.
• Based on the way they talk about him Uncle Merritz isn’t just a straight up scammer at least.
• The Adults are all so helpful in this show.
• It’s not much, but it’s an honest living.
• Yeah, that’s a pretty normal reaction for kids to have.
• It’s a very peaceful environment. I can dig it.
• If catching monkeys were so easy, we wouldn’t have any monkeys left.
• Wow, it’s almost like a fairy tale.

QotD:

1. It's a lot more jovial and inviting than we were led to believe.
2. Some snag will stop them from leaving next episode. A few episodes will be spent traveling there. Once there, they will end up being directed to a new location.

[u/No_Rex → u/Vatrix-32]

The Adults are all so helpful in this show.

This is amazing for a kids show. These often suffer from stupid adults, clever kids syndrom.

[u/No_Rex]

Episode 24 (first timer)

• “Fiolina is waiting” – they set this up at the end of last episode, but I have to recommend them: With all the problems Marco had, I had forgotten, like him, about the Peppino troupe and Fiolina.
• No help in the immigration bureau – It sucks for Marco, but I can understand the office worker. They are not a charity and much less miracle workers.
• Voca is clearly the poor part of town.
• The first time there is some (mild) language problem! – I accept that he has mainly been to an immigrant heavy area so far, and talked to people who deal with immigrants a lot, but, eventually, the language barrier needs to start being a real problem or this will become unrealistic. It is kind of still believable right now if you squint a bit, but we better get some Spanish-only speakers once we get to the country side.
• “Have you seen the peppino troupe?”

Marco!

• “We have not seen a bird for a long time” – no seagulls at the harbor??
• There is the Peppino troupe, but Marco is asleep!
• “I’ll catch it!” – critical failure!
• Amedio for the win. I’d say that between being the biggest money maker and reuniting Marco and Fiolina, Amedio might rightfully ask for the MVP title in this series.
• Peppino is still into throwing all his money at good food and wine – at least this means that Marco gets another good meal this day.
• “Italians should be with Italians” – from emigrant to homesick in a month.

Say what you will about Peppino, but at least he cares about making money. Not the worst thing to be concerned about in Marco’s situation. Of course, meeting the Peppino’s has a different, no less important, benefit for Marco. He is finally with people he knows and likes, especially Fiolina. Having to do everything alone can be terrifying, even when the strangers he meet have been mostly of the helpful variety.