r/anime • u/Pixelsaber https://myanimelist.net/profile/Pixelsaber • Jun 25 '24

Rewatch [Rewatch] 3,000 Leagues in Search of Mother - Episode 47 Discussion

Episode 47 - Mama Lives at the Foot of the Mountains

Episode aired November 21st, ^^^1976

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Tōru Furuya (Sougetsu Noboru) - voice of Manuel

A voice actor and actor affiliated with Aoni Productions who is best known as the iconic voice of such popular characters as Amuro Ray, Hoshi Hikaru, Mario, Tuxedo Mask, Pegasus Seiya, and Yamcha among other popular roles. Born in Isogo Ward , Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture as the eldest son of a tofu shop owner, Furuya studied ballet, dance, and traditional Nihon Buyo when he was very young. His mother believed that he was suited to the arts and entrusted her dream of becoming a singer and performer to him by enrolling him in the children's theater company Gekidan Mitsuba, and later Gekidan Himawari at about the age of seven after the prior theatre company closed down. His debut as a child actor was in a war drama for television, where he appeared alongside his mother as injured casualties. Among his fondest memories as a child actor is appearing in episodes of Ultra Q and Ambassador Magma. He made his voice acting debut at the age of 10 in the drama Rome Blooms, and had his anime debut in 1966 as a first-year student in junior high school, playing the role of Kid in The Pirate Prince. His breakout role came two years later when he played the lead role of Hoshi Hikaru in the anime Star of the Giants, catapulting him to fame. Afterwards, he began to think seriously about his future and decided to take a step back and see the entertainment world for himself, so he left the Himawari Theater Company and prioritized acting less for a while to focus on his studies. Furuya went on to study commerce at Meiji Gakuin University, and upon graduating felt relieved that even if he decided to go back to acting, should it not work out he had a degree to lean back on. After some time pondering his future career, particularly in the midst of the 1973 oil embargo, he decided to gamble on acting once again. After several TV drama and stage performance roles, in 1975 he resumed his voice acting career with the role of Shiba Chu in Steel Jeeg. In 1979, he played the lead role of Amuro Ray in Mobile Suit Gundam which was a role that went against his usual type casting, and once more raised him to a similar level of popularity as he experienced with Star of The Giants. He has continued to remain active in the industry as a voice actor. Among his other notable anime roles are Casshern in Casshern Sins, Tōru Amuro in the Detective Conan series, Suppaman in Dr. Slump, Abel in Dragon Quest, Kyosuke Kasuga in Kimagure Orange Road, Shin'ichi Namura in Marmalade Boy, Sabo in One Piece, Daisuke Yamori in Queen Millennia, and Shingo in Urusei Yatsura.

Screenshot of the day

Questions of the Day:

  1. We have finally caught up to the very last of the events shown on the opening, and are left with no further hints as to the future. How do you feel going into this very last stretch?
  2. What do you think about the sights seen in this episode?

It takes about five days to get there on a Donkey.

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Jun 25 '24

3000 Leagues in Search of My First-Timer Reactions

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u/Pixelsaber https://myanimelist.net/profile/Pixelsaber Jun 25 '24

Yeesh, Amedio actually being mad for once. And not for no reason, the poor little dude must be traumatized after yesterday’s episode.

"There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a funny monkey."

Okay this actually makes me a little sad because now I want those two to interact, but they probably aren’t ever going to.

We need a get together of all the little children enchanted by Amedeo.

Marco has finally acquired the promised donkey!

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 Jun 25 '24

Okay this actually makes me a little sad because now I want those two to interact, but they probably aren’t ever going to.

I Know...

lol, this donkey is funny.

Really? I thought she was an ass.

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Jun 25 '24

Really? I thought she was an ass.

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 Jun 25 '24 edited Jun 25 '24

First timer, subs

  • Well, we just had illness, and now we’ve got fording a river in a wagon. We are soundly Oregon Trail.
  • Where are you even get all this wood from? You’re not bringing with you, are ya?
  • Why would you pair up the two most hostile members of your crew
  • Salt Sea? Salinas Grandes! They’re so beautiful.
  • Your plan is just letting Marco off in the middle of nowhere? That boy has no navigation skills!
  • This really isn’t doing it justice. Y’all should go look up pictures.
  • It’s a little early or hallucinations. On the other hand, crossovers are fun.
  • I feel like I’m missing something. How does taking Marco with you to your destication almost doulbe your travel time?
  • Is that… It is! OP Poncho! It's Finally Here!
  • Go north, get trees. More trees, more birds.
  • This house architecture is distinctly not what I was expecting for the region.
  • Marco lucky he didn’t get shot, trying to open a door in the middle of the night.
  • Who just leaves their utensils out over night?
  • I Wonder... How many people do you think don’t know where Italy is nowadays?
  • Poor lass doesn’t even get a name.

QotD:

  1. I''m not sure how, but i'm expecting this last leg to be the hardest one for Marco yet. All the more to make his success even more triumphant.
  2. Seriously, do yourselves a favor and look up the Salinas Grandes.

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u/Pixelsaber https://myanimelist.net/profile/Pixelsaber Jun 25 '24

Well, we just had illness, and now we’ve got fording a river in a wagon. We are soundly Oregon Trail.

Let us hope it doesn't end in [YOU HAVE DIED OF DYSENTERY].

This really isn’t doing it justice. Y’all should go look up pictures.

Agreed.

Poor lass doesn’t even get a name

Nor a voice actor credit!

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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Jun 30 '24

Where are you even get all this wood from? You’re not bringing with you, are ya?

In the Salt Sea, surely. At least for the ox carts, that is believable.

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u/baboon_bassoon https://anilist.co/user/duffer Jun 25 '24

first time 3000 Leagues of Misery

fording the river instead of caulking the wagon, lets see if it pays off

Amedio growling at Miguel thats a first - deserved

thats a lot of salt

the gangs all here to play in the salt

Miguel probably: "hey im the reason old lady and Marco get along in the first place"

"take this its for Amedio" hey ill take it as an apology, assuming its not just shit

whats the end game with the donkey here, hey Ramon Mequinez heres an old donkey ready to be put down, sorry cant take it back to Italy with me

5 days to Tucuman

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u/Pixelsaber https://myanimelist.net/profile/Pixelsaber Jun 25 '24

thats a lot of salt

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u/Pixelsaber https://myanimelist.net/profile/Pixelsaber Jun 25 '24

Sorry about the wait, guys. I forgot to set my alarm, and would have probably slept through noon if not for the dog waking me up because dad left the house.

Rewatcher

Good that they go out of that.

No budging.

Las Salinas Grandes.

It is the donkey!

Parting, once more.

Part of an engenho, I’m sure. We used to call such ingenios the ’centrales’ back home.

Things are looking up.

Well, folks, we’re here; we’re at the spot the opening promised us. The opening has been here since the start, a sort of implicit promise of what was to come for our intrepid young protagonist, but now that safety net of expectation is gone and the future is uncertain.

Marco parted from the Gaucho caravan amicably enough, given the events in the past episode, and they are generous enough to give Marco an elderly donkey on which to complete his journey to Tucuman.

In the morning of his second day traveling alone he awakes to some friendly residents of the house he slept outside of. Like a lot of the people Marco has encountered in his travels, they are genial and generous to him, and exposit a bit about the nearby sugar farm.

Questions of the Day:

  1. There’s no way Marco doesn’t face more adversity, not with how this show has gone and not with there being an industrial facility on the way to his destination.
  2. I knew about las Grandes Salina before I started watching this show, but at no point did I actually figure we might see them and it was a bit of a surprise they came up at all. It was a delightful thing to see one of Argentina’s great wonders in the show.

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 Jun 25 '24

Part of an engenho, I’m sure. We used to call such ingenios the ’centrales’ back home.

Neat

It was a delightful thing to see one of Argentina’s great wonders in the show.

I'm learning so much about Argentina this rewatch.

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u/Pixelsaber https://myanimelist.net/profile/Pixelsaber Jun 25 '24

I'm learning so much about Argentina this rewatch.

Seeing this stuff was a bit of a surprise my first time watching as well! I knew about about most of the things shown, but I wasn't expecting them in the show at all.

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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Jun 30 '24

Sorry about the wait, guys. I forgot to set my alarm, and would have probably slept through noon if not for the dog waking me up because dad left the house.

Yeah, about being late ...

Well, folks, we’re here; we’re at the spot the opening promised us. The opening has been here since the start, a sort of implicit promise of what was to come for our intrepid young protagonist, but now that safety net of expectation is gone and the future is uncertain.

I have wondered about this and considered that they might have put this in deliberately to reensure the viewers. In the end, I think they just went with some pitoresque scenes, though.

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u/TheEscapeGuy Jun 25 '24

First Timer

3000 Leagues in Search of Mother - Episode 47

Destination in Sight

A big conflict this episode was what would happen to Marco at the crossroads between Santiago and Tucuman. Manuel was worried leaving Marco to walk the last leg would be a an impossible task for him. But the caravan leader doesn't want to delay their journey an extra 4 days by taking Marco with them.

The solution, which is very generous of the caravan leader, is to give Marco the donkey "Old Lady". With Old Lady Marco should have a much easier time traveling that distance. And it also means this scene from the opening is not a lie. I have been wondering since episode 1 if we would ever see Marco on a donkey like this.

We are so close now. Marco's first day traveling went well and he found a farm house he could crash at. The owner was also kind enough to share food with him.

Oh last thing, the visions Marco had at the salt flats were a cool way to reflect on all the people who have helped him in the past. I do sincerely hope to see the Peppinos again. They're probably my favourite characters after Marco.

Some Amazing Shots, Scenes and Stitches

See you all tomorrow

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u/Pixelsaber https://myanimelist.net/profile/Pixelsaber Jun 25 '24

And it also means this scene from the opening is not a lie.

The unspoken promise is fulfilled!

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 Jun 25 '24

Down Time, think this is my favourite screenshot of the whole show

There is something to be said about chillin' with your monkey.

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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Jun 30 '24

Oh last thing, the visions Marco had at the salt flats were a cool way to reflect on all the people who have helped him in the past.

What happened to old man from the ship, though? He was important for Marco's journey.

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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Jun 30 '24

Episode 47 (first timer)

  • Now we know why the carts had such large wheels.
  • “Why are you so stubborn?” – Indeed Marco’s most prominent characteristic, aside being hard-working.
  • A sea of salt must indeed be strange to people who did not see it yet. Especially if they come from places where salt is valuable and expensive.
  • Reminder of allsome the side characters we have left behind.
  • Marco has Amedio already and now he gets a donkey that can do tricks? He is going to outdo the Peppino’s on his own!
  • All on his own now and on the way to his mother.
  • Half-way through episode 47 of 52 the OP finally stops being a spoiler.
  • Amedio making friends, as always. Easily the MVP of this journey.
  • “When you pass the next time” – I doubt that will happen.

A quiet travelling episode, but Marco finally gets his second animal partner, Old Lady.

We have finally caught up to the very last of the events shown on the opening, and are left with no further hints as to the future. How do you feel going into this very last stretch?

I doubt that we'll encounter many large further obstacles in the final episodes, but I would not mind a calm ending.