Random babbling of the day - Giant Killing

I had a chance to watch the first 5 episodes of Giant Killing recently and since this was the only new anime I didn't write about in the spiring 2010 new anime impressions post, I'll just write about it now. Anyway I must say this turned out to be waaaay better than I expected and it quickly became one of my current favorite animes along with FMA and Oofuri. Just like Oofuri, this anime is more on the realistic side with a big focus on tactics rather than some over-the-top techniques and cliches. The storyline is very refreshing since the protagonist is the coach of the team rather than a player. It also has very solid direction that keeps the story going in such an engaging way and the chemistry between the characters are just excellent. The main characters are great too. (Especially like the four characters in the screen shots above ^O^) So far, I'm enjoying this series very much and looking forward to see more of it.
P.S. Murakoshi going hell yeah after getting that goal in(episode 5) was just epic~ ^O^