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/ˌaɪˈkæt͡ʃ/ · noun
A short scene or illustration used to begin and end a commercial break in a Japanese television program..
Tootemo! Pheromone has an "eyecatch” between each scene consisting of still shots of the characters in a short, flashy animated sequence, much like anime episodes use to signal commercial breaks.
Another use of music in the extradiegetic space is with the bumper (sometimes called an eyecatch or just a bump), which is a brief text occurring during commercial breaks in the middle of a program.
"Tokyo-3" is heard twice in the series, both times directly before the internal eyecatch. The final chord of the track rings into the eyecatch, allowing the music to transcend the visual boundaries of the story and makes clear how powerfully Shinji has been affected by his new environment.
In the show, the flow of the action is periodically halted by an eyecatch displaying one or more of the main characters, frequently in a fan-service mode, uttering the single word "Tsuyokiss" in a variety of tones and inflections.
Use eyecatch when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Eyecatch means A short scene or illustration used to begin and end a commercial break in a Japanese television program..
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Tootemo! Pheromone has an "eyecatch” between each scene consisting of still shots of the characters in a short, flashy animated sequence, much like anime episodes use to signal commercial breaks.
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