Akame ga KILL!
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GreenBenjamin said: I'll compare it because he talked about "deep" and "edgy" I admit that the first Berserk volumes have some pointless gore, but there are plenty of scenes that actually serve a purpose and the execution is way better. Sadly, newer manga such as Akame or Shingeki do not reach that depth as it it mostly just flatout shock value without a lot of purpose behind it. It gets pretty predictable as well. In any case, it is surely right when he contributes a lot of AgK's success to gore or shock value because the fans hype it for exactly that... even though it is hardly original and is done by every second "next big thing" manga every few years.Behind the gore lies an average story and fans shouldn't excite new people too much, it will only end in hype backlash. |
NidhoeggrJul 6, 2014 12:09 PM
| Steel Ball Run anime when? |
| I heard this anime would be very bad, but the first episode was actually good (with a nice OST), I found it better than Tokyo Ghoul, another gory anime this season. |
Urek said: to all guys thinking this is bad and got full of shounen troupes... well, it is a shounen. the main difference and selling point of this series is the gore and actual deaths of the characters... PEOPLE DIE WHEN THEY ARE KILLED, not revived with edo tensei like in naruto or the MC using talk-no-jutsu, reborn as a spirit or healing major wounds like in bleach or simply somehow beating the enemy with the power of friendship like in fairy ****. for the others who are interested in the series... DO NET GET TOO ATTACHED WITH THE CHARACTERS... or you will break your heart... *sobs* like petra in attack on titan... *SOBS HYSTERICALLY* You can't be serious. There is so much wrong here.. |
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| Meh, first drop at this season, animation was pretty good (actually backgrounds, characrers was awful) , audio too, but story doesn't reach me at all, and funny scenes were not funny at all. The story is good for rpg game, not for tv series. |
rsc-plJul 6, 2014 12:15 PM
| Dub = fake crap. Always. |
| I enjoyed the op more than what I did when I heard it in the PV. I think it fits alright. I can't be bothered to write more than that I liked the ep :P Hope the pacing calms down as we go on. First ep felt rushed, but it was the same pacing as in the manga. |
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Nidhoeggr said: GreenBenjamin said: I'll compare it because he talked about "deep" and "edgy" I admit that the first Berserk volumes have some pointless gore, but there are plenty of scenes that actually serve a purpose and the execution is way better. Sadly, newer manga such as Akame or Shingeki do not reach that depth as it it mostly just flatout shock value without a lot of purpose behind it. It gets pretty predictable as well. In any case, it is surely right when he contributes a lot of AgK's success to gore or shock value because the fans hype it for exactly that... even though it is hardly original and is done by every second "next big thing" manga every few years.Behind the gore lies an average story and fans shouldn't excite new people too much, it will only end in hype backlash. Berserk still has pointless rape scenes and nudity as far as i know. You also compare something with like 340 chapters to agk which has only 50 and the guy takes months off for enough time to plan anything. |
| If only it wasn't that shonen-ish. The main character is pretty annoying and I could do without them switching from serious tone to comedy within 5 seconds. that's pretty dumb really. Also the character designs are blargh...blonde busty cat girl, pink haired twintails with guns and hardcore bland main character. well whatever |
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GreenBenjamin said: Nidhoeggr said: I admit that the first Berserk volumes have some pointless gore, but there are plenty of scenes that actually serve a purpose and the execution is way better. Sadly, newer manga such as Akame or Shingeki do not reach that depth as it it mostly just flatout shock value without a lot of purpose behind it. It gets pretty predictable as well. In any case, it is surely right when he contributes a lot of AgK's success to gore or shock value because the fans hype it for exactly that... even though it is hardly original and is done by every second "next big thing" manga every few years.Behind the gore lies an average story and fans shouldn't excite new people too much, it will only end in hype backlash. Berserk still has pointless rape scenes and nudity as far as i know. You also compare something with like 340 chapters to agk which has only 50 and the guy takes months off for enough time to plan anything. Read the latest arcs then. Miura is not dumb and slowly changed Berserk to get rid of that pointless stuff while keeping up the quality. But that is besides the point. My argument was that AgK's popularity is mainly because of the edge and gore and not because of the writing. |
| Steel Ball Run anime when? |
| I enjoyed this. Nice and gory, so glad it wasn't censored (we're looking at you Dangan Ronpa). I like the overall look of Night Raid and the potential they hold as characters, I'm especially excited to see more of Akame. Getting a sense of deep backstories ahead~. The OST suited the anime really well. The opening was okay but dat ending, thought it was a lot better than the OP. The pacing was a little fast and as its 24 episodes I hope it doesn't fuck it up SAO style and have pacing become a main reasoning for why it turned out so bad. It was a little predictable but I can overlook that. That being said if it slows down and the story is done right, it could be a great anime. (Not to sound like a sadist but I would have liked to have seen the torture scenes). |
YukonJul 6, 2014 12:27 PM
| Pretty solid episode. Also no censoring people! The two problem I have with akame ga kill not only in the anime but the manga is how easily the tone can shift from sad to happy, and the animation is kinda generic, ok animation I guess, other than that pretty solid episode. 8/10. Btw people you should expect criticism in any series, but some people genuinely didn't like it, but some are just trolls, it's best to ignore the trolls and some are very obvious to know. |
keragammingJul 6, 2014 12:28 PM
| "Animation" aka stills shaking. |
| As I didn't read the manga, I can say I did not expect to be that gore, contrasting with the character design that is childish, although it was a good episode, and as so of you spoke the OST is very good. I'll keep watching to see how it goes. |
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AkatsukiWolf said: What an interesting start to the show. I had a feeling they would adapt the first chapter but didn't expect the pacing to be so fast. My only complaints is the pacing and the generic MC but besides that it was a good first episode. "I had a feeling they were going to adapt the first chapter" NO SHIT |
Yukon said: The pacing was a little fast and as its 24 episodes I hope it doesn't fuck it up SAO style and have a pacing a main reasoning for why it turned out so bad. That being said if it slows down and the story is done right, could be a great anime. Well, they did fit the whole first chapter ~80 pages in this episode, so that's why it felt fast paced, however I'm hopping the anime will now slow down a couple of notches to present some of the characters backstories. keragamming said: Btw people you should expect criticism in any series, but some people genuinely didn't like it, but some are just trolls, it's best to ignore the trolls and some are very obvious to know. Agree. The animation for now was acceptable and since I know the story, I knew from the start that the first episode had to fill the first chapter, so it would feel slightly rushed. What I didn't expect was the "jolly" feeling all around, since there was always a dark aura over this story ever since the MC entered the capital. Anyway, I'm hopping they fix this so that the story get's darker and serious like the manga. |
DarkMoonWolfJul 6, 2014 12:39 PM
Personal tastes are like peoples behinds, each one has its own, and only those who wants to find [...] will smell one another. |
| Character design and overall art style could be better but besides that I'm satisfied with the first ep. This is how gore scenes in anime SHOULD look like. |
| It was meh, the animation wasn't even all that. The show seems rather dull , idk maybe because of the MC I don't really know how to explain it. |
| Tatsumi's design is intolerable. |
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| This show sucks. It is the mirai nikki of 2014, except worse because it doesnt have Yuno. First off the art is terrible, this is a seasonal series and it doesnt look much better than long runners like Naruto or Fairy Tail. Second, who the fuck high rates a show JUST BECAUSE it isnt censored? Not that it wasnt censored, but they did take some pretty good corner cutting to get the censoring to be hidden by shadows. Finally this show didnt have animation. The first cross slash was a still. The scene when the girl was maniacally laughing was a still. The scene of the bodies was a still. Even the execution scene at the end was a fucking still. Taking a still picture and shaking it around isnt animation. 4/10 gonna go back to watching Jojo's. |
| Ore ga Kill ^ Gatta atleast be honest and praise the Matrix looking bullet dodges by Akame. They prolly used all their artful skills on that. |
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| Really enjoyed the first episode, great animation, nice music, and everything followed the manga to the smallest detail. One thing which did make me sad, is the fact that there will only be total of 24 episodes. That is unless within the span of those episodes the whole of current story gets covered, similarly to what happened to Shingeki no Kyojin recently. Lastly, I personally am not complaining about minute censorship and hope same approach will be taken to every other decapitating scene. |
tomzz4 said: Really enjoyed the first episode, great animation, nice music, and everything followed the manga to the smallest detail. One thing which did make me sad, is the fact that there will only be total of 24 episodes. That is unless within the span of those episodes the whole of current story gets covered, similarly to what happened to Shingeki no Kyojin recently. Lastly, I personally am not complaining about minute censorship and hope same approach will be taken to every other decapitating scene. Clearly this show is a 10/10. They showed someone get cut in half. Anime of the year. |
| I can't believe I actually agree with Solvite. This can't be real life. |
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SolviteSekai said: 4/10 gonna go back to watching Jojo's. Bye bye... By the way, if you can, please take all the natural born haters with you... Don't let the door hit you on your way out!!! See you... |
Personal tastes are like peoples behinds, each one has its own, and only those who wants to find [...] will smell one another. |
| wow that was pretty hectik. was worried the hype would be for nothing but that exceeding my expectations. animation was beautiful cant wait for the next episode. |
DarkMoonWolf said: SolviteSekai said: 4/10 gonna go back to watching Jojo's. Bye bye... By the way, if you can, please take all the natural born haters with you... Don't let the door hit you on your way out!!! See you... I actually lied, I'm going to keep watching because there isnt much else to watch these days. BTW greying out your text makes you look super cool. |
| Just being real here, this show has shitty animation. I have to guess these people have only seen long running series at this point. This show has HORRENDOUS animation. The character designs remind me of Ixion DT. |
| Agk was pretty decent until the latest few arcs. Then everything went to shit. |
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| Ofcource hipsters wanna go against the grain and dislike something popular |
| Holy shit.... yeah.. um wasnt expecting that at all, so twisted ill be watching this for sure. |
Moodie said: Ofcource hipsters wanna go against the grain and dislike something popular 7.6 isnt very popular. This time the show isnt even highly rated. Seems like the majority of people arent going to be down to watch Naruto again except with random gore scenes spliced in. |
SolviteSekai said: Heeey, you made it to the party lolAkatsukiWolf said: What an interesting start to the show. I had a feeling they would adapt the first chapter but didn't expect the pacing to be so fast. My only complaints is the pacing and the generic MC but besides that it was a good first episode. "I had a feeling they were going to adapt the first chapter" NO SHIT What'd you think? =P |
Tokoya said: SolviteSekai said: Heeey, you made it to the party lol"I had a feeling they were going to adapt the first chapter" NO SHIT What'd you think? =P It was ok. I'm going to keep watching. My argument isn't that the show sucks, just that this animation is terrible. Calling this animation good is a flat out insult to shows like HxH and some of Kyo-Ani's recent shows. StormNA said: SolviteSekai said: 7.6 isnt very popular. This time the show isnt even highly rated. Seems like the majority of people arent going to be down to watch Naruto again except with random gore scenes spliced in. The score hasn't updated yet, looking at the stats page it should get much higher than that. But you're right, this isn't as popular as its made out to be. Japan doesn't care much for it. Tokyo Ghoul was at 8.6 or something at this point. Probably because that show has an actual plot. |
StormNA said: SolviteSekai said: 7.6 isnt very popular. This time the show isnt even highly rated. Seems like the majority of people arent going to be down to watch Naruto again except with random gore scenes spliced in. The score hasn't updated yet, looking at the stats page it should get much higher than that. But you're right, this isn't as popular as its made out to be. Japan doesn't care much for it. kikohunter said: JD2411 said: It was decent. The deaths felt empty and meaningless, like the only purpose was to show how dangerous the capital is. otherwise it looks like it's going to be fun to watch there are some fuckable gurls tho, amirite? Because that WAS the point of it lol anyways I love how some people are judging the entire anime with only the first episode out lmao. There are better ways to show corruption than to show a bunch of stills of murder. Durarara showed a corrupt city without murder. |
Moodie said: Yeah, of course. Because we don't actually dislike it, were just pretending to so we can feel special.Ofcource hipsters wanna go against the grain and dislike something popular You got us. Oh damn |
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SolviteSekai said: Again ratings dont mean shit to me lolMoodie said: Ofcource hipsters wanna go against the grain and dislike something popular 7.6 isnt very popular. This time the show isnt even highly rated. Seems like the majority of people arent going to be down to watch Naruto again except with random gore scenes spliced in. Ratings don't equal popularity either but judging by how popular the manga is I can see it picking up in fans. |
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