The Heroic Legend of Arslan
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| I don't mind the age. |
 Anime is good, fucking deal with it. |
| The story seems pretty good so far if it goes in the same direction |
Tyrel said: THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Very fun first episode IMO. A little "kidnapping" at the beginning. What a happy family they have... Luckily for the blonde haired kid, the Prince saved him from that arrow shot. The CG was pretty well done too, except for a minor running scene in town. No OP this week it seems; ED was played at the end. Will definitely follow this one through. I didn't like it. :P |
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Awry said: Tyrel said: THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Very fun first episode IMO. A little "kidnapping" at the beginning. What a happy family they have... Luckily for the blonde haired kid, the Prince saved him from that arrow shot. The CG was pretty well done too, except for a minor running scene in town. No OP this week it seems; ED was played at the end. Will definitely follow this one through. I didn't like it. :P Well it was just the prologue before the start of the story what did you expect for it to be perfect I liked it very much 5/5 for me. |
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| LOL that running scene in town, got my laugh of the day. |
| Bring Iskander up in dis bitch and call Ionian Hetairoi! |
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| The set-up is typical Disney stuff, not bad but not good. Though, that's what Akatsuki no Yona seemed like in the beginning as well, and that turned out to be a really good show, so I'll keep watching. As for CGI complaints, it was a mix of good and bad, the worst being the falling arrows in the battlefield scene and the best being the palace. |
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| OK start, let's see how it will develop. I hope he won't stay 14 for the rest of show. |
| Between the adult world and the world of kids, there, Holyland exists. |
Kurini said: As for me, I didn't like the CGi because it was too apparent. Arslan is such a cutie pie!! Kobayashi Yuusuke nailed the soft voice. You can tell that the writing is excellent, I mean, the original material must be very outstanding, wish I could read it from official translation... :( But now, I really wonder how far they can get in the story. Arakawa is now back to work but it can't help that the manga is a monthly one... It's based on light novels and there are already 14 of them. |
slovak125 said: OK start, let's see how it will develop. I hope he won't stay 14 for the rest of show. No. People will eventually age you know. But as the synopsis says: "He loses everything in first battle at the age of 14". Or something like that. But that's when he is a prince. He'll probably be older by time he becomes a King throughout the end of the show. I'm just speaking hypothetically though. :P |
llewerafApr 5, 2015 10:32 AM
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| wtf edward elric is now a prince with white hair ? topkek |
dgraymanfan said: Awry said: I didn't like it. :P Well it was just the prologue before the start of the story what did you expect for it to be perfect I liked it very much 5/5 for me. I was teasing him lol. But yeah, the PV for next episode indicates that the show starts to get serious. |
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| Fun and light hearted opening episode - I actually like that sometimes and I think it did it well. I struggle to connect with such weak lead characters so we'll see how it goes. |
| Really liked this episode, the kidnapping scene got me laughing XD wow what a united family we have here... Looking forward for the next episode |
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| Nice to see another anime from the mangaka that made Full Metal Alchemist <3 |
| Great animation, good CGI, story irrelevant since it's a set-up episode, and above all: a Persian setting in anime. Holy shit. Anyone who says this is generic has a screw loose just for this fact alone. |
| Seems promesing, gonna follow the serie for the time being. |
| Wow. Very impressed with this episode. Can't wait for more. |
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| One way in which it was similar to berserk was white haired guy + gay undertones. |
Anime is good, fucking deal with it. |
Awry said: dgraymanfan said: Well it was just the prologue before the start of the story what did you expect for it to be perfect I liked it very much 5/5 for me. I was teasing him lol. But yeah, the PV for next episode indicates that the show starts to get serious. oh |
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| Interesting/really promising start,see alot of potential in this show. Can't wait to see the Prince's first battle. |
| 3rd Best anime of the season, CGI isn't that bad!~ |
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| Great first epsiode. CGI was great! Looking forward to this series. |
| So, white-haired Edward Elric got kidnapped by kid Yukine? What a turn of fate! Keten said: I need more time to collect my thoughts on the MC... His family treats him like dirt and he's constantly pressured to become a great king, even taking daily swordsmanship classes. Despite this... Weirdly enough... he is very naive, feminine and happy about everything... That seems... odd... Again, I need more time. He walk up to prisoners who are known to be so violent that they kill babies and he didn't expect them to reach out and grab him... really dumb... I thought the same for a second, but then I remembered he's only 11 years old, so it's not really that odd for him to be naive. Towards the end of the episode, he has turned 14 so he'll probably act more mature in the next episodes. Decent start. The ED and soundtracks are also very good. I have high expectation for this. |
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| Promising first episode. Noticed the weird cgi with the soldiers running around, but otherwise, the cgi didn't bother me at all. |
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| A good first episode, battles seems to have a good animated. I like the Ending, though I look forward to watch the Opening by UVERworld ! |
| Although certainly some aspects of the series are lost in Arakawa's version, the character designs are my biggest issue. Arslan's suppose to have more royal grace to him... and I'm going to get especially pissed when Farangi shows up with her atrocious character design. ლ(ಠ益ಠ)ლ I'm just complaining, but I still wish they adapted the original novels. With the production values and effort put into Arakawa's adaptation, the original would have turned out amazing. There's plenty of material since it started in the 80s... and it's Tanaka Yoshiki, seriously. Why would they adapt Arakawa's version when barely anything is published? It's going to turn out probably a 1 cour, but the story itself needs much much more than that to be fully enjoyed. The scale is much bigger than what you can cram into 1-2 cours. Stupid milking. OTL All that aside, I still enjoyed it. Great animation in battle and for cityscape. Scenery was beautiful, and a couple concepts were introduced that will be explored. OP and ED were pretty good. Antanaru said: Who sends infantry running like idiots right into cavalry charge... In a completely open fields... Come on, Japan had its medieval period, why are they showing battles without even an ounce of common sense strategy like in some Hollywood production? When a series starts with something like that I don't even feel like finishing the first episode. That was how war was before guerrilla warfare tactics. They didn't delve into the battle, only showed glimpses of it anyway. The strategies will come later, in the next battle. Don't worry, the original novel its based keeps the battles interesting, and I've read some of Arakawa's version and overall the plot is kept. I don't think there was a slave in the Arslan Senki OVA though. Not sure if that's Arakawa's touch or not. |
| Strong first episode. Hopefully the story is gonna be great as well. |
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| Cgi was okkayish..Lets see if the guy matures throughout this journey.....good start in general.. |
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| I love how people are always so scared to admit when CG is good. You guys don't have to try so hard to fit in. |
ex_necross said: People just have never seen horrendous CG and try to compare it to other good CG. If people ever watched Kingdom, you'd know what some pretty bad CG is, and this is a good comparison as these are both similar shows in retrospect.I love how people are always so scared to admit when CG is good. You guys don't have to try so hard to fit in. |
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| It was fun, made 24 minutes fly away, although i hope it gets a bit more serious which it probably will judging by the next episode preview. |
| Very lazy animation and terrible CGI. If this is a taste of what's to come, then I'm very disappointed. Nevertheless, the episode was quite enjoyable and the trailers got me hyped so I will continue watching :) Arslan is your typical ignorant and kind prince (much like Yona from Akatsuki no Yona), and it seems their stories are very much alike. I enjoyed "Yona" so I hope Arslan will deliver as well. Also, I'm a big fan of Uverworld, so I can't wait to listen to the OP song next week. |
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| Love it. This is my kind of setting. Tyrel said: Yup if Kingdom had this kind of CG mix from the start, my god. I just hope the story will be half as engaging in this case.ex_necross said: People just have never seen horrendous CG and try to compare it to other good CG. If people ever watched Kingdom, you'd know what some pretty bad CG is, and this is a good comparison as these are both similar shows in retrospect.I love how people are always so scared to admit when CG is good. You guys don't have to try so hard to fit in. |
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| What a enjoyable first episode. I love the atmosphere and setting of the show. CGI wasn't too terrible and it didn't ruin anything for me as a viewer. Interesting prologue and I can't wait for next week's episode. Nice start. (And that ending song is a plus, too :D) |
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D3pthCharge said: Lol is Arslan a gender-bent Yona? Arslan is 23 years older than Yona. |
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| Good start. I've been looking forward to this series and so far it doesn't disappoint. Plus the music and animation are lovely. I'm curious to see how the main character will develop in the story and the future characters are quite interesting. |
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Drake1000 said: I'm really dissapointed by the lack of BLOOD though, this is a medieval type setting I don't care if it's a shonen, without BLOOD this kinda lacks credibility. Okay, I laughed. Bravo. |
| Did people seriously not notice the slight gay undertones? |
Anime is good, fucking deal with it. |
| I understand they share the same art designer but some of the characters feel like copy paste from FMA. |
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black1blade said: Did people seriously not notice the slight gay undertones? I don't look for gay things. |
| Well the hand thing. Maybe feminine MC + while hair (berserk) is leading me to come up with things that aren't there. |
Anime is good, fucking deal with it. |
| The first ep was so goooood, the OP was awesome, an interesting story, I'm looking forward to see what comes next.. |
| Solid first episode and great setting. Although, the story seems kinda predictable after the first episode (Slavery, starting to question the teachings he as received etc.). I laughed out loud at the portrayal of the religion: ,,Our god tells us we are all equals, therefore it is okay to kill everyone that is different." |
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