The Heroic Legend of Arslan
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| I came here because Nanatsu no Taizai :D It's funny that they already made an OVA about Arslan Senki and now it gets remade into an actual TV series. |
| Now this is worth the hype, unlike Seraph. Very interesting, a naive prince gets to know how it really goes in a war. He was raised with protection, reminds me of Akatsuki No Yona and the princess. |
| Looks like this season will be great, can't wait to see more. The ED is one of the best I have seen in a long time. |
| Liked this first episodes. CGI was kind of annoying and I thought Arslan was a girl lol Still liked the setting. |
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| So much CGI My eyes are hurting |
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| Liked the overall look of it, But found it very boring to watch. So glad that blonde was saved, and man what a shot that was.. Will stay with it too see how it come's along |
| And the ED is stunning. |
| CGI was really awkward. Esp the CG Soldiers was just disgusting and they all looked the same. Aside from that, it has the potential to be great so i'll keep watching. Esp when Maaya is in this. |
| The art and animation is pretty nice, the CGI didn't bother me. Arslan is adorable, but he looks like a chick sometimes. This show has a lot of potential, I'm expecting something great. The ED is beautiful. Eir Aoi <3 >_> |
hhitagiApr 5, 2015 6:10 AM
| I hope this won't be some shounen ai and that they will introduce some female characters... |
| Great start I thought. I sense great things from Arslan character development :D The characters look similar to Fullmetal alchemist explains a lot that it's the same person who originally design FMA characters. |
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| That's quite amazing episode! Everything was absolutely spot on, except the 3D CGI. It's pretty bad. Please be more than 30 episodes(maybe around 50 episodes). I cannot really quite comprehend why this episode's rating is pretty low? Is it only because of the bad 3D CGI? |
| I like anime. |
| Lol is Arslan a gender-bent Yona? Well hopefully he develops into a badass prince, and comes to terms with the world he lives in. As a great doctrine reminds us, Freedom is the right of all sentient beings - Optimus Prime |
| One of the better show this season. Lidenfilms though :/ |
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| The CGI wasn't the best but there's way worst too. Beside that, really good first episode! |
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| A very interesting and highly enjoyable first episode, it successfully introduces all the aspects that has the potential to make an excellent story. However, as much as I love Arakawa-sensei's art, I do wish Arslan's character design was a little less "moe" (and can't help miss the OVA-art). Other characters were drawn suitably well though. Tyrel said: I can confirm that happens to be true. For instance, this series premiere is a significantly better start compared to episode 1 of the OVA, which is rather confusing.Zeally said: Apparently it was rushed a lot and there was too many time skips which killed characterization.lHas anyone watched the 90s OVA adaptation, and if so why is it so poorly rated? I hope this gets a 2 cour treatment. And for the people wondering whether it's like Yona...er, I can assure you the similarities are few and far between, it's more of a complex story of war and politics, and less of a shoujo adventure. |
fullmetalbenderApr 5, 2015 6:42 AM
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StevenHu said: The only bad CGI in this episode was the guards running in town, most of the battle at the start was CGI too and it was quite well done.robis798 said: Or has it become something mandatory to say, that if you see any sort of CGI it's automatically bad. The thing about good CGI is that it should not be noticeable. |
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| I love this show. And the end song *-* |
| It was a good episode. My only issue is the jarring CGI and that they made Arslan look too feminine lol. (Like really, are they trying to please the fujoshi by making it easier for them to ship him?) 4/5 |
| Was expecting something set in the real world considering this looked like Moors vs Iberians, but complete fantasy world looks interesting too |
| 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... |
| Looks like we've got another one |
| Hmm okay episode but I am not sold, the animation and art style seems to be average and didn't really notice the music either but i'll keep watching. |
| It felt like watching those Hollywood epic like Troy or Kingdom of Heaven. At least the soundtrack. I don't mind the CGI during the war but I just had to laugh when they CGI the soldiers running through the city street, I mean was that even necessary? I went to this with low expectation but seems like I'd like it after all. Perhaps what Akatsuki no Yona should have been. |
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| The story certainly has potential but it's still way to early to form an opinion. I'll be continuing watching that's for sure. I think it will be interesting to see how Arslan will mature throughout the story, it seems like he won't stay a child for too long. |
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| Pretty solid start, I like the setting. Looking forward to more of this. Agreed on the CGI though. Nice ED song. |
| Good start! Arslan has a lot of opportunity for character development. He reminds me a bit of Edward Elric :3 cgi was a little dodgy at times, some of the soldiers running down a street at one point just looked awful :D But otherwise, I enjoyed it! |
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| boring, generic, and uninspired. I need to stop getting tricked by these nice previews I should've known there was no way this anime was going to look that good and if it looks this average in the first episode it's gonna get ugly. I'll try to stick around for the hot archer girl to show up but so far this just feels like a story I've seen dozens of times before. |
| That was a great start for this anime. Arslan is a pretty interesting character and you see that Pars Kingdom is not a perfect kingdom. At the end, they kinda foreshadowed already that some war is going to happen, when Arslan was talking to that one commander. What I didn't like was the CGI soldiers, that ruined the atmosphere of the anime. But overall, nice first episode. |
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| Good episode,although it is an adaptation of the manga and not the novel it was very similar and definetly well done,even the cgi was solid for the most part.It build up a lot of things and has a lot of potential.I hope that the source material (manga) doesn't change too much things from the original novel,if it doesn't...then this could be an epic journey. Definetly one of the better medieval anime. |
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| I didn't mind those CGI soliders in the battlefield, but they looked really really awful in the city, it was overly blatant. Good start anyway. |
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| it looks promising ! Definitely on my list ! |
| Pretty nice start. Running around the city like that. How Arslan treated the 3 kids was good, to have people that love the royal family than to have them fear the family! I was fine with the CGI, nothing beats early Kingdom! The war starting again, can't wait for more battles and how Arslan grows! |
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| Since I watched this without reading anything about it I must say i'm quite surprised over how much I enjoy it and the CGI wasn't so terrible that it had me thinking about it all the time which is good! I've wanted an anime like this for quite some time now since we don't seem to get a decent anime for Kingdom. (which I want REALLY bad). Looking forward to the next episode! |
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| There was one scene which had only the soldiers in CGI which looked very out of place. |
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Shaduge said: this shouldn't have enough materiel for more than one season http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Heroic_Legend_of_Arslan there are 14 novels. if lidenfilms is retarded enough to adapt the shitty manga version, you're correct. |
| Definitely has potential. Two of my favorite fantasy series (12 Kingdoms and Seirei no Moribito) also had pretty generic starts, so I hope this show can break free of the mold and make a name for itself. Gotta agree that the brief scene with the CGI soldiers running through the street was awful. |
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| I don't think this one is bad so far. The plot isn't anything new right now and Arslan is a little too childish for me (and I don't think the timeskip will change that), but there isn't anything I dislike about it. I expected the animation to be a little crappy given the studio, but it's nowhere as distracting as their previous stuff. |
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| not a fan of pasted in CGI, but it seems to be entertaining enough to watch through shitty royal family tho. typical ignorant prince; King doesnt give a flyin crap about his son; Queen doesnt give a flyin crap about King. |
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| Arslan reminds me a lot of Yona in how naive they both are in the beginning. Probably won't last for long though, he's going to need to grow up quickly if he wants to save his kingdom from ruin I'm still confused why people were loathing Arakawa's art before the series aired. If they're going to claim it looks generic, I should show them actual generic anime character designs |
| If they don't make Arslan grow up fast I'll hate his guts. I mean, I already do, but he might grow up, just like Yona did. If they, however, keep him as naive, save everyone, love and eternal peace type of guy I may even drop this show. I couldn't stand Arslan in this episode, a full season of it would be just too much. |
| i guess this should be called prince of parsia |
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| Awesome episode. Yes the CGI is kinda retarded but better than still frames. The ED animation and music was awesome too! |
 Anime is good, fucking deal with it. |
| Enjoy the show so far. One of the few new anime which has potential. Really like the main character. A good natured boy, cute and kind. Oh, and he smiles a lot! x) Interesting first episode. Beats Owari no Seraph and Gunslinger Stratos imo. I don't understand why people complain so much about CGI. To make the best CGI needs learning and process. How do we expect the staffs to make great CGI if they're not even allowed to try... |
| Watching this type of show for the first time. Treating humans as animals..that's horrible. But it was in real-life too.. So it's like real facts based show and I like it. Hope Arslan will change the world ! |
| Well it was okay :) Didn't like how the blond guy wanted everyone to belief in his god... hate it when someone tries to force his religion on you... even though wanting equality is good, the way they do it is just irritating and wrong... Anyway that prince is just too submissive ^^" He should have at least tried to fight back and run away instead of going with the flow... |
| i hope he doesn't stay 14 for the whole show |
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