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| Sound design is weird for me, some effects sound distant and disjointed, especially during dynamic scenes. I didn't mind CG tbh (dunno why because it was actually bad xD). Apart from that, not my type of animu. I can't force myself to be interested in what is happening or to care about characters so it's just like the manga. Dropping - not my thing. |
| That has to be the worst CGI I've seen in anime. The 2D animation wasn't that good either. Pretty disappointing since I had high expectations for this anime... I thought we were gonna get some great action, but now, I'd rather not see any action at all. |
Albi-kunApr 9, 2018 7:05 PM
| The CG was bad, but at least stomachable unlike Piano no Mori. Still, this was pretty mediocre. Probably going to drop this later if it doesn't get any better. |
| Not sure if Asirpa is just short or young or both. Great intro. |
| That bear...cringe |
| Why would they do a CGI bear? Wouldn't that be more effort than just drawing a bear? Aside from that, the plot seemed fairly interesting and the art was pretty nice, though the animation was a bit lacking in some places, specifically the fight scenes. Daniel_Naumov said: So the first 2 minutes was enough to see that this is another alternative history. O-k-a-not-y. I think this was the fastest? Records, records... I discourage anyone wasting their time on this excessively valueless animation. Aren't you that guy who was complaining about the April Fool's thing because it ruined your "muh asthetik" profile? |
| Pretty good first episode. I don't really have much to say but I like this idea of searching for the gold and the story of the prisoners was pretty interesting. Is this one part of the series or is the whole series about searching for this treasure, either way I think I'll like it. |
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KingKatsura said: It's only for the first episode. There's a lot of series that play the OP at the end of the first episode, without any visuals. Then they reveal the OP visuals in the next episode. An example of that would be BokuMachi.good lord and the ending is just still credits.. not even a still image to go along with it. KingKatsura said: The background are for stylistic purposes, replicating the manga. the backgrounds were awful, repetitive, and lacking in detail. Though some shots did look too simplistic for its own good. Of course the backgrounds would be repetitive. The entire episode took place in a snowy forest where there are only trees and nothing else. KingKatsura said: I wish they hand-drawn the wolf. Considering it's short scene, they could've avoided the CG. And they even had it hand-drawn when it was howling too. As for the fire, it's basically the same CG as the bear. photorealistic renderings of the texture and in-between frame animations causes it to look like that.The wolf CGi was lame too. The fires were literally just real life images of fire. KingKatsura said: The zoom-ins are used to emphasize character expressions. And they also tend to be the moments when the character art is on-point. The cuts were clunky and overly zoomed in. The lineart and coloring is bare bones. KingKatsura said: Eh, idk about that though. The music used when the first inmate was talking about the hidden gold was pretty nice. Same goes for the OST at the end when Sugimoto gave his offer to Asirpa. OST added nothing to the show. Lelouch0202 said: The entire series is basically a tattoo hunt, though the manga has changed up its direction a bit in the recent chapters. Pretty good first episode. I don't really have much to say but I like this idea of searching for the gold and the story of the prisoners was pretty interesting. Is this one part of the series or is the whole series about searching for this treasure, either way I think I'll like it. |
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| I enjoyed it quite a lot as long as there wasn't a bear or campfire on screen. Holy hell were the bears especially off putting but that's been said like 1000 times by this point. I know the director had to release a statement about it after the episode aired so I hope there is some change in the future because I know this isn't the last time bears appear in this series. I'm so conflicted on what to think of the episode, hopefully I won't be from here on out. I will read the manga though if the adaption ends up disappointing. |
| The Revenant.... |
| Ok I guess this is good. The story was good and it was very intense. Only bad thing is that CGI. That is very bad CGI. Very bad CGI. |
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| just checked this out on a whim since i realized it came out not to long ago, intense start show was quite raw despite not looking that great old man's story was really interesting for what i thought was a one off thing until it turned into the plot. as everyone has mention CGI bear was pretty wack it just stood out so much being the main focus and clearly them trying to do something different with it that just didn't work out lol. |
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| wow this ep hardly needed any visuals -> given the bear it would be more appreciated without, motion pictures could've worked though well. Such straightforward show, they said everything they needed to with words, assumed alrdy what their roles are and what they are gonna do, all motivations (unless assumed), cause i didnt feel like Ainu cared about revenge and our mc did talking mostly and interpretation. Doesn't seem interesting for me, but w/e its boring is another matter for another eps, this ep didn't bore me much so far. |
| the animation is unstable cuz ive already felt the low budget on the first ep. the pv was made with great impact though. |
| Was the announcer at the end who said the name of the next episode Fumihiko Tachiki? |
| "My tables-meet it is I set it down That one may smile, and smile, and be a villain." |
| I expected brutal fights and a lot of blood for the first episode and it delivered it well. Voice acting and ost was pretty good too. However, I knew that most people here would bitch and moan about the CGI bear is being awful. Personally, the only "awful" thing about it is that it doesn't fit with the art style of the show. The model itself looks much better than a lot of other CGI used in other shows I've seen this season as well as the season before, but the CGI wolf that appeared matched the art style far better, despite not being as well detailed. The CGI fire is ok though, no idea why people are bitching about it so much. It makes it harder for me to see what the difference is between "good" and "bad" CGI is. =/ Either way, the art and animation, 2D one that is, is good so it gives me hope that for any future conflicts that will definitely happen. Looking forward to the next episode. =) |
NavyCherub said: Was the announcer at the end who said the name of the next episode Fumihiko Tachiki? yes i noticed that too! It'll be great if he is going to be a narrator or smth |
| I know we've all complained about the bear already, but the CGI fire also threw me off a bit. Wolf CGI was ok so I'm hopeful. Other than that, it was a great episode, voice acting i really good, but you can feel that it's low budget. There's not a lot of movement in the animation. But it didn't bother me much in JJBA part 4 either so I'll be fine. I'm just happy it's getting animated. |
| Good first episode. That bear though lol |
| The Bear ruined it for me, didn't even feel like it needed to be animated like that. |
| Lie until what you want to be true becomes truth. Lie until you can't remember what's a lie and what isn't. Lie until you aren't lying anymore! Figures  |
| That CG bear alone would have been enough to put this adaptation of the great manga in my shitlist but that was nowhere near the worst thing when I was done with the episode. The seriously bad thing was that just for the first episode, they had 4 animation director, 35 key animators and 13 other studios as 2nd key animation which means they're seriously behind the schedule. The art and animation is usually at its peak during the first episode so I dread what's to come knowing there will be more animal fights. |
| >Tfw when these peasants were dickr*ding about the crappy CGI shtfest... smh and Plus the comments here are quite amusing.. |
-HippySnob-Apr 10, 2018 2:11 AM
 "Think about that glowing dust That destroys the night sky's dream of Just being nothing"--  -- |
| CGIphobes exaggerating how bad CGI is once again. It's not good, definitely, but it's far from being anywhere near as bad as people claim. Zzz |
| Honestly the only moment the episode got more interesting was towards the end, when that epic music started and you could really feel their determination to hunt down the prisoners and find the gold~ otherwise it was pretty OK, a bit dull but maybe that's to be expected of a first episode. All things considered (uhh CGI uhhh), I'm looking forward to seeing more of it, especially certain scenes and characters :^) do yourself a favor and read the manga though, it's sooo much more enjoyable~ |
| Interesting premise but it feels a little rushed and the Bear just looks so out of place |
| This was so good! I actually forgave the horrible CG bears because I was too absorbed by the story. |
| we should talk about the episode 1 and why its good *ignore the fucking CGI* that i format paper still seems better for this type of narrative BUT IT REMAINS GOOD GO SEE EPISODE Y'LL |
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| Except for the CGI bear, everything is fantastic! A solid first episode! I can easily ignore the CGI problem if everything else works great like this. |
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| The episode was nice, I am surprised at how they animated the wolf and the bears it looks realistic. |
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