The Asterisk War (light novel)
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| Vampire ?! That's unexpected |
Lol that boob grabbing.  That ''vampire'' chick looks badass. Can't wait to see them fight her. I'm sure she's going to be their first tough opponent.  |
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| That kick reminded me of Inner Moka from Rosario Vampire lol |
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| And here I thought that Saya's father is sick. But after that phone call earlier, I guess it's just my imagination. |
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| Welp. Those quality drops are starting to become more obvious. All in all the action was still good. I also like Claudia's design a lot. |
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| Damn, thing are gonna be tough for Julis and Ayato. |
| There were a few things I liked about this episode, that at least they tried to surprise us by having Saya actually do pretty well with close combat fighting, and the fact that they didn't make Lester's fight .000001 seconds like they usually do for secondary characters just to show off the power of the enemy. He even got a hit in. Though I didn't expect him to just give up without having his badge broken, however. Vampire chick and her sister are weird. I don't feel like they are much of a threat to Ayato and Julis like the Androids are. But, this anime does okay trying to keep it interesting I suppose, so we'll see. |
rsc-pl said: O.o A1 is one of the worst studios if it comes to visuals (mostly because overusing ugly CG). Worse than them are probably only Production IG (I'm talking about nowadays of course) and GoHands. And where you see great animation and art? It is just average. Not bad (but good for A1 standards), but not great too. If you want great animation and art from this season watch Owari no Seraph or Noragami. are you crazy? a-1s cinematography and camera panning are god tier. best example is the opening sequence. they also have superior color palettes and bg art (shigatsu, anohana, sao, asterisk too if youve been paying attention to the architecture of the city). also you havent been paying attention to any of the fights have you? theyre some of the most fluid and appealing battle scenes ive seen in battle anime. theres so much attention to detail in asterisk and its completely going over your head honestly. |
| Ayato sure got an eyeful there. Cool battle scenes this episode which made for slight drop in quality in the other scenes (esp. noticeable during cute Ayato-Julis scene). Can someone tell me in the scene where Ayato was like "Don't tell me you too" and started blushing was because Ayato sort of realised Julis also likes him, or was he merely realising Julis wanted a pat on the head? I LOVE AYATO AND JULIS THEY'RE SO ADORABLE TOGETHER UGH |
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Mascera said: And here I thought that Saya's father is sick. But after that phone call earlier, I guess it's just my imagination. Actually her dad's situation is even worse than that, but to say any more would be spoilers. Let's just say that it's a matter of perspective... |
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| How unsurprising that Kirin has the cutest and best moment of the show. Once again amazing art and animation really enjoyed the gravity wells. Glad that starting next week shit will hit the fan but I don't see them finishing this Festa in the next three episodes. |
| Big Order (TV):great anime or greatest anime? |
| so we have vampires now? |
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rsc-pl said: I disagree in regards to the Psycho Pass film because that was the best that the series ever looked and you could see the budget that went into it (Heck most if not all films have great budgets) but other than that the only other series they did recently that I can think of is Junketsu no Maria and that looked alright to me =/Tokoya said: IG are one of the best when it comes to art and animation, are you even serious right now lol? Unless you're referring to CGI then thats another story, but even then they're actually one of the few studios that can do it right and I think are the pioneers of digital animation in Japan I think you're confusing them with Toei or someone else because their most recent works (KnB and Haikyuu ) are no where near being bad in the art and animation category Well, nope. I'm talking about psycho-pass (movie especially, it was a torture to watch, one of the worst looking things which I've ever seen in anime) and their newest shows/movies in general. I know that they have tons of great looking productions, and first Ghost in The Shell movie is a masterpiece (I rewatched it yesterday in HD and I really miss animation like this). I'm talking about what they are doing now. Btw, I forgot about Sunrise, their anime is looking bad too (and you know what is funny? The lower budged they have, the better their anime looks, Natsu iro Kiseki for example, it looked perfect for me) Sunrise has definitely been dropping in the visuals aspect as of late but at least Gundam (Unicorn and Iron Blooded Orphans) look great |
L-Ryoshi said: Mascera said: And here I thought that Saya's father is sick. But after that phone call earlier, I guess it's just my imagination. Actually her dad's situation is even worse than that, but to say any more would be spoilers. Let's just say that it's a matter of perspective... Ooh, I wonder what is going on with Saya's dad. Judging from just his voice, he seems like any other "normal" person. |
 "to the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world." -a magnet |
| There are some truly terrible opinions about art and animation quality all around in this thread that just once again show an extremely limited experience with various studios works. Just...Jesus Christ even for MAL opinions. The simple reality is that most studios are freelance nowadays so are working with whatever is available including animators, composers, directors, key animators storyboarders etc. One year for an IRL example a director might be working on Horizon out of Sunrise Studio 8, the next year out of Madhouse on Mahouka, the year after out of A-1 on Asterisk and they bring their styles and ideas with them. Animators often move around like crazy too unless they can become key animators and get to stick within a system they like but most prefer to stay freelance as it opens them up to more opportunities which when you look at the kind of wages these people make you realize they need to stay constantly working in order to get by. Anime industry is kind of a scam, both on fans and the people that tend to work in it that aren't producers and content owners. Get used to it. |
PeacingOutDec 5, 2015 10:26 AM
| Vampires, huh? As you do, I guess. Good god this show is dull though, even with all the action. |
| Bahhh that fight with the buff guy and that scythe bitch was unfair. That Lux has all the power while she only has kicks. that cheap ass scythe made the fight boring. |
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| felt like a build up episode again. so they show the way the vampire fight in this episode. Next two episode will be the fight between the vampire and Ayato, Julis, i guess and i hope so. Hope they will start the real fight in the next episdoe. |
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Dragon_Slayer_X said: Jayden said: Bahhh that fight with the buff guy and that scythe bitch was unfair. That Lux has all the power while she only has kicks. that cheap ass scythe made the fight boring. Orge Luxes are extremely powerful but they have their required price. In normal case, Gravisheath would completely drain it's user after a few attacks but Irene-Priscilla pair has a way around that. It their style of teamwork. Also Irene is good in CQC as well, they are not just kicks. It's good combo.......while she herself is good at close range, mid and long range can be covered by her Scythe and her sister can help with the blood/prana consumption. then it looks like whoever can take the regen sis down first will beat her. |
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| Julis a cutie <3. Great episode, pretty impressive that Saya could handle such a close-combat fight so perfectly with that huge weapon of her. So agile. But damn, didn't expect that blood drinking scene though. Looking forward to the next episode! |
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| Finally a good episode after a few I didn't care for. |
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| Saya and Kirin were so awesome. Really loved Saya's fighting style. BA AF! Liking New vampire chick too. And man are there so many head patting scenes this season. Never get old :P |
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| pat on the head <3 |
| The new girl is cool... a vampire with the weakness of imouto. Ayato and Julis barely do any teamwork in this team battle. They're basically doing solo tag team battles. Even Saya and Kirin knows how to do team battle properly. The lack of Kirin is concerning, but the fanservice quite... uh... okay i guess. Kirin not letting Saya fondling her is funny and cute at the same time lol. Then Saya just open the door when they're naked haha. |
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| Kirin and Saya...did know that Saya was that strong lol. Kirin's melon...yummy! Kyouko...she is strong, and a vampire at that. Ayato going to have a hard time fighting her then...gravity. |
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| ahaha irene isn't that too scary and also julis :3 |
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| This is quite possibly the worst anime I have ever seen. Also, visuals aren't pure shit, but are totally random and far from being good. |
| Saya and Kirin are a great duo team. Damn Saya really caught me by surprise because she moves pretty good when using that big ass gun. And the shower scene was quite funny when she's trying to grab Kirin's boobs but she can't because Kirin is just too fast for her. And Saya is pretty bold for letting Ayato walk in the locker room while she's naked. |
| Glad to see the sisters both together and their battle fulyl animated; theyre basically the first step to gaining more knowledge on locations and whereabouts after their story arc is somewhat completed (I assume ? ) since I doubt they are in any way bad guys perhaps not harem members but easily can see them as friends down the line... And can't see the battle vs Irene lasting very long. |
| Dat kick though Reminds me of... |
| lucky Ayato |
Got something to live for, I know that I won't surrender, A warrior of youth, I'm taking over, a shot to the new world order I Am Bulletproof. . .  |
| Pretty good episode, Saya and Kirin fight was pretty good, loved seeing Saya able to fight close range with her gun as well. The Ayato and Julis was just them dominating with just Julis fighting this one. Finally get more of Irene and get to meet her sister to see that she can regenerate and her Irene is pretty much a vampire scythe user that can control gravity...pretty badass lol. One thing that got me thinking though that we are now hitting the ending of the season with only 2 episodes left, what happened to the main plot of finding out what happened to the sister? That completely just disappeared and we haven't touched on that the whole season. Maybe we will see more about it in these next 2 episodes but I honestly can't wait to see the final battles! Here is my full review on the episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAqz60DJ4Xk |
| Have nice fighting scene and not over pace |
DarklordVor said: Ayato and Julis barely do any teamwork in this team battle. They're basically doing solo tag team battles. Even Saya and Kirin knows how to do team battle properly. I won't spoil you too much but AyatoJulis pair has the most incredible teamwork in the Phoenix teamwork to the end. Of course they won't do much against small fries but you'll see they doing it against bigger fishes. Even currently the solo fights are part of their strategy to conceal Ayato's power and use it less as much as possible. I even think their teamwork was what made the Phoenix arc entertaining. AnimeKingdom said: One thing that got me thinking though that we are now hitting the ending of the season with only 2 episodes left, what happened to the main plot of finding out what happened to the sister? That completely just disappeared and we haven't touched on that the whole season. Maybe we will see more about it in these next 2 episodes but I honestly can't wait to see the final battles! Those who wins a tournament gets to request anything they want from the higher ups. You can already guess what Ayato is going to ask if he wins right? =) Everything including the tournaments are a fraction of the main plot, so don't worry about it. |
Azai-kunDec 5, 2015 7:26 PM
| I love the new vampire chick, i can see her battle and ayato x julis being good ^w^ |
| OK will expect much more still only two episode lift |
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| Great episode, full of fights and showing the strength of several competitors, this time Julis fought alone and had an easy victory, but the mainly adversary for now is Irene, which in addition to provoke them still showed a great strength, I look forward to continue watching and see the struggles that are to come .. |
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| Irene looks interesting. She's not that scary. I kinda like her. Lucky Ayato getting an eyeful of Saya and Kirin's body. Saya seems to be flaunting her body to him. lol Looks like Ayato and Julis will have a tough time to that vampire babe. |
| Hmm...She could technically be a virgin forever If she can even regen her hymen... |
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| The episode was very enjoyable. It's impressive to see Saya swinging that heavy weapon of hers so easily like that against her opponent, before blasting him while he was in the air. Saya's obsession with big tits went up a notch again, trying to grope Kirin's rack. On top of that, she let in Ayato & Julis, with her and Kirin still nude, and gives a victory pose to Ayato without any shame whatsoever....Dayum.... At least Ayato isn't dense like most male MC nowadays, understanding Julis' request for a head rub, then giving her one. Very cute moment. =D Irene is pretty fearsome. Using a powerful weapon with ease and having her sister with her regen powers so she can suck some of her blood to give her vamp-like powers a boost, and also being able to control gravity with be a nightmare for any good teams in the competition to deal with. Apart from the odd CGI during Irene's battle which looked average, the art and animation was, for the most part, really good. |
| Yea, I think I'll wait till the 2nd season is done. This show is a joke compared to Rakudai. Apart from pink hair (Julius) > Red hair (Stella) it just doesn't do much for me. And by ">" I just mean the hair color and style, that's it. |
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