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| Episode 1 [spoiler] So in the end I decided for a discussion thread for this, because I think it's always fun trying to predict the Urobuchi twists together, and his shows tend to have more to discuss than the average anime. I really liked this first episode. Starting with worldbuilding is always nice, and I like the established setting already. Plus we had some drastic developments at the end. There's really a lot of directions this could go, and most of them seem promising at this point so I'm looking forward to more episodes. |
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| Ep 1 [spoiler] Felt like the start of the episode was really slow, some decent world building, but nothing much going on. The destruction/invasion near the end nearly made up for it then. Mechas don't look that great and cgi as expected, char designs are kinda meh too, but yeah not a bad start. |
 "The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself." -Friedrich Nietzsche |
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| Ep 2 [spoiler] When Zeon attacks! Err... I mean Mars, the fights weren't bad, but again the slower parts had me zoning out big time. I'm just finding it really hard to get attached to the characters. I can barely remember their names and their char designs are so generic it's really hard for them to stick in my memory lol. I might drop this at the next ep if it keeps going on like this. |
"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself." -Friedrich Nietzsche |
| Episode 2 [spoiler] I can't say I agree with you guys, this was even better than the first episode. I don't think it's that important to flesh out the characters early on when the whole approach of the show is throw us head-first in a war scenario. War is cruel enough on it's own so it can be emotional and intense even without a deep connection to the characters, at least to me. You can't even attempt to flesh out as many characters as there are casualties in a war like this, but the faceless masses of people dying is what constituted the cruelty of war more than anything so to me this was a well done depiction of the desperation of war. Especially with the overpowered enemies. I loved how they just disintegrate any matter on contact, it's really scary to think about facing an enemy like that, it feels even more hopeless than facing Titans or Gauna at this point, as we've seen nothing being able to harm them in the slightest. I loved the intensity during the whole episode, I really can't imagine zoning out, I was on the edge of my seat from start to finish. Also liked the revelations about the princess still being alive and who it was that tried to assassinate her. The politics in this will definitely play an important role, as I don't think humanity has any other way of fighting their enemy effectively. Definitely a great episode for me, bumped this show into my top 3 of the season for now. |
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| Episode 3 [spoiler] Another pretty good episode. I liked the explanation of the barrier and the logical conclusions they drew from it and used to win the fight. I only found it weird that there wouldn't be a radar function that renders the smokescreen useless, but aside from that I liked how it worked out. Of course the two no-mercy kills at the end of the episode were pretty intense as well. So much better than when Akame ga Kill tried the same thing. For now I expect this to focus on the earthling who was with the martians and shot his superior getting in contact with the 'main' group and the 'main group' trying to use the princess to put an end to the assault. Definitely a bunch of stuff to look forward to if the writing doesn't decline. |
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Sion_Barzahd said: Episode 3 [spoiler]Well, they also made sure to clarify that the mech is actually receiving signals from the satellites so these receivers could have been used to receive radar data as well. If not directly then indirectly, like with the satellites. |
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| Ep 3 [spoiler] Not a bad episode, the first half was kinda dull but once they actually put their plan into action it was pretty decent. The Martians seems a bit too stereotypically bad though. Or maybe it was just that one pilot. I was thinking I might drop this, but theres only a few episodes left so I might as well finish. |
"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself." -Friedrich Nietzsche |
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| Episode 4 [spoiler] Another pretty decent episode but probably a bit less exciting than the previous ones. I heard Urobuchi only wrote the Script for the first 3 episodes so maybe that's why ^^. |
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| Episode 4 Higashi_no_Kaze said: [spoiler] I heard Urobuchi only wrote the Script for the first 3 episodes so maybe that's why ^^. Ah, really? That is quite disappointing to hear. |
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| Aldnoah. Zero: Gen says he wrote the first three episodes, but then is going to pass the baton to another guy for the rest. http://www.mygeekreview.com/anime-expo-2014-day-1-gen-urobuchi-and-nitro/ |
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brianwuzhere said: Aldnoah. Zero: Gen says he wrote the first three episodes, but then is going to pass the baton to another guy for the rest. http://www.mygeekreview.com/anime-expo-2014-day-1-gen-urobuchi-and-nitro/ Ah, bummer. |
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| Episode 5 [spoiler] I'm disappointed that the emperor is so easily manipulated, but aside from that it was another pretty solid episode. Not really much to add except I wonder how earth will not end up being completely crushed asap now that the war is sanctioned. |
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| Finally managed to catch up. Episode 6 Episode 7 [spoiler] Well, they at least made his appearance more reasonable with the short sequence at the beginning. As for the episode in general, I quite liked it, a lot of interesting developments like the Terrans now having access to equal technology and the last scene when Slaine and Inaho kinda became enemies because their goals are different, though their enemy is the same. |
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| Episode 8 [spoiler]Idk, Cruhteo came off as too two-dimensional and his change of heart didn't seem to be very convincingly written either. I guess they felt it wasn't necessary since he would be killed off minutes later anyway. |
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| Episode 9 [spoiler] Well, this episode was better than the last. Not digging Slaine's part of the story very much at this point, but the shower-murder at the end definitely caught my attention. Is she really gonna be dead? It would be a classic Urobutcher I guess. |
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| Ok doing a bit of a catch up here myself. Episode 6 Episode 7 Episode 8 |
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| Episode 10 [spoiler] So she survived, huh? Not too spectacular of an episode overall, not sure what else to say than things are moving along. |
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| Ep 11 [spoiler] Well I actually bothered to catch up to this and I'm regretting it... flashy plot twists that don't end up actually mattering and bland characters don't make for a very engaging episode. I admit the descent this episode was atleast a little cool though. |
"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself." -Friedrich Nietzsche |
| Episode 11 [spoiler] Oh my god that conversation between Inaho and his sister in the first half was just SO BAD. Like seriously, what was her point? I couldn't follow the conversation at all, all she did was agree with him while disagreeing with him. I even watched it twice but it just made me laugh in the end. Inaho now being the commander-in-chief and even devising the battle plans on his own despite a lot of higher ranked and more experienced military personnel being around didn't help me take the episode serious either. Descent was cool I guess, aside from that one of the worse episodes imo. |
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| Episode 12: brianwuzhere said: OOH WHATCHA SAY... Nuff said. 6/10 because it wasn't always that bad and I do still enjoy anime about action and wars and stuff, I can't help it. |
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| Ep 12 [spoiler] ... I just can't get behind this at all. I wasn't even slightly engaged with the characters or the story from the beginning. Slaine was the only character that was even slightly interesting and while the whole "finding the weakness" in the enemy kataphracts thing was only a slight variation of the usual. The nail in the coffin has to be that ending though... ughh I don't even. Brian's video pretty much summarizes the whole thing. I won't be watching the next season 3/10 |
"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself." -Friedrich Nietzsche |
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