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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- First episode is up on Funimation today. Takes place in 1923 and we got the debut of an vampire woman right off the bat. I want to say that the overall environment and visual quality does gives me the feeling of the time setting. Seems the show features adult characters with military roles and they fear that the vampire community may become a prominent threat. It feels like an episode that sets up for many events in the future and I hope it'll be good. Has potential imo although I'm not sold on the main cast yet. Also, this anime seems to have a way of words, some of the dialogues sounds like it comes from actors. First episode had moments that looked more like a play. |
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| Funimation has an early premiere of Episode 1: https://twitter.com/FUNimation/status/1374722749701230601 OOH, a 16:9 screen format, haven't seen that in quite awhile since Kanata no Astra. Signal.MD coming in STRONG with the film format. The ONE KEY person I'm looking out for is legendary screenwriter Junichi Fujisaku, the same person who directed Blood+ and screenwrote Blood-C, so if you've watched those 2 classic shows, you know that he's EXTREMELY good at handling the supernatural themes with vampires. The original source being based on Bun-O Fujisawa's stage reading play, and this practically nails that aspect in the Expressionist ages. A really intriguing start that does not show a lot, but tells as the story progresses. Special Force Unit 16 a.k.a Code Zero, a MI6 kind of unit handling cases related to incinerating vampires, I'm getting the Impressionist Van Helsing vibes here. Looking forward to seeing more of this, this could be the dark horse vampire of the Spring season. |
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| @phantomfandom oh yeah, pardon my lack of knowledge in screen resolutions xD It should look more like Anamorphic 16:9. |
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| Welp this was pretty weird premise. Visuals and animation were beautiful but dunno felt a bit odd. Was Misaki Maeda's fiance or was she just acting her role the entire time? Hope we get confirmation on that also I see a lot of death flags on Moriyama. OP or ED whatever it was at the end of the episode it was good. |
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| It was... fine. the animation was extremely limited and stilted, with the majority of "movement" being distant or very stiff. the directing however is much stronger, with shots that evoke the nature of it being adapted from a stage play, it compensates for the lack of actual animation quite a bit. can't really judge the story as it was pretty light on story and exposition this episode, as it focused on tone setting instead. I guess I'll keep watching for a bit. |
MegamiRem said: Welp this was pretty weird premise. Visuals and animation were beautiful but dunno felt a bit odd. Was Misaki Maeda's fiance or was she just acting her role the entire time? Hope we get confirmation on that also I see a lot of death flags on Moriyama. OP or ED whatever it was at the end of the episode it was good. Is the eding song sang by hyde.. te op forgot who sings it o.o |
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| It was interesting indeed, the atmosphere feels like we're really in those years. I wasn't expecting anything so this surprised me for good. |
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| Don't know what to make of it yet but it did catch my attention. Feels like it has potential so let's see how it turns out. dany_elle1908 said: MegamiRem said: Welp this was pretty weird premise. Visuals and animation were beautiful but dunno felt a bit odd. Was Misaki Maeda's fiance or was she just acting her role the entire time? Hope we get confirmation on that also I see a lot of death flags on Moriyama. OP or ED whatever it was at the end of the episode it was good. Is the eding song sang by hyde.. te op forgot who sings it o.o Yeah, the ED is sung by Hyde. |
| I don't know how to properly describe it, but the way this was presented kind of reminded me of the Monogatari Series. That might just be me though. Overall, I thought this would be one of those "cool premise, mediocre execution" shows however, I really enjoyed the first episode. |
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MiscString said: I don't know how to properly describe it, but the way this was presented kind of reminded me of the Monogatari Series. That might just be me though. Overall, I thought this would be one of those "cool premise, mediocre execution" shows however, I really enjoyed the first episode. No, It's not just you. I feel like it uses some of the directing tricks of monogatari and also dialog dialog dialog. It has a lot of flat colors and thin lines that kinda reminds me of Kizumonogatari. |
"Hololive was a mistake" -HaYagoo Miyazaki  |
| Naw. Already anime of the season for the art direction alone. Fucking loved every second. Early on in the episode the cgi was a bit jarring but that isn't nearly enough for me to ignore everything this episode did well. Quite monogatari'esque in it's style. Meaning that it's perfect. |
 "Awoooo!" howled Holo. Fear gripped the men. Even Lawrence stepped back. Should they have seen her fangs, he had prepared a cover story: that all sufficiently angry women seemed to bear fangs. |
| Interesting idea, weird stylistics...but man the music... Not that's bad or anything but I hate how they used it. Distracting factor for me - the whole time I was expecting subconsciously someone from the cast of Sakura Taisen to appear. |
alshuMar 29, 2021 11:51 PM
| It looks like it is reaching for the stars. Whether it succeeds or not remains to be seen, but I have to appreciate the effort. The art and presentation style seems to be inspired by the monogatari series (Kizumonogatari in particular), not that it is a bad thing. I like that it has a different style because it helps this anime stand out more among all of the seasonal anime. I’m not the biggest fan of the more cinematic aspect ratio, as it comes off a little pretentious. But that being said, The plot of a military special force hunting down vampires has a lot of potential. |
| Wasn't sure if I was going to watch this given the myanime synopsis making it sound so bland but I am glad I did. For an opening episode it has me intrigued and I must know more! |
 To have you, Id give a billion lives A-Chan best girl |
| This looks extremely interesting. The art quality is amazing so far, the directing is really innovative and refreshing and the characters seem to be quite interesting and unique. |
| OK, this seems tailor made for fujo: all male main cast, based on a stage play, has a mobile game. Checks out. On a technical note it looks pretty damn good. But it will need one hell of an interesting story to keep me interested in a sausage-fest. So far... not impressed. |
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| It is so unique in every way and I loved it, definitely an interesting idea. |
| ok first of all hot damn that atmosphere is phenomenal. The colour palette used was amazing and the OST choices were pretty dope as well as for the story itself.... wat I think this first ep is probs meant to establish the setting and the protag/antag, given how most of the main characters haven't been introduced yet lol. But still big F for vampire waifu died in only the 1st ep rip |
 'On-Hold' is another way for a completionist to say 'Dropped' |
| Holy fuck the direction of this anime. This is some Wonder Egg Priority quality of direction, even if the animation can't keep up with it. The music also really sells the anime for me. This is a huge suprise for me after being turned of by the animation in the trailers. Even if its story is simple, if the anime keeps up this kind of gorgeous direction, then we got something special on our hands. |
| Why does the poll have a whopping 142 "Hated it"? Is this the next Ex-Arm? Edit : Seems like the same thing happened to the other show that aired today, Koi to Yobu ni wa Kimochi Warui, except there's 266 of them. Did someone make a bot to vote 1/5 on polls?... |
BaronBrixiusMar 29, 2021 3:14 PM
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| Well this definitely has my interest. Great art design and inspired directing. The question is if the plot is going to be good. |
| "Otaku search for patterns within data presented and draw conclusions. Anime fans only see clones and copies." -artificialnightsky |
| I really like the camera shots and angles used. |
Penguinman37Mar 29, 2021 3:52 PM
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| Going into this with no expectations was my best choice, very interesting presentation and atmosphere |
 "In the past few months since we met, I've shared many memories with Nagato. Though I've also shared memories with Haruhi, Asahina-san and Koizumi, I found that I've experienced more events with Nagato in particular. In fact, every situation seems to involve her. I might as well mention this, she's probably the only person to cause the bell within me to shake the most vigorously..." ~ Kyon, TMOSH |
MegamiRem said: Was Misaki Maeda's fiance or was she just acting her role the entire time? Hope we get confirmation on that also I see a lot of death flags on Moriyama. Yes I'm very sure Misaki was his fiancee. Moriyama asked Maeda if he was single and he responded that he has 'a fiancee I never met'. Then, when he went to the theater and met the blonde (Defrott), she mentioned that Misaki was really excited for her lover (Maeda) to see her perform as Salome. Defrott said it's a shame that he couldn't come back sooner (Maeda was away from Tokyo for the last 6 months) before Misaki's incident. When they meet near the end of the episode, Misaki introduces herself and says 'I wanted to meet you for so long' and 'I'm glad you're just how I imagined'. |
PecoTheHeroMar 29, 2021 4:45 PM
| that was interesting first ep... art and music were good. even if anime could be trash later tho, it has subawe-san's voice i will watch it >w< |
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| Vampire hunting at the beginning of the century. XX in Japan. The mixture of the supernatural and the historical is something that always conquers me, and this first ep convinced me to continue seeing this story. Introduction with a theatrical monologue is always a good resource and here it was well used, yet perfectly combined with the mood of the anime. An interesting topic that was covered quickly in the episode, and became visible with the setting: the strong Western influence that Japan was having in the early 20th century. I think the anime will address that again. In addition, with a more obscure beginning, it gave a meaning that will debate more complex issues. Being a dramatic and enigmatic anime. The animation I thought matched the mood of the story, is not spectacular, but also has no reason to bother. Some uses of CGI, but it doesn't bother at all. It was a good first episode, you could perfectly understand the personality of the protagonist and how it works clearly in the world, in addition to getting what kind of vampire the work is using. |
| Eh, it looked nice and had excellent sound design but literally nothing about this episode interested me. |
| I didn't like the art style, colors, the horrendous 3DCGI, vampires but I like the vampire girl but ... Apparently the other characters are males so this is going to be a total trash for me. |
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BaronBrixius said: yes I agree with you, even seeing their discussions people enjoy it, so I think this is a bot's doing, I hope mod will fix itWhy does the poll have a whopping 142 "Hated it"? Is this the next Ex-Arm? Edit : Seems like the same thing happened to the other show that aired today, Koi to Yobu ni wa Kimochi Warui, except there's 266 of them. Did someone make a bot to vote 1/5 on polls?... |
| bruh, the fuck did i just watch... |
yvseiMar 29, 2021 7:33 PM
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IMMABEAST said: This was painful to watch. I didnt expected much. But to ruin such beautiful Animation with this disgusting, sloppy Lazy writing. What was even the point. Instead of making proper dialog author just makes our main villain spit some random script all the time to cover the fact he has no idea what he would make her to say. There was no conflict there was nothing. This would be utter shit if it werent for the visuals. Im deathly afraid of the next episode and so should you It’s barely the first episode lol, chill. |
| eh. So far not a fan. I didn't hate it but I didn't like it either. |
| I loved the animation, can't wait for the next episode |
| "he has it big as a cactus but he won't let go of my head and I puke on his cock bitch" - Boy by Fishball |
| It was alright. It wasn't amazing but it did just enough to make me wanna try at least a couple more episodes. |
STOP SLEEPING ON ODD TAXI |
| ooh this was quite interesting, not sure how to feel about this but seems very intriguing for now. quite a nice episode to introduce us into this world, while it was very confusing it did give off an enjoyable mysterious vibe and hope we get to find out more and stuff by the end of this. the soundtrack is cool and ending/opening at the end sounded great, interesting that it was in english but it was actually not bad, it is by hyde though so of course its very high quality. the main thing i was impressed with was the production quality, really love the artstyle here, the lighting and colours are amazing and the backgrounds specifically look quite wonderful. i really liked this one in particular, could definitely be wallpaper material. anyways, this anime looks to have the potential to be very promising... cant wait to see how it turns out, hopefully well. |
| Seeing a lot of hate but I actually really liked it. First half was odd and animation not all that, but that scene with the vampire and Maeda at the end was very very nice and the OST with it was great. Not amazing as a whole obviously so far but that scene alone made it worth it. We'll see how it goes from here though. |
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