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| That animation qualty looks rather medicore. Thought it looked better in the promotional material. This show has a lot of video game themes whether it's at arcade, online, or game competitions in general. The main guy Shun seems like an average dude working in the everyday life style. From even the first episode, there's gaming competition with E-sports like format. That game they were playing gave me Counter Strike vibes. A somwhat unique premise imo although I'm not too impressed by the storytelling just yet. |
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| If you have watched China's famous anime of Quanzhi Gaoshou a.k.a The King's Avatar from Spring 2017, this show is literally no different. eSports have gained notoriety in the past few years, and director Yasutaka Yamamoto being a 3-fer in both director, series composer and sound director, heads this show wich shows the rise of eSports, especially the online Counter Strike/Valorant-ish game Xaxxerion. And in the Fox One internet cafe, sits Shun Tokinoya working there as a part-time worker working with Nozomi Inatsuki, being fellow eSports players, there's the fun element of that brings him back to the game, almost forcing his hand on the past that haunts him. Also, roasting graphics cards in the oven, hell nah. Shun, living together with his mother and disabled sister Mio, his future is bleak, but for friends like Akito Sendo, he wants to be a pro eSports player. But the professional Fox One team in tatters, the eSports shop will also be gone thanks to Mio's dad's heinous team management. For that reason, asking both Akito and Shun (whom he recently quit to focus on his studies) for help, the former guns all that he has and forces the latter to play one death match game just to prove his point. And sure enough, Explosion-kun, an old friend of theirs pops up out of nowhere, and like a spark etched into him, Shun reignites his passion for eSports, thanks to this Yu Saegusa, who's also in her modelling role. The in-game experience...wow that looks ugly and stuttery. Not having any hopes for a Japanese-made imitation of China's juggernaut series. |
KANLen09Oct 14, 2023 8:44 AM
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| Hmm well esports anime are very rare so it's definitely pretty refreshing in that sense. Animation quality is a bit lackluster though, I get that it'd be unrealistic to expect modern day FPS graphics in an anime but it still feels a bit jarring. Quanzhi Gaoshou made it look more seemless by just making the in-game visuals anime style as well Bit mixed feelings on it for now, doesn't seem like the most groundbreaking story premise either but I'll stick with it at least |
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| Maybe we shouldn't expect too much from the studio that gave us the "dog anime" |
One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron |
| The 3D part is bad but one can get use to it. Other than that, it seems interesting enough for me to watch. Also, stellar cast there, Kenshou Ono, Inase Minori, Amamiya Sora, Kimura Ryouhei with more known names coming, including Matsuoka Yoshitsugu, Hondou Kaede or Sugita Tomokazu. Even if this show is rough on the edges they can certainly elevate it to the new level. And I can already see love triangle (although childhood friend never wins, right?) |
| Now I understand why there weren't any shots of the actual game on the promo videos |
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kuroneko99Oct 7, 2023 8:15 PM
| I was actually pretty excited for this anime due to the pv. But man 30 seconds in all that excitement vanished. |
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| I wonder what year it is, they have smartphone and all that but the game looks like it comes straight from 2001 |
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I wonder what year it is, they have smartphone and all that but the game looks like it comes straight from 2001
| @JustMonaka Yeah the game graphic looks really bad. even worse than CS1.6 lol |
Cross  AngeHey guys check my profile for current airing season anime recommendation (guaranteed best taste) |
| This is depressing to watch, knowing how hellish an esport business is... no money for tier 2-3 tournaments, finding sponsors or orgs and worst of all teams disband alot |
| Valorant I guess? Was sad to watch to say the least Looks like a Yuu v Nozomi angle, from experience the Yuu character wins 8 times out of 10 |
| Some things better never to be seen. Or to be shown. I will stick with King's Avatar. |
| Ruka? is that you? |
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| Now i understand why they didn't show us any of the gaming footage in the trailer. LMAO |
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| Thought I was watching a valorant gameplay for a sec LOL. Dropped 1st EP, was fooled by what I thought could've been a potential. |
"......If I told you that I was a real witch, would you believe it?"  |
| I was so ready to give them kudos for intentionally making the game old looking when they time skipped, but then they were still playing it. That is way too awful looking for the amount of screen time. Also, seriously, pops? You're asking loudmouth before your own daughter who just carried his ass? No wonder your wife left you. |
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Poor guy. Being used by his friends and an incompetent businessman. The game itself is painful to watch. Uses mnk but movement is like playing with a busted controller.
| @GizzyWizzy In reality, there are a lot of crazy businessmen out there who don't do business with reason and logic. They ignore advice and go bankrupt, and some of them succeed. |
Interesting. I was anxious to know why Shun stopped playing. I wonder if it's because of his sister... I theorize that she got hurt while he was playing :/ |
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| A least they made the game look like an actual video game and not another Dive-In VR bs. |
| Yo what's this? I'm just curious for this one, and I don't know what next. Besides, the 'game' is cool. |
| I don't really like the gaming graphic, but the anime itself is quite interesting. I'll binge-watch it later. |
| That game looks horrendous. Valorant wannabe. Kinda funny to see an anime revolving around a game and an esports team. I work at a gaming cafe, and this is funny tbh. ALSO HOW IN THE HELL DO YOU PUT A FUCKING GPU IN THE OVEN???? I HAVE NEVER IN MY LIFE SEEN SOMEONE DO THAT. |
| It's not as bad as I thought it would be, so it's a pleasant surprise to me. Nothing special, but an okay introduction - I think they did pretty well in introducing the main cast. |
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Luigi11Ism said:
That game looks horrendous. Valorant wannabe.
Kinda funny to see an anime revolving around a game and an esports team. I work at a gaming cafe, and this is funny tbh. ALSO HOW IN THE HELL DO YOU PUT A FUCKING GPU IN THE OVEN???? I HAVE NEVER IN MY LIFE SEEN SOMEONE DO THAT.
That game looks horrendous. Valorant wannabe.
Kinda funny to see an anime revolving around a game and an esports team. I work at a gaming cafe, and this is funny tbh. ALSO HOW IN THE HELL DO YOU PUT A FUCKING GPU IN THE OVEN???? I HAVE NEVER IN MY LIFE SEEN SOMEONE DO THAT.
nah that's a thing, and the reason was even valid. solder can crack or separate over time and the GPU die will lose connection with the solder pads on the card. low temp baking can reflow (melt) the solder and reconnect it. though as noted, if it happens once, it's liable to recur and you should prepare for permanent death
| @tarfeef101 I mean, if that happened in the gaming cafe i work in, you bet i won't do that at all, what you said is a temporary fix, you wouldn't want a customer to play on a broken PC. |
| i liked the premise of this show! and its also Original! nice! plus we have here some top calibre composers like Sawano and Team MONACA! damn! 5/5. |
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| Pretty old school - the gaming in a cafe and some simple shooter game lol. :D From the description I thought it would feel a bit more futuristic trying to depict gaming in 10-20 years. Not gaming 10-20 years ago. :D Story seems okay-ish. I bet the background story with the sister will be something pretty weak/boring - where it is written badly and main suddenly blames himself word weird reasons. |
| They should have use some real world game like Apex or whatever because that fictional game looks boring as fuck. |
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| Not bad at all. I was hoping for some grand and epic tale, it's actually just video games... with a huge plot twist at the start... This vibe we are getting are definitely the old, deprecated? Counter Strike we played years ago... |
| It's not that I dislike this genre but... to add unnecessary fan services to/in/for heroines and ultimately destroys her character and personality; their purity tarnished because of it, is the only thing I hope to not happen to them. For that sole purity is my fan service. |
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