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| just started watching it and the very first thing to notice was the GODAWFUL CGI!! inontheless i gonan keep watching cause this might still be worth my time. |
Well, the animation could be better, but on the other hand plot seems promising and the characters are good. I think this will surely be worth watching. I'm a little disappointed with the villain, a fucking brat, but maybe there will be some cool ones too. That assassin dude is badass. Looking forward to next episode. |
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| Love the OP Classic China, this anime interesting to watch |
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| The anime will be great. I like the first episode. opening: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVSgHFCIA6k |
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| this is ugly, just like Berserk movies please Japan stop making CG anime, this is ugly |
MannyCalavera said: this is ugly, just like Berserk movies please Japan stop making CG anime, this is ugly Couldn't agree more. |
| Why are you complaining about the CG when the story line look great. Just for your information, there will have more CG in the animes in the next year. |
| In the 1st half of the ep CGI was very terrible , but when bandits attacking Shin CGI was fine only when ppl talk or move CGI is bad.And story line looks great. |
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| Despite of what everybody else says I think I can come to like this animation style. I've never seen CGI (didnt even know what it meant before) so maybe after some time I'll get used to it. Ok, I'm just trying to be positive by calling it refreshing. ^^ Love the story so I'll continue anyway. |
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| The story of the rise of the Qin interests me, I haven't seen this yet but from the screenshots in the OP's post this looks kind of dumb. Can anyone say something about this other than the CGI, for instance is this "serious" like the Romance of the Three Kingdoms anime or is this childishly retarded like Bleach or Naruto or that kind of thing? From the OP's screenshots it seems to be the latter, can anyone clarify this for me? |
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KiraYoshikage said: Why are you complaining about the CG when the story line look great. Just for your information, there will have more CG in the animes in the next year. Most people don´t like watching anime with CG covering about 80% of the episode only to change to traditional style from time to time, from which I include myself, I´d rather have tons of QUALITY than this. Plus, this style of animation looks...awkward and unfitting to this kind of show, to put it nicely, as it’s not especially attractive and the character movements in the CG sequences are jerky and artificial. I think the plot has potential, and the writing and directing showed to be enjoyable enough despite its shortcomings in the technical apartment, so I might keep watching it, however the dilemma is this: the CG is painful to watch, and I doubt everyone will get past the first episode, which makes it a real shame... |
Karura_JiinsaruJun 7, 2012 8:36 PM
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ZetaZaku said: ^Actually no. The first episode is 50min. It's not first and second episode. It's not like this is the first time they did this, and also most Japanese TV shows usually have a longer first episode, so why not do it in anime? Kinda made the whole episode better. If they made this as two separate episodes (like with Aquarion Evol) it wouldn't be as good as this. You sure? It seems most sites are protraying this as episode one and two combined |
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Lohengram said: The story of the rise of the Qin interests me, I haven't seen this yet but from the screenshots in the OP's post this looks kind of dumb. Can anyone say something about this other than the CGI, for instance is this "serious" like the Romance of the Three Kingdoms anime or is this childishly retarded like Bleach or Naruto or that kind of thing? From the OP's screenshots it seems to be the latter, can anyone clarify this for me? This is an anime that is serious, there is great potential, it is far from being a shonen. From what I saw with the manga, it'll be faithful. But I'm sure it do like the 12 kingdoms (stopped at some point). The manga is to 26 volumes . Zee530 said: ZetaZaku said: ^Actually no. The first episode is 50min. It's not first and second episode. It's not like this is the first time they did this, and also most Japanese TV shows usually have a longer first episode, so why not do it in anime? Kinda made the whole episode better. If they made this as two separate episodes (like with Aquarion Evol) it wouldn't be as good as this. You sure? It seems most sites are protraying this as episode one and two combined Episode 1 was 50 minutes (it was not combined) Episode 2 and the rest will be 25 minutes |
KiraYoshikage said: Lohengram said: The story of the rise of the Qin interests me, I haven't seen this yet but from the screenshots in the OP's post this looks kind of dumb. Can anyone say something about this other than the CGI, for instance is this "serious" like the Romance of the Three Kingdoms anime or is this childishly retarded like Bleach or Naruto or that kind of thing? From the OP's screenshots it seems to be the latter, can anyone clarify this for me? This is an anime that is serious, there is great potential, it is far from being a shonen. From what I saw with the manga, it'll be faithful. But I'm sure it do like the 12 kingdoms (stopped at some point). The manga is to 26 volumes . Well I watched it based on what you said, I think you're wrong though this is clearly a shonen but it's not too bad, as these things go. It's hardly what I'd call "serious" though, what with that boy beating up about 20 armed men with a wooden stick and some people having "monsterish" forms and other silly and outlandish superhuman features. I'll probably stick with it for a few more episodes to see how it develops though, as these kind of things aren't in it constantly and bits of it seem a bit more interesting. |
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Zee530 said: ZetaZaku said: ^Actually no. The first episode is 50min. It's not first and second episode. It's not like this is the first time they did this, and also most Japanese TV shows usually have a longer first episode, so why not do it in anime? Kinda made the whole episode better. If they made this as two separate episodes (like with Aquarion Evol) it wouldn't be as good as this. You sure? It seems most sites are protraying this as episode one and two combined Episode 1 was 50 minutes (it was not combined) Episode 2 and the rest will be 25 minutes Okay. I'll edit it on my end also |
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| The CGI is suffocating me I dropped this halfway and removed it in my list. Might reconsider later if someone will say something very convincing to watch this again |
| So far the story is the only reason I will consider continuing this series. Was not so much into the acting for some of these characters and I also am not a very big fan of the art either. It has my interest, however. |
KiraYoshikage said: Why are you complaining about the CG when the story line look great. Just for your information, there will have more CG in the animes in the next year. The story was fine actually, CG is just too ugly to look at IMO. I'm quite aware of that and it sucks. |
Lohengram said: KiraYoshikage said: Lohengram said: The story of the rise of the Qin interests me, I haven't seen this yet but from the screenshots in the OP's post this looks kind of dumb. Can anyone say something about this other than the CGI, for instance is this "serious" like the Romance of the Three Kingdoms anime or is this childishly retarded like Bleach or Naruto or that kind of thing? From the OP's screenshots it seems to be the latter, can anyone clarify this for me? This is an anime that is serious, there is great potential, it is far from being a shonen. From what I saw with the manga, it'll be faithful. But I'm sure it do like the 12 kingdoms (stopped at some point). The manga is to 26 volumes . Well I watched it based on what you said, I think you're wrong though this is clearly a shonen but it's not too bad, as these things go. It's hardly what I'd call "serious" though, what with that boy beating up about 20 armed men with a wooden stick and some people having "monsterish" forms and other silly and outlandish superhuman features. I'll probably stick with it for a few more episodes to see how it develops though, as these kind of things aren't in it constantly and bits of it seem a bit more interesting. Those who do not agree on CG, go read the manga. (From somewhere else, it's always better to read a historical manga that the anime) The night scene of fighting in the village is more real in the manga. I do not consider either a seinen, it is much that certain subject just went further that a shonen. It will depend on how the evolution of the anime. But if we talk about the main character this is on it is totally shonen . Like the character Zheng who will become the empeureur Qin Shi Huang and have declared the Qin dynasty. How will it change when you know that the dynasty only lasted too little and they were not very popular. Otherwise, I do not care avout CG |
KiraYoshikageJun 8, 2012 4:05 AM
KiraYoshikage said: OUCH! I hope they reverse that somehow. I did not read the manga but certainly this is alarming if I though the anime is realistic enough for me.Those who do not agree on CG, go read the manga. (From somewhere else, it's always better to read a historical manga that the anime) The night scene of fighting in the village is more real in the manga. Hmmmmmmmm, I hope you can confirm this when the anime does make it better than the manga. |
| Not watching. The CGI ruined everything. Not to sound like a total art snob, but I couldn't make it through half of this episode. I have no idea why they even bother with this CGI shit really, it's not necessary nor does it look good. Like, at all. And when you have some parts that are 2D and others that aren't.. It just doesn't flow well. |
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KiraYoshikageJun 9, 2012 3:50 AM
| My eyes, it hurts! I HATE that animation style, utterly horrible, painful to watch. Story seems nice though. Will keep watching, but for only a few more episodes. I expected a lot, now I just hope I don't drop it before 5th episode. |
doruk_kara said: I doubt it'll be more realistic than the manga. Not with the voice actor of Ichigo shouting around xD I've had a look at the manga now, the anime so far is quite a literal animation of the manga. So the anime isn't any more or less "serious" than the manga, if anything seeing how it develops in the manga and given that it's been quite a literal animation so far I think I may well drop this, too silly for me. |
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| Animation style is horrible !!! It looks like a game :( Story...hmmm...nothing special...It's horrible too ><"" maybe dropped... |
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| Juz wanna follow the story~~ I bet Piao was picked because he looked the same as the king guy |
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| The posturing at the beginning made me groan and almost hit the stop button but after that it got pretty good. Some of the CG was crappy but I don't watch anime for neat effects. As long as the character designs are somewhat nice and the story continues to be good, I will keep watching. It's a TAD unrealistic so far with those two kids being so much more over-powered than everyone else but maybe their foes have all been pussies up to now. So far, it beats the crap out of Zetman which was also Shonen and the First spring anime to grace my dropped list. Interesting twist at the very last. So the general mostly wanted the kid for a body double for the king? (That HAS to be who that is!) |
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| This was bad. 38 episodes for a very shoddy CG animation. You're kidding? At least the historical story will be well done. 38 episodes for a generic shounen that loosely ties in to history with very shoddy CG animation. You're kidding? Surely this could be marketed to children and young adults given the immaturity of the dialogue. Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity) |
RexkyJun 12, 2012 6:37 PM
| Compared to many good novels about Chinese war and heroes (who are usually not generals or government officials), this one feels like shounen work for middle school or below. People of high school ages or above will find many flaws or somehow don't agree. That said, it got 26 volumes and on-going, there may be a chance of improvement later to allow it to drag that long. |
| Although I didn't expect the first episode to be nearly an hour long it was good.As for the animation which seems to be dominating the posts,I found that it didn't bother me at all.Nice to see some variety. |
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| Obviously it isn't some historic realistic story and it a shounen but still the story seemed quite intriguing and not as childish as other shounen. The CG was indeed horrible. And although the style of the artwork is good the CG stuff kind of ruins it. As others said i hope the Japanese cut that shit out. It ain't good and they should realize that. Don't know how much money they save by doing that shit but it ain't worth it. If they don't save money compare to 2D then is even worse and completely incomprehensible. |
| I don't like the animation but am still going to continue to watch this because I really like the story. Man what a first episode his best friend dying I didn't expect at all. Since it's only the first episode, I didn't really have that much invested in the characters so far but it still made me sad! Though I do know that I hate that little bastard prince with the large forehead and the guy with the the back-neck fat...lol |
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The animation is indeed so horrible. But the story is quite good that makes it still bearable.. Lol, I even have to ask my sister to take a quick look at some few parts because I was wondering that there could be something wrong with the player or if maybe i am just sleepy.. so it is really with the animation! Haha. Anyway, storyline is quite interesting so still looking forward :) |
Nasty001 said: KiraYoshikage said: who sub it? Edit: This is not in Japan, the story is in old China. The studio of this anime still uses a Japanese element into this anime. Like what? |
| Well,this was pretty good in most departments except for the animation department when they were using CG models.When it was 2D,it was fairly good. Why when using CG in anime,do studios not hire a video game company to do the animation?If it weren't for this bad CG,more people would like it.I seen better Cg animation on American cartoons & those things are made for kids!And the 3D One Piece movie looked better than this. |
| My Devianart Oh & Space Brothers is still the best anime ever,in my opinion.Even when competing with Attack on Titan. |
Yumekichi11 said: doruk_kara said: Unless that changes or there is less of it. Who knows the development exactly at this point.I doubt it'll be more realistic than the manga. Not with the voice actor of Ichigo shouting around xD I've read some comments in various places that said this was one of the better shows of the season, so I thought I'd take a look. Not impressed with the initial episode. The shouting of lines wore me out completely, especially by Shin. Around the 32 minute mark, I had to pause the show and go take a break. It wasn't as bad afterward but it wasn't good. Weird animation. Not attractive. Someone above used the expression 'fake Disney'. That's sort of what I thought as well — more cheap Disney though. In the scene in the market, around the 21 minute mark, the characters freeze when they aren't speaking, sometimes in weird poses. Very strange to watch. And Shin wears too much mascara. Then there's the whole concept of the evil brat. After Medaka Box and Accel World, I'm not sure if I can handle another evil brat, especially for such a long series. I was thinking of watching another episode to see if it got better but I feel completely worn out from this double length one. Too much melodrama, too many scenes that went on too long, too much shouting and yelling. I could cope with the visual ugliness but not sure if I can deal with the rest. |
| The CG was off putting at first but as the episode went on either it toned down or I got used to it. Either way, it reminded me of the Berserk movie and I didn't have a problem with it back then either. The story itself was pretty good too so I'll definitely keep watching. |
| Mm, I finally started watching this today. Some quick thoughts: - Decent OST (at least it fits with the series so far) - Nice premise - The fighting scenes are okay I guess, seems a bit forced though.. - Zheng looks like a chick - Lame CG - Shinn reminds me of Eren for some reason.. - Very decent OST actually now Lol, I think I wrote a comment about passing this up awhile ago but glad I came back to watch this show now~ |
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| It gets better. The first arc is a little bleh in my opinion. But from then on it feels more and more epic. The CG is bad now, but it gets better as the the show progresses. Or maybe my eyes got use to it and it didn't feel god awful anymore. |
Rastamepas said: It gets better. The first arc is a little bleh in my opinion. But from then on it feels more and more epic. The CG is bad now, but it gets better as the the show progresses. Or maybe my eyes got use to it and it didn't feel god awful anymore. How many arcs are there from this series? |
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