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| Poor Aladdin, finally feel like he has a family but Baba got to die? >< Honestly speaking, I am not so interested in this arc than any other arcs in manga, so I don't feel this episode is being fast-paced. |
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| Even though I've really enjoyed the previous episodes, this was definitely a noticeable improvement. It was very well-paced, as it introduced several interesting characters and spent the majority of time focusing on Aladdin's development and establishing a singular setting, rather than chaotically shifting perspective throughout. The tone was more restrained and less comedic, but I thought it complemented the introduction of this arc really well. Although it was quite brief, Alibaba and Morgiana's opening conversation was nice. Hakuei is a rather compelling character, and it will be interesting to see which side of the approaching battle she'll fight for. Her conversation with Aladdin was an excellent moment, since it illuminated her relative understanding and compassion, while also portraying Aladdin as particularly caring and helpful. Aladdin's interactions with Baba throughout were the best element of this episode, since they provided excellent insight into the meaning of rukh and the history of their tribe, while also illustrating a familial connection that Aladdin doesn't seem to have much experience with. Though somewhat expected, the ending was still rather surprising, and a very intriguing cliffhanger to conclude the episode with. As for the production values, they were slightly less impressive throughout this episode, but, thankfully, never distracting. The animation was average, but a higher quality wasn't particularly necessary, since there was an obvious lack of dynamic sequences involved. Musically, this episode was just as excellent as the others, especially during Aladdin and Baba's moonlit conversation, which was fantastic. All in all, Magi satisfies considerably with an improved episode, and, hopefully, this heightened sort of coherency within the story indicates a more consistent execution of the narrative moving forward. |
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| Good episode. :) |
| Dies Irae! :) |
| This is really a land of magic.... they're milking horses and I can't believe Aladdin was breast feeding from the horse. LOL Nice episode... didn't saw the end coming. I bet it was the cruel soldier. I've just read chapter 5 in the manga... I'm far away from this aren't I? |
InfiniteDestiny said: Sigh...the manga hardcore fans will continue to complain, i can see the flames coming already... People should learn one simple concept, since it applies to all adaptions, things get summarized, even the best of adaptions, i would rather have this fast paced summary of main points then have a dragged out Shounen like the Big 3, besides why don't you seriously ask yourself what was left out that was truly essential Imo, the only way an adaption will fail is if it does not have any entertainment value at all and the source was great. So far, the only time I've ever been let down by an adaption thet I've read the source for is with the Elfen Lied anime. Even if I were to have read the manga prior to watching this, I highly doubt I would be disappointed with what I'm seeing. As for this episode, I enjoyed it. Wasn't expecting that ending though. Poor Baba. :'( |
| Ehh I'm pretty glad I never read the manga first... or I would have been really really unhappy that they rushed the anime so much... Ah well anyway sad that baba was shot... |
PervisumChaos said: Because no one will believe you except maybe the anime-only viewers. You should look around you, their are plenty of people who read the manga and enjoy the anime just fine, may they feel that its a little fast paced? sure, are they called it the worse adaption ever in terms of pacing? that would only be you. You need to realize something which is clear as day you are the minority. Plenty of people like this anime, and they haven't even reached the Balbadd arc yet, you should look at how other adaptions were adapted before you start making exaggerated statements and expect anyone to actually take you seriously. |
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| What a way to put that cliff hanger... I like that old woman! D: I have never read the manga, but I thought it paced so well to get to the key points without any confusion. :X |
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| I can already tell that I'm going to be glued to the screen whenever Morgiana and Alibaba are on it at the same time. Also, I heard Magi was confirmed to be 4-cour, so chill the fuck out. |
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PervisumChaos said: Please, I have yet to see a person who reads both the manga and anime disagree with the fact the directing is awful and extremely rushed. From the various Japanese forums I visit, there are a lot of manga fans in Japan who think the anime is fine and the directing is ok (although there are also a lot who don't like the adaptation). Almost all agree that it is really rushed though. |
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
PervisumChaos said: Please, I have yet to see a person who reads both the manga and anime disagree with the fact the directing is awful and extremely rushed. I've read the manga and I really like the adaption. That said, I wouldn't say the directing is "wonderful" at the moment, but I'm sure it will get better once they slow down and get to the Balbadd arc. In my opinion, I believe we should just wait and see a majority of the show before we label it a bad adaption. This is only episode 4 of a possibly 26 episode anime. I think there is still a chance for the show to redeem itself to those who aren't fully supportive of the adaption within the remaining episodes. |
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PervisumChaos said: yaochame said: PervisumChaos said: Please, I have yet to see a person who reads both the manga and anime disagree with the fact the directing is awful and extremely rushed. I've read the manga and I really like the adaption. That said, I wouldn't say the directing is "wonderful" at the moment, but I'm sure it will get better once they slow down and get to the Balbadd arc. In my opinion, I believe we should just wait and see a majority of the show before we label it a bad adaption. This is only episode 4 of a possibly 26 episode anime. I think there is still a chance for the show to redeem itself to those who aren't fully supportive of the adaption within the remaining episodes. No problem, I wasn't labelling it a bad adaptation, I was simply saying that the directing being so rushed isn't very good on which InfiniteDestiny seems to continually disregard and attack people who think so every episode discussion. I was only adressing that for these episodes, I wasn't judging the series overall. :) Edit: Before I get any misunderstandings, I think this is a great adaptation! As of yet of course, my only problem is the directing which I don't like in paritcular because I haven't seen anime where the directing has done anything like this and so though a "unique change" it's something I don't like (for now of course, when the Balbadd arc comes, hopefully it'll change). The music, voice-acting, especially the animation and of course the plot and character designs are all great for me. I just don't like the directing which seems to be an opinion of which is not allowed. Ah, I see. Now I can easily agree with you on the matter of it feeling rushed. But that never exactly stopped me from enjoying every episode thus far. haha Nevertheless, it has started to slow down bit by bit. C: |
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| This show feels so rushed. But it's still rather good. The arrow was unexpected. |
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| I love the rushing because I can't wait to see Sinbad lol. Great adaptation, I actually like the directing. So much story in one episode. Far better than FSN/Umineko/Tsukihime adaptation. I think the OP will change the moment Balbadd Arc ends. |
Reim_SeranthOct 30, 2012 2:06 AM
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i find Aladdin is soo cute in this, you cant blame him >< |
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| Two years to walk on foot?!! Hmm...the old Silk Road? He can probably fly in his flying turban/carpet or ride on Ugo though there's the magic stamina issue. Crap they killed old, sweet Granny! TT_TT I'm suspecting the warmongering general, of course. >_< When Aladdin was talking to granny and he said he was giving tummy power when those light glowing butterflies appear (maybe they do represent the flow of life as they said), I was reading a grimmer reality from Granny's shocked face. Perhaps he's not only giving his stamina but his life force as well when he do magic (so shorter life span each time)? And in the flashback with Ugo explaining Aladdin is different from humans somehow both reinforces and contradicts this...it could that Magi are given nigh unlimited magical powers but still human or maybe he's not human or mortal for that matter after all. Maybe I was reading all this wrong. Lots of "maybe". LOL Sorry went to speculation spree again. |
| You see there's no need to wonder where your god is, Coz he's right here! ...and he's fresh out of mercy. |
| I was expecting the arrow to be shot in the head. Oh man such a predictable death flag. One does not surrender without its leader being assassinated. From start to end the whole ep was a huge death flag xD. |
| haha wow, lets talk about the meanest saddest ending to an episode ever, as the screen blacks out on the little magis face smiling and not knowing his grandmother just got murdered. fuck dude...lol |
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| I can't get enough of the OP <333 Anyway , liked the ep , also that girl from the clan was so fine xD |
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| When Granny was shot, I was like, "WTF O_O" wahh. D; Love the opening and really enjoying the anime. Really waiting for the people in the opening though. <3 |
| For whatever reason, I don't feel like this was rushed. That being said, I haven't read the manga so perhaps the pacing is better there. Question though, will Alibaba, Morgiana, and Aladdin join up, or is Aladdin gonna go solo for awhile like this episode? The OP suggests they'd travel together again at some point, but it doesn't look like Alibaba or Morgiana has any role in this current arc. |
tezann_t said: For whatever reason, I don't feel like this was rushed. That being said, I haven't read the manga so perhaps the pacing is better there. Question though, will Alibaba, Morgiana, and Aladdin join up, or is Aladdin gonna go solo for awhile like this episode? The OP suggests they'd travel together again at some point, but it doesn't look like Alibaba or Morgiana has any role in this current arc. |
| The previous episodes were better,but it was good too,though. |
| Nooooo~~~!!!!! D': Poor Baba, I really love her :( |
Num1dad_Asura said: Coralira said: Num1dad_Asura said: And some news, it is an anime spoiler not a manga sooo... This hasn't even happened in the manga yet so definitely looking forward to next week. Eh? So |
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| omg didn't expect that |
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| wow 1 episode for this part of the story? i would have thought 2 or 3 episodes at-least... well maybe they will slow down soon right? |
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PervisumChaos said: Just because something isn't "truly essential" doesn't mean it should be skipped. No other adaptation has done it even half as bad as Magi has. 23 chapters in 4 episodes? That's just insane. Zetman |
hazerddex said: wow 1 episode for this part of the story? i would have thought 2 or 3 episodes at-least... well maybe they will slow down soon right? So what, waste 6 episode on this arc? It's the weakest out of the first three. They are rushing the beginning since it's too dragged and nothing much happens, so they want a full focus on Balbadd. I'd rather see 16 episodes of Balbadd. Also, why are people complaining about pacing in this episode? They covered pretty much the whole thing. It was page to page adaptation, without any change. What? They didn't animate that one panel? Blasphemy worst manga adaptation ever. Seriously, what's the point of panel to panel adaptations. It's way better when they change some things, like the beginning. Even though it's still the same thing as the manga, it felt like something new (well it kinda was new). |
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| I liked it. Fast, funny, suspense, action.. Whats more to like? Anyways Im geared up for episode five. Wonder what will happen since "that" happened you know? |
| I saw her death coming but still jumped when the arrow hit her... RIP Obaasan |
| That was another great episode. I loved how much I felt for the "family", everyone is such a good person there. Even the young guy did the right thing in the midst of rage and didn't kill the other guy (sorry, I don't remember their names). The ending certainly wasn't expected, and I can't wait to see how it is resolved next episode (we all knew that guy meant trouble). Amazing series still, great art, characters, and I like the setting (something different- not in Japan). 5/5. |
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| I love the anime so much I actually read the manga up to ch160 just now. It is hard to believe that the author for Sumomomo Momomo made this as that manga focus more on comedy while this one has a serious tone to it |
| That granny was tripping death flags so furiously I almost wanted to laugh. Dropped. |
| Sweet. Aladdin might be able to kill all the enemies. I hope it happens |
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