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| OP and ED are fucking wonderful. Magical Girls. |
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Orsonius said: Good opening. Not so good character designs but will get used to. I was pretty hyped for this show, but it had major issues right from the start. What happened to Fuyuna ? What was a dream and what wasn't? Why was the ending fight so rushed? Where did she get her powers from (I know from the tarot but it was not clear how that happened)? I hope these things will be addressed or it starts out with more plotholes other shows end with... Fuyuna was erased, that's why the day was restarted with out her. If it was up to me, I'd say none of it was a dream. Ending fight wasn't rushed IMO, it was probably a low leveled what ever it is versus three experienced fighters. Obviously not everything will be explained in the first episode, they'll probably get to telling where the powers come from when it seems fit. (Hopefully) |
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| wooh. I am glad that girl died. didn't like her from the start |
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| Probably the best OP/ED this season as of yet, though that's not saying too much. It's like someone put together Higurashi, BRS and Madoka, I'm liking it so far, let's hope it keeps up! 4/5. Was that a blond gypsy, or someone just went too far cosplaying? |
| Started watching this going o its one of those, then things took an 180 gonna watch this show for now, since one of the girl looks like black rock. |
| Madoka 2?? The OP and ED were beast. The designs were a bit wacky. Good episode. 4/5 |
| "I left everything I own in One Piece" ~ Gol D. Roger |
| Another new dark magical girl series. Much better first episode than I expected. They killed off the brooding meganekko who reads Albert Camus right away though? WHY? (._.) Also, character design looks too much like Lucky Star. It makes it look kind of cheap. |
| 誰も、未来を信じない |
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| Way Darker than expected. |
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| waaaa ;_; kinda 9/10 i suppose will stick to it |
| Fire Emblem Heroes - 9261576256 |
| Pretty epic for some reason it rlly reminded me of Madoka. It's just a lil confusing... |
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| my mind got raped |
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| So confusing! Can't wait until next week ;____; Oh, and that OP, been waiting for it for a loooong time. LiSA! <3 |
| Proud mama and papa of Misha Yuuki* (02-01-2014 - 22-01-2014) Thank you for the wonderful twenty days you gave us. <3 One day we will meet again.. |
| KIIITAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!! The most anticipated anime for quite some time. Great animation, eargasmic soundtrack and just that hint of mystery. Pacing felt a little rushed near the end though. A lot of things happened very quickly and sometimes hard to determine how things are linked together. It also felt that Fuyuna fell to the dark side a little too fast, without doing much character investment. I'm also a little apprehensive of them pulling the shock factors right in the first episode. What made Madoka great was that buildup, followed by the shock to establish the characters. However, I'm sure these things will be resolved though as we go through the story, hopefully. The soundtrack is amazing. Akari felt like a completely different person when she transformed and we know that "monsters" come from cards and/or negative human emotions. I really, really, REALLY hope they do not go down the monster per week thing though. That would just kill this series. Did I mention the soundtrack is amazing? The OP and ED are really, really good, especially the OP. |
OmniknightJul 6, 2013 5:41 PM
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Voids said: (a)Fuyuna was erased, that's why the day was restarted with out her. If it was up to me, I'd say none of it was a dream. (b)Ending fight wasn't rushed IMO, it was probably a low leveled what ever it is versus three experienced fighters. (c)Obviously not everything will be explained in the first episode, they'll probably get to telling where the powers come from when it seems fit. (Hopefully) (a) If so it was not well presented. I couldn't really tell what was going on. In Shana it was explained and shown better. (b) What? She encounters villain that was shown 2 times, suddenly transformation, fight 3 other girls and then even more characters. That was the most rushed thing I've ever seen. (c) They obviously don't have to, I just like to know what the fuck was going on. There is no real telling why she became a magical girl, or even if she did because vs the plant she was watching someone else fight, while against the fireguy it was herself. Also who are the other 3 girls why are they thrown in like deus ex machina last second? I would have liked it better if a) the whole erase thing would have gotten more attention. Then b) her fight with the fire guy was a 1on1 so we see how she transforms and suddenly is thrown into fight. It looked like she knew what she was doing as if it was a flashback |
| I am falling, I am fading, I am drowning, help me to breathe. |
| This is pretty dull, but I'll give it a few more episodes... First time I'm saying that about a show of this amazing season. |
| Liking the opening by LiSA. Need a credit-less version. |
PaulJul 6, 2013 5:11 PM
| just lurking the thread. i feel so nervous before watching it, i heard the rumors this anime is like Madoka and Kotoura-san. My predictions is very hard to see, if this show goes downhill, i will never watch popular anime ever again. i got the feeling that |
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ElfinMint said: just lurking the thread. i feel so nervous before watching it, i heard the rumors this anime is like Madoka and Kotoura-san. My predictions is very hard to see, if this show goes downhill, i will never watch popular anime ever again. i got the feeling that Wait for the second episode to come out. If that one is bad don't watch the show. If it makes right what this episode failed go ahead. |
| I am falling, I am fading, I am drowning, help me to breathe. |
| Seems like I found another favourite of the season. This had a nice and dark opening, I love it. |
ElfinMint said: just lurking the thread. i feel so nervous before watching it, i heard the rumors this anime is like Madoka and Kotoura-san. My predictions is very hard to see, if this show goes downhill, i will never watch popular anime ever again. i got the feeling that Madoka maybe, Kotoura-san no. Kotoura-san had an amazing first episode followed by a trainwreck that crashes other trains. |
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| From the OP I had that Madoka & Higurashi feelings and after watching the episode I see that I was not so wrong. |
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| Well that was interesting. Some of the effects make this seem like a horror movie, with the screen shaking and static-ing. What I liked -The mixture of cute and horror, which, judging from the ending theme, will prevail throughout the show. -Those three in the next episode preview were especially adorable. -The fact that the show is open about its dark nature and doesn't try to use the cuteness to shock the audience. -dat..... woman? -This lethal spin on the whole "victim of the week" concept this show has. It would be nice if they could purify the people who are overcome by negative thoughts, but this isn't Precure. -The Gothic Lolita woman. Very pretty. -The animation, especially during the fighting. -The fact that the other three had to save the main girl from her first fight, and point out how much of an amateur she is, rather than her being an overpowered main character. -The fact that the characters use actual magical abilities, but don't call out the names of their attacks. What I didn't like -The art style. It becomes less noticeable after the first few minutes, but it's still kinda awkward. -The moe moe character designs. The main girl in particular looks like something out of K-On. Even that pregnant woman looked like a loli. -The aforementioned rushed second half, especially the way the other three suddenly appeared. -Dat loli bondage. One of those vines in the second half was going under her shirt. > > Not a big deal though. -The blue haired girl. It seems like if a character is voiced by Eri Kitamura, they're bound to have a stubborn, judgmental personality. It's too soon to judge her right now since she's only had like... two lines of dialog, but I'm optimistic. I would have been ROYALLY confused if I hadn't read this thread before watching. The part where the day resets. The only thing in this show that reminded me of Madoka was the image of the main girl in the opening where she's floating naked in the fetal position, but that's pretty common in anime openings/endings, so... All in all this is shaping up to be interesting. 8/10. |
| don't know what the fuck happened with that bitch with glasses |
| I lol @ the people saying that it's confusing, it's so straightforward so far. Cousin was possessed by something (We don't know yet), and then tried to kill Akari (maybe because she felt hatred towards her.) Akari's "Spirit" or w/e it is killed the beast, thus killing the person being possessed. Day reset will prob be explained in the upcoming episodes, but basically her existence was erased somehow and the day repeated itself without her knowing. Good first episode, it has my interest 8/10. |
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Omniknight said: ElfinMint said: just lurking the thread. i feel so nervous before watching it, i heard the rumors this anime is like Madoka and Kotoura-san. My predictions is very hard to see, if this show goes downhill, i will never watch popular anime ever again. i got the feeling that Madoka maybe, Kotoura-san no. Kotoura-san had an amazing first episode followed by a trainwreck that crashes other trains. I don't really see where this guy is getting ANY type of Kotoura-san vibe from this. Yeah, they both have strong first episodes... but that's it. Really. We haven't seen any of the other episodes to know if it turns to shit later on. |
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| · Blatantly trying to leech off Madoka's success. · Abysmal character designs. There aren't many anime that look more terrible than this. · Little to no context. What does the Tarrot club/business have to do with anything? Why did the main character's mother die? · Pretty sure you can't get tangled mid-air by plants unless you weigh about 10 pounds and have mental problems. · Hilariously bad and cloying drama that comes from nowhere, with the sole purpose to 'shock' the audience. · Insipid main character who is developed solely through awkward expository dialogue and said shock value. · After the main character brutally murders her sister (because that makes sense), she is entirely happy in the next scene when they go to see her at a grave. Nice way to completely undermine whatever impact the death was supposed to have in the first place. In case you didn't notice, I'm not a fan. Dropping and moving on. |
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| Could this be a hidden gem of the season who knows throwing out Madoka could easily lead to disappointment hopefully not, but this indeed was interesting Foreshadowing of that girl was huge didn't even catch her name would like to see that stuff get explained. |
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Veronin said: half the things you say are 1) ignorant 2) will be explained later on.. won't miss yah around here.· Blatantly trying to leech off Madoka's success. · Abysmal character designs. There aren't many anime that look more terrible than this. · Little to no context. What does the Tarrot club/business have to do with anything? Why did the main character's mother die? · Pretty sure you can't get tangled mid-air by plants unless you weigh about 10 pounds and have mental problems. · Hilariously bad and cloying drama that comes from nowhere, with the sole purpose to 'shock' the audience. · Insipid main character who is developed solely through awkward expository dialogue and said shock value. · After the main character brutally murders her sister (because that makes sense), she is entirely happy in the next scene when they go to see her at a grave. Nice way to completely undermine whatever impact the death was supposed to have in the first place. In case you didn't notice, I'm not a fan. Dropping and moving on. |
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| Not sure what to think of this yet o_o certain parts were a tad creepy, which was interesting. I like the dark atmosphere, but the character designs are so ugly, especially their proportions. The OP was great though, loving LiSA's vocals :) |
Stark700 said: Could be one of the rare gems of the season :3 I really hope so~ I wasn't that impressed :/ EDIT: Also, just to say, Madoka started out so much better :P |
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Veronin said: · Blatantly trying to leech off Madoka's success. · Abysmal character designs. There aren't many anime that look more terrible than this. · Little to no context. What does the Tarrot club/business have to do with anything? Why did the main character's mother die? · Pretty sure you can't get tangled mid-air by plants unless you weigh about 10 pounds and have mental problems. · Hilariously bad and cloying drama that comes from nowhere, with the sole purpose to 'shock' the audience. · Insipid main character who is developed solely through awkward expository dialogue and said shock value. · After the main character brutally murders her sister (because that makes sense), she is entirely happy in the next scene when they go to see her at a grave. Nice way to completely undermine whatever impact the death was supposed to have in the first place. In case you didn't notice, I'm not a fan. Dropping and moving on. Though I don't like bashing people. I'm going to have to lol @ you. · Abysmal character designs. There aren't many anime that look more terrible than this. - Lol. Character designs were fine. Keep nitpickin' because there's tons of show with shittier character designs than this. · Little to no context. What does the Tarrot club/business have to do with anything? Why did the main character's mother die? Yeah It's totally going to be explained in episode 1, right? Again, episode 1. · After the main character brutally murders her sister (because that makes sense), she is entirely happy in the next scene when they go to see her at a grave. Nice way to completely undermine whatever impact the death was supposed to have in the first place. You didn't even watch the show or at that even paid attention, your ignorance is funny as fuck. Existence was obviously erased when the cousin was somehow "Possessed" by something and then later killed. If you noticed tarot cards were inside the one man near the end of the show when the "Spirit or w/e" tried stabbing it (Obviously the same thing happened to her cousin due to despair just like the man. Also, see her? She saw her Mother again because the world reset somehow (Which will prob be explained later.) Also, it's her cousin smarts. Oh, cya :). |
TyrelJul 6, 2013 8:46 PM
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IheartAnime77 said: Stark700 said: Could be one of the rare gems of the season :3 I really hope so~ I wasn't that impressed :/ EDIT: Also, just to say, Madoka started out so much better :P I think all this comparison to Madoka or calling it a Madoka "clone" with an obvious deregatory tone is rather unfair to this series. Yes, I can see that this anime is inspired off the success of Madoka, but aside from it being a darker themed, emotional, psychological, (story-driven?) mahou shoujo, it really has nothing else in common with Madoka. The word works differently, there's a different set of circumstances and the character interactions will probably be different (looks like they will form some sort of 4 person team and fight together). Watch it for what it is. You only get disappointed if you're expecting another Madoka (which is especially hard to emulate a second time since a lot of the success of Madoka was based on it being one of the first reversals and deconstructions of the genre). Veronin said: · Blatantly trying to leech off Madoka's success. Addressed above · Abysmal character designs. There aren't many anime that look more terrible than this. Personal opinion, but to be frank, there aren't many animes that look better than this... I don't see what's wrong with the character designs. They are to proportion and have appropriate colour palettes. · Little to no context. What does the Tarrot club/business have to do with anything? Why did the main character's mother die? The same reason why some characters in other forms of literary media have hobbies and don't have parents... · Pretty sure you can't get tangled mid-air by plants unless you weigh about 10 pounds and have mental problems. 100% totally agree with you, but at least they didn't do a panty shot · Hilariously bad and cloying drama that comes from nowhere, with the sole purpose to 'shock' the audience. Agreed that it was really rushed · Insipid main character who is developed solely through awkward expository dialogue and said shock value. Don't expect character development in the first episode... · After the main character brutally murders her sister (because that makes sense), she is entirely happy in the next scene when they go to see her at a grave. Nice way to completely undermine whatever impact the death was supposed to have in the first place. You didn't realize it was the same scene, but with her cousin missing? -____- |
OmniknightJul 6, 2013 8:58 PM
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Tyrel said: Lol. Character designs were fine. Keep nitpickin' because there's tons of show with shittier character designs than this. "I disagree so you are wrong." Thanks for the stellar argumentation. Tyrel said: Yeah It's totally going to be explained in episode 1, right? Again, episode 1. It is not an excuse. Episode one is when things should be explained, especially when they are bloody basic story details. Tyrel said: You didn't even watch the show or at that even paid attention, your ignorance is funny as fuck. Existence was obviously erased when the girl was somehow "Possessed" by something and then later killed. If you noticed tarot cards were inside the one man near the end of the show, when the girl tried stabbing it (Obviously this happened to her cousin somehow due to despair jsut like the man. Also, see her? She saw her Mother again because the world reset somehow (Which will prob be explained later.) Also, it's her cousin smarts. Yeah, I'll admit that I stopped paying attention somewhere towards the end. Probably because it was bad and I don't have the time to waste on more seasonal dreck. And you sound offended. Why? People will dislike things that you like. That's life. Stop being a child. |
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| I picked this anime up just because of LiSA in opening (which was damn awesome! goosebumps all the way) but i gotta say that episode itself wasnt half bad as well ^^.Gonna keep watching, and also ED was great. |
incompleteAEGISJul 6, 2013 9:01 PM
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Veronin said: I prefer to be left with mysteries after episode 1 then to know every detail of the show which would take away from the future plot twists.Tyrel said: Yeah It's totally going to be explained in episode 1, right? Again, episode 1. It is not an excuse. Episode one is when things should be explained, especially when they are bloody basic story details. And for the madoka argument, after a show is successful like Madoka Magica its normal that other shows will try to create the same atmosphere 1 = Money / 2 = success and good fanbase. I can name you plenty of shows with the same concepts that are both good. ~ Looks at mean score of completed list.. 5.0 ~ lulz ensues. |
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Veronin said: Tyrel said: Lol. Character designs were fine. Keep nitpickin' because there's tons of show with shittier character designs than this. "I disagree so you are wrong." Thanks for the stellar argumentation. Tyrel said: Yeah It's totally going to be explained in episode 1, right? Again, episode 1. It is not an excuse. Episode one is when things should be explained, especially when they are bloody basic story details. Tyrel said: You didn't even watch the show or at that even paid attention, your ignorance is funny as fuck. Existence was obviously erased when the girl was somehow "Possessed" by something and then later killed. If you noticed tarot cards were inside the one man near the end of the show, when the girl tried stabbing it (Obviously this happened to her cousin somehow due to despair jsut like the man. Also, see her? She saw her Mother again because the world reset somehow (Which will prob be explained later.) Also, it's her cousin smarts. Yeah, I'll admit that I stopped paying attention somewhere towards the end. Probably because it was bad and I don't have the time to waste on more seasonal dreck. And you sound offended. Why? People will dislike things that you like. That's life. Stop being a child. I just hate ignorant people. I'm in no way offended. |
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| Despite the trailer, this had virtually no little girls splayed in compromising positions so, aside from a few things that didn't make sense, I'm pleasantly surprised at least. |
| "In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move." - Douglas Adams "...but all these feels that are currently assaulting me don't seem to care. Conversely, I'm also aggressively erect at the moment..." |
| So far this is really interesting, and I especially love the tarot card theme. Can't wait to see which characters represent which cards. |
| Loooooooooove the tarot card theme. This first episode was rather messy and (as previously mentioned) had poor pacing. Whatever, the action scenes were nicely executed and the plot is intriguing. I'll keep watching for sure. Watching this kind of reminded me of Princess Tutu for some reason... Maybe it was the exaggerated proportions in the character designs or the semi-confusing plot in the beginning, I'm not sure. Well, I loved Madoka and Princess Tutu, so hopefully I will love this too. |
bakcheiaJul 6, 2013 9:52 PM
| That was way better than expected. It looks like it will stand above and apart from the rest of mahou shoujo anime after that episode. |
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ZenErik said: That was pretty... something. I didn't like it much at all. Summed up my feelings perfectly. Really, what the hell. |
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| This can be one of the most epic series this season. Hope this won't dissapoint me. |
 Kickstarter for Rokujouma is fully funded. Good work everyone. Lets wait for the result of our hard work together. |
| It was pretentious — take it as you will. But it looks like it really impressed a lot of people. |
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| I hate all the character designs with a passion. |
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