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| Looks like more people would find out whats past the tutorial. (a lot of people were turned off by how hard and long the tutorial was also no game saves during) |
| Whoever likes slice of life anime doesn't have any IRL friends. |
| Never played the games but I expect something similar to Vivy. Honestly the CGI was abysmal and super hard to ignore, but the 2d animated scenes were beautiful and flowed nicely. The story and themes of this show seem like they will be interesting. Hopefully the score will go up as more episodes come out. |
| I liked the episode, but the pacing is a little strange (understandable, since it's an anime adaptation), but wow, the CGI is utter trash. |
| The CGI being this bad really sucks because the rest of this episode was pretty good, but all people are gonna focus on is how jarring the 3D is :( |
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| Nier is my favorite all time game (I'd say Okami too but Nier is on top now) and when I first heard about this adaptation I was like "yeah cool but unnecessary the game is already perfect", I'd say I still hold up to this opinion, but I'll not deny some fanservice, music is undeniably perfect, they're already using the original compositions by Keiichi Okabe, and the Aimer song was a blessing, she's my favorite singer, regarding the animation 2D animation looks great, and usually I don't have any problems with CGI but there were some scenes that was hard to ignore, I can live with that, it's just fanservice anyway, might not take this anime that serious and just play the game for the sixth time if I want something perfect. |
Hanamaru__Jan 7, 2023 6:09 PM
| I honestly can't describe how much I love 2B's character design so seeing her in official anime form is like a dream come true. I may have a problem tho... Anyways, promising start overall. CGI isn't as polished as it should be but the 2D animation kinda makes up for it since 2B looked absolutely stunning while fighting the machines. Soundtrack is already contender for best OST of 2017 2023, by the way. |
| That CGI is so jarring and awful it makes me think they just ripped models from the actual game and used them here. Already off to a terrible start aside from the 2B ass shots |
| It's hard to evaluate what this will be, for now it indeed seems like a videogame adaptation with a lot of fights and panties shots. |
| I like everything, ok |
| I loved the game as much as the next person but boy if were are past from the point of Nier Automata over saturation, gonna enjoy listening again some of the game songs. |
KanameYuukiJan 7, 2023 6:47 PM
| Not gonna lie, I love anime and Nier Automata is in my top 3 all time. That opening was rouuuuuugh I don't complain about CG but that was looking Ex Arm level for a second watching opening credits now, guess we'll see |
| Aiiight I hate to hate on anything, but this ain't it. It's a bad rendition of exactly what happens in the game, but it's somehow sucked the urgency out of anything at the same time. The game's intro sequence is wild and puts you on the edge of your seat the whole time. Maybe because I've played it, but I feel like even if I hadn't, the stakes of what made this intro scene so great kind of lived in the fact you were in control of the game. Without that, this feels oddly barren and uninspiring. I guess we were spoiled with Cyberpunk this year, an incredible anime from a game I have not played, because this feels like the opposite. Kind of a going-thru the motions adaptation of an incredible game. Cyberpunk built it's whole own world and hit it out of the park. This not only doesn't add to what is in the game, it subtracts from it. (I also might be extremely critical since I just binged thru FMA Brotherhood for the first time ever lol) |
| I'm very excited about this anime because of all the talks, I've heard about the game and also due to the cool looking visuals. |
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| Wasn't that impressive of a start for me. For someone who hasn't played the game, the settings felt unfamiliar and really info dumping. Though, the premise sounds really interesting and refreshing, I'm a sucker for apocalypse theme so I'm expecting it to turns out good. 2B is so damn beautiful. The production is amazing as expected, the CGI is out of place tho. |
| I have played the game myself a long time ago and I started playing Nier Replicant the other day so I'm trying to recall the story of Automata. A1 Pictures gave me a bad taste on Persona 5 anime adaptation with the spark only came back with Persona 5 Royal because of the insanely fast pacing and at times badly animated scenes. I'd be frank to say that an anime only person would struggle to understand what's going on right now like not much has shown on that factory so far as the game did show more even during the prologue along with the fight with the goliath being such a cakewalk here. Even the OP showed the other characters that will only appear much later in the game anyway especially those twins(I know their names but not gonna name them yet but if you play OG Nier or Replicant, or gone through the later parts of Automata you would know them) This does make me want to play Automata again but I have to take care of my Replicant playthrough first. |
| They don't explain much of the story when chapter 1 is where it should always have some kind of explanation but I guess it's for more content The really painful CGI to watch Of course, the cast of voices and 2D animation is very good That's why this chapter is an ok |
I'm not a critic or anything like that but I like to give my opinion |
| Looks just like the game. 1:1 adaptation   |
| HACKs! 🤢🤮 |
| havent played the games but ive seen some videos on them, liked the music an thought the art an animation were good enough, ill keep watching |
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| Don't think cgi looks that awful, but when 2D and 3D mixes feels so weird ... Love the ending skit =/ |
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| I only watched a little bit of the game but from what I remember the series seems to follow the same plot, and according to the unneeded seemingly promotional but kind of funny puppet show at the end, that's what they are going with, fusing different endings. The sound effects were fine, the voice acting was good, the soundtrack was amazing, very GitS like, I wonder if it was taken straight from the game. The opening by Aimer was good. As for the animation...the motions were good, and the 2D animated characters looked beautiful, but the CGI was weak and brought the whole visual department down a bit. Overall it didn't have much plot but the action and tone were great, and there was some hint at some existential drama to come. Oh and for an A-1 Pictures production it sure didn't have gratuitous and in your face buttshots. I wasn't this possitive about a first episode in a while, I hope it stays that way. |
CaptainKenshiroJan 7, 2023 8:27 PM
| This was one hell of a long 24 minutes, watching this episode almost felt like a chore than anything else. Can't compare it to the game because I've never played it, but it was just boring. No explanation for anything, just plain action. |
loved the first ep..i didnt play the game tho |
| It isn't and will never be a replacement for the game...the story works best in that medium so this adaptation....At best, it can be enjoyable and another addition used as promotional material...(This is for what I will use it for...) ...And I always thought that if the game gets an adaptation, ufotable would be the best choice given their experience with adapting games and VNs and their specific type of animation that can be very cinematic...+guaranteed quality of production... ...followed by Production I.G. who love their Sci-Fi series , Wit or Mappa. "The game was better" is real, but this adaptation can be enjoyed for what it is I guess, as much as people are able to....(`~`)_| (Those who don't like the visuals or the series for any reason....Just play the game!!) |
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TsushimaMartin said: A bit of the explanations should hopefully be there in the next episode. This portion was intentionally vague in some areas, creating more mystery to its tones and felt more like a way to throw the player of the game into an instant chaotic battle with high stakes instantly for the prologue/tutorial. So yeah, more should be elaborated in the next episode to some degree, so no need to worry about that.They don't explain much of the story when chapter 1 is where it should always have some kind of explanation but I guess it's for more content The really painful CGI to watch Of course, the cast of voices and 2D animation is very good That's why this chapter is an ok |
| One of the most unique anime I have seen in a long time. |
| That was so good................................... |
| the moment the episode began, my first thought was Mikasa is that you? so i went and checked the seiyuu for both and they were same. nice. tis voice does suit her though. 2B looks great. total babe as expected. fanarts are gonna get crazy again and i'm looking forrward to those XD. and let's not talk about the CGI, i think we all have same opinions on that. had no idea that they were androids and not people until now. story wise this didn't go anywhere. just a slight introduction of 2B and her her great bod. i'm hoping to see some great story and wouldn't mind some fan-service either. aimer's OP perfectly suits the atmosphere of this anime and it's pretty good as well. |
 The end of an era. Thank you Wit, Mappa and Isayama. Feeling half happy, half sad. Kawaii waifus and precious best girls <3333 |
| This was actually really good! I'm always somewhat sceptical of video game adaptations but this felt like it was done with a lot of care for the original |
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