Kingdom 6th Season Episode 1 Discussion

Oct 4, 8:39 AM

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It's back and the dream of unifying China seems to be a major goal this season.

Xin still leads the army as the previous seasons and it looks like he's working to improve the headcount and firepower. It's a strong start imo as it builds up the hype and anticipation for the rest of the season. Expecting big battles ahead. I think at this point, Xin has what it takes to make his dreams come true. So many factions and characters making their appearances though...this is going to be alot to take in.

Oct 4, 3:52 PM

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Oct 4, 3:56 PM

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this has got to be more than 13 eps.. the pacing was slow.. which is fine I dont mind character depth as long as we go over 13 eps

Oct 4, 3:56 PM

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Kingdom S6 is going to be another Mid Adaptation since it's the same team at Studio Signpost which is a shame for their highest selling Seinen series, It's carried by the Seiyuus performance and strong art direction, the Animation is worth nothing to note with the Action scenes
It's going to be censored as always and the Directing will look bland as all hell

Oct 4, 3:57 PM

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this has got to be more than 13 eps.. the pacing was slow.. which is fine I dont mind character depth as long as we go over 13 eps

@bzzrkd There will be 13 episodes

Oct 4, 4:04 PM

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This was a really great start to a new season, though I still maintain that the season 5 finale would have worked better as the season 6 premiere. Regardless, the failed diplomatic peace talks between Li Mu and Ying Zheng showed an interesting difference in ideology. And honestly, while Li Mu's proposal had a long term flaw, I do kind of agree that it was the best option. Of course in hindsight looking at history, we can determine whether or not judgements were valid, but putting the scene in a vacuum not knowing the future, I would have jumped at the chance for such an alliance.

As for the other half of the episode, Xin's tryouts are kinda insane. It's hard to believe anybody passed them at all, haha. It will definitely be good for them to have ace archers on their side, but I am not sure I will be able to keep up with all their key members if they keep adding new ones. The non-archer new recruits are already pretty forgettable. But I suppose there's plenty of time for them to be fleshed out and given unique personalities.

Oct 4, 4:14 PM

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CINEMA WHAT A GREAT START I LOVE THIS SHOW

Oct 4, 5:14 PM

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@bzzrkd There will be 13 episodes

@feyyazu35 in the first episode of season 5 everything was laid out nicely and got right to it.. wonderfully done.. this has got to be more than 13 episodes because compared to the pacing of last season where are we doing here? I haven't read the manga and dont intend to but there better be a time skip and jump right into the invasion of Zhao because even four episodes of this kind of content will be some bull

Oct 4, 5:26 PM

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Even though I'm somehow always behind on it, this show never ceases to impress. Most underrated Anime' though.

Oct 4, 6:57 PM

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HOLY MAN ABSOLUTE CINEMA PEAK FICTION ONG

Oct 4, 9:18 PM

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We are so fucking back, even if key moments will be a slideshow WE DO NOT CARE, it’s still the best on going story getting adapted

Oct 4, 9:19 PM

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bzzrkd said:
@feyyazu35 in the first episode of season 5 everything was laid out nicely and got right to it.. wonderfully done.. this has got to be more than 13 episodes because compared to the pacing of last season where are we doing here? I haven't read the manga and dont intend to but there better be a time skip and jump right into the invasion of Zhao because even four episodes of this kind of content will be some bull

If it’s going to be just 13 episodes the arc will be divided in 3/4 seasons. For the sake of production quality it would be better, the production quality of this anime is already kinda low. Of course for the hype factor a continuing 30ish episode adaptation would be amazing

Oct 4, 9:22 PM

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SoulReaper85 said:
Kingdom S6 is going to be another Mid Adaptation since it's the same team at Studio Signpost which is a shame for their highest selling Seinen series, It's carried by the Seiyuus performance and strong art direction, the Animation is worth nothing to note with the Action scenes
It's going to be censored as always and the Directing will look bland as all hell

Which is completely fine, we are not getting a remake, like never, the manga will be like 4 thousand chapters by its end, as long as they find some money to adapt peak even in the middest way possible it’s still enough. The worst adaptation possible of Kingdom is still better than any Ufotable or Mappa level adaptation of the slop that comes out every season

Oct 4, 10:27 PM

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hooray great great great 😊

Oct 5, 12:11 AM

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@feyyazu35 in the first episode of season 5 everything was laid out nicely and got right to it.. wonderfully done.. this has got to be more than 13 episodes because compared to the pacing of last season where are we doing here? I haven't read the manga and dont intend to but there better be a time skip and jump right into the invasion of Zhao because even four episodes of this kind of content will be some bull

@bzzrkd No time jumps are needed. The first episode of season 6 was adapted from chapters 490 to 493, the arc of the invasion of Zhao begins with chapter 496. Most likely, after the end of season 6, season 7 will be announced, which should have at least 26 episodes.

Oct 5, 1:24 AM

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One episode down, and the wait for it was unbearable. Finally able to get that Kingdom fix again, looking forward to see what's in store.

I would read the manga, but I feel the anime is so good that I always want to go into it blind. Hoping to see the rating increase as the season progresses.

Oct 5, 2:48 AM

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man I missed this fucking show I hope this season will have many episodes unlike the previous one

Oct 5, 3:32 AM

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Kingdom S6 is going to be another Mid Adaptation since it's the same team at Studio Signpost which is a shame for their highest selling Seinen series, It's carried by the Seiyuus performance and strong art direction, the Animation is worth nothing to note with the Action scenes
It's going to be censored as always and the Directing will look bland as all hell

@SoulReaper85 its not all black the voice acting and music is solid and censorship seems from the trailer of this season like its really reduced.

Oct 5, 4:06 AM

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Even if the animation is not that good, it doesn’t change how PEAK the story is

Oct 5, 4:50 AM

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SoulReaper85 said:
Kingdom S6 is going to be another Mid Adaptation since it's the same team at Studio Signpost which is a shame for their highest selling Seinen series, It's carried by the Seiyuus performance and strong art direction, the Animation is worth nothing to note with the Action scenes
It's going to be censored as always and the Directing will look bland as all hell

Which is completely fine, we are not getting a remake, like never, the manga will be like 4 thousand chapters by its end, as long as they find some money to adapt peak even in the middest way possible it’s still enough. The worst adaptation possible of Kingdom is still better than any Ufotable or Mappa level adaptation of the slop that comes out every season

@TheRealRouges It's not fine at all and this level of Animation to be expected from their Action scenes has beyond disappointing across these new seasons and their biggest seinen series can't have an Adaptation to match the quality of the source material is disappointing
Mappa Has Made Really Good Adaptations for most of the Material they adapt I'll take that kinda "slop" like Camp Fire Isekai since I know I'll have great VISUAL experience at the least

Oct 5, 4:51 AM

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@SoulReaper85 its not all black the voice acting and music is solid and censorship seems from the trailer of this season like its really reduced.

@Ognjenus Doubt it they only now just started added blood compared to barely any when characters are getting stabbed compared to the manga being more gorey

Oct 5, 4:53 AM

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One episode down, and the wait for it was unbearable. Finally able to get that Kingdom fix again, looking forward to see what's in store.

I would read the manga, but I feel the anime is so good that I always want to go into it blind. Hoping to see the rating increase as the season progresses.

@Vaciviti nah you should read it the Anime is censored and the Action scenes are going to look horrible just like previous seasons

Oct 5, 4:54 AM

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We are so fucking back, even if key moments will be a slideshow WE DO NOT CARE, it’s still the best on going story getting adapted

@TheRealRouges uhhhh I care
I hate Slideshow Adaptations regardless of story quality
As a Manga Reader

Oct 5, 4:59 AM

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What a beauty what a beauty

Oct 5, 6:04 AM

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Xin have 1.000 soldiers more in his army!!!!
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Oct 5, 6:46 AM

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SoulReaper85 said:
@TheRealRouges uhhhh I care
I hate Slideshow Adaptations regardless of story quality
As a Manga Reader

Nono I completely understand, but I prefer having this slideshow with good voice acting and music than having no adaptation. “Unfortunately” Kingdom is not for the mainstream audience, so it would have never been able to have a big production behind its anime. They are barely making money out of this, and I think you can feel that the studio actually cares about the source material, they just don’t have the time and resources to give it justice

Oct 5, 7:51 AM

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High quality production but with so many cuts from the manga.
Welcome back King.

4.5/5

Oct 5, 8:09 AM

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A challenge from Zhao and a training arc

Oct 5, 10:29 AM

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Riboku will regret this huge talk. No way this dude getting out of this safe lmao

Oct 5, 12:05 PM

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Crunchyroll fked it up, uploaded the ep without English subs but added italian spanish subs🤡

Oct 5, 1:54 PM

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The exchange of words between Riboku and Ei Sei was fantastic.
Finally an amazing anime to watch, I just hope that it's at least 24 episodes!!!

Oct 5, 8:26 PM

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Kingdom S6 is going to be another Mid Adaptation since it's the same team at Studio Signpost which is a shame for their highest selling Seinen series, It's carried by the Seiyuus performance and strong art direction, the Animation is worth nothing to note with the Action scenes
It's going to be censored as always and the Directing will look bland as all hell

@SoulReaper85 i'm grateful that we kingdom fans, are getting at least a faithful adaptation which would probably adapt entire manga in the first place. Though they butcher action scenes but at least it's not as bad as Berserk 2016.

Oct 5, 8:48 PM

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@SoulReaper85 i'm grateful that we kingdom fans, are getting at least a faithful adaptation which would probably adapt entire manga in the first place. Though they butcher action scenes but at least it's not as bad as Berserk 2016.

@Harsh_Kumar643 just because it's not as bad doesn't make it good either
Being faithful is the bare minimum for an Anime adaptation and even than I have doubts

Oct 5, 8:53 PM

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SoulReaper85 said:
@TheRealRouges uhhhh I care
I hate Slideshow Adaptations regardless of story quality
As a Manga Reader

Nono I completely understand, but I prefer having this slideshow with good voice acting and music than having no adaptation. “Unfortunately” Kingdom is not for the mainstream audience, so it would have never been able to have a big production behind its anime. They are barely making money out of this, and I think you can feel that the studio actually cares about the source material, they just don’t have the time and resources to give it justice

@TheRealRouges This is the biggest selling Seinen Manga in the Biggest Manga publisher in the country and they put bigger production on IPs that sell a fraction of what Kingdom sells so that's complete bull
I rather have no adaptation than a slop adaptation
I at least still have the manga
If they were barely making money off this Anime than there wouldn't be more seasons and manga is still high seller

Just because a studio "may" care doesn't automatically translate to a good looking adaptation

Oct 5, 8:54 PM

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High quality production but with so many cuts from the manga.
Welcome back King.

4.5/5

@TokwaTaku mid quality production*

Oct 5, 9:17 PM

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SoulReaper85 said:
@TheRealRouges This is the biggest selling Seinen Manga in the Biggest Manga publisher in the country and they put bigger production on IPs that sell a fraction of what Kingdom sells so that's complete bull
I rather have no adaptation than a slop adaptation
I at least still have the manga
If they were barely making money off this Anime than there wouldn't be more seasons and manga is still high seller

Just because a studio "may" care doesn't automatically translate to a good looking adaptation

Dunno man, this series is popular only in Japan basically. I think it’s one of the rare cases in which the western watchers are actually influencing where the money go. Actually I think that for English speaking countries there is not even an official translation for the manga yet.

Oct 5, 9:38 PM

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strong first episode and straight to business

Oct 5, 10:05 PM

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best anime underated

Oct 5, 11:25 PM

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Kingdom is back! Let's go!!!

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Oct 6, 1:40 AM

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@Harsh_Kumar643 just because it's not as bad doesn't make it good either
Being faithful is the bare minimum for an Anime adaptation and even than I have doubts

@SoulReaper85 so stop watching it then? You are acting like a child complaining about adaptation when compared to s1 and 2 it’s completely fine. Be happy that at least it’s getting an adaptation.

Oct 6, 4:46 AM

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Zeng told the leader of Qi that he will give up leadership after he united them all and Li Mu's reaction to that would have been epic.

I am really hype about this season.

Oct 6, 5:44 AM

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@SoulReaper85 so stop watching it then? You are acting like a child complaining about adaptation when compared to s1 and 2 it’s completely fine. Be happy that at least it’s getting an adaptation.

@-Sleek- be happy I am receiving a Slop Adaptation that won't have anything I enjoyed about the Manga from Visual and Action Standpoint yeah no freaking thanks
I can't have criticism on something if I don't watch it
I want more than fine compared to actually GOOD seinen Adaptations like Vinland Saga
These Recent seasons have failed at having good action scenes or good cuts of action animation compared to the Live Action movies

Oct 6, 5:46 AM

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SoulReaper85 said:
@TheRealRouges This is the biggest selling Seinen Manga in the Biggest Manga publisher in the country and they put bigger production on IPs that sell a fraction of what Kingdom sells so that's complete bull
I rather have no adaptation than a slop adaptation
I at least still have the manga
If they were barely making money off this Anime than there wouldn't be more seasons and manga is still high seller

Just because a studio "may" care doesn't automatically translate to a good looking adaptation

Dunno man, this series is popular only in Japan basically. I think it’s one of the rare cases in which the western watchers are actually influencing where the money go. Actually I think that for English speaking countries there is not even an official translation for the manga yet.

@TheRealRouges the only official translation is the Digital vol 1 by Viz
Yeah it's popular in Japan by a Large margin compared to other seinen Manga like Tokyo ghoul
Western watchers don't influence the money where blurays and manga vols are sold in japan

Oct 6, 3:34 PM

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This was incredible. Kohta Yamamoto is cooking another masterpiece soundtrack..🔥 Just epic.

Oct 7, 1:46 PM

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Absolutely Hyped!

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Oct 7, 11:07 PM

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we're back boys! I'm looking forward to seeing these new recruits development in the future.

Oct 8, 1:14 AM

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WERE BACK BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oct 8, 2:47 AM

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@TheRealRouges the only official translation is the Digital vol 1 by Viz
Yeah it's popular in Japan by a Large margin compared to other seinen Manga like Tokyo ghoul
Western watchers don't influence the money where blurays and manga vols are sold in japan

Then it really wouldn’t make sense why they have to Pierrot to begin with for the cgi adaptation and then waited 7-8 years between season 2 and 3, there has to be an explanation somewhere…

Oct 8, 6:04 AM

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@TheRealRouges the only official translation is the Digital vol 1 by Viz
Yeah it's popular in Japan by a Large margin compared to other seinen Manga like Tokyo ghoul
Western watchers don't influence the money where blurays and manga vols are sold in japan

Then it really wouldn’t make sense why they have to Pierrot to begin with for the cgi adaptation and then waited 7-8 years between season 2 and 3, there has to be an explanation somewhere…

@TheRealRouges because it's the same production committee from all the way back in S1

Oct 9, 9:34 AM

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Kingdom S6 is going to be another Mid Adaptation since it's the same team at Studio Signpost which is a shame for their highest selling Seinen series, It's carried by the Seiyuus performance and strong art direction, the Animation is worth nothing to note with the Action scenes
It's going to be censored as always and the Directing will look bland as all hell

@SoulReaper85 Even when kingdom anime is limited in animation what it has very good is very good direction which is far more important than sakuga quality alone (even though it's always welcome obviously) because if the direction is poor/mediocore then even these high quality scenes may not be delivered but when direction is fully utilizied such as use of lighting/colors/color palette etc., which not only perfectly reflects the written story through visuals perfectly and very accurately but also making every scene movie quality/breathtaking by default even when limited in animation and then when there are high quality scenes or high quality anime this complements even further. Look at berserk 1997 is the perfect example of it.

Edit: also these shonen/shojo/seinen/josei are just demographics which determines in what magazine original source material has been published with, this has nothing to do with the story. Look at kaguya sama and bochi the rock both are seinen yet do not cover any mature themes because the reason? the actual genre is slice of life which is the actual genre definition, these series can be everything since once again what matters the most is the actual author and the actual genre/theme they work with and authors within shonen/shojo magazines can also target adult audience since shonen/shojo stands for teenage boys/girls of the age of 13 to 18.

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