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Jun 26, 2012 3:44 PM
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good episode.It's probably ganna take all 3 of them to bring him down.
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Jun 26, 2012 8:23 PM
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The assassin has arrived.

Looks like this will be a difficult one.
Jun 26, 2012 11:25 PM
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Hmmm... Not a single cg animation the whole episode. YAY! Maybe they finally noticed they were failing and decided to stick to regular animations.
Jun 27, 2012 1:35 AM
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Great episode once again. The assassin is finally here. This one seems even more dangerous than the previous one. Hope Shin can handle him. Looking forward to next episode.


Jun 27, 2012 12:55 PM
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NP-3228 said:
Hmmm... Not a single cg animation the whole episode. YAY! Maybe they finally noticed they were failing and decided to stick to regular animations.


Noticed that too. Now the only thing that bothers me is the voice of the mc. It's so agressive.
Jun 27, 2012 2:18 PM
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I can finally enjoy this series without any CG
Jun 27, 2012 6:07 PM
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lol, yeah, I was watching this with a certain amount of dread, thinking they would do the 3D thing again right after I've been so pleased with it being regular animation. Anyway, I'm really impressed with the king between his drive and quiet strength. I wouldn't be surprised if people remember him for past 400 years, assuming he makes it out of this all alive. :P
Jun 27, 2012 8:53 PM
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I can finally enjoy this series without any CG


This. I was saying though out this episode "Only a matter of time untill the CG shows up." It looks so much better without it and I wish that they drop it for the rest of the series. But looking at the preview it will be back next week.
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Jun 28, 2012 1:00 AM
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I can understand using CG for large scale battles for production cost but the way they were using it before was pathetic this is more like it. I really want to see how far this show will go still looking very promising.
Jun 28, 2012 2:34 AM

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This ep was good without CG yea.
Jun 28, 2012 2:35 AM

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This ep was good without CG yea.
Jun 28, 2012 2:35 AM

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This ep was good without CG yea.
Jun 30, 2012 11:37 AM

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Ya, i gotta to agree that the anime is better without CG!
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Jun 30, 2012 12:36 PM

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not bad episode ))
Jul 19, 2012 9:25 PM

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Best episode so far,that GIANT MINUS is gone XD.
And it's back next episode.......FUCK,there goes any chance of it getting better (animation wise)
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Oh & Space Brothers is still the best anime ever,in my opinion.Even when competing with Attack on Titan.
Aug 3, 2013 2:30 PM

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Whoa, the story about the mountain tribes and the loveable king was quite moving.
On to the fighting!
Apr 1, 2014 6:02 AM

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NP-3228 said:
Hmmm... Not a single cg animation the whole episode. YAY! Maybe they finally noticed they were failing and decided to stick to regular animations.

Yup, noticed that as well! Cant be too sure until we see a full battle though...
Jun 7, 2014 10:10 AM

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Snother assassin, things don't look so hot for the three.

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Dec 3, 2014 10:37 PM

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This episode seems to flow alot more smoothly since the CG has been removed (hopefully for the rest of the series).So the poison dart guy fnally caught up to them.Looking forward to seeing how they're gonna evade him.
Apr 9, 2015 7:33 AM
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this is what i want!no CG for the entire ep
btw,another good ep yet again :)
Apr 16, 2015 3:23 AM

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NO CG FUCK YEAH!

I was able to appreciate this anime a lot more without any of the CG which made it jarring to watch.

A pretty lighthearted episode for the most part. We learned a bit of backstory about the mountain people.

Can't wait to watch Xin and Muta fight.

I hope they don't resort to the CG models again.

Great episode. This was a step in the right direction.

8/10

Oct 7, 2015 9:12 PM
Jul 22, 2016 11:06 AM

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YES. The animation is better!!! I hope they keep it as is 'til the very end. The CG especially from the first episode nearly put me off from bothering with this anime...
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Oct 31, 2016 1:18 AM

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That looked 10 times better without the crappy CG characters. I wonder how long it'll last.

This assassin is such a party pooper.
Sep 5, 2017 7:12 AM

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Wang Qi's lips
Hmmmmmm way too sexy xD

I guess the animation is looking more and more pretty each episode
Hope it'll be beautiful at the end of the anime
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Oct 30, 2017 11:19 PM
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Kawaii!! With CGI they could not make these beautiful faces <3

Nov 4, 2017 9:09 PM

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that was a tad wee over the top with the pink glowing eyes and him ready to shoot poison out of a ominous wooden tube. i mean, i get it. it's deadly. this is the first time i've watched a cgi anime that has gradually turned into a non-cgi anime. what a (pleasant) surprise! did everyone at the studio finally realize it looked like shit, even though it was lighter on the budget? well f*ck. this is what i keep telling myself, to not read an episode's discussion thread because now i know that in the next episode, the cgi will be making a nefarious comeback. at least i got to see how cute diao was. before, the cgi made me dislike her character.
Jun 9, 2019 11:53 AM

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Cool, he carried Xin on his back, I wasn't expecting that from the king.
Jun 23, 2019 1:28 AM

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Damn the animation has improved a bit, hopefully they continue with that.

Apr 13, 2020 12:45 AM
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last episode are awful as Fuck.. But now its getting interesting
Aug 6, 2020 8:35 AM

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RIP that random tiger. He could be MC.
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i felt that rather the CGI had gone the story had been slower, i mean, this is interesting and all, but the pace is slow and not much happening. i rather prefer a CGI episode with good pace, like ep1 and 2.
Oct 13, 2022 6:07 PM

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Let me guess, Muta will see the kid's clothes and realize she's also a mountain folk and they're all gonna be friends
Oct 26, 2022 8:28 AM

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MC: "things are going good again, time to ruin everyone's day with childish screaming"
Jun 5, 2023 6:36 PM
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Okay, so I dropped the anime after episode 1 and switched to the manga years ago because of the CGI making it unwatchable, but I recently found out that the fourth episode was completely 2D, and I'm not disappointed. I wish the whole show was like this. Anyone know if any more episodes of Kingdom is in 2D? Or is it just this one?
Apr 30, 2024 6:55 AM

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I have just picked up this series. Not bad so far. King Sei has a good vibe. Ten is so talkative hahaha..
Nov 11, 2025 7:53 PM
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There’s definitely a correlation between the usage of cgi and the quality of the episode.

This one was very good and almost no cg

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Looks like he got oiled up Diddy-style from the pure aura of Mu Ta. I know it's sweat, but it looks funny. If only more people could be like Duke Mu (him giving liquor to the people that killed his horse was kinda weird though). We actually got a full episode of non CGI as well. Nice!
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