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Knight_Artorias said: That's one of the things which made it predictable for me. "Uh, they are all so bad, but no there are actually good ones as well." Already seen a dozen times. Other things were that the female was a ghoul which got nicely spoiled from the intro sequence and that the girl in the café was a ghoul as well wasn't that hard to figure out either. That is if there are any good ones. As far as it seems to go the MC will most likely just cliche into a territory and the show would revolve around fighting other territory's to eat. The End? No. There has to be a reason why they exist like the Giants in SnK. Will the MC confess the his friends/family about being a ghoul or will he eat them? Now you made me just predict what would go on.. It's not making me disgusted with the show like that MC trying to eat that hamburger though. As far as the whole females being ghouls go, it was obviously done on purpose. There were signs casted everywhere visually and with the BGMs. The studio definitely did that on purpose. |
TyrelJul 7, 2014 4:25 PM
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| I thought this show would do pretty badly but after watching the first episode maaaan was I ever soo wrong. The dark atmosphere created was just soo damn awesome, the osts really complimented well with the episode The played the pity factor quite well, made me feel quite bad for the main guy. Loved the way peirott animated this series, especially during the knife seen. You could really grasp the whole despair theme it portrayed The ending theme was freaking awesome, I'm fully hooked on to this show and can't wait for more episodes, looks like it's going to be a fun season :) |
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Hongu said: Railgun is a kind of guilty pleasure for me and Index is the generic one.I don't get why you're being so anal about originality when one of your favorite anime is Railgun, which is one of the most generic anime out there. Hongu said: That's true but didn't even do that right in the first episode. But as I said there is still tons of room for improvement. So I don't get why you're all being so anal about my opinion.Not everything as to be groundbreaking and genre defining, it's how the show handles its themes is what matters. |
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Hongu said: Knight_Artorias said: I don't get why you're being so anal about originality when one of your favorite anime is Railgun, which is one of the most generic anime out there.I wanted to leave the "but are actually kinda not" in my post but decided to throw it out but even that is nothing new. Not everything as to be groundbreaking and genre defining, it's how the show handles its themes is what matters. Why insult eachother, people have different tastes, maybe he likes Railgun for the same reasons that you dislike it, and maybe he dislikes Ghoul for the same reason other people like it, different people enjoy different things, people who like comedies will prefer comedies, people who like sci-fi will prefer sci-fi, you get the point, you can't force someone to like or dislike something thats just being selfish. |
kikohunter said: Yes I liked the OST too. And not just the designs but the art in general looks great imo. So even if it's a 'fail' it will at least be pretty while doing that :pIt was great! I mean it's the first episode only so there's not much to comment on but or now the OST sounds ok and I paritcularly liked the ghoul's design. The way the episode ended with the OP or ED music in the background with MC agonizing for food was an awesome touch. As an anime only viewer I give it 5/5 It was rushed wasn't it? Hopefully they slow it down next episodes because I'd hate for this to be just another horribly paced anime. |
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| Heh, not bad. Looking forward to more of this. Hide is pretty good guy. Kaneki wanting to stay human even though he's turned half ghoul.. I feel sorry for the guy.. so unlucky. |
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| No way man this episode was great I am not scared that the fact that they went through 5-6 chapters on this because the manga has 123 chapter or more The acting and screaming where just like I imagined. But I didn't want his pain to look so painful ,poor Ken The whole date thing was too good to be true. |
RosyXkidJul 3, 2014 3:50 PM
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| I think Pierrot is doing a marvelous job, let's see how much they'll be able to keep it up. It's still too soon to give a proper judgment but it's interesting so far, also the OST is quite outstanding, the composer did really do only this? |
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| this episode was nice, looks promising though I was hoping he wouldn't eat human flesh (or at least not so soon) oh well I give it two more episodes to decide if it worth buying the manga or not |
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Aozumi said: this episode was nice, looks promising though I was hoping he wouldn't eat human flesh (or at least not so soon) oh well Well, you know, when a chick shoves food in your mouth unforeseen, you really have no choice :p |
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| Eat people? sounds Pupa to me~ It was a good start and with not censorship!! :3 |
| While the pacing was a bit rushed, I still found the episode enjoyable as a manga reader. The one thing I have to nitpick is how quickly they made Kaneki lose his shit. It's like he just found out he was a ghoul and then he just lost his mind. In the manga more and more things keep happening to him and he just caves into pressure and stress. Another thing I didn't like was the knife scene. In the manga he had an actual reason to do so, misguided as it was. He wanted to cut himself open so the transplanted organ would fall out, hoping to get a new transplant and hopefully turning back into a human. In the anime he just seemed pointlessly suicidal. |
Moonchipz said: While the pacing was a bit rushed, I still found the episode enjoyable as a manga reader. The one thing I have to nitpick is how quickly they made Kaneki lose his shit. It's like he just found out he was a ghoul and then he just lost his mind. In the manga more and more things keep happening to him and he just caves into pressure and stress. Another thing I didn't like was the knife scene. In the manga he had an actual reason to do so, misguided as it was. He wanted to cut himself open so the transplanted organ would fall out, hoping to get a new transplant and hopefully turning back into a human. In the anime he just seemed pointlessly suicidal. I think you could still understand the knife scene even if they did cut some of Kanekis inner monologues, they rushed but the episode was still good, the monologues really added to the tension. |
| WOW, this was extremely interesting. So far I could say it's the best one from this season... From the whole year maybe ^_____^ |
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skudoops said: Yeah, but what if he wasn't? He could've just stabbed his arm/hand or something, or even just cut it. If he wasn't a ghoul in the anime then that would just be him being stupid and resulting in him probably dying like an idiot, but in the manga he has a reason to stab in that particular spot.Moonchipz said: In the anime he just seemed pointlessly suicidal. Pretty sure the knife scene in the anime was him just confirming if he was a ghoul or not. |
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| Dam this is going to be a fucking good one She was feeding him at the end how cute <3 |
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| I think I just might like this! Sent with Mal Updater |
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IzayoiSk said: How many chapter this episode covers ? They pretty much rearranged stuff between the first 6 chapters. I wonder if the rearrangements are just to make the first episode as interesting as possible and they will cover another scenes in those 6 chapters in later episodes. |
EasyGo-erJul 3, 2014 4:14 PM
EasyGo-er said: IzayoiSk said: How many chapter this episode covers ? They pretty much rearranged stuff between the first 6 chapters, but plot-wise it's up to half of chapter 3. I wonder if the rearrangements are just to make the first episode as interesting as possible and they will cover another scenes in those 6 chapters in later episodes. 2-cour is possible ? |
| Haven't read the manga so I have no pre-opinions of it. So far I really like it! Maybe a bit too fast but the Opening + Ending is amazing and idk man just got me so pumped another anime where i'll probably have a murderer or something as a favorite character... brilliant |
| And now my most anticipated show for summer begins! :D Off to a great start, read the manga and IMO didn't feel too rushed or out of place. |
IzayoiSk said: EasyGo-er said: They pretty much rearranged stuff between the first 6 chapters. I wonder if the rearrangements are just to make the first episode as interesting as possible and they will cover another scenes in those 6 chapters in later episodes. 2-cour is possible ? They showed the contents from 60+ chapters in the PV so 2-cours is the best way to adapt it and I'm pretty sure Pierrot is serious with this one judging by the visuals and the staff. This anime will be big, things really picked up in the 60th chapters onwards so if they did this right, we'll have one hell of an ending to the season and people demanding a 2nd season just like Shingeki no Kyojin. :P |
EasyGo-er said: IzayoiSk said: 2-cour is possible ? They showed the contents from 60+ chapters in the PV so 2-cours is the best way to adapt it and I'm pretty sure Pierrot is serious with this one judging by the visuals and the staff. Okay thanks ! |
| That was a promising episode. What a good start. Characters aside, I thought that was pretty original. I can't wait to see what happens. Fuck the censorship though. |
| This is made by Studio Pierrot?! WTF I thought it was IG or Madhouse or something. Stunning animation and visuals!! The music is really solid as well. Love the ED (technically OP) theme. Anyway, it's a very solid first episode. I can see this turning out to be super good. Love the premise too. #PupaDoneRight -MgZ_ said: Fuck the censorship though. This yo |
Knight_Artorias said: skudoops said: Madoka is a middle-school girl, the guy from Tokyo Ghoul is a 19 year old dude who blushes like a retard from every generic school romance show ever when he talks with his childhood friend about a girl he likes, who rather has the right to be a crybaby? I was totally fine with him crying about what happened to him by the way, but not how he was before. It's like in nearly every Shounen. And with Shounen speeches I meant his monologue at the end of the episode, it felt so forced and cheesy when he yelled how he's human and stuff.It's pretty odd you complain about a cry baby protag that gets powers considering you like madoka and what shounen speeches? Also what normal person wouldn't act like he was considering the situation? Also the description of the show is laughable. The people in the episode seemed rather normal considering the fact that murdering ghouls are killing and eating people every day and night. Where was the suspense and terror? Manga is seinen. Stop using words you don't understand, you ignoramus. |
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Fiji said: Kana Hanazawa's voice like this, haven't heard it in a while since her character as Shiro in Deadman Wonderland. Really good. Can't wait to see how this develops, keeping his humanity or becoming a full blown ghoul in the end. oh, shiro!! thought I had heard it before. Anyway, that ep was alright, not better than I expected nor worse. I'm surprised this came from pierrot... I honestly don't get how they're still in business, they aren't even that good at animating(in my experience). This seems pretty gory, after finishing Kill la Kill I think I'm in the mood for something dark like this. And Black Butler is coming up, so it'll be extra depressing summer for me haha. |
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| The animation is nice. |
| Did this end up being censored a good bit? |
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| I knew that the MC'S girlfriend was too good for him. I wish somebody warned him. Oh well. He's more interesting now! |
| also, how is Stark700 like every single anime thread op? Like in almost every series I've watched, also in manga a little bit, he's the one who posts the discussion pages. How much freetime does he have. |
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warriorsftw said: I'm surprised this came from pierrot... I honestly don't get how they're still in business, they aren't even that good at animating(in my experience). Because they get good TV ratings. They don't have the biggest budgets but they are good at animating. |
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| i haven't read the manga but if there are ghouls running around eating humans and they take on a human form, shouldn't the humans be more wary of their surroundings and who they're interacting with? the mc saw a nice girl and he just asked her out like it was no big deal but was most likely completely aware of the ghouls and their eating habits (he was watching the news about the "binge eater" on tv). or is their society a society in which if you don't mess with the ghouls, then they won't mess with you? i guess these questions will be answered later. |
| Damn...This season is going to be gore central between this and Akame ga Kill lol I LOVED THIS....Also, Touka reminds me of Mikasa O_O |
| 3/10, best girl is dead in episode 1. Jokes aside, that was pretty good, looking forward to the next episode! |
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| Pretty cool first ep. |
| Looks good. Getting Shiki Vibes. Summer season already better than spring. |
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| Sometimes I wish would stop reading the manga before the anime because I feel like I don't have an unbiased opinion towards how good it actually is. However, i liked how they did change it up a bi t because I do remember it being a little slow at the beginning of the manga. Was the first episode good though? I felt like it was (the colours and ambience was great) but idk. |
| Not bad.. but it didn't really live up to my expectations |
| They animated most of my fav scenes from the manga so I'm content with how it turned out. Kinda bummed they didn't add the "if you were to write a story, with me in the lead role...." Futilely hopes they'll follow the manga and do more seasons instead of changing the plot and ending it. Also for people saying it was rush compared to the manga, it's only going to be 12eps (i think) so it's expected. |
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| I dont think its going to be a 12-13 Episode anime. My reason being is because in the trailer it showed Kaneki on some platform that is similar to him standing on in chapter 128 Page 2. It should be around 34 seconds in the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zs4ZhtIpbCI |
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