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| I really liked how this looks so oldschool. & btw the OST is too good! hope we will get more action like this episode! |
| "A life that lives without doing anything is the same as a slow death" -Lelouch Vi Brittania |
| It was ok, not good and not bad I just hope it does not turn into pure comedy show with no serious fights like Kyoukai no Rinne |
| It was okay, the comedy cut in at abnormal moments but didn't have too many issues aside from that. May have to check out other shows before i decide if i can commit to this. |
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| Great! Not that it has seen much in the narrative, but as the beginning is interesting, you make it clear all the issues which could arise of the possible questions. Very nice character design that brings to ancient times, when the moe had not yet infested the world of animation, that longing is growing inside me. Even the color design is excellent, and along with the chara design, recreate that old style in vogue many years ago in anime. The Studio Mappa has been working well, the animations are dicrete, I hope not wrong even the next episodes.Plot interesting enough, I do not know the manga, but I can not disappoint. Good set design, catchy soundtrack. |
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| That classic vibes~ |
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| This was so much damn fun, I hope the monster of the week feeling im getting from this wont bog it down in the future but for now im aboard the hype train |
Immahnoob said: Jizzy, I know you have no idea how to argue for shit, tokiyashiro said: Jizzy as you would call yourself because youre a dick The most butthurt award goes to you And clearly you havent watched that many shows thats why you cant determine if a show is unique or not Or maybe you're just a child who likes common stuffs where hero saves the day and guys gets all the girls. Sad taste you have there kid you came up to me in the first place making you look more like a kid who got slapped without me even knowing it and start crying about it to me |
| Ushio's nose bothers me. |
| Nothing special. The humor is misplaced too. |
| Nothing much happen in first episode. |
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| A solid beginning, the old school style is interesting. This episode was a mix between humour and action, the pacing was good I will continue this one. |
| this is 90s as all fuck. I dig it. |
| That was so damn cool. That ED too man. Fuck Im all hyped right now. |
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| This reeks of old school style. Even with the 2015 animation, it's obvious in the character designs and the development of the story. While I'm not a big fan of old school, I like the brisk pace, and the classical shounen feel (as opposed to what shounen transformed into in the recent years) looks entertaining enough, so I'm on board. My only complaint is the character design, but nothing could be done about it if they wanted to stay true to the mangaka's original design from 90s, so guess I'll just shut up and endure. |
| ったく、嫌な世の中だよ。 |
| Not a big fan of Ushio's voice. Will take some time to get used to. |
| It was OK. Not really taken with the mc or any of the characters yet but I'll give it a few more eps to see if it grows on me. |
| Well this episode is good and does bring a nostalgic feel. Though the ED theme is pretty catchy while I am not a fan of the OP theme... Though being impaled by that spear must have been really painful. |
FGAU1912 said: not as good as the manga mappa hang there head in shame this parasite all over again Not as good, as in... what? Care to elaborate in understandable language? |
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| Fun but a bit shallow. Those 2 joining together, even just tor show, feels silly. Why doesnt Tora simply run away if it's afraid of the spear? Still if it turns out to offer more than simply a "defeat this spirit" episodic progression then I'll stick around. |
| 5 main aspects I base my ratings on: 1. Did DramaEnthusiast make a thread about it? 2. Is it better than Breaking Bad? 3. Did MellowJello recommend the shit out of it? 4. Has it caused a (very entertaining) shitstorm on MAL? 5. Is it actually good? Scratch the fifth point, it's not very relevant... |
| Solid first episode. Got some humor too. |
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| Getting to hear Komatsu Mikako yell at Hatanaka Tasuku once again >w> Brings back fond memories of one of my favorite anime journeys. I can't express how much I enjoyed this. Like many people said, despite being made in 2015 this still has a real sturdy old school vibe. It feels so similar to Yu Yu Hakusho too which was one of my first and still my favorite shounen, and anime series in general. Gah so much joy <3 I may just have to read the manga when I can. Tora's weird eyes will take a little getting used to though. babymimi said: THANK YOU. The entire episode I was trying to figure out what his design reminded me of .-.Ushio looks more like an Hajime no Ippo character imo. |
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Inugirlz said: Ushio's nose bothers me. I don't mind the art, but really they need to fix his nose at least. It bothers me too. |
Z4k said: Eremes said: Really nice artstyle, looks like Ippo merged with HxH 2011. Does someone know how much chapter they poured into this first ep? I liked a lot HxH 2011 by MADHOUSE, well, you can't dislike it with this story and those characters, but I felt like the pacing was a bit too fast to my taste, like "this is a pure adaptation by madhouse, yes, US, who gave you Death Note, so watch this super long shounen without filler and without slow pacing !!!" MAPPA is working on this series. Not Madhouse. Close enough, considering the founder of Madhouse established Studio MAPPA in the first place. This was good. I'm going to continue watching. The first episode really got going when the action started. I remember watching the Ushio and Tora OVAs on The Anime Network channel about 9 years ago. It's a fun show. |
| got chills in the very 1st episode... |
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| Art-wise, expected no less from Utena's storyboarder. And Ohtsuki Kenji delivered the OP as usual - missed his tracks so much. |
| I managed 9 minutes before skimming the rest to confirm it was all bad. Awful comedy(?) style. |
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Samii said: Inugirlz said: Ushio's nose bothers me. I don't mind the art, but really they need to fix his nose at least. It bothers me too. See i'm not the only one! It's not the art, i don't have a problem with 90s art. But dat nose.... |
| This was pretty awesome. |
| Really like the premise... very 80-90ish feel to it, where battle anime is the norm. >.< Ushio has two girls. ^_^ He is quite a stud. |
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| Great episode! Very funny and the seiyuu voicing Ushio is so refreshing! Much better than hearing Yuki Kaiji or Jun Fukuyama all the damn time. I don't dislike them tbh. Rikiya Koyama as Tora is very splendid too! I'm really gonna' like this one. |
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Harem_King said: ugh i feel like ima drop this one .... if i wanted to watch a 90s anime i woulda went and found some 90s anime...this is just terrible. why didnt the studio try to give us a modern approach at old manga like parasyte did. 10/10 troll I feel like the first episode was really well down and the animation was awesome, it reminds me of Hajime No Ippo. |
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| Coming fresh off the OVAs, I must say I'm not too sure about Ushio's new seiyuu. Sounds like less of a kid. Otherwise I'm digging this new version just fine. Hopefully this season will get past episodic shenanigans at some point. Harem_King said: ugh i feel like ima drop this one .... if i wanted to watch a 90s anime i woulda went and found some 90s anime...this is just terrible. why didnt the studio try to give us a modern approach at old manga like parasyte did. Yeah because adding new clothes, computers and IPads magically made it much better. rpn101 said: it reminds me of Hajime No Ippo. Tora even has the same seiyuu that played Takamura. |
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| Decent start, looks promising. Also, if you don't like the classic art style then just don't watch the show at all. Don't get why people have to be such modern art style whores (if that's a thing lol) and bash a series just because the style is old school. Would've missed out on a bunch of fantastic anime, such as The Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Rose of Versailles, Hokuto no Ken, and Yu Yu Hakusho, if shot down every series that aired before 2000. |
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| I like the old animation style. The ost is pretty good. I'll watch it. |
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| Great manga is after Long time finally Airing as Anime...Nice to see this series after Long time. Especially with Modern Age Animation. |
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| Finally, even though it's a revamped 90s style Anime, I'm still into it. I liked Ushio's personality. He's pretty bad ass. He's not some pussy beta MC. Honestly, I wouldn't mind if he had his own harem, he deserves it. It's refreshing to return to classic shounen roots because I'm fucking sick and tired of pussy, beta bitch boys who look like battered alpacas and their harem passe in shit series that pretend to have a plot but the focus is mainly on fanservice. It's not even tasteful fanservice anymore, there is good fanservice and shit fanservice. Unfortunately we've had too much of the latter that it has tarnished the image of the Anime and manga industry as a whole. Let's admit it, Anime has really got downhill the past few years. I'm not surprised why people hate Anime and think it's shit. Most people think Anime is purely hentai or fanservice, thanks to the bullshitfuckery that has been pumped out of the industry lately. All the plots are the same and out of a hundred releases in a year, you'll probably only find about ten series that are either gems (rare) or remotely good. |
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TheMaster100 said: I would give them the 800 million yen right now if I had it..wait..800 million yen..? that's like 6 million dollars..O_omalki said: well..looks good..but I whish they adapted Pluto rather than this..: / Check this out: http://www.japanator.com/masao-maruyama-wants-to-make-pluto-anime-doesn-t-have-the-cash-32480.phtml |
| Pretty fun episode l love the retro feeling it has |
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| Funny, good action and a little of romance, I like it so far! |
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| Reminds me of Yu Yu Hakusho and Flame of Recca. Looks cool ^^ |
| Holyshit! I think, we got ourselves a new action packed shonen anime, that long hair transformation almost looked like Gon's. This anime might be my new fav.😂😂 |
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| I'm super hyped of this anime and I will enjoy watch this episode awesome / epic |
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