So all reviews were removed, because their was only 1 decent review (not mine), so I hope people don't mind me just reposting it here.
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I'm seeing alot of ''I don't like it, nah nah nah, 0/10''. I get it, but at least give a good reason for not liking the first episode of the series!
Akibas Trip: The Animation is about a otaku named Tamotsu Denkigai who gets super strong, super fast after being killed by Synthisters (basicially vampires) and being revived by a girl named Matome Mayoka. The Synthisters have taken over Akihabara and it is up to Tamotsu and Matome to fight back and defeat them. The only way to defeat a Synthister, howvever, is to rip their clothes off and expose them to air/sunlight. However, the levels of nudity in this show are somewhere between Fairy Tail and Keijo!!! (it's just quick shots of underwear). Haters complaining about the "poor taste'' in show should actually watch the show, then go complain somewhere else (High School DxD S4 is confirmed, so go bitch about that).
Story is nothing we haven't seen (so far) ever in anime. MC gets super powers, teams up with hot girl to fight bad guys, a bunch of zany characters tag along on the way to the finale. Hopefully, the setting of the show (Akihabara) can give the show it's own tastes and qwips, with jokes and references to the ''Akiba Lifestyle'' rather than High School BS we see constantly. Don't fret about having not played the game(s, their was another never released in the West). The story is original (well, as original as Star Wars Episode VII was). Chances are we will see some plot elements that are similar to the game series, but not directly from the games.
I does bug me that all the human enemies are female, so our MC just looks like a pervert stripping off girls in cosplay, considering the game this show is based on has the player strip EVERYONE AND ANYONE. That said, the opening sequence does hint to an array of baddies, so chances are our MC's will face a bunch of different anime cliché characters throughout the show (Bikers, Gamers, Gundam Fans etc). Perhaps starting out with the cosplay enemies was a bad idea?
The fact that the Shounen/Fighting-esque style of our MC's using fists and baseballs bats is a nice change from the magic, swords and superpowers that seemed to dominate anime in 2016. The fighting scenes, also, are awesome. Nice and fast, and the voice actors and animators do a really great job in making the hits sound hard and painful. And there's blood (which was a surprise, considering the lack of blood in the games)
Artstyle is very much like Kill La Kill, Punchline or My Hero Academia. That said, it doesn't feel like a Trigger knockoff, rather it still feels very original.
Sound was...ok. Opening and closing themes didn't feel as impactful the first time, until I rewatched the episode dubbed (I'll get to sub vs dub later on). Explosions, punches and quick movements all sounded really good, so theres some good.
Characters were unoriginal, but still entertaining for one reason: all of the characters are nerds (apart form Matome so far). Arisa is the generic foreign character, but her interests being similar to Tamotsu made me feel as though their could be a legitimate friendship being born, rather than being forced because the writers said so. Nikwaka is generic cute little sister, but her being an otaku makes her to be almost like a younger Umaru Doma (Himouto! Umaru-chan) so chances are we bound to get a few laughs from her throughout the show. Matome plays our kick-ass girl. I like her, but I don't know why, but she might be the most likebale out of all the characters in the show. Finally, the MC. Tamotsu is very different compared to sub and dub version, so I'll explain about him in my SUB V DUB below.
I would recommned to DUBBED version of this show. Now before you elitists come at with your body pillows and wall scrolls as weapons for having ''impure'' opinions, let me explain. In the subbed version, Tamotsu is a plain boring, piece of bread with a couple of jokes indicating that he is a loser. Ishiya just seems like he's asleep as he's reading his lines. The same can be said Matome, but not as bad. In the Dubbed version, Tamotsu comes across as a cross between Karma Akabane (Assassination Classroom) and Takehito Morokuzu (Prison School). Saab gives Tamotsu actual emotions. Tamotsu seems more aggresive, confident and assertive in dub, compared to the blank paper with Star Wars sticker in the corner we see in the subbed version. Arisa and Niwaka don't change that much, about the same across both versions. Saxtons Matome also feels as though theirs a bit emotion compared to the subbed, but it is really only noticable in fight scenes.
In conclusion, the best version of this series is the dubbed version, purely because Tamotsu feels like an actual character with history, rather than the subs version of blank the character. That said, I enjoyed the first episode and would definatly recommend. |