Land of the Lustrous
| im a huge fan of the manga and since i know the quality of the writing wont go downhill, in fact the later chapters keep getting better and more and more intense, and SURPRISINGLY the anime adaptation has a really really beautiful art that captures the charm of the manga, i give it 9999999999/10 already, (it still can go to -99999999/10 if they give it some cringy original ending tho) AND, in the 1st episode discussion, i saw most people saying that the art is gorgeous and the story is interesting, and phos is likable, basically people are praising the 1st episode (which makes me super happy), but then, the score for this anime is... like... a freaking 6.9?!!!!!! why in the world?!!! |
| A 6.9 isn't that bad of a score but I'm sure once we start getting later into the season and more people start watching it the score will start increasing anyway |
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LackofAfro said: A 6.9 isn't that bad of a score but I'm sure once we start getting later into the season and more people start watching it the score will start increasing anyway Well, by MAL standards, most things under a 7 are considered bad. |
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| The problem is a low score often discourages people to watch the anime. The less people watch the show, the less likely it gonna increase its score. |
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| Probably because CG and anime fans being unable to accept CG a lot of times. People who are watching the show seriously see how the CG is good though |
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| Dropping it without score. Hard to guess how this will develop. But with the beginning being a bit more boring I can understand people already scoring it low. (Seems to me like this is some show that will develop only much later and have certain episodes with drama and story reveals where it starts to get interesting. I'll wait until it is finished and read the reviews. Hopefully it will get interesting later and get a good end. Maybe picking it up again then.) |
| Even ousama game has a lower score. This types are not well received. rolls eyes |
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Luthandorius said: Dropping it without score. Hard to guess how this will develop. But with the beginning being a bit more boring I can understand people already scoring it low. (Seems to me like this is some show that will develop only much later and have certain episodes with drama and story reveals where it starts to get interesting. I'll wait until it is finished and read the reviews. Hopefully it will get interesting later and get a good end. Maybe picking it up again then.) welll you are mostly right there, it's kind of the same situations as steins gate, but the problem isn't much with how interesting it is but about how confusing it is, whiile mo st people who love the series get the gist of it from the start, almost everyone who dropped the manga did so at the end of volume 1 because they understood nothing, but usually the same people rethink that opinion as they get to chapter 8-10, but after that it just gets faster and faster, in fact, i'd say that once you reach chapter... 14? it never stops, it just goes faster and faster on a rollercoaster of emotions and mindblows, although the focus of this all is less or more volume 3's latter part. |
| Look pretty ok to me D: |
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bibi-fan said: Probably because CG and anime fans being unable to accept CG a lot of times. People who are watching the show seriously see how the CG is good though /thread It's perhaps the best new show coming out this season. |
| The 1st episode was not good. If are looking for something has super low score then Shoukoku no Altair is good example, it has much lower score than what it deserves |
| Honestly, I can understand the 7. The first episode focuses too much in conveying information and focuses little on conveying emotion. Cinnabar's monologue while saving Phos specially takes away so much of the power of her self loathing that could have been expanded on much later in the series instead of spoon-feeding it to us immediately just to say: "Hey, yeah see this character? She has deep seated issues. We will be deep. This is a deep serious series. Come back next episode, kay?" The show took away most of its immediate oomph by trying to reassure us. |
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| Agree. This anime for me is a 9/10 type of anime. Definitely deserves more recognition and a way better score. However I have no doubt that it will increase as more episodes are released and more ppl start watching. Personally for me, and most others, 3-D animation is horrible. HOWEVER, this anime does it flawlessly to a point where the characters movements and facial expressions are to some extent better than normal 2-D animation. This is second candidate for AOTS for me, The first being Juuni Taisen |
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| People are hating simply because of use of 3D. No other reason. Same was with Kemono Friends who was like 4,5/10 after 1st episode. |
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Bozzzz said: Niello said: Let's ask a better question: what's so bad about it? Is it because it's CG? Is it because you have bias on how you think the story will develop given the characters are gems and pretty boys? Is it because of the directing? because the characters are boring? etc. CG is ok. Actually didn't get that feeling but the way you asked that makes me think it won't go anywhere good. It's not a girls anime? Or is the seinen tag wrong? As I haven't read the manga, I can't say if it's the directing or the source. I gives the feeling of cute things anime but then there is some conflict added. But that seems too discarded, like it was added only to have something else in addition to cute things. The characters aren't exactly boring but based on 1 episeode there isn't nothing original there. I just don't care too mauch about them. The seinen tag is definitely not wrong. So it seems like it's the second question we should be discussing. The real premise can actually be summarised neatly if you have read or watch Fullmetal Alchemist. It's about finding "the truth behind truths", as Dr. Marco had put it. It does take a while to get to that part, but after that the tone will start to shift more and more in a way that match Phos' development. It is unlikely that you will be able to guess the over all plot progression except perhaps a certain recurring thing that Phos will be undergoing. As of the current chapter in the manga, Phos is truly like a different person from how he is in the anime. It definitely gets more psychological and far from cute things kind of show. Heck, after two episodes I still haven't seen anyone guessed a single thing correctly. Here's an out of context page from the manga: Note: This show has a very buddhist theme, there's a monk, the moon people design looks like bodhisattva, and the gems are eternally in a cycle of rebirth. Then there are also other things that tie into it, but those are spoilers. |
NielloOct 15, 2017 8:23 AM
| I feel like any 3DCG anime just loses half a point just because of haters. |
| More like a super ultra mega bomb low score... On a more serious note OP, you can't trust episode discussions, even anime with generally well rated episode discussions can have shit scores. |
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| Good to see it went up from the 6 threshold. I remember this was in the 6 threshold when I posted here. Lol |
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| Yep, this anime is really under-appreciated. The CGI is actually well done, one of the best CGI I've ever seen in anime. |
| actually, who cares about MAL score. In Japan, phos is popular. one of big 10 at tv rating, even this is cg https://www.anikore.jp/chronicle/2017/autumn/ac:tv/ |
Cavendish-sanOct 24, 2017 6:26 AM
Bozzzz said: athes1995 said: Yep, this anime is really under-appreciated. The CGI is actually well done, one of the best CGI I've ever seen in anime. It can't just rige on good CGI/animation. I find the general idea intreaguing but execution is poor. It's just my first impression after a few first eps. The cgi is good and the settings is interesting. About the execution (story, characters) I think I should watch more eps before judging it. |
"That type".... What type? they aren't even remotely similar, lmao. They have no type in common. |
ipopa1995 said: Cavendish-san said: actually, who cares about MAL score. In Japan, phos is popular. one of big 10 at tv rating, even this is cg https://www.anikore.jp/chronicle/2017/autumn/ac:tv/ Thats cool =) but what is this site? Just want to know more about the site. this site is about tv rating for anime seasonal without long series (one piece, sazae-san). I don't if this site is accurate or not, but i only know this site about tv ranking :) |
| Well it has been slowly rising. Maybe people are adapting to the gorgeous CGI. |
| Maybe it's a combination of the character designs and animation. True it might look great, but designs like these and overall premise isn't everyone's cup of tea. The fact that the gems are genderless might put them off too. Anime is...strange. People want to identify with the main characters from the get go, and having a lack of gender makes it hard to relate to. I don't speak for everyone here, but when I watched this it did put me off. I will give the show credit though, it can draw a great crowd in. Buuut I think the overall premise isn't for everyone. The page gives off a SHIT ton of characters, and it's not hard to assume that with so many characters with a short amount of run time(12 eps) is almost doomed to fail. In conclusion I think what is going on here is a combination of uncanny valley(Not everyone will like how this show looks) and quantity over quality characters. Also the premise can put people off too. But these are only guesses. |
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| People are hating it and giving it such a low score because many of them hate CGI Animation. I don't like CGI too but this Anime looks pretty fine to me. One of the few CGI animations I do actually like and the Anime also has a REALLY interesting and dark Story. |
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| Well up to a 7.5 now. Has a great chance at reaching an 8 after it finishes airing. |
| Surely or easily above 8 with the "last week boost". It will probably end up being the best rated non-sequel anime of the season, ... behind mahoutsukai no yome. We'll see. I don't how the writing goes for the second half. I'm really glad I gave it a try after reading some positive comments on the first episode. |
Ysad_Ziwezhan said: It will probably end up being the best rated non-sequel anime of the season, ... behind mahoutsukai no yome. That doesn't really count as new, seing as the prequel OVA came first and it was hella popular. But it does have competition from Inuyashiki. |
Niello said: dc22 said: That doesn't really count as new, seing as the prequel OVA came first and it was hella popular. But it does have competition from Inuyashiki. If Inuyashiki follows the manga faithfully, the ending is going to be hit or miss for many people. https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1641935&pollresults=1 Just look at this unusually even score. That's what I thought too. dc22 said: Ysad_Ziwezhan said: It will probably end up being the best rated non-sequel anime of the season, ... behind mahoutsukai no yome. That doesn't really count as new, seing as the prequel OVA came first and it was hella popular. But it does have competition from Inuyashiki. I don't count the OVA as a prequel because it's a story "next to" the story and I think it helped in terms of popularity but not in terms of rating, I mean I don't think people will love the main show because of the OVAs while very often a second season'rating is "pushed" because many "haters" stopped at the first season and as a consequence the number of people rating the second seasons dropped. Here, there are already more followers (50% more) of the first seasons than people who watched the OVAs and we are only at the fourth of the whole length. |
Ysad_ZiwezhanNov 13, 2017 12:10 PM
| I'm glad it's rising. Hopefully episode 8 will make the score go up more. |
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| Yeah it’s a solid 6 so far. I don’t even know what is, or even if there is, a plot. Simply survival? What is her motivation? Right now it’s a slice of life revolving around phos that has just been character and world building. I have no idea why the seinen tag. Also 6 is a good score. 5 is average, less than 5 is the bad area. |
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Username23489023 said: Yeah it’s a solid 6 so far. I don’t even know what is, or even if there is, a plot. Simply survival? What is her motivation? Right now it’s a slice of life revolving around phos that has just been character and world building. I have no idea why the seinen tag. Also 6 is a good score. 5 is average, less than 5 is the bad area. Just wait for the next episode. It's where shit hits the fan and the true plot begins. I'm just gonna say, it deserves it's seinen tag especially later on. |
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