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| I can see the potential Yea the story outset might not be anything ground breaking so far, but I can see potential in the dynamic. Having to save your sister and protect her not only by other demons, but also by demon hunters. He also has to make sure that his own sister doesn't become out of control. Reigen's VA is so good. Legendary OST as expected! Same composer as of the fate series. Definitely a high selling point for me! The Opening is good and I'm intrigued by all the character designs I have seen in the opening. This definitely has potential. |
| Wow that animation for the Breathe of Water style. Looking forward to seeing it in action. |
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| I love ufotable's aesthetic so I obviously really enjoyed this. Also, has there ever been a bad LiSA OP? Like seriously, every single one she does is a banger. She's perfect. |
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| Very good first episode! But it has the trappings of this genre already. I don't get why so many shows like these have to screech the action scene for a monologue about the last character's move! I get that in a competitive story but not here. MC has a super ability, enhanced smell, that's a new one I must say. Doomed family is older than dirt adventure trope so I'll let it slide. Great OST by Kajiura and Shiina, love the vocals. Great visuals and animation. Looking forward to this one. Just hope it doesn't fall into "I'm going to kill you but first my life story!" |
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| yoshitsugu matsuoka always finding his way into at least one anime i watch in each season. i see a lot of potential in this, and the ost so far is pretty magical. this has exceeded my expectations which are pretty low for most first episodes anyway. the opening is super good though, loving it. liSA never fails. |
| Good first episode, was expecting a lot from this one since it seems to be the hotest new show for this season. Love some LiSA. |
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| i wasn't going to watch this but randomly placed it on the middle of the episode and it looked cool so i ended up watching...gotta say i'm impressed so far =D |
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| CGI'ing him while walking in the snow slightly triggering me. Otherwise, good episode. Liking what they're doing with his abilities from the opening visuals, hope they are like that in the actual anime too. Hopefully the following arc doesn't drag too long. |
| It was ... alright. Pretty much what i expected from ufotable : pretty damn good art/animation, ok at best story/characters (so far anyway). Its only the first episode tho so we will see ! |
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| I bet this is going to be one of those kinda cool darky shows that gets all the casuals hyped. Ok so far, but the first 10 minutes were a fking torture. |
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| I don't think it was bad like 7/10 but not sure how the avg rating is 8.5/10... I don't think it was THAT good but the series could easily pick up and become that good |
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| Amazing first episode Ufotable does not disappoint, the animation and the opening is pretty nice Plot seems to be good too! EDIT: MUSIC/OST 10/10! |
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| My impression: A few minutes of internal narration about goddamned everything happening in front of his face, then the other dude shows up and we have another excessively long conversation despite being supposedly in the middle of a deadly struggle. At this point, the camera starts flipping out, zooming all around, and just going crazy in general. Then the internal narration gets sucked into the other guy, and they just sit there staring at each other for about a minute straight because this dude has a goddamned encyclopedia to recite to the audience. At this point, we're about 17 minutes into the episode and the animators wake up for maybe fifteen seconds to animate something. Having completed that little scene, it's now time to do a review and recap of it, after which, the episode ends. I don't have much more to add besides the recap, because I think it really speaks for itself. UFOTable did contribute some janky CGI snow and some of their trademark about the use of the shaky camera, the episode itself lacks real action all consisting of about five total scenes, four of which were teenagers yelling about their feelings. |
| this episode felt pretty well handled as a manga adaptation, the art style translates surprisingly well to anime form I'm glad to see this series finally getting its anime, hopefully this one gains some popularity because I think its a pretty good story! |
| Great pilot episode. Sasuga ufotable, the music is great and animation. OP by LiSA is banger. Overall im hyped for the next episode |
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| From reading the synopsis alone I could tell this would be a unique dystopian anime, similar to Dororo (extremely happy that they are both airing). The plot twist was a fantastic plot device; the feeling of unknowing alongside suspense makes the first episode both bloodcurdling and thrilling. Perfect way to start a supernatural narrative. Dropping this anime based on the first episode would be a horrible mistake, as this anime shows a lot of promise. Can't wait to continue this anime & to see how the story develops. |
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| That was a powerful start. Let's just hope this doesn't go into a shit fest like Owari no Seraph did. |
| Don't believe the hype. |
| This first episode went exactly as I predicted. It's decent so far, but I don't think it's going to get any better. |
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| YES, I'm so glad we're getting a new ufotable anime. I never ever get tired of their incredibly slick art and animation. I just want to bathe myself in ufotable's masterful drawings, ugh. Not a big fan of shounen anime, but I just hope this one won't go the generic route. Of course this episode had some tropes, but it's largely forgivable because it JUST LOOKED SO GOOD. People are apparently pretty hyped for this, so I assume it'll improve. Pretty great introduction to the series though. I'm looking forward to more. |
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| Hmmmmm. Sucks that your family was slaughtered pal. Don't know anything else about them and even without reading the mal blurb you'd probably know what was coming. And that move Tanjirou makes with the axe? YEET. But in all seriousness, the confrontation with the hunter was certainly moving. Tanjirou's desire to protect his sister, Nezuko's demonstrating (no pun intended) that she isn't completely gone by defending him, and especially the hunter going all "the strong survive and the weak die" but indicating that he was actually trying to hunt the demon and regrets not being able to save them? All these make me feel more confident about this show being more engaging than just "protag's family died boohoo". An op by LiSA? Nice scenery/animation, like all the hunter's movements? YES. Plus it looks like T has some water element type moves and I think I saw one of the other people pull lightning? Not sure if they're actually using elemental powers or if it's some kind of visual choice but I really like elemental powers in anime and it's somewhat limited to shounen so that would be a plus. Is it fair to compare to Dororo? Demon hunting in ancient Japan? Granted I haven't kept up with that series since ep 2 but it seems at least comparable on the surface. Wonder if it's too much to hope to see Nezuko saved/reverted (assuming that's possible) and seeing how she reacts. |
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| Yes!! Another awesome Jump adaption!! Neverland, Kimetsu, Bokuben and Stone, my recent favorite Jump manga have all received anime. This is a great way to start. While I was pet peeved by the 3DCG at first, the anime's artwork is absolutely great. Also a personal preference but I imagined Tanjirou to have more of a Deku voice than a Tai/Kaneki one. Loving this adaption already and can't wait to see more episodes. |
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| This looks very promising, animation is really good, but that's what we have come to expect from the studio that brought us Fate/Zero & UBW... Opening is LIT, done by Lisa but damn the animation made it even better. From the PV I knew this was gonna be quite dark and all, but seeing Tanjiro's family slaughtered in that house is hard to unsee... |
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| Was predictable that he would return home to his family being dead, but was a decent episode. Looking forward to seeing where it goes |
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| Can anyone explain why there are electric power lines in the village Tanjirou goes to sell charcoal? What era of Japan is this suppose to take place in? I read the manga's 100+ chapters, but I didn't notice the power lines ever until now. |
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| Great soundtrack and good animation, but so far that was it. Lets hope the story gets better later |
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| This first episode definitely got me hooked . lots of monologue which i personally liked , animation look amazing as expected from ufotable , Great OST as well . |
| It was okayish. Not bad but nothing special either. Just your typical ufotable adaptation -- good animation, mediocre directing. |
| shit this really is a jump series huh way more brutal than i was expecting, i've heard good things about this not being a complete typical shounen so strange seeing ufotable doing this it looks clean and they aren't abusing their cg effects hopefully it turns out good i got my eye on it. |
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| Story looks a little generic but animation and voice acting are top notch! Also liking the character designs. |
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