| Our expectations were too large for probably one of the best webtoons out there, to be placed upon a lesser known studio. (though the only complaints I have are pacing and adapting only 13 episodes, so far the studio is doing a great job) Also we have to understand that anime watchers wouldn't know too much so they would probably rate this a 5, 6, or 7 For the webtoon readers, we pretty much know a lot more so we would probably rate this as high as the webtoon, if you're wanting this anime to be rated higher, we just have to wait until they unveil more about the Tower of God, that way the anime watchers will see this as something more than a generic shounen. My message to anime watchers is to not drop this early as the 3 episode rule, for you need to see it all to see its' worth. |
KatoWorksApr 8, 2020 9:35 PM
| My expectations were never high, which is why I'm enjoying the show very much. It's honestly much better than I expected. |
soulking123 said: I'm not dissapointed at all, actually I very much enjoy this and everyone has a different opinion, but I guess your also right the studio is doing a good job, just the only complaints I really have are the pacing, and how many episodes we are getting. They probably cut out some parts of the webtoon early on, because they can add it back later for it to make senseKaato69 said: Our expectations were too large for probably one of the best webtoons out there, to be placed upon a lesser known studio. Also we have to understand that anime watchers wouldn't know too much so they would probably rate this a 5, 6, or 7 For the webtoon readers, we pretty much know a lot more so we would probably rate this as high as the webtoon, if you're wanting this anime to be rated higher, we just have to wait until they unveil more about the Tower of God, that way the anime watchers will see this as something more than a generic shounen. My message to anime watchers is to not drop this early as the 3 episode rule, for you need to see it all to see its' worth. the studio did a good job for TOG, and like you said the hype made ppl think that TOG will bring them over from the first episode besides don't talk like if they didn't change anything from the webtoon it was gonna be better nope it was gonna be worse, i've seen the second episode and the changes they made were spot on ( the funny scenes were remarkable ) the webtoon first chapters were just boring and hella confusing i like the work they done n reducing even more confusing informations, no matter the studio tower of god can't be better than it's currently is, so if you're disappointed then speak for yourself not everyone. some anime wathers think that episode 2 was better than the first one, but that's not it the first episode was supposed to confusing all your answers in the first episode will be answered that's the kind of story TOG supposed to be. |
KatoWorksApr 8, 2020 9:40 PM
CodyII said: Personally im fine with most if it except for the horrible changes, especially dialogue changes, made to the eel test, which led to really dumb things like Yuri giving Bam Black March simply because he has a cute face. Episode 2 as a whole was far more faithful to the original probably what let it feel overall better paced. The studio itself has done a great job with music, voice acting and animation but is really held back by the 13 episode count as stuff will inevitably be skipped or changed at 6 chapters per episode. I get that a lot of other readers are like "You find out more later" but a lot of stuff (e.g Bams relation to Rachel and how he sees her) were already somewhat explored by this point, just in non direct, subtle ways. Agree. Some say it's the "dialogue heavy" ch 1-5 vs more action for ch 6-11, but to me it's a deliberate choice to change so many of the dialogue to create a gag in ep 1. And to spend an entire 2 min on the preview intro. Ep 2 also has a lot of dialogue / info, but they aren't changed too much to create a wrong impression on the watchers at least. Ep 2 dialogues kept the essence of what made tog popular, vs ep 1 dialogues which was way too simplified and dumbed down to be "shonen"-ish in my opinion. Ep1 felt like a personal interpretation/summary of the chapters, causing a lot of misunderstanding to watchers who didn't have access to the same info, like misinterpreting Yuri's actions etc. And the director wanted to "pay homage" to the panels, leading to complaints of shoddy animation. Ep 2 managed to understand the material well, and adapt / change things while keeping the spirit of the chapters. Ep 1 is not entirely terrible, but many bad decisions all around. If this reflects the difference in storyboarding standard between the episode directors (Sano for ep 1 and Hanai for ep 2), then I shudder to think what is about to come. Because Sano is the overall director. |
hamza121419 said: As an anime only, i dont think this is a bad start of a series that has been hyped a lot, but at the same time there is noting spectacular about it so far, and this is why many first watchers got disapointed. This is most likely the type of series that doesnt have a fantastic begining, it get instead better by the episodes. So far altough there are problems in the pacing, in some weirs introduction of some characters, in the lack of details in explaining what happened, and even though the start is so generic and is similar to shows like hunter x hunter and sao, tower of god has really the potentiel to be a great anime. So far the mystery is what drives the show, the world building is also good, the characters are generic so far but enjoyable, the ost is fantastic and the animation is good enough, the biggest problem for me was the luck of story: so far there is no story to tell, a bunch of people climbing a tour cant be called a story at all, the motivations of the mc are still not clear even if they showed some flashbacks of him with rachel. It's still not enough to tell a proper story. So what i want to see in the futur is to give more attention and more time to create and developp a story that will give you an idea where the things are heading taking in consideration the characters back stories and motivations. I think this is a fondamental point that they have to work on in order to make an amazing anime, cause the mystery will do its effect in the first episodes,but a story is needed in order to make the watcher care for the characters and get more attached to the anime. Unfortunately back stories and motivations starts after the first arc which won't be in this season. |
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| Yah if bias toward a higher rating for something means anything, I would still rather be an outlander. If a show is good, its gotta stand on its own regardless of source material. The medium can change things totally, of course, but if done right it becomes a piece of art. So though I am not into manga esque webtoons from that self same named site, and though I didnt hear about the franchise until I began watching it an hour ago, the show seems decent, maybe a 7. THats still a pretty high mark considering the the mediocrity of shows, manga, comics, films and anime and music in general in the last decade alone. Hard to get originality these days, so a lot of things in the anime are not breathe taking. Still it seems good though already too focused on something romantic or some other similarly styled fixation. |
| Do not engage with AlphaOmegaKnight, we have a theory that it migh be TheAnimeSnob's other account. According to a user on that trend that asks why "TheAnimeSnob hates TOG" this other user (AlpOmeKni) always posts things about him and they are also the ones that posted that question on the forum. He is obviously trying to create clout for himself and now that comment about triggered TOG fans and with his history of shitting on MHA makes me think it's really him... |
AlphaOmegaKnight said: the fuck does that have to do with anything?TOG fanboys are now triggered worse than MHA fanboys |
Jeppy11 said: AlphaOmegaKnight said: the fuck does that have to do with anything?TOG fanboys are now triggered worse than MHA fanboys Your swearing and response has EVERYTHING to do with they said. |
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HueyLion said: in what way exactly?Jeppy11 said: the fuck does that have to do with anything? Your swearing and response has EVERYTHING to do with they said. |
x_Keita said: I mean the diehard fans would probably rate this as high as the webtoon because they are on the edge on this adaptation since they know the story is really good, but they will also see at the end of the season, what the adaptation really turns out to be.Kaato69 said: For the webtoon readers, we pretty much know a lot more so we would probably rate this as high as the webtoon, why give the anime adaptation the rating you'd give to the webtoon?? the adaptation isn't even finished |
x_Keita said: If you look at those who added the webtoon source to their database on MAL, it's only 20k people. The anime has 120k people now and growing, don't think it'll matter a lot in the future. Kaato69 said: I mean the diehard fans would probably rate this as high as the webtoon because they are on the edge on this adaptation since they know the story is really good, but they will also see at the end of the season, what the adaptation really turns out to be. well, hopefully it doesn't have an extremely unfair overall rating due to those fans mal ratings are already bad enough due to bots At any rate there's hardly any of the readers here, 20k people, and the subscribers to the official English webtoon alone was 1.7M. The webtoon entry wasn't even added until Nov 2019, and most already have a community on reddit or discord for the past 9 years before that. |
| As an anime watcher here, I think this show is doing pretty good. I am interesting to see what happen next or what in the store to be unfold. yuzuruhanyuu said: Mal has been an anime place before anything else will probably continue to be that way. It has nothing to do with being webtoon or not. Having 20k in population is an achievement in itself.x_Keita said: If you look at those who added the webtoon source to their database on MAL, it's only 20k people. The anime has 120k people now and growing, don't think it'll matter a lot in the future. well, hopefully it doesn't have an extremely unfair overall rating due to those fans mal ratings are already bad enough due to bots At any rate there's hardly any of the readers here, 20k people, and the subscribers to the official English webtoon alone was 1.7M. The webtoon entry wasn't even added until Nov 2019, and most already have a community on reddit or discord for the past 9 years before that. |
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Siva said: yea, I'm just saying that he probably doesn't have to be concerned about "webtoon readers manipulating the scores" because you cannot fight sheer volume. As an anime watcher here, I think this show is doing pretty good. I am interesting to see what happen next or what in the store to be unfold. yuzuruhanyuu said: Mal has been an anime place before anything else will probably continue to be that way. It has nothing to do with being webtoon or not. Having 20k in population is an achievement in itself.If you look at those who added the webtoon source to their database on MAL, it's only 20k people. The anime has 120k people now and growing, don't think it'll matter a lot in the future. At any rate there's hardly any of the readers here, 20k people, and the subscribers to the official English webtoon alone was 1.7M. The webtoon entry wasn't even added until Nov 2019, and most already have a community on reddit or discord for the past 9 years before that. |
ThatOneWeirdKid said: glad to see you like it! :D welcome to the family! i’m watching the anime though then i’m going to read the webtoon. that said, i already like it a lot. there are quite a few unanswered questions but i see a lot of potential and i’m excited to see how it unfurls! |
| The fans of this series should be careful. From my experience, they're overzealous and having an annoying fanbase is something others use as an excuse to completely avoid trying a series. |
ImWaltz said: lol the chill ones won't visit MAL, they got their own communities for the past 9 years when ToG wasn't even on MAL. Only the craziest one come over The fans of this series should be careful. From my experience, they're overzealous and having an annoying fanbase is something others use as an excuse to completely avoid trying a series. |
| I have no complain here either, I am about to up to date manwha so it's some time I read first chapters, but I know it was especially long a boring, I am so glad they make first floor into not whole first episode. I start to read manwha like 3 times and didn't get hype for it, didn't made it past first few chapters. But then, when I finally got to floor 2, fun began and I am reading since then. It's gonna be similar with anime. (But for me personally, season 2 is where story really started) |
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machetevuoi said: I would recommend reading the manwha, but you can also take your time to indulge in the anime, especially towards the end.Since we're real here, should I watch the whole anime first or just fly through the 500 chapters that are already out right now?😂 |
tfujszempaj said: i havent read the webtoon but im really enjoying the anime so far the only thing that actually bothers me is why yuri gave bam the sword. she said she did it bc he has a cute face but i dont think thats a good reason¿ plus the animation isnt great but i dont care that much about it actually so nvm That's not the actual reason for why she decided to help him. I really can't figure out what were they thinking when they decided that it would be a great idea to change it in the anime. And Black March is supposed to be a needle but for some stupid reason they changed that too... |
Rei_Shiki said: _simplethoughts said: same, i knew Everyone really hyping it up but i ignore it and went with pretty much standard expectation and now with episode 3 im really interested in TOG World lore and character (so far im really interested in Khun as he is very similar to Killua minus loving his sister? And getting used up by her)My expectations were never high, which is why I'm enjoying the show very much. It's honestly much better than I expected. If you like it now, the story gets even better! |
| Idk why it doesn't get that much of recognition. I quite like the series even after just 3 episodes... |
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| i'm not gonna lie, i'm really salty about this anime adaptation because i didn't like the webtoon and i was sad that this was the first to be animated when there are some other really epic choices out there... ...but i've heard good things about the anime, so i might as well try it. |
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