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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Pretty interesting start, not only for its unique 2D/3D art but also the way it managed to introduce its cast. There's quite a bit of characters and storytelling even for the first episode so there's the feeling of rush. However, I find the episode entertaining with the colorful cast. Neku and Shiki had my attention the most so far from this episode. Shiki is actually fun to watch for her personality. It's also quite a visual action fest for the battle scenes. |
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| I don't see it available on Funimation yet :(. I've been looking forward to this for so long! I'm so excited. I love love LOVE the game. My favorite game of all time. |
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| Surprisingly, quite good! They definitely nailed the aesthetic and style of the game. The music was pretty on-point too. It’s clear that the staff behind this anime knows what works well for a TWEWY anime. The action animation is also pretty impressive. It’s almost all completely CG, and you can definitely tell that the Noise are CG models. What impresses me the most is the fact that Neku was actually a CG model for the majority of the action scenes, yet it’s hard to tell most of the time. Studio domerica is very good in making their CG anime create the illusion of a 2D anime. Their work with the Persona 3 and 5 Dancing OPs are proof of that. And impressive camera work too! It makes the fights a lot more dynamic. I also really liked how they flashed the symbols of the pins that Neku used! It’s great fanservice to the fans, but also makes sure that Neku’s physical prowess is solely coming from the pins he uses. Even climbing stuff and something as simple as swiping the enemy is pin-based. I'm also glad that Beat and Rhyme are given more of a presence in these days, than they did in the original game. The pacing is okay so far. They did cram three days in the first episode, which is a quite a lot. However, it was kinda tutorial material in the game, so it would make sense to burn through this part as fast as they can. What worries me is that the preview suggests that they’re going up-to Day 6 in the next episode, which is way too fast. Plus the episode's called "Shiki", so... yeah. I was kinda hoping that Day 6 would’ve been its own episode, or would at least get more than half-an-episode. This does lead me to believe that they’re gonna try to adapt the main game in 9-10 episodes, and use the last 2-3 episodes to adapt A New Day… which is the last thing I wanna see. The main game end’s perfectly, and A New Day was just sequel-bait. Not to mention, an adaptation of the main game can barely manage with 12-13 episodes, but anything less and it’ll feel rushed. Here’s to hoping that they use their 12-13 episodes wisely! Anyways, I’m still excited for this anime! TWEWY was a game I played almost 13 years ago and absolutely loved it, and to see it not only get an anime, but a sequel, is pretty blessed. Regardless of how the anime turns out, I hope it's good it's a good promotion for the original game and its sequel. Also, bummer about the OP. It's cool to hear Calling again and all, but it's a song I've heard way too many times by now. I was hoping to hear something new, and ALI's song sounded amazing from the previews. Well, I'm curious to see how the actual OP footage will sync with Calling. Preview for the next episode, btw: https://twitter.com/TWEWY_PR/status/1380564915669278722 Probably going up to Day 6. |
GoldenDevilGamerApr 9, 2021 10:40 AM
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| I only played the DS game and I thought it was amazing. Now for the anime... It's really rushed as it's expected since you can't get all of the content in just a season. Neku is an asshole for way longer in the game and in here he is already opening up. I loved the use of the OSTs from the game and the artstyle couldn't be better but I was a bit disappointed with how short the fights are. Waiting for the best character of the game. People who played know who I am talking about xD. |
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| Interesting premise, I really like the character designs, they look cool but the cg monsters looked funny so couldn't take them seriously. Both Shiki and Neku are interesting characters, like em both and their power seems pretty cool too. A lot of stuff happened in one episode and it kinda didn't feel like a premise. It did tell us about the setting of the show but I feel like they should have slowed the pacing and kept this episode a bit tamer than this. I did like this episode, so looking forward to more. |
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| Well, this is a pretty good start alright, coming from a DS game that was made almost 15 years ago, and recently playing the Nintendo Switch Remaster version, this show practically nails the game's aesthetics to a T with mostly domerica doing all game-like artwork (other than Shin-Ei Animation doing everything else). As game players would have you know, they're cramming lots of content into a 12/13-episode season. Too bad they had to replace ALI's OP with something else generic (Calling) at the very last minute, that's a shame. This episode literally feels like playing the tutorial and introductory stages, while getting to know (or see) most characters from the game itself, that's always a good thing to set up the story and plot for the anime adaptation. At least for central leads Neku-Shiki and Beat-Rhyme, they're about the same as I'd expect from the game, and all those fresh feelings of watching a game come alive in anime form, this is the best game adaptation we will definitely have this season. Definitely exceeding my expectations, so don't wander off the pacing track! |
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| It feels like I back in 2006 all over again. I really enjoyed it. Captured the games style perfectly. inb4 "ThE cGi Is bAd" posts. |
| thats the power of 3DCG and that is lots of camera movements on action scenes so Neku is your typical main character with amnesia eh and i do not like his selfish attitude already Shiki is very friendly and sociable on the other hand though |
| didn't expected it to be this good ! But I feel it was really rushed compare to the game or maybe because I was taking my time when I played it ? xD |
| So we didn't get Neku's monologue thing in the beginning which is kind of disappointing to me because i felt that really sets neku's character from the get go. And made him less anti social and opening up faster. Lame. 8 minutes in and we're at Day 2? Jesus...and they're keep waking up at Shibuya Crossing too wtf. Day 3 was supposed to start in the dark concert hall wtf is even this adaptation? At this rate Shiki is not even gonna get any development might as well delete this off my list or something. |
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| Damn man seems unreal that in 2021 we’re getting a world ends with you anime. First episode was great. The art and visuals are top notch as you’d expect from this adaptation, I think they did a great job of capturing the essence of the game. I hope they continue doing a good job like this. Obviously there’s going to be some rushed stuff since it’s a game adaptation, but if they can keep the story flowing cohesively, that’s all that matters. |
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| It wasn’t awful, but it was still bad. A very rushed pacing. Poor world-building. Almost no characterization. A lot of action and the dynamic “camera movement” helps, but the animation is bad and the CGI is ugly as hell. The music was also very late 2000s early 2010s. I can almost guarantee this will be a drop. |
| Beat I love u 🥺🥺 Hopefully the pacing slows down later on. They can get away with it now because of how the first few days go. I’m just so happy that I can see everyone again :’) |
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| Such a mysterious plot and universe, same for the characters, but I really like that art style to be honest, and it's actually entertaining and interesting. It makes me want to play to the original game, and I think that I'll do that as soon as possible, the DS version seems to be the best choice. But on the other hand I feel like I'll be disappointed about the anime after playing the game, the pacing seems to be really fast xD |
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theENTER said: Don't worry I'm a big NDS fan so I'm used to this console, but thanks for the information, I didn't know that, I'll try to play both versions then, the Switch one should be good too I suppose Ashhk said: actually the android version has better graphics and some new osts too..(also, DS version will be really hard if youre not going to play on DS since you need to pay attention to both screens while the mobile version dont have too...)Such a mysterious plot and universe, same for the characters, but I really like that art style to be honest, and it's actually entertaining and interesting. It makes me want to play to the original game, and I think that I'll do that as soon as possible, the DS version seems to be the best choice. But on the other hand I feel like I'll be disappointed about the anime after playing the game, the pacing seems to be really fast xD |
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| I'm definitely going to enjoy this. |
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| I've never played the game, but this show seems decently interesting. The pacing was fast af though, so much shit happened in the first episode. The characters haven't really grown on me yet, despite the amount of events this episode. However, it was still just the first episode, even if it was fast-paced. |
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| things were kinda rushed sadly, but the atmosphere is really good with the game soundtracks, characters CG animations during the fight is good too but you can't say that for the noises, they really feel fake and out of a psp game |
Blue_Maroon said: It wasn’t awful, but it was still bad. A very rushed pacing. Poor world-building. Almost no characterization. A lot of action and the dynamic “camera movement” helps, but the animation is bad and the CGI is ugly as hell. The music was also very late 2000s early 2010s. I can almost guarantee this will be a drop. The game is from 2007 ofc the music feels like it's late 2000s, i understand why it can be off-putting but you can't really count that as a flaw |
| I enjoyed it as a fan of the game but I just cannot imagine anyone outside of that is going to enjoy this, alot of characterization isnt carrying over cause we dont have neku's internal monologues or the little dialogue exchanges over random stuff between characters. Neku does also come off way less assholish than he really should and I'm very concerned about even shiki's personality since she just seems fairly upbeat in general when I always felt like the charm point for the game shiki is that shes noticeable awkward just trying to be upbeat to contrast neku's pesimism. Also don't like that she didnt glance at her phone even once. The pacing was just absurdly fast and I realized watching it the thing that might doom this anime, I was initially thinking, oh yeah the first 3 days are like literally all just turotials and the amount of actual plot content probably is roughly around the length of an ep. So maybe they will slow it down with the more story heavy stuff later on, only to start realziing, wait they are gonna be adapting the final remix story stuff arent they? doing 12/13 episode adaption at a decent to maybe even good pace of the game is totally doable but adding in that final remix stuff its gonna be a total mess and probably retain this exact pacing of I dunno I will enjoy this as a fan, cause I like seeing how they translated alot of game mechanics and the way pins are used is neat, but I am so sure that this series is gonna do absolutely nothing for other people and probably end up being a bit of a waste of money, its obvious this is an advertisement for the 2nd game but I believe they wanted to bring in new fans. |
JizzyHitlerApr 9, 2021 12:56 PM
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 |
| I get the feeling that those that already played the game wont be able to stomach much of this show; the show itself is decent, a bit rushed but not bad, but when you already played the game it feels bad, to me my biggest gripe is the 3DCG, why the heck use it other than saving money? the game already has this beatiful 2D style, you don't need to replace it with above average 3D. I'll give it a couple more episodes but I think I'm gonna drop it, guess this is how those that already played persona 5 felt when we got the show we ended up with. |
Eponine_Kraken said: Blue_Maroon said: It wasn’t awful, but it was still bad. A very rushed pacing. Poor world-building. Almost no characterization. A lot of action and the dynamic “camera movement” helps, but the animation is bad and the CGI is ugly as hell. The music was also very late 2000s early 2010s. I can almost guarantee this will be a drop. The game is from 2007 ofc the music feels like it's late 2000s, i understand why it can be off-putting but you can't really count that as a flaw Yeah I probably shouldn’t have added that part because it made it appear on-par with the other things I was critcizing. It wasn’t really something that I would hold against this anime as compared to the other things I listed. |
| The story is interesting. I really liked the directing at fight scenes even though the cg was off putting. Game adaptations are rushed and suck 99% of the time so I hope this one will break the curse. |
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| Either I had too much caffeine, either this story is not my cup of tea (pun intended)...even the voice of her majesty Satomi Arai-sama can't keep me on board. |
alshuApr 9, 2021 1:40 PM
| Clearly rushed. That being said, episode 1 did catch my attention and got me interested to watch more, so it did its job. |
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| I've never played video games but having heard it thanks to my sister, I'm not at all disappointed with the first episode, for now! I really like the 2D/CGI mix! On the other hand, it is a bit rushed with three days in one episode. |
| Masterful blend of CGI and 2D animation indeed. Besides that, i don't find anything else that stands out from this, i never really played the games so i don't really have any kind of expectation, the plot seems like just another run of the mill death game with some music gimmicks here and there, and hey, why not give MC amnesia as well... meh. Will give it 1 or 2 more episodes before dropping it, probably. |
Blue_Maroon said: Idk what he's talking about. Saying the music has aged poorly is valid criticism. Everything else you said is true. The CGI is pretty bad, even though it's at least colorful. The fights were animated with like 5 frames per second and it looked like a janky video game. Never played the original but it seems like it'd be more fun to play than to watch.Eponine_Kraken said: The game is from 2007 ofc the music feels like it's late 2000s, i understand why it can be off-putting but you can't really count that as a flaw Yeah I probably shouldn’t have added that part because it made it appear on-par with the other things I was critcizing. It wasn’t really something that I would hold against this anime as compared to the other things I listed. |
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| Very rushed episode, the first 3 days in the first episode, why?! I watched this episode originally at the Shinbuya event on March 13th, which was a blast. Though I love the art style and I loved the original game so I'll be continuing to watch this show. |
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| The art style is pretty unique and the soundtrack is pretty good. That said, the anime is so rushed, and the characters are so generic that it's almost laughable. Neku is literally just your "Yeah I'm the silent cool type" character with no depth whatsoever. Shiki is the "I'm the talking loud type" character with only being social as the character trait. But while I like Shiki, Neku is such a shitty character meant to appeal to emo/edgy 13 year olds who think being antisocial is cool, like Ayanokouji but worse. Also mf is wearing headphones not connected to anything lmfao. |
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| I'm nervous about pacing. I watched with a friend who has NOT played the game and he had so many questions due to them already being done with Day 3. (I refused to answer questions) I'm worried this could become a rushed mess if the pacing stays the same when we get to more important & impactful Days/events. Overall though, I loved it. However I have a very biased opinion because I love the game so much. It was so nostalgic. I loved that they kept some of the same music from the game too! |
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Luxeraph said: It's less to do with saving money and more to do with getting the anime done in time. The character designs are simply too complicated to animate in 2D for action scenes, especially with a TV anime production schedule. The thick outline of the characters kinda requires the character designs to stay detailed in movement. What a lot of action anime tend to do is simplify the linework of a characters to animate them more fluidly. But the character designs in TWEWY prevents that from happening. In order to animate the action scenes without losing character consistency or not making it look like a slideshow, they opted for 3DCG. And it seems like the anime's making the most out of its CG by using a dynamic camera for action scenes. I get the feeling that those that already played the game wont be able to stomach much of this show; the show itself is decent, a bit rushed but not bad, but when you already played the game it feels bad, to me my biggest gripe is the 3DCG, why the heck use it other than saving money? the game already has this beatiful 2D style, you don't need to replace it with above average 3D. I'll give it a couple more episodes but I think I'm gonna drop it, guess this is how those that already played persona 5 felt when we got the show we ended up with. |
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| Fax: -My english is bad -I`m very curious -Peruvians must die |
RebelPanda said: Blue_Maroon said: Idk what he's talking about. Saying the music has aged poorly is valid criticism. Everything else you said is true. The CGI is pretty bad, even though it's at least colorful. The fights were animated with like 5 frames per second and it looked like a janky video game. Never played the original but it seems like it'd be more fun to play than to watch.Yeah I probably shouldn’t have added that part because it made it appear on-par with the other things I was critcizing. It wasn’t really something that I would hold against this anime as compared to the other things I listed. While it has aged poorly, I’m not going to be too harsh on it because it can be seen as a form of homage to the game and the time period that it comes from. It isn’t better for it, but I can at least understand the thought process behind it which lessens my criticism somewhat. |
| Other than being a bit rushed and Neku not being more of a dick, it’s looking pretty good so far. |
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