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| I had high expectations for this one but I don't like it at all :( it's just the story feels really generic, the art style is unique but isn't something amazing and the characters seem bland, well let's see how it goes :/ |
| Pretty interesting start, I love the music and the artstyle. |
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| I'm personally devasted with the mess that is the anime adaptation of one of my favourite games of all thime. For starters, the 3D CGI models have incredibly bad shading and don't blend at all with the backgrounds. Also, they are incredibly low-poly and give off the feeling that they belong in a different era, the frogs looked so polygonal and not in the stylized way but the cheap make it really quick way. I prayed they would take a page of Futurama's book on how they used shading on their 3d cgi models to make them blend with the backgrounds but the nauseating fast camera movements coupled with the grotesque-looking cgi make this show a visual shitshow during fight scenes. The 2D scenes actually look nice and do Nomura's signature stylish designs justice, that coupled with the thick and clean line-art the original is known for. They skipped the first bit in the original where Neku is being hateful towards society, they even toned down his antisocial asshole factor. All of this is just outright bad and disrespectful to the original, it's a glorified ad for neo-twewy in my book. The entire point of the game's story is how Neku grows as a person and how life is not as bad as he originally envisioned it, it's a game that revolves around this simple but beautiful message ergo the game's original title "It's a Wonderful World". I'm gonna watch it weekly with my friends who also share my love for twewy so I can take the piss at it, this is the only way i can cope with how bad this turned out. |
| I haven't played the game, but those thick lines are reason enough for me to stick to this one. I love the art style and the CG seems really well done too. I get that CG haters exist, but this episode was a visual treat for me. Now for the content, it was pretty decent, basically what you would expect of a death game show. I liked it. The pacing seemed a bit off tho. Episode 1, and 2 days have already passed. Maybe they'll introduce something else when all the days have passed idk. Also, why does he keep fainting after every day? No one even questions that. Overall, decent 1st episode with great visuals. |
| Gintoki and Sugita's birthdays are 1 day apart. |
| About par for the course for a single-cour adaptation of a 30 hr+ RPG. I'll still watch it because I loved TWEWY and want to recall stuff for the sequel. |
Strawhat_PirateApr 10, 2021 11:32 AM
| Not bad adoption and somehow truck~kun strikes again lmao |
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| It was an ok episode for me. I feel like they toned down the introverted and unsociable first week Neku since they didn't show his initial speech, his way of disliking most human beings and they added the red noise effect to the scene where he is attacking Shiki which gave it a more "lighter" tone. Fight scenes where great nevertheless! |
| This is the most excited I've been for a seasonal anime and, well, it was disappointing. This episode wasn't bad or anything. I just don't think it understands what made the original work so well. Everyone in this thread has already pointed out that Neku's a lot dumber and less detached, but they've also made Shiki into a flustered moe archetype. Sure, she's sorta like that in the original game, Beat, Rhyme, Kariya and Uzuki are just how I remember them, though. It's been a while since I've played the game, but I also don't remember Uzuki and Kariya ever learning the player's names, or at least caring enough to use them. That makes far more sense when compared to how it's handled here since the reapers don't see players as people and therefore don't have any sympathy for them. They've also skimped out on some of the more important worldbuilding elements, like the barrier reapers and how noise affects regular people. The decision to make the techie guy a reaper was incredibly baffling I'd also mention how Shiki only gives Neku a flame pin when they meet in the game whereas he could also be seen with the slash and uppercut pins in the anime, though at that point I'd only be nitpicking. The soundtrack was a little underwhelming, too. The decision to use the menu theme when Shiki and Neku first started fighting noise was probably the least fitting song they could have chosen. Though I suppose I can't be too critical about song choice when there's barely any music to begin with. An ambient soundtrack in the same vein as Underground from the game would honestly go a lot farther in making this episode a lot more interesting. Even some of the song instrumentals would work. One of the things I love about the game's soundtrack Some of the little details in this were cute, though. I liked the headers that flashed on the screen whenever Neku and Shiki went to different parts of Shibuya as well as some of the cameos at the start of the episode. I still haven't warmed to the way the characters look in this, but I think the art direction has been pretty good overall. It seems like Square are using this anime as a billboard for Neo TWEWY rather than going all-in on a faithful adaptation, which I guess I can understand. Even if they allocated an episode to each day it'd still feel like the story was glossed over, especially with how long some of the missions get towards the end of the game. I think a story like this is more suited to a manga especially with how the cutscenes in the game are as manga as they can get, but we all know how that turned out last time. I originally planned to do a full replay of the original game while the anime airs, and I think that's just what I'll do. Even if it gets worse from here on out I can at least get a kick out of |
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| I was all for this episode being good, and then not a single math pun at the end. 0/10, so zetta disappointing. |
| I played the game a few years after it was released and really loved it. As first episode, I think it was a good start! As other already said, the pace was a bit rushed, I liked the background and character design, the CGI it's well-done, even if the motion in the battle scenes wasn't that fluid, the opening song was replaced with Calling (one of my favorite songs from the game) but was a bit disappointed about what happened to Ali because I was looking forward to hear Teenage City Riot. Anyone knows if they're gonna release the full version of the song despite the "accident"? |
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| They're rushing through so they can get to the real star of the show. You know who it is. Lol It's not even really rushing though-- I feel like the important stuff comes Anyway, that being said, I guess it kinda makes sense to me as to why this first part would be rushed through... because they're just not that deep. |
| Kinda decent episode. I was waiting for my fave dialogue of Neku's "... I don't get people, never have never will..." but there's none. Not a fan of CGI but not bad. I don't know how will they maintain the anime's progress from this point on, the episode was too fast-paced. I just hope it can be redeemable in the next episodes. If not then I'll still watch it tho for the nostalgia. |
| I didn't play the game but it feels really fast..? Is it supposed to be like that? And also, i hope it's normal that i don't understand most of the things. Cool visuals though. |
Tekmixer said: There is supposed to be a decent amount your left in the dark on, next episode should explain a decent amount of stuff. and hopefully slow down somewhat I hope but chances are the whole series is going to have this very rushed pace sadly. We will just have to see cause the thing about the first 3 days of the game is that it really is mostly tutorials and stuff relating to said tutorials and that would come off as empty filler in anime form so its not shocking we blazed on through this stuff, but at the same time it feels like there could of been an attempt.I didn't play the game but it feels really fast..? Is it supposed to be like that? And also, i hope it's normal that i don't understand most of the things. Cool visuals though. |
JizzyHitlerApr 11, 2021 12:04 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 |
| the art makes it super fun to watch |
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| OF COURSE they do this to my favorite anime. (': cutting neku's monologue (which is a part of his character development), making beat and rhyme absolutely passive (yes i love them seeing neku trying to kill shiki and doing absolutely nothing), the change in the 3rd day (they didn't wake up at the scramble crossing and shiki didn't take her almost death that lightly), neku mastering the use of pins out of the blue.......................................... at least they are getting the music right. sad to see ALI's opening go, but Calling is my favorite song on the game so i can take it. given the obvious one-cour, i imagine the anime will flow this way: |
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irmdru said: I don't think the first 3 days in 3 episodes would be a good idea but I think most people are arguing it should of been the first 2 days in 1 episodes and maybe 3 +4 next episode. While mostly tutorials yes there definetly was more they could of done to add more character interaction or atmosphere setting to these parts as I think looking at this episode discussion from non game players showcases how much the show has already damaged its chances a potential new audience already.I feel like the fast pacing is fine for this part of the story. The first three days are largely just tutorials for the game mechanics, and not much really happens. The monologue and threat to Shiki being more prominent plot points in the episode would have been more impactful though. At this point, I feel like it's doing its job of getting people who missed out on the game up to date on what happened before NEO, so I don't have any gripes. The visuals are spot on. Characters are a little off at the moment, but they could turn that around later, I guess. This all comes from someone who is barely past the first episode in the game though, so I don't know what is yet to come. But if they dragged out the first three days into three episodes it would have been so slow and plodding. theres a very real chance, if not likley, that people are going to feel absolutely no impact for the events of the next episode and one after it cause there has been almost no time allocated to character interaction. |
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've played the game twice through myself, and yea, the way they're handling the story is my biggest complaint so far. They had to cut some of the things that help characterization of the characters, and overall it feels rushed. One thing I remember however, is that some interview stated that this anime (and the upcoming new game Neo TWEWY) are from a different continuity from the original TWEWY game. This was stated to explain how in the original game, all the characters had flip phones, matching the time the game came out, and how all the characters in this anime have smartphones instead. My guess as to why the pace is as rushed as it is: they're planning to cover most of the main story and then include completely new content towards the end that would connect it to Neo TWEWY. Just a theory, but considering this is Nomura we're talking about, anything goes. I'll probably stick with this till the end to see what they plan on doing. |
| The World Ends With You was a game I never really got a chance to play properly but the art style and aesthetic choices such as the music etc always interested me, so I thought this series would be a good chance to catch up before the sequel on Switch instead of having to put dozens of hours into the game. I've played a total of about an hour or two of the game, and that was boiled down to about the first 10-15 minutes of this episode. It feels incredibly rushed, I don't feel like I've had enough time to take everything in and we're already 3 days into the Reaper Games. Some more character development, interaction and atmosphere building would've been really nice, as so far in the show it basically boils down to "this is spooky Shibuya, we can read minds and Neku's a bit mad". I'm optimistic that maybe the pace will slow down, we'll learn more about what's going on and I'll feel satisfied enough by the end of the series to warrant picking up NEO! The art style and musical elements are great, I'm not a fan of the 3D CG work at all, but it's something I'll have to deal with I guess based on how much they seem to be using it. |
| Well, this was fast, rather bland (beyond the design coming from the game) and uninteresting. And looked bad (not the design, what was on screen). (I wonder what the others saw to say the CGI/drawings blend was a success.) The videogame was a good GAME. Not a good fiction. It was able to get a pass on it as most videogames because this was only a canvas on wich they put interesting visual/sound design and most importantly a fun way to play. No, most of your favourite videogames' stories are nothing remarkable. That doesn't mean they're bad, they're just doing their work : supporting the game. (sometimes a bit less than that) So, we've come to a point where even TV productions will use CGI body doubles for stunts? Maybe it has become cheap enough, but it doesn't make it better looking than before. The DB Super Broly film was released only two years ago and despite all its money, it didn't pull that technique well so how could a cheap TV series do it? Enjoyment: 2/5 And I didn't have any expectation, besides it being mediocre. @FMmatron Any thought about it? The DS game looked better. I'm done. FMmatron said: It's unlikely that it will get better. Oh no, it won't ! As always, it can only gets worse going forward. It's a hastily cobled up tv promotion made to "replace" the videogame and prompt people to buy the one released next summer. I wonder if this is a night series or day broadcast... By the way, if you never did, get a taste of the original videogame (on Dual Screen). |
Rei_IIIApr 16, 2021 8:55 AM
Rei_III said: Well, this was fast, rather bland (beyond the design coming from the game) and uninteresting. And looked bad. (I wonder what the others saw to say the CGI/drawings blend was a success.) The videogame was a good GAME. Not a good fiction. It was able to get a pass on it as most videogames because this was only a canvas on wich they put interesting visual/sound design and most importantly a fun way to play. So, we've come to a point where even TV productions will use CGI body doubles for stunts? Maybe it has become cheap enough, but it doesn't make it better looking than before. The DB Super Broly film was released only two years ago and despite all its money, it didn't pull that technique well so how could a cheap TV series do it? Enjoyment: 2/5 @FMmatron Any thought about it? The DS game looked better. I'm done. Had pretty much the same problems as you, just looks super meh. Didn't even finish the episode because it's unlikely that it will get better. Trying to find out doesn't seem worth it either. @Rei_III At least for this kind of "anime" |
FMmatronApr 16, 2021 9:03 AM
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| As someone who never played the games, this was rushed AF. It felt like they collapsed 2 to 3 episodes into a single one and I could barely grasp a thing. Rather uninpressive from the first episode alone. Let's see how it goes from here. |
| I played the game too long ago. Did they cut a lot? |
Jelly_King said: I'm just happy there's more content. Scores ain't matter, 10/10. Played the original DS version and downloaded all the OST. I had a fangasm when they kicked off the action with Calling. Same here. Hope the sequel will have the same OST style. My PS4 is shaking in hype. |
| I liked the animation and music but disliked the pacing. It was noticeably rushed (anime-only here btw). They introduced >10 characters and fought 2 bosses(?) already. The fights were anticlimactic due to it |
phantomfandom said: This could not be any more inaccurate... the only things that are really comparable are Nomura's character designs and friendship.I've to prepare myself for the worst that World Ends is basically Kingdom Hearts minus fanservice. That's it, if TWEWY was any more like KH then I doubt I would have loved the original game as much as I do lmao ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ Crow_Black said: Yeah I'm surprised I didn't hear about any Twitter outrage over that... well that's good I guess....Now the scene with Shiki being choked well lol i'm surprised nobody has brought out the knives,torches and pitchforks about that scene and started to do a hashtag #nekuisoverparty yet. Me personally yeah Shiki not complaining much about it was kind of weird tho i must say. ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ XeroBeat said: It really does suck that this only seems to exist just because Square Enix finally decided to make a sequel and wanted to rush out a quick, retconned recap to further capitalize on it. Like I get it, marketing reasons yeah, but all I just wanted was a proper TWEWY adaptation, ya know?It seems like Square are using this anime as a billboard for Neo TWEWY rather than going all-in on a faithful adaptation, which I guess I can understand. Even if they allocated an episode to each day it'd still feel like the story was glossed over, especially with how long some of the missions get towards the end of the game. I think a story like this is more suited to a manga especially with how the cutscenes in the game are as manga as they can get, but we all know how that turned out last time. I originally planned to do a full replay of the original game while the anime airs, and I think that's just what I'll do. I think I'll go and replay the game after this anime finishes airing as well. ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ glamazon said: ...yeah i too have become a sad girl these days...........OF COURSE they do this to my favorite anime. (': cutting neku's monologue (which is a part of his character development), making beat and rhyme absolutely passive (yes i love them seeing neku trying to kill shiki and doing absolutely nothing), the change in the 3rd day (they didn't wake up at the scramble crossing and shiki didn't take her almost death that lightly), neku mastering the use of pins out of the blue.......................................... at least they are getting the music right. sad to see ALI's opening go, but Calling is my favorite song on the game so i can take it. given the obvious one-cour, i imagine the anime will flow this way: |
Fario-PApr 24, 2021 3:49 PM
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Fario-P said: phantomfandom said: This could not be any more inaccurate... the only things that are really comparable are Nomura's character designs and friendship.I've to prepare myself for the worst that World Ends is basically Kingdom Hearts minus fanservice. That's it, if TWEWY was any more like KH then I doubt I would have loved the original game as much as I do lmao ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ Crow_Black said: Yeah I'm surprised I didn't hear about any Twitter outrage over that... well that's good I guess....Now the scene with Shiki being choked well lol i'm surprised nobody has brought out the knives,torches and pitchforks about that scene and started to do a hashtag #nekuisoverparty yet. Me personally yeah Shiki not complaining much about it was kind of weird tho i must say. ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ XeroBeat said: It really does suck that this only seems to exist just because Square Enix finally decided to make a sequel and wanted to rush out a quick, retconned recap to further capitalize on it. Like I get it, marketing reasons yeah, but all I just wanted was a proper TWEWY adaptation, ya know?It seems like Square are using this anime as a billboard for Neo TWEWY rather than going all-in on a faithful adaptation, which I guess I can understand. Even if they allocated an episode to each day it'd still feel like the story was glossed over, especially with how long some of the missions get towards the end of the game. I think a story like this is more suited to a manga especially with how the cutscenes in the game are as manga as they can get, but we all know how that turned out last time. I originally planned to do a full replay of the original game while the anime airs, and I think that's just what I'll do. I think I'll go and replay the game after this anime finishes airing as well. ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ ⋆ ✶ glamazon said: ...yeah i too have become a sad girl these days...........OF COURSE they do this to my favorite anime. (': cutting neku's monologue (which is a part of his character development), making beat and rhyme absolutely passive (yes i love them seeing neku trying to kill shiki and doing absolutely nothing), the change in the 3rd day (they didn't wake up at the scramble crossing and shiki didn't take her almost death that lightly), neku mastering the use of pins out of the blue.......................................... at least they are getting the music right. sad to see ALI's opening go, but Calling is my favorite song on the game so i can take it. given the obvious one-cour, i imagine the anime will flow this way: stay strong sis!!!! we can get out of this mess hopefully |
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| Great animation but the plot is pretty dull. They shouldn't just take the ingame battle and make it as an anime, they need to try a bit harder/ more creative with this type of adaptation. Maybe the source is just not good medium to become anime... It'd have been enjoyable if it's in the game I'm sure. |
| It is very good. I liked the 1st chapter, I haven't played the game and watching the anime, it's interesting. And visually it looks GREAT and the soundtrack is very good. |
| Honestly im shocked about how good the production quality is. I loved the action sequence in the first fight scene. The action and dynamic camera angles made it worth turning this into an anime. So far this is one of very few video game adaptations that I enjoy. People who complain about the CGI are babies. The CGI here is miles better than what many well-known studios are capable of making. It's actually impressive how cohesive the 2D and 3D art looks all while maintaining the same art style as the game. It's disappointing to see how low this has been scored... I know its kinda common for video game adaptations to get low ratings due to the video game fans being overly critical. But 5.96 seems lower than usual... Did the story really get butchered that bad? Or did the story stay in tact for the most part, and everyone's just crying about CG? And also, no, the story being "too fast paced" is not the same it getting butchered. |
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