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Jun 27, 2009 9:30 AM
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THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE.
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Nice first episode, very faithful to the original manga

Things I liked:
- Voice acting in general, especially Alone's and Temna's
- Good foreshadowing of future plot elements, I especially liked how they managed to put in evidence Tenma's bracelet during the brawl.
I suppose those who do not know the story are actually asking "what the heck is that bracelet", something that I pretty much ignored while I was reading the manga until it was specifically addressed in the main story.
- Nice overall animation, not superb, but nothing to sneeze off either.
- I actually found Alone's paintings very beautiful.

Things I didn't like:
- For such a faithful transposition of the manga they actually cut entirely the prelude, it was a pretty important anticipation of the story to come.
Not to mention the fact that the whole story is supposedly narrated by Hades himself as a flashback during the end of the original Saint Seiya... oh well, can't have all
- A couple of stilled scenes... uh come on we aren't in the '80s anymore you cant' just shake a stilled image while an off-screen voices states "it's going to be a dangerous flood".
- Weak soundtrack, possibly because there was no real battle in this episode, but still I was expecting something better.

Other mixed feelings:
- lol @ Doko actually going through the full cloth animation before pulverizing some nameless minions.
Showing off the gold cloth? I didn't remember him such an hot head in any previous Saint Seiya incarnation XD

- and lol @ Alone painting a bucolic, Alpine scenary smiling happily while surrounded by any animal imaginable.
For a moment I was thinking "wait, wrong anime this must be the remake of Heidi" ...then Pandora came.
Jun 28, 2009 4:15 PM
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Wonderfull first episode!
Jun 29, 2009 9:09 PM
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It was okay.
Not bad for the first episode.
Jun 29, 2009 10:05 PM
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i liked it... :)
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Jul 1, 2009 7:06 PM
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Really good first episode, didn't know what to expect from the series but it certainly got me interested.
Jul 5, 2009 1:12 PM
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for first episode it was rly good
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Jul 6, 2009 7:57 PM
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I liked, a lot.




Jul 22, 2009 5:01 AM
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Better than expected.
Jul 22, 2009 11:15 PM
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I was reading the original post and it said that the story was narrated by Hades. Actually, I think thats wrong. Next Dimension is this story narrated by Hades and was drawn by Kurumada while Lost Canvas is the events happening as though they were the present (not a flashback.) This was drawn by a different artist (hence the different styles.)

Just a correction, if Im not wrong myself.


The part with the animals in the forest reminded me of Disney. I was like WTF. :D
Blergh.
Aug 27, 2009 12:02 AM

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Oh no the Puppy died XD

well when I first heard and saw the opening sequence I thought oh man "thats embarrassing".
my second thought was "come on give it a try, at least watch 5 further minutes"
after 3 further minutes I began to like it XD
The animation art is very good

Alexeon said:


The part with the animals in the forest reminded me of Disney. I was like WTF. :D


yes that was over the top, especially the bear XD
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Sep 1, 2009 7:44 AM

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Personnally I find this first episode extremely boring, the characters were overplaying and there were too much characters introduced in a single episode.
The relation between the two boys was just too emo.

So a bad first episode, I hope the others will be better than this one.
Sep 23, 2009 11:07 AM

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What a great animation!! It´s good to see Saint Seiya returnig in such good quality.

Dec 27, 2009 3:41 AM

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Ah i how i missed Saint Seiya
Nice episode
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Mar 8, 2010 11:26 PM
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awsome first episode. this series has alot of potential, wanted to see it for some time now, finally got to it
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Jun 13, 2010 1:21 AM

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Never saw the original Saint Seiya or read the manga, but looks pretty good.

Just saying, but OP is weird.
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hitting that heap of rocks like that without a care for one's life or fist is a bit irrational. A more realistic approach would have been to try to clear the stones one by one or devising some kind of leverage system, but surely not by hit them!
Feb 1, 2011 10:35 PM
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If you combine all the colours in the world you get a dark colour..

Someone doesn't know her EMS.

meneope said:
hitting that heap of rocks like that without a care for one's life or fist is a bit irrational. A more realistic approach would have been to try to clear the stones one by one or devising some kind of leverage system, but surely not by hit them!


I guess its to show he knows the kind of power thats inside him just doesnt know what it is yet.
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Agreeing with HooHiraiBunny for the most part but for some reason I expect this to get a lot better.
Sep 3, 2012 5:48 PM

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I don't like this type of anime, but Alone is so cute that I can't help but love it. <3
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That Pandora woman is weird along with that scene..

Not too shabby I guess but I'm not sold on this just yet. Hope the next few episodes will be good. The ED song is nice though.
Nov 19, 2013 6:55 PM

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i love it and the first episode just awesome
'"Hearts, you say? You Humans are always so quick to speak of such things. As though you carry your hearts in the very palms of your hands. But this eye of mine perceives all. There is nothing that it overlooks. If this eye cannot see a thing, then it does not exist. That is the assumption under which I have always fought. What is this "heart"? If I tear open that chest of yours, will I see it there? If I smash open that skull of yours, will I see it there?4th Espada


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cool episode
'"Hearts, you say? You Humans are always so quick to speak of such things. As though you carry your hearts in the very palms of your hands. But this eye of mine perceives all. There is nothing that it overlooks. If this eye cannot see a thing, then it does not exist. That is the assumption under which I have always fought. What is this "heart"? If I tear open that chest of yours, will I see it there? If I smash open that skull of yours, will I see it there?4th Espada


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Generic premise, too 'easy', here are the factions, powers, transformations, done.

Beautiful art. Even the art the characters draw looks amazing. Great colors. Very typical though, of course ending with that shonen-style power of resolve punch and aura. Decent episode. This is either gonna be really bloody or another Fairy Tail.
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This is so much better than the original already.
Jan 28, 2016 9:29 AM
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This is so much better than the original already.

I wish I haven't wasted my time with the original because :
1) This is clearly superior
2) That Dohko spoiling the ending of this in Hades arc :|
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Woah that evil look in Alones eyes :o

I can already see the main characters battle in a good vs evil ala Sasuke and Naruto.
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So, I decided to rewatch the series (this time in Japanese subs, since the first time I watched the anime, it was in Spanish dub), and, it's as good as I remembered it.

I like the visuals of the opening, but, as much as I prefer to watch subs to dubs, I like the dubbed version more than the original one, the singer's voice is not as pleasant as the one who sung the Spanish version. Still gets me hyped, though.

Ah, Alone, the most innocents and pure are also the easiest ones to corrupt... No wonder he ended being Hades's reincarnation. Hiro Shimono sounds nice voicing his child version, let's see how he will play his self when he becomes adult and evil.
Tenma surprised me, since I expected him to sound like Natsu Dragneel (cause same voice actor), but he sounds younger. In the Spanish version, he sounded like an adult even when he's a child, so that is at least something xD

Pandora's voice is fantastic, she sounds very mesmerizing and sultry, exactly how this Pandora should sound. Cannot wait to watch again her scenes later, especially when she shows her more emotional side. The voice of the "mysterious priest" was good too, very chill and pleasant to heard.
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Fucking Alone, getting the chance to be kissed by Pandora, I'm so jealous ;_;

I don't have nothing against the classic Saint Seiya series and I like it a lot, but, man, the action scenes here looks much more spectacular than the ones of the classic series. Just look at Dohko's Rozan Hyaku Ryūha or the scene when Tenma destroy those rocks, they transmit me the magnitude of the situation, they are awesome. And this is just the beginning.

Poor Cyclops Giganto though, in Hades Chapter he was constantly cockblocked in fights by his allies just to be raped by Shaka and here he is owned by Dohko just after debuting. He is a mob Specter after all...
Dohko is as cool as I remembered (even his Chinese clothes looks badass). I will have to get accustomed to his voice after hearing Kenyuu Horiuchu voicing him in the classic series, though.

Excited to catch up for the remaining 25 episodes!
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9:53 is that a bear?

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Without having seen Saint Seiya this was easy to follow.
Should pick up from now.

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