Blue Lock vs. U-20 Japan Episode 3 Discussion

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Oct 21, 12:57 PM

#101

AmirKazeXD

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it really makes breaks my heart to see how there are destroying ever important key manga frames in the anime by just give us powerpoint presentation animation like bro have some respect this was one of the best selling manga of all time....

@levibigass We can just hope they are saving for the U-20 arc.

Oct 21, 4:11 PM

#102

Caram3lMacchiato

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Aug 2023

Despite the animation I was pretty hyped for this episode. It was good

Oct 21, 4:23 PM

#103

kyledluffy

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Jan 2023

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Bro is finding the puzzle pieces as per usual🧩

Oct 21, 6:34 PM

#104

damoInstinct

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Dec 2022

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The 4th technique at the additional time had me died laughing 🤣

Oct 21, 10:51 PM

#105

SolizeMusic

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Sep 2017

The CGI is really being used in full force here

Oct 21, 11:10 PM

#106

Shinuki_n_Reborn

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I get the complains obviously but actually find quite ironic how people's brain works when i see people talking about reading the manga as if they're gonna find that amazing animation that they're looking for, like, you're literally watching the manga pages with some basic movements, color, voice acting and soundtrack, and the artstyle is pretty much intact, so it's not like you're going to find a superior product in the manga version, just the same thing but black & white and no sound XD

Oct 22, 10:32 AM

#107

levibigass

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Jan 2022

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AmirKazeXD said:
@levibigass We can just hope they are saving for the U-20 arc.

fed up of this excuse man

Oct 22, 2:44 PM

#108

Vittor1996

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Mar 2017

Worst animation!!

Oct 22, 3:17 PM

#109

ninja9

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Feb 2021

I feel like all I’m doing is just watching a manga slideshow with color. As an amine only person for this series, I’m disappointed that this is the route they chose to take. A failure of a second season so far

Oct 22, 3:41 PM

#110

Rexnihilo

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Oct 2020

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Great art still but uh where's the animation???

Oct 22, 3:51 PM

#111

RioFS

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May 2021

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From frames per second to seconds per frame, wow.

Oct 22, 9:58 PM

#112

1Melin1

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Mar 2023

powerpoint animation

Oct 22, 11:57 PM

#113

davidyodo24

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Oct 2019

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Frame Lock is back again!!
Seriously whoever is the director should be ashamed on himself.
You called this a finished product?

It's a little bit better than episode 2, but still the bar was very low.

Oct 23, 12:57 AM

#114

Vanytas

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Feb 2022

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Animation sucks lol the story is good 😂

Oct 23, 3:22 AM

#115

troll420

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needs better animations

Oct 23, 9:56 AM

#116

AmirKazeXD

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AmirKazeXD said:
@levibigass We can just hope they are saving for the U-20 arc.

fed up of this excuse man

@levibigass I'm also fed up by this, but, it is called hopium.

Oct 23, 11:12 AM

#117

Nattyy

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Jan 2020

banger . . . . . . . . .

Oct 23, 12:44 PM

#118

ayh-310

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Apr 2024

Obvi animation isn't at its absolute best, as of rn. But the story is awesome, so I'm not worried for the u-20 match, the animators are cooking.

Oct 23, 10:58 PM

#119

LiyoDokja

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Jun 2024

the animation feells like slide show

Oct 24, 9:07 AM

#120

Aliiato

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May 2020

Sometimes it doesn't even feel like I a watching a football match... They spend 70% of the episode showing us internal thoughts and a whole two minutes scene of shattering puzzles

Oct 24, 11:51 AM

#121

manitkrishna

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Feb 2023

shit animation mate

Oct 24, 1:48 PM

#122

crunchypeniss

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May 2021

TF happened to the animation dude. It's just manga panels with speed lines

Oct 24, 7:19 PM

#123

P5R_Yoshizawa

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Jun 2024

The green light coming out of Isagi's eyes as he runs past Rin and Shidou to take the final goal was so exaggerated it had me dying.

Oct 24, 8:11 PM

#124

Tsinelas

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Oct 2022

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Another boring presentation brought to you by Isagi

Oct 24, 10:04 PM

#125

camghost10

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Dec 2020

Oooof i felt the low animation with this one. But the flow scene with Isagi still gave me chills so it wasn't that bad IM HOPING ALL THE BUDGET WENT INTO THE U-20 GAME! THERE IS STILL HOPE! Also, Hiori is going crazy this season OMG!

Oct 25, 12:48 AM

#126

MK071012

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Mar 2017

Animations ruin it

Oct 25, 2:22 AM

#127

cableguyjay

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Oct 2022

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Frame Lock.
The powerpoint presentation about Soccer

Oct 25, 5:04 AM

#128

Hitagi-crab11

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Mar 2017

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PNG Lock
Blue lock power point the animation

Oct 25, 7:16 AM

#129

vadoyager7

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Oct 2022

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Are we sure that this is an Anime and not an Animatic? Srsly, most of the episode was motionless.

Undefeated

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Oct 25, 8:18 PM

#130

fathandz

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Oct 2022

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That Blue Lock additional time scene was like something out of a Yaoi manga (or so ive heard).

Oct 26, 1:44 AM

#131

Sun_Chan

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I'm honestly mad that they decided to fumble the animation in one of the most exciting parts of the manga, and yes, maybe they're leaving the best animation for the U20 match, but this is already turning off a lot of anime-only watchers and disappointing manga readers, and it is also giving the anime a bad reputation as a slide show anime. The hype the blue lock had during the World Cup should've been a clear sign that the next season needed everything they got, but oh well.

Sun_ChanOct 26, 1:56 AM

Oct 26, 2:02 AM

#132

18927

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Are we sure that this is an Anime and not an Animatic? Srsly, most of the episode was motionless.

@vadoyager7 This is Visual Novel at this point

Oct 26, 5:49 AM

#133

shane_nichols

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8bit sucks so much ass. This should've been giving to the Team that animated Haikyuu and Kuroko no Basket. 😒

Oct 26, 12:12 PM

#134

Ayano_Kuma

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Jul 2022

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PNG lock, could've been better with the animation and artstyle

Oct 26, 1:04 PM

#135

EyuZ24

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Nov 2020

Blue frames curse

Oct 27, 12:15 AM

#136

dkmastersword

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Jan 2014

colored manga with dub

Oct 27, 5:06 PM

#137

hanyuhi16

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I want better animation, this was sort of boring at times. I love what is happening but the still animation doesn't help 🥲.

The additional time was THE BEST! I love how they make some fanservice in these shorties, and they had me screaming now 😍😍

Oct 27, 11:16 PM

#138

Toooooooooohru

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Mar 2024

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Blue slideshow is pretty hard to watch sometimes

Oct 28, 5:48 PM

#139

badabass

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Feb 2020

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I like Yoichi growth here, manage to surpass the top two monster a bit and stole the last deciding goal. But for sure i prefer the mvp goes to the two mobs from their team, Hiori and Nanase, which lets Yoichi finish the final piece to their victory. Ofc its also goes to Rin and Shidou as well.

Additional time scene starting to annoy me tho....

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Oct 29, 7:15 PM

#140

Treyv0n

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Yeesh while I’ll give this 5 stars bc I love blue lock I can’t help but NOT talk about the animation man this shit had so many still frames I verbally said out loud “why are there so many still frames!!!?” Like studio 8bit sucks ass when it comes to prioritization for its shows bc ik ppl talk shit about MAPPA but hey at least if they took it in the animation would be looking phenomenal but nah we got 8bit leaving all the work to 1 animator working on 20 different cuts. I just hope U-20 is animated properly man bc this is just so sad considering I’ve been reading blue lock since 2021 like pls 8bit pls😭🙏🏽😭

Isagi’s flow scene was ruined by making it still framed but hey the colors and shit looked kinda cool to me tbh and that one part when Karasu juked out Rin was animated properly like that shit surprised me ong haha but yeah there are too many bad parts that they can’t out weight the good parts

Nov 3, 1:32 AM

#141

icyicy00

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The post-credit scenes are the best parts of the whole show

Nov 3, 5:04 AM

#142

Ashhk

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Apr 2018

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Still the same as before regarding the animation... anyway it was tense with the 4 - 4 score and Yoichi scored the decisive goal, definitely impressive.

Nov 10, 9:45 AM

#143

4aclysm

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Aug 2024

it was a bad animation

Nov 10, 12:22 PM

#144

TommyLV2010

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Jan 2024

explanations are needed, it's a power point

Nov 16, 2:44 PM

#145

Kevao51

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Jul 2021

I still think Kidou is a smarter player...

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