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| I am seriously amused by the little American-ish details in this show. A USPS mailbox, how nostalgic ;___; Trucks, SUVs, and a Beetle! The sky is so freaking blue, it definitely feel likes Southern California, lol. I love the Saturday morning cartoon feel. If all anime was like this I'd probably scream but one silly show every now and then is enjoyable. MaxCrazy7 said: Work permits are allowed in California for kids between 12-18 but in a family owned diner like that he wouldn't even need one.I don't think it is legal for him to work |
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| HEROMAN AIRED OMG BEEN READING THE MANGA SO GREAT FINALLY A GOOD ANIME! |
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| Hm, I'll watch the next episode, see if I'll drop it then. ... It's all good. |
| Basically Heroman is what American cartoons would be like if their studios bothered to put in effort on the production. From that standpoint, it was awesome. I love the animation and art, as expected of BONES. Character designs for some of the characters are decent too and the music is kinda nice. I'll be watching this from now on solely for the production quality and only that, cause everything else is just underwhelming and makes me go bleh. |
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ReaperEXE said: That's cause it is. It's just Spiderman but with toy robots instead of spiders. No seriously.So, Heroman. Bones animation with the mind of Stan Lee (and leave it to Stan Lee to put himself in his own work). It really does feel like a pro-American, typical Stan Lee work, not that there's anything wrong with that (personally I find it a turn off because I'm having 'America!' thrown at me every few min, and the sudden American Flag design of Heroman is a bit beyond me). As usual Bones animation is fabulous. First impression are pretty good (though things that make good first impressions usually suck); I couldn't help but be reminded of Saturday morning cartoons from back in the day. Everything about this just screams of a typical marvel cartoon; everything from the beginnings of a small-town boy, to the birth of Heroman, followed by the hero in action! It sort of seems cliche, but at least to me it looks promising. |
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| While I was getting my Fairy Tail fix from Horriblesubs I found this series and decided to give it a go. The animation is amazing, it's also refreshing to have the setting in the US instead of Japan. I don't particularly like getting bombarded by Americana every 3 seconds though, but I'll live with it. I can't believe I saw Stan Lee making a cameo, lol @ that. Anyways, it's nothing out of this world but it looks like fun so we will give it a try. The cockroach enemies look funny, well at least Heroman will chop them up without censorship. |
D-Un1t said: I didn't have that kind of impression at all. I saw Joey as a male without a single thought... Probably because I watched things that is even worse, like Ookami Kakushi Hiro-kun faggotry.to be honist, i thought the main character "Joey" was a chick, long hair, feminine body, and the voice sounded like a girls. |
Nishitomi_Negi said: QFT except I don't like the character designs. OK, is not the first time that an anime occurs in "America" (preffers United States... Central and South America are ALSO America ¬¬), but is too weird~!!!! the sky is too blue, the flag appeareance is annoying, and the plot is americanesque cliche! TT^TT OK, animation was rather good, the character design, I loved it, Music, good enough, but HELL NOO!!! I was strugling myself to watching it untill the end. This anime was made for kids and mass teenagers audience (as Naruto, FMA, Bleach and Reborn!, that's why it has the lyrics in the OP)... This is way way way too mainstream for me and I even like mainstream! It's like they made this anime just to have a mass American audience and get it licensed! Good bg music and animation but honestly, this is just too much for me. I might drop this, I might not. 2 out of 5: Disliked it (your vote) |
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| Anyways, i liked this episode. More or less cliche but liked. |
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ringoo4 said: D-Un1t said: I didn't have that kind of impression at all. I saw Joey as a male without a single thought... Probably because I watched things that is even worse, like Ookami Kakushi Hiro-kun faggotry.to be honist, i thought the main character "Joey" was a chick, long hair, feminine body, and the voice sounded like a girls. QFT. After Ookami, everything seems so manly. |
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mr_outside said: ringoo4 said: D-Un1t said: I didn't have that kind of impression at all. I saw Joey as a male without a single thought... Probably because I watched things that is even worse, like Ookami Kakushi Hiro-kun faggotry.to be honist, i thought the main character "Joey" was a chick, long hair, feminine body, and the voice sounded like a girls. QFT. After Ookami, everything seems so manly. More like after BakaTest even Bridget seems manly but Hiroshi is a close second >,< |
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| Interesting first episode. I like how Stan Lee always makes an appearance in shows he's involved with (either as narrator or actually as a character). I hope this show doesn't go downhill after the first few episodes, though, as I've seen more shows with nice first episodes that bombed later. |
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AO968 said: I hope this show doesn't go downhill after the first few episodes, though, as I've seen more shows with nice first episodes that bombed later. So much anime ... Not the last season but the one before ... x___x |
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| OK, this was an OK episode, but there were some things that really bugged me. First, a single bolt of lightening transformed a children's toy into a complex, fully operational giant robot. What. Even as somebody who got an F in all his science exams, I can easily say that's bullshit. I mean, he even has a full stars & stripes design! Where the hell did that come from? It wasn't even on the original toy! Was the lightening bolt just really patriotic or something? I mean, Christ, you at least need some kind of Phlebotinum for this to make any kind of sense! Second, the aliens speak perfect Japanese. Or technically, perfect English, since it's set in America. Third, Heroman didn't put up any kind of shield, and yet Lina and her father are fine. I suppose that's a comparatively minor gripe, but it still bugged me. Still, none of these are really bad enough to call this a bad episode, but it certainly gave my Willing Suspension of Disbelief a beating. Also, Yuri Lowenthal in 3... 2... |
Lind_L_Tailor said: First, a single bolt of lightening transformed a children's toy into a complex, fully operational giant robot. What. Even as somebody who got an F in all his science exams, I can easily say that's bullshit. I mean, he even has a full stars & stripes design! Where the hell did that come from? It wasn't even on the original toy! Was the lightening bolt just really patriotic or something? I mean, Christ, you at least need some kind of Phlebotinum for this to make any kind of sense! Well, it wasn't any normal, run-of-the-mill lightning, it came from that wave that the aliens sent out so it does have a Phlebotinum excuse. Lind_L_Tailor said: Second, the aliens speak perfect Japanese. Or technically, perfect English, since it's set in America. Shouldn't we be used to this by now? Lind_L_Tailor said: Also, Yuri Lowenthal in 3... 2... I can see him as Psy. Another voice for Joey that could work is Bosch using his Renton voice. |
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garfield15 said: Lind_L_Tailor said: First, a single bolt of lightening transformed a children's toy into a complex, fully operational giant robot. What. Even as somebody who got an F in all his science exams, I can easily say that's bullshit. I mean, he even has a full stars & stripes design! Where the hell did that come from? It wasn't even on the original toy! Was the lightening bolt just really patriotic or something? I mean, Christ, you at least need some kind of Phlebotinum for this to make any kind of sense! Well, it wasn't any normal, run-of-the-mill lightning, it came from that wave that the aliens sent out so it does have a Phlebotinum excuse. Lind_L_Tailor said: Second, the aliens speak perfect Japanese. Or technically, perfect English, since it's set in America. Shouldn't we be used to this by now? Lind_L_Tailor said: Also, Yuri Lowenthal in 3... 2... I can see him as Psy. Another voice for Joey that could work is Bosch using his Renton voice. Hmm... Yeah, I guess there was some Phlebotinum in there. Still ridiculously specific, though... I mean, Stars & Stripes? And yeah, Aliens speaking English does come up a lot. It still annoys me, though. And yeah, he might make a decent Psy, although I was thinking of his Simon voice for Joey. And I pray to god they don't use Bosch... his Renton voice was horrible. 'Sides, Joey seems to be a much more likeable character than Renton anyway. |
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stAtic91 said: Are you really telling me that you don't know what Megaman is?A2ZOMG said: What's your point? Many superheroes etc have "man" in their names.Zepwich said: Lol Heroman.The robot reminds me of megaman for some reason. And the fact that like the majority of the bosses are like *something*man. |
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A2ZOMG said: I know what/who Megaman is. I just thought that the name Heroman alone wasn't enough to compare it to Megaman, just because they share the "man".stAtic91 said: Are you really telling me that you don't know what Megaman is?A2ZOMG said: What's your point? Many superheroes etc have "man" in their names.Zepwich said: Lol Heroman.The robot reminds me of megaman for some reason. |
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kaena said: and hes supposed to be in what, high school? he acts like an elementary student. I'm pretty sure he actually is supposed to be in middle school. |
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| seems cliche kid with no parents (from what i can tell from that picture) gets a robot or something and does stuff but this thing is it just draws you in |
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| Cliched and childish. American flag on Heroman is too much. Still, animation was great and I really liked Joey. |
| It really felt like a comic and I enjoyed it. Except for one thing, one BIG thing. And that is Joey. Heck, he sometimes acts like he's five. And that annoyes me to the death. |
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| Just finished the first episode and I noticed a few things that seemed oddly similar to Gurren Lagann. Its definitely the most interesting anime this year and I can't wait to see how it develops. Finally done with the dumb 12 episode animes, plus Stan Lee is great I mean he made the wise cracking Spider Man. |
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| Ah bones and their obsession with lightning >< |
| why isnt there a 0 out of 5? it blows chunks... so american generic... i would see this on saturday morning cartoons.... at so early no one wakes up to watch it the fucking main character so girly.... |
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ios said: Stan Lee always cameos in everything that he took part in. Just look at all the Marvel movies. I'm quite serious, he's in every one of them.lol anyone notice stan lee here he is on anime form  Also Psy is badass since he's voiced by Selecao, Akira Takizawa. |
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ShibuyaRiver said: Naruleach said: Has a Eureka 7 signatureThis is way way way too mainstream for me Naruleach really said: you kind of forgot a part of my quote there :/This is way way way too mainstream for me and I even like mainstream! |
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| I thought it was pretty amazing. :D I'll keep watching it, that's for suree~ |
kkmaster1337 said: why isnt there a 0 out of 5? it blows chunks... so american generic... i would see this on saturday morning cartoons.... at so early no one wakes up to watch it the fucking main character so girly.... What are you a weeaboo/Japanophile? Hating it just because it's American generic isn't a good reason. Give a few more reasons at least. |
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| Whats next? the earth is being invaded by big alien cockroaches and little boy with his toy robot saves the day.. Brilliant.. |
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Naruleach said: ShibuyaRiver said: Naruleach said: Has a Eureka 7 signatureThis is way way way too mainstream for me Naruleach really said: you kind of forgot a part of my quote there :/This is way way way too mainstream for me and I even like mainstream! How is it 'mainstream', it just sounds like you're using the word with no real meaning to it. |
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| Amazing first episode. I love the style of this show -- quirky like TTGL. Is it just me, or is Joey an extremely feminine character? I kept thinking he was a girl. |
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Soundtrack said: Amazing first episode. I love the style of this show -- quirky like TTGL. Is it just me, or is Joey an extremely feminine character? I kept thinking he was a girl. (I think I might have said this already here...) I think Stan Lee just likes to make his male characters like that. Like in Lee's Ultimo, I think one of the characters commented on Ultimo's beauty. |
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Maximatum99 said: Lol, that is brilliant.Check this out: http://myanimelist.net/character/31714/Stan_Lee |
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adamantine said: Maximatum99 said: Lol, that is brilliant.Check this out: http://myanimelist.net/character/31714/Stan_Lee That's... genius. Bravo to whichever individual did it. XD |
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Maximatum99 said: Check this out: http://myanimelist.net/character/31714/Stan_Lee Edit: It wasn't me. Really. Oh shi- |
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Maximatum99 said: Maximatum99 said: Maximatum99 said: Shit is hilariousThe episode was dreadful though |
| Well this last page of comments has made me laugh harder then any part of the show. There isn't anything bad about it but there isn't anything good either. Well he could use a improved hair cut and could stop acting like Tsuna... |
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