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| wow, just watched it and it is definitely not for me. I will give it a 4/5, but not watching it past this. Seriously did not even crack a smile during the whole thing, but I can ignore that there is no humor. (besides dark humor) I can't ignore the fact that I hate the plot though, this seems to be for people who love the weird, bloody, and horror type stuff ; ) |
KittymanApr 16, 2011 3:26 PM
DonkeyKong said: the story doesn't make any sense haha i sort of agree with you. Class is about to start then everyone is killed except for you. Then you get the death penalty with no explanation except for some random video that pops out of nowhere. Next a random person comes out of a nowhere and the top of the building explodes killing a few prisoners except for once again the main character. Haven't read the manga but personally didn't feel the episode lived up to the hype it was getting. Looks interesting though, I think it's worth watching. |
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| It wasn't that bad, but wasn't that great either.. we'll find out if it's good in some weeks, huh? |
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| Twisted show but looks really interesting and Shiro might make this show worth it by herself. |
Dan777 said: I'm not sure how you would figure it out by just watching this episode. I've read the manga and I don't find it that obvious who the Red man is. Someone told me that in the manga, they don't show everything they showed in the anime, so I guess yeah, you wouldn't figure it out from the manga. So, it was either on purpose, or they didn't think about it when they made the episode. |
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| that was a nice episode! surprised to see that many (sort of) spoilers in the ED credits... let the games begin ^^ |
| awesome, epic and win! this is how you describe this series...I only read up to ch 1, but I guess it's reading time >:] |
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| ASDFGAGAASDFOERTGJDF IT'S CENSORED!!! ..well, knew it was coming since the manga is so gorey. Gotta wait for the DVD release then. :/ |
Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.~ |
| Also, I can guess the next episode. The guy who bumped into Genta stole his antidote that was in the bag, so now he HAS to win the next attraction. Manga people, if I'm right, sent me a PM. |
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| I kind of get the feeling that the author had this great idea for a story set in this unusual prison but had no idea how to get the protagonist in there, so he wrote an half-assed introduction that just rushes from one plot point to the next, without giving the viewer any time to establish some kind of connection to the characters. I seriously didn't care about the whole class being killed and Ganta being framed because it took only three minutes until it happened. Also the animation was pretty lazy at times. When that guy got cut down by Makina, he became completely motionless - despite him gasping in pain, he didn't flinch, breathe or move his mouth, there was no animation at all. Is this really Manglobe, the studio that animated Samurai Champloo? Despite being pretty much unimpressed by this episode, I won't write this show off completely. I'm kind of interested in how those "deadly attractions" will go and now that the lazy introduction is out of the way, the plot might actually become interesting. |
NecoDeleroApr 16, 2011 4:40 PM
| That's not what I was talking about. It's sort of an anime rule that you don't add a strange element without a reason. As such, after seening said element, and having already seen a shitload of anime, it was simple to connect the dots and figure out who RedMan was. |
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NecoDelero said: Also the animation was pretty lazy at times. When that guy got cut down by Makina, he became completely motionless - despite him gasping in pain, he didn't flinch, breathe or move his mouth, there was no animation at all. Is this really Manglobe, the studio that animated Samurai Champloo? dont u think they censored it? |
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Dan777 said: I get what your saying now but it's only the first episode it's not like they need to have a reason for everything they've put in it just yet. Perhaps, but if they hadn't include it, I couldn't have connected the dots. It's like it was put there on purpose, but they'll still try to pass off the big reveal as something nobody could have seen coming. |
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| Heh forgot how Shiro's face was so annoying. ^_^; Anyways. Poor Ganta and everyone else. |
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| That was pretty epic, 12 episodes seems really short though. I'll probably give the manga a shot after the anime ends. o uo |
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| omg what a great start, feel so sorry for ganta, i mean, he is innocent right ? :( |
| I wonder what his parents think of their son's arrest? Hey, what do you mean I'm the only one who asked that question? o.O I'm close to dropping this. I might just watch this for Shiro though. It just depends how many times I facepalm each episode. :D I wonder why everyone is mad about it being censored. Gore fetish much? |
| I feel like a jerk for dodging this show. 1000000 times better than I expected. Synopsis doesn't do it justice :X |
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| "What size are those titties?" "G-cup" Makina <3 Loved Makina and Shiro. ED was great. Ganta was annoying as usual. Looking forward to the next episode and seeing how they treat with the rest of DMWL |
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| Kana Hanazawa = Perfect VA for Shiro. Anyway, i love the manga and this didn't let me down. Animation and artwork aren't amazing but it's still very enjoyable. |
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| Wow, I almost forgot the story since I've read this manga 2 years ago. I put this on-hold because it was still few chapters and I didn't read the manga since then. Thanks to that guy who bumped to Ganta made me recall almost everything XDD Great adaptation so far, they even made a strong introduction unlike in the manga - they immediately sent him to prison XDD I have hopes of this series. BTW is this going to be 12 episodes? I don't think they could cover much for the story. EDIT: I forgot to mention Hanazawa Kana. This is going to be an awesome ride XDD |
DenjaXApr 16, 2011 5:12 PM
| Been waiting for this, and I'm quite happy with the start. Really, I think I'll probably enjoy the whole run, unless they really do try to end it in 12. The ending could be very, very bad if they don't do well enough for more seasons. I'm really not bothered by the censorship. I was sort of anticipating the big, violent scene. It was powerful and all in the original, but I don't really think much was lost. They showed the important bits. In case it isn't clear at this point, I have read the manga. Just... not recently. I honestly got sort of tired of waiting for scanlations to see the plot barely move. I think this will work much better as an anime, though. There's a lot of mysteries in the plot, but it's still mostly about the action. I'm hoping for some awesomely animated brawls. On the complaints about the trial, I can't entirely disagree. It certainly does stick one with its absurdity. And that's even with the anime's better effort to explain it. Playing devil's advocate, one could argue that's how you're supposed to feel in order to sympathize with Ganta. It's very much how could this possibly happen to him from his perspective too. Then there's just the extent to which the trial was rigged. Without getting spoliery, you can see that his defense attorney was actually somebody very involved with matters, and thus there was probably more that we didn't see moving the trial's verdict. |
| What a load of utter fucking tripe. No really. Bullcrap. Bullcrap everywhere. First off, the basis on which the police arrested Ganta was completely bullshit. On the second account, there is no way in hell a court would pass that verdict in the given circumstances. 3rd, the lawyer was fucking annoyingly cliche. Oh hey, you can trust me. Just look at this grin. Listen to my creepy voice. How can you not trust this. There is no way I'm going to screw you over. Nope. Fourth, oh boy, regular teenage boy protagonist gets thrown in way over his head. There is no way that can go wrong. Fifth, the random attack on the thief was retarded as all shit. It was supposed to represent a sense of grit/look really call, but all it was is simply a cheap stunt that makes no fucking sense and is by all accounts punishable by death. 6th, yeah, 'cause the audience really wants to feel helpless through a weedy little kid protagonist in a man's world. When has that ever been entertaining? The only solid way to provide entertainment having a character get dragged off screaming to jail is by having them do exactly what you want to do in their shoes: yell, using actual fucking logic, why the verdict is bullshit. Put up resistance. Show some fucking bravado. Make us like you. Come on, people! 7th, oh great, quirky mysterious girl with annoyingly "cute" character tics and a childlike innocence. Yeah, 'cause that worked out so well for Fractale. And god knows how many other shows I've tried to phase out of my mind. 8th... QUIRKY ASSISTANT GIRL. ARE YOU GODDAMN SERIOUS. Fuck this show. Manglobe have dropped the ball. Well, OK, it's not really Manglobe's fault, but what the hell. |
| im usually not a horror/gore fan but i got to say that was a very interesting episode |
| If your going to complain that Yu-Gi-Oh! Mangas are on the top NY times manga best sellers, you must not realize how popular Card games are(as well as the fact that you get a free card). |
| Pretty good ep! It seems like a good adaptation so far & this is about how far i got in the manga so I can't wait for the next ep:D |
| Great first episode! I like the extra stuff they added in. I always just like to think that the reason they arrested Ganta in the first place was because Tamaki has alot of connections. I figure the parents probably just went along with it coz they want someone to blame and how many people would think clearly after something like that happens to their family. Even if there was someone who though Ganta was innocent, a random stranger would just shrug it of anyway. |
| wow nice episode I couldn't take my eyes off the screen it was so interesting 5/5. I hope it stays like this and don't go downhill. Hmm it looks like candy extends their time and if they don't have any and time runs out then they die...pretty unique right there. |
"What has two arms, two legs, and is alive? Not your favorite character lol! xD" |
| To kill 29 classmates and ripping them into pieces is easy, all you need is a box-cutter if you can't afford an axe. |
GnowmiApr 16, 2011 6:09 PM
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Vhaeraun said: I shot down this episode, not the entire show. But experience tells me where this is going. The same bin as Fractale and Eureka Seven.automatically shooting down a show because all the answers aren't given in *the first episode* is kinda childish. To 3: I didn't say Ganta had no reason not to trust him, what I'm pissed off about is how the plot handled that and how his appearance and general mannerisms were such a goddamn cliche. I'm reading Stone Ocean right now, and it just pulled off the same twist a million times better. To 5: That's bullshit. That's exactly what I'm complaining about. It's overdone. To 7: Yeah, and Fractale and Eureka Seven both COMPLETELY failed to make it work. Especially Fractale. After seeing it happen in an extremely similar fashion twice, it's pretty obvious she's headed in the same direction. She's just gonna maul some guys or something. And then there'll be this big dark plot twist about her origins and blah blah blah don't care. To 1 and 2: And here's a problem, I already knew somebody was going to say that. It was obviously rigged. Clear problem is, nobody fucking says that. And the anger will not suddenly be cleared up with an explanation. It's one of those plot devices that still gets used, and I can understand that most writers won't get the problem, because they seem to think that they're still giving out good entertainment in that sense as long as they just cover it from a plot perspective. And before you say I'm judging it before I'm watching it, let's make this clear: I am only judging it IF they go down the road I predicted. But it all seems very predictable. If they do something else, good on them. But they won't. |
| Awesome start! I've been waiting for this for such a long time after I spent like a whole day reading through almost the entire manga, well the scanlated chapters. I didn't mind the censoring at all, I thought it still delivered the effect it was going for, fear for him and sadness for his friends. I just hate that there's only 12 episodes, can that really be enough? I mean, there are SO many good concepts and side characters in the manga, I hope none of them get cut screentime because of the episode limit. |
Ousto said: Wait, I just checked the voice actor for it - Paku Romi. I was thinking to myself "He sounds like Ed...". Guess that's why. I'll give Ganta's voice a chance then, since Paku Romi is a great voice actor. I don't care about the censoring, since I'm not watching this show just for the gore. Him getting arrested for the class dying makes me rage. There's no way a kid could destroy the classroom that bad. But watching him get beat up by the angry parents made me laugh a bit, I'm terrible. Dat Hanazawa Kana. Shiro has white eyelashes. I've never noticed that before. Makina has always reminded me of Erza from Fairy Tail. Ganta's powers look really cool animated. Lol @ the guy about to kill someone for candy. Sounds crazy if you don't know what the candy is used for in this show. The first ep was pretty good, looking forward to more. Worried that the ending for this show is gonna suck though. yea, i was wondering if ganta's voice was really ed's X) still wondering the use of candy though [as i've haven't followed the manga] :S did dat guy who knocked ganta took his candy? :S |
| as a long reader of the Manga i liked it alot only problem is the Censoring i can understand why they had to because if you read the manga it was gore to the max at times i was shocked by it,one thing i did notice that was not in the manga was the whole court scene unless it was in some part of the manga later on that i don't remember,other than tha one of my favorite character was working out like a boss at the end can't wait for his screen time:D. |
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| Oh shit, that was hot. Omg. Omg. Omg. |
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| Interesting. |
| AWESOME! Well worth the wait! I think we're going to have a three way battle for best series of the season :) I loved the manga and I am so glad that they are doing it justice. I'm glad that Shiro is just as I imagined her, cannot wait to see more of the fights and challenges. |
| shiro looked ugly in this...... |
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