Forum SettingsEpisode Information
Forums
New
What did you think of this episode?
DO NOT discuss the source material beyond this episode. If you want to discuss future events or theories, please use separate threads.
DO NOT ask where to watch/download this episode or give links to copyrighted, non-fair use material.
DO NOT troll/bait/harass/abuse other users for liking or disliking the series/characters.
DO read the Anime Discussion Rules and Site & Forum Guidelines.
Pages (3) « 1 [2] 3 »
Apr 30, 2012 6:27 PM

Offline
Feb 2012
2723
akbfan said:
Yvese said:
It was.. ok.

The art style and animation are pretty good.

I'm guessing the two other girls at the start died? Too bad :(


omfg..no..the blue hair one moved away and they'll talk about her next and IDK what other girl you're talking about since only 4 of them were there and 3 was on that ship.
i mean seriously you can see all of them in the main pic on the profile page, idk why people think they died?
I guess it was due to the subs I watched or something /shrug

They did show body bags and someone at the hospital though so I assumed they died.
Apr 30, 2012 6:43 PM
Offline
Mar 2012
197
Yvese said:
akbfan said:
Yvese said:
It was.. ok.

The art style and animation are pretty good.

I'm guessing the two other girls at the start died? Too bad :(


omfg..no..the blue hair one moved away and they'll talk about her next and IDK what other girl you're talking about since only 4 of them were there and 3 was on that ship.
i mean seriously you can see all of them in the main pic on the profile page, idk why people think they died?
I guess it was due to the subs I watched or something /shrug

They did show body bags and someone at the hospital though so I assumed they died.


Did you watch Horriblesubs? cuz they were trolling with that one
The person at the hospital was the pink hair girl family. Her whole family died and she was an orphan and working at a factory at 13.
Apr 30, 2012 6:45 PM

Offline
Mar 2009
316
The lack of good music anime (as far as I know, there are a few of them but rare they are) I will give this anime a shot. Even tho I don't like the design of the characters. Too childish for me.

However a good history might make it worth it. So I have my hopes up.
Apr 30, 2012 9:25 PM

Offline
Feb 2011
55
akbfan said:
Did you watch Horriblesubs? cuz they were trolling with that one
The person at the hospital was the pink hair girl family. Her whole family died and she was an orphan and working at a factory at 13.


HorribleSubs had some frown-inducing lines, but they didn't alter the story, and the script was pretty clear in saying that it was Pink's family members who had died.

Maybe Yvese watched raws.
Apr 30, 2012 9:40 PM

Offline
Nov 2008
27805
Veronin said:
Why do my lolis have male interests? What the fuck, man.


Once music is saved, that should be outlawed. Well that was my otaku moment for the day.


Apr 30, 2012 10:52 PM
Offline
Feb 2010
23
akbfan said:
descent87 said:
Dat Aitakatta indeed...

Also I hope the green haired girl from the beginning is alive somewhere...




Man I guess no one else worries about it it seems. I guess you might call her hair blue but I was referencing their friend who first took them to the concert. I hope she didn't die in some tragic way. Perhaps since she knew about the idol group she was a friend from off-planet and had to move away with her parents or something
May 1, 2012 2:30 AM

Offline
Nov 2010
204
Funny. I've seen anime that started so great one feels like rating them a 10, until by the middle or even at the end they become shitty.

Well, I wonder if there was a show that started out so bad, yet in the end could redeem itself completely? Could be this one.
I play, the haters lose.
May 1, 2012 5:05 AM

Offline
Jul 2011
3827
I liked it, the last part was the best.
May 1, 2012 6:06 AM

Offline
May 2008
5090
What happened to the blue haired girl ?Did i miss something?Also personally i really loved this show . I dont really see what the raters were thinking when rating this show. At first it kinda reminded me of symmphogear so mch i cant sto laughing . Now i felt so touched . the drama was so great . Just hope they can keep it up for the rest of the episodes.

Awesome Sig by Lailide
May 1, 2012 6:37 AM

Offline
May 2010
2559
I guess it's not a bad start but I hope they will explain why did the government "banning entertainment" !!
May 1, 2012 7:03 AM
Offline
Mar 2012
197
greenmush said:
What happened to the blue haired girl ?Did i miss something?Also personally i really loved this show . I dont really see what the raters were thinking when rating this show. At first it kinda reminded me of symmphogear so mch i cant sto laughing . Now i felt so touched . the drama was so great . Just hope they can keep it up for the rest of the episodes.


japanese fans said she moved to a different place. I think they will decide to talk about her next ep. I guess it's said so in some japanese summary.

MTE. I mean, no bias cuz I thought it would turn out shitty but honestly it's not so bad and it got alot of potential.
I think people just decided to pass it off because it look loli or it will be fanservicy with a whole female main cast.....but the show have a lot of appeal with shoujo genre lover and it seem interesting so far.
May 1, 2012 8:44 AM

Offline
Jun 2010
290
TASER RIBBONS FTW.

May 1, 2012 1:09 PM

Offline
Jun 2007
1220
They are doing too much but not enough of any one thing to enjoy it. Not worth watching.
May 1, 2012 7:13 PM

Offline
Feb 2011
1062
Seven minutes in, I can't go on . . . Dropped.
May 1, 2012 7:38 PM

Offline
Nov 2010
204
That's what you get without first doing any research before watching. Here, I have a pair of barf bags if you feel dizzy.
I play, the haters lose.
May 2, 2012 1:16 AM

Offline
Apr 2012
114
honestly, when I first heard about this anime,
I think that this is an its wrong,adaptation of the manga "AKB0049'
but,its wrong...

well, my first impression is.. like...

this anime is the combination of "the IDOLM@STER + Code geass + Eureka 7"
the animation is great, at least,,,


greenmush said:
What happened to the blue haired girl ?Did i miss something?Also personally i really loved this show . I dont really see what the raters were thinking when rating this show. At first it kinda reminded me of symmphogear so mch i cant sto laughing . Now i felt so touched . the drama was so great . Just hope they can keep it up for the rest of the episodes.


well, IMO
perhaps thats make they wanted to become an idol that badly, like they promise something at the time of separation....
May 2, 2012 8:41 AM

Offline
Apr 2012
44
the settings in this anime might be happening if the SOPA gets approved LOL...
Visit my blog site for my own impressions about anime & other things: http://infonochikara.wordpress.com/
Follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/kaoru_kajiura
Subscribe on YouTube channel: http://youtube.com/KaoruKajiura
May 2, 2012 3:22 PM

Offline
Jun 2007
1220
soulassassin547 said:
That's what you get without first doing any research before watching. Here, I have a pair of barf bags if you feel dizzy.


Why would anyone have to research a show before they can watch it? Sounds silly.
May 2, 2012 3:46 PM

Offline
Jul 2011
19
Akb otaku fan service shoujo-ai anime Just saying ;)
The art is verry good... But guys stop with this Akb... Did you see the heart mark on the heroine's eyes?!
Anime about kawaiii~ mooeee~ little girls who are singing for protect the world blablabla.. That's all.
Jesus stop it...
May 2, 2012 4:11 PM
Offline
Mar 2012
197
Stolaike said:
Akb otaku fan service shoujo-ai anime Just saying ;)
The art is verry good... But guys stop with this Akb... Did you see the heart mark on the heroine's eyes?!
Anime about kawaiii~ mooeee~ little girls who are singing for protect the world blablabla.. That's all.
Jesus stop it...


what fanservice? there's not even one fanservice moment there. And for it to be shoujo ai, the girls need to hint some sexual or romantic connection...THERE'S NOTHING THERE and one of the girl actually had a boyfriend for a short time. please stop. this is shoujo probably, not shoujo ai. I'm pretty sure the target demo is the large fanbase of teen girls that AKB have, tho alot of other people. found it enjoyable too. Anime otakus hate AKB, I even read comments saying "shine" or die on the Japanese stream videos, I didn't even finish the video because otakus were saying really horrible things on their video so plz stop talking about stuffs you don't know. <__<
fine if you dislike it, but differentiate it. thx.
akbfanMay 2, 2012 4:49 PM
May 2, 2012 6:19 PM

Offline
Feb 2008
558
There's a plot to this?
That episode was more fun than I expected.
It'll definitely be a watch this season for me! <3
Anime figure reviews:
May 2, 2012 6:30 PM

Offline
Jun 2008
3915
Moe, music, mecha....what more do you need? LOL
What if the Hokey Pokey is what it is all about?

May 3, 2012 10:15 AM
Offline
Nov 2010
11
According to the episode 2 teasers, she in fact has stowed herself on board.

The only question now is this: What happened to Acchan since she was not present in the recruitment audition video.
May 3, 2012 12:54 PM

Offline
Jan 2010
1371
Yeah, I'm not going to bother with this. I managed 10 minutes before I had to fast forward through the rest. A shame really, as I was looking forward to something with music.

And the whole "idol" business is just not appealing to me.
May 3, 2012 4:05 PM

Offline
Jul 2008
187
GSG_Angelica said:
TASER RIBBONS FTW.

lol, agreed.


and don't forget
May 3, 2012 4:12 PM

Offline
Jun 2007
1220
holypoop said:

And the whole "idol" business is just not appealing to me.


That's pretty much how I feel about it. I'd have to be really lonely before I start enjoying idol stuff.
May 3, 2012 6:02 PM

Offline
Dec 2006
227
I felt some forced friendship/family drama stuff from this episode >.> , all of this "banning entertainment" thing... isn't it too far from reality? well the genre says sci-fi afterall xD
Anyway, it wasn't bad and I'll be waiting for mayuyu character to appear~.
May 4, 2012 1:07 AM

Offline
Oct 2010
114
also note the heart shape shine on their heads. i don't know what to say to thin... will try it to see how it's like
May 4, 2012 3:36 AM
Offline
Jan 2010
418
Anyone would ban entertainment if the entertainers can dodge missiles just like Hawkeye.
May 4, 2012 4:13 AM
Offline
Sep 2010
601
Wait, so the planet is actually called 'Rankastar'? That wasn't just Horriblesubs trolling???
I thought it was like some kind of joke since this sorta resembles Macross Frontier, so they decided to name the planet after Ranka o.O
May 4, 2012 8:05 AM
Offline
Mar 2012
197
Negligence said:
Wait, so the planet is actually called 'Rankastar'? That wasn't just Horriblesubs trolling???
I thought it was like some kind of joke since this sorta resembles Macross Frontier, so they decided to name the planet after Ranka o.O


Lancastar.
HS was trolling
May 4, 2012 6:12 PM

Offline
Mar 2010
146
What a pile of steaming dookie. When the girls changed into shitty 3D models all of a sudden I knew I wasn't going to last the entire episode, and they looked so stupid flying around on their...idol pyramaids. Idk, I don't get it, and its really shitty qauality.

I'm all for Idols, bands like Buono! and C-cute are awesome, but this show sucks, wow...wow. ugh
May 4, 2012 6:22 PM

Offline
Aug 2011
17
I'm a big fan of AKB48, so that really is making me love this anime so far. Though, I feel like if I wasn't a fan of AKB, I would want nothing to do with this anime at all... I'd probably see it as cliche and whatnot.

But, I love AKB48, so my heart was won as soon as "Aitakatta!" started playing. Then, "Shoujotachi yo!"...! <33 And then TakaMina and Mayuyu and Acchan...! /fangirl squee
Just those alone made me think I want to keep watching!
May 5, 2012 8:36 PM

Offline
Dec 2010
1300
pretty cute, especially when they were kids. I like how round their faces and eyes were. The animation quality is top notch. I think this show has most creative environment animation of the season. Will watch episode 2
May 5, 2012 11:21 PM

Offline
May 2011
3536
I don't follow AKB or any idols and stuff but this was still pretty interesting. Those songs sounds pretty nice and this plot sounds decent. Damn this is just the first episode and it already made me feel just terrible for what was going on with these three girls. Especially Orine with her parents gone. Also that fighting + singing got me sorta pumped.

Wonder what happened with Chieri, the 4th girl from the beginning. Hopefully nothing bad happened to her and she'll reappear again later.
May 6, 2012 5:10 PM

Offline
Mar 2011
995
better than i thought
May 9, 2012 8:04 AM
Offline
Apr 2011
8
any idea what are the songs in the akb0048 concert for this ep?
May 9, 2012 9:24 AM

Offline
Aug 2010
942
xKwan said:
any idea what are the songs in the akb0048 concert for this ep?


The songs in this concert were "Aitakatta" and "Shoujotachi yo". They can be found either on youtube or other video platforms with the help of google.
I want Rambo in a mecha-suit with a laser-chainsaw gun that fires nuclear warheads, fighting the love-child of Predator, Alien, a group of Bangladeshi terrorists, and Satan. (Actually that would be a pretty sick show) - StopDropAndBowl
May 9, 2012 3:44 PM
Offline
Mar 2012
197
xKwan said:
any idea what are the songs in the akb0048 concert for this ep?


Aitakatta - this is like a 6 yrs old song...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SB8hk3vRCz4

Shoujotachi yo
http://vimeo.com/22877425

OP is Kibou ni Tsuite
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkK7bCqY3mU

And the song that Yuka was singing during the audition was Team B's Shonichi (the voice actress for Yuka actually came form Team B)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k99t-0QKo6w

Team B isn't really my style because their image is the cutesy group, I like Team K energetic image and Team A diva image but I do like this song.
May 9, 2012 5:39 PM
Observer

Offline
Nov 2007
5283
Hmm, Team B huh? Well, it turned out to be mostly advertisement anyway...
bla bla bla
The endless debate between fans and haters. At one point, after spending a lot of time on MAL, you just realize it's totally pointless.
Niko-kun said:
On MAL, everyone who has used the lame rating system becomes a critic and an intellectual by default, haven't you heard?
May 10, 2012 8:58 AM
Offline
Mar 2012
197
wakka9ca said:
Hmm, Team B huh? Well, it turned out to be mostly advertisement anyway...


They're a music group and it's an anime about music, you can't expect their music to not be play..Who else music would they put in AKB0048? Someone else when the show is about AKB48? It's like Idolmaster advertising their music in their anime too.

Anime companies advertise and squeeze money out of fans all the times, if it's not releasing an Idolmaster single every week to capitalize on their success or box set with only 4 anime eps, or figurines, towels, plushies etc. I feel like people wouldn't be complain about "advertisement" if AKB wasn't a real group..<_<
akbfanMay 10, 2012 1:00 PM
May 10, 2012 4:28 PM
Observer

Offline
Nov 2007
5283
akbfan said:
wakka9ca said:
Hmm, Team B huh? Well, it turned out to be mostly advertisement anyway...


They're a music group and it's an anime about music, you can't expect their music to not be play..Who else music would they put in AKB0048? Someone else when the show is about AKB48? It's like Idolmaster advertising their music in their anime too.

Anime companies advertise and squeeze money out of fans all the times, if it's not releasing an Idolmaster single every week to capitalize on their success or box set with only 4 anime eps, or figurines, towels, plushies etc. I feel like people wouldn't be complain about "advertisement" if AKB wasn't a real group..<_<

I'm not saying it's a bad thing. It actually lets it have some real AKB48 music instead of poorly-sung seiyuu theme songs like in Symphogear.
bla bla bla
The endless debate between fans and haters. At one point, after spending a lot of time on MAL, you just realize it's totally pointless.
Niko-kun said:
On MAL, everyone who has used the lame rating system becomes a critic and an intellectual by default, haven't you heard?
May 11, 2012 12:19 PM

Offline
May 2011
7087
This... is... so... perfect!
May 12, 2012 7:54 AM

Offline
Jan 2011
2839
Awesome first episode, I don't like idolm@ster at all (haven't finished it) but I do like the setting of this, and I like the characters.
Now I wonder what happened with the girl with blue hair, she's missing after the flashback.
Will watch next episode in a sec.
I almost never read discussions after I made my post, if you want to reply PM me or post on my profile page.
May 21, 2012 6:31 AM
Offline
May 2012
43
Um.. uhh.... idols are an act of terrosim against the government?

This is something you don't see everyday. Plus idols fighting back against the government was rather funny and awkward at the same time.

I'd love to watch more but I just couldn't take this show seriously.
Jun 1, 2012 4:15 PM

Offline
Dec 2011
71
This is so interesting! Who would have thought that music + mecha fights would actually turn into this kind of awesomeness?!
But what happened to the blue-haired girl? o:
Jun 6, 2012 7:21 PM

Offline
Aug 2011
1339
Pretty good.

I'm interested in the world that the main characters live in. A place where entertainment is banned, pollution is rife and it's all brown and bloom everywhere. Technology was cool to see - those bikes were badass!

I've actually never heard much of AKB songs before but they were all good fun.

During the final scene, I felt quite in the moment. Cheering Nagisa to join her friends and chase her dream. Glad it finished on a high note with her mother accepting her interests.
Jun 7, 2012 7:44 AM

Offline
Apr 2011
6870
Nagisa has a really understanding mom.
Jun 14, 2012 4:51 AM
Offline
May 2010
191
Not sure if its just me or not...having watched a lot of animes, I found this one to be extremely fast paced, kind of seems like the whole episode is about rushing, rushing, and rushing.... not saying it is bad but I was expecting to see more development. The whole idea of the entertainment ban just doesn't make sense at all!! The other thing is about kids confronting their parents...no good no good.
jimmy2027Jun 14, 2012 4:57 AM
Aug 16, 2012 1:30 PM

Offline
Nov 2011
129193
Fighting security and singing the same time = boss.

Enjoying this so far and reminds me of The Idolmaster.
Pages (3) « 1 [2] 3 »

More topics from this board

Poll: » AKB0048 Episode 3 Discussion ( 1 2 )

Yumekichi11 - May 13, 2012

74 by RGreatDanton »»
Dec 1, 10:52 AM

Poll: » AKB0048 Episode 2 Discussion ( 1 2 )

Blackbird - May 6, 2012

62 by RGreatDanton »»
Nov 30, 9:38 PM

Poll: » AKB0048 Episode 13 Discussion ( 1 2 3 )

Yumekichi11 - Jul 22, 2012

107 by e_diane04 »»
May 13, 8:45 AM

Poll: » AKB0048 Episode 9 Discussion ( 1 2 )

akbfan - Jun 24, 2012

80 by povsuduvolosy »»
Sep 3, 2022 2:49 PM

Poll: » AKB0048 Episode 12 Discussion ( 1 2 )

akbfan - Jul 15, 2012

62 by Ashhk »»
May 8, 2021 12:09 AM
It’s time to ditch the text file.
Keep track of your anime easily by creating your own list.
Sign Up Login