Vyudali said: If you watch the English DVDs of Haruhi, the first episode was the movie they made for the festival. I literally had to double take and make sure i was watching the right show when that came up. Also Shiki was slightly misleading in its first episode. I thought that pink haired girl was going to be the MC. Then she died. SAO was slightly misleading since the first episode centered on all the levels, but the majority of the series so far has been side stories and fillers. Yes I remember watching the movie festival episode first and I was like wait what is going on. I actually stopped in the middle and went on to the next episode For Shiki - lol I also thought that then I was like uhh wtf, after that I didn't really care because she was kind of annoying anyway |
| mirai nikki maybe? probably not |
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OriginANIME said: Paul said: Ga Rei Zero Every Ga Rei Fan: "Wtf is this?" Win. By far the most awesome first episode as well! >:3 This, i love the show though. |
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Yuru Yuri Season 2. The whole Akari dream sequence was pure genius. I thought that they'd finally gotten their shit together and found out where the show shines. I hated Season 1 but I was actually really excited to see what they'd try next. Until I realised that the show almost immediately went back to the same boring and cliché sense humour that made me hate the first season so much |
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| Angel Beats. Not really misleading but very few things explained in first episode. Fortunately the second one saved it though. |
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| Kimi ga Nozomu Eien After watching the first episode I thought it was the classic anime about school and romance but then everything changes. School Days Well, I think everybody knows. Ima, Soko ni Iru Boku After watching the first episode I never thought that the series could become so dark. EDIT: Puella Magi Madoka Magica |
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| School Days, from what I remember. |
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| Kuroshitsuji II |
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Paul said: Ga Rei Zero Every Ga Rei Fan: "Wtf is this?" This is the only anime that had me reeling on the first episode alone. The others mentioned here (except for the ones I haven't seen) do not come close. |
| I'd recommend for anyone to watch SAO in this order: Episode 1, 2, 8 > Rest of the series when it finishes airing > 3 - 7 and you won't be as pissed off and disappointed. Episode 8 actually isn't all that bad, but it's impossible to tell if it'll branch off from either great to shit from here. At least we're finally done with the shitty side stories. Madoka Magica definitely has one of the most misleading first episodes ever. |
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| What was so misleading about Madoka's first episode? And Haruhi has a weird first episode, but it's not really messing around with the rest of the show. Kind of like Texhnolyze has a first episode where there is hardly any dialogue at all, but is it misleading? Even Gungrave does tie in to the first episode after the first half. All in all, I don't think there is such a thing as misleading first episode. Just people with strong prejudices. |
| SAO's first episode was amazing, but totally misleading. I hope they get done with the harem atmosphere and hurry up and ge the the fighting. Episode 8 was pretty good, except for that fanservice bit, but whatever. Madoka Magica was kinda misleading. more like the name was misleading. First half of Jinrui's first episode was misleading. At first, it was really boring, but then the bread scene happened. XD Now nothing makes sense, but it's all fun! XD lol |
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mecharobot said: What was so misleading about Madoka's first episode? All in all, I don't think there is such a thing as misleading first episode. Just people with strong prejudices. I mostly agree with this. |
| What do you think you're piloting? Great Mazinger? Dangaioh? For Pete's sake, this isn't some robot cartoon whose main character is an autistic kid or some punk. - Kiichi Goto, Mobile Police Patlabor |
mecharobot said: What was so misleading about Madoka's first episode? And Haruhi has a weird first episode, but it's not really messing around with the rest of the show. Kind of like Texhnolyze has a first episode where there is hardly any dialogue at all, but is it misleading? Even Gungrave does tie in to the first episode after the first half. All in all, I don't think there is such a thing as misleading first episode. Just people with strong prejudices. There are definitely anime out there that want to surprise their audience so they intentionally go for the misleading first episode to set up a surprise later. It's not like it's a bad thing when the first episode is misleading. A show like Higurashi wants to throw you off with it's cute moe slice of life antics so it's more shocking when it hits you with it's sudden change of tone. Not that that first episode is misleading with the way it begins it's just an example that a little misdirection can be a good thing. Watching the first episode of Madoka and not knowing anything about it you'd be looking for a pretty typical magic girl anime which is what they want you to think because they hit you with a very dark surprise. What Gungrave did was kind of jarring and misleading but at least it lets you know to expect that the last third of the series is going to be pretty bad. Which is a shame because episodes 2-18 is almost a perfect gangster story. SAO tricked me with it's first episode. I thought there would actually be a plot rather than a bunch of disconnected stories. I've heard a plot is supposed to kick in at some point but for now I have to agree with the posts about the poorly placed fanservice. Ass shots are one thing but an ass shot during what is supposed to be a serious conversation is not clever or smartly placed instead it just takes you out of the moment which is what a lot of the fanservice in the show does. It ruins the mood. I don't even care about the action, I just want a little coherent story telling rather than a bunch of episodes that introduce random characters and drop you into the middle of a plot so that it's impossible to care about what is happening. |
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Paul said: Ga Rei Zero Every Ga Rei Fan: "Wtf is this?" Well the summary says it all. you readed. and you dont get that WTF is this shit expresion in your face. |
| Steins;Gate's first episode as well as Baccano! were a big "WTF is going on" moment for me. Hopefully they deliver afterwards. |
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mitch3315 said: No. 6, the first episode made me think the show might actually be good. THIS. I really liked that episode (think I even rated it '8' at the time), but everything after that.............my God. *repressed memories* Now and Then, Here and There - I knew it was supposed to get worse, hence why I picked it up, but I didn't know it'd be that bad. Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica - I had no idea how Urobuchi was, so (like Mami) I had it coming... Shadow Star - I knew very well who Mohiro Kitoh was, but I underestimated him... Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu - My first ep was the movie festival one, so I was a little confused. School Days - More like the first half of the series is misleading. |
| Haruhi - from the convo it seems like the first episode was misplaced? nevertheless i thought the first episode was super fun and intriguing. i lost my admiration quickly. no offense to all the fans. i like SAO a lot. There might be some silliness and a pair of painfully tight pants, but its the best new anime i've seen lately. I actually want to watch it, instead of feeling like i have to. |
| Haruhi airing order definitely... I had so many wtfs when I first watched it since I didn't have a single clue as for what was going on |
| School days scarred me for life thought it was a funny school romance anime D; |
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| Agreed with Ga-Rei: Zero. Haruhi's first episode also...I skipped over it in 5 minutes though since it seemed to not have anything to do with the main plot. |
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| Bakemonogatari. People tend to think it's going to be an ecchi fanservice show due to a pantsu-shot in the first few seconds. |
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| School Days for me as well, never thought I would see a main character change so much. And definitely the ending was a twist but somewhat expected. |
| Since I haven't watched many animes, hmmmm. SAO - Gave me higher expectations but then it started sucking later Kokoro Connect - I thought it was gonna be like a pointless stupid show. :/ Clannad - Yeah, it made me think it was gonna be stupid and cliche...yeah it did get better later XD Arcana Famiglia - Gave me higher expectations |
| ChaoS;HEAd - made me think it's gonna be something awesome, but turned out to be quite a crap. |
ecoute said: This, this, 100 time this.ChaoS;HEAd - made me think it's gonna be something awesome, but turned out to be quite a crap. |
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ecoute said: ChaoS;HEAd - made me think it's gonna be something awesome, but turned out to be quite a crap. I haven't gotten past the first episode but I will admit that it was a great introduction. I actually don't want to watch the rest of it because of what I've heard |
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SquadmemberRitsu said: ecoute said: ChaoS;HEAd - made me think it's gonna be something awesome, but turned out to be quite a crap. I haven't gotten past the first episode but I will admit that it was a great introduction. I actually don't want to watch the rest of it because of what I've heard You don't. Trust me on that one. |
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| Vandread. I thought it going to be a space pirate show but it is more Gundam without politics. |
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Edefrem said: ecoute said: This, this, 100 time this.ChaoS;HEAd - made me think it's gonna be something awesome, but turned out to be quite a crap. |
| Kurozuka. The rest of the series isn't much like it, but then I don't think its meant to be consistent. |
| If you didn't know anything about the Madoka franchise beforehand, I'd say that the first episode of Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica would prove to be very misleading compared to the rest of the series! Especially the opening. In addition, for the first 2 episodes a "happier" ED was also used. But if you knew about the dark side the series would turn, or knew anything prior to viewing, the first episode may not have been so misleading. Unfortunately, I was already aware of the dark elements (in vague detail, if on some level that makes sense...) upon my first viewing. I would have liked to have been surprised by the dark twists. Oh, and on an odd note...I've watched this series, then re-watched it once. I think I am going to watch it a third time soon, but this time backwards. I think it will be interesting...... |
Gash_V-D_Hetchum said: REALLY? 4 PAGES SO FAR? Senki Zessho Symphogear Oh god I have to agree with you on this one. The first episode got me really excited for the series, but after that, everything just went downhill. I also have to add this: Arcana Famiglia. |
| Maybe SAO is the most misleading first episode that I've watched. |
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Paul said: Already knew that~Vyudali said: If you watch the English DVDs of Haruhi, the first episode was the movie they made for the festival. I literally had to double take and make sure i was watching the right show when that came up. For Haruhi, the original airing was not in chronological order. Did not know that when i watched it though. Immediately after that first episode i went to search up if i was watching it in the correct order. While i'm here i'd like to add to my previous post: Cassim said: A thousand times this. If you didn't read a wikia on it beforehand and notice the shoujo tag, you would have assumed it would be this awesome action Anime focusing on some awesome duel between members of the same group.I also have to add this: Arcana Famiglia. Totally wrong. So wrong. |
| Shadow Star Narutaru I wasn't actually surprised by the first 2/3 of the series, I had been warned about it beforehand and thought "Another series where people over-reacted, sure it got darker but it isn't that dark." Then I saw the last 3 episodes, I mean really, they went all out. Though its impressive how the series has no blood or on-screen graphic content yet manages to show Now and Then, Here and There I knew it was going to be dark. But the first half is misleading, it makes you believe they're going all out and exploring the depravity of war and child soldiers with realism, the last third of the series is a total out-of-character crapfest done purely to support the overly cheesy-happy ending with no regards to what the title achieved during the first half of the series. Though I have to admit, the annoying shonen lead in a realistic post-apocalptic war story should have been a hint. The first half is about war, child soldiers, the impact of war on civilians, a realistic picture of how people going through this can be scared and have to struggle just to keep their sanity and basic human decency... The second half is a shonen story. While I like shonen, the two genres just don't mix here. |
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| Narutaru. The first episode, and especially the OP, are misleading to the nth extent. You watch the first episode, and it would appear this will be a sweet little anime aobut a girl and her cute little star creature she finds. The OP is more or less a happy animated crayon drawing of all the kids in the show and their weird monsters, with this mega happy, nice-nice theme. It is probably one of the darker, more disturbing shows I've watched. It's the anime equivalent of someone offering you candy, then raping you in a van in the alley. :D |
| Ga-Rei: Zero -- think you all know why. Actually its a misleading first two eps though aha. Chaos; Head -- Actually this had a misleading 5-6 episodes. Made me actually think it was gonna be a psychological thriller/horror, and it turned to be some crap sci-fi crap. Worst way to derail a series ever. |
| SAO Glass Mask ... My Little Pony: FiM |
Mikasa said: Sword Art Online...made me think I was gonna have another 10/10 show Same here |
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