Ajin: Demi-Human
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| I actually really liked it. I didn't think the CGI was too bad, not any different then watching video game animation. |
| Well, that was veryy interesting and suspenseful. Very good start imo. The subtitles were... Not a fan of CGI anime but I'll get used to it. |
ShonaseJan 16, 2016 11:32 AM
| Damn. Can't really believe that was only 24 min because so much crazy shit happened. Really good start so far! |
| The CGI really sucked... and the subtitles blow |
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| Whoa! That was... interesting. I'm not very fond of the art style though but the anime seems promising. |
| Not yet read the manga but I liked the story. CG Animation is good but still has some flaws like slow framerate at sometimes, etc. Mamoru Miyano sings ED and it's beautiful ED song :D That next episode preview has epic feel. |
| I have no problem with the CGI (I wonder if they're going to release one with a higher frame rate for the bds), but some other fansub group needs to pick this up. The subs are hilariously bad. |
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| Holy shit that OST! And HOLY shit these subs |
| The CGI wasn't bad tbh, but I was pretty bored throughout the episode. The ost is decent though. The subs are also bad, it feels like I was playing a game where I have to fill out the blanks to understand the complete sentence in these dialogue. Lmao. |
keragammingJan 16, 2016 12:30 PM
| After bearing with the horrendous sub job, I found the episode quite interesting! The music is very good and I love the ED song. Going to bear with the awful subbing and stick around for the story. (Hopefully somebody better decides to sub this so I can comprehend it more.) |
| So glad that I'm not a huge manga reader, because the manga readers WHINE WAY TOO MUCH and have to RUIN every adapted anime for the ANIME ONLY WATCHERS! |
| well the cgi looks awful, the story is nothing that hasn't been seen before and the characters have no depth to be seen. worse then tokyo ghoul. |
| I'm not liking the fact that this is CGI :/ Most likely i'll complain for every episode :/ I do like the voice actors tho. |
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| Kinda disappointed actually, started reading the manga a while back and enjoyed the story so I was looking forward to this, but I found the CG really disorientating and in some cases it took me a while to register what was happening due to the choppy-ness, the subs were terrible, and because of these things I could only watch half the episode, I'll hopefully go back later to finish. I don't see the love for the OP, I re-watched about 3 times and it seems pretty average to me. This show had potential for AOTS, but at the moment Boku dake ga Inai Machi seems the closest to being so - has a great OP too. |
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| Not a bad start. It'll take a while to get used to the CGI, but I guess it's fine. Production's really bringing up the intensity to the story (music is good for that matter). |
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| I wonder if enough people complain they will abolish this damn CG thing from existence. I hate it. This was a little more bearable than other projects but ugh. The eye moments are about the only thing I like (they look cute for some reason) Very similar to the manga so far. Damn this show will make you hate humans. Disgusting the way they act. |
| Man the subs were so bad I deleted it halfway and watched the raws instead. Also, love flumpool's latest song |
| オタクなんじゃねぃよ I'm not an otaku. |
| > in before people whine about CGI simply because CGI Oh wait, too late. Anyway, great first episode. Very nice use of CGI so far, certainly above Sidonia(which was one of best looking shows). Can't wait to see how and if they will expand what is in the movies. Masum_Beast said: Drake1000 said: it's the exact same thing, except it's ahead of the TV series in terms of content Then, why the f***k are they releasing a regular TV-one? Are they promoting the TV one via the movie or are they just plain stupids???? Because they will most likely expand it? Arise did the same. Its not unusual for the "directors cut" version of the movie to be a tv show in japan. |
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| an interesting if not predictable beginning. the preview for the next episode looks very intense. i have to wonder what's up with the friend. did kei's mom not want them to be friends because he's a delinquent or...? the subbing definitely took away from the experience because it became an invoked task of trying to read the subs and listen to what they we're saying to truly glean what they were trying to get across. can't imagine 12 eps of that so hopefully next week will be different. cgi got easier to watch after a while too but what a jarring experience. |
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| the cgi will take getting used to but the story seems really good i like the op |
| I'm in love with the soundtrack. I don't prefer CGI animation type, but okay , in some scene is really good... In character depends. |
| Transcribed with Google translate. I'll wait to watch the rest of the episode when better subs come out. |
   I envy your delusion; I wish I could live in it  |
| Nah I'll stick with the manga. CGI doesn't suit this series a bit unlike Sidionia. |
Drake1000 said: >Terrible early subs >Crappy CGI > Simultaneous Movie BD release that already contains a good chunk of the first episodes How do you shit on one series so much? Well granted it was shown in the cinemas for about 2 weeks two months ago. Sadly I've missed it due to school commitments though... |
| オタクなんじゃねぃよ I'm not an otaku. |
| I don't know, the content itself is pretty interesting but the CG isn't right... This would look amazing if handrawn. |
| Jesus christ, the subs i had were shit. :| |
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| I lowered my expectations after finding out it was going to be CGI but I actually LOVED this first episode. This is the first time CGI doesn't bother me in anime. I also really liked the music and the character designs. Plot seems interesting too. One of the best first episodes of this season. We'll see if they can keep it up. |
| Noragami reading/watching order: http://blessedyuki.tumblr.com/noragami-guide "2016 will be the year of Sanji" - Eiichiro Oda |
| I think I'll just keep reading the manga... the CGI is not that bad... better than Sidonia actually but still not a fan of it >< And the subs I watched were awful... couldn't finish the episode |
| Pretty good movie CGI there although it takes a while to get used to. Interesting start and I definitely like the dark atmosphere. MC seemed confused or in denial of himself being an Ajin. Imouto-chan appears to knows something? Lots of questions after this first episode. Love the suspense. On a side note, I accidentally googled Aijin instead and some yaoi shit appeared lol. |
Stay in yesterday 時を止めて |
Mastergold said: I bet that the majority of the comments will focus more on the CGI instead of the actual episode. -Mastergold Lol yeah you can expect that to happen in any show that is either full 3DCGI (Ars Nova, Sidonia, Bubuki Buranki this season) or incorporates some, like Divine Gate of this season with action scenes. Most comments are either about the animation or terrible subs...which I guess I can understand. I'm glad I got used to full 3DCGI stuff from the past two years. Anyways, I think it works very well with Ajin considering the IBMs would be a nightmare to draw in 2D, and if they went with 3D IBMs among the 2D everything else, that would be even more jarring. Just my 2 cents. Anyways, didn't realize that the anime would literally be 1:1 with the movie, since I watched the first part of the movie yesterday. Might as well watch that instead because the subs there are better. Really liked flumpool's OP though, they're awesome and needs to do more anime OP/ED :) The ED was really nice too, loved the song and the content, kind of sad though with all those silhouettes committing suicide. The BGM was great, sounded like a something you would hear in a film. As for the story, I think they're also doing a great job with the adaptation. Since it's Polygon Pictures, I doubt they will butcher the source material. Really looking forward to the rest of the series being animated. The only minor nitpick I have is Mamo voicing Kei. He doesn't sound like the Kei in my mind, but that's something I could get used to. Hosoyan is pretty good as Kai though. I'm glad Kei has Kai on his side, even though they haven't hung out since forever. And that Kei remembered Kai's number despite his mother deleting it. They're on the save wavelength, as Kai was waiting for Kei to call him. I don't think anyone mentioned it, but Kei got a lot of characterization in this episode. For example, how all the numbers on his phone are named as "Friend 1," "Friend 2," and so on. Or how he thinks that he is just trying to get along with everyone else. He's established as being apathetic from the get-go. It gives you a pretty good insight on what kind of person Kei is, and how for him to rely on Kai shows the importance of their friendship (or at least, the one person he felt he could rely on). |
| Predictable and shallow, this episode didn't buy me. The animation looks like a PSP game (not bad, I just don't think it looks like an anime)... Horrible ED video, was that made in powerpoint? Terraformars, you have a rival. |
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| So hard to watch... |
| Story is cool. I'm glad I didn't read the sypnosis beforehand so this captures my interest. Based Miyano and Hosoya too. |
| The world shall know the truth soon. |
Kellylouise said: Best 3D animation ever yet! That's Etotama. Watch it. |
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| Essa animação me da agonia. MUITA. Preferia a de sempre mesmo. Pq tipo da uma vontade de empurrar eles quando tao se movendo sabe.. ahiuehaiuehaiue -qq Mas a trilha sonora ta muito boa, e parece q os personagens tão fiel também (li quase nada do manga). Eu acho q ta capturando a sensação do manga msm. E eu sei q a historia é realmente boa então.. |
| Wow, whoever translated those subtitles - they were horrible!! :| I found the CGI weird in the first scene but it wasn't as bad as people make it out to be. I know I'll get used to it as I continue watching. It was pretty good. Really interested to know whats going to happen and how he became like that.. Random thought: Nagai has an adorable face :] |
| the cgi overload is not bad AT ALL. im shocked and so pleased! now... about the subs lol followed the important parts of the beginning of the manga. how different are the first movie and first ep? |
| Interesting, but I don't really like the CG. English subs aren't very accurate at all. |
tingy said: Mastergold said: I bet that the majority of the comments will focus more on the CGI instead of the actual episode. -Mastergold Lol yeah you can expect that to happen in any show that is either full 3DCGI (Ars Nova, Sidonia, Bubuki Buranki this season) or incorporates some, like Divine Gate of this season with action scenes. Most comments are either about the animation or terrible subs...which I guess I can understand. I'm glad I got used to full 3DCGI stuff from the past two years. Anyways, I think it works very well with Ajin considering the IBMs would be a nightmare to draw in 2D, and if they went with 3D IBMs among the 2D everything else, that would be even more jarring. Just my 2 cents. Anyways, didn't realize that the anime would literally be 1:1 with the movie, since I watched the first part of the movie yesterday. Might as well watch that instead because the subs there are better. Really liked flumpool's OP though, they're awesome and needs to do more anime OP/ED :) The ED was really nice too, loved the song and the content, kind of sad though with all those silhouettes committing suicide. The BGM was great, sounded like a something you would hear in a film. As for the story, I think they're also doing a great job with the adaptation. Since it's Polygon Pictures, I doubt they will butcher the source material. Really looking forward to the rest of the series being animated. The only minor nitpick I have is Mamo voicing Kei. He doesn't sound like the Kei in my mind, but that's something I could get used to. Hosoyan is pretty good as Kai though. I'm glad Kei has Kai on his side, even though they haven't hung out since forever. And that Kei remembered Kai's number despite his mother deleting it. They're on the save wavelength, as Kai was waiting for Kei to call him. I don't think anyone mentioned it, but Kei got a lot of characterization in this episode. For example, how all the numbers on his phone are named as "Friend 1," "Friend 2," and so on. Or how he thinks that he is just trying to get along with everyone else. He's established as being apathetic from the get-go. It gives you a pretty good insight on what kind of person Kei is, and how for him to rely on Kai shows the importance of their friendship (or at least, the one person he felt he could rely on). Thanks for the heads up, I decided to watch the movie instead (it really was 1:1, can't believe they followed the Break Blade and ARISE format). The subs for this first episode were atrocious. You pointed out most everything I wanted to say about the MCs. I also agree I like the CG in this series - captures the eeriness and subtle body/eye movements that 2D is only capable when produced by budget studios like Production I.G. <33 |
| God setup in this episode. I really enjoyed Sidonia, so I had high hopes for this series. The atmosphere is really good. The story seems a lot like X-Men: people hunted and persecuted for having special powers. If anything, I hope future episodes will be more creepy. |
| This much hate for an art style. If only people would focus on more important things, like the story, than the animation. |
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| It was a great first episode, but the quality of the anime, i mean the visual part os strange, but still looks good. |
"There is no such thing as an Anime elitist. You watch Anime, therefore, you are trash by society's standards." |
| anti mainstream art, who's now it's so mainstream good enough for beginning, but it can be more than this, i just like how ajin created with some mysterious things 3/5 |
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