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| .. Wait, what? I know I've been away from DGM for a while, but I recall liking the series. I disliked almost all of the production here though, the animation (colors..?), voices (rip Lavi, Lenalee, I don't even remember your original voices, but these did not fit), and music... eh. Well. Maybe they'll grow on me? Transition between scenes were a little iffy. I guess they're doing straight adaptation from the manga... Huge rank jump though. #5 already? O.o |
| DGrayMan is back 😢😢 |
| they are not wasting any time on the action and these revelations so soon so fast |
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| OMGOMGOMGOMOMG. Jesus christ D: I was shouting at my screen at 3am in the morning. Even with the new atmosphere the new cast brings and after the long break between the anime and the manga to boot, I thought I'd lost interest but my love for D.Gray-man hasn't faded. I wish it could be longer than 13 episodes like the predecessor series. I sound dumb now from all this fangirling. |
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SkullProX said: neko_cola said: I'm waiting to watch rn. Did they really skip the "Destruction of the Black Order" arc? i_i lol it's like "hey you see, we've just got ourselves new headquarters. it's a long story, friend." xD but then... 13 episodes... Wasnt that shown in the last ep of the old series? When that lv4 akuma attacked? iirc the HQ was entirely destroyed because --- Ok, just watched it. It didn't feel as bad as I saw many people saying here. In fact, i'm so happy to see them again!<3 The op and ed are good. OP is somehow "Gekidou"ish, I liked the beat! Miranda and Lenalee are my main concerns, as Miranda really looks different and Lena looks/sounds like some harem series character haha. D: Lavi's voice... gotta get used to Hanae's Lavi. the same for Sugiyama as Krory. Kanda and Allen fit and are nice to see and hear. JOHNNY<3 always good to see this boy, man this cinnamon roll is too pure for this world. good to see Llvelie and Link again as well. It was fun watching, every scene made me remember the bits from the manga. the chess scene was great! hahaha, the dead guy's ring's innocence, what a trouble. next stop: Timothy. tbh I will have faith in this adaptation until it proves me very wrong. |
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| 5/5 love it -pacing is OK.. The skipped arc didn't really bother the plot.. -Allen appearance is OK though I still prefer the previous one. But the voice is kind of horrible, maybe because I'm too attached to the previous one because it sounds cute.. -lenalee new hair color kind of bothering me but the appearance overall still OK. Her voice have a higher pitch but I still love it because it didn't feel too different. -Lavi's appearance is great. Voice kind of weird somehow but still good. -Kanda appearance and voice are flawless since the appearance are great and the voice doesn't sounds different -Miranda is simply horrible.. Her appearance are totally different and her voice is weird too.. -Marian cross is great too. Komui's voice a bit different but still OK. Jonny voice is nice too.. -OP and ED are awesome. -Graphics and art are awesome too. |
 I'm starting to get embarrassed by my own forum signature line.. XD |
| Whats with the pointy ass noses? |
| I knew I wasn't the only one kinda weird out by the new voice actors. I watched the original series in both dub (first 51 eps) and sub. I got use to the change real quick. But now I can't seem to help compare them. This will take some time to get use to. |
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| Well,I didn't watch the old anime and only read the manga. Decided to give this a try. Decent I guess. |
But it's important to remember that a movie review is subjective;it only gives you one person's opinion. http://www.classzone.com/books/lnetwork_gr08/page_build.cfm?content=analyz_media&ch=30 It doesn't matter if you like LoGH,Monster etc.If you are a jobless or college/school dropout living in your mom basement, you are still an unintelligent loser. Taste in anime does not make you a better person.If elitist don't exist, casual pleb and shit taste also don't exist. |
| Waited 8 years for a continuation and it's finally come. I liked pretty much everything except the new voices. Lenalee, Lavi and Krory's voices are just too high. It's off and unfitting. It's gonna take me a while to get used to them. Allen and Kanda's are good though. Love the opening. It fits very well and reminds me of some of the older ones. Can't wait for next week even more cause of that cliffhanger with Cross. |
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| I'd say I liked it overall. God, will I miss Suzuken and Takahiro Sakurai. For a first episode, it did pretty well in re-introducing the characters. I'm a bit sad they skipped the Zombie Arc but it's understandable considering this is only supposed to have 13 episodes and it was mostly a filler arc. The change in voice actors kinda makes sense when you think about the fact that they're older now so their voices will have changed. The VA change that bothers me the most is Crowley (Sasuke). He sounds too young but who knows maybe I'll get used to it. After all, it's only the first episode |
| I'm so glad I marathoned the entire original series this year before Hallow started, it let everything be fresh in my mind again and now I won't be confused about where the plot is heading. Honestly all the characters sound similar to their original VAs, with maybe Lavi being a bit higher pitched. Allen is freaking perfect, it just sounds like the original VA but older. I like the new designs honestly, adds a fresh coat of paint to what is essentially a series reboot (Yet a continuation all the same). The fight scenes were done well for the most part, at least on par with stuff we saw from the original anime. Opening theme got me extremely pumped up to revisit this world and characters after so long. It might not be fitting thematically with Kanda's arc, but damn it's catchy. That fucking cliffhanger ending was painful, Cross why ;_;, but it has me hyped to see more. Man I'm still in disbelief that one of my all time favorite series was resurrected for a new anime season. Hoping D.Gray-Man Hallow does extremely well so we can another season in the future. |
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Shanayaaa said: I don't like the new art style Lenalee and Miranda changed entirely, and everyone else looks slightly ridiculous; I wish they'd kept the art style from before. Then again, it has been 8 years I guess. Same. Also the old art style was darker, the fist anime had a different atmosphere and that was one of the things I loved about it. Now everything is so... bright (i can't think of a better word to dewcribe it) Idk it's weird. It's missing something. The episode was good though. |
| After all that, badass Cross died off-screen and I assume it was quick and quiet since no one heard? Damn. I'm still getting used to the older looks and new voices. When Allen shouts, I just hear Hinata Shoyo from Haikyuu!! The one I really have to get used to though is Lavi. I miss his baby face and voice. |
Jotakak said: After all that, badass Cross died off-screen and I assume it was quick and quiet since no one heard? Damn. I'm still getting used to the older looks and new voices. When Allen shouts, I just hear Hinata Shoyo from Haikyuu!! The one I really have to get used to though is Lavi. I miss his baby face and voice. Lol hinata..that was another minor problem I had with the voice aside from it not fitting..everytime someone talked I could hear another character in my head or a generic character type..lenalee sounded like some girl from harem and lavi sounded like the typical troublemaker guy or nosy friend of a group of 4-5boys...though he was fine I think when his voice went a little deeper and more serious like when he was with cross and allen..but that's not the lavi we usually see |
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| Tbh I was considering slamming my head against the wall when I heard Lavi's voice. Like, who the hell just spoke. What the hell just spoke. Everyone else was meh, but dude guess it's time to rewatch the original. It's been way too long... I can only fake my way through it for so long pretending I knew what the hell was going on. |
| I just came to say that I am glad to be able to see Lena-lee's splendid thighs again. |
| Everyone is so gorgeous. Thank you god, scientist, and artists for modern graphics Love the manga, i'm looking forward to more of this adaptation :) |
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dgraymanfan said: Why are there so many whiny people whining about the voices they sound good to me. Why do people expect voices to stay the same after around 8 years it is a fact of life people move on voice actors do it to so get off your high horse and quit expecting something that was not going to happen at all. The the VA cult. I will never understand people like that but they do indeed exist. Whenever some work gets a remake or sequel and characters change VAs, it always happens, no matter what. |
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| D.Gray Man is pretty much my favorite shounen and while I'm extremely glad to have another season of it, even if it's a saddening 13 epis(they should've made it an exception and make it 14 *cough*), did they really have to change ALL of the VAs? I'm okay with Allen's, Kanda's, Miranda's but how could they replace Itou Shizuka's soothing voice for Lenalee with Ai Kakuma's, who's more cut out for loli characters. That's gonna be hard to get used to... Crowley's the other big change and will take a while to get used to, even though I really like Sugiyama Noriaki, I'm not sure his voice will fit the more goofy Crowley. He usually voices more serious characters. |
| Im not used to the new voices of all characters but episode was still good for me I dont like the new art of Mugen , the mugen of Season 1 was much more cooler |
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Otaku-thon said: Tryde appears in the opening though. He is between the Noah with sunglasses and Wisely.Also out of the Noah's they show but no ? I know they're minor Noah's for now but the latter had better designs. And there's also the fact that he's of the Noah. |
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| Most people don't even remember anything about D.Gray-man (manga readers included - e.g. me). All the voice actors are throwing me off... especially Lavi, Allen and Lenalee... well the clock woman as well... i forgot her name obviously. Lenalee and a high pitch voice just doesn't go well >.> I can still follow the events from this episode since it was a panel to panel adaptation straight out of the manga but it was really cringe-worth listening to some of these characters... The original run I enjoyed much more. The animations are alright, the colouring and character design changes are a bit intolerable... Allen looks awkward as hell to me. For the first couple of minutes i kept staring at Lenalee because I kept thinking to myself... who is this character? Did they introduce a new character when they moved to the new HQ, I don't remember this person at all... before i realized this must have been Lenalee. And I only figured that out after looking for a good while at the green and short hair. She looks nothing like what I remember from the manga. Honestly still looks like a new character to me. But she does look way better after she cut her hair (in the manga). However, it just doesn't seem like Lenalee to me in most of these panels. There are a few shots that made her look Lenalee-like but i keep seeing other similar anime characters designs instead. The akumas look like a terrible joke now... Not even a funny one, just one that makes you want to turn your head away because you feel like you've just been shamed in public. All in All, I think i can watch this if it set my video to Movie, and play the episodes muted and it'll be just like reading the manga all over again. |
duderusJul 4, 2016 11:52 PM
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| Can't believe it's been 8 years since I last watched D.Gray man back when it was airing. I feel so old. The only voice that I noticed was significantly different was Lenalee's, but I guess I'll get used to it. Overall this episode was kinda eh.. Almost nothing but exposition (and with big revelations) which is pretty bad to do in a first episode. Though to be fair this is a continuation so I guess it flies. The comedic timing was very off though which is something I always found annoying about this show. Also Allen seems to be behaving almost out of character here, though it's probably this timeskip and the 14th implanted in him kicking in. Hope Cross didn't get an unworthy off screen death like that. |
Lu-Ru said: Shanayaaa said: I don't like the new art style Lenalee and Miranda changed entirely, and everyone else looks slightly ridiculous; I wish they'd kept the art style from before. Then again, it has been 8 years I guess. Same. Also the old art style was darker, the fist anime had a different atmosphere and that was one of the things I loved about it. Now everything is so... bright (i can't think of a better word to dewcribe it) Idk it's weird. It's missing something. The episode was good though. Totally agree. They've modernized it, it just looks the same as any other modern generic anime, I just hope they don't do the same to the plot:/ |
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| Episode was different, kinda like rushed and the voice acting wasn't that good. Best thing so far is that they are still using the original soundtrack from the first show. P.S. I read a couple of chapters from the manga after the end of the first anime and never read it again. Don't know if to read the manga from the beginning or just pick it up after the events of the first show again... |
| Man I feel so nostalgic now. It was good, I liked it, but I kind of missed the old voice actors (not saying the new ones didn't do a decent job or anything). The art and pacing is good, but let's hope it stays this way until the very end. |
Doctors want to check me  Poke me and dissect me What do they expect? Feelings from a wind-up toy? I don't think so |
| Pretty good start in my opinion. I fangirled like it was no one business, I have never cried about an anime before until today. I'm just glad D.gray man's back tbh. T___T |
neko_cola said: iirc the HQ was entirely destroyed because --- Ok, just watched it. It didn't feel as bad as I saw many people saying here. In fact, i'm so happy to see them again!<3 The op and ed are good. OP is somehow "Gekidou"ish, I liked the beat! Miranda and Lenalee are my main concerns, as Miranda really looks different and Lena looks/sounds like some harem series character haha. D: Lavi's voice... gotta get used to Hanae's Lavi. the same for Sugiyama as Krory. Kanda and Allen fit and are nice to see and hear. JOHNNY<3 always good to see this boy, man this cinnamon roll is too pure for this world. good to see Llvelie and Link again as well. It was fun watching, every scene made me remember the bits from the manga. the chess scene was great! hahaha, the dead guy's ring's innocence, what a trouble. next stop: Timothy. tbh I will have faith in this adaptation until it proves me very wrong. Oh, I see lol.... sounds like the story a filler episode would have xDDD |
| A question, was that allen in the flashback with the clown -mana- ? Because his hair was brown, and not white?... Or who was that kid? |
| The animation was quite good except the pointy noses. I still can't get over Miranda, Crowley and Lavi's voices; they're horrible, though I don't think Allen and Kanda's voices changed too much. This episode was a bit worse than average and I just hope it gets better. |
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| The voice acting, especially Lavi's... T_T It felt like somebody else was talking. I hope it will be improved in the long run. |
unfoldedwingsJul 5, 2016 4:30 AM
Docontrar said: From what i can understand this is a sequel so.. is it necessary to watch D.Gray-man to understand what is happening? Yes, friend. DGM actually has a very long story. But it will be quicker if you read the manga. :) |
| I don't like the new lenalee, she was a bad ass with twin tails, now she look like a schoolgirl.... |
| Catastophic!!! T_T This is officially the first anime I've ever seen, which second season has worst visuals worse than the first. This art looks worse than Naruto filler episode like wtf! It looks like some newbies with miniature budget animated this!!! I'm not talking like that 'cause of nostalgia. I've tried, really really tried not to compare it with the original. This anime has really low standarts by modern animes. The voices are just ugh... except for Kanda, Link, Cross and Komui. And what did they do to Miranda!?! The pacing was fine though.. Seriously, is that how much the studio care about one of it's more famous animes. Are they even trying... |
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