Monogatari Series: First Season
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Fai said: If I was to rate this on cinematography and directing alone this would be 10/10 However plot wise, there were too much shots of NOTHING. Silence. Scenes where characters could have presented their thoughts are devoid of them as if the movie is scared of having monologues. Which results of long shots of characters saying nothing. Long shots of walking. Long shots of staring. Long shots of the viewer sitting there waiting for ANYTHING of substance to happen. Which in turn leaves the whole experience lacking substance and unfulfilling. Had I not read the kizu LN, this would be quite difficult to understand. Would certainly not recommend it as an entry-point either. If you watched the rest of shows you MIGHT put two and two together overall, but otherwise this is quite lacking in terms of plot presentation. Overall score: 7/10 Let's hope the next parts are better and Shaft does not just decide to abandon monologues for Owarimonogatari S2. Gotta feeling the main series monogatari will still have the same style, this is just an experimental exception that feels totally different. |
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| Watched with shitty subs, and in their defense if I had to sub this piece of shit 'adaptation' of Kizumonogatari, I would do no better. Art, animation, character interactions, 'Ararari' is shit. What i liked about whole Monogatari series adaptation: humour, spoof, parody, subtle poke, gestures, storytelling through derived plot elements were missing and all I got was a wish of amnesia to pretend I never saw it. Don't think I'll watch the sequel. |
| Shaft, what have you done with the art? 80% of movie = full 3DCG environment? Are you kidding me? It looks like a shit. Seriously :| Not like TV series were something good if it comes to the art, but it was watchable. Soundtrack was pretty nice. The movie itself was rather OK. Better than Owari and Hana at least. Scenes with Hanekawa <3 |
rsc-plAug 3, 2016 2:37 PM
| Dub = fake crap. Always. |
| i'm such a huge hanekawa fan. she is one of my fav characters ever, but sadly i just could NOT enjoy her character in this movie )x |
| Good subs are out, and wow, that movie. The amount of raw emotions shown within the facial features was amazing. Also plenty of cute & sexy moments, as expected of monogatari series. |
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| - Too much time used for walking around aimlessly that I had to sped up the playback speed - From watching this I just realized that Koyomi doesn't have any friends, only harem member, and enemies :/ - I don't remember Hanekawa's boobs being THAT big and bouncy o_O a bit unpleasant to watch - But she's so cute when she's waving her hands to Koyomi <3 - Kiss-shot is also as cute as ever, kinda expected to see her in adult form much longer, but I guess we'll get that in the upcoming sequels - I never thought that Meme was supposed to be strong af. Seriously BAMF. Pretty meh for a Monogatari movie, kinda expected more but I'll give my final verdict after watching the third part. Part 1 Overall : 6/10 |
| They really shouldn't have cut araragi's monologue when he was debating whether to give blood or not. aikaflip said: That's what I loved about it. I hate monologues. Show, don't tell. And the fancier it's shown, the better. Give me room to think and daydream. Don't fill in every blank. Gotta disagree with that. Araragi's one of those protagonists where his internal monologue's pretty damn important in setting the scene. It's like editing out all of Kyon's monologues in haruhi, you just don't do it cause their thought process is legitimately interesting. |
RockerXDAug 7, 2016 11:51 AM
| Absolutely wonderful movie. Can't wait to see the sequel! 5/5 |
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cowoknakal said: - From watching this I just realized that Koyomi doesn't have any friends, only harem member, and enemies :/ That's the point, he is way different than his current character here. "Aliens" part made me laugh |
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| They really shouldn't have cut out a lot of Araragi's monologues, as many of them really added a lot that was missing from this movie. Still, it's a good start, and Meme Oshino's introduction was pretty awesome. 8/10 |
cowoknakal said: - Too much time used for walking around aimlessly that I had to sped up the playback speed - From watching this I just realized that Koyomi doesn't have any friends, only harem member, and enemies :/ - I don't remember Hanekawa's boobs being THAT big and bouncy o_O a bit unpleasant to watch - But she's so cute when she's waving her hands to Koyomi <3 - Kiss-shot is also as cute as ever, kinda expected to see her in adult form much longer, but I guess we'll get that in the upcoming sequels - I never thought that Meme was supposed to be strong af. Seriously BAMF. Pretty meh for a Monogatari movie, kinda expected more but I'll give my final verdict after watching the third part. Part 1 Overall : 6/10 ikr. I didn't know Meme was so powerful enough to repel those 3 vampire hunter. If Kiss-Shot can't take out those three, why Meme can repel them so easily? does that mean Meme is more powerful that Kiss-Shot? Man, if I was Araragi, I would scare the shit out of me when I met Kiss-Shot in near death state. but she's so beautiful indeed, and maybe I will take the same action if I was Araragi. |
AbyhapeAug 9, 2016 2:23 AM
UnderminE said: That's the point, he is way different than his current character here. "Aliens" part made me laugh Yeah, that part cracked me up too. He never shown any sign of chuunibyou in the main series. Abyhape said: If Kiss-Shot can't take out those three, why Meme can repel them so easily? does that mean Meme is more powerful that Kiss-Shot? I don't think that's the case. Kiss-shot stated that she underestimated her opponent, thus making her got caught off guard by those three. Meme is super strong indeed, but he is just a mortal human. |
| That Hanekawa appearance though. Very nice. |
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| Didn't expect Kiss Shot to cry. Still, Araragi willingly to give his life to stranger does not feel realistic to me. I know it's 3 on 1 but for someone considered as the most powerful vampire, it still a bit hard to believe they manage to beat her. |
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. |
Zapredon said: The reasoning for this will be explained later, maybe in the second movie.I know it's 3 on 1 but for someone considered as the most powerful vampire, it still a bit hard to believe they manage to beat her. Still, Araragi willingly to give his life to stranger does not feel realistic to me. The movie cut out quite a lot of inner monologues from Araragi when he was debating whether to sacrifice himself or not. Like others have said, he was already very alienated from others and even his own family. And he basically believed that his life wasn't worth shit and that he hadn't ever done anything good in his life so he ultimately decides to sacrifice his worthless life for someone else since it would be the right thing to do anyways.Overall my only complaints with the movie was the lack of some important inner monologues and that it felt quite slow-paced. Like the moment where Araragi was following the blood on the ground was way too long. I get that they were trying to make it suspenseful but it just felt awkward instead. In the novel, I swear I remember the lights just going out in the streets and then he finds one streetlight on with Kiss-shot underneath it. Even something as simple and quick as that was suspenseful in the novel. They probably could have made this into two 90-minute movies instead of dragging it out into 3 movies. Anyways still a great movie. |
| Loved the new character designs, and some of the shots in the earlier parts of the movie were breathtaking. The overall darker tone is very interesting as well. I also like what they did with some of the characters: Araragi in particular seems to be a much more closed off and reclusive person in this (understandable considering this is before all of his character development in NekoKuro and Bake), which is an angle I hope they play up more. There were some janky shots and some cringeworthy uses of shaking/vibration with the camera which made me laugh more than anything, but overall, this movie was really good-looking. On the story front, however, I can't help but be a little disappointed. I've never read the original Kizu LN, but just by watching this, I can tell that we're missing some monologues. A LOT of monologues. In some scenes, I even started filling in the blanks with my own. Why take those out? They were so successfully adapted in Bake and later installments. Also, my biggest complaint: why is this three parts? It's a rhetorical question of course (read: money), but from an artistic point of view, it's hard not to see just how much potential Shaft is squandering by adapting a single LN in such a roundabout way. This movie was an hour long. An hour. And, strangely enough, I have a sinking feeling that it's going to be the best of the three. In my opinion, separating a single work into multiple parts like this always makes for an inferior adaptation. Anyway, even after all that, I'll still watch the next two. I've been waiting for Kizu for almost five years; there's no way I'm stopping now. 6/10 overall for part one. |
And what if all love is an act of bravery? Could you look me in the eye and say that you are not afraid?  |
| Fucking amazing. I love this series so much. |
| decided to give this series another chance with a trilogy that wasn't a sequel to anything. i actually can't fathom what anyone likes about this aside from visuals. everything about it is bland.. i read through positive reviews and it's like they watched a completely different movie. dumbfounded |
| Wanted to wait till the second part is out... but of course I could not resist. I understand and agree with the comments about downsides of this experiment. Yes, they should've left at least the most important monologues. Yes, CGI is too crude at this point and dissonance with 2D is strong in this one. Yes, the plot is quite thin, especially if looking at Kizumonogatari as a stand-alone movie. Yes, there are no really clever/funny dialogues and jokes. However, the single thing I liked the most about the whole Monogatari Series is definitely the style. And here the style is amazing. On my first rewatch, I often replayed or paused certain scenes (like the scene with the metro train) thoroughly enjoying and feeling them. I also liked a stark difference between the styles of the movie and TV series. It really brought a new light on all the characters. Kiss-shot/Shinobu has never been so beautiful :) The atmosphere is also top-notch, extremely fitting to the narrative, as well as the music. Both are also quite different from the TV series. Also, since I've been waiting for this adaptation since before its announcement, I really can't view it as a stand-alone at all. Even looking more or less objectively, I doubt its value as a starting point to the franchise. There is so little of explicit characterization precisely because a viewer is supposed to watch at least Bakemonogatari before that. So, I really enjoyed watching and rewatching the first part of Kizumonogatari, can't wait to see the next movie. |
DracusAug 13, 2016 12:39 PM
| I read the novel of Kizumonogatari in 2014 if I remember right and it's an amazing read. I don't remember clearly but I think it's safe to say everything was accurate. Maybe lengthened some pacing. I loved it and I know the rest is better obviously. But ... I gotta say I think the mood could of been done better ... because I didn't exactly feel Araragi's fear or sorrow, nor Kiss-shot's sadness. Heck I laughed when he threw her body away. Maybe the animation and art was overdone and exaggerated or they just didn't direct it properly for the dramatic moments in the beginning. Hanekawa's introduction was greatly done. Although I don't know if it was clear to the audience that Araragi went to go buy porn magazines. And ... I think maybe he talked to someone before, heck if I remember right he talks to Hanekawa again after he buys those books? ... Can't remember. I'll have to reread it for fun. Nevermind. I don't know where I got that from. I think?... |
| This is an amazing movie i have ever seen in 2016 tbh. First, i want to talk about the animation xD The animation is superb. done. lol no, i mean it. it was well made AF!!! it was detailed but at the same time, it didn't look detail. i just don't know how to describe it. it's just unique. and the character designs, it was so pure imo especially Shinobu. She is so beautifull in her adult form even tho the scenes were so fucking gore AF! now let's talk about "that" scene xD i didn't see that coming. well, i knew it was shinobu but i didn't expect to be that gore and kinda emotional too. yeah....shinobu snapped and was screaming, asking for help, that was unexpected to me. i got suprised pretty well. and at that scene, the gore was still keep on going. She hit her harm to the ground, no, move her body, slam her body into the ground, and asking for help to Araragi while crying too. i really doubt she was faking that. i mean, literally, she cried, she even said sorry for many times....i just.....that was too sad.... And Araragi running away instead of helping her is very obvious. anyone would run in that kind of situation. i mean, just image if you are Araragi. in a situation where you are in front of a blonde adult girl, without arm and legs, still breathing, a vampire, ask for help to you and wants every drip of your blood to help her while there are many bloods everywhere around you and around her. what would you do ? run in the obvious thing to do. and at that scene, Araragi try to run. and that's when Shinobu snapped and showed her true self that she didn't want to die that she even slam her body all over the place, asking for help like a little kid, crying, and even said sorry for many times and at the same times, blood were spourting everywhere from her arms and legs. i was just like "woahhhhh what the hell am i watching right now ?! is this for real ?!" what happened to shinobu.....that was damn cruel imo. btw, shinobu is way cuter with short hair xD XD when i saw 3 guy were surrounding araragin and were trying to kill him, i thought he was done, but when i saw meme..... XD this dude is back XD in a very badass way xD i really like meme's appearence in this movie. so badass imo. glad that meme help shinobu and araragi xD i wonder what will happen in the next movie. from the pv, i heard hanekawa's voice. so i assume, no, obviously hanekawa will get involve in it. looking foward to the next movie!!! xD 9/10 from me for this movie btw. i enjoy it and like it a lot obviously XD "The moment when you want to read the original source so badly but you can't cause you don't have enough moeny and don't even know where to buy" ;_; ;_; ;_; my live is sucks and i know it. |
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| That was absolutely beautiful. Just gorgeous art and animation. Amazing. Grown up Kiss-shot might be the most grotesque yet beautiful character ever drawn in an anime. Having said that, I wonder how the viewing experience was for people not familiar with the source material. I've read the novel a couple of times so I could just lean back and enjoy the visual spectacle in front of me without worrying too much about how the story flowed. |
| "Perhaps there is a universal, absolute truth. Perhaps it justifies every question. But that's beyond the reach of these small hands." Mamoru Oshii There is a cult of ignorance (...) nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.” Isaac Asimov |
| Damn, I'm a big fan of Monogatari series, but Kizumono was underwhelming, boring and, despite its duration, overlong experience. Some scenes were dragging on forever, for example, the scene where we were introduced to Kissshot, I understand that intention was to show us how Araragi was in doubt about what to do next, understandable in such a bizarre and extreme situation, but c'mon. |
| Visually stunning but overall lacking in story and character. (and yeah, the CGI was kind of awful) |
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Crazador said: Hmm,just asking.. but does anyone know when the episode 2 is available to watch online?? If it takes just as long as the first one, expect it in february or march 2017. If it's released a few weeks before the third one like they did with the first, expect it december or january. Either way its gonna be awhile, and we wont know for sure until it leaks or the blu ray goes up for preorder. |
| I liked it, the change in pace of dialogue was refreshing, it was nice to be able to take in some atmosphere for the first 5-10 minutes without having to play keep up with dialogue like is usually the case. |
| The adaptation is far more engaging than the novel itself, thanks to its cuts, who sadly prove themselves detrimental to a few scene. I saw very pretty (at time magnificent) drawings and not so bad CGI backgrounds, but the two mesh horribly bad. The movie installs an excellent oppressive atmosphere , for example by enlarging some locations. The lighting was also pretty bad, the film was so luminescent, almost no scene escaped the lighting bath. A big question for me is: qwhat the hell were alll those french screentexts for? What brings this tentative of duality between red and black? I have absolutely no idea what they were supposed to add to the video itself or express and will eagerly wait for an enlightened answer. Enjoyment: 3/5 Score: 6/10, 5/10 if I take the finality of this story into account. @vibskov Story-wise, the book is just another teenager meets vampire/stranger thing (with the supposed over-sexuality of male teens and of "Miss Perfect under a mask"), where the young hero finally discovers what he wants/who he is. The book offers a few coompelling moments about it through the usage of first-person narration. And the sugar is the attention the narrator gives to the reader and the few (sub)cultural references. Otherwise, it is indeed a very classic thing whose only appeal is the series of three overbuilded fights who make the story's progression. The anime could have been been slightly better if they didn't remove the few inner-dialogues about Araragi while removing only those who make him either antipathetic or awkward. |
Rei_IIIOct 29, 2016 11:56 PM
| oh my god, the new shinobu design is simply awesome. way too adorable. |
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| Been awhile since I read the novel. It's so great to have it finally animated. Just waiting for the last. 9/10 |
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| Beautiful looking anime movie, but took me a bit of adjusting. It was mostly build up for the sequels really. Lots of set up. Got slow at times. It was a good watch tho, and looking forward to the next one. |
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| Wow...really unique. I loved the blend of animation over real-world backgrounds. |
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| Damn those CGI backgrounds killed the vibe for me.. It was too much. And I'm not happy that they cut out the inner monologues from Araragi. |
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| I see so many positive reviews from people that I am wondering if we saw the same movie. To me the movie seemed horrible, empty of content and done by an art student not to bright. The most annoying part where all the noir and rouge screens .. every 5 minutes. why? why? It was like torture to watch such a beautiful series turned into manure. |
| Friend and I watched in Yokohama, and were also selling special merchandise. It was good |
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| The artstyle was fan-freaking-tastic! 7/10 |
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| Just watched Tekketsu-hen, and I honestly can't remember the last time I'd been this blown away by an anime. The animation, the style, the soundtrack; I expected it to be good, but still not on this level. sadcyborg said: i'm such a huge hanekawa fan. she is one of my fav characters ever, but sadly i just could NOT enjoy her character in this movie )x Actually, I've been a huge Senjougahara fan from day one, but as the series progressed, my enthousiasm somehow diminished, and in turn I came to value Hanekawa more and more. Her relatively short appearance in Tekketsu-hen further reïnforced that again. We did got to see a different side of her. She is less dependable on Araragi (and vice versa), and acts more like a genuine friend or at least interessee. I'm also excited to see Oshino Meme is his true form, and get to understand how he as such earned the respect of the others. ange_bleu said: There are still many mysteries to be solved such as the state of Araragi and Kiss-shot (which is still not that known), as is their master-servant relationship reversed yet. Wondering about this one as well. I actually like the Kizu relationship better. It makes more sense too, but I'm dying to know what changed it around. aikaflip said: @Fai Great points. For example, while you do get a sense of Araragi's isolation in some of the earlier scenes, his willingness to give his life to save a stranger isn't justified as clearly as it could have been. They could have shown or told that better. I think it alludes to his general desire to save people. It's the advantage of the series neither being written, nor being adapted in chronological order: we have already had it been told better in the sequels, so there's simply no need to digress on it now. waalex11 said: But ... I gotta say I think the mood could of been done better ... because I didn't exactly feel Araragi's fear or sorrow, nor Kiss-shot's sadness. Hmmm,.. maybe us anime only watchers have an advantage here. We can appreciate the scene and emotions conveyed for what they are, and don't miss what we supposed there should be based on what we read. I'd still been interested though, to have seen more of Kiss-Shot's sadness. |
| "I'm a middle schooler bartender!" - Mishima Hitomi |
| @Laionidas I should have been specific. What I disliked was the contrast in her personality. This dramatically flirty/giggly Hanekawa is not the Hanekawa I have seen throughout the Monogatari series. Hanekawa's personality has always been the reason she is my favorite of all the girls. I didn't dislike her role in the story, I disliked how she acted :/ |
| @sadcyborg No I got that, but don't you feel that, as much unbefitting as it may seem, it makes sense for Hanekawa to have such a side to her? Hanekawa's and Araragi's relationship has always been strong, but it didn't seem to be based on anything. It's hard to explain, but they often seemed to act on a "loyalty level" only. Next to that, I think Hanekawa's role in the other instalments (that of dependable, yet slightly tragic, know-it-all) had the side effect of obscuring parts of her personality that were there all the time. Let's not forget she almost tricked Araragi into kissing her in the library, and only held back when she realised how much that would damage his relationship with Senjougahara. |
| "I'm a middle schooler bartender!" - Mishima Hitomi |
Laionidas said: @sadcyborg No I got that, but don't you feel that, as much unbefitting as it may seem, it makes sense for Hanekawa to have such a side to her? Hanekawa's and Araragi's relationship has always been strong, but it didn't seem to be based on anything. It's hard to explain, but they often seemed to act on a "loyalty level" only. Next to that, I think Hanekawa's role in the other instalments (that of dependable, yet slightly tragic, know-it-all) had the side effect of obscuring parts of her personality that were there all the time. Let's not forget she almost tricked Araragi into kissing her in the library, and only held back when she realised how much that would damage his relationship with Senjougahara. They have a deeply connected past, and for Araragi, Hanekawa "saved" him. He "owes her his life". Hanekawa's feelings were a little different. She loved him. I think their loyalty was based on a lot. Anyway, It makes sense that Hanekawa has a light playful and flirty side, because she has shown it throughout the series. That's not what I saw in this movie. This movie had a Dramatically bouncy/flirty/giggly Hanekawa that, to be blunt, made me cringe lol. So idk, it shouldn't be that unusual that I couldn't enjoy watching her |
| @sadcyborg No, I didn't enjoy watching her act like that myself either, so we're on the same page there, I just think it does make sense that she occassionally would act that way. |
| "I'm a middle schooler bartender!" - Mishima Hitomi |
| @Laionidas I see, I see. Since this is a prequel, I can just think of this as her "previous" self, and the "current Hanekawa" as the product of her development. Both Hanekawas clearly have a flirty side, but I'm glad the "current" is much more light with it lol |
| Great movie! Even though the story was very simple and the movie quite short, this is just the beggining of the arc, and the animation and soundtrack on the other hand, were nothing short of amazing. 8.5/10 |
| Started a little slow/confusing, but slowly put itself together and caught my interest. Shinobu tends to do that as best girl. I definitely understand why you shouldn't watch Monogatari in chronological order; I don't feel like I would've enjoyed this as much if I wasn't already familiar with the characters. The visuals were amazing (Hanekawa's boobs look better then ever). I wish I could've seen this in a theater. |
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