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Oct 4, 2016 7:50 PM

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Im surprised people are tearing into this show as hard as they are. It's like they set expectations for themselves and are upset the show isn't delivering something it didn't promise in the first place. For a nice upbeat and casual watch this show does its job extraordinarily well. The jokes aren't anything special, but it is nice to let it take you at its pace.
Oct 4, 2016 7:56 PM
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So other than the gigantic plot absurdities that others have pointed out (like security panels on the wall and putting 4 of the most notorious escape artists together in the same cell), it was pretty entertaining. Love the character design and the voices (most of whom are pretty unknown), especially Jūgo (most interesting character) and Nico (cutest voice). I seriously thought at the beginning that Jūgo was voiced by Mark Ishii (Shindō Chrono).

Maybe I've watched so much anime at this point that I don't care a lot about tight plots and I just accept that characters do stupid things because if they had a brain there wouldn't be a story. But I'll watch at least another episode or two.

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Shirasho said:
Im surprised people are tearing into this show as hard as they are. It's like they set expectations for themselves and are upset the show isn't delivering something it didn't promise in the first place. For a nice upbeat and casual watch this show does its job extraordinarily well. The jokes aren't anything special, but it is nice to let it take you at its pace.

I couldn't agree more. That's why I don't look at PV's or even the new season lineup.
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Oct 4, 2016 8:10 PM

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Explosions of color, gay boys, bishounen, all in a prison.

I have no idea what to feel about any of this...
Oct 4, 2016 8:37 PM

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The colors, the art, the character design! I AM IN LOVE. What a fun first episode!!

As for the comments about the fujobait... that's probably true. But then again, any series with more than one male character in it is fodder for fujoshis. It's kind of inescapable at this point.

Anyway, I loved this first episode. It was funny and ridiculously flamboyant and exciting all the way through. There's always one series that makes me fall in love within the first episode, and I'm thinking it's this one this season. :)

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Oct 4, 2016 8:52 PM

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That was good silly fun.
Oct 4, 2016 8:58 PM

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I'm pretty disappointed... Nanbaka is one of the few animes for which I had (moderate) expectations this season, mostly because of his colorful design, but the first episode lacked craziness. The prison's traps (including Hajime's brother...) were average and the humor... Well, I chuckled once or twice. Nothing new here either. The MC's past was intriguing though, I wanna know more about this.
Oct 4, 2016 9:00 PM

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Tropisch said:
Fijiwuiji said:
Explosions of color, gay boys, bishounen, all in a prison.

I have no idea what to feel about any of this...

How are they gay? When they all heard about the supposed girl, they got excited, and when they found out it was another guy, they got depressed.


Yeah I'll admit that was a gross exaggeration. I shouldn't have said that.
Oct 4, 2016 9:28 PM

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Just watched E1!! It was really funny and already im in love with the 4 main inmates! Their physical appearances are so silly and I love Nico/25! Can't wait for more!
Oct 4, 2016 9:32 PM

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Well, despite not liking the character designs this one really grew on me as the episodes went on. I really did like the rapid fire delivery and it's nowhere near as cringey as I was expecting.
Oct 4, 2016 9:35 PM

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Really please with how it turned out. I was worried the manga wouldn't manage to translate but it was pretty good.
An acceptable amount of sparkle (I feel like there was someone whose job it was to just throw sparkles everywhere)

The animation quality wasn't great but I wasn't expecting it. Anyway I'm hyped. Nanbaka is a fun ride if you are willing to go on it.
Oct 4, 2016 9:38 PM
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It's a nice fun comedy. Everyone but Hajime looks like they belong in some bizarre fashion show. What was that serious plot at the end of the episode, though? lol I was waiting for some kind of punchline but looks like the show will have some random serious moments.
Oct 4, 2016 9:44 PM

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This Anime is trying way too hard to be 'edgy'. Doesn't know if it wants to be funny or serious and unfortunately the two styles aren't mixing at all. I'll continue watching it for the comedy aspects, but will probably end in a drop.
Oct 4, 2016 10:12 PM

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I had a feeling that this could be really good and i was definitely right about that, this was so entertaining and funny!
Without a doubt one of my favorites of the season so far!
Oct 4, 2016 10:18 PM

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I really thought this will be just a prison-break over and over with some slapstick joke involving it. But after no.15 told about his past in that visit room, I believe this is gonna be exciting.
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Oct 4, 2016 10:23 PM

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The fuck did I just watch?

Unrelated note: .if the Warden is the only chick in this entire series, is she a lesbian or is she banging the prisoners or guards?
Don't believe the hype.
Oct 4, 2016 10:36 PM

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The first ep is gold for real. Everything is perfect. The plot is pretty funny so I can't wait for next week. You guys just need to take this series with a grain of salt. ^^

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Oct 4, 2016 10:39 PM

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I just lost myself here.

"Please stop talking about math when I'm eating."
Oct 4, 2016 10:47 PM

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This one is probably gonna be my 2nd fav of the season.

i love the colors,
i love the dialogue,
Im hyped about it.
Oct 4, 2016 11:29 PM

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Why is this so fucking sparkly?! It's distracting... And why are there so many traps?! Why do they wear nail polish.. IN PRISON?!
Anyway, not really my kind of humor. The four main characters already annoy the shit out of me. Will watch a few more episodes until I'll decide if I drop it or not.

However, girls will love this anyway (I'm a girl as well... but yeah...).
Oct 4, 2016 11:29 PM

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It looks like this series is going to be explosions of pretty colors and sparkles. I like that. I laughed a couple times in this episode. OP and ED were pretty catchy to listen to. I also like the character designs, they look good. Great start for this series IMO.
Oct 5, 2016 1:09 AM
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..what's with all the sparkles? I didn't think I would like this show, but it was actually quite enjoyable and funny xD can't wait for the next episode
Oct 5, 2016 1:23 AM

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this was boring as fuck
Oct 5, 2016 2:43 AM

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"This is Nanba Prison, the greatest prison in the world."

Were that true, this show should've been over in the first 3 minutes and the guards would've shot everyone down.
Oct 5, 2016 2:59 AM

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Colorful and homely prison with lovable guards and prisoners. 😂
Oct 5, 2016 3:04 AM

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Was terrible,one of the worst first episode i saw,i give it 3 mores eps and if it stay that bad i drop.
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Oct 5, 2016 3:15 AM

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ropiel said:
Was terrible,one of the worst first episode i saw,i give it 3 mores eps and if it stay that bad i drop.
Pff, you don't like the sparkle stuff, it's like you don't like sparkly anime ;3
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Oct 5, 2016 4:04 AM

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I'm liking this anime. The comedy is swell and so are the colors and characters.
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Oct 5, 2016 4:04 AM
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And the weirdest hairstyles of the season goes to...
Oct 5, 2016 4:43 AM

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That had more sparkles than a teen vampire romance book.

I'm not sure what to think about this. It's a comedy, though I didn't find the humor very strong in the first ep, and it's got that "2 15 minute stories in an episode" format whic reminds me more of western cartoons than anime. I'll keep it for a few eps at least to see whether it's worth keeping up with or dropped.
Oct 5, 2016 4:43 AM

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such a humorous show... waiting to see what happens next
Oct 5, 2016 5:37 AM

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I .... honestly don't know how to feel about this show yet. I think I'll have to watchanothet episode to be sure
damn, the forums these days...
Oct 5, 2016 6:17 AM

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Omg guys, this anime is fantastic !!
I'm waiting for the second episode !!

I really love animes with these lights and graphic
Oct 5, 2016 6:18 AM
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Basically I only liked the first half of the episode...
Needed to have a shorter time frame to be tolerable like 8-12 min episodes.
Because,it became boring real fast after the first half of the episode.
Oct 5, 2016 6:47 AM

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usuis said:
This Anime is trying way too hard to be 'edgy'. Doesn't know if it wants to be funny or serious and unfortunately the two styles aren't mixing at all. I'll continue watching it for the comedy aspects, but will probably end in a drop.


This!!
However this anime do have some good points which could turn into amazing stuffs later on.
Oct 5, 2016 7:15 AM

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This is like a non-violent version of Superjail. I'll be watching this.
Oct 5, 2016 7:16 AM
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Made the escaping prison so fun. This first episode was really are hilarious. As for the animation, colorful with sparks, well nothing special. The OST was fun to hear. Uh a trap...
Oct 5, 2016 7:18 AM
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love this anime so much fun, the characters are amazing love it also love the beeps hahahah so funny



No. 15 Jyugo
No. 11 Uno
No. 69 Rock
No. 25 Nico


GOD DAMN IT ANOTHER TRAP hahahahaha 2nd anime with that hahahaha
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Oct 5, 2016 7:18 AM

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the episode was OK, I laughed a few times.... I like the style, very colourful! I hope that 15 goes berserk at some point (fingers crossed)

6/10
Oct 5, 2016 7:39 AM
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1/10 and dropped.
The show is funny, no doubt it's great comedy, but at the same time it is GAY.
Bright colors, musclemen with pink hair, musclemen in uniform, more sparkle sparkle than twilight (which I didn't watch) and all characters who are supposed to be girls are actually men. Ugh.

This needs Jousei or Yaoi tag to warn other people from walking in this gaytrap.
Oct 5, 2016 7:52 AM

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This anime is fabulous. 420/10
I fucking love this animeee XD

Oct 5, 2016 8:47 AM

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Haha, did he just try to use Jajankan?

I quite like it, there's a lot of personality in the characters.
Oct 5, 2016 8:53 AM

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That was fun! I really love how colorful and sparkly the artstyle is. Looking forward to the next episode.

Also, I really love the ED.
Oct 5, 2016 9:20 AM
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The visual fits for the setting and characters, despite the shoujo sparkles. The characters is really interesting from both the manga and the anime. Sadly, I can't say anything about the op and ed songs because I didn't hear it since I'm in school without headphones (which sucks). But I heard someone said that the op is catchy. I hope it is...

I didn't have a fujoshi feeling. To me, I feel that this anime is targeting only for girls, meaning josei. So, sorry guys. Watch Prison School instead.
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Oct 5, 2016 10:03 AM

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I loved it lol
I just dislike the colours. Too many, too bright =/ it makes me kind of dizzy. But at least the prison ins't colorful, so, I guess I can hold it.
Oct 5, 2016 10:06 AM

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Just watched the first episode, i quite liked it. I though the visuals fit the settings very well, character designs are also fun and interesting. Been awhile since i've watched an anime that had me outright screaming with laughter. I'm gonna keep watching this as it comes out.

I can't get the op theme out of my head.
Oct 5, 2016 10:30 AM

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That was fine and fun.




Still I'm disappointed in the past few days.
Oct 5, 2016 10:45 AM
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All I saw was cringe
Oct 5, 2016 10:51 AM

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a season filled with homo anime
Oct 5, 2016 11:12 AM

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This was fantastic! You can see there's a great director working on this. I had a lot of fun watching this, the comedy was great, the action was exciting, the characters are really fun to watch and I'm looking forward to more of this craziness.
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Oct 5, 2016 11:50 AM

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... why is there a comedy tag when it wasn't even funny... out of the whole 23minutes I only laughed once and that was when Jyugo was saying he likes guys when he found out that Hajime's younger brother was a cross dresser..

so.. who was the directer of this first episode cos this isn't how it should be done. DX the whole anime duration I was wondering what the plot was and if it seriously was just them trying to escape prison the whole time; if it was it should have been a shorter anime and not a full... x_x they got me the last 3mins so now I'm curious to see why Jyugo has those shackles without chains (the only time the anime was semi-serious).

I'll watch the next episode but I'm not going to hesitate dropping it if it stays stupid the whole time.
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