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JohnTron said: I don't just have a feeling of seeing this before... never mind, I've seen it before - we've all seen it before. A typical show for TRIGGER, however, A1 can't hold up to TRIGGER's seemingly ADHD animation style; the results are a headache. The unoriginality here is stagnating, Zoids meets an Evangelion Rebuild copycat. I'm fed up of seeing Beta-males in anime. I'm fed up of seemingly strong female leads with no purpose - nice plugsuits, it seems like it's all we're going to get. Japan doesn't seem to elevate female leads for being female leads, mentally, but rather physically. (I lean pretty Right politically so this isn't some Leftist jargon, these are my actual thoughts.) So many tropes, so many unoriginal tropes. It's a wonder why anyone get's excited when their work gets put on screen anymore. It's like going to college, literally anyone can accomplish the feat. Well, Kill la Kill has some of the best female leads, and it's not just the mc, and it's not just the physical strength. Kill la Kill is female lead done right. Tbh my favourite character in kill la kill is actually Satsuki Kiryuin. |
Tropisch said: Drop. Wimpy male character, overpowered female character, weird robot designs. Tired of seeing these generic things. How is she over powered? |
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WeebAndrossi said: Quality fan-service to filter casuals See, I thought fan-service invited casuals. |
| Filthy franxx Apparently the mechas run on teenage thirst ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) This was kinda decent I guess, although I don't really like the anohana's character designs they all look very bland except 02. |
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Kittens-kun said: Tropisch said: Drop. Wimpy male character, overpowered female character, weird robot designs. Tired of seeing these generic things. How is she over powered? Over powered, like overpowering. She was called the 'partner killer,' which says something. True, there's a lot of stuff we've seen from other works of Trigger (ex-Gainax), but you have to admit there's also a couple twists. And Trigger has this charm with it's animation that never gets old. This is definitely worth continuing. |
Ventus_S said: JohnTron said: I don't just have a feeling of seeing this before... never mind, I've seen it before - we've all seen it before. A typical show for TRIGGER, however, A1 can't hold up to TRIGGER's seemingly ADHD animation style; the results are a headache. The unoriginality here is stagnating, Zoids meets an Evangelion Rebuild copycat. I'm fed up of seeing Beta-males in anime. I'm fed up of seemingly strong female leads with no purpose - nice plugsuits, it seems like it's all we're going to get. Japan doesn't seem to elevate female leads for being female leads, mentally, but rather physically. (I lean pretty Right politically so this isn't some Leftist jargon, these are my actual thoughts.) So many tropes, so many unoriginal tropes. It's a wonder why anyone get's excited when their work gets put on screen anymore. It's like going to college, literally anyone can accomplish the feat. Well, Kill la Kill has some of the best female leads, and it's not just the mc, and it's not just the physical strength. Kill la Kill is female lead done right. Tbh my favourite character in kill la kill is actually Satsuki Kiryuin. I don't hate TRIGGER.  |
| Lie until what you want to be true becomes truth. Lie until you can't remember what's a lie and what isn't. Lie until you aren't lying anymore! Figures  |
| So many Eva """"""references"""""" and """"""homages"""""", how blatant can you be. |
| Decent so far. I like the animation, art, and Zero Two, but the mc - not so much. I'm sick of those beta males who all look the same with black/brown hair and bland design. other that that, its good. |
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Tropisch said: Says the person who gave Aldnoah.Zero 10/10... s2 a 7/10???? Drop. Wimpy male character, overpowered female character, weird robot designs. Tired of seeing these generic things. |
Brandon2149Jan 13, 2018 10:37 PM
| People need to learn that Trigger and Gainax ARE NOT THE SAME COMPANY. Many of the same staff yes but not the same. Also if your expecting Gurren Laggen mk2 forget it. I dont want another depressing mecha show. |
| Don´t understand how some people thinks this is hard to follow? Quite easy IMO. And must the whole plot vomit over you in the first episode of 24 instead of progress with it? It´s not like it´s the show LOST. kids... |
| Damn, this is the first time in awhile in which a first episode of an anime really got me and I know it'll be one of my fav animes. |
| Jaywalker. |
| hesitantly excited at this point. not sure how im gonna like the fanservice but the premise is interesting and i really like the mech design. top notch animation, very refreshing especially after some of the absolute duds we got in the fall (inuyashiki) |
| Really good first episode. 002 girl is interesting. The franxx robot reminds me of Star Driver. Lets see how it goes. |
| Wait this is 24 eps? Where was it confirmed? |
| Has potential. That Zoid got me interested and the fact that they never advertised the other form is a nice surprise. zanquen said: another one generic shit with a beta-pathetic-shy-shithead-school-boy and forever™alone™demongirl™with-a-dark-past™ searching for a di**. Poor and simplistic graphics as always, ugly character and meha design, stupid and boring fanservice, plot... jeez i have no words. 2/10 so far. Considering you're a Jojofag. I'm surprised you just watched a mecha anime. |
| Yes, yes it´s true, the monsters were cool!!! The apocalyptic earth seems very attractive!!! |
| WOW! Simply amazing! I just watched this show without expecting anything and it left me clapping at the end of the episode! Trigger did it again! and collaboration with A-1...hmmm I see... 5/5. |
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Swagernator said: yeaaa my sweet baby <3 that lovely mecha action they got this production can make this top notch afFucking hell. This is how true mecha looks like when right studio and right people producing it. The design of those FranXX is sick. |
| Ok I am impressed lol This has eureka 7 feels and the main character is Taki from Kimi no na wa. As long as both of them stay alive till the end, should be a good show. |
sneakers-n-cake said: fairly disappointing. i really don't like the main character. compared to other trigger protagonists, he's so so so very generic in both design, voice, and personality. kind of a shame. still, the last few minutes of the episode were pretty exciting. im sure he will grow to be a decent character. believe in me who believe in trigger. |
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Sweanime said: Don´t understand how some people thinks this is hard to follow? Quite easy IMO. And must the whole plot vomit over you in the first episode of 24 instead of progress with it? It´s not like it´s the show LOST. kids... Yeah I was a tad amused reading all those complaints..... They must be the type of people to watch a movie with their friends and ask who that character is the second he is introduced. |
I knew someone would be mad about the butt grab. Pervy uncles are not socially acceptable anymore I guess. It's funny how portrayal of death and gore carry less stigma than grabbing someone's ass these days. |
BoiiiiiiiiiiJan 14, 2018 1:52 AM
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| cool animation & art but the story wasn't anything intresting. It's your typical boys meets girls piloting a mecha which we already have seen countless of tmes. MC is also bland as heck. |
| Negatives: The first meeting while the woman bathes cliche. The femme fatale clichee. Sociological/magical mecha transformation/upgrades. Positives: Interesting spin on couples, the ying yang concept. Beta to alpha story. Serious non-comedic aspect. No annoying naruto character. I think it’s the best first episode of the season so far. I see promise in this anime. I hope it isn’t squandered. |
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Krish_Phoenixx said: I'm in love with this show. Everyone was overhyping Violet evergarden but I believe this show might turnout to be the anime of the year, I can't believe this, just 2 weeks into 2018 I'm already watching and loving 3 new shows and sequels to shows like Basilisk which was btw totally unexpected, this is gonna be a great year for anime fans. Both were overhyped. True AOTY is Devilman Crybaby (so far). |
| >no one has mentioned fiver star stories or dancouga >barely anyone has mentioned zoids, eureka 7 or star driver #gottaupdateyourmechaknawledge |
CabronJan 14, 2018 4:06 AM
Please learn about cel animation and its technical process. Learn how special effects and backlighting were done without computers. |
| It was an interesting albeit generic start. I'm interested in learning more about the premise, Zero Two, Hiro and the kids' group |
| This really felt like an Evangelion knockoff - not just because of the mecha genre, but because a lot of things which didn't need to be copied were copied or almost. The character archetypes - especially the MC and Zero Two - are quite clearly Shinji and Asuka expies. The MC especially is so similar to Shinji, I fail to see where's the innovation here. With all the different male teenage archetypes we have today, why did they have to go with the one which has already been done to death rather than trying something new? But even when it comes to minor details, the NGE similarities are frankly excessive. The cockpit inside, for example, is a blatant copy of the Evas, from the shape of the seat to the screens around it. And by now, we had plenty of examples of how to do this differently in other mecha anime. Really, this feels less like a "must" of the genre and more like laziness on part of the writers. I honestly don't have high expectations from this. Maybe the plot will get somehow interesting, but so far, I'd rather re-watch Evangelion TBH. |
| Decent starter I guess, looking at these other comments it seems like the hype has gotten to some viewers :/ Did not expect the Franxx to start talking O_o |
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| What a godtier start |
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| Missing the Romance tag. Seriously this show brings back memory to Star Driver. Can't wait for the next episode! 10/10 |
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