Cop Craft Episode 1 Discussion

alpha_shadow said:
This was really nicely put together. I was worried about the studio and staff, but they're doing a great job at bringing this crazy world to life.

It's really brutal right off the bat and I love the main characters, they'll make an interesting team. The action scenes are nice and I hope the production can keep it up.

It will be a fun time. And this line was iconic. "Satan can suck my dick". Kei is great.

-TACHYON- said:
I look forward to how the setting will be handled as it appears very intriguing; what could possibly happen when you introduce evil wizards and illegaly smuggled magical beasts and materials into the complicated crimescape of a modern city with one of the more active undergrounds? It can't be that bad, right?

Similarly, though it has been only hinted at, the clash between a cynical and an idealistic view on justice and law enforcment will be a treat if done well. It appears to me the author leans more towards the cynical view, but the resolution should be interesting.

salbery755 said:
Well ... this anime started tragically and with a lot of action.
I decided to watch this anime just for curiosity and the truth is that it exceeded my expectations.

Kei is the rude detective with few words that always stand out for speaking little and going to action, it is a real pity what happens with his partner Rick and it is sadder to see that the man left behind a family, I hope Kei managed to avenge him .

Tilarna is too funny, a royal lady and an excellent swordswoman, and I love her curiosity about the new world she is sent to.

The combination of the police genre with the fantasy genre worked quite well in my opinion.

That cliffhanger, in the middle of a shooting with the possible fairy kidnapper, i felt the episode too short to be the first one, but it served very well as an introduction to the main characters and this world where the action takes place.

In general the anime works quite well, has an animation according to the genre that tries to combine and the design of characters is very good, personally Tilarna is the one I liked the most and because of what I saw in the OP more girls will appear, which It pleases me a lot and speaking of the OP I liked it a lot and the ED showed Tilarna in all her beauty.

nightcrawlercyp said:

Why is UN so powerful? Why do they accept those aliens? Why do they care what happens to them? So far I am in the criminal team all the way

JGChaves said:


The first question may be a mistake of the author. Many people don't understand what the UN can and cannot do.
As for second and third... huh, those aliens are clearly sentient beings with the same ability to think and feel humans have. Why shouldn't the UN care about them?

nightcrawlercyp said:
They are not humans. They are invaders. Just because they are sentient does not mean they should be considered as important as humans. Caring for your own species more is the only way o survive

LeMasta said:
Was that "satan can smd" line a literal translation?

EratiK said:
No, in Japanese he says "I couldn't care less about Satan" サタンなんぞ知るか.

-TACHYON- said:


As far as I am aware, no one invaded anything; just a gate connecting two worlds suddenly appreared out of nowhere, and, although we do not know the history yet, it is likely that no large-scale war occured since the diplomatic relations between the countries on Earth and in the other world seem to be peaceful. As such, we can conclude that after some skirmishes or shows of power, UN, as the representative of all countries on Earth, negotiated with the kingdom from the other world and, apparently, came to a concensus, probably signing a peace treaty, or perhaps an alliance even. After that, it is only natural that trade, cultural exchange and intermingling of the people of the two worlds ensued, the result being the city where the story takes place.

As for why the people of the other world are treated as, well, people, them being sentient, able to communicate and not hostile should be reason enough not to start a war against them, though a certain degree of discrimination should be expected, as we are, after all, humans. But if that is not enough for you, the fact that they can use magic which may possibly, when cast by powerful mages, be as strong as, if not even stronger than, atomic bombs as well as the possibility of them having tamed dragons or other magical creatures, which may be invulnerable to modern weaponry, should be enough deterrent for countries on Earth to think twice before becoming hostile. Add on to that the fact that we humans are never united, so considerable amount of people, if not the majority, would advocate against war.

Lastly, there are trade benefits and the addition of magic. What if using alchemy or healing magic, it was possible to cure incurable diseases? What if you could solve global warming or deforestation or desertification or other major problems by means of magic? The possibilities are endless and it is never wise to start a conflict with a lack of information.

Tl;dr: the other world most likely has great military power and/or invasion is logistically infeasiblle or humans don't know of their power but would rather not try as they can use magic, and thus a friendly relations were estabilished, giving everyone equal fundemental rights in both worlds.

nightcrawlercyp said:
1. When a large population moves on your territory it is an invasion. They will consume resources making life harder and if they multiply at the same or higher rate than current population it will probably replace it. Is invasion by simple moving in and reproducing. Not all invasions have to be accompanied by a war. Not if the inhabitants of the invaded land are bonobos that do not oppose of being invaded.
About not being hostile not what this episode showed. Even the so called nobles are hostile and it looks pretty much like a takeover as humans cannot oppose them.
Magic cannot cure anything not inflicted by magic. At most it can speed up the body natural healing mechanisms. About global warming and the others humans can solve them pretty simple: PLANT TREES! Not that hard right? If you have a desertified area bring some trash and plant some trees. Also stop consuming more than you need. Follow these two and problem solved. Things like recycling and carbon footprint does not matter too much in reality. Trees stabilize the climate in an area, produce oxygen and neutralize a lot of toxic substances.

katsu044 said:
homie told her over the phone THE PHONE!

i didn't dislike it will see where it goes the hard cut cliffhanger caught me off guard was like damn just gonna end there.


only real bad thing is they seem to be pushing quite a bit of fanservice on the loli alien ant saying her name because it's too long

Arylon said:

Nice racism, but let's analyze why you're wrong.
1. "Invasion:
noun
an act or instance of invading or entering as an enemy, especially by an army.
the entrance or advent of anything troublesome or harmful, as disease.
entrance as if to take possession or overrun
infringement by intrusion."
Let's analyze every single definition. First, he aliens don't have an army; second, aside from a few criminals nothing suggest that the majority of them are harmful; third, they aren't taking possess or overrunning nothing, we have no reason to suspect that they aren't normal working citizens; fourth, it's not an intrusion, like it was implied in the episode trade and intermingling of people are allowed.
2. They're not hostile. A few of them are criminals. Denying this is the same as saying that all italians are criminals because they've created the mafia. This is a by the book racist generalization.
3. Nothing has showed that the nobles are hostile. The little girl is simply not accustomed to how human interact with each other, nothing major though since she didn't commit any crime. The differences probably only concern communication.
And before you're going to say it. Aliens ARE people. From what we've seeing in this anime aliens are basically humans from another world. They have high intelligence, like us, they have emotions, like us, they have vices, like us, they have virtues, like us. Nothing suggest that they should be treated in any way different from us.
Still I want to congratulate to you. I can't decide if you're actually a racist or just a troll, all your comments from this thread and the katsute kami datta kemono-tachi e one and the hypocrisy hidden between them lead me to take both of these options in account.

Oniikami said:
CGI was kept to a minimum (car scenes) but at least it's way better than what the studio has done before (with the Berserk series).

very interested to see where this goes. i'll lol if the ultimate goal is to obtain a magical wand

Chrome_Falcon said:
The animation was actually good, the premise interesting. Can't believe this is from the studio that animated berserk 16. Overall I have a good first impression. Hoping that the quality is maintained throughout the season.