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| This whole season, as many have said, has been a fun ride. The visuals are great especially coming from a Studio Pierrot. There was a lot of creativity involved, from the OP changes revealing the deaths of Akudama to the title of Each episode being a movie with one similar theme or scene within the show. The song was a bit weird when I first heard it but this last episode, I was bopping my head to the song as Courier drives off. I had only wished more stuff could have been added to the characters but overall, I give this series a 9. |
"Perfection is perception. For me, humanity's imperfections is what makes it perfect"  |
| I didn't expect to survive the akudamas so.... yeah, the show was pretty good! the animation, story, soundtrack, and character, Overall 8/10 |
| An amazing anime, with a great, but tragic ending to the main characters T_T It's still one of the best this year! |
| First four episodes were weak and the series obviously never got a chance to flesh things out, but at least Kodaka's ideas were there for the second half of the series |
| All executioners can do is kill to solve problems, proves that they are no better than Akudama. What a thrilling anime, Studio Pierrot...fantastic work! This final episode was magnificent, went from a touching and sad goodbye to a rebellion against the executioners and then Courier giving his life to let the children reach Shikoku, god...what a great ending. Well people won't remember Ordinary Person as swindler, they will remember her as a normal civilian. Final score 8/10 > 8/10 |
Penguinman37Dec 24, 2020 7:55 AM
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| While all of the characters death was on point with their character, the open ending kinda ruined it. I like to think the brother and sister found happiness on the other side. 7/10 |
| At least the town realized everything but this show was not that enjoyable to me Courier is so cool 😞 |
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| Whaaaat is that it? They just died like that while the two annoying female executioners and their stupid chief are still alive? That's dark. Thanks hacker, proven himself useful even in death. And RIP Courier and Swindler. I think everyone who watched this, whether they loved it or hated it, would agree on this one thing: This anime had some gorgeous visuals. 8/10 overall. Could be a masterpiece if the second half wasn't a bit meh and if at least one of the Akudama somehow survived. When everyone dies it just leaves a bitter aftertaste, y'know.. a not very pleasant one. Like soap. |
bluninjaDec 24, 2020 8:21 AM
| If you read Eleceed you're automatically my friend. |
| I have mix feeling but i sure did enjoyed this series |
| BRAWLERS |
| Swindler actually killed the most people in the series, through indirectly as a result of her actions. Also, loli confronting executioners for killing her parents was quite sad and emotional. There are no heroes in this story. |
PiromyslDec 24, 2020 10:22 AM
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| good show, I had my doubts that the show would derail to something else than advertised but I'm glad it didn't. It offered everything it was supposed to and did it perfectly. |
| So it pretty much ended how we expected with everyone dying. I wish I could’ve found it in me to actually care about any of the characters and their deaths. Swindler and courrier’s efforts at the end were really impressive, though. That animation during courrier’s riding up the tower was awesome too I think Akudama drive had some really cool and unique concepts and really did try to be original , but it just didn’t hit for me. 6/10. Probably my least fave of the season alongside 100-man. |
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| Well, I guess the show went out with a banger, Courier and Swindler included in fact. Kinda wished we gotta a better ending montage. Overall, there isn't really much to say about this, it was a crazy over the top fun ride. Nothing more and nothing less, but it was fun and pure spectacle right from the start until the very end. I liked the first half more than the second cause it felt they rushed through the second half killing characters to give us the big conclusion but maybe it worked against them a little. 7/10 |
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| That was an amazing final episode. This show has gotten better with every passing episode. This is why i watch seasonal anime, for shows like this. Super animation, stunning visuals with loads of symbolism in this episode along with the perfect OST for sci-fi action. @_MushiRock11_ completey agree with your sentiment. This has been a great show and a nice surprise for me this season. Top quality animation and visuals. Great show, an easy 9/10 for me. |
23feanorDec 24, 2020 10:22 AM
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| Very refreshing anime,not predictable and very energetic/crazy,i liked that they didn't try to make the characters all that likeable,they were the main characters but still,they were criminels and acted like it I hope for a movie version now that removes that awful censor thought,but overall grats to Danganronpa's creator and to Pierrot,you did good ! |
| Deep dark fantasies |
| I'm going with 9 out of 10. What a fun ride! |
| It wasn't as good as it could have been but it was still a good final for a good show. 7/10 |
| check out odd taxi |
| I swear I'm speechless, but I'll try. I couldn't even blink my eyes, lmao. The music, the scenery, the messages behind, the suffering... It was like I was watching a movie. It's my favorite type of ending: slow and sad music. Dude... I'm crying. Really, I'm crying. |
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| If nothing else this was pretty entertaining, albeit a bit too fancy for my taste. I would've preferred something more straight and except for Brawlers death I wasn't really emotionally invested. |
One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron |
| My favorite show of Fall 2020 by far. Very original universe, with a bit of Cyberpunk & Blade Runner traits. Decent story but excellent characters whom I enjoyed watching evolve in their own universe. Honestly the number of twists made this show much more interesting than I expected it to be ! Someone said a few weeks ago "Akudama Drive will be an Akame Ga Kill bis" : well this user was right, since every protagonists died. Even after a few episodes, I'll remember their presence, personnality etc. An excellent universe, excellent characters and excellent fight scenes. The only negative points : lack of information about the background (when does it take place, what happened precisely in the past, etc), it - in my opinion - misses an epilogue or at least some more scenes during the ED/credits, with the fates of the Executioners. Every episode became better & better, the evolution of both story & characters was truly amazing. I started with episode 1, thinking it could be a nice Suicide Squad thingy, but I ended up with goosebumps & tiny chills, when everyone died. Farewell Akudama, I will miss you but won't wish for another season. Your stories were concluded and I loved it ! |
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| Eh, even though the finale was great visually, I don't think it could save this series. Honestly, this anime had some pretty cool ideas and concepts, but it seems that they could not excute them to the max. It's not that it wasn't fun (because it was fun), but it seems the anime did not know what it wanted to accomplish. I agree with someone here, in that this would have been better using a movie format, cuz I really had a problem getting in with characters. 6/10 |
| In the end every Akudama that died while doing their thing smiled in their last moments. Brawler smiled after his best fight Hoodlum smiled standing up for his first time Hacker smiled finding the ultimate game Swindler smiled topling the executioners Courier smiled sending of his package |
| Even if our opinions differ, you are awesome! |
RathZa said: In the end every Akudama that died while doing their thing smiled in their last moments. Brawler smiled after his best fight Hoodlum smiled standing up for his first time Hacker smiled finding the ultimate game Swindler smiled topling the executioners Courier smiled sending of his package Good observation. I enjoyed this ride, the ending was a bit sad, but the kids finally have their freedom. |
| Damn what a brilliant ending. Swindler letting herself die and swindle the people by showing the whole Kansai people that The Executioners are the real Akudama. What's funny is that Swindler was finished off by an Executioner by the cemented cross. This episode airs on Christmas Eve so that's why it's really timely for them to do so. And look at that, the people brought a second protest and this time much larger and much fiercer than the first. Using as an escape, Courier made a tower collapse for them to escape Shikoku. But since he is also running out of life, he then stall the big airships that is chasing down our Immortal Siblings. Also Hacker pulled out a gut punch move and pretty much rekt all of Kansai of its electrical power. And since we don't know what might've happened next, I guess Kansai fell into inevitable anarchy and the remaining Executioners are in hiding for their dear lives. Onii-chan and Imouto managed to escape after Courier dies on the desert. And wow an open ending, really Pierrot? I was kinda OK with that ending since they showed off that Kanto is pretty much a supercomputer so guessing Shikoku is no brainer for me. Overall, the show was pretty great in the first half. Dipped so much on the latter half and manages to save itself with a very passable and bombastic ending. I'm between in a 7 or 8 on this, kinda good but almost an original masterpiece. The animation and art was really fantastic yet the story and pacing brought it down. |
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deg said: is she the first evil transgender in anime? but i forgive her in my fantasy since she is sexy hot lol She is officially a FEMALE not a trans https://akudamadrive.fandom.com/wiki/Doctor |
| Great last episode. I love the voice actress of the "boss". Cool chars, cool action and also the sound/music was nice. That itself is enough for a good 8/10 for me. On top of that it didn't have annoying moments. So it was a great action show. Yeah: The plot was interesting in the beginning but started to lack at the end. But that is not so important in action. A lot of other action shows as less well-made. Kekkai Sensen with "cool" stuff came to my mind - as similar anime - where they seeme to have tried too hard with the plot - making it boring and creating some less interesting chars. (Seems to have a similar score than Akudama Drive though. Different people watched and liked it.) |
solidss said: deg said: is she the first evil transgender in anime? but i forgive her in my fantasy since she is sexy hot lol She is officially a FEMALE not a trans https://akudamadrive.fandom.com/wiki/Doctor Well, we saw her trying to hit on Curier and getting laid with Hoodlum and nothing implied that any of them are LGBT, so... |
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| In the end, the coin protected whoever had it. I quite liked the ending even though it's an open ending for those kids. It was an unexpected very good anime. In fact, its very easy for this type of show to be generic or quite forgettable. My only issue with the ending is the Execution Division Apprentice, it sems to me that she didn't have a proper conclusion even though her character development was built during several episodes. I love the Akudama side, they're charismatic, funny and unique. AOTS. 8/10 for the anime. |
NurguburuDec 24, 2020 10:44 AM
| All weebs creatures of the galaxy, hear this message. Those of you who listen will not be struck by western animation. You will no longer know hunger, nor pain. Your Anime have come to lead you now. Our strength shall serve as a luminous sun toward which all intelligence may blossom. And the impervious shelter beneath which you will prosper. However, for those who refuse our offer and cling to their western animation ways… For you, there will be great wrath. |
| Oh man, I really wanted Swindler and Courier to survive but it is what it is and I'm not even mad about it... and I'm not a fan of bittersweet endings but this one was pretty satisfying. Swindler finally having her intro was great and of course when the OP started playing... I always love when they do that. RIP, you two, you went out like fucking champs. The only thing I think they could have done more with was the pupil. I don't know, throughout the show it always seemed like she would do something or be more relevant but in the end she just got stuck on the wrong side. Funny to think that I almost missed this show and caught up when 5 episodes had already aired and it ended up being one of my favorite shows of this season and one of the best anime of the year, truly an amazing show. |
| Ah man, I haven't been hurt by an anime like this in ages. It was a bittersweet ending imo; all the Akudama died but every single one of them had a hand in highlighting that Kansai was corrupt from the top down and that makes their deaths mean something. I'm just so happy that the kids managed to get to a place where they could live normal lives and it's all thanks to Swindler & Courier. One thing I found really thought-provoking with this anime is the way it showed that crime is not black and white; there are those who do crime because they have to, those who do it because they like it, those who know nothing else and even people who think they're righteous sometimes do evil things. Brilliant anime overall! |
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| I'm not sure I could say that there was a good way to end this at this point, but I've been surprised before. I was not surprised here, unless you count some profoundly bizarre and horrendous speeches glorifying suicide, and refusing to ever learn, change, or adapt. Of course, it takes one little video from Hackerman to turn the entire city on the police, who are now incapable of even dealing with a dude throwing a molotov. This is also apparently the point of that one whiny cop, to get shockingly shot by a kid. I have no idea if the girl cop learned anything at all. She looked aghast at their propoganda used against them and then just vanished from the episode, along with her boss. Meanwhile, Knight Rider and kids drove off to… uh, some random bridge somewhere, shot a couple random VTOLs, and then the episode was over. Was the lesson here really sacrifice anybody and anything for your personal ambitions? Did anybody learn anything? Was anything accomplished? Is this bridge to another wasteland? Was the totalitarian society overthrown? Did we just straight up forget that the show was ending this week? In any case to me in the end this was just another forgettable action show with nonsensical plot. |
| the ending though.. all of the akudama died.. when swindler got killed ..I was so furious |
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| Some good news if you felt the ending was rushed. I enjoyed it while it lasted. 8/10 https://mobile.twitter.com/RanobeSugoi/status/1342189491692261376 |
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