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| Know nothing about Shenmue but looks good so far |
| The classic Dreamcast game of the same name released 2 decades earlier, now turned into an anime 23 years later. Briefly remembered the game since I'm beginning to be more of a retro nut, and Telecom Animation Film did a decent job on the reimagination of the classic, cult-following 1999 game. Bailu Village may never look as great as the game, but it's close enough. Also, the nostalgia grows because MC Ryo Hazuki and his villain Lan Di's VA are the EXACT same as the Japanese original, and both Masaya Matsukaze and Takahiro Sakurai did a knock-out job. Some of the new VAs like Haruka Terui and Haruka Fushimi as Shenhua and Nozomi Harusaki respectively are these to keep things fresh for newcomers into the Shenmue universe. For the premiere episode, this is exact to the game's premise (as in the OG 1999/2000 game) of Lan Di murdering Ryo's father, the head of the Hazuki Dojo, and for a replication, this is acceptable enough. And Ryo is just getting started on scouting for Lan Di and digging his father's past to know every nook and cranny of what happened before it did. Kashitarou Itou's OP is decent enough, all things considered. To see Shenmue get an anime adaptation some 20+ years later since the game's inception, this is a good start. But given that director Chikara Sakurai is back from One-Punch Man Season 2 to direct this, I'm quite worried for the adaptation going forward. Mod Edit: Removed back-seat modding. |
anime-primeFeb 9, 2022 12:53 PM
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| Massive Shenmue fan here, my favourite game of all time, but I wasn't impressed with the first episode of the anime. I personally thought it was rushed and a bit of a mess. The voice acting in Engllish was bad, the art wasn't as good as I thought it would be. Disappointed with the start, hopefully it gets better. |
| at the pace its going it looks like they will try to summarize 2 games into a 1cour? first episode is okay it was a nice retelling |
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| I think the first episode in particular feels a bit too fast (having played the games) because they're trying to connect Ryo's past (which wasn't in shenmue 1) and the first few hours of the game to set the tone of the next few episodes to come. They had to condense a few things but honestly it all felt fine the way they did it. The only thing I didn't like was Ine-san agreeing to Ryo's revenge thing so easily. That would have never happened in the game. That aside, goddamn, that was GREAT!! The soundtrack is incredible. Loved the Ending animation & credits! Gonna have to give this a solid 8.5/10 for now. Next episode may increase that. :) |
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RetroLord120 said: I think the first episode in particular feels a bit too fast (having played the games) because they're trying to connect Ryo's past (which wasn't in shenmue 1) and the first few hours of the game to set the tone of the next few episodes to come. They had to condense a few things but honestly it all felt fine the way they did it. The only thing I didn't like was Ine-san agreeing to Ryo's revenge thing so easily. That would have never happened in the game. That aside, goddamn, that was GREAT!! The soundtrack is incredible. Loved the Ending animation & credits! Gonna have to give this a solid 8.5/10 for now. Next episode may increase that. :) Chai appearing so early was easily the worst part for me. I hated that. There was just way too much change and I really hate when another media decides to rush through the original version. I hate it when Anime rushes through Manga and it's the same with this. Slow it down, tell the story, I don't need to everything to happen in the first episode. My attention span isn't that bad. Also, another thing I didn't like was Nozomi's character design. She looked nothing like Nozomi. |
| WAIT WTF, no one told me we were getting a shenmue anime this season. Shenmue was literally my childhood growing up on the original Xbox. It’s been so long since the game came out so it’s impossible for me to really comment on the pacing or how faithful they’ve been in this first episode, but I’m certainly going to enjoy the trip down memory Lane. Art is solid, animation was alright, no real complaints |
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| Shenmue fan since the Dreamcast days and gotta say this is a great start. They changed things around, but of course they would, there was no way to tell the story like the game did. Like the character designs and Japanese VA, Nozomi is probably they only one whose design is a bit off. The music too, straight outta the game, love it. Looks like it will probably tell the story of both games, gonna predict five episodes for game one and the rest for game two, since there's more to tell there. |
| “I just spent the last two years thinking that you guys knew more than me about life and I just found out that you guys are just as dumb as me.” “Duh-doy.” “Yeah, duh-doy.” |
| As someone who loves the game, I think this adaptation left a bit to be desired, judging from the first episode. I don't think it's necessarily bad though. It does seem like they cheaped out on the animation quality which is a shame, not just fighting scenes but even characters talking or slightly moving. It doesn't bother me too much at least. The OST was something that I thought was great. Nice remixes of classic music from the game and used in all the right moments. The biggest issue I had with this episode is how they handled dramatic moments, in particular the death of Hazuki's father. It was actually laughable to be honest, and it took a lot away from the scene, but I'll let it slide and have hope they can do future scenes justice. |
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| it's highly recommended to play the games first before starting watching the anime to get a good background about the world and its characters the anime will not have enough time to include all that + these games are great so you got nothing to lose in doing so |
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| Amazing first episode! I enjoyed it very much and I know all the story of the games, so surely that people that did never play the games will enjoy even more! They keep things very understable and interesting in every moment for newcomers. I like the nice new details to the story, they did adapt the games to the anime form very well. The animation and the OST are great! Can't wait to next one! |
-Hyunckel-Feb 6, 2022 6:49 AM
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| Honestly think it was a very well done first episode in spite of the overall animation quality looking a bit lacking outside of a couple good shots during the chai fight. I think it just did a very good job of making shenmue feel a more fast paced without feeling TOO rushed, I don't know if this is gonna appeal to anyone outside of established fans but from an anime perspective it feels ripped straight out of the mid 00's in a directing/artstyle way for me which has appeal to me at least. The opening is very obviously one of those cheap ones just using animation from the show itself overlayed on simple backgrounds, but whats interesting to me is it looks like they have the final fight from 3 shiloueted, I wonder if they are gonna maybe combine the plots of 2 and 3 together which frankly, probably isnt that hard given how notihng 3 was plot wise and more or less recycled the same revelations so might as well just combine the 2. xGoldenDarkness said: Honestly might be for the best, like Shenmue's appeal was being a slow paced detective story with an absurd amount of detail in the world, but the actual plot itself is REALLY spread out, I feel like an adaption of the first game that takes a whole season would be the most mind numbingly boring thing even to fans cause barely anything happens in the first game. Now the 2nd game is more where im concerned, cause shit actually happens in that game and I could see it feeling pretty climactic at points unlike the first game, I feel like its a damned if you do damned if you dont scenario where it really needed like a 24 episode series where 6-8 for the first game and the rest could be the 2nd. But a 1 cour anime might just be too limiting in general.at the pace its going it looks like they will try to summarize 2 games into a 1cour? first episode is okay it was a nice retelling My main thought though is they are gonna rush through the first 2 games and trying to see if they can't use the anime to finish the story in a speedrun, if they get a 2nd season so little happens in 3 they probably could gloss over most of it in a couple episodes and move into what could of been the events of 4 and up. Which is a shame cause I'd rather play that since the main plot isn't really the appeal of this series as it is more so the slice of life/life simulator. But I fully accepted that 3 was such a huge flop that likely isn't happening. |
JizzyHitlerFeb 6, 2022 7:52 AM
Immahnoob said: Jizzy, I know you have no idea how to argue for shit, tokiyashiro said: Jizzy as you would call yourself because youre a dick The most butthurt award goes to you And clearly you havent watched that many shows thats why you cant determine if a show is unique or not Or maybe you're just a child who likes common stuffs where hero saves the day and guys gets all the girls. Sad taste you have there kid you came up to me in the first place making you look more like a kid who got slapped without me even knowing it and start crying about it to me |
JokerVentura said: Shenmue fan since the Dreamcast days and gotta say this is a great start. They changed things around, but of course they would, there was no way to tell the story like the game did. Like the character designs and Japanese VA, Nozomi is probably they only one whose design is a bit off. The music too, straight outta the game, love it. Looks like it will probably tell the story of both games, gonna predict five episodes for game one and the rest for game two, since there's more to tell there. I never even heard of the game before. So to me this is just like an 80's karate flick xD Very simplistic and straight forward, but that's part of the charm and honestly preferable for this kind of story. |
One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron |
| I heard of the Shenmue games, but never really played them since I never owned a Dreamcast. I'm still somewhat familiar of how the games story begins which I think they did a good job in this episode. Hopefully, the anime adaptation will not as the first game with its slow pacing and we get some good fight scenes. Can't for the part where he starts looking for sailors or driving the forklift. |
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| The first episode better than I thought :) |
Nothing ventured, nothing gained (Girls und Panzer der Film ) / from Nishizumi Miho |
| do you know a place where sailors hang out? |
pls play jet set radio future for the microsoft xbox. thanks |
| Dayum 6.5 rating, there is no way. I can't see it being anything under a 7 currently lol. |
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slenderblak said: people really monstrously downrated it, doesnt deserve 6 at all no matter how fast the pacing was Well I'm a big Shenmue fan, and I wouldn't rate that episode higher than a 5, so I understand where the low ratings are coming from. I thought the second half of the episode was a mess. |
slenderblak said: 1st episode rating pretty much do not matter as they always change pretty drastically as the shows go along, shenmue's bigger issue is absolutely no one had any interest in watching it past die hard fans. No different than the world ends with you from a few seasons back and that was for a series with exponentially more goodwill and a sequel coming out in the following months of release. In contrast this is an adaption of a game from 20+ years ago with a tarnished brand name due to a series of controversies and a lukewarm received 3rd game with a continuation ever happening very up in the air.people really monstrously downrated it, doesnt deserve 6 at all no matter how fast the pacing was I love the series and think it doesn't deserve that gradually more negative perception it has had since the HD collection came out, but I'm just being real here, this shit don't appeal to more than a tiny niche in a best case scenario. Game adaptations already are off-putting to most anime fans due to their low quality but couple that with the series being infamously unfinished and the 3rd game not being that well liked, most would probably say its not even worth giving it a chance. |
JizzyHitlerFeb 6, 2022 1:23 PM
Immahnoob said: Jizzy, I know you have no idea how to argue for shit, tokiyashiro said: Jizzy as you would call yourself because youre a dick The most butthurt award goes to you And clearly you havent watched that many shows thats why you cant determine if a show is unique or not Or maybe you're just a child who likes common stuffs where hero saves the day and guys gets all the girls. Sad taste you have there kid you came up to me in the first place making you look more like a kid who got slapped without me even knowing it and start crying about it to me |
slenderblak said: people arent even interested enough to get to the page and be turned off by the rating is what im saying. JizzyHitler said: .the issue isnt people not watching it, its the low rating they give instead of actually analyzing the quality of the anime, i watched it and it was an excellent quality episode so yeah giving it a 6 is a bit too low 1st episode rating pretty much do not matter as they always change pretty drastically as the shows go along, shenmue's bigger issue is absolutely no one had any interest in watching it past die hard fans. No different than the world ends with you from a few seasons back and that was for a series with exponentially more goodwill and a sequel coming out in the following months of release. In contrast this is an adaption of a game from 20+ years ago with a tarnished brand name due to a series of controversies and a lukewarm received 3rd game with a continuation ever happening very up in the air I love the series and think it doesn't deserve that gradually more negative perception it has had since the HD collection came out, but I'm just being real here, this shit don't appeal to more than a tiny niche in a best case scenario. Game adaptations already are off-putting to most anime fans due to their low quality but couple that with the series being infamously unfinished and the 3rd game not being that well liked, most would probably say its not even worth giving it a chance. |
Immahnoob said: Jizzy, I know you have no idea how to argue for shit, tokiyashiro said: Jizzy as you would call yourself because youre a dick The most butthurt award goes to you And clearly you havent watched that many shows thats why you cant determine if a show is unique or not Or maybe you're just a child who likes common stuffs where hero saves the day and guys gets all the girls. Sad taste you have there kid you came up to me in the first place making you look more like a kid who got slapped without me even knowing it and start crying about it to me |
Hamsandwich25 said: Also, it's quite sad that the shenmue dojo has a thread encouraging users to artificially inflate the score here, but what can you do? That'l be annoying, I wanna see what kind of score this series will be without that especially from what anyone thats not already a fan thinks. |
JizzyHitlerFeb 7, 2022 5:48 AM
Immahnoob said: Jizzy, I know you have no idea how to argue for shit, tokiyashiro said: Jizzy as you would call yourself because youre a dick The most butthurt award goes to you And clearly you havent watched that many shows thats why you cant determine if a show is unique or not Or maybe you're just a child who likes common stuffs where hero saves the day and guys gets all the girls. Sad taste you have there kid you came up to me in the first place making you look more like a kid who got slapped without me even knowing it and start crying about it to me |
| Yeah I thought it was pretty sweet. |
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