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Stark700 said: I played the first game nearly 6 years ago so the beginning felt familar. Loved how they handled the action and soundtrack for this with the chereography. OP song sounded great with Aimer and some of the character movements reflects the style of the game. Various characters are shown in there so I hope they showcase as many as possible this season. 2B shows her no-nonsense fighting style and her skills as expected. It feels like they are combining the routes of A and B together, which I think should work out. Very impressive start. Replicant is the first game not automata |
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| The CG really um... mmm... that was something- it was kind of weird, but, I guess it's okay considering the challenges of animating machines like the Goliath and... later ones that we'll see. Maybe the CG will improve with later episodes? Otherwise, though, it was so neat seeing all of this animated, and hearing soundtracks from the game as well. Interesting how they're combining aspects of routes A and B from the start, and I wonder how they'll continue to do that in the future! I do hope they'll slow down the pacing just a little bit. The changes to 2Bs opening monologue already hint at how this adaption will be different- I can't wait to see what other surprises they have in store for us. Speaking of surprises, the puppet show at the end was so great! I feel like it captured the 'spirit' of the game, and I'll look forward to those at the end of every episode. I'm glad they didn't spoil anything further for those experiencing the story for the first time... Still, 9S was so cheeky there, hehe~ There's not really much else I can say without spoiling (a running theme for this series-), so I'll just leave it here and say that I'm really excited for more! |
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| Mfs already got this down to a 7.27 on MAL lmao. This was a fantastic first episode. Think they adapted it as well as they could have adapted. It’s a bit confusing by design and hopefully they’re able to keep the quality going forward as things become clearer. Art was stellar, animation was great, love the inclusion of the game music too! |
Marinate1016Jan 7, 2023 10:27 AM
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| What an appaling CGI. A-1, are you retarded? I expected anything from this one, but not that I couldn't even finish the first fucking episode lul |
| I haven't played the game, I'm planning on playing it on switch later, but does the anime seem to be showing the various endings in each episode? Thanks. |
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| I've never played the game so I'm going into this totally blind, full Stevie Wonder. This seems pretty decent so far and I'm interested in seeing how the story develops, so hopefully this ends up being good. |
| People on MAL refuse to actually enjoy watching anime. Your taste in anime isn't a personality trait. MAL is literally just anime Twitter as its own website lol. |
| Finally a good adaptation from a videogame. Sure follow faithfully the game story. Music op and same as the game. Yeah good premises. Hope will pull the game sales such as Masterpiece. |
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| o CG está muito bom, um dos melhores que ja vi nesse primeiro episódio, não joguei o jogo então não faço ideia sobre a história, então pra mim ta tudo um mistério, vou acompanhar. A direção parece ta muito boa, combates e animações fluidas, vamos acompanhando. |
| Ok start I guess. I really couldn't care less about the CGI, it's the story that didn't pull me in yet. |
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| Very good first ep, pretty much 1:1 adaptation from the opening act of the game, if memory serves me right. Pleasantly surprised by the animations and CG, I'd say overall this seems like a good product of the mid 2000's. By the way, best ost of 2023 is already here. |
| As someone who played the game: PROS - OST is amazing, you can't go wrong with the game OST; - Voice Acting is also amazing as always; - Artwork is pretty good; - Environment was beautiful; - Good fight choreography for the most part; - Great mixing of Route A and B as of now. - 9S(my favourite character lmao); CONS - CGI was terrible, like really bad(they even reused models from the game); - Adding to the CGI, they didn't even bother drawing 9S and 2B on some parts when they were on the mechas, looking very unnatural and lazy; - Pacing is a bit too fast, some things were confusing, and the ending of the prologue wasn't as impactful as it was in the game; - Something not as important, but 2B's face shouldn't have been shown on the first episode, that's a reveal that happens only in the end of Route A. Final Rating 7.5/10 Hoping they slow down a bit, and don't abuse the CGI as much. |
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FMmatron said: Don't worry about that! It's one of the best of the medium!Ok start I guess. I really couldn't care less about the CGI, it's the story that didn't pull me in yet. |
| Usually I'm the guy that trashes anyone complaining about the CGI, but I have to say their flight unit model look like shit. Also I feel the framerate of some scenes are too low. But like we saw on multiple previews, the actual character models are gorgeous. As for adaptation, it's exactly what I expected. Adapting route A and B together to avoid repetition (my only flaw with the game) and it's condensing the content and trying to focus on most of the important elements, but with that comes a lack of emotional impact. This part of the game gave many players strong emotions already at the start because we saw 2B and 9S be together for almost an hour. While here it's only for 15 minutes. No anime only will actually care that much for them right now with this pacing. Anyway, I think the anime will be solid and a good experience, but the game is considered to be a masterpiece. I do recommend people to play it because honestly, the anime will just spoil what it could be a once in a lifetime experience for someone, and those are quite rare lately. |
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PoorSoul said: I haven't played the game, I'm planning on playing it on switch later, but does the anime seem to be showing the various endings in each episode? Thanks. Nier Automata has 5 "real" endings; each of which should be seen to really have completed the game. There are also 21 joke endings that you get when deliberately going off the narrative path or doing very silly things. It looks like they're going to be doing all the silly endings with the puppet show. As we saw at the end of today's episode, in the game you can self-destruct at any time and if you do that in the bunker, it triggers ending U, deb[U]nked. |
owarida6Jan 7, 2023 10:54 AM
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| As an anime-only, the only disturbing animated scene was the water animation. Other than that, it seems fine. |
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| I feel as if this episode was extremely rushed. The CGI, and animation overall, was very poor. Characters feel like PNGs whenever they're not talking or doing something. There's a scene where 2B holds the exact same pose for 15 seconds, and the characters feel stiff overall. When I saw sloppy animation in the trailers, I dismissed it as just being unfinished, or one-time occasions. That they don't even use cinematography or editing to try to hide it like a normal low-budget show doesn't make it better. The model used for the flight units are very bad, giving me Garry's Mod vibes (might also be lighting/shader issues), and one of the scenes where 2B flies over the water near the beginning looks like an in-engine cutscene from a PS2 game. What's the point of the anime if they're going to tell the story of the game with worse visuals? That's not even touching on how the pacing is butchered by trying to cram 30+ minutes of game into 15 minutes of anime without taking any breaks in the action. I feel like most of this episode was spent fighting even though the fights were extremely abridged (and one was outright skipped). I'm probably being overly negative though because I'm judging mainly on the visuals and pacing, not the story, which I've already experienced multiple times, or the music, which I've heard repeatedly over the last five years. I hope the rest of the episodes aren't like this. |
| Jesus i really did not like whatever this episode was. I never experienced nier in any capacity, so i wonder how i would view it in the anime. Man..., Like, the CG, really, really is not good, like im sorry. Apparently they resused the game assets from the game? Which uhhhh why would you do that?? Those assets, are for games, not anime. You cant expect them mixing up the same way, because they definitely dont. There is a reason why the best cg on the show is the robots, because those dont look to be actual assets and actually just stuff made specifically for the anime (also, what is the need for an anime, if all you are gonna do is reuse stuff from the original??). In terms of plot its uhhhhh sure something. I kinda didnt feel anything watching it, and i really didnt care about much of what was happening, which to be fair, its only the first episode, so its not like its likely for me to fell in love with the show right away, but even then there have been other shows this season that honestly made me far more interested in their premises than this one. I can imagine in the game it being a bit better, as i have always heard the gameplay for nier to be really fun and good. At least the music was pretty good i guess. |
daveo42 said: Sadly, this is absolutely pointless as an anime for anyone who has already played Automata and the worst way to consume Automata if you haven't. This is an abomination. Don't underestimate the novel version's terrible levels, regardless of how this anime would turn out to be whether good or bad, it ain't gonna be as rough and rushed to hell as that (especially the first book). |
| really nailed the environmental feel of the game, great work A-1! that ending skit with the sped up credits was hilariously reminiscent of automata's goofy endings too, loved that here's hoping i finished the endings theyre gonna adapt in the show... :_) |
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| Definitely wasn't the easiest pilot episode to follow but it's nice to see that the wonderful folks over at A-1 Pictures have at least made this a treat for now. A lot of CG scenes but the setting is well-drawn and the character designs are unique, so I'll take it. Never played the game before so I'm curious to see what the hype is all about. Hearing Ishikawa Yui-san in this sort of role is nice to see, as well. Op visuals were rather interesting to me, don't think many expected that. Something about the feel of the show is pretty good. |
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| I really liked, i loved the series and i think they really manage to handle very well the atmosphere and our MCs. Aimer song is amazing as expected. I liked the puppet thing in the end, they showing some of the joke ends you can get in the game. I want to see the fish one :v |
| I never played the game but this looks promising so far. Looking forward to see how things go from here. |
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| Never played the game so I have nothing to be disappointed about. Entertaining introduction to the world and 2B |
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| OK, the 3D CGI models look like straight rip-out of the PS4 game's files which are very contrasting vs the SPECTACULAR hand animation but overall BOY DOES THIS DELIVER where it should! Also, I'm glad that they reused the OST from the game because there is no way that they could do something even remotely good. Also, also Aimer <3 We need to do a statistic on 2B panty shots/episode and /minute, this might be a very interesting "study"! |
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| After all this time never expected this masterpiece to get an anime yet here we are. Truly 2023 really is full of surprises. Nice opening theme from Aimer too. They made the battle against the saw too easy lol. I must have died at least 50 times before i killed it ingame lol. They really showed the tension for the goliath seen well here. Not to mention the hacking part. Seeing this scene again really shows just how powerful the black boxes were though. Overall a solid opening ep that was both lore accurate and featured a nice blend of action and character intros. As long as this keeps up this series should be faithful to the game. The puppet play at the end was pretty amusing. |
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| NieR: Automata is one of my favorite games of all time. So I'm both excited and worried about this adaptation. The worrying has to do with the nature of the game itself. Even if they make changes to make it fit the anime format more I doubt it'd be able to capture the game properly so I set my expectations accordingly. Thankfully this episode made it look promising and I hope the rest of the 23 episodes can follow this same quality. I am more interested in seeing any potential anime-original content or things that weren't shown in the game. I don't understand why they didn't adapt NieR: Replicant yet though because I think that game could use more recognition. Hopefully it'll get one if this anime's successful. NieR: Automata v1.1a has the potential to surpass the likes of Cyberpunk: Edgerunners. At its worst, it could turn out like Persona 5 the Abomination which was also animated by A-1 and thus the source of my worries. I just hope this will be properly paced for 24 episodes. The puppet scene at the end caught me off-guard. This is actually kinda funny and I might look forward to these at the end of the episodes instead of the episodes themselves lol. If you're a gamer and didn't play the game yet, do yourself a favor and play the game on your PC/Xbox One/PS4/Switch. It's basically on all current-gen gaming platforms. You won't regret it. |
| Wow, it's somehow even more boring than the actual game. Granted I dunno what I expected since I didn't like Nier in the slightest but this episode is just one to one retracing of the game but without the gameplay itself? What's the point? It even looks so much worse than the source material, that animation is really not holding up. Aimer is nice tho |
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