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| I'm in love with the OP and ED. A chill adult MC who happens to be an otaku? I'm sold. If that's not enough, there's a Gothic Lolita to look forward to. |
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| Pretty good 1st episode and great OP/ED. I really liked the overall flow of the episode. The way the show handled most of weaponry shown was pretty spot-on, in my opinion. Even if the gore was “tone down” (I thought it was fine, to be honest), the overall initial threat still felt pretty impactful. Also..... Itami is an awesome main character, period. The fact that he isn’t 14-17 years is nice already. ”...My job is there only to support my hobby...” by Itami (QFT) Anyhow, I enjoyed it and I’m really looking forward next week’s episode. |
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Amarrez said: The violence wasn't censored? There was barely any violence on screen at all. The most violence you see is Itami with blood on his face after an implied violent act. The whole opening battle/rampage felt a little weak as a result. Could've been worse though. We could've had Terraformers all over again. |
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| seems okay. though it felt rushed imo, not sure though |
 But you'll still take damage! |
PornSymphony said: love the character design and animation but it's A-1 see if the animation going downhill later... Jonesy974 said: this is the most stupid comeback ever just let people state what they want lol...Don't like it? Don't watch it. Don't like it? Don't read it. |
| Been looking forward to this, was a bit surprised by the way they changed it. Looks to be mostly adapted from the LN instead of the manga, judging from the particular scene details & girl trio looks, since there's a noticeable difference for them from LN to manga, |
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| Probably the anime I looked forward to the most from this season. It should be noted that this anime will be nothing like Outbreak Company, since people have been comparing the similar setting. There will be no school shenanigans, it will focus more on the military aspect and the japanese also share a different relationship with the otherworldly people than in Outbreak Company. The obvious plus is that it's one of the non-highschool kids anime this season which is already something to look forward to. On a negative note the animation didn't really take me off my feet. Like many others have said it would've been better if A1 stuck more to the manga. It also adapts the LN, not the manga which is a bit different, so since I haven't read the novel I am still feeling some bad foreshadowing that this might turn out to be not as good as the manga. |
| japanese tanks look like russians |
ReaperCreeper said: GAIJIN GO HOME!!!Glorious Nippon steel bullets can't be beat. |
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| The Episode's pacing felt a bit too quick, even the battle between the fantasy monsters and the army. Still, Youji is a pretty interesting main character already, being a 33 year old otaku prioritising his hobby over his job. Good man! =D The OP & ED themes are pretty good, along with the animation being consistent during the majority of the episode. Overall, a good episode and I hope it doesn't start going downhill from here on out. |
| I actually thought it was a pretty fast-paced 1st episode, almost rushed... But it was engaging. (welp, apparently only covered 3/4 of Chapter 1) The cliffhanger ending, though annoying, was definitely effective. Looking forward to future episodes ^^ StardustReverie said: What the fuck was that? It didn't even make any sense. I've never seen anything so stupid. Dropped. Exactly what I did with Steins;Gate... Turned out to be a mistake |
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| yvan eht nioj !!!!!! |
| That was odd, but fun. I greatly anticipate seeing the girls. |
oldskoolpunk said: Grey-Zone said: And where exactly would they incarcerate the captured soldier while they are in the middle of a battlefield? You make it sound like they were in a safety zone at that time controlled by their own side, but they were clearly not. Right. Killing that soldier was appropriate in a combat situation. He was attacking; he hadn't even tried to surrender. Later after the military has broken the attacking formations, we see the police firing. It's made clear in the manga that they're firing tear gas, and then the police riot squads move in to take prisoners. That should have been shown in the anime. That would have been a good scene - the attacking army starts to retreat through the Gate, and some of them make it. Then more armored personnel carriers with machine guns arrive block them off. Slowly, the attacking troops are boxed in. Riot control trucks with water cannons knock down attacking units without killing them. The attacking soldiers get the message and drop their weapons. The attacking army ends up sitting on the ground, disarmed, surrounded by cops and troops pointing weapons at them. More cops move in (Tokyo has over 100,000 cops) and the prisoners are put in vehicles under guard and taken away. This would have emphasized how totally outclassed the Empire's army is. That's a key plot point. fix'd quote tags I'd wait until a few episodes in. Maybe they pushed back some aspect of the initial invasion for later. Maybe we also get Blu-Ray additions later on. How the empire was outclassed should become more than obvious in the next episode anyway... at least I hope so. |
Grey-ZoneJul 5, 2015 11:33 AM
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| Manga so far is 10x better. How they going to animate all the sex? and gore? |
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| "I work to support my hobby" Pretty much the only line that caught my attention. I can relate to that. As for first impressions, very weak. The MC may be a cool guy but I'll give till episode 5. |
Dark_Messiah said: Gonna love this series.. Yup. Shaduge said: Just as I thought. :^) |
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| Hahaha, that dumb dragon got REKT! I hope this is a proper story about glorifying our (human) military. It's so frustrating to always see it treated like shit, being stomped by every stupid monster or alien; it's like our scientists and engineers keep coming up with new masterpieces and the authors of fiction keep spitting at their faces. I want to see subhumans (orcs and pigmen) and middle age armies getting rolled over, and magicians' spells bouncing off a tank's armor before being ripped to shreds by machine gun fire. The only problems they should have should be logistics, like getting fuel or ammunition through the gate and across enemy territory. |
GersenJul 5, 2015 3:22 PM
| Why are people already comparing it to the manga? Please compare once we actually got something to compare with the manga. The equivalent of not even the complete first manga chapter is not even enough to be called "something". |
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| I can see this having plenty of potential with the angle it's taking. Though judging by the comments I actually do hope they tone down on the more crude stuff. I'm more interested in how it handles the politics and international relations. The synopsis makes me think that. I like the MC already though. A non-otaku-like otaku. "I only work to support my hobby! (But I'm in the JSDF and lead a team.)" |
| Loving the main character think I'm gonna like him a whole lot We haven't seen much so far but I love fantasy animes snd this one seems to have a good mix I have yet to see enough for me to rate this |
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| The animation is pretty cool, this episode reminded me Outbreak company. I hope the story will be more serious and will have more actions |
| I am not impressed, I had high expectations for this show. |
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| I checked the manga and I don't really understand the complaints. Everything happens so quickly there that it feels like an abridged version; a direct adaptation from there would be a mess. There's also gore in the manga but I don't think it's important at all, since the focus seems to be more on international politics, diplomacy and military strategy. Any time there's a battle in any story it's obvious that there will be mangled bodies and blood, even if the camera doesn't linger on them. It was clear enough that many people died in the attack. |
| I wish it would show some gore like Akame ga Kill |
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| I for one am glad it has toned the manga gore down, its nothing I miss. On another subject, I am amazed at how many posts I see all over the boards with people upset that the anime version of any given title has differed from the source material. This happens in virtually every anime, so why are people constantly so surprised? You can compare the differences, comment on them, and critique them sure, but be surprised? Being surprised that there are differences in an anime adaptation is like being surprised when the sun rises in the east every morning. :) |
| The sword that takes life gives life |
Top_Sergeant said: I for one am glad it has toned the manga gore down, its nothing I miss. On another subject, I am amazed at how many posts I see all over the boards with people upset that the anime version of any given title has differed from the source material. This happens in virtually every anime, so why are people constantly so surprised? You can compare the differences, comment on them, and critique them sure, but be surprised? Being surprised that there are differences in an anime adaptation is like being surprised when the sun rises in the east every morning. :) Most of the complain aren't even about differences to the source material but just about the differences to another adaption, as the original is a regular novel, then there was a light novel adaption, a manga adaption and now an anime adaption. Many seem to think that the manga is the "original" for some reason... |
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| Modern Arms vs Middle Age and Fantasy Arms. Nice OP and ED. Slaughter in the next Episode. >:D |
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| Itami just stabs someone, like it was freakin' nothing. There better be some cat-girls beyond the Gate. |
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| I'm looking forward to this. Looks promising. |
 If Evangelion were Rokka no Yuusha the seventh would be Shinji. |
Gersen said: Hahaha, that dumb dragon got REKT! I hope this is a proper story about glorifying our (human) military. It's so frustrating to always see it treated like shit, being stomped by every stupid monster or alien; it's like our scientists and engineers keep coming up with new masterpieces and the authors of fiction keep spitting at their faces. I want to see subhumans (orcs and pigmen) and middle age armies getting rolled over, and magicians' spells bouncing off a tank's armor before being ripped to shreds by machine gun fire. The only problems they should have should be logistics, like getting fuel or ammunition through the gate and across enemy territory. Trust me on this mate... You won't be disappointed. Regardless of how it's portrayed, there will be steam rolling.... Lots of it. And it's quite satisfying. Oh, and logistics isn't really an issue. You'll see that in the next couple of episodes. |
| Not bad |
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| This mc is very likeable. Looking foward to this series |
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| I like this anime alot! The otaku really shows why he is one, it's quite funny at times but also very thrilling. And the OST and the ED are so nice ^$^ especially the ED, I like howe they mixed the scenery and all into the tanks. Great start to the anime, 8/10. |
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| O MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD that was awesome O.O |
| Not that bad I have to say. |
HELLSATAN said: Right subdue someone in the middle of a battlefield how is that even possible you are just going death it's kill our be killed dude. TRAVIS |
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oldskoolpunk said: frenze12 said: Yeah, the anime is getting that wrong. In the manga, when he first sees Ginza under attack he says (thinks) "The summer comiket will be disrupted". But then he starts dealing with the attack and doesn't bring that up again. The anime hammers on the "otaku" theme, including unnecessary voice-overs and intros, perhaps because of front-office interference. ("We need to make this appeal to fanboys, not ex-military! Push the ascended fanboy theme!")As for the main character, he just feels "alien" to me. People are getting killed left and right and the only thing he thinks of is his damn otaku addiction. Not exactly a realistic response. His mood switches like a 180 degrees, is this guy a psycho? How did this guy got into the JSDF anyway? Itami is a good soldier - does the right thing in combat, slacks off out of it. There's a long history of that in the military. He IS supposed to be eccentric. There is no proof that in the manga Itami reacted differently... simply due to the fact that his reaction... was "timeskipped" over so the audience never got to see it in the first place. That he is a good soldier becomes appearant if you put off the "compared the manga..."-glasses and look at the anime itself. You see him being goofy at first doing "stupid" mistakes like going into a pillar. But right after he says "the event will be canceled!" He goes into "serious mode". No more stupid faces, no more talk about Otaku stuff, at least until he did his part in the conflict. He goes and while unarmed kills an invading soldier, then he convinces two security guards of the imperial palace to contact the inside... his idea to save the civilians gets approved by the Japanese Emperor himself (something that many people failed to notice) and got respected enough for the local forces to inform him of the current battle progress. He only mentions the Otaku event again after the military arrived and his purpose in the conflict was fulfilled. His "otaku-ness" shows the contrast to his serious personality he has on the battlefield. The "otaku pandering" complaint only works if it contributes nothing else to the story or characters, but in this case it's does, so you can't call it pandering. Most problems come from the subs probably, like the translators mistaking 1st lieutenant with 2nd lieutenant. |
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| Army+Otaku MC and world I have to see how it will go 6/10 for first episode :) |
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