ACCA 13-Territory Inspection Department
What did you think of this episode?
5Loved it!
36.6%
180
4Liked it!
30.7%
151
3It was OK
21.3%
105
2Disliked it
7.7%
38
1Hated it
3.7%
18
Average 3.9
492 votes
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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Cool, I like that OP song, pretty catchy if you ask me! Plus, we got an interesting cast, setting, etc. I think the animation style works fine for the visuals too by Madhouse. From the characters, Jean Otis is quite a cunning individual. I'm curious to see the show explore more about his character. There's minimal comedy so far as the series has more of a thrilling feel. Reminds me slightly of Joker Game from Spring. Interesting start so far. |
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| Here's the opening while we wait for the subs. EDIT : ED : |
DatRandomDudeJan 10, 2017 8:52 AM
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DatRandomDude said: Here's the opening while we wait for the subs. Wow op looks awesome can't wait for episode. |
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| I liked it. The characters designs are pretty unique. Kinda sad that the score is so low already. |
| Really good OP and ED first of all, very fitting too Nothing much happened but I'm really digging this series primarily due to the tone, setting, and just the mystery surrounding the ACCA and what they're set out to do in this world So far the characters haven't left a big impression but I found myself really liking the MC so that's a good thing at least so far Good start |
| Jean is already top. I love that he's so laid-back. The music in this show fits so well and sounds really classy. This episode was purely focused on world-building through the eyes of Jean, interesting way to start the series off. There was a feeling of something brewing behind the scenes definitely. OP and ED are brilliant! |
| It was fine, let's see where this will take us |
| The episode felt way too long and boring. Bummer really, I wanted to like it but not dropping it yet since things seem to have just started getting real. Don't like the mc though |
| The OP song was very wow. I liked it, it was a bit slow but I didn't mind, seems like there'll be more traveling and investigating in the future, looking forward to it. |
"At some point, I stopped hoping." |
| Pretty decent start, nothing really stood as impressive though. I suppose it's because this episode was mostly just set up and world building after all but even then it did feel a little too dry at times. The music is very distinctive and does work well with the atmosphere of the series. That being said I'm interested in seeing how this tone is gonna develop. Is the series gonna be verbose like this episode with more or less just detective work or is it gonna dive into politics and perhaps even have a fair share of action? Characters also don't stand out for now, I liked Jean but that was about it. I'll keep watching to see how this goes. |
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| this is as interesting and as boring as joker game. big plus that the manga is completed so this might be full adaptation. gonna watch this to pass the time since tuesday anime are all garbage |
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| This was more boring than Joker Game which is quite an achievement. |
| I'm not sure what this anime wants to do but that was really boring and I didn't really like the maincharacter at all. Not dropping it yet though, I kinda wanna know if this anime gets into "action" somehow. |
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| I don't really have much to say about this episode except that it was decent I guess, nothing in particular stood out besides the OP. The characters all seem rather bland so far, hopefully that will change. |
| 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. |
| Hey look, it's Joker Game in contemporary Japan. Who thought this happy go lucky anime Japan was a good setting for an anime about conspiracies and detectives? |
DoomdoctorJan 10, 2017 10:23 AM
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| What a great first episode. I'm loving the OP. It sounds so good. It also looks amazing. ED is good too. I like the character designs. They look cool. Jean Otus is a interesting character. Boring shows are my kind of thing. I prefer this show over Joker Game. |
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| I admit to being a bit annoyed with this first episode but the sequel may be better. (I didn't read the manga, I just browsed) The animation is good, the drawings clean. The music is original: we hear a lot of piano ... (genre?) Scenario, I can't to see which direction the series takes. For the moment everything is calm but considering the last sentence of the guy, I think it will be more serious. (I hope!) 3/5 |
TuyNOMJan 10, 2017 10:30 AM
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| people who find this boring should probably stop there cuz this will be slow paced. I didnt read the manga but I'm familiar with the author's work I love this type of boring show so I'll hang around till the end |
| OP looks fancy and unique, the characters are okay, but the plot doesn't look that great (at least for now) everything i saw here is the MC smoking around (despite the possibility of generic conspiracy between power people [very human like]). will watch more in case the plot gets better |
| "We could make the world better, but it's easier to just shut our eyes." ~Blackwall |
| This wasn't even mediocre. |
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| Loved the OP and the ED! Really laid back show, but I enjoyed everything about it. Jean is really intriguing and it seems that a few of the others don't like him bcuz he is good at his job. Great first episode! Can't wait to see where this goes! |
| So glad that I'm not a huge manga reader, because the manga readers WHINE WAY TOO MUCH and have to RUIN every adapted anime for the ANIME ONLY WATCHERS! |
lezerman said: I liked it. The characters designs are pretty unique. Kinda sad that the score is so low already. What do you expect? This is MAL. People will judge from one episode and think it's perfectly ok. |
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| I like this anime it's slow , jazzy and serious ,and it's refreshing because not a lot of this type anime out there , Jane has calm and cool personality , and nice world building, I think it's like the silence before the storm, the animation is nice and serious too. Guys I think the forums is a place to discuss the anime not only to say I like or hate or it's boring, no one care if you like or hate it but people care about what you think about what is happening in the episode If you don't like something say why, and if you hate it please don't tell us every time just drop it and watch what you like, life is too short to waste. |
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| Wasn't impressed to begin with but the latter part of the show hooked me. Good ED and catchy chorus in the OP. |
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Kittens-kun said: lezerman said: I liked it. The characters designs are pretty unique. Kinda sad that the score is so low already. What do you expect? This is MAL. People will judge from one episode and think it's perfectly ok. At least we will get a good ending since the manga is already complete... (i hope so..) |
| I thought this was pretty good, and it has a lot of potential! I just hope it doesnt turn out like Joker Game. |
| Color me intrigued. This felt great. Great and unique character designs, great OST, interesting premise of the cogs within functioning bureaucracy of a giant country, some foreboding promise for future, good dialogue, etc. It certainly won't be the show for goldfish audience that is for sure(some of posts here and in other places are already depressing to read), but this is easily among the top 4 premieres this season. |
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| All persons are comparing this with Joker Game. Both shows started good, but joker game ended up not telling a story through the episodes, I hope ACCA could develop a political/militar and maybe thrilling story and is made by Madhouse, we can expect some good things, also I like the characters. The opening is very good, reminds me to Cowboy Bebop Op. |
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Atlas77 said: All persons are comparing this with Joker Game. There are already hints of ongoing bigger storyline and this is not trying to sell me on the idea that Japan was just a poor innocent victim in WW2, so its already NOTHING like Joker Game. |
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| Pretty intriguing first episode showing interesting world setting and the type of MC I like the most. One thing I would complain about was that at the very start voice actor of MC didn't fit for me at all. Sure as the episode went on I got used to it, as it always is the case, but I still think that someone else would do better. (Naturally it's not that this VA did bad, but simply with this type of character that voice really did not fit for me... especially when it's quite familiar voice as well) |
| Hm, could get really interesting down the road. |
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| For me personally, I was about to say the word "boring" which a lot of people used as well. But, in all honesty, I wasn't bored, just sort of confused? I didn't get it, but hopefully I will get to know the characters and see something really cool happen later on. It was a decent first episode. |
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| Not what I was expected, but that doesn't mean it was bad. I thought it had a fairly calm atmosphere for what it was, but I'm not sure if it was the source material or the adaptation but the start where Jean went to the farming place felt very fast-paced and the 'corruption' thing started and ended within a matter of minutes. I'm glad that there's a lot of 'showing not telling' in this anime, like the fact him and is sister own the building where they live. This art style is very unique, and doesn't strictly feel like anime, which is good in its own right. I'll keep watching to see how it goes. |
| The OP was pretty cool. And that animation in the ending sequence. Reminded me of Yuri on Ice's OP, except there wasn't any reused animation here. So there's this federation with 13 autonomous districts overseen by ACCA. Then there's this investigation department here which oversees ACCA itself and catches corruption and other stuff going on within. This department was being shut down, but after Jean uncovered a scam regarding illegal cigarettes in one district, the decision was taken back and Jean told to make surprise visits in 6 months. Things look like they might be like Kekkai Sensen with seemingly unrelated episodes, but there's an overarching plot here. Jean is under observation for whatever reason. There are quite some fires. There's this thing going on about cigarettes. Jean lost his lighter which is now in the hands of the guy who was tailing him. Grossler is saying something about a coup. Something big is going on while Jean roams around on his inspection trips. Gonna stay here for more. |
| This kind of show needs to sell me on either the worldbuilding or characters, and it didn't do either. |
| I was really excited to finally get to watch ACCA's first episode after a long wait. I enjoyed it, but actually I'm a bit disappointed of few things. Firstly the MC's voice actor choice. I mean, the VA per se is great, but it doesn't seem to fit the character as well as I hoped... Jean seems way older than his appearance, I don't know his official age, but I think I would have chosen someone with a more mature intonation in spite of this. Anyway I think the VA is doing a great job and in some scenes he was quite in character (mostly for his laid-back attitude) so I think I can come to like it. Also most of the female cast had a voice way too high-pitched that doesn't fit well in this kind of genre, though as cute as they are, they become pretty irritating at times. That's my opinion obviously. I only got to read the first two chapters of the manga, but I can say that the pace was more slow and fitted well with the setting, while the anime obviously summarized it to fasten the plot. Another thing I'm not really sure about is the way Lotta refers to Jean. He calls him "Onii-chan", but in the scanlated version of the manga he calls him by his first name, ergo "Jean". Now I know it's quite the idiocy to fuss over, but still I quite liked the way they interacted because it took me a bit to actually understand she was his sister since they didn't refer each other with the usual japanese honorifics. In the end I'm really hyped to know more about this series! I have really high expectation on ACCA, I hope it will live up to them! |
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| Interesting first episode. This art style is very stylish, vivid and colorful, the opposite of what you'd expect from this kind of show. I knew people would think of this as boring because it wouldn't be your typical anime series. The manga's author is very well known for not being your usual stuff. Looking forward for more and I'm quite curious how this will evolve. I didn't find this boring at all, the dialogue was really smooth and well done, the voice acting and the voice actors are also top tier. Plus the director should really bring out the full potential of the series. Should be good. |
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Alhakam said: I like this anime it's slow , jazzy and serious ,and it's refreshing because not a lot of this type anime out there , Jane has calm and cool personality , and nice world building, I think it's like the silence before the storm, the animation is nice and serious too. Atlas77 said: All persons are comparing this with Joker Game. Both shows started good, but joker game ended up not telling a story through the episodes, I hope ACCA could develop a political/militar and maybe thrilling story and is made by Madhouse, we can expect some good things, also I like the characters. Kittens-kun said: What do you expect? This is MAL. People will judge from one episode and think it's perfectly ok. I guess that those 3 commentaries, above, sums up everything. Good start, I'll keep an eye on it. |
| "[...]I have to admit I'm not a big anime fan. Most anime that makes it over here seems to be either about schoolgirls with supernatural powers who battle evil, or adolescent boys who - for some convoluted reason - wind up having to pilot big giant robots...although, today, you just need to put some boobs or harem and fantasy and it'll be 10/10." |
| Another great series that will be underrated because people have less attention span than monkeys. Jean the inspector just doing his job even he's rich, really mellow and bored looking guy bad cigarette habit. Looks like his department is still needed cause of all the stirring troubles about to break forth. Op and Ed are really nice too.  |
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| his reminds me of Baccano but is more europe-ish... Love it so far^^ |
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| Intrigued. What's going on at ACCA? What's up with the society they live in? What will happen if the wrong people see Jean smoking outside? Looks like a story that's going to unfold slowly. |
| I hope that the guy trying to fuck Jean gets shut down quickly. Pretty annoying brat, I would say. |
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| lol when they put 3 chapters worth of smoking in, it looks a bit ridiculous. It wasn't bad, but it just makes me think Natsume Ono's style is better through manga. I hope they never adapt not simple. I'd be really upset if they butchered that. |
| Cool first episode, OP was good and ED was Ok. Story was strange and kind of all over the place but it was good enough that makes you interested. Looking forward to the next one :) |
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