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rateat said: Well, it was decent. Tbh, i don't know where this is going, things moved pretty fast is just 20min. So Ibuki wants to become king because some guy killed her friend? hmmm... there's no censorship, that's always good and uhh...yeah, the catgirl. ''Ibuki.......her?'' uhhhhh you do realise its a boy right? or did u see any boobs when the magatama got stabbed on his chest? Episode 2 he is topless too, so, not a trap. |
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SanjiCC said: Comments like this piss me off....Why is it that if characters die in a series it's automatically similar to AgK -_-That ending screen is kinda disturbing, i sure hope it doesn't mean ALL of those will be sacrificed, meh doubt it, this doesn't look as another game of shits anime version *cough* akame ga kill *cough* |
Tokoya said: SanjiCC said: Comments like this piss me off....Why is it that if characters die in a series it's automatically similar to AgK -_-That ending screen is kinda disturbing, i sure hope it doesn't mean ALL of those will be sacrificed, meh doubt it, this doesn't look as another game of shits anime version *cough* akame ga kill *cough* Nobody asked if it pisses you off, and i was being sarcastic. |
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SanjiCC said: Tokoya said: Comments like this piss me off....Why is it that if characters die in a series it's automatically similar to AgK -_- Nobody asked if it pisses you off, and i was being sarcastic. Gives everything a 10, gives Akame ga Kill a 3. Obvious troll is obvious, and therefor your opinion means nothing. On topic: I wonder who's licensing this, it aired yesterday and there's still no official sub up. Looks good from the little bit of raw i saw though. |
 I love Christine "If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. He will put some things behind, will pass an invisible boundary; In proportion as he simplifies his life, the laws of the universe will appear less complex, and solitude will not be solitude, nor poverty poverty, nor weakness weakness." - Henry David Thoreau |
| Does anyone have an idea when it'll get subbed? Because I don't |
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| wtf is wrong with subs this season? all late. |
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| This seems like it's going to be a trainwreck,I just hope it becomes an entertaining one if so. |
| Meh. Nice art and music. Bad story. It's so random and confusing. And cheap drama at the end. |
skudoops said: Did they legit steal ufotable's artstyle for this? Don't you think "steal" is the wrong word? I haven't watched it because the subs aren't out yet, but I'll just say Nasu is behind this. Since he wrote F/SN, KnK, and F/Z, i.e. pretty much all of Ufotable's latest works... well, you catch my drift, right? Frankly, I don't know much about Silver Link. While I haven't watched Fate/Kaleid, I know they're also adapting it. One way or another, these series are connected. So even if there are similarities, I don't think it's surprising. |
skudoops said: Did they legit steal ufotable's artstyle for this? Not really. Silverlink were actually the studio collaborating with UFO on Fate/Zero's animations and working on the touch-up so BIG reason why FZ looked the way it did was because of them. Not a lot of people realize it but Silverlink has worked on quite a few series that share that similarity. They did work on Zero, some of ufoUBW, Madoka Magica, Durarara, Psycho Pass, Nisemonogatari, SAO2, Kuroko, etc. Since they are not the PRIMARY animation studio in the projects they usually don't get credited or only get credited in the end-credits(if there are end credits) The art style is different, but the way it is animated is similar because that is how this studio does it. And They have been using same style of animation for quite a while now in their newer higher profile titles(prillya and now this). |
AhenshihaelJul 4, 2015 3:35 AM
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| A very bad beginning imo, the main character is too cliché and the scene with the dragon reminded me Kyubi with Naruto, in worst. |
| To be honest I had high expectations for this one but the animation doesn't impress me in the least :( Let's just hope it gets better....I don't want to go through Owari no Seraph again |
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| The subs still aren't out tho XD As i expected from the trailers, the animation isn't the best, but after watching Owari no Seraph I bet I can still enjoy this I feel sorry for the MC with what he had to do his friend :/ |
CookingPriest said: skudoops said: Did they legit steal ufotable's artstyle for this? Still, the nice art didn't make up for the under average first episode. But if the art will be beautiful like this in Rakudai, I can't wait for October. |
Just_ChickenJul 4, 2015 10:40 AM
| Uumm, "strong start" ? I don't think so, it's too basic, the story with the dragon and the pact... I don't love the chara-design too and the 3D with the dragon, am I the one who find it unpleasant ? |
| Imo the start was OK, a bit slow then fast-paced episode. The story is not really original but almost all the setting of new series are now. The chara design is ok even though (almost) all men look effeminate and i agree with the part about the dragon. Anyway, i m waiting for eps 2 to see how the story will progress. Sakaitsu said: the scene with the dragon reminded me Kyubi with Naruto, in worst. xD (Wuuut?! oO) |
| The 3dcgi opening scene made me wanna throw up. cheap and predictable drama with story and plot we have seen too many times. i cant believe how stupid some of the characters acted in certain situations. huge trainwreck potential. |
KerozinnJul 5, 2015 7:26 PM
| The first episode is meh, hoping it'll get better soon. Despite that, I'm really digging the art style and animation. |
| First of all I love the setting of this series primarily because I'm a fan of feudal era/fantasy stuff like this and after hearing about the history of the 3 countries, I'm expecting to get some decent world building out this as well.....I'm most fascinated by these Dragons, I think there's 7 of them? But I only remember there being a Red and Black Dragon (Nasu's character supports this one it seems) so I'm looking forward to finding out more about this In terms of the characters, we got some good introductions and interactions between them all and I like how Ibuki's friends were pretty much trying to get him to take action whereas due to his past and the 7 year war he wants to take a different approach at things - Nice clash of ideologies there....The Nasu and Urobutcher references were strong in this episode too Art and Animation was pretty good and I get why some people compared it to Ufotable's because they both look very similar lol which is a good thing....The OST was amazing, and the scene where the OP song played at the end was just pure awesomeness....Nice uncensored action going on there too I have to say though, I was certain that somebody was going to die, but I thought that it would have been Kai, so I was kinda surprised to see that it was thr girl.....She was really kind and I really liked that about her......I already see people throwing out the word predictable but even though we saw a death coming, (I can't speak for anyone else) but I certainly did not expect to see that the MC would have been the one to kill said person....That was quite the emotional and depressing scene tbh Overall great first episode and I'm looking forward to seeing the story get fleshed out more as well as getting more screentime for Nasu, Narita and Urobutcher's characters....The atmosphere of this series was really fitting too |
TokoyaJul 5, 2015 7:48 PM
| It was pretty boring and cliche imo. It felt melodramatic and rushed, too many characters in too little time. Plus I hate the art style (sorry)... Dropped. Might pick it up again if people say it gets better later on, but probably not. |
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| An okay episode. Wasn't that great. Pretty much cliche all the way through and the death didn't really hit me either. Not a fan of the art either. And seems like the opening sequence had a really low fps, idk if it was just an airing glitch but that dropped my expectations immediately. And that ending...probably means Urobutcher is seriously going on the butchering route of all his characters....hopefully he'll pull sth else off |
| This show raised many of my red flags for first episodes, in series that have turned out bad. I won't go into specifics of those flags, but I'm certain this show will be crap. That was a horrible first episode. |
| Houseki No Kuni, aka The Land of the Lustrous. Best of 2017. |
| Eh, I'm not feeling this just yet. I saw Mashiro's death coming a mile away, but was hoping the show might surprise me and spare her, but no. I'll give it a bit longer to pick up though... |
| Confused by the amount of hate but honestly im not going to read much of what people have to say here lol. Might have spoiled a few elements here and there but i really cant talk about it without discussing what went on Now on to my thoughts. Not the strongest episode of the season but it was still a good episode. We have some good back story on whats going on without giving an info dump. Im glad to see the MC is human, meaning that he is aware of the situation yet he still wants to maintain some sort of peace. The scenes leading up to the fight were nicely done as well. Everything seemed to have fallen in place for that exact scene to happen. From the moment Fugaku arrived and gave him the sword i knew something big was going to happen. The dragon was actually not that bad i thought the cg would kill the entire mood but they seem to have it blend in fine. Really wasn't expecting that much gore and what happened in the end, shocked me. I like a show that is willing to have the balls to kill off characters. Now for the art and animation. Personally i love almost everything silver link has produced it has been top notch. Surprisingly ppl are saying this has ufo elements for this but i havent heard ppl say that with fate/khalid which probably has a much higher budget and better art and animation. Either way im not going to compare since im watching this as a stand alone. This anime alone has good art and animation but I guess the character design could get some getting used to. That fight in the end with the MC was fucking lit. And that ost was just the topping on the cake. The pacing seemed fine for me. Seeing a lot of different anime has made me accustomed to most styles of pacing. So too fast or too slow doesnt really affect me much anymore. However this pacing seemed to be on the fast side but nothing felt forced. Most of the events seem to flow in and out each other naturally. While it does have the nice production value and staff of Sliver Link it really didnt feel like a Silver Link series based on the writing or style. Well that can be attributed to the director not being Shin Oonuma. Actually this director was the one that did Imawa no Kuni no Alice. Anyways the first episode as i said wasnt the strongest start but I feel like its the type of anime that takes a couple episodes to really build up. Im not disappointed but i expected something more. Still a solid 7/10 start i enjoyed it. The ending is just begging for more episodes because so many questions arises. |
moodieJul 5, 2015 8:53 PM
| The artstyle and animation are quite decent, but can't say the same for the story, unfortunately. The Kouran side and Nil Kamui were distinguishable, but couldn't really figure if the Donatia side was taking part in this at all. Character templates indicating which side the characters are associated with would've been helpful. The death scene was ridiculous, tbh. I may be a horrible person, but couldn't help laughing when Ibuki was forced to stab Mashiro and the insert song started playing. Wonder if all the deaths will just be as hilarious. Disappointing start. Such a shame since I had good expectations for it too. Well, it might still be enjoyable though. |
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| Well that wasn't as good as I expected it to be. And what's up with the weird fashion?! I'll keep watching though, hoping for it to get better. |
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Moodie said: You and me both :|Confused by the amount of hate but honestly im not going to read much of what people have to say here lol. I think that most of the hate is because said people couldn't follow what was going on mixed with another personal pet peeve of mine i.e. something that is cliche = bad |
| The little bit at the end with the crossed off silhouettes and characters kinda remind me of the Danganronpa way of crossing of killed characters at the end of the episode. Well anyways it was an ok start, but nothing too outstanding other than the art and animation. |
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| Aww and I liked that girl too... |
| Kind of lame to be honest. Cramming a lot of character expositions in that frankly could have waited till later, and the whole sacrifice for the dragon covenant - while a good plot twist in theory - was made dumb in this because it sounded like Mashiro was aware that if Ibuki were ever to make a pact with the Red Dragon, he would be made to kill those close to him, and spoke of it like common knowledge even though it's very clear that Ibuki himself was clueless that was how it worked. Either Ibuki should have known about it or Mashiro shouldn't have. |
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| Did anyone read that huge wall of text in the middle? That's your exposition of the world for you. The art is not my cup of tea but it was an ok episode. |
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| I dunno about the hate that its getting from the comments, but it felt kinda rushed to me, in that there were some scenes where it felt like some parts were missing, etc. Still, not the worst, so I'll keep watching. Oh the ending screen makes me nervous. Please don't kill everyone for the sake of it... |
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| Well i thought that this was spectacular, i guess not many share my opinion |
| It was okay... The art in general is good but the animation is kinda off. Story-wise, I have no idea what to think of it. It's like a less structured Arslan, "guy-wants-to-be-king-to-save-country". And all it took to drive him to that resolve was the redshirting of multiple background characters. Overall... It was pretty meh. I love the OP though. |
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| waited a few days for this to be subbed and I was not disappointed. |
| Big Order (TV):great anime or greatest anime? |
| It's was hard to understand what was going on at times but the first episode shows promise. |
| A bit disappointed but it's only the first episode so I'll watch more. |
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| my honest opinion... this episode already pissed me off, knowing that it's obviously his fault that the girl with him died.. because of that attitude of his being so afraid, and a lot of what ifs questioning.... (=_=) man I hate whimpy mc guys like this...(Ibuki) |
Got something to live for, I know that I won't surrender, A warrior of youth, I'm taking over, a shot to the new world order I Am Bulletproof. . .  |
| That's not as bad as I expected, but it's certainly borderline bad. The characterization was pretty weird, especially the pacifist character of Ibuki. Him, as a pacifist, being diligent at training his swordsmanship is fine, but to refuse doing sparring? I understand that the writer wanted to emphasize his character, but it does not make sense for him to refuse to do a sparring with practice swords. What's even weirder was how Ibuki & friends did not know about the prohibition to bring swords while Fugaku seemed to know that. And of course, Mashiro's death did not have a lot of impact. We did not get to know her & care about her. I get the feeling we will see more of that kind of death. Overall, this episode was disappointing, badly directed, & seemed to have low production value. |
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| This wasn't as good as I thought it would be but it was somewhat decent. Maybe the next couple of episodes will (hopefully) change my mind a little |
| People on MAL refuse to actually enjoy watching anime. Your taste in anime isn't a personality trait. Take me back to the days before MAL became infested with Twitter's favorite buzzwords. |
| I decided to watch this just because the premise reminded me of Shingeki no Bahamut but... ehhh that was pretty bad. Like the lack of proper characterization and explanations aside, what is up with anime trying to be all emotional and tragic in the very first episode? Has that ever worked even once? Why the hell would you feel touched over a random girl dying who you barely even know yet? Seriously it's like the AnoHana syndrome all over again... Curious about that frame at the ending though with the character cast shown and the dead girl crossed out, pretty obvious what that implies. Naturally a blatant copy-pasta of Danganronpa in that sense but it'd at least make it more interesting than what this episode gave us... I hope FireEmblemIke24 said: I paused the video to read it all, but that was still incredibly lazy to me :sDid anyone read that huge wall of text in the middle? That's your exposition of the world for you. The art is not my cup of tea but it was an ok episode. |
HaXXspettenJul 6, 2015 1:35 AM
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| I only watched this to get out of my comfort zone a little. I think it was OK. I liked the art and music. As for the story, it was a little messy,and the fact that someone died in the first episode isn't too good, but I'm still interested to see what happens next. HaXXspetten said: Curious about that frame at the ending though with the character cast shown and the dead girl crossed out, pretty obvious what that implies. Naturally a blatant copy-pasta of Danganronpa in that sense but it'd at least make it more interesting than what this episode gave us... I hope Well, if they are going Danganronpa style, I guess I can at least expect this to be stupidly entertaining. but I don't think this show will succeed as a "serious" show. |
| kinda meh. character designs are all over the place, music was decent, animation was kinda choppy and the fight scene at the end was too short to really judge, not a fan of the mc |
| Not a huge fan of the Art, the eyes looks so off. This has potential eventhough being a bit cliche |
| It was ok. I didn't have high expectations for this, so i wasn't disappointed. JPthugnificent said: Oh the ending screen makes me nervous. Please don't kill everyone for the sake of it... Please kill everyone for the sake of it! |
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