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| Damn, that ED song was out of this world! I expected shit on the line of SAO but thank God it isn't (so far at least). It's nothing revolutionary but it's not an insta-drop material either. I'll see how it goes. |
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| definately not for me :( Dropped. |
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ap1001 said: then..you just fooled yourself I guess..? because you have read 8 freaking Volumes of something you think it's awful..lolmalki said: Yes, I can, cause I read 8 vols of its source, so I can judge the anime by its cover as much as I like, and it's a god awful power fantasy.you can't judge a show from the first episode.. |
| i definitely envoy ap1001 that can read japaness or chinese. |
malki said: I know it was awful from the beginning, so I read it to make fun of it, love isn't the only thing that can motivate one to read, intense hate is also good for that. And making fun of power fantasy is one of the more entertaining way to spend some time.ap1001 said: then..you just fooled yourself I guess..? because you have read 8 freaking Volumes of something you think it's awful..lolYes, I can, cause I read 8 vols of its source, so I can judge the anime by its cover as much as I like, and it's a god awful power fantasy. Plus the art is good (wasted on this book, but not my decision), besides it is always good to hate something when you know the source, cause the fanboy always resort to "the source is better" or "you didn't read the source so you can't judge", and with the source this excuse doesn't work anymore. |
ap1001Jul 9, 2015 2:24 AM
| "You had no free will, you chased your vices along the same path as all of the others." - Shikieiki Yamaxanadu, Diamond in the rough |
Grey-Zone said: NoongaJuice said: What's probably annoying me is that there are no humans in this world. Sure, NPC's are fine... but they're just programs built by humans. Yeah, we could get the whole "NPC's develop human emotions" plot twist, but we(I)'ve seen that before, and it doesn't interest me that much anymore. I hope there will be something that does catch my interest soon. How do you know that? I mean we don't know if perhaps other players somewhere else, like him, waiting for the server shutdown, but getting trapped in the other world (this is just speculation, I didn't read the LN yet, though I plan to). That would be a little interesting. As of now, though, it's only him. |
| "There's no shame in falling down... true shame is to not stand up again!" "Aah? Of course I won't miss!" "My blood tastes like Iron." "Run through the tape in life! Never give up! Run through the tape!" |
| I only began watching this because Madhouse. I was expecting something darker or more violent, so the humour threw me off a bit here and there. But I was entertained and look forward to the upcoming chapter actually. |
| "Perhaps there is a universal, absolute truth. Perhaps it justifies every question. But that's beyond the reach of these small hands." Mamoru Oshii There is a cult of ignorance (...) nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.” Isaac Asimov |
| I enjoyed what I saw and really like the characters designs so far. Definitely this is one of the airing shows I'll be looking for the most each week. My only problem with it was that the art style seems too colorful, maybe even kinda childish and could be a bit more darker given the setting. |
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| SO MUCH HYPE! The setting is really good. I love the MC and other characters (Albedo, dear god YES). Only 13 episodes, Madhouse y u do dis ;_; |
| Personally really digging that OP and ED song. Was expecting it to be a bit even darker, but still good. Pretty interesting plot, but yeah, I'm kinda hoping for human characters. Especially his guildmates. Quite curious to see how this will go so I'm going to continue........ Butler-like character named Sebas Tian. Oh. |
rinkaishaJul 9, 2015 11:43 AM
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| Now that's really unique !, i wonder if we will see another humans that were also trapped ? or will it be all about the npcs ? |
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| Why was there so much frame dropping? Was it the source that I was watching or was it the production quality there was a ton of stuttering in certain parts of the show. Huge turn off to an otherwise interesting concept. Super disappointing ill give it a few more episodes but damn. |
ZaerickJul 9, 2015 2:28 PM
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Scholek said: Grey-Zone said: Did I just read "scientifically proven, perfect objective taste"? Thanks for calling everyone idiots and raising yourself on a podium of superiority ap1001. It took you 8 volumes of reading before you realized you didn't like the story and had to troll/rage on forums. Then you decided to watch the anime of a story you hate so that you can complain about how much more you can hate it now. WTF ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Overlord Anime (best thing since sliced bread and my favourite) I'm a fortunate person since I wake up and enjoy life. I totally recommend it. ^ this.. "idiots everywhere" seems he has a lot of mirrors :D |
| Am I seriously the only person finding the OP absolutely addicting? |
| Loved the weirdness in this. People saying it is a promising adaptation so far gives me hope for some good ride this season |
kataklism said: Snakeox said: Tired of SAO shit and all these SAO-like animes about VR MMORPG but this one is pretty decent "these mmo animes" so, from the start of sao, sao, sao 2, log horizon, and... what then? That would would have started with .hack, then Accel World , Sao, Sao 2, Log Horizon, LH2, NGNL, BTOOOM, DanMachi, and I'm sure I'm forgetting quite a few. Not all are MMO but based on games. This was decent start so far, but nothing to write home about. Nothing impressive. I also thought the version I saw had a lot of frame jitter. I'll have to try a new source. |
BlurredVision18Jul 9, 2015 4:32 PM
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| Very interesting start. I haven't seen many (or any at all if you don't count NGNL) of these "characters living in mmorpg" shows, but I was quite intrigued with the entire episode. Talking about how grinding takes away from family time, how NPCs act when servers are shut down, and how the main character is very lonely are very interesting towards this small genre of anime. Sadly this gave me some nostalgia of when the MHtri servers shut down D': I wasn't a big fan of the OP or the ED Haha when that one twin was like: "I was expecting you to be a scarier person" I was like "I totally felt the same way" xD But with the main girl with Momonga making her love him and her role in the ED...I hope this doesn't turn into a garbage fanservice anime. Although unfortunately I can't see much coming from a show with this as its plot... Like I said, interesting start, I look forward to more (hopefully not super fanservicey) episodes |
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| Not feeling it. I mean SAO even though it is not good have a better introduction to the story. The plot for these type of anime always end up by can't logging out. Kinda overused. I'll hang on to this for a couple more episode. |
Biggus said: FUNimation screwed up and fucked the frames over.Why was there so much frame dropping? Was it the source that I was watching or was it the production quality there was a ton of stuttering in certain parts of the show. Huge turn off to an otherwise interesting concept. Super disappointing ill give it a few more episodes but damn. |
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| man, it was too cool.. love both story and ost |
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| Albedo draft was posted <3 They sure know what to promote ;) https://pbs.twimg.com/tweet_video/CJfKy0gUYAEzEBW.mp4 |
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| Hmm pretty interesting so far. The familiar premise is kinda repetitive but characters are totally different so should be pretty interesting depending on where they take this. =) |
| Oh really interesting, it's a DMMO but the MC seems to be a lord and he can control a lot of NPC. This last part is really interesting to see, I hope some other players are still here. |
| Pretty sweet premise, in that it feels fresh. It feels different than the other anime I've seen about being stuck on a virtual world. I see alot of potential here. Anyway, Momonga-kun dodged a bullet there. Had he not changed her personalty on a whim, he would've been stuck with either a Tsundere, or just a very nasty right hand woman. I mean, being deredere is better than those other options haha |
| That was pretty enjoyable. Art was good. MC was pretty cool. Appeared menacing, but wasn't mean. Has a bunch of magic powers now. OP/ED were both fucking great. Also liked all of that Albedo art during the ED. Albedo already confirmed best girl. Need moar. Warbandit18 said: This is deffo gonna get 2 seasons or else they wouldnt show images of volume 1 through 6 in the opening. i very muc hlikede the first episode and waiting for the nex t episode. You do realize this is madhouse right? The studio notorious for never doing second seasons. If No Game No Life hasn't gotten a season 2 by now after how insanely good that did, there's not a fucking million chances in hell this will. It's just Madhouse. Ore Monogatari wont get a season 2 either. |
| not bad setup , but nothing began yet |
| I cringe whenever people compare this with SAO or LH... I think there is a thing you didn't get. You might want to check that "something" out. But i'm sure you'll get it after a few more episodes if you stick with it. Anyway, i hope they don't rush it. I'm sick of bad adaptations. This episode was ok -adaptation wise, but we will see how it goes. |
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BlurredVision18 said: kataklism said: "these mmo animes" so, from the start of sao, sao, sao 2, log horizon, and... what then? That would would have started with .hack, then Accel World , Sao, Sao 2, Log Horizon, LH2, NGNL, BTOOOM, DanMachi, and I'm sure I'm forgetting quite a few. Not all are MMO but based on games. [...] if you include second seasons you could add a few more .hacks before SAO ;) ------------------ pretty boring first episode. probably the worst in this season (even worse than charlotte) |
| Good 1st episode |
| Guess this is not my type of anime. Kind of expected something different than what was shown in the PV, but I guess not. |
| Didn't think I'd enjoy it as much as I did! Really looking forward to the rest. |
| Very promising, OP is pretty good too. Wonder how's going to turn out. |
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| The OP and ED are pretty cool, I can't wait for the next episode. I also liked the online game setting and the animation, it was pretty cool. |
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| I wish Momonga`s charcter design was better but it`s a pretty good anime so far |
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| Nice start for this anime. I hope it doesn't get shit and actually delivers some epicness. |
| OP is rockin' it and ED was off the freakin' charts! Momonga sure knows how to test reality. Seems like Gargantua and Victim will be some sort of plot movers. Decent start. Haven't really reeled me in yet, but there is potential in this. |
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| Okay episode for "stuck in online game". I like the idea of the protag being a lich and a dungeon boss. Though LN adaptation means only one thing: it's gonna end shitty or prematurely, so I'd better read the LN. |
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| Finally watched it today. The Funimation release is unwatchable, was better to wait for a decent fansub release. Anyway, I had fun with this one. I know that the concept of being stuck in a gameis nothing new, but eh, that stuff's still pretty fun in my eyes. Very promising start. |
| A bit different than the other MMO anime lately. nice that the MC and crew might be uh bad guys? well curious how being a big ol bone guy will work out. |
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| There's a lot of bashing over it for being stuck in an online video game archtype but I think a lot of us need to understand it's really just a transfer to a new world which has been a long existing setting and in my opinion perfectly acceptable and here is a just a different twist to it. The only thing is that it introduces that setting with reality vs game world as the object of comparison. Also this is a lot different than SAO or Log Horizon one there are no console interfaces we can see that they have disappeared which makes it highly susceptible As for my personal opinion it really pulled me in this first episode so much that I had to go to the source material for more and I hope that the anime adaption proves to be very enjoyable. |
| Good shit... I thought this was another SAO-shit clone... Trapped in a game and NPC's coming to life... Good concept Also seems like MC is on the bad side... 4/5 |
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