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Jul 3, 2015 12:25 PM

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Slow pace is good. But they relly take it easy on the gore. The manga is a like akame ga kill from time to time.
Jul 3, 2015 12:28 PM
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Anyone familiar with the series wouldn't rate this higher than 7 out of 10 and that's being generous.
Jul 3, 2015 12:30 PM
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Karharot said:

I was afraid they will not shown any enemy humans being killed (only orcs and such) but thankfully I was wrong on that, unfortunately the censoring did take its toll and the bloody Ginza massacre looked more like violent commotion caused by football fans rather like a slaughter it was. This does not bode well considering what kind of scenes should take place in the future

Plus that didn't look like an army in the manga and LN I think they where in the thousands that attact Ginza but we only see a small regiment here in the anime.

Sweanime said:
Slow pace is good. But they relly take it easy on the gore. The manga is a like akame ga kill from time to time.


Seriously why are they censoring this to much this is not some kid show that's need a PG reading.
Jul 3, 2015 12:40 PM
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From the manga, but not in the anime.

One scene in the anime is completely different from the manga, and changes the whole tone of the story. In the manga, the invading Empire, briefly thinking they've triumphed, raises their flag in Ginza on a pile of Japanese bodies. That's why the JSDF goes in with a massive invasion force. In the anime, we instead have the Empire's general showing doubts about the invasion.

oldskoolpunkJul 3, 2015 12:44 PM
Jul 3, 2015 12:42 PM

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I wonder if they will do it completely uncencored in the BDs/DVDs.
Jul 3, 2015 12:42 PM
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The mc seems pretty chill.
Jul 3, 2015 12:43 PM

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I guess it's okay. Military and fantasy is a weird mix, true, nevertheless I enjoyed this episode. I also liked the main character. 3/5
What a beautiful Duwang.
Jul 3, 2015 12:48 PM
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Well, imo it was a very good first episode.
I liked it !
Jul 3, 2015 12:49 PM
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We saw around 3-4 pages of a 31 pages first chapter adapted mixed with unnecessary subpar filler scenes.
This shouldn't even be called the first episode, and the animation felt so disgustingly childish as if I was watching your usual average fantasy anime that comes out every season.
Jul 3, 2015 12:53 PM
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Shaduge said:
We saw around 3-4 pages of a 31 pages first chapter adapted mixed with unnecessary subpar filler scenes.
This shouldn't even be called the first episode, and the animation felt so disgustingly childish as if I was watching your usual average fantasy anime that comes out every season.



I doubt that will happen after seeing how much tone down the violence is in the first episode.
Jul 3, 2015 12:55 PM

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I wish they had shown more of the bloodshed, and of how the Empire thought they were successfully conquering territory. Still, the adaptation is pretty solid, and it's just awesome to see Gate animated. Looking forward to seeing Kurebayashi and the rest of the 3rd Recon team next week!
Jul 3, 2015 12:56 PM

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I was expecting a RPG anime ... -.-' oh well...
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Jul 3, 2015 1:00 PM
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Shaduge said:
Anyone familiar with the series wouldn't rate this higher than 7 out of 10 and that's being generous.


well, I don't know about how this anime gonna be by the end of it, but for the 1st episode I'm giving it 3 "It was OK", and that I'm being REALLY generous (if the choice is available, I would give 2.5, hate a lot of parts in the episode but not the entire thing and still clinging to the hope that the anime gonna take turn for the better)
GweAnakJakartaJul 3, 2015 1:18 PM
Jul 3, 2015 1:04 PM

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I can't say I was too impressed with the first episode. The pacing was a bit too insanely fast for me, the protagonist goes from being an otaku to some kind of hero/solider within the span of 12 minutes.

I feel like I've seen this plot loads of times beforehand as well, it definitely isn't anything original, which isn't necessarily a bad thing in itself, but with so many fantasy anime recently such as DanMachi, it's getting old fast.
Jul 3, 2015 1:08 PM
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Strange blend of genres and hard to place protagonist makes this a hard one to assess. Let's see how things develop in the next couple of episodes. I fear a harem.
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Jul 3, 2015 1:11 PM

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Not bad for a first episode.
Jul 3, 2015 1:11 PM

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I really don't want to be that guy... but some of you people just want it to be unnecessarily "edgy". Violence was there, but it wasn't overplayed. It does not become better if you replace cavalry cutting someone's stomach by cavalry cutting off someone's head.

There was enough gore to bring the "point" across. Though I agree that almost everything beside the vehicles was a bit lacking in terms of visual quality.
Jul 3, 2015 1:13 PM

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Pretty original concept. At first I wasn't that happy when I saw military (I was looking for nice fantasy anime x)), but I guess it can work here :) I hope it will be epic. Also, opening song is absolutely awesome ! <3

Jul 3, 2015 1:13 PM

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Sending a whole fucking army with jeeps and tanks to a land you just discovered REALLY doesnt look very diplomatic.
Jul 3, 2015 1:13 PM

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For all people that say it´s fast paced you can´t have read the manga? The show is slow as hell. It did´t even complete one chapter of the manga.

And the MC is already a soldier from the begining. ;)
Jul 3, 2015 1:15 PM

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m-i-c-h-a-e-l said:
Sending a whole fucking army with jeeps and tanks to a land you just discovered REALLY doesnt look very diplomatic.


You mean the "land" that without warning attacked and killed civilists?
Jul 3, 2015 1:16 PM
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m-i-c-h-a-e-l said:
Sending a whole fucking army with jeeps and tanks to a land you just discovered REALLY doesnt look very diplomatic.


sounds like something MURICA would do.

*eat pop-corn*
Jul 3, 2015 1:23 PM

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Shaduge said:
Anyone familiar with the series wouldn't rate this higher than 7 out of 10 and that's being generous.


I am extremely familiar with it and its got an 8-9 from me right now.
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Jul 3, 2015 1:24 PM

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Excellent beginning.

I don't mind the gore being off-screen as they way they do it leaves no doubt what just happened. If this broadens the audience then I'm all for it, as that will increase its popularity, sales, etc etc without really detracting from the story.

Makes sense that they are equipping the expeditionary force with older model equipment. Notice that in the opening battle scene the JGSDF troops were using flares instead of night vision? They have no idea how the Gate appeared, and so they have no idea if it might disappear.

I wondered a moment at the three month span between the Ginza incident and the departure of the Expeditionary Force, but then I realized that does make sense. No one in the current military has ever organized a major ground offensive before, and they would want to make sure they got it right, as well as retrieve and re-issue the older equipment.

REALLY looking forward to next week! Keep up the good work A1 !
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Jul 3, 2015 1:28 PM

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Interesting concept. Modern military vs medieval army.
And I like that the main character isn't a high school student.
I pity the otaku who probably just wanted some H-doujins but had to fight a war for them.



Looks like best girl based on character design.


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Jul 3, 2015 1:32 PM

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Wow that was a pretty solid first episode! I'm liking the mix of modern and fantasy/medieval elements since they almost never collide. I was wondering why the OP sounded so much like the one for Highschool of the Dead then looked the band up and found out it's the same band.
Jul 3, 2015 1:35 PM
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Ok... first, the OP song is pretty good. Second, call me a psychopath if you want but, almost no gore at all (a guy got slashed, body getting smashed sounds, and stabbing a guy offscreen is the best you got here)and the military action in the city got reduced, and the character design is inevitable, huh? (the male characters I can tolerate but the females turned "K-ON"-ish).

I don't know about you guys, but I as the loyal fan and follower of the manga, I'm pretty heartbroken right now, but still hoping it will be better later on

Cool designs for the guns and vehicles, though.
GweAnakJakartaJul 3, 2015 1:41 PM
Jul 3, 2015 1:36 PM
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Sweanime said:
And the MC is already a soldier from the beginning.

That's not clear at all in the anime. He's a serving JSDF military officer, off duty. In the manga, when he tells the police to start an evacuation to the Imperial Palace, he flashes a military ID.
Jul 3, 2015 1:44 PM
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Looks like best girl based on character design.




This, my friend, I agree
Jul 3, 2015 1:47 PM

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Haven't seen much shows from this season since it's only the start, but this one was weirdly and surprisingly the best so far for me. The story is still a lot to ask for but the premise is nice and it definitely has potential, for real hope that it won't go down in quality that much.
Jul 3, 2015 1:47 PM

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Ln adaption or Manga adpation?
Jul 3, 2015 1:57 PM

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m-i-c-h-a-e-l said:
Sending a whole fucking army with jeeps and tanks to a land you just discovered REALLY doesnt look very diplomatic.
They want to force the compensation, that's what they are doing, taking it by force.
Jul 3, 2015 1:58 PM

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I thought it was gonna be a shit adaptation but now I'm really hyped for more.
Oh god who are you people?
Jul 3, 2015 1:59 PM

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oh my god the setting and premise are so stupid, but the animation is pretty good (as expected of A-1)

Apache helicopters vs dragons lmao
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Jul 3, 2015 2:04 PM

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That was such a slow start its pretty much only chapter 1 of the manga
Jul 3, 2015 2:06 PM

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I'm mad at how they ended this episode, leaving a HUGE cliffhanger.




It's the first episode.......... smh
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Jul 3, 2015 2:32 PM
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m-i-c-h-a-e-l said:
Sending a whole fucking army with jeeps and tanks to a land you just discovered REALLY doesnt look very diplomatic.


The anime has been toned down a lot. I doubt gore and adult contents will be animated, but on the very first chapter, people at Ginza had been butchered, eaten and split into two. What country would go for a diplomatic approach when its people just got ravaged right under its nose?

Good start though I wish they covered and stopped on chapter 2.
Jul 3, 2015 2:41 PM
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oh my god the setting and premise are so stupid, but the animation is pretty good (as expected of A-1)

Apache helicopters vs dragons lmao


it was Cobra, btw
Jul 3, 2015 2:45 PM
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Pretty rushed for a first episode, but wasn't all that terrible. A-1 will probably start messing up soon though..

Youji is a cool guy with his priorities set up. Saving the city and rescuing citizens so he'd be able to get his hands on the doujinshis. Too bad, the convention got cancelled altogether.

Average start. OP isn't as good as the ED. Modern technologies vs. Fantasy beings & Medieval knights should be decent as long as they properly adapt it.

Jul 3, 2015 2:46 PM
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oldskoolpunk said:

From the manga, but not in the anime.

One scene in the anime is completely different from the manga, and changes the whole tone of the story. In the manga, the invading Empire, briefly thinking they've triumphed, raises their flag in Ginza on a pile of Japanese bodies. That's why the JSDF goes in with a massive invasion force. In the anime, we instead have the Empire's general showing doubts about the invasion.

It's adapting the LN not the manga
Jul 3, 2015 2:48 PM

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very questionable first episode we will see.
How long until season 3 of Spice and Wolf?
The World May Never Know.
Jul 3, 2015 2:49 PM

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WOW this one is gold.
I was planing on reading the manga/novel and then this happen.
With the first episode, I already know I would love this series.
I will still read the manga/novel either way.
Glad this got turns into a series.
Jul 3, 2015 3:00 PM

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LOVE IT. I didn't expect to be so hooked after the first episode. The main characters love for manga and how he got angry over it being cancelled reminded me of Saitama from One Punch man :D. I like the premise of the story, and when Itami killed that soldier with the knife HE WAS SOO BAD ASS, it would be interesting how he will hold himself in the world beyond the gate. Also the female characters looked pretty awesome, especially the Goth Loli like Itami said :D.
Jul 3, 2015 3:05 PM

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Looks like a (much) better Outbreak Company.
Jul 3, 2015 3:21 PM

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The mc is awesome

I'm liking this anime so far

The ending song is really catchy







Jul 3, 2015 3:22 PM

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Hm I didn't really want to watch it at first because I'm not really a fan of military anime... but it seems fairly interesting.
The protagonist actually kind of reminds me of Rider from Fate/Zero. He jokes around a lot and on the surface his priorities seem kind of off, but when it comes down to it he can take stuff seriously.
Jul 3, 2015 3:22 PM

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It's alright. They didn't f*ck up anything yet, but that could still happen. I don't trust A-1 with such a good series... but I do hope that they will change my way of thinking~

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shichirin said:
Question for the LN readers; Will this become a harem?


Well, think about it: there are 3 main Girls in the cover and 1 MC.. so the answer to the million dollar question is?

Ehem, jk aside, yep harem to go please


Jul 3, 2015 3:25 PM

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Not impressed. This show sure isnt brimming with creativity. it takes less than a minute to come up with a setting and a premise like this.

Also the violence just looks funny. i Saw a guy cut half of his body open and he barely lost some blood.


this was strange at best. 2/5
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No. Two will see him as a father-figure, while only one of 'em actually has a romantic interest. ^^

and one as a slave :v
Jul 3, 2015 3:33 PM
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Military porn with censored violence and a cold blooded random otaku killer...

is this a bad fanfic ?


Animation is bad, story is meh (hey just stood at the gate asking questions to 2 random cops and i'm a hero now !), waiting for the 2nd ep
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