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| Why are people complaining about the bad CGI? This is a Gonzo series. |
| Aiks vs Hazuki was cool. |
| This episode didn't feel right. What happened to the girl aruka met in the first episode? Where is she going? Who is the short guy on the camel? How the hell did big boobed gun girl catch up to her? Who exactly is the inn lady and what does she want? First she lets aruka go, then she follows her. Things didn't make much sense to me. This was worse than the first episode. |
| Jin has a body on her,that is all lol |
| I'm not even looking for something deep in this one. Just enjoy it for what it is folks! Dat plot. |
| Nice fight... but hated the dance animation... |
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| Berserk CGI: The 2nd coming |
| My Guitar Covers: Playlist I CAN ALWAYS SHOW MY EVERYTHING TO YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUU |
| Wow the CG dance was just too incoherent. I think the battle in here surpass my expectations, pretty intense. I still need to get used on the story. |
| Lack of plot development, but very nice action. And I agree that the CGI when the lady was dancing was pretty terrible. |
| rofl that dancing lady what the hell was that. Weird pace but it established the setting very well so I guess I don't mind. The action was pretty good but not excellent. TIME FOR REVENGE! |
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hybreezy said: Is there a reason that even in 2014 Gonzo is awful at CG and generally uses it in the most unnecesary places It's good to know that some things about Gonzo never change. That aside, is Jun Hazuki's top glued on? |
| This show just continues to perform. Its a hard choice for me to decide the best anime for this season. As of now, its: 1.Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei 2.Ryuugajou Nanana no Maizoukin 3.Blade and Soul in that order. Nevertheless, that doesn't take away from the many other great anime's this season. Those 3 just noticeably stand above the rest. |
Aggron said: The CG dance for the ED was interesting, I wonder if there will be different ED sequences each episode? That would be cool. I'm getting the vibe that this anime will be episodic in nature about Alka's travels. |
"The one true, unchanging righteousness in the world is..cuteness! Cute makes right! All our needs, desires, and instincts seek cuteness, and it is for cuteness that we will give everything we have! That's just the way men are!" - Sora |
| Oh dear lord, the CG during the dance and the ending. Looking for some personality for the main character. |
| CGI was bad. Most of the episode was boring and made no sense at parts. Action was the only good point really. |
| "Listen Simon... Don't forget. Believe in yourself. Not in the you who believes in me. Not the me who believes in you. Believe in the you who believes in yourself." ~ Kamina (TTGL) “You should enjoy the little detours. To the fullest. Because that’s where you’ll find the things more important than what you want.” ~ Ging (HxH) |
| I enjoyed this episode from start to finish. And the action scene was the best action I've seen so far in this whole season. |
UnbornMVs said: The CG was horrifying Agreed. When the whole show is CG, Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio, it works fine. But it stands out in a bad way in a show like this. Though, that CG was probably poor enough to look bad against anything... Eh, I'm dropping this. |
| Glorious fight scenes. Dat CG dancing tho! |
| That CG killed my mood. |
trickster20 said: Z4k said: That CG killed my mood. What's wrong with the CG??? It was terrible |
| I liked the CG during the ending, but it didn't fit during the show at all. It just seems like there has been little effort put into this anime, which is a shame considering the game itself is very pretty to look at! I'll keep watching for now, though; Alka makes me laugh. |
| 'From my speeding car, I catch a glimpse through the trees of what looks like the ocean. Hope... a premonition. Every month, as I write, I am visited by such moments. The scene that follows is sometimes an ocean brighter than anything I could have imagined, sometimes a barren seashore littered with rocks, sometimes a place I once visited, sometimes a road that ends up going nowhere. I would like to end up at a heartbreakingly beautiful sea.' -Hiroyuki Asada, 2010 |
| The fight between those 2 reminded me and was quite similar to Black Lagoon : Revy vs Samurai dude (forgot his name , sorry) . I know the 2 arent in the same state but thats the feel. That's what I felt it was like. |
| "Love is a drug to our brain , it stops the thinking function and when you realize it wether you acomplish it or not you'll enter in one of the 3 withdrawal states : happy , sad or anger. Once this drug gets hold of you you'd better be prepaired beforehand." - Me |
| Questionable CGI dancing aside, that was pretty fun. Especially the situation where those 3 killers trash talked each other until it all escalated. xD The final fight was cool as well of course. Dat bouncing bullets. |
Just sit back, and let your tears do the talking as I save you. |
| Pretty cool episode, I'm liking this show so far. Dat CG dancing though, that was laughable xD |
| Did she really have to cut her hair what a waste ¬_¬ Still haven't finished the whole episode yet I'm just not happy about her hair cut. |
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| Episode was ok, action was good. I hope they never do CG in this series again, i almost stopped right then and there. |
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| What a waste of an episode... with only 11 left to go? Where is the story going? The leader of the evil group reminds me of a matured version of Saya from Blood+. The killing tension sucked! She should of killed him with her blade or at least have some henchmen take care of minor things like these... just a showboat episode I guess. Still don't know much about the heroine past. The newly introduced characters were interesting, especially the lady with the revolvers. She took me for a surprise! I thought she was the equivalent to Team Rocket or something. Hoping the next episode is better! |
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| People really try to find derps in GOnzo shows huh? C'mon the CG was one scene, and people go ape shit. If it was Bones, no one would care. Anyways the CG was bad, but won't care since the fight scene looked amazing. Otherwise zzzz episode. |
| Still not clear on a overreaching story yet, so it better get a move on fast. |
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| Bad Gonzo CG is bad. Nice action at the end there. Seems we are going to be following Aruka around each episode as she meets/kills new people. |
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| I expected for this to be average, but it's pretty damn boring so far. I hate the silent main chick. The action is good but I pretty much don't care about the characters and that makes the all experience ruined. Ah well. still have a great MMO to play it. ˇˇ |
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trickster20 said: Sir_Lexa said: People really try to find derps in GOnzo shows huh? C'mon the CG was one scene, and people go ape shit. If it was Bones, no one would care. Anyways the CG was bad, but won't care since the fight scene looked amazing. Otherwise zzzz episode. When you say the CG, bad exactly how is it bad?? It didn't fit at all with the scene. |
| 4/5 Episode not bad, I like this anime, at least the performance is different from what you might imagine, Alka has not brought back the girl of the village and not talk a lot, as would a ninja. Too bad the graphics, starting with the scenarios, is not great. Even the CG used with Karen was not the greatest. Oh well, here we would have to do a speech before blaming the Gonzo, we should know how much budget has been allocated to carry out the series. Since the work previously done by Studio Gonzo, more than good the movie Bayonetta. Plot yet to be discovered, not bad storytelling. Very interesting clash between Alka and Jin. Karen also no joke, who knows who he is. Ending very beautiful, can not wait to come out the full version. |
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| Pretty good episode |
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| wtf why does there have to be a boy neko that rides an obese camel? best moment ever: first time ive ever seen a Trap get killed. #bestMC2014 the tavern owner, Karen, sure is mysterious... o ya and the bounty hunter girl looks like a slutty drunk. |
m-i-c-h-a-e-lJul 2, 2014 2:46 PM
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| There isn't anything that's very good about this so far but it isnt anything terrible :) |
| really digging the fight scenes... it's good enough to overlook all the other zzz stuff... still could use more fanservice though =/ |
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| I like this episode better than the prior, but it was still kind of meh. I enjoyed the fights a bit and I think Karen is awesome, but there is something in Aruka's persona that feels off to me. Like they are trying too hard to make her be this cold, calm, and cool assassin but she really just seems like someone who's oblivious to her surroundings and doesn't really think or use her brains much. Well, going to watch a bit more and see because now I need more of Karen-sama *w* |
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| Unfortunately the artwork took a downgrade in the second episode but it was expected since probably this isn't a big budget show, still love the this style of character artwork though. The CG dance thing might have looked terrible but i don't get why people are making such a big fuss about it. It's just a minor scene. Other CG stuff like the bullets etc looked fine. ChronosXIII said: I'm pretty sure that prostitute was a dude. Lawl. Pretty sure you are right. dmrch said: I couldn't understand why she stood like a whore. She wanted to earn money? Lol, i am quite certain that is just misunderstanding. She didn't knew that the spot she was standing was a whoring spot. |
MonadSep 5, 2014 7:06 PM
| Okay development but the pacing is still quite bad and that CGI was quite awful, not sure why they even resulted on using it... |
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Codydoc said: If this is going to continue with half of the screen being black while the action scenes are going then I won't even bother to continue watching this.. This. Think I'll have to find the BD version and hope for the best. |
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