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sbg711 said: The war has been going on for 30 somewhat years and most men have been wiped out? How come teenage girls are available but teenage boys aren't? Or were they thrown into battle since infancy? The carefree setting in episode 1 doesn't seem to indicate such a desperate situation. The BETA were known in 1967 and the first lunar war occurred, then in 1973 they landed in the middle-east and from they wiped out every clean from existence as they spread across of Europe and made the whole land barren of any life. The war is now continuing at asia where Japan is the front-line. So during this time only about 1 billion people are still alive in the world because most were consumed by the BETA horde. Because of this the Earth military forces are severely under-manned, out-gunned and out-numbered (you'll know more later on why) and so they have lowered the recruitment age limit in order compensate for their lack of man-power. First only boys were recruited, but most of the new recruits got owned in less then 8 minutes in their first encounter with the BETA, and so girls were then recruited to fight as well. However not everyone can be a Tactical Surface Fighter pilot cos you have to pass the aptitude test. Later on you'll get know more about the BETA personally and if you can't wait play the VN. |
Muv-Luv-erJul 2, 2012 6:24 AM
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| So this is Strike Witches in a more advanced timeline and with slightly older girls and most of them bustier too? No wonder then that over at Sankaku Complex majority said "Yay" for this while "Nay" for Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita. |
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I really hoped we will get something similar to Rinne no lagrande and Aquarion evol in this season and we did. This was only the first episode, but I already have super high expectations for this show. All that robot training was awesome, the battle that started too. I also can't lie that I don't like the uniforms lol. Anyway, this was great. Looking forward to next episode. |
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liemtodaisu said: entropy13 said: So this is Strike Witches in a more advanced timeline and with slightly older girls and most of them bustier too? No wonder then that over at Sankaku Complex majority said "Yay" for this while "Nay" for Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita. No don't judge it on the 1st ep too quick dude. Yoshimune Kouki(the original creator) is the master of dick punching with his writing style and he's in charge of Total Eclipse plot as well, the master of depression, just wait to see how it goes after several more eps. So we might expect that most of them or worst case scenarior all of them except Yui will die in the 2nd ep. Well he got me good in Alternative when they tested out the Japanese Alternative plan and people died T^T |
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liemtodaisu said: Yeah they were transmitted to eishi's brains through the head pieces. Also the suit hides some kind of drugs or morphin to stimulate the pilots in emergency cases. To be precise the head piece projects the image onto their eyes from the two red points in the head piece. Sir_Lexa said: The suits the girls wear are absolutely ridiculous. Is this an ecchi show or? There is an actual reason behind that. Basically it's a type of conditioning. In this world on the front lines men and women share rooms, showers...everything. To summarise the suits are designed so that girls become less conscious of being naked in front of men and likewise men become used to the sight of a woman's naked body and don't react to it as much. So the point is for both sexes to view each other as soldiers rather than members of the opposite sex. |
 "I always take life with a grain of salt, ...plus a slice of lemon, ...and a shot of tequila." |
| Bit cliche, and bit rushed. But still a good episode. Definitely looking forward to next episode. 3.5/5 |
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liemtodaisu said: I am still baffled as to why would this have a connection to Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien? Same town? Same spots in this series? I noticed style is similar but not so in this one. So what is the whole thing of Kimi?FightingFisto said: T-there was no luv in this.... THERE WAS NO LUV IN THIS Note to self: Read synopsis and genres of all anime titles from now on fucking Muv -_- The main one Alternative has Luv though lol and a really pure and epic one. That's why they said Muv-luv Alternative, Save in the name of true love. Not sure about Total Eclipse side story though. |
| Epic. ***** Five stars, I damn right loved it. |
| Did you say "nerd"? ---------------------- Not "nerd" -- "node". |
liemtodaisu said: No don't judge it on the 1st ep too quick dude. Yoshimune Kouki(the original creator) is the master of dick punching with his writing style and he's in charge of Total Eclipse plot as well, the master of depression, just wait to see how it goes after several more eps. So we might expect that most of them or worst case scenarior all of them except Yui will die in the 2nd ep. You can't judge it "too quick" when they immediately show the skintight suits and oppai. And it's quite obvious that they're all going to die except for her anyway, it's the "in thing" today, a lot of deaths (besides of course moe, fanservice and lolis). |
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| Oho, the early time of BETA invasion sure worked great as an introduction to the world, still felt a bit rushed. I actually expected to see Yui stationed in Alaska right away with some flashbacks or something to explain the current world situation. This worked better, though can't wait for longhair Yui. |
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hotdamnbatman said: The best part of this episode was when the instructor was talking about how pilots dont usually last more than 8 minutes and the girls were all chatting about their boyfriends. Hahahaha, lets see how well that works out for them. I was shocked lol. 8 minutes becomes a trope in this Prolouge lol xD |
| I really don't want to watch this.. The ecchi and the fanservice gets on my nerves. Dropped. |
| One of the more unimpressive first episodes I've seen so far, I couldn't care less about everyone and everything but I will give it another shot when shit gets real and I mean more real than now. |
| Opinions about this one are quite split, as it seems... The title sound's crappy and I didn't know what to make of the picture here on MAL but the anime itself seems good enough. |
| Not so bad, still it seemed rushed, so it wasn't that "eyecatching", let's see what happens in next episode. |
| To be honest, I thought it was pretty slow. I don't know how anybody can say things were rushed. If I'm checking the timer and being surprised that I still got 10mins, then it's either I'm bored or the pacing is slow. |
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Man, their suit give a whole new definition to "Wearing Nothing." |
| mmm.. will keep watching, just because the fighting might be cool to watch lol not a fan of mechas (except Eureka Seven Ao .. but, don't know if anyone who's very into Mecha considers that mecha.. lol) hopefully it gets interesting as the story goes on.. reminds me of Freezing (war going on... unknown things attacking.. that kind of stuff) |
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| Nice start! And the main heroine is not your typical high school girl. I hope this has more than 12 eps. |
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| I must say, that was surprisingly good. Much more serious and mature than I expected it to be. It's like they're trying to hold off on us seeing the aliens in question though (other than a few flashes). Why a training school with only girls though? Are there boy training schools too? |
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Onyxthegreat said: There are almost no boys in the world at all.I must say, that was surprisingly good. Much more serious and mature than I expected it to be. It's like they're trying to hold off on us seeing the aliens in question though (other than a few flashes). Why a training school with only girls though? Are there boy training schools too? The "not seeing the BETA" thing is actually a trend in the novels too. You bearly see them (and mostly just their outlines) until shit gets serious and even then you only see a bit of them, makes it a LOT more shocking too. Then in the third novel things start flying out of control and that's when shit hits the fan. |
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| I am someone who has not played the visual novel & I was a little confused by the beginning. But I hope some things will become more clear, mainly for those who are totally unfamiliar with the franchise. Anyway, I liked the setting and the designs weren't that bad. Overall it was a decent episode. |
| Not enjoying it very much hmm.. Maybe cos I'm not a big fan of mecha genre.. 3/5 |
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| Will keep watching till episode 2, looks good so far and those "enhancements suits" Hehe |
Nachotee said: There are almost no boys in the world at all. So the men got sent out first and died and now their only fallback is teenage girls? Ok. Why am I even surprised? :P |
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Hydnlife said: Will keep watching till episode 2, looks good so far and those "enhancements suits" Hehe Agreed. |
| Did you say "nerd"? ---------------------- Not "nerd" -- "node". |
| ...Why do I get Mars of Destruction vibes from this? |
| Actually almost all of the person that started the franchise before are also a kind of disturbed by the plugsuits, but they keep going. After played the franchise, knowing the reason behind the plugsuits and getting used to it, I believe everyone who have played the franchise didn't see the plugsuit as anything else other than...plugsuits. They are playing/watching not for that plugsuits! Come on, anime fandom, be mature. Learn the difference between show that made for fanservice and show that contains elements that could be saw as fanservice. |
| The first half was painful to watch, but I enjoyed the second half. I hope that we'll keep the darker themes going rather than going the school life route. |
jose94ji said: I red that the main character was suppose to be a guy but all see is girls. Indeed, but judging by the character list, it seems all but Yui will be dead eventually. Of course, the other characters may just not have been added yet. It's hard to say. EDIT: He'll probably appear in the next few episodes. |
aimedamiss said: ...Why do I get Mars of Destruction vibes from this? Strange, I thought I was the only one. I'll be blunt, the mecha cg makes me vomit. Literally. I was eating some teriyaki while watching and I slightly choked and coughed em up when the mechas made an appearance thinking "Oh god that's some horrible cg." I probably won't even bother with the next episode but hell, who knows. |
| LOL at all the complaints based on the setting.. this is what you all get for blindly getting involved in a side story of a larger franchise.. |
| Far more interesting than most of the shows currently airing. |
Mechas piloted by hot girls in skin tight piloting suits... what's not to like? |
Tenko_RanchiJul 2, 2012 7:27 PM
Tenko_Ranchi said: Mechas piloted by hot girls in skin tight piloting suits... what's not to like? The fun part is |
liemtodaisuJul 2, 2012 8:34 PM
| Aside from the fan service this has a lot of potential, the setting is quite interesting. |
Rainbow-Dash said: Far more interesting than most of the shows currently airing. If this is true the anime industry has truly hit an all time low. |
LoneWolf said: @Josh makes me sad to call myself Canadian. |
liemtodaisu said: Tenko_Ranchi said: Mechas piloted by hot girls in skin tight piloting suits... what's not to like? The fun part is |
Mechas piloted by hot girls in skin tight piloting suits... what's not to like? The fact that they will end up in the bellies of those BETAs. Won't be picking this up, and I hope that this would bomb catastrophically, just to make a point. |
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