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| Loved the atmosphere. This could end up being fantastic. |
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UnoPuntoCinco said: I'll tell you all a secret, mah niggas. Hajime Isayama is a Tsutomu Nihei's admirer. Mind = Blown |
"Komugi, are you there?" |
| I thought I would be alone if I said I liked the OP. Haha, turns out I'm not. I don't think I have watched any anime with major CG use like this one and although human movements were a little funny, the action and mecha scenes were great. People are being too harsh with the anime. Plot seems okay for now. I guess it's the CG and not the standard anime style?? D: |
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| I am feeling this animation! The character design leaves a bit to be desired, but the story seems like it may be an interesting one. I'm always up for space monsters and mecha! Sent with Mal Updater |
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| OP is great. Premise is interesting, this episode felt more like a shounen though (I don't mean it's bad though). Looks like I have to get used to the characters though, I thought I was imagining stuff at first but they did use CG on characters. Will be interesting to see how it goes. Overall, great episode 4/5 Side note: 3rd gender? Wth... |
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| Pretty good so far, which is quite an unexpected surprise since I hate cg. |
| That was pretty good, I still don't know what this is about other than some monsters extermination. I didn't like the shadow/shading, it didn't match with the objects, it felt weird. The OP singer has a nice voice. |
| Honobono Log - best slice of life short -------------------------------------------- most kawaii loli overlord ---------------------------- Donquixote Doflamingo AMV - Control |
| Great OP by Angela and interesting setting / animation. The artwork reminded me a lot of Yamato and also Planetes with that more realistic interpretation of space. |
| Love the story. The animation style was nice, but it's kinda hard for me to differentiate one character from another~ |
| the animation in this show gave me motion sickness, idk why :/ makes me kinda upset b/c i loved the first ep otherwise. |
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| That cliffhanger tho... |
ashlelouch said: That was fucking great. So pissed at the rating on MAL. Yeah like I said in another thread, take whatever score this show gets and add 2 to it to find the actual score. This show was doomed to be scored low because of the cgi haters (as you can see from all the crying children in this thread). |
| so why isn't this in mecha genre? come on mal |
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| this was kinda weird. a 3rd gender? those girls that all looked exactly the same? the people with the masks? the death topic? the animation /op/ed was top notch though. seems worth keeping up with. |
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mystik said: this was kinda weird. a 3rd gender? those girls that all looked exactly the same? the people with the masks? the death topic? the animation /op/ed was top notch though. seems worth keeping up with. Let me clarify some things for you: 1) Why not? It's the future! 2) Yes. It's supposed to be this way. 3) The people with masks are part of the immortal ship committee. 4) You mean the biothermal reactor? |
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| The CG looks fucking terrible, dropped after two minutes. |
| Looks interesting but the CG were horrible ( ﾟдﾟ) |
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| I felt really awkward with this CG... But I liked it, anyway. |
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ex_necross said: ashlelouch said: That was fucking great. So pissed at the rating on MAL. Yeah like I said in another thread, take whatever score this show gets and add 2 to it to find the actual score. This show was doomed to be scored low because of the cgi haters (as you can see from all the crying children in this thread). Because its cool to hate everything non-2d~ let's forget that 99% of anime is computer generated anyway nowadays |
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| So, this show is what others call Shingeki no Kyojin in Space, in short, the SnK of 2014. The CGs were kinda weird especially the characters. It made the show look like a video game. haha I'm kinda confused whether Izana is physically a hermaphrodite or not because she mentioned that their bodies adapt whether they are physically in contact with a male or female. lol I really hope this show will live up to its hype. It has the potential to be the one of the best of this season. |
| "Everyone wears their own panties inside their heart" - Kousaku Hata |
| OP needs more German |
| the story and seiyuu were enjoyable, but that cg made me want to claw my eyes out.............too much cg leaves me feeling like i'm watching a video game - how i pine for the days of non-digitized cell animation......... |
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| Great first episode! I'm loving it so much! |
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| Phew, this was very special. It's hard to get used to it but I like the adult style. I guess I will continue watching it |
| Man, the pacing is like, I don't know exactly what's going on, but I'm very interested to find out. Attractive aesthetics, OST, and the storytelling seems like it will be good. |
Ledgem said: I didn't like the choppy animation. It was probably done for time or cost reasons, but it gave a low-budget feel to the episode. It's doubly disappointing because it's CG, which can easily be much smoother than traditional anime (see RWBY as an example). Really? I couldn't even watch RWBY because of the animation and in this I hardly took notice of it. |
| I like how some people think the CG is terrible, cheap, and choppy while other people think it's awesome and almost movie quality. Easy to tell the bandwagoners who just hate CG because it's CG and those who are open minded. The most ironic part is that practically every anime released in the past 10 years is CG. |
Earwen said: Ledgem said: I didn't like the choppy animation. It was probably done for time or cost reasons, but it gave a low-budget feel to the episode. It's doubly disappointing because it's CG, which can easily be much smoother than traditional anime (see RWBY as an example). Really? I couldn't even watch RWBY because of the animation and in this I hardly took notice of it. This. RWBY had great action and character designs but oh my fuck was the actual animation of the CGI awful. This is easily on levels of Transformers Prime. |
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| Photosynthetic humans and futanari. Sound like there's a bright future ahead of us. About the CG, I have no issue with it, the real issue is the animation which gets kinda choppy at times. It was a good chapter though, liked the setting with big mze-like cylindrical city. |
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| The CGI became amazing when I watched the episode with SVP. So far, the series seems to be a "real robot" mecha, with some hard sci-fi mixed in. Excited to see some Gauna fighting next episode! |
| That Angela OP is a bit overpowering for this anime. The obvious: Bad CG is bad. (battle CG is fine) Bad CG aside... It was a decent/interesting first episode... but it would have been better if they intensified the space-horror vibes. |
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| I wasn't expecting that at all, i'm already addicted. |
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BurntJelly said: That Angela OP is a bit overpowering for this anime. The obvious: Bad CG is bad. (battle CG is fine) Bad CG aside... It was a decent/interesting first episode... but it would have been better if they intensified the space-horror vibes. That's definitely not the obvious, but rather your opinion. |
| Whoooaaaaaaa. If you ask me, there was virtually no characterization. I hope they can build up the emotional aspect so that we can actually feel something for the characters. But the world itself is far out there. THIS is a cool universe to really get your inner sci-fi junkie excited. Biothermal reactors. Third sex. Clones. Civil unrest. Humans and photosynthesis? Ruled by the undead? Badass mecha launching sequences. Frightening looking baddies. Fingers broken backwards, lol. Plus, all of these details were introduced so NATURALLY. No damn lengthy monologues of characters just spouting information. I'm already used to the CG here after watching (and loving) Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio. In fact, I think it look GREAT here. Totally works with the atmosphere. That ED is so groovin', too. I'm excited. |
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| Third sex and bear nurses? If this is going to be the future count me out of it. Looking forward to see how this anime actually develops. Also did anyone read the recommendations...lol. |
Trippwire01 said: Whoooaaaaaaa. If you ask me, there was virtually no characterization. I hope they can build up the emotional aspect so that we can actually feel something for the characters. The world definitely builds quite a bit. The characters..... well..... Characterization really does take a back-seat to everything else. Like, brief glimpses are seen every now and then, especially in the ladies, with jealousy and whatnot. A lot of characters are introduced, and I still get them confused. The manga is very very minimal when it comes to dialogue. Not as sparse as it could be, but definitely on the lower side. Either way though.... I'd still say to stick with it; I'm through 6 volumes of the manga, and waiting to buy more, and really, it goes.... places. Not sure if the direction is all too good yet, but the world really is pretty darn cool. I will say though, that there are around 2-3 fight scenes (ranging from SUPER short, to fairly long) per volume, and often, a lot of information is thrown out during these. Come volume 6 or something though, I really don't know where the manga is going, BUT I know it's going SOMEWHERE. Errr, anyway, I hope everyone enjoys it! I still have to watch the first episode now! |
| > bear nurses It's a Nihei thing. I'd imagine it will confuse most people, but us fans of BLAME! and other Nihei works recognize the inside joke and can appreciate it. |
| The first serie was not bad. Pretty much, what I think. Loved the atmosphere, this was great. I think it was a bit like a Robert A. Heinlein book - "Orphans of the Sky". CGI looks some strange, but otherwise really good. P.S. OP by Angela is absolutely great! |
| loving the OP and ED, unique art fits the dystopian ambiance. |
| I'm not a fan of the CGI characters, I think it takes away from their facial expressions. And it was kinda hard to tell the characters apart. Some animation seemed a bit choppy (when the MC crawled out of the hole in the rice factory) Like it had a low framerate. Guess this will take some getting used to. The CGI worked pretty well for the environment, the mecha's and the suits the pilots were wearing. Nice use of textures But the setting and atmosphere really impressed me. Good episode.I'm usually against 3D animation in anime but I'll gladly give this a chance The OP was amazing |
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