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May 30, 2015 4:09 PM
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I was hoping for an anime adaptation... but I guess it will be too shocking and bloody for casual viewers.
May 30, 2015 4:23 PM

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Definitely interested to see how this turns out...
May 30, 2015 4:40 PM

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Yesss great news!! I'm really looking forward to it !


May 30, 2015 4:49 PM

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I heard somewhere that the author left the project midway and then the artist took over the plot. Which explains why the protagonist's attitude has become so weird in latest chapters.
May 30, 2015 5:39 PM

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May 30, 2015 6:00 PM

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Sweet, looking forward to it. The manga's pretty good.
May 30, 2015 6:16 PM

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29 chapters scanned online?

Well I just hope that this going to be psychological/horror and not gore/horror or mystery/horror. Gore/horror works best for action and this one doesnt seems to be one and Mystery/horror tends to be shit.
May 30, 2015 6:40 PM

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May 30, 2015 7:06 PM

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Chea!
May 30, 2015 7:32 PM

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this is kinda unexpected, i didnt think the manga would get a movie adaptation
May 30, 2015 7:52 PM

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Hmm... I had a feeling it would turn out this way. Still, the question is: will there be enough source to cover three films?
May 30, 2015 8:26 PM

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Now this gives me motivation to catch up with the manga before the movies come out~
May 30, 2015 8:40 PM

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Looks really interesting. I'm definitely gonna check out the manga and put this into my ptw list
May 30, 2015 8:43 PM

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That invisible mummy man has been intriguing me for awhile now.
May 30, 2015 8:48 PM
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Looking forward to this.
May 30, 2015 9:04 PM
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Cnon said:
gonna watch this more horror anime are always welcomed
May 30, 2015 9:04 PM
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Great, love it.
May 30, 2015 9:21 PM

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My reaction

May 30, 2015 10:32 PM

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HaXXspetten said:
Horror anything rarely fails not to disappoint


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tingy said:
Hmm so far it really hasn't been that horrific imo? I mean there's blood, but the atmosphere doesn't feel too much like a horror. I guess they could mean horror in a different sense than I'm thinking about, but it's not as horrorific as other horror manga I've read in terms of gore or atmosphere, and I'm not the type to like scary stuff anyways. Still a pretty interesting manga so far though. The main character is really different from most characters I've seen, so it's quite refreshing.

Looking forward to it :)


So nothing atmospheric? Sooo.... jump scares?
May 30, 2015 10:42 PM

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Is this series any good? I read the first chapter a while back, didn't think much of it. But Vertical says it's been doing reeeeeeally well in the states, so i'm just wondering if it's worth giving it a second read.
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May 30, 2015 11:13 PM
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It's been shit since the original author left and the illustrator took over...
May 30, 2015 11:19 PM

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REALLY wish it was a TV series instead, but I'm not gonna complain too much. Hope it turns out good. *crosses fingers*
May 30, 2015 11:25 PM

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Zer01 said:
oh

time to catch up with the manga now
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thought this would be a tv series but hey movies r cool too

May 30, 2015 11:57 PM

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Good news about movie adaptation is that it probably won't be censored.

Based on this, one movie for every two volumes is likely the chance. I hope they pick a solid studio to adapt this...
May 31, 2015 12:04 AM
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yhunata said:

So nothing atmospheric? Sooo.... jump scares?

Um, nothing atmospheric imo anyways. Jump scares? Maybe? X) Sorry can't really help you there. All I can say is that I don't really like reading horror stuff, and this really isn't scary at all to me in comparison to the few others I've read, whether in gore or in atmosphere. Not sure if we're on the same page, but I'm speaking of atmosphere as in ghost stories type. Oh, but if anything, I guess it feels closest to Tokyo Ghoul the manga?
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tingy said:
yhunata said:

So nothing atmospheric? Sooo.... jump scares?

Um, nothing atmospheric imo anyways. Jump scares? Maybe? X) Sorry can't really help you there. All I can say is that I don't really like reading horror stuff, and this really isn't scary at all to me in comparison to the few others I've read, whether in gore or in atmosphere. Not sure if we're on the same page, but I'm speaking of atmosphere as in ghost stories type. Oh, but if anything, I guess it feels closest to Tokyo Ghoul the manga?


So not scary at all... fuck. May as well give the manga a try and see what exactly this manga is doing with it's "horror".
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yhunata said:
tingy said:

Um, nothing atmospheric imo anyways. Jump scares? Maybe? X) Sorry can't really help you there. All I can say is that I don't really like reading horror stuff, and this really isn't scary at all to me in comparison to the few others I've read, whether in gore or in atmosphere. Not sure if we're on the same page, but I'm speaking of atmosphere as in ghost stories type. Oh, but if anything, I guess it feels closest to Tokyo Ghoul the manga?


So not scary at all... fuck. May as well give the manga a try and see what exactly this manga is doing with it's "horror".


The manga is scary.
May 31, 2015 12:58 AM

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Oh cool! The first chapter was pretty good. Being in a movie format I guess censoring wouldn't be much of a problem now, that's great.

Let's hope it wouldn't take years to release all 3 parts.
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It doesn`t look like Dark Seinen to me.
it looks like edgy battle shounen in my eyes.
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May 31, 2015 2:18 AM

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terrance207 said:
this is kinda unexpected, i didnt think the manga would get a movie adaptation

I didn't think the manga would get any adaptation! Excited now - I've been waiting for a while now to see this released, or at least announced. Took them a while...

May 31, 2015 4:18 AM

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Crips said:
yhunata said:


So not scary at all... fuck. May as well give the manga a try and see what exactly this manga is doing with it's "horror".


The manga is scary.


What kind of scary?
May 31, 2015 6:54 AM

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it's about damn time.
May 31, 2015 7:36 AM

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yhunata said:
Crips said:


The manga is scary.


What kind of scary?
It's grim and gory, but I wouldn't call it horror at all. Trust me on this. I'm utterly pathetic when it comes to horror and had no issues with Ajin. Doesn't really crawl under your skin or jump at you or anything. It's not even as tragic as Tokyo Ghoul. Cruel, certainly, but lacks the emotional attachment. Otherwise though, the comparisons are common for a reason.
I think Ajin is pretty cool, but it's really just a dark action manga. More so since the original writer quit.
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Nice.
Lets just hope they get the right people for it.
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NyuuuuSaaaan said:
yhunata said:


What kind of scary?
It's grim and gory, but I wouldn't call it horror at all. Trust me on this. I'm utterly pathetic when it comes to horror and had no issues with Ajin. Doesn't really crawl under your skin or jump at you or anything. It's not even as tragic as Tokyo Ghoul. Cruel, certainly, but lacks the emotional attachment. Otherwise though, the comparisons are common for a reason.
I think Ajin is pretty cool, but it's really just a dark action manga. More so since the original writer quit.


I was afraid of that.
May 31, 2015 8:56 AM

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Could be decent.
I'll probably check the manga out beforehand though as it's going to be years yet before this trilogy is fully adapted with English subs.
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May 31, 2015 9:55 AM

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Cool, i've been meaning to try this series out for a while because of all the Tokyo Ghoul comparisons.

To my recollection, the original writer quit miday so i wonder how all of this is going to play out.
May 31, 2015 10:42 AM

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Hey that's sound cool
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Man this manga looks good, looking forward to it :)
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May 31, 2015 4:10 PM

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Looks nice. Will look forward to it.
Jun 1, 2015 1:39 AM

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In the present day, the series revolves around a high school student


Oh look, a last paragraph, last sentence dealbreaker.

Action/ thriller/ horror REALLY needs to lose the high school crutch. It literally only fits psychological, comedy, drama and slice of life.

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It doesn`t look like Dark Seinen to me.
it looks like edgy battle shounen in my eyes.


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Loli-Sazanami said:
It doesn`t look like Dark Seinen to me.
it looks like edgy battle shounen in my eyes.
Too bad, that's all seinen is nowadays, just edgy shit.
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Nicely done for a fake, hahahahaha........... ha


fucking cg
Jun 4, 2015 9:40 AM

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It looks great! Despite all of you complaining about the cg, sidonia no kishi looked amazing and i'm sure this will too.
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Jun 4, 2015 9:45 AM

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Pretty much all the staff worked on Sidonia too.

Guess I'll read the manga afterall.
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News Update
The staff members were announced at the end of a teaser trailer.

Art Director: Hiroshi Takiguchi
Chief Director: Hiroyuki Seshita (Sidonia no Kishi)
Character Design: Yuki Moriyama (Sidonia no Kishi)
Director: Hiroaki Ando (Sidonia no Kishi: Daikyuu Wakusei Seneki)
Music: Yugo Kanno (Psycho-Pass)
Sound Director: Yoshikazu Iwanami (Baccano!)
Animation Production: Polygon Pictures (Sidonia no Kishi)
Distribution: TOHO Animation
Presented by: Ajin Management Committee

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Source: Trailer
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Looks great.
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Was really looking forward to this until I found out Polygon Pictures was in charge and it was going to be full 3DCG. Just killed my hype completely,not even going to bother watching it anymore. Rather have censored hand-drawn blood in a TV series that'll be uncensored in the BDs than uncensored CG blood in a movie trilogy. Should of gone to Madhouse. Who the hell thought it would be a good idea to make a dark gorey series full CGI? You can't see the emotions or fear in the characters when they're CG because they're so smooth and stiff, the movement in the PV looked awkward and unnatural. Re-adaptation when?
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