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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Looks like they're skipping quite a lot of content with rearraging. Not surprised considering the time gap I guess.. OP song is nice especially with the choreography. Something that does worries me a bit is the pacing here considering anime original content. Meanwhile, episode did a nice job at reintroducing the characters like Allen, Lenalee, etc. The comedy seems somewhat less compared to what I remember from the original. I think it's a good start so far, not extraordinary but definitely has a nice D Graymanish feel to it. ED theme song is nice. |
Stark700Jul 4, 2016 11:18 AM
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| 165-168 Adapted. Pacing was just fine. Lenalee's voice does not fit her at all. Kanda's voice is okay but I like his previous one better. OP + ED Was good and fit the show well IMO. Cross Marian Arc and that bloody cliffhanger! Some of the events got rearranged, but I think it's fine... |
TyrelJul 4, 2016 10:06 AM
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| I knew we were going to cliff-hang there as soon as I heard the anime was coming back. lol Lenalee, Lavi, and Cross' voices are a bit too high-pitched. But I guess anyone voice sounds high compared to Hiroki Touchi. Anyhow, episode seemed quite nice. Art wasn't too bad. But need to wait until it's uploaded online with better quality. Though that may not be until tomorrow sometime. Doesn't seem like they skipped to much, aside from the Zombi arc lol But from 165-168 seems just about everything was included and then some. |
| I'm waiting to watch rn. Did they really skip the "Destruction of the Black Order" arc? i_i lol it's like "hey you see, we've just got ourselves new headquarters. it's a long story, friend." xD but then... 13 episodes... |
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neko_cola said: Yeah, they went straight to Cross Marian and only showed small bits (Recaps, I think of what happened?). They were less than a minute long or so.I'm waiting to watch rn. Did they really skip the "Destruction of the Black Order" arc? i_i lol it's like "hey you see, we've just got ourselves new headquarters. it's a long story, friend." xD but then... 13 episodes... |
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| What a great return from a series that went on a hiatus for nearly 8 years. The art is great as always and the animation is fluid. The beginning battle sequence was done beautifully. I have high hopes for this season considering whats to come with Kanda. The Opening song was great and the video was done very well. The ending song is kinda average though but the visuals were pretty good. I do love that the OST is top notch. Kanda's Mugan Activation theme has always been my favorite. My only complaints are: -Kanda's lightning is green now, before it was blue. -Miranda looks completely different. The bags under her eyes are gone, her eyeliner is toned down greatly and her hair is a lighter brown rather than dark brown. -The voice acting doesn't really fit some of the characters too well. Lenalee and Lavi sounds too high pitched. Kanda and Allen was fine. I guess I should get use to these new cast. Getting the previous cast all together again is completely unrealistic. As for the Destruction of Black Order Arc being skipped, I'm fine with that. I wasn't a big fan of it back then considering how silly it was. They could use that as an OVA in the future at least. THANK GOD Johnny's voice is different. Every time he talked in the previous series, I wanted to bash his brains in. I just NOW noticed that the Destruction of the Black Order Arc was in one of Lavi's flashbacks during the OP. |
TehSnawnJul 4, 2016 12:04 PM
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| - The voice acting is the worse , I'm really disappointed - Miranda look like a completely different person - Every time Allen talks hinata comes to my mind Advice : If you only watched the anime I advise to go and read the manga better than this |
| Pacing is just okay so far. Thankfully they did not stuff the whole Cross arc into single episode, so they might go with the pacing I guessed (rushing the less important arc after this and adapting cross and the next important arc in decent pacing). Animation wise the episode was okay. Some shaky moments and clearly budget-saving scenes, but the character animation and everything remained consistent. Lets be frank - this is clearly not running on that high of a budget and it shows. One bigger problem at least for me is that the color scheme was waaaaay too saturated. The VAs did the job nicely. Lenalee sounded a bit different, but I think it still fits the character well. Allen, Lavi, etc are perfect. OP is absolutely not fitting though. Not enough Allen angst, way too many stills, way too happy of a song. I expected something darker. ED is fine tho and fits the show. Makes me worry on how much they plan to cover tho considering some scenes there. 4/5 neko_cola said: I'm waiting to watch rn. Did they really skip the "Destruction of the Black Order" arc? i_i lol it's like "hey you see, we've just got ourselves new headquarters. it's a long story, friend." xD but then... 13 episodes... Destruction arc is not exactly canon. Its in-manga filler. |
AhenshihaelJul 4, 2016 11:44 AM
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Tyrel said: @Fai Thoughts on ED? I can't tell if it was contexting Allen + Mana, but I think it was? || Kanda as well. The ed seemed to be mostly Kanda stuff, focused around that story arc. Don't think there was any real Allen stuff there. Certain scenes might SEEM like that but they are not. Which is why I literally have no idea why they added Lenalee, Lavi and Bookman in it. It seems like they just wanted to add them there for sake of being there. Allen makes sense there, everyone else does not really.It really feels like they wanted to do an Ed that would fit all the arcs they are covering, which ended up making certain parts thematically weird. If anything it kind of makes it very clear that THAT story arc is pretty much sole reason Hallow exists and everything before that might just be treated as "stuff you need to get out of the way to reach it". |
AhenshihaelJul 4, 2016 12:01 PM
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| Man, I am not digging the new voices. Almost all of them sucked. Lenalee, Lavi, and Crowley do not fit the characters well. Kanda could have been a bit better. Miranda sounds a little bit too mature for me compared to her old voice. Voices may not really matter for an anime, but they do for me. Really hard to sit through and watch the episode with unfitting voices. |
| Juvenile shit. Characters are ridiculous, fights are awful. Script was made for 8 year olds. Painful. |
Sokah said: >Watched 1 episode of S1 and you come into this season and criticize it. You wut, m8?Juvenile shit. Characters are ridiculous, fights are awful. Script was made for 8 year olds. Painful. |
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| the original has more filler episodes than this one has episodes total lol. cant watch this since i never finished the original. |
| Liked the episode but i need to go back and read the manga cuz i don't remember a lot of stuff. A bit disappointed with the new voice cast. |
| I don't like the new art style Lenalee and Miranda changed entirely, and everyone else looks slightly ridiculous; I wish they'd kept the art style from before. Then again, it has been 8 years I guess. |
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| Man, I have to say that I was a bit disappointed. Not unexpected since they'll have to put so much into 13 episodes, just have a feeling this will be too hurried compared to the manga. |
| It hurts... It hurts so much... Is kinda amazing how change of seiyuu can be such heartbreaking... This is such let down... These isn't these characters I fallen in love! ;( I knew there will be new seiyuu, but I still have in mind first voices... ;( |
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LittleStar said: It hurts... It hurts so much... Is kinda amazing how change of seiyuu can be such heartbreaking... This is such let down... These isn't these characters I fallen in love! ;( I knew there will be new seiyuu, but I still have in mind first voices... ;( ME: Replacement voice actors STAT!!! |
| Hmm I'm okay with the new art style except for Miranda... she looked so much better in her old character design >< Even in the manga I don't remember her being changed so much... I wish they kept Sakurai Takahiro for Kanda too ;( He sounded more epic and pissed off ^^" I felt the scene where Allen headbutted Tim to hit Cross was a bit underwhelming compared to the manga... it felt much funnier in the manga oO I also felt that something was off about the pacing... dunno exactly what :s might be cause they skipped a few stuffs... |
| Solid first ep, don't mind the change in VA's but I can understand why some would be pissed off. |
| Is anyone else as disappointed as I am when Kanda didn't call Allen Moyashi(Bean Sprout)? |
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Tyrel said: Sokah said: >Watched 1 episode of S1 and you come into this season and criticize it. You wut, m8?Juvenile shit. Characters are ridiculous, fights are awful. Script was made for 8 year olds. Painful. SKP138 Likes Tyrel's comment |
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| I like the new artstyle and the uncensored gore. It's a nice change. The only thing that I didn't like is that they changed the VA's of Allen & Lavi. At least in Lavi's case his voice doesn't fit how he looks. Other than that I really liked the first episode and that cliffhanger was quite brutal. |
SKP138 said: Is anyone else as disappointed as I am when Kanda didn't call Allen Moyashi(Bean Sprout)? He did, just after Allen asked salvation to be brought to the Akuma he had just killed. (about 3 minutes in, on the version I watched) |
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Shanayaaa said: SKP138 said: Is anyone else as disappointed as I am when Kanda didn't call Allen Moyashi(Bean Sprout)? He did, just after Allen asked salvation to be brought to the Akuma he had just killed. (about 3 minutes in, on the version I watched) Oh shit he did. Thanks for that. My bad! |
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| The art was pretty nice. Have to get used to the new voices though. I'll probably get used to them after a few episodes. I'm pretty pissed about Miranda. What did they do to her? I really liked her in the previous anime. I almost didn't recognize her at first, only because of her Innocence I knew. She feels really average and 'moe' to me right now. Was a little confused during this episode. I forgot quite a bit of the story it seems. Maybe i'll rewatch the 2008 series |
| Man, they could atleast have picked some VA's the sounds like they fit the characters, these really don't....well maybe just Kanda but none of the else. |
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| The voices fucking suck. Whoever picked Natsuki for Lavi and Sugiyama for Crowley needs to reevaluate his life. Also, Kanda sounds like OnoD except he isn't OnoD. Other than that, great episode. |
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| That was a good start to the new season, Been a long time since I saw D.Gray Man. It'll probably take a while for me to get used to the new voices. I don't really mind them though. Miranda looks weird to me, Not at all how I remmeber her. Timcampy is still as awesome as I recall XD My memory of this show is still pretty vague though, Started remembering more as the episode progressed, I'll probably have to reread the manga from the beginning for clarity. Cross :o, Did he really die? |
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| Hmm overall I liked the episode, only complaint is the super fast pacing which worries me. I don't feel like this is going to end well though, looks like they're going to cover till the end of the Alma Karma arc along with the 2 arcs before it all in 13 episodes 🙄, I just hope there's no anime only ending. So much for split cour though with the ending highlighting the Alma Karma arc. Opening and ending are pretty nice songs, stills pretty annoying but that's inevitable. Couldn't care less about the voices however, unless they were in english I would hardly notice any differences. Will be interesting to see how they roll out all of this content |
| I like anime. |
| Pacing was okay and i'm happy that the Cross arc isn't over yet.. It ended on a nice cliffhanger and so far i'm happy with what they do with my fav arc. I think the VA's are okayish. Allen, Kanda etc fit the characters. (the old va's were better but not gonna cry because of that) Lenalee sounded different, but i'm gonna get used to it. What i don't like is how Miranda looks. Much better in the previous anime. And that they skipped the silly zombie arc. xD |
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| Oh how I miss Itou Shizuka..... |
| They'll probably bring out an OVA or something to cover the zombie arc I'm guessing. I'm just looking forward to the next episode!! |
| okay i want allen voice back and lavi's omg and the new animation felt odd for me o.o lenalee face felt like i was watching a naruto filler so allen from time to time all felt bit rushed though |
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| I had already prepared myself for the different voice actors so now I just need some time to get used to them. As for the art style, I personally love it, and any reader of the manga knows this style is actually closer to the way the manga is drawn, so I have no complaints there either. I just hope this new season is popular enough to encourage them to make more! I've been waiting 8 years for 13 episodes!!! Also, is anyone else missing the Abingdon School Boys' openings? I like the new opening but it was just so D. Gray Man to have them do the OPs. T_T I'll miss that for sure. |
| Geez, stop your whining people. Obviously it's not gonna look the same when all the staff is different. The new character design takes some time getting used to indeed. Personally, I'm simply happy just to get a new adaptation after so many years. I rewatched the first series a few weeks ago, it's still fresh in my memory, and in all honesty I think they did a damn good job casting the voice actors. And it really shows how much the voice actors worked to get into their roles and to make the characters sound recognisable. Especially when you consider that most of them are from a new generation of seiyū. |
MakoJul 4, 2016 1:18 PM
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SKP138 said: Shanayaaa said: He did, just after Allen asked salvation to be brought to the Akuma he had just killed. (about 3 minutes in, on the version I watched) Oh shit he did. Thanks for that. My bad! Its not you its the high pitched seiyu voice acting. To me its not consistent. Just with Akuma speak good, ok and then pitchy. |
Air-DragonJul 4, 2016 1:20 PM
| Mixed feelings about all of this. All of VA are throwing me off especially Lavi VA, it is just terrible and painful to listen to him. Ironically when people told me that Allen VA is Hinata VA i said that i was totally ok with that and now i have realized that rest of the VA are changed too, ugh... I will need few more episodes to make my mind about this season definitely. |
| tbh Kanda voice sounds better |
| - Personally, I think the VAs are pretty okay. - The OP wasn't that good, but I liked the ED, just like many previous endings. - About character design change, it'll take some time to get used to. They changed Lenalee's whole appearance, but I don't mind at all. Overall, they've done a decent job. |
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