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| whoa! a good start., bloody war on the first half then showed the dimentional of many doors, introduced the other characters. I love the art style, its cool and also the ED was good. Toyohisa reminds me of Kamina of TTGL, badass and his humor. Lookng forward for the next episode. |
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| Im liking this so far, the fights could be a bit better but that could just be because this episode is supposed to set-up the story and MCs. I like the Artstyle, much like Hellsing Ultimate. And just like Hellsing Ultimate, it has very awkward comedic moments. Not bad, but it think itll get better soon. |
 The peasant is bound by the king. The king is bound by the peasants and their kingdom. But the Viking is bound to nothing but themselves. |
| I like it overall though I guess I need to learn Japanese history to get the jokes from the anime. Animation wise, I think it's semi-rough and it really fits the anime. |
| "This (anime) industry is weird" - Chitose Karasuma, Gi(a)rlish Number I hope someday someone in an anime would say, "The (anime) viewers are weird." |
| First 10 minutes of episode was boring as hell, but when other Drifters found Toyohisa its was very interesting. Sadly there wasnt an opening but ending looks very good and the music is epic in it. I cant wait to see who is the main villain in this anime. |
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| Pretty badass episode but I wasn't really sure about the jokes. I had to google the Mori Ranmaru one because I am so ignorant when it comes to Japanese history lol |
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| Funny how this is the same studio that did extreme ecchi anime like Seikon no Qwaser and Manyuu Hikenchou. I'm expecting huge boobs and a lot of fanservice soon. |
| median debut, I did not expect much of this adaptation, the studio looks like it has not done a good job in this first episode, the action scenes ok, but the other ... I felt as if the direction was messy, everything happened without a sense to the viewer, the mood was broken several times, do not know if this is the manga, but I did not like much. Worth it for those who like anime with action scenes and a bit more violent, I will give one more chance. |
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| The biggest problem I have with this episode is that I am not familiar with history of Japan and I had no idea who are these people and what are thay talking about. Maybe it will be more clear to me after I'll do some reaserch. Overall the episode was quite enjoyable, but it doesn't feel outstanding at this point. |
| finally a good historic anime it seems. So the Hellsing creator is a creator of Drifters too, just found out, then i'm sure this anime will be a success for me. Anyway looking forward to it |
| The comedy was unnecessary... But I will watch it for the color palette and the animation, its been a while since I saw something so visually pleasing. |
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| Pretty good, art looks great, but is the archer a male or a female? I couldn't tell xD |
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| Art/animation is pretty clunky. (Is it the animation or is it my phone?) It was interesting at first, but after a while I couldn't stop thinking that it would be like those usual samurai flicks with a twist. I liked the battle, except the part where the Eastern army retreated when it's just one wounded man, and also the fact that that wounded man was still alive after being impaled with those spears. I'm pretty sure that white room is Purgatory. Didn't like the comedy, as everyone has been saying. |
RyuugamonoOct 8, 2016 8:06 AM
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| I find the comedy funny and doesn't ruin the overall mood. Just like in the manga. Oh well, different people have different opinions. |
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| For those interested in Japanese history or just wants to watch a random fun youtube video about Japanese history: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh5LY4Mz15o It's not totally serious history, but it's short and it explains a little bit of the history mentioned in passing in this episode :) |
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| A good start to the series interesting setting and premise gritty animation and interesting as well Interesting characters as well as the shimazu clan isn't featured as heavily in history Man thats a lot of doors in that scene though Hmm that archer is the one that keeps the peace eh she has quite the pressence thats for sure The scene where they all pluked the feathers was cool and strange Its a great history lesson as well lol |
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| Same as the ova. IT was good I guess |
| Booooringgggggg. Is there anime this season that's like mob psycho? |
Milk_is_Special said: I don't know but she's fucking cute Pretty good, art looks great, but is the archer a male or a female? I couldn't tell xD |
360AttAck said: there are a lot of garbage anime like that. you can try it one by oneBooooringgggggg. Is there anime this season that's like mob psycho? |
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GangsterCat said: Garbage ?!!?!?!?!?!360AttAck said: there are a lot of garbage anime like that. you can try it one by oneBooooringgggggg. Is there anime this season that's like mob psycho? |
| Damn Good Graphics. Anime Looked Good. Follows Manga perfectly so far. Brutality and Blood is not Censored. (Follows Manga) and If this Follows Manga, then I have not any arguments about Story! Love the Manga! DAMN THIS STARTED GREAT! This is How I Hope they had Animated the New Berserk! Looks 100x Times Better! best is that this is not Censored! And Follows same style of Dark Comedy and Action that we can expect from Hirano-Sensei! Nobunaga IS THE BEST TOUGH OF THE DRIFTERS! Toyohisa is also Hilarious! XD Yoichi is Cool...even if I tough him as Woman 1st time I saw him... Semu is here! XD and ..There...They....COME!!! |
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| First ep was great. And the ending so good. Long time didn`t heard such a hard song from my Maon Kurosaki. Sugizo from X Japan made the music |
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Milk_is_Special said: Pretty good, art looks great, but is the archer a male or a female? I couldn't tell xD Yoichi's a guy... |
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Klimat said: Sigh* Just when I thought I found a good girl...Milk_is_Special said: Pretty good, art looks great, but is the archer a male or a female? I couldn't tell xD Yoichi's a guy... |
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Main girl of the show is the one spying on the samurai trio with binoculars. |
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Klimat said: I see, hope she's a fun character :)Milk_is_Special said: Sigh* Just when I thought I found a good girl... Main girl of the show is the one spying on the samurai trio with binoculars. |
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I see, hope she's a fun character :) Especially her "dialog interactions" with Nobunaga are priceless _D |
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| This pilot totally spoiled Taiko for me, EleGigle. Can't wait for the Bakumatsu cast to join. |
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| the animation was interesting |
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| The battle in the beginning was amazing. Great style. Then it turned to crap after the dude in the hallway. |
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| the action scenes reminded me of samurai x for some reason |
Around and around the cycle goes. |
| need a certain level of intelligence to understand the comedy in this series |
Grimmgeta said: I take it a lot of people in this thread haven't seen Hellsing Ultimate judging from their responses to certain things. You may as well get used to the comedy because that's just how Kouta Hirano, the creator, does things. seriously, i agree with this. maybe i'm just a huge Kouta Hirano fan but this is like 100% his style and it's always been fine for me. Hellsing is one of my favorite things of all time but idk why people are expecting this to be like hellsing when they are different concepts? it's still Hirano's familiar storytelling and yes the animation brings all the hellsing ultimate nostalgia feels, but it's a different story. Anyways, i loved it. I'm really excited for this. The voice cast is perfect, with all my favorites doing great. Can't wait to see more. |
zhaoyun99 said: For those who don't get Drifters's jokes, you will need Japanese history but later on, you needed to know the 3 Kingdom story, Italy, German, France, Russia, any stuff about the Sundance Kid, and Israel or Jerusalem as well (Maybe all about European history). Also, it's pretty heavy WW1 and WW2 stuffs as well. i love this post. i feel like i'm reading a syllabus. |
| The OVA was crap and his is crap as well. |
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zhaoyun99 said: For those who don't get Drifters's jokes, you will need Japanese history but later on, you needed to know the 3 Kingdom story, Italy, German, France, Russia, any stuff about the Sundance Kid, and Israel or Jerusalem as well (Maybe all about European history). Also, it's pretty heavy WW1 and WW2 stuffs as well. Pretty much this for me, so I think it's understandable that I don't really get some of the jokes since this is basically throwing historical reference anyway, other than that, since this is basically the 1st part of the OVA, I'm pretty sure this will get interesting on the next episode. |
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| I'm impressed with there being an actual second language and not just Japanese cause it's convenient. Everything but the comedy was really good. Why do they have to add comedy to almost everything nowadays （ ´Д｀）=3 Looking forward to the next episode. |
| Wow the art is realy good other than that story kinda seems interesting and well the little bit bad thing is i thought suketaka was girl... ( DAMMIT ITS A TRAP ) . Overall its 7,5/10 for now. |
| It would be useful to know a little history here. I didnt mind the comedy parts spinkled in, shows that they can have fun with eachother. |
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| Art style really reminiscent of Hellsing Ultimate. The ep itself was so-so, the comedy bits were a bit out of placed and the way we went from all out action to dialogue was strange as well, let's see where it goes from here though. |
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