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Jan 8, 2021 9:55 AM
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THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE.
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Well, this is GoHands alright in every aspect of the name.

Various K Project-styled Ikemen (plus some whisks of Hand Shakers and W'z) trying to live through a turbulent time of weapons and independence from various fights in different wavelengths.

This orginal Project SCARD, will it be yet another failure in GoHands style? We'll see. For now...

This town show needs a hero.
KANLen09Jan 9, 2021 6:16 AM
Jan 8, 2021 10:39 AM
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this looks pretty alright, setting is decent and the story isnt too bad either. art/animation is kinda inconsistent though so dont know about that. also kinda looks like some yaoi bait or something from the artstyle lol
Jan 8, 2021 11:22 AM
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Let's just say I like the male:female ratio in this anime.
Jan 8, 2021 11:46 AM
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GoHands with a masterpiece yet again. They managed to make a better gunfight than Madoka, thank you GoHands.
Jan 8, 2021 12:28 PM
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That style is gonna take some getting used to, but looks fairly decent so far.
Jan 8, 2021 12:50 PM
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Seems like my ship sunk as soon as they built it
Jan 8, 2021 1:24 PM
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Oh boy GoHands sure love them dynamic shots and shiny art style
Jan 8, 2021 2:25 PM
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man enoki junya is really busy this winter
Jan 8, 2021 4:34 PM
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As I explain this, art is sometimes good, that is, inconsistent. The fights are well collected, the story is good, but rushed. I hope I can like this anime more.
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Jan 8, 2021 4:59 PM

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z00nex said:
GoHands with a masterpiece yet again. They managed to make a better gunfight than Madoka, thank you GoHands.


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Jan 8, 2021 5:06 PM

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well this was.......what? Those backgrounds are a combination of kewl yet weird at the same time, like someone else said it'll definitely take some time to get used to.

These are some nice character designs though, at least in some angles, other angles they look like CLAMP designed them lol

Given the large main cast, not really sure what to expect from this series tbh, though I was surprised there was actually a female character in this who wasn't just another otome protag.




winshenv said:
man enoki junya is really busy this winter

he seems to be at that moment where he's just nailing all the roles. Happened to Uchida Yuuma before, even now is happening with Akari Kito. I do hope he continues to get roles though, has a nice voice
Jan 8, 2021 5:41 PM

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The background art was very disturbing. It looked like they just added some textures, but didn't even consider playing with normal maps, specular highlights, etc. The bg looks bad enough by itself, but it looks so much more worse when the characters are present because of the way they just don't blend together.

The guys were hot, and I do like that. But, why do they all need to be so hot? More than looking like a place filled with refugees and orphans, it looks like a place with rich and sexy models and idols.

Why didn't protag transfer the tattoo and save the guy just like the guy had done earlier? If they were both alive, at least I'd have a ship.

This studio will be making Tokyo Babylon, and I am very worried. I have always wanted that manga to get an anime, but I am now wishing for it to be cancelled.
Jan 8, 2021 6:47 PM
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This is my first show from GoHands and I'll give it credit for not being lazily animated, lots of dynamicity. I don't like the 2D/hyper realistic 3D mix though. It doesn't feel like a world the characters are actually there in, if that makes sense. And that dynamicity is a double edged sword because it makes those moving shots with the characters in them look awkward. The characters don't as smoothly transition between perspectives as the backgrounds so they look even more choppy than they otherwise would.

On another note, the voice acting for Mr. Badass Eiji kind of bothered me. Eiji was doing all of this high intensity action stuff yet he talked like he wasn't exerting himself in anyway while doing it. It didn't feel connected to the action at all and came across as lazy. RIP Eiji tho

Eh, I'll continue with it. Maybe the style will grow on me.
Jan 8, 2021 6:49 PM

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Wow I am so confused about what to think about that XD

The art is interesting..and weird at the same time...

My guess is that this is gonna be a show just about visuals... ie: all characters being pretty looking, crazy background and dynamic scenes... without much substance.

Im all in for guilty pleasure anime so ill give this a couple more episode...but will probably drop.

kinda sad that the best looking/sounding guy is out :(
Jan 8, 2021 7:14 PM
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Wow, I was really pleasantly surprised by this. Figured it was going to be run of the mill action shounen, and it definitely is kind of that, but I was impressed by the animation. Yeah, the 3d rendered backgrounds are a bit jarring, but I am glad they skimped there rather than elsewhere. The battle scenes were really fluid, very unexpected. Coincidentally, they must have had an entire team of animators just for the hair physics, lmao. As far as overall art direction, it's kind of hammy, like everything is so fucking shiny and hyper-exaggerated. But, that's anime for ya, and I don't think it's too overdone. But damn, is it close haha. Plot seems kind of interesting, idk I feel like it could very easily develop poorly. I'm surprised to say that I'll be watching this for a couple more episodes, let's hope it doesn't turn out to be straight ass. I get the feeling there's a strong chance of that happening...
Jan 8, 2021 7:53 PM

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The art was... something, but the fight choreography was way above average. It wasn't just shoot, punch, zoom in on face. There was strategy shown in the movements, complexities of each move drawn in detail, slowed down enough to see, but still kept at a fast pace.

I can't get used to how massively unbelievable the last five minutes of the episode was though lmao. Like if they had presented him more as tired of life, exhausted with living, but kept it up for the sake of others, I would all on board.



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Jan 8, 2021 8:26 PM

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This is one of those animes in which I don't understand anything about what's happening but I'll still finish it.
Letra:

Eran las diez de la noche, piloteaba mi nave.
era mi taxi un Wolkswagen del año 68.
Era un día de esos malos donde no hubo pasaje.
las lentejuelas de un traje, me hicieron la parada...
Jan 8, 2021 8:29 PM

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2077 said:
yaoi bait or something from the artstyle lol


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Jan 8, 2021 8:29 PM

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Beautiful art, love the voices and the story seems interesting. And of course there's the requisite sad death from GoHands that leaves grief behind...
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Jan 8, 2021 8:49 PM
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Chouninatte said:
2077 said:
yaoi bait or something from the artstyle lol


*silently gazes at your avatar*

uh... well- its different
Jan 8, 2021 9:20 PM

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Mostly liked the mixed media. Too bad everything else was garbage. Character design was awful, voice acting bad, writing was bad, story bad, setting is bad. Oh well.
Jan 8, 2021 10:15 PM

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handshakers with guns and katanas stylish!
4/5.


Jan 8, 2021 10:51 PM

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This was actually surprisingly decent
Jan 8, 2021 10:53 PM

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Almost gave me motion sickness lmao. Dang Eiji gave him his tattoo? Welp Eiji is a normal human being now? or is he dead. Think I am going to drop if he is dead.
Jan 8, 2021 11:02 PM

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That was pretty cinematic at the end. Not bad for a start but I can’t help but cringe at how fabulous everyone looks LOL







but i’ll probably remember over and over again
you were there and everyone else was there
— the day we all searched for just one thing

Jan 9, 2021 12:08 AM

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Is this made with sketchup?
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Jan 9, 2021 12:37 AM
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Gohands surely done a great job on the shooting animation
Jan 9, 2021 12:52 AM

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The low FPS gave me motion sickness.
Jan 9, 2021 1:53 AM

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Okay so this is basically K project 2.0
I'm HYPED
Jan 9, 2021 6:13 AM
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2/5

Overall, ok I guess.

But one thing!

The part B action scene was a legit mirror (I mean its just flipped) of their previous show, K project's Izumo's part from "K: return from kings" ep12 part B.

Some other details are a bit sloppy too. (Reminds me of hand-shakers)

However, overall their quality increased! (Yay!)
I still love this studio. (Extremely biased)
Jan 9, 2021 6:47 AM
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well, things got escalated quickly,kinda ?

Jan 9, 2021 6:50 AM
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I just hope they do something about the eyes, they looks all the same (huge pupils especially), looking at the previous works from Gohand, why they desperately make the design look like that way anyway (for recent works). The plot and action scene seem interesting, I guess I'll watch until the end
Well, at least this show got some nice producers tagging along, I think it wouldn't be too bad
Overall, except for the artstyle, everything seem okay for me.
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Jan 9, 2021 9:58 AM

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I love the ost. The characters are similar to the ones from K, and that's one of my favorite anime, even if I don't think will be better, I will still enjoy this one. What I don't like are the background animations, is like they made some real life photos and put them there. But I can accept this too. I will finish this for sure.
Jan 9, 2021 11:28 AM

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This is basically just K with tattoos instead of swords. Even the color-coded gangs are similar. The story is different though. I'll see what they do with it.
Jan 9, 2021 4:27 PM
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The graphics are a bit exaggerated I understand they wanted the surroundings to be as realistic as possible but it made me unable to focus on the rest. The characters after this first episode are bland for me, I hope it gets better. Also sometimes when there were pictures of the city, I had the impression that there was some "emptiness" I do not know how to describe it. Overall I am a bit disappointed but hope for improvement.
Jan 9, 2021 5:41 PM
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This is the first Gohands thing I've watched but I'm well aware of their reputation. This at least looked better than the clips of Hand Shakers I've seen. The plot is confusing but I'll give it a few more episodes to explain itself.
Jan 9, 2021 7:26 PM

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hand shakers is a piece of shit so i can already tell this one is shit as well.
Jan 9, 2021 8:11 PM

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The plot of Infamous meets the power system of K-Project and the stylings of Hand Shakers.

And the characters talk and act like the kind of character I wrote when I was thirteen, but hey, I'm a sucker for the kinds of characters I wrote when I was thirteen.

Got a few decent smirks and chuckles out of me, so I won't call it quits on this just yet. This has the potential to be a real guilty pleasure for me.
Jan 9, 2021 9:46 PM
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one of the best animation quality I have seen winter 2021, Guns and tattoo things seem interesting, the hero died first ep and new hero comes. WELL, depends on the plot progression from here, as a lot of characters have been introduced in the first ep
Jan 9, 2021 11:00 PM

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The plot looks interesting.

About the animation, the background is too matte while the characters are too shiny, I know it's a GoHands thing to have a really detailed background and shiny characters but it blended well in K but here the characters are standing out a lot and they don't blend well with the background...

The character design is so-so. The characters have the body stature like K and face (baby face) like Hand Shakers. But it's tolerable.

The Music is really good. That's the only thing I'm looking forward to the most.
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Jan 10, 2021 10:13 AM

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Im glad the production values here arent nearly as bad as the atrocities that were committed in the Hand Shakers / W'z era.

The story isnt interesting yet, but the action was half decent.
Jan 10, 2021 12:44 PM
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The action choreography was..... good. Honestly I didn't wanna like this but it has it's plus points like the ost. The backgrounds quality was not constant. It was pretty at times but sucked at other places. This is my first go hands anime so I dig the shiny artstyle.

That being said I'm definitely not here for the plot or the characters lol.

This anime looks really unique so I hope it does well in other places too.

3/10 first episode.

Also yaoi bait.
Jan 11, 2021 12:00 AM

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GoHands never changes their character designs, man.

It was basically K except worse and more homoerotic, which will probably just be queerbaiting. Gonna watch it anyway.
Jan 11, 2021 7:54 AM

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Seems like my ship sunk as soon as they built it

I FELT THIS WAY TOO UGH WHY.

Thanks for giving me a ship ONLY TO SINK IT.

But I will continue watching, cause I like the anime so far despite that. ;-;

You have been blessed by sparkly bishie Cherry Blossom <3 You're welcome ^^

Jan 11, 2021 9:47 AM

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I liked K project quite a bit. But this? No thank you.
ったく、嫌な世の中だよ。
Jan 11, 2021 10:46 AM

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Those backgrounds and the color pallet for the characters hurts my eyes, plus the CGI looks terrible. Dropping this one.
Jan 13, 2021 12:10 AM
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camera big improvement from HandShaker lol, action readable now.
Fenrir & some shots look cool.
standard gangter distopia that paces way too slow & only focus on characters trying to act cool.
Jan 14, 2021 3:49 AM

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It was ok... not horrible, not great
Lets see what ep 2 and 3 will bring before deciding
The ost reminds me a lot of k...
The spider is watching
Jan 14, 2021 5:59 AM
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Can anyone elerborate what this animation style is called. I mean it was a mixture of 2D and 3D but is there any "specific" term?
Jan 15, 2021 1:10 AM
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That's very kind of Eiji for giving the Cerberus mark to someone he just met. Eiji might be tired of fighting that's why he did that. Welp, it's time for Yamato to be the town's hero I guess.

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