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Jan 10, 2022 6:00 AM
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Extreme baseball...

It seems there's quite a bit of pride on the line between certain players/characters. However, the way this show was introduced was a bit awkward. Didn't even give us much explanation and went straight into it. They really took the idea of baseball to another level. And also, Haru really needs to improve his confidence. A bunch of other characters from the roster also makes appearances.

The first episode felt messy and kinda hard to get invested into overall, hopefully improves.

Jan 10, 2022 6:00 AM
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Kazutaka Kodaka of Danganronpa and Akudama Drive is back, and better than ever.

This is yet another mixed-media project sports anime, focusing on baseball. But it's not just any type of baseball, it is XB: Extreme Baseball.

People forming their own tribes in a dystopian Neo Tokyo to fight over their territory in games of XB, the game courts and play elevated to 11. I'd guess we're focusing on this group of people in the Minato Tribe under the white-haired Shun Kamiya's leadership as they fight other tribes for supremacy. Gears and bats attached with the experience.

The character designs are unmistakably Danganronpa-like, yet the show's feels reminds me so much of Akudama Drive with its setting. Combine the two, and you have a mobage promo in the making that's outlandish and enjoyable to watch.

A great start, colour me surprised, and Kazutaka Kodaka can NEVER go wrong with his works. Definitely one of the best mobage adaptations of the season, and Liden Films is winging this extraordinarily well.
Jan 10, 2022 6:08 AM
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Did not expect that playing field for the matches to span the size of a city, should have expected that given it's "Xtreme Baseball"

insert yoke about Ultimate Lucky Student being the ace of the tribe hurr durr
Jan 10, 2022 6:29 AM
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Extreme Baseball, huh? Well, that's something different.

An okayish episode. I liked the visuals the most.
Jan 10, 2022 6:42 AM
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Exactly what you'd expect from the same creator Danganronpa.

It's also kinda weird seeing Akira Ishida voicing a protagonist for once lol
Jan 10, 2022 6:53 AM
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will be one of the coolest anime this season?
The visual and music was greatly balanced.
They used modern elements because the concept is totally extreme.
The music and OST type they used are Electronic music.
The episode was slightly cool.
Jan 10, 2022 7:19 AM
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Really digging the neon-glow aesthetic ― giving me major Akudama nostalgia! The visuals will likely be what keeps me sticking around till the end.
XO2HKIMJan 10, 2022 7:23 AM
Jan 10, 2022 7:22 AM
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This show seems to be baseball on heroin basically. I don't know how to feel about it but it is definitely an eccentric, wackier take on the baseball genre for sure and it has that novelty aspect to keep it somewhat fresh for the first episode at least.
Jan 10, 2022 7:26 AM
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I don't usually watch sports anime so I'm glad this exists. Nobody's going to die, right?

Miyavi is doing the OP? *Cries*
Jan 10, 2022 7:33 AM

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a futuristic world where tribes fight each other until a certain law had to be made bc of that yada yada and this story is gonna be focused on playing baseball? love that

actually ended up enjoying this wayy more than i thought i would tho. maybe its because i eventually recognized a certain
popular artstyle so i paid attention more but this was cool
Jan 10, 2022 7:34 AM

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Season been kinda dead for me so far but this was a cool change of pace with the extreme baseball and wacky Danganronpa-like characters and artstyle. Had the most fun with this first episode compared to the others fr.
Jan 10, 2022 7:54 AM

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Wasn't a fan of Daganronpa and this is almost as edgy, yet kinda dope. Might be a keeper. Although, I rather would've liked to see extreme basketball or football.

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Jan 10, 2022 7:58 AM
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I'm glad it's more lightheart than Danganronpa and Akudama Drive. I'm happiest when seeing cute boys doing cute things, not killing each other.
Jan 10, 2022 8:26 AM

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This is the kind of stupid fun anime i’ve been waiting for my whole life. Great start, the art and soundtrack was really nice. The character designs are meh, a little too over-the-top in my opinion. Definitely excited to see more of this throughout the season though
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Jan 10, 2022 8:27 AM

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A kind of sport anime with the same art style as Akudama Drive? This is a must watch. Everyone's forming their own tribes and stuff. The setting is quite cool and unique so this will be pretty enjoyable. Character designs are great.


“You yourself have to change first, or nothing will change for you!”
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Jan 10, 2022 9:28 AM

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I thought this was a really good start!
Jan 10, 2022 9:32 AM

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It was extreme basketball and it was dang EXTREME. Like bro the guy with red hair kept batting like he was fishing tuna and it made me laugh!
Jan 10, 2022 10:04 AM
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i dont know anything abt extreme baseball , seems like they took a futuristic cyberpunk route soo thats cool ig..the character designs are good but the episode was fast paced it almost felt rushed but cool ig...i dont have any opinions i will watching at least 3 episodes
Jan 10, 2022 10:08 AM

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Reminds me a little of the Futsai anime that is also airing this season. In terms of using supernatural looking cool moves to do their movements. Felt a bit weird, and hard to get into at parts, but I'll stick with it for now, to see how it progresses.
Jan 10, 2022 10:12 AM

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This was very fun episode!! Enjoying the craziness that's happening in this episode
Jan 10, 2022 10:40 AM

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XO2HKIM said:
Really digging the neon-glow aesthetic ― giving me major Akudama nostalgia! The visuals will likely be what keeps me sticking around till the end.

Given that LIDENFILMS is the studio behind it, expect the visuals to be lackluster as the series airs
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Jan 10, 2022 12:01 PM

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Is strange see that character design and be just over the top but without the first episode having someone getting killed.
Jan 10, 2022 12:08 PM
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Even though I got lost at the beginning it was actually pretty good from a person that doesn’t like baseball it really change my mind like if baseball could be like this all the time I’d sit down and watch it not say baseballs bad it’s just not my cup of tea. Anyways back to the main reason so basically you get a full rundown while meeting a whole bunch of characters and they are really cool, like most of episode I was just laughing I can’t wait to watch the rest
AlwaysDistractedJan 10, 2022 12:15 PM
Jan 10, 2022 12:19 PM
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Not a bad start for a show that is over the top in action and the OST really got me going. Tribal warfare in dysfunctional Neo Tokyo is settled in Extreme Baseball that uses the entire city as a baseball field and players can use all sorts of gadgets to score runs. The characters are kind of one dimensional, but so were the characters in Akudama Drive which managed to find a way to be entertaining.
Jan 10, 2022 12:55 PM

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This will be a guilty pleasure to me.
If you have time to think of a beautiful end, then live beautifully until the end.
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Jan 10, 2022 1:15 PM

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It was boring as hell, and that comes from hardcore "Dang it granpa" fan. Generic "bad guys" are generic, action is lame and I don't see a general conflict in here. Are they going to play baceball for all 12 episodes? Meh... maybe will watch one more episode, but probably just finish Akudama Drive instead.
I don't say it's bad. But I wasn't hooked at all.
Jan 10, 2022 3:09 PM
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A fine start, although the voice acting haven't been established enough to peek my interest.

3/5 (or 6/10) for the first episode. I'll wait for more.
Jan 10, 2022 3:25 PM
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I mainly picked this up because I already knew about the game and the concept sounded cool, and cool it was. While this first episode felt kinda fast paced, I still found myself really enjoying it, had some good visuals too. I also picked this to simp for Saori lol, hopefully she gets some good scenes eventually. And also that OST was going off lol, I can’t wait to hear the OP and ED.
Jan 10, 2022 3:27 PM

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This was so dumb and over the top, to the point where I actually started to enjoy it a little bit. I love baseball, but I don't have a clue as to how Extreme Baseball work (like, why did the opponent score 2 runs in the top of the 1st?)

The animation was cool and love Ishida's voice so I'll be watching this for now.
Jan 10, 2022 3:40 PM
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The trailer promised but after seeing the intro, with that absurd fight and the horrible animation I decided not to see it.
also i hate baseball
Jan 10, 2022 3:58 PM

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Extreme baseball, the characters and cast looks promising


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Jan 10, 2022 4:04 PM

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The creativity of this kept me interested the whole episode, but I hope they give us reasons to care about the characters soon. Currently, I don't care much about them.

In the end, Haru went to fight with the bullies. I don't condone violence, but . . . well, this is fiction, and it's nice to see a small boy beat some bullies. lol

Ishida Akira's voice didn't quite fit Shun. I think he should start voicing slightly older characters. It would be nice to see one of my favourite actors trying new things.
Jan 10, 2022 4:18 PM
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Could have been fun if it wasn't first degree and/or full of "look at me I am so cool".

Sadly the chara design is shit (mostly because they tried really hard to look cool ... except it's a mix of girlish, childish, bland and rip off).
Jan 10, 2022 5:30 PM

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Extreme baseball looks fun, the soundtrack blast like crazy and Arisugawa has nice thighs.
Consider me already hooked.
Jan 10, 2022 5:36 PM

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So far the series looks fun....I like Saori and Kamiya and Boring guy and Tuna guy are okay as well and I am sure I will like them more as I continue to watch the series.
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I'm just about ready to give up on Kodaka. Like Jun Maeda, video games are the only thing he's good for.
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Jan 10, 2022 6:08 PM
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This was interesting and quite wild, i liked it lol. The animation is... not really good but hopefully it's entertaining enough to make up for it. Also the OST is super cool, but sometimes is so loud though...
Jan 10, 2022 6:16 PM
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New Kodaka anime I expected a great thing, a baseball anime, although the proposal is well differentiated more I found the script very frank characters aren't the best thing about this anime, but just hope it gets better.
Jan 10, 2022 9:29 PM
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Pleasantly stupid. Would like to know a little more of the rules to Extreme Baseball. E.g., catching the ball in the air isn't an Out anymore?
Jan 10, 2022 10:31 PM
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Im not sure what to think of it lmao...

Production was pretty lame (as expected from LIDENFILMS) but at least the concept of Extreme Baseball was stupid and entertaining enough to at least give it a 3 episode test lol.
Jan 10, 2022 10:40 PM

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This is awesome. I always have so much fun with any project Kodaka and Komatsuzaki take on together. The setting is as psychedelic as ever, I just love the colour scheme and character designs as well as the underlying noir tones. Even if the writing isn't great I know I'll enjoy this ~

Also Saori's thighs >.<
Jan 10, 2022 11:08 PM

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Ridiculous but somehow enjoyed it. Great music and animation, goofy tropey characters. Lacking females though.
Jan 10, 2022 11:57 PM
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With this and Sabikui Bisco, Monday's are going to be so much fun


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Jan 11, 2022 2:20 AM
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what the hell, that was so good, just animation wise and concept wise, It is too soon for the story, but such a great start. Very excited for this.
Jan 11, 2022 2:21 AM
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BetaMaleUltra said:
With this and Sabikui Bisco, Monday's are going to be so much fun


Truly, also, added epicness for the people who watch aot eps on monday. Epic
Jan 11, 2022 2:27 AM

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Well that was shit. Way too many characters frontloaded in, and all of them annoying as shit (except, at a push, Saori), utterly no story to go forward with, and it's wildly inconsistent what the hell is even supposed to be going on, why or how. And on top of all that, it's not even particularly attractive on the visual side.

I'm debating giving this another chance or just saving myself the time and pulling out now.

Edit: Oh fuck this noise, I can't be arsed, it's off the table.
O_T_TJan 12, 2022 4:13 AM
Well I for one already loved Lain.
Jan 11, 2022 3:20 AM
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The first episode was weird but definitely on the good side of weird. Fun stuff.
Jan 11, 2022 6:17 AM

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That was an "extremely" fun first episode. Shit's weird as fuck and I wouldn't have it any other way.
Jan 11, 2022 8:57 AM
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Ngl kinda cool ep even though im not really much of a baseball fan but seeing DGRP art style got me hooked up. Cant wait to see more of this.(Hopefully no one dies hahahaha..haaa.ha)
Jan 11, 2022 10:36 AM

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I wasn't planning to watch this, then I read some comments around here saying that it's fun and it has an EDM OST and... that's exactly what I found. I like it, one of the best first episodes of this season.

Browsing on MAL is not entirely a waste of time.
NirinboJan 11, 2022 10:47 AM
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