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| It was fine I guess. First episode serves more as an introductory of the cast, which I have mixed feelings about so far. However, I will say that the premise of having a male cast involved in horse racing isn't common these days so it's an interesting story setup. Despite the lighthearted episode, it felt tense and there were not many moments for comedy. There are several guys to pay attention to but I really hope all of them get some form of character development. |
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| So this is Uma Musume...gender-swapped with yet another sport of the season: jockey. Studio Lay-duce is producing 2 idol-related series this season, so I'd expect this to be no different, but with the touch of director Makoto Katou that's famous for the Yuri series Yagate Kimi ni Naru a.k.a Bloom Into You. As expected of any sport series, this is the spot for newcomers' time to shine, and this horse racing academy is prestigious at every level, everything needs attention that's specifically for Yu "Otonashi" Arimura being a former celebrity whom quit his idol job to join horse jockeying, got lost on his way to the academy, and only guided by the "beautiful" ghost of horses to the academy's back gate. The other newcomers are no slouches with names attached to them. And when a mishap occurs and leaves horses running out from their stable, this is a chance for them to make the spotlight. But the way that Yu tries to stop the runaway horse, yelp, and that's where Shun Kazanami comes in to tame them easy and lend Yu a jockey's POV to rest the other runaway horse easy, despite not jockeying a horse before. The OST by the famed SawanoHiroyuki with fairly new boy-band JO1, we'll know the effects as it comes along. |
KANLen09Apr 2, 2022 9:29 AM
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| Interesting start. I'm definitely in. Those yaoi vibes... xD |
SerafosApr 2, 2022 11:46 AM
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| Would you look at that? Who would've thought this would be yaoi. |
| Yeah idk about this one. Ghost horses and listening to Nature. Making it seem more supernatural then Sports. We'll see how this goes. The animation of the horses went back and forth between bad CGI and good animation so yeah. Ill give it a few more episodes. |
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| Why the hfil would you make an anime about horse racing.... if you're gonna CGI the horses for the vast majority of the run time. Like they aren't the worst CGI anime horses I've seen but they're still super ugly. This show lured me in with promises of Hiroyuki Sawano music and Natsuki Hanae as a main character and episode one had neither of those things. Hard pass |
| i didn't think i would like this anime, i thought this is gonna be one of those "meh" sports anime but the first episode was actually very enjoyable. i think it has potential. |
Red_Ranger_Wien said: Why the hfil would you make an anime about horse racing.... if you're gonna CGI the horses for the vast majority of the run time. Like they aren't the worst CGI anime horses I've seen but they're still super ugly. This show lured me in with promises of Hiroyuki Sawano music and Natsuki Hanae as a main character and episode one had neither of those things. Hard pass Turns out animation of horses is done by Koei (game company) staff that does series Winning Post, horse racing simulation games series https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winning_Post |
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lizekai said: Red_Ranger_Wien said: Why the hfil would you make an anime about horse racing.... if you're gonna CGI the horses for the vast majority of the run time. Like they aren't the worst CGI anime horses I've seen but they're still super ugly. This show lured me in with promises of Hiroyuki Sawano music and Natsuki Hanae as a main character and episode one had neither of those things. Hard pass to be fair...shows about idols have most of their idol scenes in CGI. rather than how central the topic matter is it's more about the range of movement that has to be animated. and imo the CGI looked absolutely fine. and ofc you're not obligated to watch another episode but...I always think it's a shame when an anime is judged based solely on it's first episode. you miss a lot of great shows that way...and can think other shows seem great when really they just go downhill from there ◡̈ Tbf the CGI looks bad in a lot of those idol shows too. Anyways life is too short to watch every anime out there. I'm not saying this show is bad. Just that it didn't do enough to keep me interested. |
| who's idea was it to make this. i know it's an original, but this somehow gives off game adaption vibes |
| Without any pretext and judging just what i see, the celebrity thing was entirely stupid/not needed. Like it doesn't make the argument any more stronger if you just say what you want to do. But no, let's add pointless media people on the scene. Whatever. :D I'll probably give few more episodes to see how it turns out. Felt kinda weird but.. I'll accept it for now. |
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| Great episode! Yu who was a former top idol in Japan quit his band to focus on his passion of becoming a jockey/horse racer. The media constantly took photos of him trying to ask him why he quit and they wouldn't get the hint xD. Shun seems to be pretty good at horse riding and he and Yu captured the escaped horses despite it being Shun's first time riding! Gave off some Yaoi feelings when Shun carried Yu like that lol. Looking forward to the next episode! |
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| This was a pretty nice start. Yu's conflict over his supposed betrayal of his former band members did make it more interesting. I wonder if that horse ghost was real. Also, ED was pretty good and hope we get more perspectives of the rider. |
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| kinda mixed about that one but I'm still a tad interested to see where it's going so ill give it the 3 episodes rule |
DatRandomDudeApr 2, 2022 3:25 PM
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| Yu Akimura found youth in jockey. Episode 1 did not entertain me as much, but I'll keep an eye on it. |
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| This was alright? Not a fan of the 3D horses but eh. It was also good suddenly very gay in a couple of moments, the last one in particular was so soon and flashy it almost pulled me out of the experience lol Hopefully it gets gayer. |
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I was amazed of the turn of events but not bad, anticipating next episodes. |
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| Better than I expected, I must say. I fully expected to be bored out of my mind with this one, but there's just enough here to hold my attention. I guess I'll see how long it lasts, hoping we'll get Arimura-san's reasoning for jockeying sooner rather than later. Show's pretty at least. |
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| ohh another sports anime thatll probably have some lil fujobait thrown here and there. i feel like we're missing a certain character type. the cold, cool, lowkey mean but is just like that bc of some trauma/doesnt know how to make friends, bishounen. im sure we'll get to see him later tho lol i dont really know much abt horses n shit but im pretty interested! ill also be staying for that girl chara <3 she seems p cool |
| The Ending Song was really good OMFG |
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| Ah ex idol joined horse racing school because why not, and he already found his forever living partner. Lel they try hard with the bait in the first episode. Good job lay-duce. Though, the cg horse actually not so bad and i kinda like how colorful this episode is. Pretty much i am more interested to know detail about that big mom. Whats her deal? Also, hopefully that female jockey isn't just a mere side figure. Lets see if this can be an enjoyable sport show.... |
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| I had been interested in this because of the art and animation. And the horse racing, which seemed new. But, watching this, I can't believe how good this is!!! The art and animation are beautiful! Also, they used the art to heighten the story's power, and I love it! Recent anime seem to not take advantage of the art part of animation. There is actually a non-sexualised girl, and so far, she doesn't seem like anyone's love interest. If she's important to the plot, then I hope she's a proper human who has her own individual arc that is not related to romance. Arimura Yuu gripped my interest the moment the story started, and he didn't loosen his grip at all throughout the episode. Mafuyu (Given) and Futaba (Bakuten) are here!! I am happy to hear their voices again! Of course, this anime also has the classic sports-anime BL-ship moment. Except, this has the boldest one I have ever seen. Right in episode 1, a guy carried another guy, and they're blushing and the world is all beautiful. I love it! I hope this anime continues to be beautiful, engaging and good. This episode was really nice, and I am happy I got to watch it. I needed something good in my shitty life. Parts I didn't like as much, since I need to be honest when talking about things. -Red haired guy. He was a bit annoying. Also, he seems like he might only bring cliched tension. -The way the instructor spoke. It was a bit awkward. |
AlexKomaeda said: I didn't think I would like this anime, i thought this is gonna be one of those "meh" sports anime but the first episode was actually very enjoyable. i think it has potential. Correct me if I am wrong, but your picture is Goth from Boyfriends, right? |
| without knowing, this got my attention because of the OST, and when i checked the Music, of course it was none other than Sawano. Sticking on this for sure! 5/5. |
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| It's only the first episode and I already like Aki. |
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| Maybe it's a passable start for a comedy, but there is not a single humorous bone in this show's skeleton. It makes me think of an idol show more than anything with the silly costumes and brightly colored hair, except instead of a CGI concert, there's CGI horses stampeding around the campus. The boy band ED may also contribute to that impression though. Being bafflingly inane is better than another paint by numbers sports show, I suppose, but I am skeptical that's a selling point for most people, and this would literally be a filler episode in most other shows, even if they have to have a cat in a terrorists helmet and a giant pizza to make things spicy. |
| My favourite thing about the first episode was that all the main characters seem like they've never so much seen a horse before, yet we're meant to buy into them all being up and coming jockeys. Alright then. THE CGI HORSES, goodness gracious. I'm getting flashbacks for the many horse-themed PC games of my youth. I'm glad that not being able to animate horses to look anything but comical didn't stop them making a show about horses. That's some determination right there. I'm sticking with it because it started to get gay at the end and that's really the main good thing you occasionally get out of sports anime. |
NO CUZ I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING |
| It starts off decently with various characters and the snippets of info that is released during the conference. The drama in the middle, on the other hand, completely turned me off from this. Having Hiroyuki Sawano for an anime like this is so weird, the gay scene could have been improved with some soft tunes and Sawano is already an expert on various music with piano as the base but no, we get some generic epic war music. Production is very weak like most of the studio's other works and god I already hate the main character. |
| I didn't really know what to expect from this series but I thought this premiere was pretty good. I really like the character designs and didn't find the cgi horses to be that bad it's no Sailor Moon Crystal season one transformations. I hope they continue to explore the relationship between Yu and Shun just because of all the riding innuendos we can make. |
| I never thought I'd see a couple of horse whisperers embrace each other in sakura pink gayness, caressed by music by the same guy who composed the music for Attack on Titan - yet here we are. |
| I'm not familiar with horse racing, but for a first time rider, it's quite impressive. I’m intrigued so I’ll keep watching to see how this goes |
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| That was a nice start. It's like when Mafuyu joins a horse racing school after quitting Given XD When Shun showed up I was already thinking Shun's design and the vibes he was giving off was kinda similar to Umibe no Étranger and right after that he caught Yuu the princess style I was like “OK I don't mind” XD Yuu going that way after seeing the ghost horse...it's obvious that anyone would go that way instead of that haunted looking path. |
| ... let's see how this horse sports anime is. It's one of the few spokon anime I watch. |
| Average start but I was honestly expecting something worse. Still wondering how they managed to involve Sawano in all this tho. |
| regular start!! There is nothing that stands out in this beginning, although we will have to see how it evolves!!! kekeke |
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