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Apr 12, 2012 9:29 AM
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THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE.
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God damn. What else is there to say, really?
Apr 12, 2012 9:37 AM
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OK start. I'm not really so fond of it.
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Apr 12, 2012 9:38 AM
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I'm usually not into this kind of things, but this is very nice in its way.
Apr 12, 2012 9:57 AM
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this was something.
Loved it, it was just.... EPIC!!
The OP by Yuki is crazy, and the ED is great too
The visuals were good, but the music was just on a whole different level!!!
Loved how this ended, bit interested into santaro's life (seems like a orphan...)
Can't wait for the next episode!!! xD
Apr 12, 2012 10:05 AM
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Heard from /a/ that this was incredibly rushed. Is it true?
Apr 12, 2012 10:08 AM
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Solkiskey said:
Heard from /a/ that this was incredibly rushed. Is it true?
Watch for yourself and find out.
Apr 12, 2012 10:09 AM
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Sir_Drake said:
Solkiskey said:
Heard from /a/ that this was incredibly rushed. Is it true?
Watch for yourself and find out.


If I could watch it, I wouldn't be asking.

Thanks for helping.
Apr 12, 2012 10:10 AM
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It did kind of develop really quick, but I loved it. About the only good first epsiode of this season, along with Sankarea.
There is still hope that there will be more than one decent anime this season!
Apr 12, 2012 10:11 AM
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Solkiskey said:
Sir_Drake said:
Solkiskey said:
Heard from /a/ that this was incredibly rushed. Is it true?
Watch for yourself and find out.


If I could watch it, I wouldn't be asking.

Thanks for helping.
haha
Apr 12, 2012 10:22 AM

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I am loving the music, definitely going to be one of my favorites since I just started BECK and was looking for a music based anime as well
Apr 12, 2012 10:22 AM

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Solkiskey said:
Heard from /a/ that this was incredibly rushed. Is it true?

Not really, i actually liked the pacing.
Apr 12, 2012 10:32 AM

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Rushed? Nope, this pacing was just fit imho. It being slower might've made it drag too much and be boring, but this is just right.
I like music focuses on jazz, with those new Lupin III bgms and some j-jazz i found lately, i might get into this genre now even more.
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Apr 12, 2012 10:41 AM

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Reminds me of Nodame, partially due to the music and the main character.
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Apr 12, 2012 10:44 AM
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This is probably the one I was anticipating the most this season.
I love it already.

Hmm some details were a little bit rushed, but my enjoyment level will be high regardless.
Apr 12, 2012 10:48 AM

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wow all of my doubt on watanabe being able to pull this off just disappeared

why did i ever doubt the man?
Apr 12, 2012 11:01 AM

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AMAZING AMAZING AMAZING!!!!!

I have a feeling this will only get better too.
Apr 12, 2012 11:03 AM

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I had no idea what I was going to watch, turned out it was great. Jazz is awesome and they did an amazing job to get the drum playing right.
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Zhou said:
I had no idea what I was going to watch, turned out it was great. Jazz is awesome and they did an amanzing job to get the drum playing right.

y'know it's Yoko Kanno-verse! she'd done well in jazz music!
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Apr 12, 2012 11:07 AM
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OP and ED are beyond beautiful.

Overall, I'm confident that this series will be one of the best anime of the season if not the year if the first episode is any indication.
So, this will revolve around Jazz? You certainly don't see that every day. Anyway, the animation at the drum scene was incredible as the movements synchronized with the music perfectly.
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Apr 12, 2012 11:09 AM

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Best intro ep of the season so far.
Yuki OP is awesome, as expected.
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Apr 12, 2012 11:12 AM

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SO MUCH WIN!

Apr 12, 2012 11:13 AM
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This was - this was brilliant. By far the best episode of the spring anime that I've seen so far. As soon as the episode ended I googled Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers. Downloading 'Moanin' right now.
Apr 12, 2012 11:19 AM

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Whenever you want to introduce a character as a classical pianist, there's a 50% chance that the first song they'll play is Moonlight Sonata and a 50% chance that it'll be Clair de Lune...

Zhou said:
I had no idea what I was going to watch, turned out it was great. Jazz is awesome and they did an amanzing job to get the drum playing right.


Sentaro definitely has chops. And that sequence was animated perfectly.
Apr 12, 2012 11:23 AM

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The weirdest thing for me is that Sentarou gives combination of Jotaro Josuke and Josuke Higashikata feeling... it's like he was taken from JoJo.
Apr 12, 2012 11:35 AM

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Animes about music are quite rare and its about jazz. This is a must watch for me.
Apr 12, 2012 11:35 AM
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So old fashioned school life in Japan. This reminds me of "Harris no kaze" which was aired about 46 years ago. It is so natural because this story started in 1966.
The delinquent like Sentaro is seldom found in recent Japan.

If you were/are in the US Navy, you know Yokosuka and Sasebo. Both cities have the US Navy bases. So two Navy soldiers were in the record shop. And the military service radio is aired there. The inhabitant could/can listen to American music faster in comparison with the other areas in Japan.

Ricchan's VA is Yuuka Nanri. She also is a singer. She sung the theme song of Sacred Seven. I hope she would sing in this Anime some day.

I am looking forward to the next episode. Sentaro's drum playing was great, especially his grip; regular grip.
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Apr 12, 2012 11:42 AM

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Nice one, indeed a good show
well writen characters with good acting

but since music is important for me in show and I dislike jazz this won't be fun
still can say it can be one of better show this season
Apr 12, 2012 12:07 PM

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That was nice, I liked it :)
Thought I'm a fan of classic, Jazz is not bad at all.
Apr 12, 2012 12:16 PM

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A perfect opportunity to make a jazzy opening song, but no. Kinda odd choice if you ask me.

The episode was great. I'm expecting a lot from this show.
Apr 12, 2012 12:17 PM

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Orangevision said:
A perfect opportunity to make a jazzy opening song, but no. Kinda odd choice if you ask me.


I thought so, too. Underwhelmed by the OP.
Apr 12, 2012 12:17 PM
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Theme song. I laaiiike.

The music is beautiful.
The animation was done well.
Good number of great scenes. Loving every minutes of it.
I've already been exposed to the manga so I know what happened. I can't wait for the next episodes.
Apr 12, 2012 12:19 PM

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Ugh ep 2 please. Right. Now.
Apr 12, 2012 12:25 PM

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It might have felt a little rushed but the episode was pretty much exactly the same as the first three chapters of the manga, just in somewhat different order. I'm happy about how it turned out, I liked the episode.

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Apr 12, 2012 12:28 PM

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looks promising...
Love Josei ~
great atmosphere !!! ~
But OP & ED...they are terrible ><"""
Apr 12, 2012 12:38 PM

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Amazing first episode.
I am in love with the art direction and the character dynamic.
The atmosphere is great and the music is superb.

Probably going to be anime of the season.
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Apr 12, 2012 12:39 PM
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too damn great
Apr 12, 2012 12:41 PM

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Loved both the op and the ed :)
The music was awesome in the anime :D cant wait to see more :D
Apr 12, 2012 12:56 PM

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I dont like jazz. I dont even like the music genre in an anime.
I did like the music in this anime! From the first episode, this anime looks so promising...
Apr 12, 2012 1:02 PM

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Awesome!
Apr 12, 2012 1:07 PM
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Aside from the slight Ho Yay vibe making me a little uncomfortable, it was a good beginning. The story and pace are fine. The characters are quite likeable, especially Sentarou who is hilarious. I also enjoy jazz so that's a nice plus for me. I'm looking forward to seeing how this evolves.

EDIT: I wish they had used something at least a little jazzy for the OP/ED...
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Apr 12, 2012 1:09 PM

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one of the best parts about the first ep (besides the OP and ED, and the rest of the music) was the scene where sentarou fights the dudes on the rooftop. i hope he gets into lots of fights, because the choreography was perfect.
Apr 12, 2012 1:15 PM
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Solid start.Looks very promising.
Apr 12, 2012 1:17 PM

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This is going to be sweeeet~ I've been looking forward to this so much! And I Loved the first episode o0o Sentarou's drum solo gave me ever more goose dumps in the actual episode then it did in the trailer *v* And piano is wonderful no matter what genre it's played in~

Can't wait for the next episode!
Apr 12, 2012 1:33 PM

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What an awesome first episode, this show's gonna be great.
Apr 12, 2012 1:35 PM

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Ho, ho, ho.
The potential!
Finally some music oriented anime! And with a classical pianist! Love to see future improvs.
Apr 12, 2012 1:40 PM

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There's not enough good music centered anime out there, so I'm pretty excited about this one. look good so far.
Like the backgrounds and chara designs, characters seem ok too. I will totally enjoy if Nishima starts to chill out more, but I can see it happening in near future.
overall I have high hopes for this one.
Apr 12, 2012 1:41 PM

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some many good animes at a single day love it even soo im really into this genres soo much still looks great and keeps watching
Apr 12, 2012 1:53 PM

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OHH GOSH.... LOVE THIS SHOW ALREADY!!

I feel the quality of the art and hands are similar to Kimi to Todoke..

Am I crazy?

I feel both shows and artists really pay extra detail to the hands..

GOSH, I love the relaxed feeling...

IDK WHO TO SHIP!! >W< <3 <3 <3 <3

I love the comfortableness, closeness and trust between Sentarou and Ritsuko, but Kaoru and Ritsuko is cute too xD
And I know the yaoi fangirls were get up on all that...
Apr 12, 2012 1:59 PM

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Solkiskey said:
Heard from /a/ that this was incredibly rushed. Is it true?

Everything is shit to /a/.
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Apr 12, 2012 2:08 PM

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Digglett said:
Solkiskey said:
Heard from /a/ that this was incredibly rushed. Is it true?

Everything is shit to /a/.

>2012
>listening to /a/'s opinions
>opinions

But seriously now, I expected... no, that's wrong. I thoroughly believed that apart from the music, I wouldn't enjoy it the least bit. But it's only now, after the first episode, that I see I was in the wrong. The atmosphere, pacing, and sort of a foreboding of upcoming drama - I enjoyed 'em all.
And when Kaoru started playing Debussy's Clair de Lune on piano I knew - this has some serious potential for becoming the AOTY.

Obviously, 5/5.


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