Ajin: Demi-Human
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| well i'm reading the manga so i knew that the first episode would be good and it actually was. I loved the music in the first episode. I heard so many boring OP and ED in this season, that it's good to hear something interesting. The only bad thing was the CGI. I prefer the CGI they are using in bubuki buranki |
Harrymanhunter said: Forgetting the awful CG, that was a terrible as fuck episode anyways. It's essential Tokyo Ghoul with EDGY EDGY bs. Cuz edgy automatically means mature! Disgusting. Into the trash can it goes along with most of this season's Anime. woah, woah. Ajin is not Tokyo Ghoul. Yes, they start similarly and may have similar underlying themes. Like basically everything else but please don't even compare them. This is a lot better than that in my opinion. And lol, how is Tokyo Ghoul not edgy edgy bs...? Kei is a much more interesting character than on most anime too. |
cloud8100Jan 18, 2016 12:20 PM
| Okay episode, certainly not great but at least the CGI wasn't atrocious as I expected to be. But, what the fuck is with those subs? Holy shit! 3/5 |
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| What's with all the CGI in anime lately? |
| I loved it! It caught my attention just like Boku dake ga Inai Machi did before so I'm really excited for the second episode. CGI might not be ideal, but I think it suits the atmosphere, so I don't mind too much. Also I definitely missed Mamoru's voice, even if it wasn't long time since I last heard him. |
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| [quote=G_Spark233] AnimeFan500 said: Is he the only Ajin? I wonder if there are others like him? They stated in this episode that he is the 3rd Ajin discovered in Japan. I see thanks. The subs weren't very good so I missed that part. |
| It's going to take me awhile to get used to the CG used on people...makes everyone look similar in my opinion And....round....like: "c'mon...a head isn't supposed to be THAT perfectly circular at that angle" etc.'' *FACEPALM* |
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| It feels weird seeing no one with bright pink or green or blue hair; Is this really anime? I'll probably end up giving this anime 6/10 like I do most anime. |
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| nice :0 wish it was drawn though the manga is really pretty also nice ep even though I know why the sister hates her brother for a stupid fucking reason. |
CommieSalamiJan 18, 2016 8:18 PM
| Eat Me |
| ...intense first episode |
| Not bad for a first ep.(Another one who belongs to the did-nothing-wrong-but-became-a-monster squad) Great soundtrack; esp the op and ed(had been looping both~) Had been hearing ppl talking about how bad the CGI is... I will be honest; it takes time to get used to since too used to those 2d types but I think I can deal with it- so long as the story is nice:) Can't wait for the next! |
| That was great. I thought the CGI would bother me more, but surprisingly (and thankfully) it didn't. I mean, I think I would've like it better if it wasn't made in this style, but it's not like i hate it, so that's good. Music was nice too. The next episode preview, whoa, a lot will happen. Can't wait. |
| I like pancakes. |
| that was so intense! i love it so far, i like the atmosphere, the music, and that childhood friend of his is so hawt! I dont have any problem with the 3DCGI because it could looks awesome for some scenes, like when the ajin appearing or the motorcycle scene near the end of the episode, BUT why is it that mostly the CGI animation looks awkward as hell, they could make a really fluid animation with CG but they choose to cut the framerate to match traditional animation, JUST STUPID |
| Decent minus the cgi. |
| The art is terrible, from animation to the CGI style. It looks unfinished. Really digging the music, though. The OP's my favorite of this season by far. Good premise as well so at least it's interesting. Looking like one of the better shows of winter. |
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| I don’t think full CGI was the best choice to do this type of series ... With a decent budget, this could have looked fine with hand-drawing animation. Anyhow, OP sequence felt cheap. Same goes for the ED (a bit better, but not by much). The songs used were good though. For now, I will stick to the series. I want to see some parts of the manga animated. Overall, I’m neither impressed nor disappointed with this so far. |
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| I thought it was a pretty interesting first episode Yeah the CGI felt a bit off at times but it was still enjoyable either way |
| So the CGI makes it look super fluid, but the way the characters look is slightly too realistic for my taste and it makes the VA slightly off. Also the english translations were so poor! Not liking this very much so far 5/10. |
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| No horrible subs for me. As for this first episode, it seems like an interesting story. The CGI is something to get used to, but fades away quickly. I've never seen the movie so I really don't know what the hell is going on. |
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| While I do not think CGI should be used for anime, this time it didn't bother me so much. It was good actually. The series seems interesting, too bad for the bad subtitles I had to deal with. Is the movie subbed properly? |
LucDiswayJan 20, 2016 2:39 AM
| Ruka desu. |
| Neah, this simply doesn't works for me. This could had been a contestant of Boku dake ga Imai Michi... its a great thriller, but the CGI kills it. I get it, you can use CGI in magical girls show, and in action anime oriented towards 12yo (like Bubuki), but for the God sake, why would you adapt a thriller in CGI? First of all, i don't understand why peoples praise this CGI, is truly shit, it has like 9 frames per second, is to low, the frames are visible... is inferior quality wise to Bubuki, which even I like. I simply can't see how they could make a decent anime adaptation of this with CGI: how wil they make the expressions of fear, terror of the character? How will they exprim the lack of empathy the MC has? Is really bad, is like watching American Cartoons. I am really worried: there are 2 full CGI anime this season, along with one who combines low quality 2d with CGI + another 2 which use CGI for action too. Why the finacial situation of the Anime Industry, I am really worried that in the future they will give up 2D for CGI (like they give up on cell for PC). I don't even want to imagine that Apocatyptic scenario.... |
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| I'd like to point out why CG can be considered a positive when compared to 2d animation. It makes the cg characters and environments seem a lot more lifelike as they are constantly moving within each frame. Compared to 2d animation where studios would often have their characters static in one position for a number of frames, this can strengthen a lot of the character's expressions. Although this isn't always the case for every scene, I feel like a lot of people are writing this show off based purely on their bias towards 2d animation. However I understand how people find it a bit jarring because it is very unusual, and cg of this proportion is basically only done by Polygon Pictures from what I can see. Besides that I agree with what a lot of other people say in that this is overall a great introduction to the series so far. We'll see if we get more development on our two protagonists in next episode; Kai seems especially interesting. |
raym00Jan 19, 2016 7:41 PM
cloud8100 said: Derp, my bad. Should've said it's just like Tokyo Ghoul with its edgy bs. TG's garbage too, don't worry. :)Harrymanhunter said: Forgetting the awful CG, that was a terrible as fuck episode anyways. It's essential Tokyo Ghoul with EDGY EDGY bs. Cuz edgy automatically means mature! Disgusting. Into the trash can it goes along with most of this season's Anime. woah, woah. Ajin is not Tokyo Ghoul. Yes, they start similarly and may have similar underlying themes. Like basically everything else but please don't even compare them. This is a lot better than that in my opinion. And lol, how is Tokyo Ghoul not edgy edgy bs...? Kei is a much more interesting character than on most anime too. I'll be the judge of that, mate. I haven't read the Manga, so this was my opinion based on the first episode. Now, if they actually DO do something different than TG and turns out to be better; I'll be pleased. |
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| Yeah just watched the movie which will be the first 5 episodes of this - definitely stick around its worth a watch. One of the better shows this season |
| THE OST MAN. SO GOOD!! |
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| Ajin >>>>> Erased |
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| Well since this is Polygon Pictures who is animating this I guess I knew what to expect with the full CGI so it didn't bother me really. But the show looks like it's off to a good start, I never read the manga but I might after watching this. |
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Harrymanhunter said: cloud8100 said: Derp, my bad. Should've said it's just like Tokyo Ghoul with its edgy bs. TG's garbage too, don't worry. :)woah, woah. Ajin is not Tokyo Ghoul. Yes, they start similarly and may have similar underlying themes. Like basically everything else but please don't even compare them. This is a lot better than that in my opinion. And lol, how is Tokyo Ghoul not edgy edgy bs...? Kei is a much more interesting character than on most anime too. I'll be the judge of that, mate. I haven't read the Manga, so this was my opinion based on the first episode. Now, if they actually DO do something different than TG and turns out to be better; I'll be pleased. K, not trying to force my views or anything, just seen a lot people make assumptions about Ajin based on TG so wanted to throw that previous post out there that they shouldn't be compared. Fine by me how you feel about either one after lol, sorry if it came across the wrong way. |
| Pretty damn intense. I've always found Polygon's CGI funny, but cute, the only problem is they have really choppy frame rate at times, like they don't have powerful enough hardware to render the thing or something. |
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| Just a small impression of the first episode. I think it was good for a first episode, and if they maintain the quality of the first episode, I think that it'll be a good show, depending on where the story will go(haven't read the manga, might as well start reading it). The writing was good, there were no cheesy dialogues, the emotions portrayed through the actions; I think it was good, it had logic behind, or at least how someone might act in such a situation, but I might need to do a re-watch. The opening scene, with the firefight, was choreographed quite nicely, and it had a sense of realism. The way they moved, the way the fired and the way the bullets flew. For example, the when the two kids wanted to move forward a suppressive fire was used, their heads were lowered and they themselves provided a suppressive fire in order to reach the cover and move closer to the Ajin. Then you have the scene in which the kid is scared and runs away, but it's still put in a death scenario, either get killed by the Ajin or by the "mercenaries" or w/e that they were. Next you have fleeing scene of Kei and the cop locating him and asking for backup which again, adds to realism; the inspections that the police were doing was also good, in other words, securing the perimeter in order to catch Kei. And lastly, I like how the man that hit Kei reacted, as such actions are rarely seen in anime, or at least from the ones that I have seen, which was a pretty human thing to do, being shocked and possibly traumatized by what has happened. The background music, I had the impression of being too aggressive and too loud, and I think it'd be good if it were toned down a bit. Edit; I forgot this, but the sound of the guns were also kinda bad, especially if it's an AK which felt like they were shooting air soft guns. |
ourielJan 20, 2016 10:09 PM
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| Although the anime would probably be more popular and more enjoyable if it wasn't CG, I got a little more used to it as it went on. First episode was super intense. The relationship he has with his sister was really sad though. I wonder what all happened between them. And Kai is such a bro haha. Looking forward to more of this series. |
| So so episode... and on top of that shit CGI... 2.5/5 |
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| I've seen the movie does that mean I've seen like 4-5 episodes, because the show is the same as the movie. only with some extra scenes? |
In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful. | You know what I hate the most? People who aren't free. They're no more than cattle. |
| and the 3D animation is better in my opinion. my only complain is that it isn't 60 FPS. |
| In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful. | You know what I hate the most? People who aren't free. They're no more than cattle. |
| MC's friend might be an ajin too? Subs were shite and not a fan of the CGI but it fits This is very interesting, I might start reading the manga Liked the pacing as well Overall a good episode 4/5 |
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| I was scared by the CGI but it was alright. Nice set up, the regeneration of Kei was intense. He can't believe someone except Kaito. |
| I'm someone who tolerates CG in anime and would actually like to see more of it, but this one was just bad for me, Kingdom and Ars Nova are pretty good examples of how to do it well, can't even remember what i watched. |
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| CG looked a bit weird at first, but by the end of the episode I was use to it and thought it was alright. Just seemed like it could have benefited from more fps though. Definitely enjoyed the episode overall and looking forward to the rest of the season. I just hope Ganbarou keeps subbing this. |
| Well...honestly I expected a lot worse than the train wreck people described it to be. The animation isn't absolutely horrid and it actually looks quite nice. Granted, it could be better...but I honestly don't mind it too much. I've watched a few episode of the series RWBY before and this animation seems farrr better off. I watch for the plot anyways. I will say, though, that I'm usually the kind of person who watches the anime first, and then I read the manga but I think I might read the manga first for this one lol |
Akelov said: Ajin >>>>> Erased They're not the same type of anime. Why are you even comparing those two? |
DaHitman said: Akelov said: Ajin >>>>> Erased They're not the same type of anime. Why are you even comparing those two? because Ajin is better than Erased |
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Good joke. This cgishitfest is unwatchable. |
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