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| Is it weird that I didn't really think about SnK too much while watching this episode (thnk the only instance where I thought of SnK was the panned-out view of the city with the Kabane looming)? I also personally found the premiere better than SnK's, honestly. |
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hoootie said: Always-Hungry said: The same fucking premise, flashy visuals, catchy song, steam-punk spiderman MC screaming like a maniac (whom no one gives a fuck about). They're not even trying anymore. Witty bastards aren't that witty anymore. Huh? There's absolutely nothing wrong with flashy visuals and catchy songs. This is absolutely insane that people would even complain about flashy visuals. I understand the steam-punk similarities, and yes, the setup does have many similarities to SNK (Walled city, similar type of killing monsters, zombies that could resemble titans, humanity on brink of extinction) but just because the setup is similar, does not mean the whole show will be a copycat. There are millions of zombie movies with similar setups, and no one cares, they are entertaining and people watch them. If you don't like the similarities, stop being damn crybabies and don't watch the show. It's only been 1 episode, there is absolutly no reason to complain yet, other than the train flaws that people can discuss. Also, There was barely any complaining about God Eater and Knights of Sidonia, which essentially had the same setup, humanity on the brink of extinction, being constantly attack by outside sources and fighters defend their home to protect it. Again, the setups are pretty much similar, yet no one cared. That's the main problem with WIT studio and they've been feeding us the same bullshit since AOT. They're not even trying to be original anymore. Why bother to create something new if they can just copy+paste the same damn thing and it's going get hyped all over again. SnK S2 is canceled so lets make a cheap rip-off! |
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| Holy crap, that was amazing. |
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All these crybabies whining that it's a SnK rip-off, and Kabaneri's creators will just be like: |
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| It was pretty good, but I'm still why the virus(?) stopped spreading and seemingly disappear completely when the mc succeed in stopping the spread before it reach the brain. |
TriZen said: It was pretty good, but I'm still why the virus(?) stopped spreading and seemingly disappear completely when the mc succeed in stopping the spread before it reach the brain. It's called plot convenience. If the mc dies then who else is going to run the story? |
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hoootie said: Always-Hungry said: That's the main problem with WIT studio and they've been feeding us the same bullshit since AOT. They're not even trying to be original anymore. Why bother to create something new if they can just copy+paste the same damn thing and it's going get hyped all over again. SnK S2 is canceled so lets make a cheap rip-off! Well first.. SNK S2 is going to air in Fall 2016 i'm pretty sure. It's been confirmed for 2016 so I don't know where you are getting canceled from. Second, many people liked the premise, so there's nothing wrong with making an anime original inspired by SNK to cater the audience. I'm not sure why you are calling it a cheap rip off given only one episode has aired. I'm always amused by people shit talking shows before you even know how the plot and characters would develop in it. Yeah sometimes you can see flaws or bad development before the show ends, but so far there hasn't been much of that in this show. It's doesn't even mater if it's canceled or not. They've been postponing it for years and even if it does air this fall it still doesn't change the fact that Kabaneri is a poorly done ripp-off. It's the same fucking plague like with the stuck in the video game premise (SAO). It's popular and serves as a good cash cow example. Why bother with originality if you can just use the same easy to digest premise by copying and swimming in money afterwards. You don't even need more than one episode to see where this is going. Believe me or not it never gets any better. And if you're seriously unable to spot it's flaws from this first episode then you need to get your eyes checked because it's a rip-off! |
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| Not impressed by many of the characters so far, or their society as a whole. If you know the trains can be hijacked by zombies then why build a bridge so close to the city. I'm pretty sure that if the train was travelling fast enough it would've hit the city no matter what. If one guy working on his own can figure out how to build a gun that can shoot through iron I would've thought that the engineers working on actual weaponry could do so too. And if cutting off heads works so well why is that not the primary method of attack against the zombies, since their hearts are encased in steel. |
| based on everyones logic here i guess anything that is cyberpunk is automatically a rip off of GiTS or every shounen is a db rip off. can u just enjoy the anime? if u want originality go read a book. |
| Shameless hype addict checking in, that episode was dope af. Art amazing, sound amazing, story/world looks promising as does the action. Could care less if it's copying heavily from AoT and others, as I love that anime too, so I'll gladly take more like that. Not every anime has to be super original to be enjoyable. But whatever haters gonna hate and snobs gonna snob. Had to rewind and watch that badass kick more than once, perfect way to end the episode, liking her character already. |
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| I cannot understand the high level of praise this show has been getting recently. Even ignoring the hype which I've done for many show for a long time. I haven't been put off by a show within the first episode as much as this one in a while. The creatures everyone is afraid of cannot be killed unless you pierce the heart right? So why is everyone using a bunch of weapons that are incapable of piercing the heart?! The only thing our "smart" main character has done so far is aim correctly with a strong gun. That's stupid. Then there's the whole thing about the disease not being a curse. The guy gets bitten and trys to stop it from spreading throughout his body, sure, I can believe that. He trys to hang himself so it doesn't move to his brain, horrible idea but if he can somehow live through it, whatever. But when the virus suddenly LEAVES HIS BODY FOR NO REASON my suspension of disbelief broke down HARD. Next there was the whole witch-hunt at the middle of the episode. Again, this makes no sense because as we see later on in the episode, a bite will spread in a matter of seconds. Why even arrest people if they are clearly not monsters! I don't like a single character because unless this show throws a curve ball out of nowhere, I can predict exactly how each of them will react to whatever situation might show it's head because they are all bland. (Again, as of episode 1 it could change) Yes the show looks nice, really nice, but so far it's not doing anything with it. I see untapped potential is some aeras. Music is alright. I've already dropped a couple of shows this season but I'm willing to see more of this because of how much of a train wreck it is as of now. I mean fuck, I've never been more motivated to write a full review on a show more than this one once it ends. If anyone can shed some light as to why I may be wrong, I'd love to hear it. Although I'll never expect much from the same guy who directed the worst anime I've seen in my life. This show is getting on my nerves. |
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Zjj said: Other than being the exact premise of Attack On Titan except with Titan's swapped out with "Zombies" and being set in a slightly older time period it's pretty okay, I mean, I probably won't stay up to date with it but its okay. All the action lovers will stay on-top of it and praise it to high heavens even with it being literally a Attack On Titan copy-cat. Sigh. AoT was about humanity on the brink of extinction. Does that mean every premise about survivalism is based off AoT? Also, Kabaneri has shown a more industrialized society, so I think their technology is above that which was shown in AoT(which, iirc, just had 3D gear and cannons.) |
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E96825 said: Always-Hungry said: It's doesn't even mater if it's canceled or not. They've been postponing it for years and even if it does air this fall it still doesn't change the fact that Kabaneri is a poorly done ripp-off. It's the same fucking plague like with the stuck in the video game premise (SAO). It's popular and serves as a good cash cow example. Why bother with originality if you can just use the same easy to digest premise by copying and swimming in money afterwards. You don't even need more than one episode to see where this is going. Believe me or not it never gets any better. And if you're seriously unable to spot it's flaws from this first episode then you need to get your eyes checked because it's a rip-off! This is hilarious, SNK fans are so hilarious. Please tell me you don't REALLY believe SnK invented post-apocalyptic worlds where monsters eat humans right? I mean you're not that dumb right? Also "doesn't change the fact that Kabaneri is a poorly done ripp-off" Are you genuinely implying SnK is good? I'm not implying that SnK is good. Snk is shit and Kabaneri is a stinking copy of this shit. |
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| God, I am very impressed, I really expected something much less amazing than this. This series does have a lot of future. Great animation, amazing art, nice music (Not my preffered, but It is ok), amazing MC (not so typical-shonen guy), quite similar story to SNK, but do have It's own unique touch. I am really, really having great expectations to this series, I am at the edge of the coach waiting for the next episode. 5/5 |
QABJAB said: The creatures everyone is afraid of cannot be killed unless you pierce the heart right? So why is everyone using a bunch of weapons that are incapable of piercing the heart?! The only thing our "smart" main character has done so far is aim correctly with a strong gun. That's stupid. Because they don't have strong enough weapons? QABJAB said: Then there's the whole thing about the disease not being a curse. The guy gets bitten and trys to stop it from spreading throughout his body, sure, I can believe that. He trys to hang himself so it doesn't move to his brain, horrible idea but if he can somehow live through it, whatever. But when the virus suddenly LEAVES HIS BODY FOR NO REASON my suspension of disbelief broke down HARD. IT DIDN'T LEAVE HIS BODY BUT INFECTION STOPPED ACTIVELY TRYING TO TAKEOVER HIS BRAIN. Is this your first zombie fiction? Each has their own rules, in 28days/months later zombie's blood falling into eye could infected. QABJAB said: Next there was the whole witch-hunt at the middle of the episode. Again, this makes no sense because as we see later on in the episode, a bite will spread in a matter of seconds. Why even arrest people if they are clearly not monsters! Because they are afraid, bunch of fearful dicks with guns that are too weak to fight zombies with metel hearts. QABJAB said: I don't like a single character because unless this show throws a curve ball out of nowhere, I can predict exactly how each of them will react to whatever situation might show it's head because they are all bland. (Again, as of episode 1 it could change) I don't give shit if you like them or not. It's first episode and they have plenty ways to develop them. E96825 said: Inb4 loli did it She's clearly not a normal human, her eyes glow like Kabane's when the takes the ribbon off her neck and in the opening you can see her veins glowing too. Why do you call her a loli? She is too tall and has too big tits for loli. |
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Ah, I get it now. I still don't the show at all but I'm glad you were able to clear some things up for me. Thanks. Also this is the same director of Guilty Crown a show that I actively despise by the way. SnK was alright. |
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phoenixalia said: Yeaaaaah....I was wrong to watch this before eating lunch. Yup. Anyway, it was nice, looking forward to more, some places really made me cringe in disgust though...but not in a bad way exactly. Cannot wait for next week. I want to know MC conditions after he was bitten |
Kalisto said: Zjj said: Other than being the exact premise of Attack On Titan except with Titan's swapped out with "Zombies" and being set in a slightly older time period it's pretty okay, I mean, I probably won't stay up to date with it but its okay. All the action lovers will stay on-top of it and praise it to high heavens even with it being literally a Attack On Titan copy-cat. Sigh. AoT was about humanity on the brink of extinction. Does that mean every premise about survivalism is based off AoT? Also, Kabaneri has shown a more industrialized society, so I think their technology is above that which was shown in AoT(which, iirc, just had 3D gear and cannons.) No, but literally like 80% of it is insanely similar, almost every plotline can be directly connected to Attack On Titan, post-apocalyptic world with walled cities with scared citizens that turn on people, tyranical goverment that kills people that might be a "zombie", a time period where they dont have modern weapons and have to use some sort of mechanical weapons, I could go on. If you watch it and don't see the similarities you must be really in denial. |
| I did not expecthis to turn out so well. The visuals are good enough, I like the character designs, the Kabane give off terrifying aura, the ED is from EGOIST, and the Feudal Japan setting makes it the second best thing, in this line of stories, since Black Bullet. Suddenly all ala-zombie Post-Apocalypse titles are AOT clones. |
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| Not much impressed with the opening episode... Too much similarities with AOT... A wannabe hero... Over powered girl... Walls... Transformed humans... Nothing much to set it apart aside from trains... 3/5 |
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| I freaking loved it. One of the ways in which I felt AoT fell short of its potential is in its fear factor. For a series where Titans should feel nearly impossible to defeat, the anime and manga really seemed to drift into more shounen territory, with ridiculous powers, friendship, willpower, etc trumping what really should be impossible odds. As a result, after a certain point I never really had the same "oh wow everyone's screwed" feeling that the 1st cours of Attack on Titan had established. KnK looks to be going considerably darker than AoT ever did, thanks in large part to the darker & gorier animation style. I also think the main character here has serious potential to be a better lead than Eren, and although we haven't seen much of the supporting cast, the general writing here seems much more seinen than shounen, which is fantastic. If Wit can keep it up, I think Knk will shape up to be AoT's bigger, badder, gorier older brother. |
Meritas said: Anything with a post apocalyptic setting involving mutants is now an AoT clone apperantly, even though there is plenty of noteable differences between this and AoT.I did not expecthis to turn out so well. The visuals are good enough, I like the character designs, the Kabane give off terrifying aura, the ED is from EGOIST, and the Feudal Japan setting makes it the second best thing, in this line of stories, since Black Bullet. Suddenly all ala-zombie Post-Apocalypse titles are AOT clones. |
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DrBlock42 said: That's what I thought, but the virus clearly spread over the collar. That would mean that it got through it... I'm not a biologist, but I'm pretty sure Viruses infect cells and manipulates them in a way, that they start to produce new viruses instead of reproducing - that means that viruses don't care if they affected anything. They simply start infecting as much of you as they can. And I'm pretty sure that compressing your neck so hard, that even blood can't traverse it would kill you, or at least break a lot of important parts of your body. So the only possible explanation is, that the MC is wrong about it being a virus and it's something like a organism, an intelligent collective - but even this explanation leaves some plot holes. PS: I would have prefered that the MC would have cut of his arm^^ If the MC cut his arm, it would become "Koutetsujou no Kabaneri : Brotherhood" |
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| Animu with zombies I'm in. First episode felt kinda fast paced but was still good. |
keragamming said: nah it's a problemAmarrez said: Honestly? Thought it was rubbish. This may just be me being jaded but I can't stand Araki's over the top, EVERYONE IS SCREAMING ALL THE TIME direction anymore. It tries for bombast but to me it's just incredibly irritating. Or maybe it's just not for you? I mean, I enjoyed the episode, but the EVERYONE IS SCREAMING ALL THE TIME is still a problem (more hopeless self-mutilation when) |
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| So, is this the BokuMachi of Spring 2016? Jk. Good start, nice characters design and main idea (reminds me, logically, a lot of Shingeki no Kyojin. I'm looking forward to the next episodes. Also the OSTs were beautiful (SnK reference, here we go!). |
| Ah, that was a pretty nice episode. The SnK comparisons are inevitable, but for what it was, the series started off fairly strong. Only time will tell if it will differentiate more and more from SnK, but I have faith it that it will be a solid show. 4/5 |
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DrBlock42 said: Am I the only one who did not understand the end? How does strangling yourself help to kill a VIRUS? Me too. And the female leads are too perfect for me. Like shoujo manga female leads 😂 |
| Needs more scenes like the almost scalping. I don't want this to be like AoT but at least the main guy and girl are 100x better in this. |
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