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| A mecha show with no CGI robots? Gotta hand it to TRIGGER. That was a pure and bloody amazing first episode. From animation, to introduction of the characters, to amazing shots of the animation and art and that fucking amazing fight in the end. Really have high hopes for this one. AOTS? |
Kittens-kun said: gomennasai said: @Kittens-kun Look, I get it. It was meant to be a non-serious moment. It's not like I'm dense to not understand the creators' intentions. Well, it was not funny. I didn't like it. I've felt physically sick. It ruined my experience with this anime. End of the story. It's not like I want to ban it or something :D You need some thicker skin if it actually made you physically sick. And you need to work on those edges. |
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NihilisticLoner said: I dropped within 18 minutes: -There is WAY too much shit going on for me to keep track of what's happening. Seriously. I barely understood anything that happened. -I don't care for these mecha "save the world" plots - I thought this was going to be a cool, fun, badass, anime, but no, instead it's this serious melodrama. Good job you just missed the badass mecha fight. |
| I'm not sure about this anime yet. I will give some episodes to decide what I should think. Although the initial setup environment is similar to TTGL (birdcage), TTGL's story is adventure-centered and more goofy than gloomy. This anime is taking the monster/alien invasion approach like Muv Luv and Evangellion. I hope they do a proper this time. TTGL's was cringeworthy ... |
Nerd_Zone1 said: The Duo between A1 and Trigger seeing this does make sense. This 1 episode is like 50 episode of DB Super and 100 for One piece, in a pure animation and technical level. A1 probably helped with the in-between animation like Toei Philippines and key animation to trigger this show has amazing time schedule allows animators to do this in the first episode. But i knew all this would be good but how about characters and setting, well they don't really do anything just seems really generic with a passionate production team who wants to make a good anime. I never finished Kill La Kill but i did some first couple episodes and this as a 1st episode is disappointing, its your generic protagonist who is down on his luck, i had the same problem with witch academia settings and backgrounds feel really different but the bland writing does not help. Well its hard to judge this by 1 episode so it'll stick to it. The entire episode is credited to A-1 Pictures. Imaishi was the only one of Trigger and he did the action storyboard. Maybe in the next episodes Trigger will be the main studio but so far it's A-1 Pictures the studio being credited. Klad said: A mecha show with no CGI robots? Gotta hand it to TRIGGER. That was a pure and bloody amazing first episode. From animation, to introduction of the characters, to amazing shots of the animation and art and that fucking amazing fight in the end. Really have high hopes for this one. AOTS? Trigger didn't do anything in this episode as a studio, that was A-1 Pictures. Imaishi was the only one of the team in the episode doing the action storyboard. |
I'm not being edgy though. @Z4k Again, I'm not saying it's funny, or that you HAVE to think that it is. I'm saying that it's not supposed to be taken seriously. It doesn't even last that long. |
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caio_ken said: Oh for real? Didn't know A-1 could pull stuff like this. whaa?Nerd_Zone1 said: The Duo between A1 and Trigger seeing this does make sense. This 1 episode is like 50 episode of DB Super and 100 for One piece, in a pure animation and technical level. A1 probably helped with the in-between animation like Toei Philippines and key animation to trigger this show has amazing time schedule allows animators to do this in the first episode. But i knew all this would be good but how about characters and setting, well they don't really do anything just seems really generic with a passionate production team who wants to make a good anime. I never finished Kill La Kill but i did some first couple episodes and this as a 1st episode is disappointing, its your generic protagonist who is down on his luck, i had the same problem with witch academia settings and backgrounds feel really different but the bland writing does not help. Well its hard to judge this by 1 episode so it'll stick to it. The entire episode is credited to A-1 Pictures. Imaishi was the only one of Trigger and he did the action storyboard. Maybe in the next episodes Trigger will be the main studio but so far it's A-1 Pictures the studio being credited. Klad said: A mecha show with no CGI robots? Gotta hand it to TRIGGER. That was a pure and bloody amazing first episode. From animation, to introduction of the characters, to amazing shots of the animation and art and that fucking amazing fight in the end. Really have high hopes for this one. AOTS? Trigger didn't do anything in this episode as a studio, that was A-1 Pictures. Imaishi was the only one of the team in the episode doing the action storyboard. |
| I'm pretty intrigued by the world. Really great action in the second half and i got swept into the emotion of the characters. This has been my favourite first ep of the season. |
| The best 1st episode of the season. Not anything groundbreaking, but hella enjoyable |
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Guess Trigger is saving anime with 2D mechs this time. Also the cast is literally the cast of Anohana.   |
| LOL, holy shit nice catch. |
| Alright start, I can't say I like the characters too much so far tbh, why everything is like this is still unknown, and IMO it didn't exactly do a good job in presenting it neither, being pretty hard to follow, but this is just the start of a 2 cour anime so it's somewhat fine, the next episodes will decide what I do. |
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| Not sure whether I'll like it or not.... Pros: ART, Mecha Concept, Zoid Eseque Scene Cons: Makoto Shinkai Esque Protagonist Trying to make a different plot and tropes but stays with the same plot and trope style That flaw that I detest FUCKING OST EXECUTION FAILURE. |
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| I think that was a pretty good start. The animation was really great, and I REALLY like the design of the Frankxx. So the main guy seemed pretty generic, but at least he said fuck it and barely had any hesitation when it came down to it. He knew he had nothing to lose and went for it. I like that, hopefully he'll come into his own soon. Zero Two was by far the most interesting. And luckily she seemed to not go extreme yandere or any of that shit. I was worried about that before I watched and this quelled my worries quite a bit. I did feel bad for that Naomi though. And this is something that I really hope is explained in detail later. What makes them fail as a team? Where do these kids come from? Where do they go if they fail? Did Naomi die when that Klaxosaurus appeared? This is one of those episodes where they show everything, and then will spend the next few episodes explaining what it all means. I'm looking forward to learning about this world. |
| Definitely a good start, sets up alot of groundwork and aside from the odd and distracting fanservice at the start I really adore the melancholic tone that seems to hint at this being a pretty high drama/tragic series when given the context of how bleak the premise is. I think the show still needs to prove itself cause it could fall victim to a monster of the week repetition, there will likely be fights every week and thats fine, they just need to not let it get too formulaic is what i mean. I also hope the characters will be up to par, zero-two is very interesting but i have my doubts shes even going to survive the halfway mark of this series so I hope the MC has a compelling enough development as the show goes on cause if zero-two dies like i expect her to, then hes really going to need to carry things. |
Immahnoob said: Jizzy, I know you have no idea how to argue for shit, tokiyashiro said: Jizzy as you would call yourself because youre a dick The most butthurt award goes to you And clearly you havent watched that many shows thats why you cant determine if a show is unique or not Or maybe you're just a child who likes common stuffs where hero saves the day and guys gets all the girls. Sad taste you have there kid you came up to me in the first place making you look more like a kid who got slapped without me even knowing it and start crying about it to me |
| I was pleasantly surprised by this first episode. There were some Evangelion-esque moments in this episode that I can't seem to put my finger on, but were definitely there nonetheless. I'm also digging Zero Two's character design. I can't wait for next week to come. |
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| God I bloody love Trigger so much, loved the first episode and love Zero Two. |
| I'm very satisfied with first episode of Darling in the Franxx. It was definitely one of the strongest and best animated premiere in this season. You can tell that the creator Atsushi Nishigori (and not Trigger by the way) has always been influenced by his mentor and friens at Gainax, like Anno and Imaishi. While it does borrow a lot of old idea and concepts from its predecessors, the way that the episode is presented feels fresh and original. The storyboard by Nishigori was very excellent, from the start to the end. My highlights are the opener, the part where Hiro and Zero Two met, and the part where Naomi parted with Hiro. The action storyboard was trusted by Nishigori to his friend at Trigger, a fellow of ex-Gainax staff, Hiroyuki Imaishi. The episode itself was produced by A-1 Pictures and not Trigger, though there was Sushio in it. Another ex-Gainax bro! I feel the action a bit restrained, probably because they want to step up it for the next episode. This episode served as the exposition, and it does its job nicely. I expect the action will be elevated along the way. And probably next episode we will see Imaishi's doing longer action storyboard and more Trigger's stars like Akira Amemiya, Takafumi Hori, and Kai Ikarashi. As for A-1, they did a nice job for gathering the majority of The iDOLM@STER staff, Megumi Kouno, Isao Hayashi, Akira Hamaguchi and others bring the fresh air into its animation. The result was extraordinary, all I can see is masterful character acting throughout the episode. https://www.sakugabooru.com/post?tags=darling_in_the_franxx+character_acting And I was pleased that they even bring specialists like Takahiro Shikama (!) and Kenta Yokoya. Shikama is one of my favorite animators, I really adored his animation in Star Driver and seeing him back to animating female Tauburn really makes me excited. I'm sure I'm going to enjoy every single episode of Darling in the Franxx. It's thrilling to wait for each of episodes, wondering what kind of animation and story it's going to offer. Aelyn said: It seems that the rumors about some problems with the production were (partially?) true. First episode looks quite simplistic. For example, this short scene is just pathetic: Even so, I will continue watching this. The very first minute got me interested about what's going to come next. The CG part? The CG was fine, combined with the coloring and compositing it even looks nice and well done to my eyes. They are doing good job at combining 2D and CG animation. For example: https://www.sakugabooru.com/post/show/43794 As for the production issue, fans did speculated it because the project was pushed forward, and staff keep every info under their warps so it doesn't leak to outsiders. Maybe that's why it gave a wrong impression, even for some sakuga fans (even I assumed so before). But yesterday, I heard some good news regarding the production. It's doing a lot better than what I'd expected. A certain animator tweeted that the team began drawing key animation since one year ago. The words just slipped out of his mouth, and he quickly deleted the tweet. And the fact they brought a lot of talented key animators is really assuring. There will be some outsourced episode, and the quality might not be always on top like this first episode. But I'm sure it will be alright and Nishigori knows very well how to manage the power and maintain the quality. Brandon2149 said: caio_ken said: Jesus, people already talking shit. The first episode is entirely made by A1, not Trigger. Also, this isn't a trigger show. Yabuki is only involved in the manga. How is this entire episode A-1? Hiroyuki Imaishi is the action director for this series. He would have been involved with action in this first episode and probably this entire series... Just the mecha transformation and Zero Two design alone is all heavily trigger as well as the ending action sequence. Let's take a look at the key animators list. https://pastebin.com/uTgSRQD6 Aside from Sushio, the rest are A-1 affiliated animators. They are mostly Nishigori and Akai's pals who worked in Idolm@ster and im@s Cinderella Girls. |
kyuudereJan 13, 2018 5:51 PM
| So this felt like I am about to deal with Pacific Rim the anime mixed with potential romance and fanservice. I'm hoping it will be more interesting than that but that was my initial impression of it. And peeking in here, I see we're gonna be having the whole: "Who can be blame if this fails? Trigger or A-1?" Oh boy...doesn't matter who does what, if it winds up being shit, the entire crew is to blame. But anyways, let's see what the next 24 weeks will give us. |
| Don't believe the hype. |
| Trigger Studios is finally back to doing Mecha series! And they hit everything better than i was expecting. Absolutely love their work. 10/10 |
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AvidAnimeViewer said: Guess Trigger is saving anime with 2D mechs this time. Also the cast is literally the cast of Anohana. Trigger isn't the main studio behind this. And they're similar because the character design of Anohana is the same of Darling in the franxx since it's tanaka. |
caio_ken said: AvidAnimeViewer said: Guess Trigger is saving anime with 2D mechs this time. Also the cast is literally the cast of Anohana. Trigger isn't the main studio behind this. And they're similar because the character design of Anohana is the same of Darling in the franxx since it's tanaka. I know A-1 is collaborating with Trigger, I'm just pointing out that you can see it clearly in the designs. |
duderus said: Trigger Studios is finally back to doing Mecha series! And they hit everything better than i was expecting. Absolutely love their work. 10/10 Trigger didn't did the first episode and they're not the main studio behind it, it's A-1 Pictures. A-1 literally was credited in the end of the episode. It seems that it's going to be a bunch of misinformation in this anime. |
Hongu said: Wow, that was really really bad. Everything about it was so by-the-numbers and predictable. It felt like it was built from the ground up, focus-tested, and churned out, to be the most "anime" anime ever. All bound together with a nice heap of melodrama and boring characters (the most boring of which is, of course, the main male character. Because that's how these types of series work) Considering how it's a huge Aniplex anime that they've been pushing for a while, this all makes sense and I don't know how I didn't expect it to be like this. I should've known better. Not my thing at all. I was just waiting for it to end near the halfway point, honestly. Yeah just seems like your fault for trying it. If you dont like "anime" anime dont watch them. (what a stupid thing to say though.) |
caio_ken said: duderus said: Trigger Studios is finally back to doing Mecha series! And they hit everything better than i was expecting. Absolutely love their work. 10/10 Trigger didn't did the first episode and they're not the main studio behind it, it's A-1 Pictures. A-1 literally was credited in the end of the episode. It seems that it's going to be a bunch of misinformation in this anime. Main Staff: Director: Atsushi Nishigori (The Idolm@ster anime series) Sub Director: Toshifumi Akai (Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic character designer/chief animation director) Series Composition: Atsushi Nishigori, Naotaka Hyashi (MAGES./Steins;Gate, Plastic Memories） Character Design/Chief Animation Director: Masayoshi Tanaka (Anohana, Your Name.) Mechanical Designer: Shigeto Koyama (Rebuild of Evangelion, Big Hero 6) Action Supervisor: Hiroyuki Imaishi (Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, KILL la KILL) Anime Production: TRIGGER (KILL la KILL, Little Witch Academia), A-1 Pictures (The Idolm@ster, Anohana) A-1 = Director, Sub-director, Series-composition, character design Trigger - Mech Designer, Action Supervisor, Anime Production Mech Designer is Koyama, Shigeto who is the same designer for Star Driver an original production like this one is. I know my shit. It's just that Trigger Studio has more of my respect than A-1 Pictures. |
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kyuudere said: Maybe you should give more explanation English is not my native language, so it's kinda difficult for me to explain something I don't particularly understand (in terms of specific vocabulary related to animation and cinematography). If I had to use simple words, I'd say that something about the perspective used in that scene tells us that it was done half-assedly (edit: Actually, no. I don't think I can put my thoughts into words in this case. Maybe it's the point of view that makes this scene look dull). Speaking of another example, this looks disappointing too. Don't get me wrong, I'm not on the same bandwagon with haters, but I think that some things could've been done better. Especially for the first episode. Overall, I'm glad to hear that they don't really have any problems. It was a nice first episode, and the animation was breathtaking too. |
autistic_potatoJan 13, 2018 10:01 PM
| This episode sure was something; there's a good bit that I liked and a good bit that I disliked. Thought the opening scene was really strong. I liked how they introduced both characters through that weird bird metaphor. It immediately revealed a lot about how they both viewed the world. It's also painfully clear that it was supposed to parallel the FranXX pilots. I wonder with Hiro's notion that even the birds that depend on each other are pitiful, what does that mean of him, a "bird" who can't even fly while working with a partner? Really like the design of the robots, the fight was pretty cool. Hope to see more of it. As for the characters? Already a big fan of Zero Two, I really like those kinds of spunky/crazy-ish female protagonists. I don't have much to say for anyone else really though. Hiro seems like he could go in interesting directions, but also is in danger of staying as a generic protagonist. I don't have problems with him being "beta" (tbh I kinda hate the term) as some of my favorite MMCs have been more sensitive or introverted guys like Shinji, Mob, or Deku. He just hasn't gotten as much characterization as I'd like, but that will remedied as time goes on. He might have gotten in the robot, but he didn't immediately grab me like Shinji. Pretty much every other character besides the one that called out Hiro on the bridge got next to nothing in terms of characterization so I'm hoping we'll get to know them better in the next few episodes. Now my main concern with the series is giving off some BIG red lights in the wish fulfillment department. The way Zero Two fell in love(?) immediately with our bland protagonist kinda rubbed me the wrong way and that kiss at the end felt really wish fulfillment-y. Just really hoping that this series doesn't skew that way cause Zero Two deserves to be much more than just another manic pixie dream girl. With the bridge scene between brunette girl and Hiro (which I really liked) I can see it not going that way, I just hope that he has to work for his development and isn't handed everything by the plot and Zero Two. That being said, he got in the robot so hopefully the real development begins here. |
_ghostCandleJan 13, 2018 10:08 PM
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| This feels like what would happen if Neon Genesis Evangelion and Tengen Toppo Guren Lagann had a child. |
| I thought because of the A1 involvement, this show kinda lose abit of its identity, unlike TTGL and Kill la Kill, and becomes a more generic mecha. Basically this plot sequence is like watching an alternative version of Eva. I hope the story premise can get alot more interesting than this. The animation is good though I'd give it that, but this show does not give me the unique vibe of TTGL and Kill la Kill. Also aside from the devil girl, all the characters look very bland compare to TTGL. |
Ventus_SJan 13, 2018 8:31 PM
| Man was hoping this was gonna be good since it hits all the check marks ao no hana character designs , star driver Mecha designs with some over the top trigger effects , the start was decent wasn't blown away since it was the standard mecha opening boy meets girl boy gets robot then pilots said robot beats enemy that shows up. zero two is godlike reminds me of a less crazy Military Anemone praying this turns out half decent being a 2cour if not i'll at least enjoy the aesthetics |
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| I'm at least happy with the non-CGI'd mechas and enemies. Liking Zero Two, hopefully Hiro shows more potential in future episodes. |
| So far it seems pretty generic. |
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| I don't just have a feeling of seeing this before... never mind, I've seen it before - we've all seen it before. A typical show for TRIGGER, however, A1 can't hold up to TRIGGER's seemingly ADHD animation style; the results are a headache. The unoriginality here is stagnating, Zoids meets an Evangelion Rebuild copycat. I'm fed up of seeing Beta-males in anime. I'm fed up of seemingly strong female leads with no purpose - nice plugsuits, it seems like it's all we're going to get. Japan doesn't seem to elevate female leads for being female leads, mentally, but rather physically. (I lean pretty Right politically so this isn't some Leftist jargon, these are my actual thoughts.) So many tropes, so many unoriginal tropes. It's a wonder why anyone get's excited when their work gets put on screen anymore. It's like going to college, literally anyone can accomplish the feat. |
| Lie until what you want to be true becomes truth. Lie until you can't remember what's a lie and what isn't. Lie until you aren't lying anymore! Figures  |
| Pretty good start. I'm looking forward for the next. |
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