| Good OP. Good pacing. A lot of things are going on and no stupid fan service or cliffhanger. Characters are well-built. I watched some of top series at this season and none of them are interesting, because their structures are either badly designed or unbalanced. But this anime has a good storytelling, no time-extending drama and it succeeded to introduce story and characters by optimum action. |
| i can only agree but by creating this thread you are essentially baiting the haters, any second now xD the manga was a 10 for me the anime will most likely end at a 9 the pacing is a tad too fast, and i don't think they can manage it as well in the latter half of the show as they have so far i didn't like the hand chain everything else is perfect in my eyes i guess some people might complain about stereotypical characters but even though they are, i find them well done and enjoyable i know the plot is amazing so im looking forward to see the whole thing adapted the sound directing so far has been superb i love the point you are making with unnecessary time extensions in certain scenes astra does a good job driving forward with the plot its definitely going to be nr 1 or 2 for me depending on how vinland saga is going to do as thats something im anticipating to take my nr 1 spot but astra is well above all other shows in my book this season ah and im gonna make a prediction here the show score at the last episode + 2 weeks will be at 8.5 i predict the score going up to 8 with episode 8 and 9 >:) |
Nim0174Jul 19, 2019 7:29 PM
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| I hope I don't invite any biting or baiting. I made this thread, because all other series of this season are disappointing, not saying they aren't good, but they missed the balance, they wasted time on either character introduce or backstory or action without substance. But Astra, how I like it; it blends and melt mainly character introducing, backstory, action; not to mention all those character developments are top notch. I am also loving space theme. |
| This and Vinland Saga, nothing else even comes close. Dr. Stone is alright, but the tone is too childish for me to take seriously. |
| Not convinced. Very amateuristic and dull production despite the potential in the story. |
| Nope. Vinland Saga. Literally there wasn'teven a single mistake in the first 3 episodes of Vinland. Episode 1 from Astra was OK, Episode 2 was terrible (trash humor with terribly directed comedy scenes ruined everything). Episode 3 was suprisingly good (but still had problems like Episode 2, but a fewer than the previous episode) I laughed so hard in this topic... |
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| All the characters are trope-filled archetypical characters done poorly |
PorchmonkeyD said: All the characters are trope-filled archetypical characters done poorly On their own yes, all at once match each-other beautifully. |
| Carole and Tuesday is still airing. Vinland Sage started new. Both are great and at least twice as good as this one. Also Cop Craft is better. From the one on same level the one with Nobunaga and Isekai Cheat Magician are competing hard and not making it easy. I guess it could manage into top 4 at rank 4 if the plot twists (hopefully there are some with the traitor) later deliver. So far it feels 7-ish score-wise. Don't know why people are hyping it while other decent (not good but not bad) anime are scored pretty low. |
| Absolutely not.. |
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Lanz said: Thank you, I second this. The production is indeed dull and the few good dramatic moments the series has have very poor execution, as well as the comedic scenes. Not convinced. Very amateuristic and dull production despite the potential in the story. It really is not a stellar series imo, despite its actually interesting concepts for the environments in each planet. Dr. Stone or Vinland Saga for example easily stand out more for me. |
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| Hardly. With Fire Force, Vinland Saga, 2nd cour of both Kimetsu no Yaiba & Carole & Tuesday It's not even the best in it's alleged category of character driven shows. GranBelm & Maidens of the savage season does a lot better in fleshing out their characters with less episodes aired. Even comedy wise, Dumbbells, Machikado Mazoku, Sounan Desu Ka and Tejina Sempai has better flow and punchlines in their jokes |
| I am enjoying the series overall. |
| That's a funky way of spelling Vinland Saga |
| Dunno if I'd say that, this is actually a decently stacked season for me. Personally, it trails behind Vinland Saga with its interesting themes and clearer world and I'd need to do a lot of soul searching to determine whether I like this more than O Maidens in Your Savage Season with the hilarious and surprisingly raw portrayal of sexuality and Dr. Stone with its plot that carries a good level of intrigue and interesting core conflict. Kanata no Astra is great, don't get me wrong, but personally, this is a surprisingly stacked season and it feels like its going to be a close race between a lot of series for best of the season. |
| You have shit taste, and then I have taste so shit it makes your taste look good |
| i find it hilarious people are writing good reviews at this point (don't get me wrong astra is awesome) its just they havent even remotely seen what the show is about / the great parts are yet to come. MaskOfIce said: Dunno if I'd say that, this is actually a decently stacked season for me. Personally, it trails behind Vinland Saga with its interesting themes and clearer world and I'd need to do a lot of soul searching to determine whether I like this more than O Maidens in Your Savage Season with the hilarious and surprisingly raw portrayal of sexuality and Dr. Stone with its plot that carries a good level of intrigue and interesting core conflict. Kanata no Astra is great, don't get me wrong, but personally, this is a surprisingly stacked season and it feels like its going to be a close race between a lot of series for best of the season. thats an expected perspective, if you like it now you will love it soon the 2nd half is where it gets interesting i can't judge Vinland since i do not know the source material but its definitely above Dr Stone for me personally, as someone who has read both of these mangas |
Nim0174Jul 25, 2019 4:58 PM
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| I'm enjoying Astra, Fire Force and Dr. Stone a lot. I'd safely put them in the 2nd tier of anime airing this season. But yeah, as most people have said already, Vinland Saga is top tier. |
Tsukizono said: Disagree. Kimetsu has super amazing production, but the story gets dull and repetitive after a certain amount of time. They develop the characters in the same TRAGIC FLASHBACK formula over and over again till it gets boring. Although the characters have nice chemistry they aren't particularly well-written. It doesn't help that the pacing for the anime is slow as fuck. You described Kanata no Astra with those two words, Tragic Flashback. "Mommy doesn't love me because I'm useless. My mentor died therefore I'll live to my fullest in the most reckless way. Mommy doesn't pay attention to me therefore I'll hate my little sister out of pure jealousy." The huge difference with Kimetsu No Yaiba is that it has the running time and pace in order not to feel like you're making a line and hoping your favorite sterotype of a character gets it's time under the spotlight. The story feels organic with characters joining in and some leaving soon after they were introduced. With Kanata no Astra it falls under the problem of introducing a large cast of stereotypes in a single episode just waiting their turn to tell their sob story The pacing for Kimetsu no yaiba is quite fine taking in consideration that it's a reformat of the old "battle shonen" type. If we were using the old standards the series should be aiming to have 60+ episodes at least. The training episode in the early stage was incredibly short but effective in comparisson to old format shonen that would have at least asked 3 episodes. In comparisson Kanata no Astra goes at neck breaking speed taking out valuable time to expand and describe the planets that so far have been reduced to one planet per episode and that takes away a lot of vital explanation |
KimurahJul 27, 2019 11:44 AM
Lel0uchZer0 said: Aeoness said: Good OP. Good pacing. A lot of things are going on and no stupid fan service or cliffhanger. Characters are well-built. I watched some of top series at this season and none of them are interesting, because their structures are either badly designed or unbalanced. But this anime has a good storytelling, no time-extending drama and it succeeded to introduce story and characters by optimum action. It could be For me the characters are pretty plain. The only interesting character is yunhua until now Kanata looked interesting but fell short as a mc for this anime Very good anime but nothing compared to vinland saga or dr stone meh as someone who read both astra and stone stone really doesn't compare to astra in terms of story, stone is way too straight forward, but has better characterization, but worse story telling, depends on what you value i guess astra's storytelling is written like attack on titan and neverland thats why its so good(will be) i don't know Vinland Saga's Source Material so i can't say much about that Tsukizono said: Kimurah said: You described Kanata no Astra with those two words, Tragic Flashback. "Mommy doesn't love me because I'm useless. My mentor died therefore I'll live to my fullest in the most reckless way. Mommy doesn't pay attention to me therefore I'll hate my little sister out of pure jealousy." The huge difference with Kimetsu No Yaiba is that it has the running time and pace in order not to feel like you're making a line and hoping your favorite sterotype of a character gets it's time under the spotlight. The story feels organic with characters joining in and some leaving soon after they were introduced. With Kanata no Astra it falls under the problem of introducing a large cast of stereotypes in a single episode just waiting their turn to tell their sob story The pacing for Kimetsu no yaiba is quite fine taking in consideration that it's a reformat of the old "battle shonen" type. If we were using the old standards the series should be aiming to have 60+ episodes at least. The training episode in the early stage was incredibly short but effective in comparisson to old format shonen that would have at least asked 3 episodes. In comparisson Kanata no Astra goes at neck breaking speed taking out valuable time to expand and describe the planets that so far have been reduced to one planet per episode and that takes away a lot of vital explanation Pacing issues is probably a personal preference then. I thought Kimetsu's pacing was too slow, and I can't deny that Astra's is a bit quicker than my preference (which is the issue of the adaptation and not the manga itself from when I read the corresponding chapters to the eps), but I had no problems with it. About the tragic flashback thing, I feel like what Kimetsu does is that they have the EXACTLY SAME FLASHBACK FOR EVERY CHARACTER. The demon is treated badly as a human, but Tanjiro shows them kindness, they pass away peacefully...etc.etc. It's the exact same emotions every time. At the very least Astra has different backstories, and the flashbacks will connect to a bigger picture of what's going on behind the scenes (I'm not a manga reader, but there's definitely something going on with the parents). Kimetsu's main character backstories aren't particularly special and don't connect to a bigger theme or anything. I don't know, I may be biased because I read the Kimetsu manga and I feel like almost all the characters have so much wasted potential and most of them i share your sentiment i can confirm your speculation, so look forward to the bigger picture in Astra. You won't see it coming |
Nim0174Jul 29, 2019 9:57 AM
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Tsukizono said: Pacing issues is probably a personal preference then. I thought Kimetsu's pacing was too slow, and I can't deny that Astra's is a bit quicker than my preference (which is the issue of the adaptation and not the manga itself from when I read the corresponding chapters to the eps), but I had no problems with it. About the tragic flashback thing, I feel like what Kimetsu does is that they have the EXACTLY SAME FLASHBACK FOR EVERY CHARACTER. The demon is treated badly as a human, but Tanjiro shows them kindness, they pass away peacefully...etc.etc. It's the exact same emotions every time. At the very least Astra has different backstories, and the flashbacks will connect to a bigger picture of what's going on behind the scenes (I'm not a manga reader, but there's definitely something going on with the parents). Kimetsu's main character backstories aren't particularly special and don't connect to a bigger theme or anything. I don't know, I may be biased because I read the Kimetsu manga and I feel like almost all the characters have so much wasted potential and most of them You're comparing apples to oranges simply because you're complaining about the antagonists, when the main topic is the protagonists I don't have a problem with the characterization of the antagonists because they aren't the main characters, they are just transient characters that even in some other kind of battle shonen would leave without any characterization and most likely they would be depicted just as morally black or evil characters, but they choose to give them a short story before they die, I see that as an "extra" rather than a main feature. The right comparisson would be the backstories of Tanjiro & Nezuko, Zenitsu, Inozuke and even side-characters that have been a great support for the main cast like Makomo, Sabito Urokodaki and so on. Their stories have been shown in a very gradual and natural pacing. Compared to Kanata no Astra that have been incredibly scheduled and placed by turns in a very structured scheme and we already know all of their stories will be sappy sob stories of misfortuned kids while playing the a sad sob song in a violin so that easy to sway people think it's magnificently well put together but it's just cheap sentimentalism of a hand picked group of angsty teenagers. |
| Definitely one of the better series this season, A Certain Scientific Accelerator is good, so is How Heavy Are The Dumbbells You Lift?. |
| Life Is Short But Intense. |
Aeoness said: I watched some of top series at this season and none of them are interesting, because their structures are either badly designed or unbalanced. . These four shows would like to disagree with you |
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| As long as the traitor reveal makes sense (Stuff like motivation and logically being able to be a traitor, like at this point, it cannot be Kanata if his goal is to kill everyone because he had ample opportunity to do that in the latest episode, for example) and isn't disappointing, it'll probably be at minimum a 7/10. Disappointing would be the puppet being a robot and being the traitor. And no, this post isn't an invitation to post spoilers answering me. |
AnimeAdamOP said: As long as the traitor reveal makes sense (Stuff like motivation and logically being able to be a traitor, like at this point, it cannot be Kanata if his goal is to kill everyone because he had ample opportunity to do that in the latest episode, for example) and isn't disappointing, it'll probably be at minimum a 7/10. Disappointing would be the puppet being a robot and being the traitor. And no, this post isn't an invitation to post spoilers answering me. puppet being a robot haha that would be hilarious how does one come up with that xD i think you'll enjoy the 2nd half nice profile picture btw |
You son of a .. turtle |
Nim0174 said: AnimeAdamOP said: As long as the traitor reveal makes sense (Stuff like motivation and logically being able to be a traitor, like at this point, it cannot be Kanata if his goal is to kill everyone because he had ample opportunity to do that in the latest episode, for example) and isn't disappointing, it'll probably be at minimum a 7/10. Disappointing would be the puppet being a robot and being the traitor. And no, this post isn't an invitation to post spoilers answering me. puppet being a robot haha that would be hilarious how does one come up with that xD i think you'll enjoy the 2nd half nice profile picture btw That actually is a possibility, but since this is an adaptation and you're obviously a big fan of source material of course it sound funny. But if this is an original anime or at least you haven't read the manga b4hand I'm sure you might consider this too lol |
JuuzouXIII said: Nim0174 said: puppet being a robot haha that would be hilarious how does one come up with that xD i think you'll enjoy the 2nd half nice profile picture btw That actually is a possibility, but since this is an adaptation and you're obviously a big fan of source material of course it sound funny. But if this is an original anime or at least you haven't read the manga b4hand I'm sure you might consider this too lol no, my imagination is lacking for that xD when i read it ? what did i think back then good question i was on the Aries Boat, mainly because of the Nintendo DS Game '999 Hours Persons Doors'. and if not for that i probably would have just suspected most of the Characters, but thats a good one xD i mean how would that even work the puppet can't walk or does it mind control funi? xD |
You son of a .. turtle |
I can't believe people watch these cancerous fake 60FPS edits of openings. It's so fucking awful I would rather had my eyes stabbed than watch it again. |
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Nim0174 said: i can only agree but by creating this thread you are essentially baiting the haters, any second now xD the manga was a 10 for me the anime will most likely end at a 9 the pacing is a tad too fast, and i don't think they can manage it as well in the latter half of the show as they have so far i didn't like the hand chain everything else is perfect in my eyes i guess some people might complain about stereotypical characters but even though they are, i find them well done and enjoyable i know the plot is amazing so im looking forward to see the whole thing adapted the sound directing so far has been superb i love the point you are making with unnecessary time extensions in certain scenes astra does a good job driving forward with the plot its definitely going to be nr 1 or 2 for me depending on how vinland saga is going to do as thats something im anticipating to take my nr 1 spot but astra is well above all other shows in my book this season ah and im gonna make a prediction here the show score at the last episode + 2 weeks will be at 8.5 i predict the score going up to 8 with episode 8 and 9 >:) Nice to see someone else who thinks this is a good one. I don't know why I like this anime at all. It has so much stupid things but I don't care, since it's anime and scifi and I enjoy the series, and nothing else matters. :) |
| Merciful lies or painful truth? |
| It's the dark horse of this season. |
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| I say it is my top 3 anime 1- Vinland Saga 2- Dr. Stone 3- Kanata no Astra |
| Just seen 1st episode. And gotta say it was one of the most enjoyable 1st episodes I've ever seen for modern 2010s anime, I'm quite surprised. Interesting setting, intriguing storyline, likable characters, good visuals and colors, balanced pacing, I'm totally buying this. I don't give a shit the characters are stereotypical, not gonna look down on a series for that. The only thing that matters is to have a genuinely fun experience, characters be generic or not. |
DivinePotato said: The first episode was ok only because it feel like it was getting the bullshit out of the way. Even with the little sister arc it was acceptable because I wasn't interested in some half-assed sibling drama. However the characterization feels hollow. The tension isn't there and is broken up by some clown or another shouting. The conflict is pretty shallow and too easily solved. Even the overarcing plot of a traitor in their midst is casually brought up and cast aside when it's convenient. The character interaction feels janky and forced at times. That idiotic singing confirmed what I suspected by the start of episode 3, which, honestly I can't even remember now. It seemed interesting when I looked at the story and I liked the art but then it's cheap LN style storytelling kicked in. This is clesrly one of many that I will completely forget exists unless the hentai is generous.Astra is very bad. >>The direction is weak and has no personality >>The characters are extremely one dimensional: -Emo guy acts like emo guy; -Glasses girl acts like glasses girl; -Pig tail girl is tsundere as expected; -Glasses guy is intelligent; -Short pink hair girl acts like short pink hair girl. Not only that, their development is done rushed and poorly, it follows a simple structure that does work when done right, well, it is not in this case: 1. Conflict is intruduced; 2. External factor happens; 3. Character is changed. All of that in one episode. Humans dont work like that, we dont change in a matter of a minute. We dont overcome old internal conflicts in one day. And we have Vinland Saga this season, wich is much better written. |
| Had to take a break from ep 6. Yeah, this series is a let down. LN trash, tier. |
| This shit sucks, you must be crazy to call it the season's best, hell mom fetish isekai is better than this. |
QWERTYFish25 said: Had to take a break from ep 6. Yeah, this series is a let down. LN trash, tier. your mom was a let down |
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QWERTYFish25 said: Had to take a break from ep 6. Yeah, this series is a let down. LN trash, tier. You took a break at the worst time because it is well established amongst majority of the readers that the contents after episode 6 are gonna be the real stuff (which won that source material all the plaudits it could get, including actual awards) and episode 7 didn't disappoint jfyi. |
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| not even halfway close, but I'd say it's a solid af adaptation of its source material despite its obvious pacing issues. |
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