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| Everything about this was great, especially the visuals and that Godly soundtrack. Since I don't know much about Japanese history, the historical aspect can be kind of overwhelming for me, but it's still great, just need to put in more attention to it. Loved the characters and character interactions so far though. Can't wait to when it officially airs. |
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musashisakai said: Biwa is a character created for this anime, not shown in original classic story. So this anime is enjoyable for the people who knew the end of the story . She is the representation of the biwa-playing bards who passed down the the story over many generations. Or she is like the heroine in Robert Graves's novel Homer's Daughter, according to which Odyssey was written by a woman - if this story too followed the same path, Heike Monogatari would be written in it by a fictional woman who she will grow into in the next 15 years. |
IshitatesoSep 16, 2021 4:03 PM
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| Electric guitars? What's next, dubstep? |
| Really really liked that first episode, but like some people said... that part with the electric guitar was pretty fucking jarring lmao. |
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| Absolutely outstanding. Can’t wait for more. |
| Loveable first episode. Love the visuals and music. I think it will be a sad story :( I loved the OP song. The ED is... Ok? |
| guess fall starts early ,i loved the trailer and this episode delivered with great direction music and having some pretty strong emotional strings for just one episode will most likely be the most Japanese anime of the year |
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| Amazing anime, absolutely loved it! But I lost it at the very end. Who did that boy ("Sukamoto" or something, the one who dresses yellow and went on a hunting with the bird) offended? Some emperor who was not shown yet? He offended that so called emperor just by running alongside his carriage? And the war scenne that plays after that... What about that? |
| this looks promising and the director is one of the big names from KyoAni... let's see... 4/5. |
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thrisna said: Amazing anime, absolutely loved it! But I lost it at the very end. Who did that boy ("Sukamoto" or something, the one who dresses yellow and went on a hunting with the bird) offended? Some emperor who was not shown yet? He offended that so called emperor just by running alongside his carriage? And the war scenne that plays after that... What about that? The boy's name is Shinsammi no Chujo Sukemori, he is the second son of Komatsu (Taira no Shigemori). He offended Matsudono Motofusa who was sessho, that is imperial regent at the time. The emperor whose regent he was is Takakura, who was an eight years old child at the time of the incident. He offended the regent by not dismounting his horse when the sessho and his retinue passed by - the protocol of the imperial court was very strict, the boy was of good family but low rank, because of his young age so he should have alighted. There wasn't a war scene, though warriors of Sukemori's grandfather rided out and humiliated the sessho's retainers by cutting off their front hair and top knot. |
IshitatesoSep 17, 2021 8:28 AM
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Ishitateso said: thrisna said: Amazing anime, absolutely loved it! But I lost it at the very end. Who did that boy ("Sukamoto" or something, the one who dresses yellow and went on a hunting with the bird) offended? Some emperor who was not shown yet? He offended that so called emperor just by running alongside his carriage? And the war scenne that plays after that... What about that? The boy's name is Shinsammi no Chujo Sukemori, he is the second son of Komatsu. He offended Matsudono Motofusa who was sessho, that is imperial regent at the time. The emperor whose regent he was is Takakura, who was an eight years old child at the time of the incident. He offended the regent by not dismounting his horse when the sessho and his retinue passed by - the protocol of the imperial court was very strict, the boy was of good family but low rank, because of his young age so he should have alighted. There wasn't a war scene, though warriors of Sukemori's grandfather rided out and humiliated the sessho's retainers by cutting off their front hair and top knot. Oh, I see. Great explanation, it made everything clear! Thank you! |
| I had high expectations after watching the trailer and still wasn't disappointed. I absolutely loved it. Hopefully it will be double cour. gophercg said: The dad looked blind, not her as synopsis says. I'm thinking maybe she's blind on one eye? |
tokidoki921Sep 17, 2021 1:40 PM
| Okay, that certainly was an interesting first episode! Science SARU’s animation style plus Naoka Yamada-kantoku’s direction and Kensuke Ushio’s tracks, I’ve been waiting for this for a while you see. Biwa’s father getting killed like that surprised me a little, I was expecting an inexplicable power or something of the sort there. Feels like the story is being told from a disjointed POV but I’m looking forward to more nonetheless. Pretty nice Op and a unique ED, btw. |
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| Damn look at the unique visual from Science SARU. And we have Yuuki Aoi and Sakurai Takahiro, I'm already like the seiyuu list. They opened it with Biwa Father got killed. Damn that was fcked up. So she can see the future with her blue eye. Solid First Episode, definitely intrigued. I rarely watched Historical Anime, i feel like i can learned some History here. |
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Ragio said: Can someone explain me the last part of the episode? Who are Heike and the emperor? And the "singing" bit? Maybe its a bit soon to ask...Interesting episode nonetheless. Heike is the other name of the Taira clan whose head was Taira no Kiyomori, and his son is Taira no Shigemori, the man who has heterochromia in the anime. The emperor at this time is the child Takakura, though the anime showed in the last scene the retired emperor Go-Shirakawa as well - he will have an important role in the unfolding story. The singing parts are citations from the original Heike Monogatari. |
IshitatesoSep 18, 2021 10:42 AM
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I loved the first episode of Heike Monogatari! From start to finish it's a truly magnificent thing. |
| first episode and it already feels like something out of a movie. her seeing the womans future was heartbreaking, hope she can prevent it |
| I am a fan of Kesuke work, he has his style which is very distinct and magical. His recent work in Cider no you ni made that movie infinity times better and he is also doing Chainsawman , absolute legend. I have watched this episode 3 times, first i was confused about the ending part but people here in the discussion section has made it clear. Good stuff after long. It really breaks my heart that this anime hasn't picked up the crowd yet, not even visible in winter playlist at homepage. Though can't argue much on that, had the PV shown some months prior it would have gain attention. Only hope some so called big anitubers to showcase this one on their channel instead of liking doujinshi and henti on twitter. And thanks @Ishitateso for clarification. |
| This looks like a real serious piece of work. If they can keep up this quality it'll be an all-time classic. The one thing I wasn't keen on, and I see I'm not the only one, was the modern pop cues in the music, but you can't have it all. |
| MAN that was some Unearthly, spiritual shit right there. It just felt so liminal throughout most of it....God, it's beautiful. |
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| The animation is just breathtaking, just the way the wind blows thru the flowers and hair makes me feel like I can feel the wind. The opening seen was poignant and powerful, really sets the tone of the brutality of life during that time period. I'm really in love with the sound design so far and the OP/ED. Science Saru is easily becoming one of my favorite studios! |
| desu desu binches |
| Now this was a complete DELIGHT to watch, absolutely LOVE every artistic aspect of this, from art to voice and OST |
 "In the past few months since we met, I've shared many memories with Nagato. Though I've also shared memories with Haruhi, Asahina-san and Koizumi, I found that I've experienced more events with Nagato in particular. In fact, every situation seems to involve her. I might as well mention this, she's probably the only person to cause the bell within me to shake the most vigorously..." ~ Kyon, TMOSH |
| Very promising start. May be the best anime of the year indeed. High hopes... |
| Quite interesting. Prompted me to look up a bit of history of the Taira family and such just to have better barring as to what is going on. Course with Yuuki voicing the lead and Yamada as director I have no doubts I will love this. |
| so glad I decided to watch this one, I love the animation and am invested n the story already |
| This is beautiful. The animation is similar to Sonny Boy (also Biwa has the same VA as Mizuho) so it makes me really happy that there's another anime that has the similar aesthetic feels so it'll help me to not miss Sonny Boy that much. And I really love traditional Japanese music, I'm definitely gonna enjoy this. The OP is beautiful and they gave rap for the ED that's quite unexpected for an anime like this but it went so well with this anime. The way it begun was so heartbreaking yet so beautiful. This Heike leaders are so cruel. It's a good thing that Shigemori is of different views than his father. So, with the help of Biwa there's hope that Shigemori will be able to bring change in this Kingdom. |
Rickydory123Oct 7, 2021 12:29 AM
| Yuuki aoi did a amazing job just capturing that old style singing, damn left me almost in tears and in awe. |
 Behold of my awesomeness~ controversial and/or sensitive topics likely devolve into the same repetitive, derogatory, abusive, and harassing comments can no longer be posted. But my feels. |
| The animation is sooooo pretty! I love it! Biwa is so cute. |
| Proverbs 4:23 Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. |
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