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Gina Szanboti
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So I watched the first episode of Gin no Guardian, a 12 min isekai short of a Chinese web comic and surprisingly it wasn't as terrible as TenCent stuff usually is. The animation was ok, which is different.
However, unless there's a damned good reason for it, naming the hero Suigin Riku and the heroine Rei Riku does not bode well. As of this episode, they appear to be strangers rather than relatives, so I dunno what they were thinking. I'm already confused about who anyone is talking about when they just say Riku. Even if they are long lost cousins or something, that's only going to make it worse, since no one seems to notice they share the same name. And it has a cat sidekick, which so far is not excruciatingly annoying like the dragon thing in Granblue Fantasy, which otherwise looks promising. (saving AoT and BHA until after I fix dinner) |
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zrnzle500
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Totally forgot to mention this earlier
Yeah, right after some of their soldiers threatened a small child at sword point to try to extort her father and the rest of the villagers into cooperating. I think anyone would think them unscrupulous after that. Also, is it weird I'm not annoyed by the mascot character, since most of the reviewers and a number of commenters are so strongly annoyed by it, to the point of wishing violence on it in some cases? I mean it isn't my favorite such character, even among those voiced by Rie Kugimiya (Happy from Fairy Tail), but still. |
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AksaraKishou
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https://twitter.com/somekindofthing/status/848304346269966337
Yup, GBF will be the biggest seller of the Year. |
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darkdeath174
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People hating on poor old Vee, yet he and Lyria are the 2 most important characters in Granblue's story.
I'm still wondering how far the story will go, I have a feeling it will end somewhere around Albion. |
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Karphatos
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With the recent 14 episode announcement, my guess would be they either take their time and end it on Albion, or adapt 2 episodes per island and end it on the Mist-Shrouded Isle. Anyway, what saddens me about the granblue anime is that it will not reach the interesting parts of the story, given that it will adapt either up to chapter chapter 20 or 24, while the story gets good on chapter 30 or so. It will sell well enough to guarantee another season to get up to the interesting part (ch 21 or 25 - 40 or 44), and then another one to conclude the first story arc (ch 41 or 45 - 63). |
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residentgrigo
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The schedule: https://static.neregate.com/2017/02/neregate.com-Spring-2017-Anime-Chart-v2.jpg
I don´t see any possible surprises but getting 3 confirmed hits will automatically make this one of the best seasons in quite some time. Atom - The Beginning Tezuka´s work went though many middle of the road reinterpretations during the last decade but this one will live up to his legacy. It´s easy to bring up the more somber Pluto but the best comparison I can give is the anime version of RideBack (the longer manga is way darker). I even noticed touches from Verhoeven´s Robocop in the storytelling and now hope that some of the past works of the manga´s author and artist will get a 2nd life after the show debuts. The Pokemon studio will co-animate here btw. The one that once gave us a good Berserk anime. Oh yeah… Berserk I give these clowns exactly 1 ep. to show even the basic desire to improve before I leave forever but who am I kidding? We know how this will shake out, so take it with humor. Shingeki no Bahamut: Virgin Soul The first show was one of the biggest sunrises of this anime decade and the team showed willingness to shelve the unrelated Moe-spin-off to keep the quality up. The developer is apparently interested in the continued positive press for the source game, as the disc sales of the expensive looking show were nothing to be proud of. Art won over commerce but the new subtitle is the worst. The prequel had good female character, so the new protagonist should work out, even if a new writer was assigned this time. Shingeki no Kyojin Undeniably the thousand pound gorilla in the room. What interests me is how the later parts of the "next" season will be received (this one is only 12 eps.) in the fall. They should stop just before the potentially controversial backstory of the world will be fully addressed. Things will get rather dark and slow by the end of this half season too, with some of the characters (as Levi) showing a nasty side to them too. The TV version of the first anime toned down the manga´s content a bit, so don´t ask me what will happen here. Kidou Senshi Gundam Thunderbolt is started a 2nd ONA season and my interest in the Terra Formars OVA is pretty low, due to them skipping an entire (set up) arc. Yoru wa Mijikashi Arukeyo Otome should proof interesting due to the director alone and the highly talented Polygon Pictures is finally adapting a manga I care about with Blame!. Resident Evil : Vendetta lastly looks like trashy fun, the 2nd CG film was better than the first too, and they finally bothered to show proper gore. |
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Alexis.Anagram
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Right there with you. I snoozed through the first season of AoT so I don't think I'll be indulging its brand of sloppily paced adolescent horror aspirations this season. But I'm very excited for the two shows you mentioned. I am always here for more Natsume and I can't wait to see how they follow up the first Eccentric Family, which was an instant favorite. |
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Via_01
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Alice to Zouroku: I liked it, but my feelings are mixed. Most of the events related to the secret research lab and Alice thing were honestly kinda boring, making the first half of this double-length episode somewhat of a chore. The latter part, however, with Zouroku and Sana talking, Zouroku acting like a grumpy grandpa figure and his no-nonsense approach to life were extremely charming. If the show keeps leaning on that side I'll keep watching; if the show actually uses Zouroku's and Sana's relationship and slice-of-life moments to comment on how nonsensical the Alice premise is, then it might even turn into a favorite!
Let's just... keep the CG work to a minimum. I could tolerate it for the most part, but oh god those cars! And the show seems IN LOVE with those cars! Sad, because there were some neat wind-on-leaves and water effects at the beginning. |
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Paul D. Atreides
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Just watched Attack on Titan episode: 26
In the time that has passed since the first season my opinion on AoT has taken a 180-degree-turn. I've gone from absolutely hating it to being a huge fan, and it's now the only manga where 1) I've read every single past chapter and 2) read every new chapter that comes out. So now I get to be that guy who acts all smug because whilst everyone else is on the edge of their seats I already know what happens. Unless everyone else did the same thing I did and just started reading the manga. What did I think of the episode? Well, I found that scene were a guy gets his head ripped off pretty satisfying 
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Parsifal24
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I couldn't be bothered with Attack On Titan season two I just don't like the franchise same for My Hero Academia so I don't have an opinion on either of those shows. However I was stoked for Alice & Zoroku and Crunchyroll picked that up.
So far it is pretty a solid first episode and the sound design works and while the idea of human experimentation is kind of an old trope it works because the episode is less focused on a Titanomachy between ESPrs and the relationship between the titular characters. |
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Zin5ki
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As electrifying as the first series of Thunderbolt was, the concept of internecine jazz-fighting grew stale faster than I expected. Sadly, episode five showed us little of the humanity this show needs for the sake of balance. It is not that there's no representation of the personal stakes and tolls of war, just that such content is relegated to the role of separating each action scene. Major developments only seem to occur on the battlefield or otherwise in extremis, while character drama is secondary. For a series concurrent with 0080, Thunderbolt is fast becoming its polar opposite. |
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AksaraKishou
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Funnily enough, they're all from the same mangaka.[/quote] |
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FilthyCasual
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Theron Martin on Alice and Zoroku: 2.5/5
Also Theron Martin on Alice and Zoroku: 4/5 |
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JacobC
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Ha ha, that error was literally up for 30 seconds at most, so you had extremely uncanny timing. |
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meiam
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I think you just described why I liked thunderbolt so much, it's a giant mech show, I want giant mech to be front and center in the story, not winning teenager. (God I so funking love giant mech show where the main character isn't a moody teenager!) Although to be fair, episode 5 was fairly meh and really does feel like a reheated meal. Thunderbolt was perfectly self contain and didn't really need a direct sequel. I would have rather they adapt or made a new side story in the same universe with the same style or in the 08th MS team style. Or advance of zeta, but that's just for those awesome mech design. |
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