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I'm not too impressed with how they are adapting Inuyashiki. The whole episode just screamed to me as, "let's cut out as much scenes as possible so we can squeeze robot action into the first episode!". I very much doubt that the team has as much confidence in the story as they should if they have to resort to that. The episode feels very disjointed compared to the first few chapters they've adapted, and by that I mean 7 chapters, including the massive chapter 1. That's a lot of cut contents and building up just to get to the action scene. Needless to say, compared to what it could have been, it's rather flat.

From the look of it they are probably trying to adapt the whole manga into a single season (if not then it's even worse, because that'd pretty much prove my point). I'm quite worried the story will suffer from that. While the later chapters which are more action oriented could easily be speed through, they seem to not mind cutting out and butchering the non-action parts. It will holds out because of the strong source material. However, if that's the direction it is heading in, as an adaptation it is quite disappointing. It is especially disappointing when illustrations in the manga during the action scene are able to convey movements better than its animated counter part.

@ Alexis.Anagram - I am not familiar with the Ancient Magus' Bride's source material, but given your display of aggrieved irritation - oops, I mean "boredom" - at what you've seen so far, I highly recomend you give your sensibility a break and drop the show. I really don't see the element you find so annoying - oops, I mean "boring" - going away as it's pretty much baked into the premise.