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malvarez1
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This is it, another battle Shonen that the general public will make popular while almost everyone at ANN will hate it.
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NeverConvex
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| Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2025 3:57 pm |
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I enjoyed the premiere a fair bit, but was kind've deflated when it morphed into a, uh, battle-school shounen? I still find it's OK to put on when bored, but it went from something that felt reasonably novel to just the same old thing slightly reskinned pretty fast.
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EmeraldSaucer
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| Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2025 3:59 pm |
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| malvarez1 wrote: | | This is it, another battle Shonen that the general public will make popular while almost everyone at ANN will hate it. |
"General public" and "popular" are a bit of a generous interpretation of a show doing well in a niche category on Netflix
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Beatdigga
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| Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2025 5:30 pm |
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If it does consistently better than Raw like DanDaDan I’ll consider it a crossover hit. Still fun enough even if rather basic.
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malvarez1
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| Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2025 7:27 pm |
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| NeverConvex wrote: | | I enjoyed the premiere a fair bit, but was kind've deflated when it morphed into a, uh, battle-school shounen? I still find it's OK to put on when bored, but it went from something that felt reasonably novel to just the same old thing slightly reskinned pretty fast. |
Don’t quote me on this, but apparently the mangaka is intentionally going for a “2000s Shonen” feel, which is part of why it feels generic (or kinder, “retro”).
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YagamiBlackstone255
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| Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2025 8:35 pm |
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I didn't even know about this? Wow. This REALLY slipped by, and I knew about Gachiakuta when most didn't lol.
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MFrontier
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| Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2025 10:47 pm |
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The next Blue Exorcist, it seems like.
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Sekaro
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| Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2025 10:53 pm |
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This is kinda going toe to toe with the other edgy shonen series that came out - Gachiakuta. From what I've seen & heard, Gachiakuta seems much more well-known so it's strange to see this doing better in terms of popularity it seems.
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Hiroki not Takuya
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| Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2025 11:11 pm |
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| Sekaro wrote: | | This is kinda going toe to toe with the other edgy shonen series that came out - Gachiakuta. From what I've seen & heard, Gachiakuta seems much more well-known so it's strange to see this doing better in terms of popularity it seems. |
Having seen both, Tougen Anki is a more standard story with more (?) action and generally more entertaining while Gachiakuta has so much edge, it cut me at Ep2 and I don't need extra trauma thank you...(ie hard to watch for the violence)
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Glordit
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| Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2025 3:32 am |
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It's a re-telling of Momotaro, of course it's huge in Japan. They absolutely love their folklore and myths.
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YagamiBlackstone255
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| Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2025 11:21 am |
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So this is basically the "If you use a beloved folk tale as basis you will have an easier time building popularity" princible the director of Ne Zha mentioned? Cool
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CreativelyFwrd
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| Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2025 2:09 pm |
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Well I certainly have been enjoying the show so it's good to hear it's also been doing well.
| EmeraldSaucer wrote: | | "General public" and "popular" are a bit of a generous interpretation of a show doing well in a niche category on Netflix |
I see the damage control is already happening trying to downplay this...
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malvarez1
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| Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2025 2:12 pm |
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| Hiroki not Takuya wrote: | | Sekaro wrote: | | This is kinda going toe to toe with the other edgy shonen series that came out - Gachiakuta. From what I've seen & heard, Gachiakuta seems much more well-known so it's strange to see this doing better in terms of popularity it seems. |
Having seen both, Tougen Anki is a more standard story with more (?) action and generally more entertaining while Gachiakuta has so much edge, it cut me at Ep2 and I don't need extra trauma thank you...(ie hard to watch for the violence) |
Ironically episode 3 is when it begins to lighten up.
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Connor Dino
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| Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2025 6:55 pm |
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| CreativelyFwrd wrote: | Well I certainly have been enjoying the show so it's good to hear it's also been doing well.
| EmeraldSaucer wrote: | | "General public" and "popular" are a bit of a generous interpretation of a show doing well in a niche category on Netflix |
I see the damage control is already happening trying to downplay this... |
The 'damage control'? What? Do you think there is some deep state within ANN from commentors? Are you a lunatic?
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Cheap Trick
Joined: 20 Apr 2025
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| Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2025 7:49 pm |
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| Connor Dino wrote: | | The 'damage control'? What? Do you think there is some deep state within ANN from commentors? Are you a lunatic? |
lol it's not a "deep state" it's just haters trying to say a popular show isn't popular in the comments of an article that proves its popular because they don't like it. Not that deep or complex.
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