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Sam Murai
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 Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2014 5:13 pm
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The production quality in that promo looks amazing, and the story is looking very promising (as much as I wanted to see a straight-up terrorist story instead of what looks like another "trained/brainwashed as a child…" one). Personally disappointed to see FUNimation get the streaming rights and not Crunchyroll, since I don't subscribe to their Elite service (Hulu and CR are enough to be paying for and are available on more devices) and their Hulu posts are done a week later and in SD only. It would be nice to see another AoT-type of joint simulcast, again…
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danilo07
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Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2014 5:28 pm
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| Quote: | | The production quality in that promo looks amazing, and the story is looking very promising (as much as I wanted to see a straight-up terrorist story instead of what looks like another "trained/brainwashed as a child…" one). |
Ehh there a lot of stories with brainwashed child terrorists??
Moreover,I don't think these children are acting like terrorists,because they have been brainwashed.It seems as though they are doing it because they escaped brainwashing.
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Sam Murai
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Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2014 6:24 pm
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| danilo07 wrote: |
| Quote: | | The production quality in that promo looks amazing, and the story is looking very promising (as much as I wanted to see a straight-up terrorist story instead of what looks like another "trained/brainwashed as a child…" one). |
Ehh there a lot of stories with brainwashed child terrorists??
Moreover,I don't think these children are acting like terrorists,because they have been brainwashed.It seems as though they are doing it because they escaped brainwashing. |
I was grouping them more in the vein of "trained child killers/soldiers/weapons/etc.", hence the encompassing descriptor. It has been visited upon a number of times and in a number of ways (as a main element or part of character's background) in shows like Noir, Gundam 00 (plus others in the franchise), Monster, El Cazador de la Bruja, CANAAN, Valvrave, Gargantia, etc. Though broad, I feel that type of angle has been visited enough over time to feel a little shopworn in some aspects.
The critique, though, was more of an extension of the story apparently having a more "fantastic" background for the boys and their actions, instead of a more grounded and "real world" one, which I think would be fresher and even more interesting. That said, I don't want to go any farther than that for now, not until more clear info is available.
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