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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- I'd say that this is in line with many 3DCG boxing anime that we've seen...see Polygon Pictures's Levius. This in particular is produced by Logic&Magic for the 3DCG, despite BN Pictures helming everything else, and honestly it doesn't look bad. Being a completed 23-year old source, this is a classic manga series that only the most dedicated otakus willl have ever heard this back in the heyday....that is, boxing but in the Roman Empire, literally a fight to the death. The low hierarchical and innocent Cestvs being thrown into a situation out of his control of being a slave-boxer, and fighting his own friend Rocco, there is simply no pleasantries in that time of day and age. Fight to earn for freedom, serve the Roman Emperor...and don't get killed out of treason. A young 15-year-old Cestvs, and young Julius Caesar with the usual Greek names you'd hear of the Roman Empire, hope this will be a good ride, even if the pacing felt fast. |
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Otherwise a very rushed episode, filled with boring characters and dull visuals. I don't think this is a winner. |
SkarvalinApr 14, 2021 2:09 PM
| Doesn't really stand out as there's so many great shows in Spring this year. It's actually not that bad when it comes to the CGI... apart from the first couple minutes lol... other then that, it's fine It reminds me of Ryu... I guess because of the red head band lol... it's like Ryu vs Saget right off the bat |
| I can tolerate mediocre 2D animation, and even bad 3D to some extent. But I can't forgive a poorly told story. Don't bother, there are better boxing anime out there. |
Ahora, triste en la pendiente, solitario y ya vencido yo me quiero confesar Si aquella boca mentía el amor que me ofrecía, por aquellos ojos brujos, yo habría dado siempre más  |
| Did they genuinely use CGI for the OP and ED, what the fuck. |
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| Honestly, felt cheated by the promotional images, PV's and the opening. I thought I was getting a garbage 3D CG anime, not an average 2D shonen-esque anime! Besides the production values being meeeeeh, it is just average. The one big complaint I have is that this feels like it is romanticizing slavery. Ofcourse, this is anime about ancient rome. I barely give a fuck about people 2000 years ago, but it is still weird to see slavery treated in this anime so... mildly? Like the romans are just kinda indifferent towards slaves and treat them just normally, even though history has shown us that most slave owners are horrible to their slaves, so this feels like some weird romanticizing of slavery and especially slave owners. In the end, it is not as bad as I thought it would be. It is just an average Boxing Anime. This Ashito no Joe, Hajime no Ippo and Megalo Box ain't, but it also isn't Ex-Arm, so it has that going for it. |
| The CGI or the poor visuals in general ain't my problem, but the pacing is. It's progressing a bit too fast for my taste, it's hard to get invested that way. The tone is also suffering due to that. I wouldn't mind some light hearted moments, but the shifts here are too much. Still, the overall premise is for one something fresh for modern anime and I like boxing anime, especially when the setting is a bit more on the gritty side. I mentioned the tone shifts before, but I do like the shounen-esque feeling. Probably gonna read the manga alongside. Think this adaptation isn't doing it justice. |
FMmatronApr 14, 2021 2:00 PM
One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron |
| ugly af. very fast and uninteresting fights. annoying MC. Zero back story. Levius was like 100x times better. |
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| I really liked the first episode and am already hooked for more. Will be interesting to see where this heads Also the kaiser and blonde fighter looked the same in the beginning lol |
| Trying to watch all available anime series so you won't have to anymore, the list of anime I can recommend is still in progress, tho |
Take it easy, man. |
| The OP is the opener to the show and basically acts as an advertisement...so why in the fuck is it CG while the rest of the anime is (thankfully) not? And then it goes back to shit in the ED. Odd choice. |
| Characters are overblown because it's aimed pretty young for some reason. Makes me want to rewatch Spartacus or Gladiator. Doubt I'll be watching this for long. |
| Read the manga bros, it's way better. They tried to fit too much into one episode. The fight they showed before the OP takes place a few arcs later, so they're really going to rush it to get there in time. And I don't see why they're randomly interchanging between 2d and 3d. Netflix ruins everything |
Send nudes |
| Weird how the first minute plus the OP and ED are CGI but the rest of the episode was regular 2D animation. I thought this was gonna be another Kengan Ashura, which was entirely CGI. Nothing special so far, hopefully it'll improve. I found it funny though how Rocco's death was portrayed as something so emotional, but it was hard to really care since we knew him for like 2 minutes lol. |
| People on MAL refuse to actually enjoy watching anime. Your taste in anime isn't a personality trait. MAL is literally just anime Twitter as its own website lol. |
| This anime reminds me of Kengan Ashura and Baki. I liked both |
| That ep was really cool, love it. What bothered me more than anything was the blushing between the main char and the bigger guy in the cell before their death match. Really wasn't needed.... CG well, I hope theres less of that in the coming episodes. Overall I really loved the fighting and sport present here. |
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| Liked the episode. And the fact that the source is an older finished manga (there seems to be a sequel manga not finished though - according to MAL) makes it promising. I do not dislike the visuals. And the fighting and setting is nice. A bit different than usual. Also interesting other characters. (The emperor. And the blonde elite fighter boy.) Only the pacing at the beginning was a bit fast. I do understand that Cestvs (v seems the Roman u) and the other boys seemed to be slaves of that noble guy (who owns a boxing training school). For some reason boxing seems the main entertainment sport. (And not gladiators with weapons anymore.) And the first selection was to get the stronger ones - that would be trained into fightrs. (Other half got killed.) But what about that trainer? Why did he specifically seem to know only Cestvs? Does he work for the nobleman with the training school? Or did some other reasons lead him to notice and train Cestvs? We also do not know how Cestvs became to be a slave. Maybe there will be a flashback later. 1st episodes tend to start directly with the action. Especially in such types of story where it would be boring to see background story first. |
| Not bad honestly. Thought it was gonna look super weird after the start, but it didn't, and turned out to be a fairly decent episode. Could be fun. |
| The animation was better than I expected. I got some enjoyment out of it. I'm glad Cestvs has made a friend. The BL subtext of whatever that is threw me of, but it's not a negative point in my eyes. If people decided to ship, I don't care so long as no canals are blocked. Overall, the anime's not too bad. |
Ryuk is somewhat relatable |
| This is definitely no chart-topper. But I like it. Underdog battle anime are always a fun watch in my book. The CGI isn't so bad, as some people make it out to be. ya'll just overreacting. |
| are my eyes broken or was that CG in the beginning T-T damn I hope it won't ruin the show besides, it was actually really enjoyable, I really like the characters and their chemistry one thing that wasn't executed really well were the fights especially the one between Cestvs and the other guy where it wasn't so smooth and the heads just suddenly got bigger in some shots |
| Baki in Rome? I'll take it. But why were they blushing constantly?? Anyway. Nice music, good voice acting, bloody fights- basically everything I signed up for. |
| I was expecting the cgi to be way worse after the PV but at the end of the day, cgi is still cgi which is a shame. Pacing and characters are bit off to me so hopefully it'll get better |
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| Some boxing in Rome. I am curios how they are going to portray emperor Nero. Nero was after all known to be very cruel and merciless A decent first episode. But the CGI was ugly =P |
Yuri-CrusaderApr 16, 2021 7:57 AM
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| I'm actually sad because it has a CGI (It's really not that bad) but overall 3/5 for me. I've read the manga in just 1 and a half day because I'm that addicted to it, please read the manga it's sooo good and the manga art is phenomenal definitely must read! |
"I'll kill everyone with my art, I'll do whatever it takes to make that happen."  |
Groenboys said: The one big complaint I have is that this feels like it is romanticizing slavery. Ofcourse, this is anime about ancient rome. I barely give a fuck about people 2000 years ago, but it is still weird to see slavery treated in this anime so... mildly? Like the romans are just kinda indifferent towards slaves and treat them just normally, even though history has shown us that most slave owners are horrible to their slaves, so this feels like some weird romanticizing of slavery and especially slave owners. The slaves wear chain collars, live in caged cells, eat dirty gruel and have to fight. If they lose then they die. So yeah, the slave-owners are not nice or cool. The Romans were just enjoying bloodsport. What are you seeing that's different? |
| I don't mind that CGI but the story itself is going too fast. It's moving forward like crazy. Hope it slows down. The ED is really good btw. |
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| It was entertaining I thought the CGI thing was going to continue, but in the end it didn't xd, and well. The 1st episode was ok. |
| It bothers me how they pronounce Cestus. The C would be pronounced as a K in latin. |
| It's too bad that it's CGI with a weird animation, the concept is incredible and I just love this kind of anime... well I'm still enjoying it so far |
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| Low production quality but still interesting to see its about gladiators as there are hardly any anime out there that focus on Ancient Rome. Also ominous to know its set in the time of Nero Claudius who's known as the worst roman emperor |
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