| It was trash imo and extremely unenjoyable. I was personally expecting a historical anime due to the fact that its literally named after a historical figure and it features him as its protagonist. People have said to me that not very much was known about his life so a historical anime wouldn't be easy to make, but if LeSean Thomas was going to create an original story it should've been grounded. Certain magical elements I wouldn't mind, considering that stuff like that is a part of Japanese culture, but mechs are just straight up bullshit. If fucking 10 foot fully operated robots exist, why doesn't everyone just use guns and lasers. If you enjoyed it good for you, I'm not attacking you for liking it, that's just my thoughts on it. |
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| ive only seen 3episodes so far but it is surely one of the worst animes I have watched to this day lol. It is so bad in every aspect |
| I mean, it's alright? It has solid audiovisuals that make it feel like a psychedelic instrumental hip-hop and jazz fusion album. The characters have decent dynamics and the lead works fine enough. It's just that the narrative is kinda rushed, haphazard, and dumb, and the characters are only kinda alright but you don't even know half their names until right as 3 of them are about to die. It's fine-ish, mainly cuz I had a decent time and really dig the aesthetic and some of the action and character dynamics here and there. I can't say it's the dumpster fire MAL is making it out to be, but I hope LeSean Thomas's next project where he brings together a bunch of black artists and creatives ends up having a tighter script than this show does. I also think people just have this weird misconception that if something is historically based, it must be purely realistic when historical works are allowed to take liberties if it's alternate history (Yasuke) or is trying to play up certain aspects (Vinland Saga and how the feats its characters accomplish are akin to Viking and medieval dark age level legends like Beowulf). The problem with Yasuke is that the mecha stuff in particular feels pretty haphazard and unexplained, and the spirituality magic stuff also feels rather threadbare. Also, it's in the synopsis (on shit like wikipedia, not even MAL) but not in the marketing. |
CodeBlazeFateApr 30, 2021 8:27 PM
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| The trailer had the mechs and the mystical aspects. If you're "let down" because you were surprised by them, then you weren't paying attention. That fault is on you. |
| It depends on what you classify as "good." It looked good in terms of visuals if that's important to you |
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| It depends on what you classify as "good." It looked good in terms of visuals if that's important to you |
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| I wouldn't say it's good, buts a lot of fun and looks really cool at times |
"Get your tentacles off me or ill make calamari out of your manhood" -Mirai Nikki Dub |
| Nah, this isn't good. |
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Sammysama said: this, casuals will never learn nor comprehend what they're watching. It was never going to be good if u actually paid attention, the hype is just casuals fooling themselvesThe trailer had the mechs and the mystical aspects. If you're "let down" because you were surprised by them, then you weren't paying attention. That fault is on you. |
 "For the sake of humankind, I forsake my humanity." - Cherry |
| It wasn't particularly THAT good, but it was enjoyable. |
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| I would say the animation is splendid and that's the only positive. The story is weak, something that it being 6 episodes, doesn't help. I, along with a lot others expected maybe a historical epic, and felt cheated with this show. I think that's the primary reason for people not liking it. |
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| I actually enjoyed Yasuke a lot. People have high expectations of what constitutes a historical anime. It might be interesting to note that Gintama on this website is listed as a historical anime. So is Sengoku BASARA, which also has a mech character and not much explanation for him. But they're enjoyable. Yasuke is a lot more history rich than people are giving it credit for. The main antagonist's identity is somewhat a spoiler (even though they identify the antagonists as being part of the Kamakura Hojo in the very first scene of the first episode), but she is an extremely powerful figure in history though obscure to a lot of people. Glad to see this anime giving her attention! There were also a few shoutouts to other events like Oda Nobukatsu's unsuccessful attacks against forces in Iga Province. For me, the biggest bonus of this Yasuke anime was seeing someone provide him with a name and an ethnicity instead of just saying he was an African samurai. They researched the historians' theories that Yasuke may have been of the Yao people and gave him a name consisting of Portuguese, Arabic, and Mozambican elements (I don't know the specific language group "Baloi" belongs to). It is a cool name to me because it reflects the competing interests of Christians and Muslims in that region in that time period. At the end of the day, I like watching Sengoku Era anime because I'm a big Sengoku Era enthusiast, and pretty much no anime or video game or what have you has portrayed it accurately and "exact". The real Sengoku Era is full of horrific war crimes and massacres. But for the purpose of making enjoyable media, people like to throw in things like overly powerful swordsmen and "samurai honor" and noble army campaigns. Anime in particular is a media to explore the more fantastical side of creative liberties that live-action inhibits - realism is what NHK Taiga Dramas are for, and even they delve into fantasy often to deliver a fun story to the viewers. (Btw, Yasuke appears briefly in the NHK drama Gunshi Kanbei if anyone's curious). I don't think this anime did much differently than what I have seen in other Sengoku anime, and I understand if perhaps people wanted that difference, but I just personally don't fault it for using magic and mechas and werewolves. It's a cool story about a black historical figure told with black voices, and I rather enjoyed the way they used their voices. |
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| Trash anime of the year but if you are a mecha fan you may like this |
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