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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- *Puts weapon into hand* Oh shit. Kotohaaaaaa. Aniii. That face at the end from Arata tells me that he is determined as hell. I just hope his words are more than just talk. |
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| I got the same reaction when Kotoha put Hayagami in Hinohara's hand 0__0. New character Kanate appears. Some snake monster is attacking them. OMG Kanate!! Next week Hinohara is gonna save them and show them the power of Hayagami. |
| Pretty boring over all. Arata is stuck in the poor me, I can't do anything mode, which is getting old. Granted, I can certainly understand some of it, but after the 100000 anime with MC like this, I just want to move past this point. Well, hopefully next week he will man up and actually do something worth watching |
| I felt a bonding experience when arata was putting the sword in his hand haha, freaky indeed :P However, the anime so far isn't something unique, its alright tho. |
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| Those 2 bros are epic. In the next episode, shit will go down against that warden. |
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Ramkec said: Those 2 bros are epic. In the next episode, shit will go down against that warden. We're lookin' forward to it! |
| Hmm I'm still not yet very interested in this. But it was still watchable and I like some of the bgm. I wonder watched happened to the two brothers o_O where the heck were they taken to??? So mysterious... |
| Not sure if hime knows which Arata is. Delivering the Hayagami to the forest before she dies? lol @ getting the sword into his body. Judgement = the tube eating up? Some people in the jail wanting his life. Also there's "brothers" who are cute. While rescuing them, he tries to make the sword work again next ep.? |
I ♥ Two Syaorans from Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE and TRC!!! |
| Gatoya is a shitty place. The Reckoning shit is MESSED UP. I like the 2 bros! Rescue themmmmm Arata! |
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| This actually isnt all bad |
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| Eternal punishment they say, but if they're 'taken care' of at the rate of 2 per hour, eventually they'll run out, is my theory... |
'Everything is impossible until proven possible.' - Me |
| This show is far from being original but I like it. |
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| 4/5 Stake not bad but not this time I can give full marks, Arata and yet were so irritating with its many hesitations and that face fool during crucial moments! Plot still in trial stage, the narrative is taking a good pace for now! Designs that improve than before, the features are more pronounced and the characters well drawn now! Colors cute! The next is the springboard? I hope so finally |
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| Yeah, can't say I care for Hinohara much at all still. But I generally don't like leads, I want more of the Twelve Shinsho. xD; |
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| Judging from the preview, looks like Arata will face the Sho behind the Reckoning. I hope he does something now. |
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| I hope he stops being useless already, and why don't we get to see how the other Arata fair in the other side. |
| Wimpy protagonist take 3. He better improve himself by the 2nd half, and stop moping. |
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| After fiore777 said: Yeah, can't say I care for Hinohara much at all still. But I generally don't like leads, I want more of the Twelve Shinsho. xD; Question, for those who know, has anyone seen or spoken of the Twelth Shinsho? I've so far only seen/read of eleven of them. Where's the 12th? |
| The show is okay, it got me interested in the manga which I read through this weekend. I can now see where this show is going and it was a little differently than I thought. I though this was going to be a fantasy rebellion epic. But its more of Fushigi Yugi meets Inuyasha. However, noting that. Both of those series were quite long especially in comparison with how long this show is supposed to be. Despite how fast they are rushing through scenes here, I still don't see how they're going to get through all this material. I do like that they got rid of a lot of the unnecessary humor, but I do think they could have done better with Hinohara's character. He's not nearly as interesting as he is in the manga and seems to be a ragdoll character that's just being tossed around. Also: All and all, it was okay. I'll continue with this. |
ZeroChaos said: niaxato said: Pretty boring over all. Arata is stuck in the poor me, I can't do anything mode, which is getting old. Granted, I can certainly understand some of it, but after the 100000 anime with MC like this, I just want to move past this point. Well, hopefully next week he will man up and actually do something worth watching In the manga, he becomes more dependable. So, if the anime follows suit he will get better soon. Glad to hear this I was thinking he probably would considering there is a lot of room for his character development. No that great of a episode though I didn't really like the two new kids and I'm sure they will probably become their friends blah. I just hope they get ou of this place soon. Not terrible 3/5 |
| If strength is justice, then is powerlessness a crime? |
| Huh... I was half-expecting them to speed through Gatoya... anyway... Irenesharda said: The show is okay, it got me interested in the manga which I read through this weekend. I can now see where this show is going and it was a little differently than I thought. I though this was going to be a fantasy rebellion epic. But its more of Fushigi Yugi meets Inuyasha. However, noting that. Both of those series were quite long especially in comparison with how long this show is supposed to be. Despite how fast they are rushing through scenes here, I still don't see how they're going to get through all this material. I do like that they got rid of a lot of the unnecessary humor, but I do think they could have done better with Hinohara's character. He's not nearly as interesting as he is in the manga and seems to be a ragdoll character that's just being tossed around. Also: All and all, it was okay. I'll continue with this. This anime's handling of Hinohara is what probably frustrates me the most. By reducing his backstory to a few small scenes and placing too much focus on Amawakuni Arata, the audience's ability to sympathize with him is almost completely cut off, as evidenced by some of the posts in these episode threads so far. That's not something you want to do the protagonist of the work, since one of the factors that determines reader/viewer retention is how well the protagonist can keep the them engaged. Hinohara is not the kind of protagonist with the charismatic personality that wows and captivates people like Light Yagami, so the narrative has to take the other route by making him relatable and sympathetic. So far, the anime has done a relatively poor job at that. As a small aside, at this point, I'm starting to wonder if his backstory was reduced for reasons other than wanting the Hayagami to awaken at the end of the episode... some food for thought. Anyway as far as the spoilered stuff is concerned... As for the 12 Shinsho... |
Bakazuki said: As for the 12 Shinsho... Yeah, that guy, I have trouble with all their names. I only remember the ones that I liked the most (Fire, Earth, and Sky). |
IreneshardaApr 23, 2013 10:38 PM
niaxato said: Pretty boring over all. Arata is stuck in the poor me, I can't do anything mode, which is getting old. Granted, I can certainly understand some of it, but after the 100000 anime with MC like this, I just want to move past this point. Well, hopefully next week he will man up and actually do something worth watching This, but I'm just going to drop it now. I gave this anime a fair shot of 3 episodes and I can't stand the MC. |
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| Boring episode.. But the preview looks nice. |
melina_putri said: hokaru said: Irenesharda said: The director said there will be only 12 episodes for this adaptation in a recent interview. [url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2013-04-19/interview-kenji-yasuda-director-of-arata-the-legend]http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2013-04-19/interview-kenji-yasuda-director-of-arata-the-legend i guess be prepared for anime original story in the later half. I don't understand the higher-ups in Japan. Magi is running in same magazine and they give 25 episodes and even 2nd season for it but they only give Arata which has more manga chapters than Magi only 12 episodes. Because of what the director said, this is most likely not a split cour series nor there is a 2nd season planned for this. Even at the speed they're going, I doubt they will be able to get through all the Elemental Shinsho and I'm not even going to hold my breath for the Six Shinsho. But what annoys me is that at this rate they will never get to my favorite Shinsho (Earth and Sky) Arcs, and that will be a huge disappointment and let down for me for this show. |
| This is pretty ho-hum right now, hope it picks up a bit soon... |
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Irenesharda said: melina_putri said: hokaru said: Irenesharda said: The director said there will be only 12 episodes for this adaptation in a recent interview. [url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2013-04-19/interview-kenji-yasuda-director-of-arata-the-legend]http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2013-04-19/interview-kenji-yasuda-director-of-arata-the-legend i guess be prepared for anime original story in the later half. I don't understand the higher-ups in Japan. Magi is running in same magazine and they give 25 episodes and even 2nd season for it but they only give Arata which has more manga chapters than Magi only 12 episodes. Because of what the director said, this is most likely not a split cour series nor there is a 2nd season planned for this. Even at the speed they're going, I doubt they will be able to get through all the Elemental Shinsho and I'm not even going to hold my breath for the Six Shinsho. But what annoys me is that at this rate they will never get to my favorite Shinsho (Earth and Sky) Arcs, and that will be a huge disappointment and let down for me for this show. |
hokaru said: Irenesharda said: Really don't want to read them until they are scanlated in English, so I'll wait, they seem to be going pretty fast. I'm up to 165 now. |
Bakazuki said: Irenesharda said: melina_putri said: hokaru said: Irenesharda said: The director said there will be only 12 episodes for this adaptation in a recent interview. [url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2013-04-19/interview-kenji-yasuda-director-of-arata-the-legend]http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2013-04-19/interview-kenji-yasuda-director-of-arata-the-legend i guess be prepared for anime original story in the later half. I don't understand the higher-ups in Japan. Magi is running in same magazine and they give 25 episodes and even 2nd season for it but they only give Arata which has more manga chapters than Magi only 12 episodes. Because of what the director said, this is most likely not a split cour series nor there is a 2nd season planned for this. Even at the speed they're going, I doubt they will be able to get through all the Elemental Shinsho and I'm not even going to hold my breath for the Six Shinsho. But what annoys me is that at this rate they will never get to my favorite Shinsho (Earth and Sky) Arcs, and that will be a huge disappointment and let down for me for this show. |
melina_putri said: The director said there will be only 12 episodes for this adaptation in a recent interview. [url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2013-04-19/interview-kenji-yasuda-director-of-arata-the-legend]http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2013-04-19/interview-kenji-yasuda-director-of-arata-the-legend i guess be prepared for anime original story in the later half. I don't understand the higher-ups in Japan. Magi is running in same magazine and they give 25 episodes and even 2nd season for it but they only give Arata which has more manga chapters than Magi only 12 episodes. Because of what the director said, this is most likely not a split cour series nor there is a 2nd season planned for this. This interview... He said "it's important not to betray the fan's expectations"... It already betrayed our expectation by showing only 12 episodes. "Protagonist is a boy who is bullied so badly by a person who used to be a good friend of his, which is a key element to the story." They skipped Hinohara's background, those bullying and all. I doubt they can depict this "key element to the story" in the rest of the episodes. If they somehow follow how the manga goes..Let's see.. I am thinking it will be like this: In any case, it will be a huge disappointment. I wonder why the author accept this anime offer of only 12 episodes and changing the content of her work. |
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hokaru said: I guess they were given only the budget for 12 eps and they had to come up with their best to show the story without making it too slow, which I am sure will be the case if they follow too closely to the manga. This interview... He said "it's important not to betray the fan's expectations"... It already betrayed our expectation by showing only 12 episodes. Magi is always different because the manga is popular and so the publisher is willing to throw more resources to push it. And even that they did not plan to give it more than 24 eps until much later when they started to see the boost the anime did to the manga sales and so greenlighted another season. |
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
symbv said: hokaru said: I guess they were given only the budget for 12 eps and they had to come up with their best to show the story without making it too slow, which I am sure will be the case if they follow too closely to the manga. This interview... He said "it's important not to betray the fan's expectations"... It already betrayed our expectation by showing only 12 episodes. Magi is always different because the manga is popular and so the publisher is willing to throw more resources to push it. And even that they did not plan to give it more than 24 eps until much later when they started to see the boost the anime did to the manga sales and so greenlighted another season. I am not comparing to Magi though O: I totally undersand why Magi have more episodes (because it's popular) even though they still went to butchered the anime -.- I agreed that most likely, like you said "they were given only the budget for 12 eps".. That's why I said "I wonder why the author accept this anime offer of only 12 episodes and changing the content of her work." I understand how some animes with bad adaption will attract people to go after the manga, thus increasing it's sales. But for Arata, as far as I can see, and with only 12 episodes limit, I don't think it have the ability to attract anime viewer's attention to the manga. With the anime remains unpopular. Well, I guess it might still boost the manga sales a bit. What I want to say is, if they only have budget for 12 episodes, I don't think it's worth making it. If they could at least adapt 24 episodes, adapt properly, obviously include how badly Hinohara is bullied just like how the manga did. So that it won't make him how he look like in anime now, an annoying, whiny, overly emotional teenager which make people lost interest faster. And I bet it will make their profit overall higher than making only 12 episodes. |
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| Even though 'trusting others' theme got annoying, this one actually is among the decent. i wonder if we will have village Arata ep 4/5 |
Alone on a Friday night? Remember that DIO did nothing wrong! |
| Dropped. Far too boring for my tastes. |
| Meh. Boring. |
| Isayama Hajime should be awarded The Manga with The Highest Inconsistencies of Characters' Appearances. He keeps performing multiple plastic surgeries on those Shingeki No Kyojin characters in a SINGLE chapter. Yes, I've read up to the latest chapter of Shingeki No Kyojin manga. Forced myself to read through the kidsketching chapters after the anime's ended. At least from now on, I only have to go through the hell once a month. Patiently awaiting SNK TV/movie/OVA anime-sequel. The 2015 SNK live-action movie would probably suck. |
| 3 episodes in and my interest has waned just a bit, but I'm curious how everything will be solved in 9 more episodes...odds are not very cleanly. 12+ of these shou to fight plus a prison break and somehow getting to the princess, and then there's the jackass in the real world who's been crapping on Arata. |
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