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Apr 12, 2013 2:15 PM
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Hated it.

MC is an insufferable stuttering loser and the rest of the character designs are super boring and fall under every trope in the book. Mecha designs are equally as generic and the fight scene was just random beam spam with not a single thought paid interesting choreography. Story is unbearably melodramatic even for high school mecha standards.

This literally has no redeeming qualities.
KaoririApr 12, 2013 2:18 PM
Apr 12, 2013 2:18 PM

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Good first, this soul with Gargantia are the best as the beginning is the technical aspect, as a narrative and plot. Following the attack put the Giants! I really liked. I hope that you have split the series in two turns out to be as successful at Fate / zero thanks to what the anime was spectacular!
Apr 12, 2013 2:21 PM
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I see a confession and I'm like where is this going? Already? Seemed way too fast but then she just DIES
I didn't really cry anything but if I was more emotional I probably would
This is like Code Geass except even awesomer music and I sort of dislike waiting for ed songs but random that random vampiric stuff was intense 0-0
Apr 12, 2013 2:22 PM
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I'll give them credit: they actually managed to combine elements from nearly every first episode of Gundam EVER. Though, I don't remember any Gundam that ever started with an eating contest.

Right now Gargantia & Majestic Prince are ranked higher on my list, simply due to their second episodes each improving over the first, but I'm hooked enough to let the second episode of Valvrave convince me to keep watching.
Apr 12, 2013 2:23 PM

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Really enjoyed the first episode... I'm definetly a mech fan and I was getting tired of Mecha's just being complete shit, glad this one was good, and Im also glad there will be a second season "Thumbs up"
Apr 12, 2013 2:29 PM

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OMG that ending scene !!!! 0___0
Apr 12, 2013 2:35 PM

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waaaaa... I like this anime.. It feels like I'm watching Gundam Seed/ Gundam 00 :D
COOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!!!!
so many awesome show this season!

Shouko and Haruto are so CUTE!! ^^
Apr 12, 2013 2:36 PM
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Bokuranokiseki said:
If people keep saying this has Gundam Wing and 00 vibes, well good. I'm not much of a mecha watcher, but Wing and 00 were two of Sunrise's most enjoyable shows for me. (And I ignored pretty much every other Gundam show.)

Probably the only thing I'm not really crazy about is the amount of fanservice. The only thing I'll have to endure while watching this show. Ugh.


I'd imagine that was the case, those aren't aimed at the typical gundam audience. I didn't really mind the little fanservice until the teacher + the second in command girl in the ship. Their tits are way too large, it bring down the quality of the show.
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Apr 12, 2013 2:37 PM

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Well it was fast xD
But I'm guessing Shouko is not really dead. From the Valvrave site it looks like she is first main heroine as she is listed third in characters section, juest after L-elf and on top of that she is

My predictions:
1. She is alive and she will see how Haruto has changed and she will be afraid of him : drama, drama, drama
2. She got knocked out, then kidnapped for some unknown to me reason by the L-elf friends, I mean they had smth to do, since they weren't with him as he was killing MC
3. She is is simply alive and she will blame herself that Haruto is no longer human
4. She is alive. End of story.
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Apr 12, 2013 2:40 PM
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As a mecha fan, i am just hyped for this season. Majestic prince and Gargantia were awesome and now Valvrave also didn't disappoint me either. These animes actually have a mecha feel to them. The mecha and character designs are nice. Just hope Shoko is alive since they show her in the opening. While we are at it, the opening was awesome.

I don't mind this being some gundam clone. Gundam series can be called the pinnacle of real robots. They have some of the best stories, best characters, best mecha designs and it's Sunrise. Can't people just enjoy the show for what it is rather than comparing and complaining? Half of the thread is more or less full of complains and hate rather than discussions!!!

Apr 12, 2013 2:51 PM

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^ not to excuse myself, but I did discuss about it a little on the first page xD
Apr 12, 2013 2:52 PM

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NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
WHY DID SHOUKO SUDDENLY DIED!!!??

I just hope she stills alive :((((
I really like her! she reminds me of Akiho from robotics;notes..
Apr 12, 2013 3:04 PM

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HotaruKara said:
School life, a shy boy in love with an out-going girl, he can't express his feelings etc. Just when he started to confess his feelings he's interrupted by the attack, seriously? Do they think we care so much if they're interrupted?


If Shoko is really dead, so it's dramatic if he couldn't confess his love for her.
Apr 12, 2013 3:07 PM

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Wooo fkn loved dis episode! Reminded me of gundam so this is my fave of the season.
Apr 12, 2013 3:15 PM

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Sunrise well done on the animation/visual quality
I still feel like the girl lives but it could be just that her death becomes a driving force for the MC
Apr 12, 2013 3:16 PM

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Of course Shoko is still alive... it's Sunrise after all...
Can't say I enjoyed this first episode a lot but it was at least slightly better than Majestic Prince...
Apr 12, 2013 3:30 PM

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Well that is sure one hell of a 1st eps.. Gues have to watch another 2 eps to see what's the MC gonna become before decide to continue or not..
Claude_KennyApr 12, 2013 3:38 PM
Keep moving forward
Apr 12, 2013 3:36 PM

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In the OP/ED that they showed there was an image of Shoko and another girl both lying naked with their eyes closed. I bet the other girl with the long black hair is the bad guy's dead girlfriend who is also dead, and then you have the hero and the antagonist having similar life stories where the girls they loved are dead from the war.

Here it is:

Apr 12, 2013 3:51 PM

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neontaster said:
In the OP/ED that they showed there was an image of Shoko and another girl both lying naked with their eyes closed. I bet the other girl with the long black hair is the bad guy's dead girlfriend who is also dead, and then you have the hero and the antagonist having similar life stories where the girls they loved are dead from the war.

Here it is:



I believe that the dark haired girl is the same girl who was with them at the shrine, and was supposed to take some sort of extra lessons. I'm not sure what her importance will be though, so your theory still holds a lot of possibility.
Apr 12, 2013 3:51 PM

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McRib said:
This show is so Sunrise it hurts.

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Apr 12, 2013 3:53 PM

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MerchantPrince said:
neontaster said:
In the OP/ED that they showed there was an image of Shoko and another girl both lying naked with their eyes closed. I bet the other girl with the long black hair is the bad guy's dead girlfriend who is also dead, and then you have the hero and the antagonist having similar life stories where the girls they loved are dead from the war.

Here it is:



I believe that the dark haired girl is the same girl who was with them at the shrine, and was supposed to take some sort of extra lessons. I'm not sure what her importance will be though, so your theory still holds a lot of possibility.


Oh I guess you could be right. Hell, maybe he will fall in love with her and then she'll die or something. I've learned to never take the images in the OP/ED for granted. Many many times they foreshadow or contain symbolic clues about the shows.
Apr 12, 2013 4:09 PM

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MerchantPrince said:
neontaster said:
In the OP/ED that they showed there was an image of Shoko and another girl both lying naked with their eyes closed. I bet the other girl with the long black hair is the bad guy's dead girlfriend who is also dead, and then you have the hero and the antagonist having similar life stories where the girls they loved are dead from the war.

Here it is:



I believe that the dark haired girl is the same girl who was with them at the shrine, and was supposed to take some sort of extra lessons. I'm not sure what her importance will be though, so your theory still holds a lot of possibility.
she is and i have a good feeling those two will play major rolls in the future.
Apr 12, 2013 4:17 PM

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That ending. I was not expecting that of all things. Well, um, I've never heard of a vampire themed mecha before...

This should be interesting.
Apr 12, 2013 4:33 PM

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LMFAO!

(start from the bottom)

Apr 12, 2013 4:46 PM

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Monde11 said:
Looking forward to next week to see if the highschool boy piloting a mecha can defeat the space vampires and galactic Nazi's.

This
Apr 12, 2013 4:56 PM

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Nothing makes sense, especially because Shouko died.
Apr 12, 2013 5:08 PM

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So let's sum up. They use the freakin predictable melodramatic situation in a horrible pace and kill the female interest we don't give a fuck about (character wise, I kinda liked her looks), with a MC that suffers from beta behavior that can pilot a samurai mecha and cure a broken arm with apparently, no problems - and we get to know how the other characters will be treated here. Let me give you a tip:


The ending was cool though. Definitely watching. Also, I can take anything better than Majestic Prince.
Apr 12, 2013 5:13 PM

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Welp I'm hooked. I loved everything from the character designs (minus Haruto; but mostly because it's Hoshino-sensei's chara designs~~), to the music, to the story.

THAT OP.

This was just really, really great, and I really like it. Much, much better than Majestic Prince which, at the moment, is a bit boring.

I just really liked this and I'm really looking forward to more.
Apr 12, 2013 5:13 PM

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its like Gundam Unicorn (im thinking the way the robot took a snap at his neck, is like Gundam Unicorn turning you into a processor to activate Unicorn's destroyer system, basically he probably cannot remember anything after the robot fight scene since the robot controlled him rather than the other way around like Unicorn Gundam me thinks)/ Gundam Seed (with there seed) peaceful day then someone decided to f the day up, then robot pops in guy enters xD etc.

Mecha fan myself I really think its good and the CGI for the robots are epic. The fight and sfx went pretty well and i like the eye designs from the characters.

Although at first i thought that legless Dorry robots looked ugly as hell and the show would be bad but not until ValVrave makes its first appearance gave me the chill!

BUT it does raise my curiosity as to how that random ugly legless robot find its way near shoko and randomly takes a shot at her lol.. they just killed the initiative. Or is it because the first episode cut the the chase and skipped much of the original story thats why it feels like what happened to shoko was weirdly off lol.

I just hope Haruto's character isn't someone the same as Ouma Shu or the pig guy from accel world..... to atleast make Valvrave (the robot) Epic.
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Apr 12, 2013 5:32 PM

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I enjoyed it.. didn't put me to sleep like majestic prince. Interesting concept there at the end lol
Apr 12, 2013 6:26 PM

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Lol. MC is not instantly strong and macho, so he's a beta male. My god.
Apr 12, 2013 6:55 PM

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wow just wow
Apr 12, 2013 6:59 PM

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The girl with the black hair that sits behind the MC... her eyebrows are backwards.




Apr 12, 2013 7:10 PM

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that end @@ .. reminds me of sankarea xD

"do you resign as human being?"
rofl
Apr 12, 2013 7:12 PM

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wow this was good
Apr 12, 2013 7:13 PM

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possible anti-hero anyone?
Apr 12, 2013 7:14 PM

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The robot designs were alright
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Apr 12, 2013 7:14 PM

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With this many posts I'm guessing the comparison's already been made, but uh--isn't this Gundam Seed in another skin?...
Apr 12, 2013 7:15 PM
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roorensu-kun said:



BUT it does raise my curiosity as to how that random ugly legless robot find its way near shoko and randomly takes a shot at her lol.. they just killed the initiative. Or is it because the first episode cut the the chase and skipped much of the original story thats why it feels like what happened to shoko was weirdly off lol.



The guy in the legless mech was aiming at another mech and missed.
Apr 12, 2013 7:19 PM

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I have a hard time deciding which was worse: Majestic Prince or Valvrave? Neither of these shows have a shred of dignity in them, but Valvrave lacks even the basics of decent mood transitions and tries to combine things like fanservice with scenes of destuction and chaos. Tasteless and overall bad.
Apr 12, 2013 7:27 PM

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Wow such an awesome first episode.
Nice its gonna be 2 seasons, but the 2nd season picture shows shoko on it so now I get the feeling shes not really dead.
Apr 12, 2013 7:29 PM

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writtenonclouds said:
Wow such an awesome first episode.
Nice its gonna be 2 seasons, but the 2nd season picture shows shoko on it so now I get the feeling shes not really dead.

Its not a picture for the second season, it's was a key visual for this season. Though I do agree, sunrise has a no body = no death policy.
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Apr 12, 2013 7:35 PM

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Num1dad_Asura said:
writtenonclouds said:
Wow such an awesome first episode.
Nice its gonna be 2 seasons, but the 2nd season picture shows shoko on it so now I get the feeling shes not really dead.

Its not a picture for the second season, it's was a key visual for this season. Though I do agree, sunrise has a no body = no death policy.

Oh well that's good.
But I do hope she's alive.
Apr 12, 2013 7:40 PM

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They killed off the girl I decided to watch the show for? Dropped


Considering this is Sunrise, the girl is highly unlikely to be dead.
Apr 12, 2013 7:42 PM

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The first half was a little meh because mc has a bad attitude towards his life. Second half was badass. The very end was crazy he went zombie on that guy after being stabbed and shot. Looks like this might be good as long as it dosnt get weird or everybody dies.

4/5
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Apr 12, 2013 7:44 PM
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I have a hard time deciding which was worse: Majestic Prince or Valvrave? Neither of these shows have a shred of dignity in them, but Valvrave lacks even the basics of decent mood transitions and tries to combine things like fanservice with scenes of destuction and chaos. Tasteless and overall bad.


Majestic Prince at least seems to be somewhat tounge in cheek. Valvrave is just straight up bottom of the barrel trash that takes itself much too seriously.
Apr 12, 2013 7:52 PM

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Apr 12, 2013 7:53 PM

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Wow, I must just be a little slow, and German isn't my first language (or even my second), but even after the whole "third reich" thing and the weird names of the teenage Dossian operatives, it completely slipped by me that the Dossian are either German or just have a German motif going on.

And what's with those poor boys' names? They couldn't even get real German names, they're simply alphanumeric coded?

L-11, A-3, H-9, X-1, Q-4? No wonder they're all emo angry teens? I'd be mad too if someone kept calling me a name that sounds like a coordinate from the game Battleship!

Question though: Who is D-zero? Did L-11 call Haruto that, or was he thinking about someone else? And why "zero" anyway, when the German word for zero is "null"? Why suddenly the English?

I guess we'll find out more later.
Apr 12, 2013 8:03 PM

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I was really iffy about this episode until the last five minutes or so. The music (for the OP, at least) was phenomenal. I also had a preconceived idea that the CG was going to look ugly...probably due to the trailers and such. But it was actually good; obvious, but realistic.

That teaser at the end makes me so curious though! Maybe when Haruto pressed the button to give up his humanity (in the Valvrave) it made him immortal like? It just brings up so many questions...

Anyways, I'll be watching the first few episodes of this; see how it goes.
Apr 12, 2013 8:29 PM
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i am almost sure that shoko is not dead. Story seemed pretty meh and generic, following along the lines of any gundam formula, but the ending was pretty interesting with the introduction of the zombie/vampire mecha pilot. Art and CG are to die for.....i hoping this turns out well, and not another guilty crown or something like that.
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