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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Don't like the art as much as the first season although the story is decent so far. Let's hope this is better than the 1st season, although I doubt it because the 1st season is pretty unbeatable. |
| I like the art more in this season, but the rendering is weird. And ehy did Ryosuke's hair change colour?! It was a good episode, I guess. The new opponents are kewl. 4/5 |
Tiago97 said: I like the art more in this season, but the rendering is weird. And ehy did Ryosuke's hair change colour?! It was a good episode, I guess. The new opponents are kewl. 4/5 The art seem a little more new but you are right about rendering and stuff. Their moths seem like they are flashing from afar. Also yes his hair seem to suddenly became brown from black. Maybe after his defeat his hair started to lose color from his sadness, lol. Btw are they going to make Takeshi lose again? For fucks sake give the guy a break will you? And an R32 is a toy in-frond of an EVO? Emm...no is not, sure Evo's have awesome handling but come on R32 GTR has a monster of an engine and even a semi-4wd. |
| wtf they changed his hair color. |
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| Yeah the art style might take time to get used to. Anyway, on that grind now before 5th stage. |
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Monad said: Indeed. I'd rather see the other guy from the Night Kids getting his ass kicked other than poor Takeshi again.Btw are they going to make Takeshi lose again? For fucks sake give the guy a break will you? |
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| think i prefer the old art style but it doesnt me too much, the different hair colours on the other hand.. |
| Ironically, I find the 1st stage animation to be nicer... Maybe I'm too used to it. Ryousuke.... your hair. And wasn't very exciting to me. First season hooked me from the first episode. This one was meh. |
sayami said: Monad said: Indeed. I'd rather see the other guy from the Night Kids getting his ass kicked other than poor Takeshi again.Btw are they going to make Takeshi lose again? For fucks sake give the guy a break will you? Yeah, for plot sake's he'll lose, that's pretty sad.. I want to see him win, come on!! YaoJin said: think i prefer the old art style but it doesnt me too much, the different hair colours on the other hand.. Need some time to get used to it.. I thought it was Ryousuke at first but something seems wrong, so when the other guy called his name out, I was kinda shocked |
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| Sems like they improved the animation of the Cars, and the people looks a little less weird.Still, the animation in 1st stage I liked. Still an awesome show. |
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| Artwork seems somewhat different but I can deal with this. I sense some intensity again from this series just like season 1 so far especially @ the end there. I'm ready for more racing/action fun. Also hoping for some new badass cars to be introduced. |
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| The normal art looks much better. I'm not expecting much in terms of story... just races. |
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| Im just going to pretend ryosuke dyed his hair brown and itsuki dyed his hair blue. Also I dunno how I feel about this new animation style yet. |
| Alright, I guess Ryousuke decided to dye his hair for a new look. Seems he is going to hold of on retirement to defend his turf too. Nice upgrade on the art though the rendering seems weird at times. Hopefully that gets sorted out in later episodes. |
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| Skyline GTR vs Lancer Evo~ Can't wait to see these two awesome cars go at it :) sayami said: Monad said: Indeed. I'd rather see the other guy from the Night Kids getting his ass kicked other than poor Takeshi again.Btw are they going to make Takeshi lose again? For fucks sake give the guy a break will you? Yea it does seem plot wise like he's gonna lose which is annoying since they're making him look pretty bad with all these loses. One does not simply constantly have a black R32 lose without rustling some jimmies >:( |
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| Whoa, new graphics :o It gives some kinda yakuza feel, they look mork "dark" than in previous season. But Itsuki is even uglier and still annoying, and Natsuki is still a bitch. Those 2 new players are supposed to be strong but thay just seem like stupid A-holes coming out of nowhere |
| What's with the lazy animation? Stillframes everywhere, no facial expressions, etc. I liked how lifelike all the characters were in first stage and this is a huge step back |
| Good start. The new style is a bit weird but mostly because it's not something that I'm used to. Don't like the fact that they changed Ryosuke's hair color though. Seems a little off. Other than that I'm excited to watch the rest. |
| Good start of the second season! Looking forward to see what this season will have to offer! |
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| Nice continuation from the prequel. The only thing that bugs me is how different it looks to first stage. But that won't stop me from enjoying it! |
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| Ryosuke's hair :c |
| Weird hair colors... I prefer the blue haired Ryousuke Lan Evo, is that really powerful car for early 2000? I don't think it's powerful car from NFS most wanted xD No organ music for r32? :( He's going to lose isn't he? That way Takumi can revenge him xD |
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| Lol the new art style looks super weird. Also they weebed up the eyecatcher. In the first stage they actually pronounced it correctly, but now it sounds like "Initarrrru D" |
| The animation got a bit better, but the new challengers aren't impressive at all, I can't believe Nakazato is going to lose for the third time, I guess he was reduced to a loser like Iketani and the others, and talking about them, they are still as annoying as ever, wanting to mess with someone's else car, and saying how Takumi can't win, and stuff. Nothing fresh here, only the new color of Ryousuke's hair. |
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| Ryosuke thinks can win more by looking like Takumi. |
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| i still prefer the 1st stage animation cars improved too |
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| Not a bad start. I think Nakazato may lose this race. The animation seems different compared to the previous season. |
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| First Stage had traditional cel animation, but they switched to digital painting in Season 2. That's why the art seems so different. |
| Interesting first episode, I hope it's gonna be great |
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Monad said: Tiago97 said: I like the art more in this season, but the rendering is weird. And ehy did Ryosuke's hair change colour?! It was a good episode, I guess. The new opponents are kewl. 4/5 The art seem a little more new but you are right about rendering and stuff. Their moths seem like they are flashing from afar. Also yes his hair seem to suddenly became brown from black. Maybe after his defeat his hair started to lose color from his sadness, lol. Btw are they going to make Takeshi lose again? For fucks sake give the guy a break will you? And an R32 is a toy in-frond of an EVO? Emm...no is not, sure Evo's have awesome handling but come on R32 GTR has a monster of an engine and even a semi-4wd. Exactly!! R32, the Godzilla, is no toy... |
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| I liked the previous art style more. This one seems awkward, but I guess I'm gonna eventually get used to it. What bugs me the most are those rendering glitches. They are annoying. CGI was more detailed and fluent than the one from Season 1, so as for CGI, judging after seeing the very first episode of Season 2, will probably better in Season 2. New opponents seem to be interesting and appear to be skilled. Why Ryousuke's hair colour changed? lol Hmm... Takeshi is struggling to win an uphill race with those new racers who want to "conquer" every racing place in Gunma. Even Shingo believes in Takeshi and cheers on him, haha. |
| Everyone looks so different wowee... Poor Takeshi, he just can't stop getting the short end of the stick lol And Ryosuke... your hair lol |
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| These emperor punks are a bunch of losers, cant wait for Takumi to beat their asses. |
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| Ryosuke decided to start dressing as Takumi after losing to him apparently |
| Pretty damn nice start to 2nd stage , not really that big fan of new artstyle but I might actually get used to it soon. These new Emperor guys aren't messing around they are looking kinda serious, Takumi might need better engine for real if he wants to win |
| Just started this after watching through the first stage. The OP was worse than the 1st season, but the EP was better imo. I really disliked the originals art until about halfway through, and grew to like it. Not sure if I'll like it here though, kind of a shame how different it looks. The CGI in this, so far, is so much better, however. It's night and day. I hope Takeshi doesn't lose, but it seems obvious he will. Definitely should be Shingo going again, instead of the R32 taking all the beatings! |
| This was just the first episode so wasn't that impressive. Fun should begin after a few epsiodes. Guess thy will upgrade the 86 a bit and then after a few episode we will see Takumi race the Lan-evo dude. 4/5 episode. |
 The end of an era. Thank you Wit, Mappa and Isayama. Feeling half happy, half sad. Kawaii waifus and precious best girls <3333 |
| I like the art but yeah I was confused as who the fuck this dude is and turned out it was Ryosuke XD same goes for Itsuki's weird face I liked his face in the first stage more |
| Eh, the previous art had more charm to it. Also I completely did not recognise Ryouske, what happened to him? LOL |
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| Art surely did change for the better or worse more expressions can be seen but lost the old look feel of it doesn't matter still looks so good Except for the part where they changed Ryosuke's hair color I'm confused and thought this guy looks like Takumi, Refreshing to always see new cars introduced and oddly enough to see a car in the show where I see it in real life. |
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| need some getting used to the new art. thought ryuosuke was takumi at first bc of the hair color change. and istg if takeshi loses again lmao. new guy with the white durag looks like eminem from 2002. hope this season doesn't dissapoint. |
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| A turbocharger sounds like a great idea 😉 The Evo is so badass!!!!! |
| My initial reaction to the new art: Oh, the art actually looks better this time! Me, after seeing our well-known characters: wtf is this, I can't believe I am saying this, but even though this art is "better", it's worse than the original... Me, seeing Kyousuke waiting around for Team Emperor guys: lmao, Takumi dressed up and borrowed Kyousuke's car, how close ARE they? Oh wait, this is not Takumi? lmao Not much has happened in this episode, so I will have to watch the whole season and see if I like it just as much as the first one. But the art is not up to my liking :( While the art of the first season was pretty... bad??? it kinda had its charm? And this one doesn't. |
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| the art style change between s1 and s2 is always do jarring |
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| Here we are back with season two of Initial D, opening with a solid first episode. This was a nice first episode. We get some nice slice of life with Takumi and the introduction of the next racers Takumi may race. These new guys at so full of themselves thinking there better than everyone alogn with disrespecting Takumi's AE 86. The animation is pretty good I feel I'm one of the few people who didn't notice much of a change between season one and two though that's not to say the animation is bad, I honestly think its pretty amazing especially with the cg cars, they look great. Though i is weird how Ryosuke hair changed to red. Overall a nice opening to a season I have high hopes for. |
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