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| This is weird but good so far. But if there's a drop in animation in the next episodes the show might just get boring for me. |
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| Animation wasn't the best but that was expected from Liden Films i guess. However... man that was a good first episode. Feels good to see Hamasaki back. |
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| Are they rushing and skipping stuff? |
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Arjuna777 said: Are they rushing and skipping stuff? probably since the anime will be adapting 30 volumes into 24 episodes |
abk_ said: Arjuna777 said: Are they rushing and skipping stuff? probably since the anime will be adapting 30 volumes into 24 episodes They didnt confirm that they'd adapt all the manga in these 24 episodes. We just know that we have at least 24 episodes so far. They could announce more in the future to finish the adaptation |
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| Kinda reminds me of Shiguri, just not quite as atmospheric. Was an okaish start, not really intriguing yet, but it has potential. |
One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron |
| What an piece of art is this. Bloody hell. |
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DatRandomDude said: They didnt confirm that they'd adapt all the manga in these 24 episodes. We just know that we have at least 24 episodes so far. They could announce more in the future to finish the adaptation they themselves said on the official site of the anime that it’ll adapt the entire manga and recently in the magazine this manga was published it was revealed it would have 24 episodes total. |
| all very vague, very average action scenes because there is barely choreography, only blood and nothing else. I won't watch this anime anymore, dropped. |
| Okay, they managed to cram the first chapter (where Manji decides to kill 1000 criminals to atone for murdering 100 men), Anotsu attack on Rin's father dojo, Manji meeting Rin, and the fight against Sabato Kuroi in a single episode. This is not a good sign at all. I will wait till I watch the second episode to judge, but if they have rushed this much in just one episode, I can see them adapting the whole manga in 24 episodes, and that would be disastrous. Other than that, my thoughts are: -Kenjirou Tsuda and Ayane Sakura have done a very good job. Tsuda makes Manji sound older tbh (and his character design here also makes him look older than in the manga) but it is fine for me. Sakura was great, however, I'm glad she used a deeper range of what we usually hear of her, while not sounding too forced; she even sounded older than Rina Satou's performance in the 2008 anime. Her screams were on point too. -From the brief scene where he talked, I like Anotsu's voice too. -The visuals look solid. Action scenes were short, but I will wait for the longer battles to come before judging. -The character designs still look a bit off to me compared to the manga/old anime, but I loved Rin's face of anguish when it was revealed that Kuroi has the head of her mother in one of his shoulders, my favorite part of the episode. -I didn't like how they portrayed Kuroi's poem, I liked more how the old anime did them, with Kuroi (and Rin when she showed him her poem) singing the lyrics, instead of just reciting them like it happened here. -Manji's swastika censoring was kinda dumb, but it's no big deal. Well, still having some hopes for this being adapted in four cours, hopefully they are just going to rush the first arc to adapt the other three arcs properly, but I don't have high expectations, sadly. |
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TrevRockOne said: FMmatron said: Kinda reminds me of Shiguri, just not quite as atmospheric. Was an okaish start, not really intriguing yet, but it has potential. This has the same director as Shigurui. No wonder the sound effects and the whole atmosphere that was tried to created felt so similar. And fuck my auto correct. |
One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron |
phantomfandom said: Is this even watchable? The problem about distributor like Netflix or Amazon is that they give 100% right to director's vision, but the vision is just self-focus, mostly unpolished, and just screaming 'Hey I'm so artful! Loot at me westerners! Look at my artful traditional Japanese animation with all those uncensored violence, I'm not your usual fanservice otaku culture director! I'm a real deal!'. It's a violent samurai manga, why shouldn't the director make it look violent lol |
| Not really a big fan of the animation especially during the fight scenes. Some still frames looked like they were from Lain lol But I like the story idea, almost reminds me of Dororo in a sense (at least the whole adventure aspect of it) |
 'On-Hold' is another way for a completionist to say 'Dropped' |
FMmatron said: Kinda reminds me of Shiguri, just not quite as atmospheric. Was an okaish start, not really intriguing yet, but it has potential. Definitely has some major Shigurui vibes, oh just saw it has the same director...that would explain that |
billybubOct 9, 2019 4:37 PM
phantomfandom said: Is this even watchable? The problem about distributor like Netflix or Amazon is that they give 100% right to director's vision, but the vision is just self-focus, mostly unpolished, and just screaming 'Hey I'm so artful! Loot at me westerners! Look at my artful traditional Japanese animation with all those uncensored violence, I'm not your usual fanservice otaku culture director! I'm a real deal!'. Gonna assume you've never seen anything Hamasaki has directed |
| Damnnn this looks cool. The art is pretty good as well. Also, did anyone else notice that the MC has the same voice actor as Joker, from Fire Force? |
| WELL...for one proclaiming that this will be a full adaptation, it's hard to judge at this point but we'll see. With the last TV series being 10 years ago (and only a loosely adapted one), this was a surprise, and with it being on Amazon Prime, it's hardly anyone will notice this series. Incredibly gory is what I see, adapted Chapter 1 in it's entirely. A 2nd try I'll see. |
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| Okay, it's been a minute since I've been legit shocked by an anime. That was hard af. And good. What differentiates the righteous from evil? It asked then promptly answered that question. The source manga is finished. With 24 episodes listed, we may get a full adaptation. Or at least an adaptation with an ending. 5/5 |
| This is Maou-sama's true form xD |
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COOKIECAT360 said: Damnnn this looks cool. The art is pretty good as well. Also, did anyone else notice that the MC has the same voice actor as Joker, from Fire Force? He voice acts many good characters, even characters not from anime. For example Sam from Death Stranding |
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| The art and direction are pretty good, but the lack of animation is distracting. |
| This seem has potential. I'm quite excited |
| I got 3 minutes in and the flickering and reluctance to show a whole scene was really bothering me, does it continue with that same style all the way through? |
Choostopher said: I got 3 minutes in and the flickering and reluctance to show a whole scene was really bothering me, does it continue with that same style all the way through? Its directed by the the same person who did Shigurui and Texhnolyze so more than likely yes. I personally love his style but can definitely see where some people find it off putting. |
Byniavo said: COOKIECAT360 said: Damnnn this looks cool. The art is pretty good as well. Also, did anyone else notice that the MC has the same voice actor as Joker, from Fire Force? He voice acts many good characters, even characters not from anime. For example Sam from Death Stranding Wow, I didn't know that... |
JustAnAnimeList said: Is this a remake of Blade of the Immortal from 2008 or is there going to be something different in this adaptation? it's the same story of the manga, but being told by other people so there's different choice of what scenes to use and how they're portrayed. The biggest difference seems to be going till the end with the story instead of ending halfway through like the older anime |
| Well, not much to say if I'm honest. It was as fucked up (and almost absurd) as I expected it to be. A bit rushed start overall. The animation was... OK I guess. Since there was barely any choreography during the fights, I can't give a proper observation. I wonder whether the other confrontations will have this same approach or not. |
| I'm a huge Shigurui (anime and manga) + Steins;Gate fanboy and the PV was already screaming Shigurui in many plans. Will start it today, hope i won't be disappointed. |
| This manga will never be properly adapted. This is better than the other adaptation, but the pacing is awful, it's way too dark, the cg sticks out a lot, the manji is censored as expected and most important, the executions are way too flat, they don't translate at all the beauty of the originals. |
| I enjoyed it. I love Hamasaki's direction. Let's see how it goes. |
billybub said: Choostopher said: I got 3 minutes in and the flickering and reluctance to show a whole scene was really bothering me, does it continue with that same style all the way through? Its directed by the the same person who did Shigurui and Texhnolyze so more than likely yes. I personally love his style but can definitely see where some people find it off putting. My thanks for the reply, doesn’t look like my sort of Anime then (even if it’s loved by others.) |
phantomfandom said: Is this even watchable? The problem about distributor like Netflix or Amazon is that they give 100% right to director's vision, but the vision is just self-focus, mostly unpolished, and just screaming 'Hey I'm so artful! Loot at me westerners! Look at my artful traditional Japanese animation with all those uncensored violence, I'm not your usual fanservice otaku culture director! I'm a real deal!'. They don't give "100% to the director" or anything. Both just buy the exclusive streaming rights from the committee. |
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