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| Fine episode. Not bad, but looks kinda generic (slaps, misunderstanding jokes). I'll give this show a few more episodes. Mecha fight was meh, same as the first track, hope that it will improve later. |
| So how come none of my old amps ever turned into a mecha? 😅 |
| “SAITO! YOU NEED TO EXPLODE! FOR THE WORLD’S SAKE!” |
| That was okay. It wasn't amazing or anything, but it wasn't horribly bad either. The main reason why I picked this up though was because Jin is one of the creators of this, and I LOVED his Vocaloid song series (Kagerou Daze and Outer Science are my favourites). The soundtrack is great, and I can't wait to hear more of it for this anime! Though I still wonder when the other PVs of Mekakucity Reload will officially come out. |
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| I won't say anything about the quality of the artistry, since that seems to be well covered by the mixed reactions of everybody above me. My only real issue is that we never addressed what I was sold on as the core premise of the show- that music doesn't exist anymore. It was very unclear whether the music in the bar scene was actually ambient or just part of the soundtrack, and the combat appears to be musical in nature, implying music exists in that way since Players are apparently relatively common. Regardless, I'll probably tune back in for episode two, at the very least to see how the story's pacing is going to go. Let's be real, there isn't much better to do in the present circumstances. |
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| if someone is really into music they could watch it.... |
“You can always die. It's living that takes real courage." - Himura Kenshin” . |
| WELL...Carole and Tuesday this series ain't one, but for a start it's generic, but it's setting things for plot progression in the times to come. Music and mecha are two genres that I don't really wish having to see, and this show brought it up. The FLCL feelings emerge, and that would've have been all good 20 years ago. Players and Equipment...it seems that the characters are fond of people like this (at least for the MC boy Echo), and having modern day equipment (like the guitar amp) as material is fine and all considering his frantic hobby and obsession over such stuff. And the mecha war against the Earless...which is just essentially a MEH music mecha battle/fight. Rie Takahashi is taking up more roles this season than usual, everything else is fine other than the hype going to MAPPA. Fingers crossed for better things ahead. |
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| I guess I'm going to be in minority here but while I first expected to drop this anime after a few minutes I actually enjoyed it. However, I'm rather interested in character dynamics and development rather than the overall lore of this world. So far it's pretty impossible to tell if plot will be interesting or not tho. |
| Pretty interesting start, very reminiscent to Eureka 7 in a few ways. Honestly, I wasn't too impressed with the Player-Earless conflict and such but the Comedy was really good so it was a fun watch at the very least. Reck and his misunderstandings, xD. Really enjoying the dynamic between the two leads and the style of the show. I didn't think Music would be implemented in this manner but it leaves a bit more to be desired thus far, hopefully the next episode will expand on this. Jimi Stonefree and the three already appearing next week suggests that we might be seeing something of that sort so it could well be the make-or-break episode. Reck leaving without a word to his sister is one bittersweet farewell, I was sure that they'd include one right when the group of Earless appeared. Op is a banger btw! A pleasure for the ears. For now, I'm cautiously interested. |
#Anime4Life be my Life Motto! #PrayForKyoAni  |
Hatsuyuki said: I think the designer played Nier Automata and liked 2B a little bit too much (not that I blame him)  Adam is the real waifu tho, if otherwise your opinion is ignored. |
| Well, that was completely... meh. Character designs aren't too bad, but the actual characters are boring as hell, with the possible exception of the mum, but I doubt we'll be seeing much of her past this point. Especially not in my case, because I'm dropping this right here and now. Just as a side, for this specific setting, don't you think it would be more thematically appropriate to hold back on the OST until after the big punch-up starts? For a world where the concept of music has ceased to exist, I sure can hear a lot of music. |
| So...FLCL meets Darling in the Franxx meets Eureka 7 with sprinkles of Gurren Lagann? Okay that's a gangbang of what-the-fuckery I was not expecting in the first episode. Like some others, I was thinking this was going to be something like Carole & Tuesday...I must have missed the Mecha tag. I'll see where this goes but gotta say, not sure how I feel here. |
| Don't believe the hype. |
| It definitely has potential to be pretty solid. The first episode didn’t blow me away but I still liked it. Some great music though. |
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| First episode was weaker than I had expected. Yeah it is MAPPA - compared to Trigger (only boring anime besides Kill la Kill) - they are good at original anime. (MAPPA's weakest anime are the adaptions where they use boring stuff as source.) Still ... this was a bit too much with the setting. I like the sound and art. The chars are nice. Didn't need those earless monsters though. I hope we get the focus on the chars and survival as players in a world threatened by these monsters instead of tons of background plot to the monsters (that could steal screentime needed for char development). 3 player guys at the end in the preview ... I did not like that. Nice was the mayor guy. Already nice char background for him. (I guess the guy he named at the end was the player the sister mentioned - and he had some deeper/personal connection and trouble with him that lead to him hating the players - not only "he destroyed city and now I hate players".) |
| I'm not really feeling with this anime, I will give it a few more episode to see if it can change my mind |
| a new show from MAPPA huh...this is an automatic follow! Reiri is everywhere! the music is catchy huh... 5/5. |
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| Not really sure what that was about. Underwhelming, to be honest. Will keep watching to see if it picks up. |
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| Wait, what the hell, this is a mecha anime!! I was tricked!! Damn you MAL anime genres!! |
| Wait a minute, how did this happen? We're smarter than this! |
| Not a bad first episode; engaging world, storylines and art, with a nice soundtrack and interesting characters and the introduction of aesthetically pleasing antagonists. This could go far. |
  We don't know what kind of people we truly are until the moment before our deaths. As death comes to embrace you, you will realise what you are. That's what death is, don't you think? ------------------------------------ Itachi Uchiha |
| It kinda gave me Carole and Tuesday vibes. It was fun until those earless creature showed up. The animation of those earless turned me off. |
| I basically had no expectations going into this of what it would be like, but this certainty wasn't it. Show was pretty decent up until the random monster attack. That so just so cliche and full of holes. Now I'm not sure if I'm understanding the Mayors words, but it seemed like he implied no Earless had attack their village until now. If so then +1 to convenience. Those players better turn out to be the strongest Earless magnets you could imagine. If that's not the case then I have to ask why tf would you live in a town with no Players if there was a threat of Earless attacks at any point. Makes no sense. It's also a little on the nose how much they talk about dude not being a partner or whatever in the attic and then have him go all robot fighter 10 minutes later. Also wtf is the purpose of the "partners" besides I guess supplying the parts since it looked like Mu was controlling everything. Speaking of, I guess we just have to chalk that up to subconscious muscle memory or something because she literally had no idea what a player was 15 minutes ago. This felt like the first couple episodes of Darling in the Franxx but way worse. |
| - Ugly, westernized looking character designs. - Annoying protagonist. - Fat amnesiac girl. - Ultra generic, uninspired music that fails to bring excitement to the scenes. - Disgusting 3D crap mechas. - Even though it's 3D, the fighting is as lazy and starved of animation as possible. Needless to say I won't be following this. |
| I really enjoyed the first episode. You can't base everything off of the first episode, so I don't have too much to say. I actually really enjoy the unique art-style, I definitely did not see that coming. It's really refreshing in my opinion. The soundtrack is awesome, as it should be. No one really knows where the plot is going to go, so I can't say anything about it yet. All I know is that I liked it and I'm looking forward to the next episode. |
| dear me |
| Didn't really enjoy this one so might leave it and pick it up later~ Did not expect the mecha. Also the characters are very bland so far |
| What the acutaly F? From the synopsis I was expecting something like Carole & Tuesday but we did get a crazy MAPPA anime that feels like watching "Gunnm, Evangelion and Carole & Tuesday" at the same time! |
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| mecha not my thing but love chemistry between two main characters and the artstyle so refreshing |
| The only thing missing was “The Pillows” |
| Yet another low-value self-insert stuff. It is saved by its style, while remaining useless and boring. Let's see how it goes. |
| There were so many things that could have gone wrong with this pilot, but it managed to scrape by. Original sci-fi dystopian setting with lots of world-building right away. They got the info out, it came at the expense of the protagonist's characterization. He had to explain all of his feelings to us, 'living in the scrap heap is repetitive but it is enough to satisfy me', which could have been shown rather than said. The legendary war story was told by the main character, which could have been boring but with the music premise, it managed to be engaging. Now they just need to get out of the ugly junkyard and do something worth watching. |
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| As with many other shows the concept seems force fed into the show, all the music motifs feel absurd in a tacky way. I'm not getting how certain Japanese people still think Oasis is cool. Juxtaposed with dystopian futuristic SF no less. |
| So, I thought we'd get a Carole & Tuesday vibes anime, but not a Gurren Lagann I'm kinda disappointed tbh... But I liked the characters and the art, and the soundtrack is gud |
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| It was an alright start. I honestly just came across this randomly. I would have to watch a few more episodes to fully judge it. The character design is really cute though! |
yura_marinetteApr 4, 2020 11:54 PM
| Thought this was a decent enough episode, but that may be my nostalgia for Eureka Seven talking. No idea why people are comparing this to FLCL. |
| Characters were good, art was good, but the animation and plot were meh. I will most likely watch this. |
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