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| I really appreciate how on point the show is with the use of CGI, this is superbly done. The action was pretty great overall and this undertaker is something else, his skills are not to be underestimated. I failed to notice that Sawano is responsible for the OST of the Anime, fuck is it good as usual. The post-credit talk between Lena and the spearheads was kind of nice, however I felt that most of them aren't happy with her calling every night. Judging from the title of next episode, we might get a casualty... |
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Saygram said: Well known examples. The Bolsheviks in Russia, the Nazis in Germany, the communists in Kabodja. All of those confronting groups weren't formed overnight. "Bolsheviks in Russia" was oppressed vs privileged - a consequence from several wars and several radical organisations trying to overtake the power. "Nazis in Germany" was xenophobia, antisemitism and along other things homophobia. Those were boiling from some time - easy scapegoats for the bad economical/political situation before and after WWI. "Khmer Rouge" was preexisting xenophobia and racism too. JanPri is asking from what event the confrontation Non-Colorata vs Colorata originated. It even didn't happened after 9 years, it came out before - when the robots attacked. For some reason the local nazis decided and also had the means to swiftly get rid themselves of their "pigs" by sending them "in the trenches". It's unclear why and how that happened. Even our not-so-nazi privileged and very fanservice-y oujo-sama calls it "Republic's foolish mistake". None of your examples are "foolish mistakes" more like "all part of the plan". |
| Amazing episode, however I kinda felt uncomfortable with Lena cannot read the situation she is in, especially when talking to Shin and the others at the latter half of the episode. |
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| A pretty interesting anime so far but I hope it gets better as it keeps going especially the characters, they are not bad but nothing to write home about as of now |
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| Can we appreciate bgm and sound effects as well as the animation? It's so god damn good. |
| So far, it seems like the adaption is very standard out of the box robot alien/enemies are being crushed by op, but subferior population. I can tell it'll be good, but the direction of the animation seems a bit directionless so far--almost like we're on episode 10 rather then episode 2. Anyone get that feeling or just me? I feel like shit will hit the fan soon enough, and I'll be fully immersed --but so far I get very standard out of the box directing. (Also a possible romance that might not have enough foundation). That said, holy bajeezus - the sound track, the animation, the expressiveness of seiyuus? God tier. Interesting that they present her to be naiive-- but also a bit odd and passionate intellectual energy as well |
Kursei said: You certainly can,though I'm not a fan of the OP much,but the ED,just,wow!!Can we appreciate bgm and sound effects as well as the animation? It's so god damn good. Overall,I really like this,the animation is superb,the storytelling is good,but it seems like it's just slightly,I dunno,out of synch a bit? Though the music and use of it is brilliant,and so far the CV,s have done an excellent job.It feels like they are really trying to express the individual characters feelings and traits. A 9 from me so far(upped from an 8 for the first episode,since this one was on point) And I really want someone to look at this and say "damn,this would make a good game" I want to pilot one of those juggernauts :) |
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| This is easily becoming my most looked forward to episode per week this season. CG robot fights looking pretty good, hope they can keep this up, but since it's A1 at least I know it probably will keep the quality pretty good. But gosh, all these questions, I MIGHT just have to peek at the LN or manga if I get really impatient. |
kuddlesworth said: Why are they kids? can't pilot a mech...spiderbot if you're a old man see example the only old dude is a repairman |
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| well then..86 went full on fascist nazi with the republic huh ,lets see how it handles such a extreme theme because it just threw all of it at a wall with that one lol legion are all autobots if understand right the empire got wiped out?, are the spearheads gonna be the only people i'm suppose to care for despite knowing most of them will most likely die best thing i can say is the music made a not very exciting battle pretty hyped |
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| The CGI on the mechs for the fights is some of the best I’ve seen in a TV anime. I really like that this anime places such an emphasis on making the fights a spectacle to draw people in rather than just doing the bare minimum. The sound design during the fights is usually top-notch, but it can get a little messy at times and can fail to emphasize some movements at other times. One other thing that has bothered me is how the narrative bounces between scenes with little continuity. The episodes feel like they lack some cohesion as a result. |
| We live in a blessed timeline. A-1 has done a masterful job with this show so far and I love them for it. |
| Glimpses of the Spearhead Squadron living hood and what they do, as well the ugly side of the Empire so far up to ep2, which don't make alot sense put together at this point. While I prefer sticking with the Squad side of stuffs am still waiting for the main plot. Lena's behavior is off as Handler One, alot emotions going on that I don't understand, suggesting may have something to do with her sortie story. Looks like going to be a slow build up, hope to see something interesting soon. |
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| There is that killer OST the first episode was missing. Nice. Okay second episode. Lena is slowly bonding with the Spearhead squad... or that's what she thinks at least. The bits of world-building during the class were also interesting but Lena interrupting and lecturing the new recruits about potential state secrets sure was a risky move. |
| music and animation work was great in this episode. so weird to see cgi that doesn't look like utter shit and was shown for quite some time. the way i feel abt lena so far is probably how shin's squad feels abt her. a kid who wants and tries to help but ends up not doing so, though its understandable because she really hasn't had any experience with this and she really is trying her best. |
| Mirize still tries to fight but it seems that the majority of the people from the empire simply don't care, damn, that's tough. So they have 2 years left for the war to end, or at least that's what they assume, for sure it won't be that easy. Undertaker is the MVP, the guy got insane skills! Also, it seems way too fishy that they can join the empire after serving 5 years. |
"There is no such thing as an Anime elitist. You watch Anime, therefore, you are trash by society's standards." |
Chris_Concept said: Damn I feel bad for the life of an 86 Also I probably missed this but why do they have 2 years to end the war? Because the AI machines will turn off since their battery died. |
| "There is no such thing as an Anime elitist. You watch Anime, therefore, you are trash by society's standards." |
| Lovely art & action... premise is quite silly though. Who would be dumb enough to launch a giant autonomous attack with no way to service/refuel the units? Presumably the defect is so obvious the enemy knows years in advance. Also, who would be dumb enough to believe that the enemy would be that stupid? I'm guessing it won't go as planned. Again, beautiful execution but so much of the premise is overly simple. |
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| Hated the classroom exposition scene so much. It's just her barging in and explaining the plot perfectly. There should be serious repercussions for that, but she's fine. How is this supposed to be a totalitarian/fascist oppressive state if she can just prance around and yell about human rights like that? I understood everything perfectly from the last episode, I loved the subtlety of the news show saying there were no casualties and then her speaking up for the 86s against the soldiers, her conversation with her medic friend. Even a narrated sequence quickly explaining the setting would've been better than that catastrophe of an exposition scene. Dropped all subtlety and beat us over the head with it. I feel like there couldve been better ways to display the information about the oppression. Maybe have her read an anti-establishment flyer by a group fighting for the 86er rights or something. |
| obscure anime for u idiots to watch right NOW 1.Odd Taxi WATCH THIS!!!!! 2.LINK CLICK super underrated!! (chinese, foto-time travelling, emotional stories dope music) 3.Mashiro no Oto if u like traditional jap banger music please support Cherry&virgin if u can!! |
| Shin is cool as fuck and even though he is the cool and calm captain style of character he actually shows his emotions for the 86ers and interact with them, we can feel that he isn't just a cliche and a generic character, which is perfect and people should think about this. The operator is kind of annoying with the 86ers but I guess this is the only way to approximate with people you don't even know the face. She has the spirit of a great commander and just needs to adapt well. She explaining to the students the real story the country doesn't want them to know was pretty cool and gave us the proper ground to understand the 86ers and a bit of the background context. Fight scenes were pretty cool, the CG mixes well with the anime and Sawano's music was great. Very good second episode, hope the third already estabilishes an interesting conflict, which I am waiting based on the next episode's name. |
| yo is this CODE GEASS??! or is this attack on titan with discount levi and scout legion lmao |
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| EPIC OST by Sawano! Impressive Indeed! 5/5! |
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clint87 said: dasprn said: Its hair and eye color. She has silver hair but has blue eyes, Super minor spoiler.... So the 86 people are differentiated due to their hair color? If that's so, why is Anju aka Snow Witch in the 86? Seems like some foul play in here. |
When someone asks me why I like anime, I'd say Just Because. |
| Wait a second... so the Empire got destroyed by their own drones? So basically it’s like a Sky Net situation over at the Empire? This anime is really good so far. Super interesting world and premise. I loved how Lena stood up to the Professor and spoke the truth. Shin seems like he’s been through a lot, the poor guy |
| the anime about racism huh.. well any anime with Sawano music is a good anime but the plot of this anime is damn interesting.. i will most likely read the LN and keep myself uptodate with the the material the anime is covering.. . Rena is a good waifu and Shin reminds me so freaking much of Sousuke Sagara from Full metal panic.. sem mecha fighting albeit different genres.. |
dasprn said: So the 86 people are differentiated due to their hair color? If that's so, why is Anju aka Snow Witch in the 86? |
| I really love the interactions between 86 and the other girl Also, the CGI is outstanding. As good as Aldnoah.Zero’s |
| This anime's okay so far. The first episode was incredibly lazy and dull, just being a ton of exposition dumps with no real story, but the second episode was better. Unfortunately, it's also incredibly cliche. I've seen all of these tropes before, but then when you've seen this much mecha anime, that tends to happen. |
Same thing with SAO and I have zero respect towards it. kljy said: It's one of the best selling novel. This is even lower on the list my criteriums for enjoying something. kljy said: All your questions and doubts were answered in the novel. All my questions here were rhetorical. This is how I am searching for bearings into unknown lore, I am not asking for spoilers. Also I have no doubts here, I am watching this for the visuals and the action. |
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