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| The OP is such a banger as expected by Alexandros' beautiful singing but no visual yet, maybe next episode. Too bad this is going to get overshadowed by various romcoms because it definitely has the potential to become a great soccer series mhm. I really admire Aoi’s spirit in this medium because he’s someone who is dedicated to flow with his soccer play and takes it janky at first like it’s already shown here that someone is shit-talking about Aoi’s own janky formation which gives Aoi some enragement but as he trains more and more thanks to the Coach of the youth Esperion FC who trained Aoi until the freaking night, his movement will surely start to format properly through various pressures in different matches can give him more barriers if he let go a bit of his out-of-control behavior. The mother definitely had a difficult time on her end working in the bar and making sacrifices so I understand why she’s mad when seeing her son behaving immaturely and worried about whether or not he’ll get accepted to get a recommendation letter in order to go through a sequence of roundabout exams and perform the best in the tournament afterward. I expect for the better or worse next episode when it comes to the soccer play. |
| Ao Ashi for a start, presents like your typical Shonen fanfare, but is actually Seinen due to its target audience. That said, Naohiko Ueno's soccer manga (some places call it football but whatever) is qute the feature that's brought to life with prominent studio Production I.G. with lots of experience. MC Ashito Aoi definitely presents like your typical Shonen that can be level-headed and ambitious given his stature, and this is newbie VA Kouki Oosuzu's debut (that sounds a lot like the mix of Natsuki Hanae and Daiki Yamashita), so I'm expecting his very first gig to deliver. All the best, Kouki Oosuzu. Regarding this premiere episode, the famous player-turned-coach of Tokyo City Esperion FC's youth division Tatsuya Fukuda watching Aoi from the sidelines, and attempts to button Aoi up to improve his skills to take on the world stage with his skill, starting with the try-outs that with his family's financial instability, puts a halt to that. But that doesn't stop Aoi, and this is just the beginning for him. I already expected Ao Ashi to be a lot like Captain Tsubasa, and it gave me that. Definitely following this. |
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| One thing that’s going for this series is that there’s plenty of source material in stock to adapt from, so they can be flexible with the number of episodes. For the first episode this was a decent introduction to some of our characters, and can already sense that freaking love for football from both Aoi and the coach himself. Nothing to gain from sticking yourself to your comfort zone, time to go to the higher stage, to Tokyo. Will be an interesting watch. |
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| As expected from Production I.G doing a great job for this series, most anticipated anime this season for me. and yeah let's we see how they work when it comes to the match, good episode 1 my curiousity about this adaptation has paid off and must wait again. the OP is sick i want listen it right now. |
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KANLen09 said: This is soccer (or as you Americans call it football) much within the reigns of Captain Tsubasa and the like, and is at the core of it all, Shonen-ish for the young teens. You got it wrong there. It's American who call it soccer, British call it football. Also Ao Ashi is seinen, not shounen, because it incorporates real tactical insights of football which are used in top flight football in europe (idk if japanese youth implement it tho). Many football fans will appreciate this anime since there is little to none bullshit superpower involved. |
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| Lets gooo, finally a promising football anime im really happy |
Hebi_op said: Wait what happened? Crunchyroll doesn't seem to have uploaded it. It's out in Japanese TV. It would be out a few hours later on the streaming sites. Edit - Nevermind, it's already out. |
Etherius_ZS said: Hebi_op said: Wait what happened? Crunchyroll doesn't seem to have uploaded it. It's out in Japanese TV. It would be out a few hours later on the streaming sites. Out on Crunchyroll already. |
Kamiyan3991 said: Etherius_ZS said: It's out in Japanese TV. It would be out a few hours later on the streaming sites. Out on Crunchyroll already. Yeah, I also found that just now, edited my post. |
| I hate football, but it was actually good. |
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| Pretty good start, while the character writing is a mixed bag and the production isn't as strong as some other IG sports anime, looks like the story is going to carry this pretty well. Out of the 4 sports anime this season, this is easily the best one. |
| Pretty generic sports anime premiere but as a soccer anime made by production IG I'm definitely hyped. This does seem to have potential so hopefully this'll be great. |
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| ... and went to play in La Liga in Spain, the best league in the world. Facts. A good first episode and great potential for a good football anime. Even though there are some points that I didn't like:
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| Nice to have Production I.G back with yet another sports series. This is bound to be good and the first impression affirmed it. It's what you would expect from a manga adaptation like this. Nothing groundbreaking, true, but solid. Looking forward to more. |
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| I really like the start of this! Will definitely watch it joy I feel. Looking forward to more. |
| Heard lots of good things about the manga even if I have little interest in reading it. But I'll follow the anime to see where it goes. Decent start. In some way it feels like when I watched Diamond no Ace years ago. I'm scared for the most action intensive sequences that they will lack solid animation but who knows what's in store with IG. |
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| This is fantastic, I loved the episode. Classic story line, solid execution along with nice production. This along with Blue Lock might be finally be the soccer anime I've been waiting for years at this point. The main character is great, the coach is cool. The hype is there, this has all the makings of a good show, I hope it reaches those heights. |
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| Usual basic starter for sports anime. But this premiere actually filled with a lot of technical dialogue, which unfortunately i couldn't get through it because of my less affinity with tactical football yada yada. However, honestly its quick to be an enjoyable for me at least, cause mc so far very shounenish and that manager already become a fun person from my initial impression. The art and animation looks solid enough as expected from ig, and i already like the opening song as well. So, i expect this to hold the enjoyment aspect into more than any other sports anime i watch this season. So, lets just go to the second episode next week... |
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phantomfandom said: There are five sports anime in this season, I already watch other four. And after watching this episode, Ao Ashi is definitely the worst among them. I'm not saying it's a bad anime, just the worst sports anime in this season. Manga reader will probably claim that it'll only get better from now on. And yet more people seemed to like this one. Doesn't mean anything for you, because YOUR opinion is that Ao Ashi is the worst one and that's all you should care about... but saying it's definitely the worst is a bit too... definitive for an opinion that goes completely against the grain. |
| so as a soccer and an anime fan this was an interesting first chapter, kinda the same as others sports anime but with this being soccer makes it better |
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| To kick off the World Cup hype we have Ao Ashi. I'm getting some Ace of the Diamond vibes in a since that both MCs love the sport they play, but lack the proper technique to play as a team with other skilled players. It's going to be interesting to see how Aoi reacts to competition when goes to Tokyo for tryouts on the youth team. Production I. G. does good work to show that they are the masters of sports anime adaptations. |
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| Story doesn't seem all that unique from any other sports anime so far. It's football though, so it's already automatically better. |
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| Decent first episode. It wasn't really anything special for a sports anime, but the set-up seems interesting enough and there's definitely a lot of potential here. Plus, another sports anime from Production IG? Sign me up! Honestly not really sure if I like the VA for the main character though, but hopefully I'll get used to it. |
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| I'm glad that Production IG is the studio that got to animate this. It's looks great, way way better than the football anime (Futsal something) that aired in winter season. The main character is the frontline genius Ashito Aoi. He may be selfish but that's just because he's very honest about how he thinks. He has perfect memories and sight enough to see the whole field while playing not to mention TWICE as much stamina as average player too. That's already pretty good TBH. The opening is amazing! |
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| Maybe its because this is my first sports anime, I'm not a big sports person in general... I don't know how to feel about this anime. It's got potential though |
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| This is the football genre anime I've been waiting for. There is no doubt that Production I.G has always been good at producing sports anime. I didn't read the manga, but it looks like it would be really fun because I love football. |
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| Ao Ashi is the best football manga I've read. It has a more grounded and realistic take on football. The matches are really well executed and use great tactics during it. This was a good first episode. I really do hope it gets more attention. |
| Questionable art direction at points but it was a really endearing first episode. I think this is the director's first role and he did a pretty good job of having me engaged. This first episode really gave me some major Haikyuu!! vibes (I know that people compare every sports anime to Haikyuu!! but there are definitely some striking similarities here). Interested in seeing how this turns out. |
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| I watch sports anime for the hype and drama and this one is starting out at Hype-kyuu!! levels right off the bat on both counts. I’m really hoping this is just beginning and the series can attain “Sawamura finally being acknowledged by Coach after 170 episodes” type of legendary status. And here I was thinking that Gay Horse Boys was going to be the best sports themed series of the season. Early prediction is that Ao Ashi and Danseur are going to be battling it out for my AOTS. |
| Good start. I've always wanted to read the manga but I've not got around to doing that yet. It's a more realistic approach to football and I like that there's going to be more of a focus on tactics. It's been a while since we got a good sports anime and I honestly haven't been this excited to watch one since Ace of the diamond so I hope it delivers. BestDogeKoromaru said: Love the Ace of the diamond reference there. I'm not sure the anime will have that many episodes but I'm certainly hoping that it will be just as entertaining as Ace of the diamond.I watch sports anime for the hype and drama and this one is starting out at Hype-kyuu!! levels right off the bat on both counts. I’m really hoping this is just beginning and the series can attain “Sawamura finally being acknowledged by Coach after 170 episodes” type of legendary status. Mod Edit: Merged duplicated posts; please use the edit button. |
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