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| It kinda reminds me of Afro Samurai, which at the time I thought was one of the best anime due to the action scenes. But that was a looong time ago, while I do agree the visuals are spectacular, nothing else really happened, and what happened was pretty generic. Enjoyable but definitely nowhere near a 10/10 as of right now. |
| Let me guess, they found him because he has tracking chip inside of his body? |
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| Well, that came out of nowhere. Pretty good. |
| A great first episode with spectacular choreography, though my critical thinking did not let me give it a full 5/5 rating. Why? Even allowing for a ridiculous, near limitless supply of mecha-ninjas going after just a few ninja defectors(?) the real problem with the supposed mystery of all these murders is the tens of bodies said mecha-ninjas left behind for the FBI to clean up (as in retrieve, examine, look at their highly advanced tech etc). We never saw the surviving mecha-ninjas retrieve the bodies of their comrades after eliminating their targets and, even if that happened off-screen with the first four targets, it 100% didn't happen with their 5th hit on our MC and his family, since they barely had time to escape the cops. So while the media might be kept in the dark about the nature of the killers the FBI should know who or what they are. And yet that black FBI agent who asked the MC questions said he had a... "hunch" the MC knew who did this, suggesting he himself was completely in the dark - despite just being gifted a house full of mecha-ninja bodies... Too much thinking for a show with a dazzling fight choreography? Should we be content with its good looks and ask nothing more? |
SharpedonFeb 16, 2:45 PM
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| Cool albeit unoriginal action piece, looking forward to more beautiful choreography. I get that the idea of changing faces is introduced in the first minutes, it's kinda necessary when living in secret and probably helps move the plot forward in the future. It just felt somewhat lame that they just couldn't have an American(?) as the protagonist since you know, ninjas. Glad to see that I wasn't the only one that thought fucking Sundowner was up. |
mertsiFeb 17, 5:49 AM
| uh oh! |
| If this was a B Movie my dad would love it |
| Ninja doing ninja stuff. |
| "The future is always blank. Only your willpower can leave footsteps there." "Ruling over death means ruling over life. Death is the climax of life. To have the best death, you must honor life." |
| Epic kickoff from an unknown shown. |
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| wow. I have been waiting for this anime for years without knowing it would ever come. this is HOT. PIPING HOT. the Metal Gear Rising lover in my heart is rejoicing. |
| WHAT THE HELL DID I JUST WATCH??? John Wick but Ninja... I LOVE SUNGHOO PARK!! THIS IS CINEMA!! |
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| ahh, when they revealed their real appearances the show looked better in my eyes! no more American ninjas please ๐ฎ๐จ I couldn't take the Japanese dub seriously tho... ngl, it sounded like a Gintama episode heh. Sharpedon said: Should we be content with its good looks and ask nothing more? save the doubts you have for the next 11 episodes, dude. it seems to me that you sound a little bit inpatient, I recommend watching ovas and movies like me if you don't tolerate the pace of a TV show (specially 12 eps ones), I really hate 12 episode format, there's no way the story would advance properly (at least, I don't have any examples so far), so let's just adjust ourselves to the tv show narrative ๐ MickeyMinaj said: Banger OP no. cringeworthy, yes. song suck ass MeanEYE said: What a first episode. Not a lazy shot in sight. So dynamic, fluid and well choreographed action. hmm... I don't know, from my TV it looked blurry and skipped frames also the rolling credits stuttered lmao, maybe it looks better on some site online ๐ IzanaSolos said: Joe Higan, now living as under the alias of Logan, Joe the flame, lol! Logan was also the name wolverine choose in the marvel anime ๐ค tons of references in the show! |
Berry-VodkaFeb 19, 10:45 AM
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| That was fking great. The action scenes are soooooo good Love the music Keen to get into this John Wick type fk everyone plot |
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| Ninja Frank Castle? This was the 1 most insane anime episode I've watched in years, I hope it continues at the same level of quality in the following episodes, this anime has everything to be the best of the season and who knows, perhaps one of the best of the year. Ps: Coldrain as always with amazing musics.๐ค |
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Reply to Berry-Vodka
ahh, when they revealed their real appearances the show looked better in my eyes! no more American ninjas please ๐ฎ๐จ
I couldn't take the Japanese dub seriously tho... ngl, it sounded like a Gintama episode heh.
save the doubts you have for the next 11 episodes, dude. it seems to me that you sound a little bit inpatient, I recommend watching ovas and movies like me if you don't tolerate the pace of a TV show (specially 12 eps ones), I really hate 12 episode format, there's no way the story would advance properly (at least, I don't have any examples so far), so let's just adjust ourselves to the tv show narrative ๐
no. cringeworthy, yes. song suck ass
hmm... I don't know, from my TV it looked blurry and skipped frames also the rolling credits stuttered lmao, maybe it looks better on some site online ๐
Joe the flame, lol! Logan was also the name wolverine choose in the marvel anime ๐ค tons of references in the show!
I couldn't take the Japanese dub seriously tho... ngl, it sounded like a Gintama episode heh.
Sharpedon said:
Should we be content with its good looks and ask nothing more?
Should we be content with its good looks and ask nothing more?
save the doubts you have for the next 11 episodes, dude. it seems to me that you sound a little bit inpatient, I recommend watching ovas and movies like me if you don't tolerate the pace of a TV show (specially 12 eps ones), I really hate 12 episode format, there's no way the story would advance properly (at least, I don't have any examples so far), so let's just adjust ourselves to the tv show narrative ๐
MickeyMinaj said:
Banger OP
Banger OP
no. cringeworthy, yes. song suck ass
MeanEYE said:
What a first episode. Not a lazy shot in sight. So dynamic, fluid and well choreographed action.
What a first episode. Not a lazy shot in sight. So dynamic, fluid and well choreographed action.
hmm... I don't know, from my TV it looked blurry and skipped frames also the rolling credits stuttered lmao, maybe it looks better on some site online ๐
IzanaSolos said:
Joe Higan, now living as under the alias of Logan,
Joe Higan, now living as under the alias of Logan,
Joe the flame, lol! Logan was also the name wolverine choose in the marvel anime ๐ค tons of references in the show!
Berry-Vodka said: hmm... I don't know, from my TV it looked blurry and skipped frames also the rolling credits stuttered lmao, maybe it looks better on some site online ๐ Yeah, they did pull some of those nasty blurs to make things feel fast. Annoying. But action scenes otherwise were very dynamic and nicely choreographed. Didn't even seem lazily drawn aka Naruto's fight in fox form dear lord please don't let it happen again. But stuttering I didn't notice, perhaps you watched someplace with poor encoding? |
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Berry-Vodka said:
hmm... I don't know, from my TV it looked blurry and skipped frames also the rolling credits stuttered lmao, maybe it looks better on some site online ๐
hmm... I don't know, from my TV it looked blurry and skipped frames also the rolling credits stuttered lmao, maybe it looks better on some site online ๐
Yeah, they did pull some of those nasty blurs to make things feel fast. Annoying. But action scenes otherwise were very dynamic and nicely choreographed. Didn't even seem lazily drawn aka Naruto's fight in fox form dear lord please don't let it happen again. But stuttering I didn't notice, perhaps you watched someplace with poor encoding?
| @MeanEYE in tv the only channel broadcasting it is Adult Swim in my country, there's SD and HD, when the credits rolled there was stuttering ๐ I'll try the standard definition channel next time if you say the problem is on my end, maybe the HD was overheating the cable box... |
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Reply to Berry-Vodka
ahh, when they revealed their real appearances the show looked better in my eyes! no more American ninjas please ๐ฎ๐จ
I couldn't take the Japanese dub seriously tho... ngl, it sounded like a Gintama episode heh.
save the doubts you have for the next 11 episodes, dude. it seems to me that you sound a little bit inpatient, I recommend watching ovas and movies like me if you don't tolerate the pace of a TV show (specially 12 eps ones), I really hate 12 episode format, there's no way the story would advance properly (at least, I don't have any examples so far), so let's just adjust ourselves to the tv show narrative ๐
no. cringeworthy, yes. song suck ass
hmm... I don't know, from my TV it looked blurry and skipped frames also the rolling credits stuttered lmao, maybe it looks better on some site online ๐
Joe the flame, lol! Logan was also the name wolverine choose in the marvel anime ๐ค tons of references in the show!
I couldn't take the Japanese dub seriously tho... ngl, it sounded like a Gintama episode heh.
Sharpedon said:
Should we be content with its good looks and ask nothing more?
Should we be content with its good looks and ask nothing more?
save the doubts you have for the next 11 episodes, dude. it seems to me that you sound a little bit inpatient, I recommend watching ovas and movies like me if you don't tolerate the pace of a TV show (specially 12 eps ones), I really hate 12 episode format, there's no way the story would advance properly (at least, I don't have any examples so far), so let's just adjust ourselves to the tv show narrative ๐
MickeyMinaj said:
Banger OP
Banger OP
no. cringeworthy, yes. song suck ass
MeanEYE said:
What a first episode. Not a lazy shot in sight. So dynamic, fluid and well choreographed action.
What a first episode. Not a lazy shot in sight. So dynamic, fluid and well choreographed action.
hmm... I don't know, from my TV it looked blurry and skipped frames also the rolling credits stuttered lmao, maybe it looks better on some site online ๐
IzanaSolos said:
Joe Higan, now living as under the alias of Logan,
Joe Higan, now living as under the alias of Logan,
Joe the flame, lol! Logan was also the name wolverine choose in the marvel anime ๐ค tons of references in the show!
| @Berry-Vodka Yeah, no. It was no way cringe. In fact it goes really well with the premise of the show, especially in the first episode |
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| Eh it's was ok, honestly if it weren't for Tsuda Kenjirou I'd probably drop it |
| One of the best 1st episodes I have ever seen, without a doubt. Looks like a revenge story? With such an amazing animation, I really look forward to future episodes. |
| At first I thought the first character was the protagonist, he died so quickly. Incredible beginning, quality of the scenarios, the designs of each character who plays their own role is incredible. the sleep track combining ours felt like I was inside the anime. |
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| Woah woah woah, This is how you do a first episode! I'm sold on this show, Jaw dropping fight scenes and an actually engaging plot. Sign me the F up! |
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| Toonami stuff W Gaw damn the fight scenes in this are crazy Joe can change his identity cool The one guy with the giant sword reminds me of sundowner The musics pretty fire Was kinda debating at the start if I would like this or not but I think I'll keep watching, it kinda fire |
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| One of the most insane first episodes I've ever seen. I already know this is going to be great. |
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| I just started watching this today because of the good reviews I've been hearing about it and I didn't regret it. The fighting scenes are so lit and very emotional for a premier episode! |
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