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| Confirmed for 75 levels of awesome. Hajime <3 <3 <3 Maaya Uchida is so good. And the Iwasaki music is killer. Love the "Gathamaaaaan." |
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| Yeah GATCHAMAAAAAAAAN XDD. My parents watched this series back then. Brings back memories. |
| Ugh, gods this bitch is so ANNOYING! How can any of you stand her, much less enjoy her idiocy?!? Main character kills the series for me. Far too much good stuff on this season to waste time with this tripe. Dropped. 0/5 (voted 1/5 because 0 isn't available) |
| This was just awesome XD. Have to say Hajime really does make the series. Incredibly obsessed with notebooks and absolutely charged with energy. Despite the silliness she's not an idiot either. I liked how she kept throwing her name at Sugane who wasn't addressing her properly. And really she just absorbed the information and made use of it almost right away. Whether it was the notebook or transforming, the girl observes and then takes action. Think she'll be a breath of fresh air for that team in general. Easy to get overly serious, but not as easy to be so energetic while still getting the job done. And really the music was just a lot of fun. From the transformation to the OP/ED. This should be just pure fun each week. |
| It's very stylish. That's pretty much my only opinion on it as of now. I am curious in where it will head, though. |
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symbv said: The color scheme and style used is quite interesting, especially when it comes to the hair:  I agree. And does anyone else find Her very annoying? XD |
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| I KNEW THE COMPOSER WAS TAKU ALL ALONG, RIGHT AFTER THE FIRST WUP WUP SONG. Hell, I love Iwasaki. Anyway, 5/5 episode. I loved basically everything, the CG like Tiger&Bunny, the VAs, OST, animations, background color, maybe the story is not that original but I still appreciated it. Looking forward to episode 2. |
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IchigoHollowfi said: Nope.symbv said: The color scheme and style used is quite interesting, especially when it comes to the hair: I agree. And does anyone else find Her very annoying? XD Sorry just you. |
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| That was really interesting, I liked the colors and the music playing when they transform, however it felt really slow and there was kind of some dead air of silence where no one said anything, no music, things stood still. I don't like that main girl she really pisses me off, she was totally unserious and a little TOO laid back. I understand her personality was supposed to be silly and all, but I don't like her personality as a main character. |
Cabron said: IchigoHollowfi said: Nope.symbv said: The color scheme and style used is quite interesting, especially when it comes to the hair: I agree. And does anyone else find Her very annoying? XD Sorry just you. I'm convinced whenever there's just a large amount of people saying the same thing in the form of a sentence, they are almost all people who frequent 4chan&orReddit. Cause I always look there(I hate those sites) and surprise everyone is parroting the same shit. Average 4chan/Reddit user |
testlist7 said: Bad character design. Shitty music. Verdict: not an anime. American cartoon . And that's a bad reason because? |
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| I like the soundtrack, it has a good beat. Nice character designs too. Thing is, the normal animation seems low quality, while the CG is high quality. I don't like that inconsistency. Oh well. It was still a fun episode. |
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| Aya Hirano makes her dramatic comeback as a...panda. Hah. This was very stylish and colorful. I'll probably be sticking to this and enjoying it quite a bit. |
| lol what did I just watch? Anyway, not bad, it seems interesting enough. The girl is what really surprised me. How does she live her life with such enthusiasm every single day? She never tires. She's not as annoying as I expected such a loud character to be, though. I kind of liked the OP. |
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| That was so much fun to watch xD love Hajime so much; Awesome, happy, easy going chick and Sugane makes a great straight man to her comedy antics. omg GATCHAMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!!!!! 5/5 cant wait for next ep |
| Ehh...after reading all the comments it made me re-think my decision for just a second. The soundtrack is not too bad but I'm not a big fan of the animation style...nothing personal though. Protagonist is a bit too eccentric for my liking. But I'm sure she's one of those "strong yet laid back" heroes that'll come to win everyone's hearts and save the day despite first impressions as the story progresses. As for the overall plot, it seems very akin to Tiger & Bunny but without the publicity and with younger characters that almost mirror some T&B heroes. Glad a lot of people are liking it...just not for me. |
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| cool! XD I love it! XD damn hajime is so energic and "big"! XD she is cute the art of this anime is awesome! XD I love it :3 the ost before the ED is cool too ! XD damn! XD (8/10) |
DateYutaka said: this whole topic is poplulated by people who have no feeling of tie to the Franchise that why you like it I'm not exactly sure why they bothered to call it Gatchaman, but I still enjoyed it. |
| well, wasnt expecting to like this. pretty good start |
| That was pretty fun |
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| That slick OP sequence has eye-candy galore. I find Hajime really annoying and nerve-grating, but that aside, I actually think this can become a really fun series. I'm on board with this one. |
| not really sure how to feel about this anime.... also notice the trend of smokers in anime lately? |
| My god the Opening Song, I want it! |
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| have no idea how this is even slightly related to Gatchamen, so I'll pretend it isn't and just enjoy the anime. "bizarre" is a good word for this. a girl in love with notepads, a girl in a bikini for no reason and a panda alien. will keep watching. |
| WTF! So this is power rangers the moe version? Yeah also i don't see what people liked about that retarded girl. Everything is fucking fun to her. I can imagine telling her i killed her parents and ate their hearts and she will still laugh like a moron. It's like she's on ecstasy bills 24/7. The art is very colorful, not my thing but i guess that is something you get used to. |
| the gatchamannnn is incredibly catchy |
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TinkleTinkle-Hoy said: Lol.Cabron said: IchigoHollowfi said: Nope.symbv said: The color scheme and style used is quite interesting, especially when it comes to the hair: I agree. And does anyone else find Her very annoying? XD Sorry just you. I'm convinced whenever there's just a large amount of people saying the same thing in the form of a sentence, they are almost all people who frequent 4chan&orReddit. Cause I always look there(I hate those sites) and surprise everyone is parroting the same shit. Average 4chan/Reddit user |
Please learn about cel animation and its technical process. Learn how special effects and backlighting were done without computers. |
| I've taken interest in this one... Maou-sama/Staz, Mao-chan/Rikka, Italy/Jellal have gathered in one place xD This is modern Power Ranger of Anime :) |
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TinkleTinkle-Hoy said: DateYutaka said: this whole topic is poplulated by people who have no feeling of tie to the Franchise that why you like it I'm not exactly sure why they bothered to call it Gatchaman, but I still enjoyed it. I've watched the original long long time ago, admittedly I don't remember much aside from the feeling it gave me (that i liked it very much) and I like this one too so far in its own right. So fat it's being very very clever both in script and direction, and there are references to the old Gatchaman too: VioLink said: And people who complain that Hajime is annoying probably don't understand/are not willing to understand her as a character. She is a much welcome change and a great nod to the "hero" trope of the old days. Just stop and think how the old protagonists used to be (by old I mean in the 70ies-80ies) and you will start to appreciate her a bit more. In fact you will understand how much of a genius Nakamura is. |
figuetteJul 14, 2013 6:58 AM
| I want more Utsu-tsu. But it's good so far. I really like the OST. The graphics are ugly nor beautiful. It's just interesting and I like it. |
figuette said: TinkleTinkle-Hoy said: DateYutaka said: this whole topic is poplulated by people who have no feeling of tie to the Franchise that why you like it I'm not exactly sure why they bothered to call it Gatchaman, but I still enjoyed it. I've watched the original long long time ago, admittedly I don't remember much aside from the feeling it gave me (that i liked it very much) and I like this one too so far in its own right. So fat it's being very very clever both in script and direction, and there are references to the old Gatchaman too. I also only barely remember it from when I was a kid. I didn't even realize this was related to that series until they showed the suits and mentioned G-Force ext. I saw only a few episodes as a kid, and it was called Battle of the Planets. My step brother(who was a lot older, but very nerdy lol showed it to me), he didn't know it was called Gatchaman I don't think. I'm only 25, so I am sure I'm one of the rare people in america my age who was even aware that show existed without watching it later on when they were older on the internet or whatever. My step brother introduced it to me as being "way cooler then power rangers", and I did think it was cool, but I was very biased towards power rangers and he only had like 3 VHS tapes with 1-2 episodes on each if I remember correctly. I'm kind of tempted to go back and watch the show now, I've heard the version I watched was highly edited/censored. Not sure how true that is. This show really doesn't seem related to that at all, I do think they probably should have just called this something else for old fans of the series like DateYutaka. |
TinkleTinkle-Hoy said: This show really doesn't seem related to that at all, I do think they probably should have just called this something else for old fans of the series like DateYutaka. Yes, it's definitely not for people who want to watch it only for nostalgia reasons and consider the old one to be a classic. There might be other (commercial) reasons for the producers to want to introduce it to the newer crowd and revive it in this way, like for example: would handling it in the old way have the appeal to the current generation? The 70ies 80ies way of storytelling in anime is rather stale for these type of shows. And you know, recycling a name sometimes saves a lot of legal paperwork, too. There is no way to tell why they made the decision they made but I'm not bothered by it one bit, I don't think I would like to watch the old one now to be honest. |
figuetteJul 14, 2013 8:38 AM
TinkleTinkle-Hoy said: figuette said: TinkleTinkle-Hoy said: DateYutaka said: this whole topic is poplulated by people who have no feeling of tie to the Franchise that why you like it I'm not exactly sure why they bothered to call it Gatchaman, but I still enjoyed it. I've watched the original long long time ago, admittedly I don't remember much aside from the feeling it gave me (that i liked it very much) and I like this one too so far in its own right. So fat it's being very very clever both in script and direction, and there are references to the old Gatchaman too. I also only barely remember it from when I was a kid. I didn't even realize this was related to that series until they showed the suits and mentioned G-Force ext. I saw only a few episodes as a kid, and it was called Battle of the Planets. My step brother(who was a lot older, but very nerdy lol showed it to me), he didn't know it was called Gatchaman I don't think. I'm only 25, so I am sure I'm one of the rare people in america my age who was even aware that show existed without watching it later on when they were older on the internet or whatever. My step brother introduced it to me as being "way cooler then power rangers", and I did think it was cool, but I was very biased towards power rangers and he only had like 3 VHS tapes with 1-2 episodes on each if I remember correctly. I'm kind of tempted to go back and watch the show now, I've heard the version I watched was highly edited/censored. Not sure how true that is. . It was very much censored, it's so long time since I saw this I don't remember much else lol. Enjoyed the episode love the hot-blooded crazy-ass girl. Design is nice and colorful but some of the animation was iffy, like it wasn't properly finished. |
| It seems fun I guess I'll stick around to see more |
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| OMG This is super awesome! The MC, the art, the color, the craziness!! Exactly what i expected from the director of kuuchuu buranko and tsuritama. The hair reminds me of Katanagatari tho' Hajime is super cute, why did people find her annoying!!!!! People who found her annoying must've never get high, Hajime reminds me a lot of Anna Faris in Smiley Face movie, and it is one of my favorite movie~ So many interesting anime this season, This, Uchouten Kazoku, and Danganronpa are the series that i'm for sure will be following. And maybe watamote but since i have read the manga so i dont think i'll follow that up. overall pretty much a stylish hipster show, so... i see why some intimidated otaku hate it. |
Kerozinn said: too many annoying & obnoxious characters. 2/5 dropped. Yup, that's true... me too. 2/5 |
hgeronimo said: Kerozinn said: too many annoying & obnoxious characters. 2/5 dropped. Yup, that's true... me too. 2/5 Ditto, although I'll give it one more episode. I thought Tamaki from Majestic Prince was insanely annoying, but Hajime is even worse... |
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| What kind of shit I just watched? The idea is sad, about the character designs even the words do not pick up, with the voice actors such as the goddess Takanashi Rikka just a shame as she could go down to this? The only thing that this anime is normal, so is the music, but not in those horrible OP and ED + Gatcha melody. In general dropped. |
| Maaya Uchida needs to stop trying so hard. REALLY. I don't have any problem with Hajime herself (she's Full Genki Mode but I feel like she can be really comeptent with her new task), but her voice didn't please me. Anyway, competent episode, but it left me with the feeling that few stuff actually happened. I dig the visual style and the CG is not bad, though. p.s.: When I first heard about this anime, I though the cast would be all female. But I prefer like it is, with its diversity. |
 "Like this too we met in a dirty and ugly world; Thank you for this miracle." |
| Wow! Did not expect this level of awesome from this show. Love the vivid colours and the use of lens flares. It had a great mix of action and dialogue, enough to keep me intrigued. If anything, I don't like the design of the male lead and the female lead is too enthusiastic at times, but the presentation and plot keep me glued. Really great OP and nice ED too. It soared through my low expectations so consider me impressed and interested in the next episodes. |
| Hajime is a big ball of fucking autism and I love it. |
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| I don't get the hate for this at all. It wasn't amazing or anything but it was fun to watch and I plan on continuing it. |
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