Chi.: Chikyuu no Undou ni Tsuite Episode 1 Discussion

pretty interesting story, but the art style feels lackluster coming from madhouse. It's just so plain on top of the direction and visuals that are pretty average. I'm mainly here for the story anyway.

@SideCharacterKal probably because of the director. He directed Parasyte before and thats a well animated series but it looks plain sometimes too.

Well, looks like most of the atheists here are taking it as being fact. Quite funny, they watch a random uninformed tv show and take it as fact; pretty much the same thing they accuse theists of doing 😄

A little cringe in some dialogue, and I wish it was a bit more historically accurate. However, it's a show that actively shits on religion knowing that it's a danger to science and human knowledge, and it's not an overhyped shounen with nothing of substance other than good animation and characters with fashion style. Those two things are definitely a very personal plus for me so I'll give this a shot

Watched the first episode because there was a lot of hype and praise on ledit about this title.

Have to say I feel quite disapointed, I was expecting something more thorough in terms of cinematography and animation (coming from Madhouse), but it was quite average and even bleak on some parts (the static panning shots in the very first scene and the bubbly almost shoujo background effects when Rafal was acting in a joyful manner), I do have to admit that the backgrounds do look quite detailed though. Kinda felt that the edge was the most important asset of the whole episode, and that's no bueno in my books.

Can't help to feel that whoever was in charge of the cast went for the most derivative choices, Tsuda Kenjiro as a ruthless inquisitor and Hayami Show as a copycat of his hateful priest role from fate series.

I'll go for the 3 episode rule and see if it's something worthy of my time.

Thanks for the detailed explanation @Cersil on all those historical innacuracies. I did raise my eyebrow when I saw Rafal carrying a whole book on his own on the streets and seeing a literate door guardian reading a tablet.

Good to see an accurate depiction of Christianity without all the Church propaganda.

However: that wasn't "blackmail", that was just threatening.

I started watchingthis based off the gigguk FAll in a nutshell video and for a first episode this show is extremely well put together. The primise of the show is something that has never been done before in anime (at least not that ive ever heard of) and it does the primise extremely well. The artstyle and animation is extremely addicting to look at, and help push the gritty and dark undertones of the 15th century church and its grip on the people of the time, while also pushing the beauty and mistique of the world around them. I can only imagine this show growing on me more as they flesh out more of this world. 8.5 outta 10 so far.

Seems really promising.
It's an insignificant detail but Hubert having a poor eyesight but having no problem reading on a small piece of paper at night, without a candle or some kind of torch made me laugh.

I've been spending more than enough time watching the worst of MAL's TV entries, think I need a little break from that. May as well start off with this show, a show which not even a half way in establishes that it's a bit unique compared to the ordinary seasonal. Not every day that we see torture techniques off the rip. Thought I'd end up seeing all of Hubert's nails ripped off when he got out.

Rafal really remembers his school facts, considering his trajectory from orphan to university at an early age. A mindset governed by logic, and a career path that would steer clear of the heretic business.. if not for the pursuit of truth. Even Hubert knows he's not being honest with himself. The discussion with Rafael and Hubert later in the ep takes the cake, talking about the universe and how beautiful it is. It's an interesting conversation, ending on the mic drop that probably gets this ball rolling.

It's funny that I could recognize the voice actor for Fate's Tokiomi was in this the second he started talking. I respect that voice.

It's also funny to think there was that thread talking about the show not needing Frieren animation, it really doesn't. It just needs to deliver on the story, and not look like a complete mess. Which I think this show has done with the first ep.

The voice actor of aizen and the voice actor of nanami, what can I say? First episode caught my attention already, it is fascinating and making me thankful I wasn't born in that age.

Any flat earthers watching it?

Wow the premier was really interesting. Flat earth believers are the villains hmmm lol. This feels like Attack on titan without the titans, the intensity was there. I thought it would be boring at start but surpassed my expectations

A little cringe in some dialogue, and I wish it was a bit more historically accurate. However, it's a show that actively shits on religion knowing that it's a danger to science and human knowledge, and it's not an overhyped shounen with nothing of substance other than good animation and characters with fashion style. Those two things are definitely a very personal plus for me so I'll give this a shot

@Apratim its more like whats in the center of the universe not the shape of it

@BetterTaste oh you must be surprised when you learn that most of scientist back then are also theologist