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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- It's been awhile since I've seen another rugby show (most recenty one I remember is All Out). They didn't waste time getting into the school life elements while also introducing the main leads. Riku seems to have a rather reserved personality for now. Akira seems to have a brighter personality. There's not too much rugby so far but I'm getting used to these two main leads. Seems like the show has potential. (I also kinda liked the music used this episode) |
Stark700Jul 30, 2019 11:10 AM
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| Aaah, the good old "I've stopped doing [insert random sport] but someone gave me the motivation to continue". Plot aside, the animation was quite poor & awkward but it's Gonzo anyway who has done like 1 or 2 good animes in the last decade. |
| Not too bad of a first episode, but it wasn't especially great either. I'm surprised it took that little to convince Riku to play rugby again.. |
| I was really looking forward to it but the 1st episode was so boring and rushed. I think it would have been better if Sakamoto Shougo used his normal tone of voice instead of making it sound so dull. I liked the OP and ED and the only reason I started watching it is because of Takarai Rihito and KENN. |
| the story seems like chiche and the animation quality sucks but i will continue for bishounens and BL vibe <3 |
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| This episode was pretty cute and light-headed. I'm fired up, the characters don't seem out of place, time seemed to fly and few shows achieve that! |
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| Yeah, the animation might be pathetically bad, but what really got to me was this: |
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| Seems pretty generic so far, but I like these kind of stories. |
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| Well bad animation is never a good thing especially in sports anime where animation matters But hey at least a rugby anime |
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FMmatron said: Seems pretty generic so far, but I like these kind of stories. Same here, big fan of these types of sports shounen stories. However, for some reason I'm not really feeling Riku's character much. I don't know how to describe it but his character seems weirdly written and kinda inconsistent with how he's changing his mind and getting pulled into things so easily. Some animation cuts were actually pretty bad, I don't know if it'll improve. Soundtrack was great. Will stick around to see where this goes. |
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Lelouch0202 said: FMmatron said: Seems pretty generic so far, but I like these kind of stories. Same here, big fan of these types of sports shounen stories. However, for some reason I'm not really feeling Riku's character much. I don't know how to describe it but his character seems weirdly written and kinda inconsistent with how he's changing his mind and getting pulled into things so easily. Some animation cuts were actually pretty bad, I don't know if it'll improve. Soundtrack was great. Will stick around to see where this goes. I know what you mean, even tho it's a josei xD Better to clarify this before some smartass comes along. |
One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron |
kuraharah said: The animation quality gave me eye cancer. If he can compensate his build with *tactics* then why did he quit in the first place. Not to mention that it literally took a "pretty please" to get him back into the sport. I can't believe I waited for this show for so long just to drop it after one episode. my eyes, heart and soul got cancer too. Like whyyyyyy T-T |
| I have no idea how rugby is played, but the blonde guy makes me horny. FMmatron said: Lelouch0202 said: Same here, big fan of these types of sports shounen stories. However, for some reason I'm not really feeling Riku's character much. I don't know how to describe it but his character seems weirdly written and kinda inconsistent with how he's changing his mind and getting pulled into things so easily. Some animation cuts were actually pretty bad, I don't know if it'll improve. Soundtrack was great. Will stick around to see where this goes. I know what you mean, even tho it's a josei xD Better to clarify this before some smartass comes along. Regardless of what MAL has listed, Try Knights is Shoujo, not Josei. |
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Seiya said: I have no idea how rugby is played, but the blonde guy makes me horny. FMmatron said: I know what you mean, even tho it's a josei xD Better to clarify this before some smartass comes along. Regardless of what MAL has listed, Try Knights is Shoujo, not Josei. I see. Well, it doesn't really matter anyway. Still makes me wonder where MAL got the info it's josei. |
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| They make a good combo. That was a lackluster opening episode, but I've seen worse. I guess this anime is hopping on the bandwagon of the rugby world cup that will be held in Japan this September! #RugbyFever |
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| The art and animation had no energy. The lines had no signs of change in pen pressure, the characters' movements weren't exaggerated at all, not sure if they even had squash-and-stretch and inertia. The story is quite cliched so far, but it's watchable enough for now. |
| Generic and mediocre in every aspect. Dropped half way. It's probably a decent fujo show though. |
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| Dropped right after i saw the MC do the "short punt" and start explaining shit. The animation and explanations are just simply horrible. |
| First impression coming! The opening isn't really good... at least compared to All Out's first opening and to what I'm used to. The ending goes the same way. Design... Well, this anime's uniforms have something in common with most real-world uniforms: horrible style. A return to more traditional styles for this sport is needed, given how they even murdered the Barbarians' uniform lately. Character design is good enough. Initial vibe is very annoying, because the pacing is weird... Animation is non-existent, I think. |
| Well this was disappointing. The plot is your standard generic MC that was super good in something then stopped/quitted it and know is back now. But the animation, how you can't make something so bad in sport anime where the movement is key... |
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| Anyone else notice how half of the episode was just people grunting and make other strange noises instead of talking? Though it's not like the conversations were any better. It's been a while since I started an anime series that was this bad ... Wow. |
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Shadow-Chan said: Seiya said: I have no idea how rugby is played, but the blonde guy makes me horny. He is much hotter in Takarai Rihito-sensei style. Comic Gene main demographic is females (ๅฅณๆง=josei) in their 20s and 30s. Then, why does both MangaUpdates and Wikipedia call Comic Gene a Shoujo magazine? |
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| Pretty good episode. Liked how they introduced us to the MCs and rugby quickly. Don't know why it took so little to convince him to join the rugby team. |
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| First impressions notes: - Studio Gonzo, with collaboration from hentai low-LQ studio Seven, the director is pretty much from Seven, so I already know it's never going to be great. - The original manga source is only about a year old, so for the anime adaptation to come out, it's pretty much like one-shot, just split into the seasonal format. And also, that is just TOO QUICK to get a source adaptation, too soon if you can call it. - It's in the shoujo aspect, get it fixed MAL! Story/plot existent? Non-check. Character development? Non-check. HQ art and animation? A BIG FAT NON-CHECK. For this show to come out THIS LATE, I'm not surprised that the effect of 7 Seeds (released on Netflix, made by the same studio) will follow, but I'm EVEN surprised this made it to TV. For a pilot episode, it's more misses than hits. MC Riku strives to be the best player in the field, but lost his way too much to quit. Instead, the MC support Akira helps him get back on track. Reminds me too much of last season's Hachigatsu Cinderella. Regardless, the foundation is set. |
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Myorave said: Aaah, the good old "I've stopped doing [insert random sport] but someone gave me the motivation to continue". Plot aside, the animation was quite poor & awkward but it's Gonzo anyway who has done like 1 or 2 good animes in the last decade. This is one of the things that irritates me in sports anime I hate when it starts off like that how about the one where the MC want to play a certain sport got accepted to a certain school that has the sport they want to play but for some reason the school either has no club members or quit for some emo reason and the MC has to recruit/force people to join cause they need a certain amount of members that why shows like haikyuu,big windup,ace no diamond,prince of tennis,KnB and major is such good shows they have some of the annoying tropes that you see in all sports anime but the do it so much better. Can I also say the animation is really bad so sad was looking forward to this one its sad that sports anime popularity did not last long its one of my favorite genres and I would really like more of it. |
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Shadow-Chan said: KANLen09 said: - It's in the shoujo aspect, get it fixed MAL! The magazine concept is indeed shounen magazine in shoujo aspect. I'm assuming it's intended for female readers in general of all ages, then MAL fits it in the josei demographic. If what you're saying is true and if that's how its marketed in Japan (as much as we know though), then yeah we can give the benefit of the doubt though. |
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| Feels like a very low budget production. The concept isn't good enough to make me want to trudge through that low quality art and animation. |
| So painfully generic. It almost felt like a parody anime at times. I think I can pretty much guess what it'll be like overall and with these visuals, there's really no reason to watch it at all. |
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| Pretty horrible so far. Not because of the plot - it's just as cliched as you'd expect but for a spocon the fact is not necessary bad - but because of pacing? directing? writing? I don't know,but it's just not meshing well together, like they go through the motions, and instead of creating one fluid whole chunks remain chunks... this is sad as I was waiting for my seasonal spocon, only for it to turn out a real mess. |
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| The animation is so lazy. Yikes. What a slideshow. This is such a shame that it's that terrible since if there was some actual budget it could at least look impressive, especially when we're talking rugby. But nah, all we get is some za warudo action when the enemy team is locked in one frame (better add those whooshy-looking effects to indicate they're running instead of making them actually move) to say some bullshit to the main character. There's no dynamics in this show whatsoever. The characters themselves aren't compelling at all. The plot is trying to be there but it's buried under all those vexing cliches and artificial-sounding dialogs. What a disappointment. |
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| Oh god Studio Seven and today's Gonzo what can go wrong? |
| Pretty shitty animation, I guess thats expected with anything Gonzo animates. I wont be watching this, couldnt get past 5 min |
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| It's so horrifyingly disgusting bad that im gonna torture myself watching this and see how bad it gets. Queen Takarai Rihito don't deserve this. |
| I like the opening theme song |
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| Animation feels kind of poorly done, don't like their pointy faces Riku and Akira's first interaction really felt awkward, kind of a cliche plot let's see if this gets better in future episodes |
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| Lmao, GONZO, couldn’t you guys have outsourced the animation to like any other studio besides frickin Seven? It’s like laughably bad. |
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