What did you think of this episode?
5Loved it!
14.4%
16
4Liked it!
13.5%
15
3It was OK
35.1%
39
2Disliked it
25.2%
28
1Hated it
11.7%
13
Average 2.9
111 votes
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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- A lot of singing in this first episode. Considering the promos, I'm not too surprised. We got introduction of Sakura along with the main cast already though. I think this anime has some personality so far with the colorful cast. Sakura seems like a normal person. There's also some of the mechs that were revealed like from the promos. Haven't played the game before but I think this was an okay start. |
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| Friendly reminder that this is a sequel/set after the new Sakura Wars game that releases on the 28th of April in the west. So if you, like me, plan on getting the game then I'd advise you to not watch the anime right now |
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| Trailer had a nice framerate, but the series is just choppy like all other CGI anime. Drop. |
| I intend to play the game at some point but my impressions of the anime so far are that it's somewhat decent. Not sure what to expect of it but let's see. The girls and seiyuu choices are top tier though. |
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| The way the characters move sometimes. It gives me Houseki no Kuni vibes honestly. Though that show was more pretty looking. But this doesn't look too bad at all. Gives off an interesting premise too. Gonna keep watching for sure. |
FireFistYK said: Friendly reminder that this is a sequel/set after the new Sakura Wars game that releases on the 28th of April in the west. So if you, like me, plan on getting the game then I'd advise you to not watch the anime right now this is confirmed? Gah...lame. My Thursdays are empty! |
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| Revue, mechs, Sanzigen's CG art...hmmmm...give it a try! 4/5. |
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| That OP is amazing. I normally don’t like CGI stuff but this isn’t too bad. Kinda like Bandori and Arpregio Yea there’s obviously a lot of story cut out here and is very much an adaptation for game players. Can’t drop it now that I’ve started it though lol, maybe I’ll get the game one day or read the wiki. That ED is also a banger. |
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| Generic with poor animation but I'll probably end up watching it because this season has almost nothing watchable. |
Sokah said: Generic with poor animation but I'll probably end up watching it because this season has almost nothing watchable. It looks better then the last season, but still mostly trash |
| Pretty decent start and I like the setting of this anime. The girls were cute but the mecha designs were lame. Well let's see how this goes. |
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| Ayane Sakura and Saori Hayami <3 I liked it, I really liked it. It's supposed to be placed after the events of the game, but without having played it (or none of the previous ones) it's quite enjoyable anyway. I'd like to play the game... but I don't have a PS4 so I'll enjoy the anime as much as I can. Usually, CGI would turn me off, but I'm used to this one with Bandori... I would still prefer traditional animation though. And I wasn't expecting the revue part but it was great, a nice surprise. I can't wait for next week! |
| The laziness of this studio is over 9000. From animation to lines to story they just copied what happens in the game. And it does not look good. Unless you are fan of the game will not enjoy it |
| CGi is on some next level shit in this one |
| wait, is Sakura´s hair blonde or black? one of the reasons i started this was because of how cool she looks on the cover, but then she was blonde lol i quite like the songs, specially the op not sure what to think about the mecha's fight, but i guess i can watch it |
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| Mecha, Girls, Big Guns, Demons, Dancing and Singing. What can possible go wrong here! |
 To have you, Id give a billion lives A-Chan best girl |
| Are those the same seiyuu who were singing, cu'z they kinda have a different voice on stage? |
| I don't know I'm not really feeling it |
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| I was going to watch this because Tite Kubo is in charge of the character designs. But ugh, that awful CG hinders his true talent. |
| "We could make the world better, but it's easier to just shut our eyes." ~Blackwall |
| damn lots of hate because of 3DCG again i personally like it and im fine if this is the future of anime since 3D technology will improve over time anyway they remix the legendary song although its not as good as the original song its still nostalgic |
| What a waste, ruined it with 3DCG. I'll just play the game when it comes out. |
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| damn talk about a bummer i didn't even want to drop this but i didn't realize it was not only a sequel but a sequel to the recent game that came out in japan like shit you'd think it would be a good time to get new fans on board with a nice reboot not like Sakura wars was around a few years ago it's been almost 20 years! ,then you top it off with using the same models even if they were done by Kobo that translates into trash when cgi fair well Sakura Wars music was cool though |
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| No matter how bad this might be, I will watch it anyway because it's Sakura Wars. It's one of very few series where I will stay on board on a sinking ship. |
| As an anime-only and being someone who has no intentions to play the game (which has largely become Japan-only exclusives in its long-running franchise and slowly extended to the West with gaining popularity), this was an OK start. Bleach's Tite Kubo's character designs are eye-catching, but Sanzigen's 2D and 3DCG animation mesh is a taste that still needs to either get used to or be put off by it (I mean if you have played the games, you know what I mean). And of course, the main entitlement of the series: full-on mecha style. Songs are nice though, still being cool that is. In game adaptations like this, don't really care much for story, but the plot is as decent as it is for now. Hope it at least goes somewhere. |
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| so this season doesn't have any good anime ?! |
“You can always die. It's living that takes real courage." - Himura Kenshin” . |
| When the video game graphics are better than the anime, ouch. The game looks so much better. |
| Hearing the remix of the legendary OP song feels a little nostalgic. I still prefer the original though. The CGI doesn't really bother me, it wasn't that bad and it wasn't perfect either. First episode seems like a good start, lots of singing since this is Sakura Wars after all. Some mecha fights as well. I'll keep on watching the anime and plan to play the game once my pre-order arrives. |
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| I don't know anything about the games, other than knowing they existed and obviously, I've never played them. However, I did watch the original Sakura Wars TV series from 2000, it's been twenty years since then and I thought this was going to be good but eh. I was around eleven or twelve/thirteen when I first saw it. Loved the main Sakura girl with the blue hair. I did excited about the OP song it's a variation from the famous OP in the 2000 series. The Tite Kubo character designs are nice, it's more evident with the male characters though. The CGI sometimes looks good but mostly looks awful. I'm still on the fence whether to stick with it or not. I guess I'll give it a few more episodes. |
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| The CGI looks ok but for the monsters it looked bad. I find it fine. |
| Tanaka didn't voice Goku, she's the very recognizable voice behind Kuririn... Erk... Kubo's designs + Sanzigen CGI style don't blend well together (unlike the little girl, whose design is not very appealing and certainly doesn't fit with everything else). And having Kubo do so much female characters was not very wise (maybe the reason why he didn"t get the full chara-concepts ordered). Where is the nice surprise that was BBKBRK and where's the progress from that? It's still as choppy/"unnatural" in the same way forthe same kind of movement. Bubuki had the action and catchy designs and colours to divert your attention, things absent here. Story-wise? As usual, the animation is only a complement to the game, a nice addition for fans. 2.5/5 Neither okay nor anger-inducing. They even changed parts of the emblematic theme song?? (not a terrible result but still not reaching the appeal of the original song) |
Rei_IIIApr 4, 2020 12:16 PM
| This is so harem with little value. Boring, cliché. Easy drop. |
| seriously the animation is so fucking awesome !!! compared to bang dream season 3 this is much better !!! |
| I liked. Nostalgic but not just it. Watching! |
| Its characterizations were generic, its director's choice of shots/framing was mostly uninteresting, and its tone and flow were a bit of a mess, but it was competent and inoffensive. It was interesting enough to distract me from the void for 22 minutes even though I don't think it was good. |
| I started this anime series just out of curiosity, I'm not a fan of the video game. The impression it gave me is not bad, but it didn't bother me much about the vision of this episode. I don't like anime series made completely with CG, but I know the quality of the CG used is very good, and also the facial mimicry of the characters is well done. The soundtrack is quite catchy, I will try to follow this anime series, who knows if it won't surprise me in the future. |
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