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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Well...I was impressed with this episode. Something gives me the feeling Tak knows more than he's letting on. |
| I too have that feeling Tak knows what he does at night but no idea at the skills he possesses at street racing could help save the turf his friends long to keep. Still working on the whole car lingo at stuff. So far it's proven not much but bound to get better. |
| Seeing his car i almost burst into celebrations. I never actually had the car, difficult to find it anyway in my parts of the world but that was the first car i bought in Grand Turismo games and always improved and trying to get it to be competitive even with a lot bigger beast that no improvement on a small car like that can reach by driving better and better. I spend so much hours virtual driving it and trying to pull times out of it that i feel connected to it even though i never had the real thing. Btw i don't get it. If he likes to drive like crazy around the mountain bents why doesn't he get how they can feel excited about it? Does he supposedly do it only so he can deliver tofu fast? I doubt it. He probably likes going all out. P.S - Racing advice: Drifting doesn't actually make you go faster and it destroys your tyres. I like driving around awesome twisty roads but i like going fast not drift.Drift is just for show it doesn't help speed although you might drift a little because of over-steer and under-steer when you have much speed into corners, but you try to minimize that so you can be fast. Besides changing tyres every few weeks is expensive as hell. This guys of course may be drifting because they try to keep their speed high without stepping on the brakes which actually can give you speed on the approach of a corner but most times a small twitch on the brakes and back up to full gas with the car properly positioned will more than make up for the loss of speed for hitting the brakes since while the car is sideways and drifting they lose a lot of speed too and probably have lower speed on the exit. |
MonadMay 6, 2012 7:48 AM
| Came in with much expectation, goes out with a satisfying look on my face. Damn that was so cool, the inertia drift at the end |
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| Came in expecting to not like it. Came out completely excited and wanting more. The music is great. Except the ending, which I found a bit strange. And I still have 4 seasons after this one!! :D |
MirorinJan 19, 2013 11:48 AM
| Damn, that long drift around C-121 was epic, I really did have goosebumbs just like those 3 guy who were there watching it. |
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| Hmmm I like how the main character is really distant about this who drifting thing. =3 I can't wait till they reveal who the ghost 86 is. =O |
| I've got goosebumps from that ending. |
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| Finally decided to give this a shot. This is my first exposure to the franchise so obviously my first time ever watching the series. Very decent OST and OP song so far. Dat cliffhanger. I like the intensity of this show so far though. |
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| Started this show last night and it's awesome! The soundtrack makes it that much better. |
| Love this show and the soundtrack is bangin! Make sure you watch the Japanese version with subs. |
| YO. |
| The music in this show is too good. |
| It's about time I checked out this classic :) I've heard many great things about it and from the first episode I can already tell it's going to be awesome. |
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| Nice fist episode. Heard OSTs before, which prompted me to watch this. The ED was... weird. The tuning freak friend is annoying though. Girl : "Am I worth spending so much ?" Dad : "Of course you totally deserve it." Nice bullshitting. And seems like the kind of girl who uses her own name when she talks... |
HapHazrDMay 24, 2015 6:28 PM
| Did NOT expect an anime about car racing to be this freaking cool |
| The intro scene with the amazing music was epic, i'm not hating the 3D it's ok |
| Very lovely first episode, the episodic pacing is very good, it seems that you're watching longer episodes but it doesn't matter as at every point it is interesting! With that said, this sure was a promising first episode! Looking forward for the rest of this series will offer us! |
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| NANI?! INERTIA DRIFT??!! This is so great. |
| I thought the first 18 minutes were decent, but it got much better in the ending scenes. I do find it strange that the MC got scared, but he is a pretty good driver himself. I guess he just doesn't other people behind the wheel? |
| not a fan of racing with cars but that maybe actually be preety good |
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| Is it weird that I don't understand a thing about car or street racing but still enjoy it? NANIIII? xD The music oh the music, it's just so good... It's called Technobeat Eurobeat if I'm not wrong? |
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| Having all ready seen movie remakes i have to say this looks old especially the cars when racings but the eurobeat makes up for it |
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| So far I like what I've seen^^ Dat cliffhanger,tho. |
One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron |
| Yeah, the cgi is hellla bad. I'll still watch it for the sake of the meme. |
| Whoever the fuck that "Itsuki" or "Izumi" guy was, I hope he gets a smaller role through the rest of the series cause he was f*cking annoying! MC's dad looks like an asshole too. Yikes, what a cast. |
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| Nice start, Takumi is an interesting character. He seemed not to care about racing or cars at all, but even I was getting fired up by the end, that drift was sick. lol I loved the little twist that the one making the deliveries was Takumi all along, I guess he learned to drive like that with his father. I can't wait for that showdown with the Red Suns because I guess it's safe to assume that he's getting involved. |
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| Nice episode. Enjoyed watching it. Nice OP. That cliffhanger... |
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| I am largely in part here for the eurobeat |
Immahnoob said: Jizzy, I know you have no idea how to argue for shit, tokiyashiro said: Jizzy as you would call yourself because youre a dick The most butthurt award goes to you And clearly you havent watched that many shows thats why you cant determine if a show is unique or not Or maybe you're just a child who likes common stuffs where hero saves the day and guys gets all the girls. Sad taste you have there kid you came up to me in the first place making you look more like a kid who got slapped without me even knowing it and start crying about it to me |
| Yeah, CGI didn't age very well. But mind you this is a 1998 budget anime |
| Kansei Dorifto ?! I love cars so it seems to be a great anime even if CGI is really old |
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| Woah, that was fun! :D Cars, eurobeat, decent art style and voice acting, original concept. I will definitely keep on watching! |
| I bet Tak thinks that he's an average driver xD |
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| i started this anime only cause of a challenge and i wasn't expecting much from this anime tbh, and after watching half of the epi, i still wasn't liking it that much, i didn't like the bg music when they were normally talking but then the rest of the epi happened. and the Eight-six car happned, i'm totally hooked rn ;v |
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| I love how Takumi had a Eight-Six all along |
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| This was much better than I expected. Since this anime is constantly being meme'd and the CGI looks kinda bad, I was expecting something more cheesy and boring. But characters seem to have substance and CGI looks better in motion. Music is sick as always. There seems to be usual sports anime drama so I hope it does not get too repetitive. Can't wait to see what happens next. |
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| Very cool episode, the eurobeat made it even better to watch |
| bro they showed real people in the ending. I repeat, they showed real people in the ending |
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| Holy shit this episode was fire. Whole episode was filled with excitement. Even though it's such an old anime the animation isn't terrible, there's use of CGI but it isn't distracting, everything's nice to look at. The OP, ED and OST's are really great too. Can't wait to watch more! |
 The end of an era. Thank you Wit, Mappa and Isayama. Feeling half happy, half sad. Kawaii waifus and precious best girls <3333 |
AcbSnakeDemon said: Yeah that totally caught me off-guard, never expected they would show real people in anime lol.bro they showed real people in the ending. I repeat, they showed real people in the ending |
The end of an era. Thank you Wit, Mappa and Isayama. Feeling half happy, half sad. Kawaii waifus and precious best girls <3333 |
| Not the best thing to watch right after taking Driver's Ed. We're off to a good start. |
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| Rewatching it cause why not ;v |
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| That was fun to watch And bro the AE86 is a cool car and no way Takumi didn’t realize he was driving an 86 either way him driving on Mt. Akina every day probably made him unaware of the excitement of driving or racing I only just started becoming interested in cars because soon I’m about to learn how to drive and get my license but when I was alone I actually drove the car real quick just to get a better understanding and it was exciting but calm at the same time you know what I mean |
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