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| Awesome. Oshii getting back to his wild comedic style from the days of Gosenzo-sama Banbanzai!/Urusei Yatsura/Patlabor. |
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| Pretty good. Liked the quirkiness. Subs were pretty bad though. |
| It was alright. I don't have anything to discuss about the story yet but there were some funny scenes. The vampire girl was cute, I can relate to Mitsugu's actions. Her being a "Blood Donation Overenthusiast" makes her the best partner for Mai. |
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| That was amusing af. A girl who's addicted to donate blood and her partner's a vampire chick, now that's a perfect duo. Both Mai and Banba are precious, Banba might seem a bit weird but I already like her. The character design was neat and the OP/ED were both nice. Interesting and amusing premise overall, looking forward to more. |
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| Chihiro-sensei got a pretty hot body :P Was pretty much the best about this episode, but the damn censorship. Alright start overall, I like the style and the characters might grow on me. |
One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron |
| this was super fun and I love the style. gotta love how quickly they cut to the chase on the gay stuff, too. |
| Watch Granbelm |
| We still on episodes one. But Kawai Kenji already win my attention. Can't wait until full OST physical release. My first Oshii anime, i hope this could be my gateway to Oshii older works |
| I'm pleasantly surprised! Since I was waiting so long for this one to air, I was worried my expectations were set a little too high, but I wasn't let down in the slightest. It seems like it's going to lean more towards slice of life than action, but the again the promo for the next episode looked like it was going to be action-heavy. I love that they're not beating around the bush when it comes to Mai and Banba being girlfriends, and I'm excited to meet more members of the blood donation club. |
| this is clearly a product of the 80s mindset considering the only thing that made me laugh was the violence. apart from that its very bare bones in terms of the overall episode. its def a set up. my biggest issue is with the horrid directional choices with the split screens. it didnt add anything. and in places it could add something it falls flat. if this was by any other director i wouldnt be this critical. but i expect more from Oshii. Hopefully the future episodes shows his prowess, the pv showwed us that it could. |
| Pretty animation, lazy background. Boring comedy A bad first impression |
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| This is the first time I'm watching a Mamoru Oshii show after a long hiatus, and it definitely and instaneously feels like his work (albeit WITHOUT A PRODUCTION COMMITTEE which is very unheard of in the anime industry). Drive's 2nd major anime production (co-produced with Production I.G.), and it definitely shows, but with Mamoru Oshii's creative touch that has long stemmed since the 80s/90s. Plentiful, but will take awhile to get used to. The blood donating obsessive Mitsugu Bamba, and a blonde-haired Mai. Girl-on-girl vampire action with a comedic touch? Yeap, I smell bloody Yuri vampirism incoming. And starting a blood donation club in school, that's gotta be a starting point. Pretty wacky if you ask me, very Mamoru Oshii-like. Nevertheless, really anticipating what's to come soon. |
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| Wow this was awful. |
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| very peculiar first episode. girl obsessed with donating blood huh. dk where the plot is going or anything, but I'll keep watching. |
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| School nurse tries to present herself as beauty, but she is ugly af. Wtf |
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| Not what I was expecting, but not in a bad way. It has a very unique art and directorial style that should help it stand out from the cascade of anime in the winter 2021 season. It is clearly influenced by the monogatari series with its unorthodox direction, art scheme, and use of live action shots. Yet, it still manages to be something I haven’t seen before. |
likewise. i thought it was gonna be more serious but it looks like a gag anime so far. still gonna stay tho for the yuri or whatever plot advances if have |
Corveaux said: Terrible, it either suffers from a low budget, or a production team lacking in vision. The backgrounds are disgusting. The pacing feels dated, more akin to something I would have seen airing in the 80s or 90s (perhaps that's the real issue for me.) The characters are drab and exist only as a caricature of themselves for posterity. In short, this is unpalatable garbage with irredeemable production value that has no place broadcasting in 2020. u trippin fam this is one of the greatest shows of our time in the making |
| Objectivity doesn't exist. Subjectivity is an excuse. Beautiful world of online discourse. |
| Okay, this is strange. But entertaining! In other words, count me in. Got no idea where this is going honestly and the teacher is absolutely nuts but I approve. Can't wait for more episodes of this! |
#Anime4Life be my Life Motto! #PrayForKyoAni  |
| its hilarious and the story is kind of i-dont-know-what-to-expext yet but yeaaahh, its pretty entertaining since its yuri in subtext,im in it,hufff.. art's pretty interesting as well, no beating around the bush when it comes to main ship relationship and they are pretty cannon,so yaappp,i love the pilot epi... |
it’s never too late for life ... to go horribly wrong. . . afff~  |
| It’s like if Tonari no Kyuuketsuki-san was done in Shaft’s Monogatari style 😄 So far so good! 🦇👍🏼 |
| “SAITO! YOU NEED TO EXPLODE! FOR THE WORLD’S SAKE!” |
| Not a fan of yuri, but I'll keep watching for Oshii. OP is dope though. |
| It's ok for me as i notice some of new perspective from this Anime: 1. Colourful Arts 2. Chichiro good adjusting voice 3. Comedy Reaction |
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| I like this show. I would guess it had a more limited budget, yet decided to work around that in a creative way (although I might be entirely wrong). So far i wouldnt say the jokes hit that hard, other than some very well timed reactions, but im grateful that i get to see something different than the usual formulaic fluff. I dont expect too much, but will keep tuning in definietly for the next few episodes at the very least. |
Exactly. Except for the horrendous theme, it started pretty damn good. As soon as they hit home it started to slide and kept going. I think it would have done better as a short around 8-10 minutes. I doubt I'll give this a 2nd chance. |
| Chihiro-sensei has the appearance of the Doctor from Akudama Drive and the personality and voice of Hanji XD In the beginning that was some not at all scary Annabelle. The OP is OK and that's some serious sounding ED for this kind of anime, I like it tho. I'm not really into this kind of half picturesque animation and half moving animation but this one is quite interesting, the comedy is some of them are funny and some are just dull, gonna continue watching. For me it falls under the “good to pass time anime” “You'll get to have blind date parties with Korean boybands!” 🤣🤣 |
Rickydory123Jan 3, 2021 10:24 PM
| Pretty impressed they got Lovebites to do the OP |
| Slice of Life Anime about the everyday life of a German Philosopher: Nietzschijou. |
| I liked how the animation wasn't sterile like in a lot of modern anime. KMSpico said: My first Oshii anime, i hope this could be my gateway to Oshii older works For TV version of Mobile Police Patlabor, yes. For the stuff he's actually famous for, not really, they're very different in tone. |
| Watched it without seeing any info about it. Animation was ugly, direction was jarring and off-putting. Didn't even smile once. Premise is somewhat interesting. 3/10 episode Then I came in this thread and there are people praising it? Did I watch it wrong? |
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| Ngl, it was pretty painful to watch. Sad that my possible OP of the season is attached to that |
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| I liked it! But there were so many triggers to my blood phobia, i don't know if i'm going to be able to keep watching it. |
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| This was...okay I guess. Why doesn't this at least have a shoujo-ai tag? That's clearly where this is heading. |
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| Feel like I want to make a few disclaimers...been a few years since I've cared enough to voice my thoughts on an individual episode. Couple years ago I made the sudden realization that literally every vampire anime I had seen was startlingly awful (rosavam, vampire bund, seraph, alucard isn't enough to make up for the half baked plot of hellsing), I like bakemonogatari but it's hardly a vampire anime, even if mal tags it as such. Since then I've seen and enjoyed vampire princess miyu (tv) and shiki but even those 2 are kind of niche and hard to recommend. So I've still got a few vampire anime to check out but I've basically got my eye on every new series with the vampire tag. I'm not even that taken with vampires, I just feel like there should be more good vampire anime. Noblesse from 2020 was kind of meh, but oh, vlad love is coming out this season! And just before I check out the first ep, I catch wind of the fact that it's directed in part by Mamoru Oshii, as well as being his original creation, I think? So more disclaimers. I knew I'd heard that name as being a pretty big name in anime. And while he's had some sort of role in a few anime I want to check out like blood+ and patlabor, I haven't seen anything that he's credited with on the mal staff page. I also note that Kenji Kawai is credited with the music. And even though most of any given soundtrack goes in one ear and right out the other, he is credited with the scores of at least a few series I liked. Production IG, that's a good studio right? There's another forum thread about this anime, which you can find on the series page, an interview with Oshii where he talks about (translated and paraphrased) he wants to make something that is different from the modern trends of anime. He wants to make something that is original and distinct as opposed to the bland art/story of most anime. And I just... Exactly what? Is this series supposed to do that is so different from anything else in the last few years? A girl has a fixation with blood donation, meets a vampire, gives her some blood, appeals to the absurdly dressed school nurse who suggests she establish a blood donation club so she can get blood to feed the vampire and so the nurse can study blood. So a supernatural girl crashes in some kid's place, and is in some way indebted or attracted to them. Sounds like date a live, etotama, hataage! Animal road, konosuba, monster musume, spice and wolf, sekirei, val x love, dream eater merry. I have more from the shows I've dropped. I've got a few on my PTW, like invaders of the rokujouma. That one surprised me, the first episode made me feel like I knew a thing about the main guy and I wanted to see how his relationships with the other girls progresses, if at all. I think I even managed to laugh. But who is the vlad love protag who's name already evades my grasp? What's she even trying to do? I guess she wants to take care of the vampire. Who's kind of cute and has nothing else going for her. That's been enough for me in many series before, so I guess this girl doesn't need any more motivation. The nurse is dressed in a ridiculous outfit and is comedically negligent in multiple traits that one would typically judge for a nurse and high school staff. I've definitely seen that character archetype 50 times but I don't really care to look for examples. I'm left scratching my head as to what anyone saw in this series, same as when I watched the first ep of darling franxx. There are zero vibes in this show. And sometimes, because whether I continue with a show usually comes down to gut feeling, I'm wrong. I was actually planning on dropping demon slayer corps until several little details caught my attention and convinced me to carry on, after which I realized the first episode was great, and I love what I've seen so far. I dropped the first ep of the slime isekai, but after hearing enough about it, I'm willing to give it another chance. I don't see anything like that in vlad love. And my eyesight isn't great at picking up good animation, but I can think of plenty of series that had either high quality stuff or were at least visually engaging. I didn't see anything like that for this episode. And since the first episode is really all you should need to judge an anime, I think I'm gong to go drop it. Except it feels so unassuming and harmless that I could just as well pretend I never watched it. Oshii directed Angel's egg and even though I couldn't manage to watch it all the way, that is a clear example of why this man might be considered a great name in anime. Vlad love is nothing like it. I feel like I'm stepping on some toes and maybe I'm missing why this man is so well regarded (I'm pretty sure he's well regarded) but jeez he said he wanted to make something distinct? And he made every single high school supernatural ecchi romcom anime that's come out since the genre got its start! He's worked on urusei yatsura? I think this man remade urusei yatsura. |
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| Will they upload all the episodes to youtube or will it be picked by a licensor later? |
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