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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ----------------------------------------  Not bad for the first episode imo. Honoka is so cheerful from the beginning scenes skipping around like that! Anyways, a lot of music involved including singing, piano, etc. Little Honoka and the others were also cute as kids. Also, dat ending song. |
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| Nice start ^^ All the girls are really cute and their dances as well! Can't wait for the next episode! |
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| This should be called love live the musical instead. It's been half a year since I've waited for this, and it finally arrived. That wait was worth it. It brought smile to my faces. The animation and art designs are top notch. The animation is so smooth and fluid. The colors are rich and bright. The CG aren't bad. The girls are cute and pretty. Honoka is cute and cheerful girl, while Umi, is one pretty girl. It's cute, it's funny, and its musical. Definitely going to watch this from start to finish. I wonder why Niko is disguising herself? 13 episodes feels so short for me... |
| I like the wide range of music used in this episode. Nice start for this. I can't help but get Tari Tari vibes with the school being threatened to shut down. |
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| I thought they gonna do Sensha-do at first lol |
| Only have to wait for subs. I wonder who will sub this? Anyone knows the name of the insert song at the end? |
Magito said: Only have to wait for subs. I wonder who will sub this? Anyone knows the name of the insert song at the end? Crunchyroll and FFF. |
| The character design is not that all bad, the story is little interesting. I never hear about a School idol before. Honoka have a nice personality that will make everyone join her and help her with school idol project. The pace is neither slow or fast but will that be enough to cover 13 episodes. Even thought Eri denied Honoka and the rest to start a school idol, I actually think she will try do something. Honoka can be pushy but giving up is not an option for what we can see on the next episode. Opening & Ending is quite nice - Thumbs up :) |
Nothing ventured, nothing gained (Girls und Panzer der Film ) / from Nishizumi Miho |
| Agree with everything you said :) Magito said: This should be called love live the musical instead. It's been half a year since I've waited for this, and it finally arrived. That wait was worth it. It brought smile to my faces. The animation and art designs are top notch. The animation is so smooth and fluid. The colors are rich and bright. The CG aren't bad. The girls are cute and pretty. Honoka is cute and cheerful girl, while Umi, is one pretty girl. It's cute, it's funny, and its musical. Definitely going to watch this from start to finish. I wonder why Niko is disguising herself? 13 episodes feels so short for me... |
Nothing ventured, nothing gained (Girls und Panzer der Film ) / from Nishizumi Miho |
| Like everyone is saying, the overall animation is nice. The only thing I didn't like was the characters' shadows in the zoomed out CG dancing part. It just bothers me to see only shadows under their feet. (I guess that I'm asking a bit much). |
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| Too bad Doremi can't sub this. They can't handle the workload. |
| still haven't been able to watch this yet,can i expect it to be as good as idolmaster?. |
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| The CG on its own is not bad but goddamn it really does not blend well with the episode. It is just too damn noticeable and it really kills the series for me if its going to continue like this. |
| I loved it. Edit: Why was the vice president(?) spying on Honoka on the roof? |
Gar_LoganJan 8, 2013 3:07 AM
| Well it started of pretty good. I really enjoyed it. The animation was very good too. |
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| instantly dropped. absolutely not my thing |
| very impressed, the direction is snazzy, and the cg got me tapping my feet to the music. |
| When the UTX girls were singing, did the song remind anyone of SNSD (Girls' Generation)? Or is it just me? |
tehGewK said: When the UTX girls were singing, did the song remind anyone of SNSD (Girls' Generation)? Or is it just me? I actually thought the same thing as well. The song is really catchy though! |
meguchiinyan said: tehGewK said: When the UTX girls were singing, did the song remind anyone of SNSD (Girls' Generation)? Or is it just me? I actually thought the same thing as well. The song is really catchy though! Haha I thought the same too. Really liked the songs! Awesome first episode. I'm loving the character designs and the animation. I really like Honoka, she's a great 'main' character and reminds me a little of Yui from K-ON! :) Creating an idol group to save the school, aw yeah! Looking forward to the next episodes to come! |
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| Very nice, didn't know anything about this before (game?), but I immediately got hooked to this! Can't wait until the next episode. :D Does anyone know what the song is called they used for the ED? |
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| This is the 1st time I ever touch this series and I am liking it already :3 will wait and see the whole idol group forms! |
game8910 said: The CG on its own is not bad but goddamn it really does not blend well with the episode. It is just too damn noticeable and it really kills the series for me if its going to continue like this. I agree, the sudden change of art back and forth is too noticeable. Perhaps they can stick to one or the other during a scene? |
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| The CG is significantly better than what's in AKB0048. It doesn't look nearly as terrible or awkward. It's just a shame they couldn't do it all with regular animation like in iM@S. |
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| Well, first Idol anime I watch and I really like it! The CG was really well done and the songs were catchy, Kotori is my favorite! |
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| Nice begining of the story. And I like the dance of the 3 girla do in the ending, was cute. |
| Amazing First episode~!!!!!!!!! I don't see a problem with the CG at all~ Can't wait for the next episode this is sure to be a great watch! |
McRib said: The CG is significantly better than what's in AKB0048. It doesn't look nearly as terrible or awkward. It's just a shame they couldn't do it all with regular animation like in iM@S. I agree with you in terms of the CG looking far better than AKB0048; not that I have anything against AKB0048 since I enjoy that series very much. But for idol anime in general, I think it's more unusual to see a full animation with non-CGs only because there are so many complicated movements required in dancing. It's just overall easier and more cost efficient, I suppose, for the animation companies to switch from CG to regular animation again. I mean, this is only my speculation since they seem to do a lot of transitions between the CG and animation in other idol shows like Aikatsu for example as well. Or maybe I'm thinking too hard into this and people just enjoy the CGs more. Either way, I think this series was very enjoyable to watch, and the CGs for this series was much better blended in than others despite the flaws. |
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| This is my first time watching idol shows...and I'm so in great dilemma to keep watching or not. They're cute, yes..but... I can't watch too many shows even though I want to. Uh... Dammit, I'll try again next episode. |
Waiting for next week anime gives me another reason to live. |
katsu044 said: still haven't been able to watch this yet,can i expect it to be as good as idolmaster?. No, don't expect anything as good as idolmaster. Idolmaster is idolmaster, and Love Live is Love Live. You have to watch the episode yourself to actually know how good this is. But since this just the first episode, there's still a lot of development. And who know's this could be as good as im@s or better. To know that, is to watch the whole series. imho. Now does anyone know the inserts songs especially the ending song? |
| The songs are catchy and the girls are really cute! Yet, I can't help question the animators of the combination of traditional and CG during the song parts. The CG is great but it gets quite distracting with the sudden switch of CG to tradition then tradition to CG , but if it helps save money then go for it! At the least the key parts of the dances are not CG ^^ |
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| It was fun. I'm gonna give it a chance :) |
| That was a lot better than expected... I'll definitely watch this one. |
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| That girl loves her school way too much |
| Maily watching this because I love Anime Soundtrack/J-Pop, so this is a must watch for me. Strange to see these fluent animations, but enjoyable. Story seems to be okay, but this is not even my main focus lol. |
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| Wow! Didn't expect this to be good ;o Why only 13 eps tho? :( |
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| Reminded me of Tari Tari. Better than I expected, but still, quite typical. |
| That was sickeningly cute. I love it. |
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Kerozinn said: instantly dropped. absolutely not my thing Almost the same, i guess i'll give a couple more episodes a shot... |
Currently watching everything that comes out to avoid missing something good... |
| I wasn't expecting anything special here... but it's a pleasant surprise. Sure just another idol anime but it was fun. Honoka is another positive thinking idiot but she's charming. And that archery practice was hilarious. And no problems with CG - as told better than AKB but above all they are not interrupting. For sure will be following it. |
| Very very similar to Tari Tari |
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| anothe idol show, why not this one a weird vertion of idolmaster(iguess) but i like the main gal, cheerful and ok i'll stick with this one till the end |
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| One of the best 1st eps i've seen, the CG blended well in a number of places, the music is damn good and the animation..... i already planned on watching it when i saw sunrise but they really outdid themselves. |
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| well this was.. enjoyable.. -..- |
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Magito said: finally watched it have to say it was pretty good none of the songs made me want to cover my ears in fact i enjoyed most of the ones played so far Good animation and art are pretty good not a fan of CGI at all but the transitions from it to normal are well done,like you said there's still a lot of room for development to see how this turns out and seeing how this is 13eps (could change don't know)i don't see them going the long root like Im@s which is fine.katsu044 said: still haven't been able to watch this yet,can i expect it to be as good as idolmaster?. No, don't expect anything as good as idolmaster. Idolmaster is idolmaster, and Love Live is Love Live. You have to watch the episode yourself to actually know how good this is. But since this just the first episode, there's still a lot of development. And who know's this could be as good as im@s or better. To know that, is to watch the whole series. imho. |
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