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| didn't cry, but it looks interesting. i'll continue. |
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aikaflip said: In my personal and irrelevant opinion, this first episode was neither good nor bad. Nonetheless, as I'd hoped wouldn't be the case after seeing the preview, Violet Evergarden tries too hard to be beautiful, and it's careful to the point of contrivance. A pen can't just fall; it must fall beautifully. When the wind blows, things must be beautifully whisked away to the sound of mournful violin strings. Everything is a dramatic event accentuated by gaudy, low-contrast visuals. Beyond the animation—by "animation" I mean the key and in-between work, which is undoubtedly good—little else feels inspired. This show clearly isn't for me. Rather than whine every week about things I don't like, I'm just going to drop it. If you enjoyed it, I hope you continue to do so. We respect your opinion, I do this often. Just don't give it a 1 and run away. |
RussianWolf said: I mean look its good but i was expecting Lain or GITS level of amazing based on the hype.Yes. It was beautiful (The art, animation, OST, even the subtle characters development). Hopefully a few more episodes will dive further into the plot |
Dlwuik said: didn't cry, but it looks interesting. i'll continue. It's too early for us to tear, lets enjoy gorgeous and abundant animated tears. |
| It's finally out...! That was a pretty aesthetic first episode. Really great music and atmosphere. I was on the hype train super early for this show and while it wasn't as mind blowing a start as I was expecting, it was still very good. Looking forward to the next one. |
NHS-KEMISH said: My comment is always neutral and critical about what really matters.GangsterCat said: Finally finished watching. I don't care about pretty color stuff (and bunch of crappy CGI) at all, but this anime can be good with all the lifestyle transition from war and stuff, but Violet just really really bother me. Her whole character is way way too over dramatized and unrealistic with all the very machine/robot/stiff composure, 0 social skill/common sense and her overall autistic behavior. She is going to ruin the whole anime, worst kuudere i've ever seen. Also minor thing, It bothers me how Hoggins keep shouting "Violet-chan!" when it's obviously set in fictional britain or old europe, totally unfitting. I was expecting your negative comment. You never fail. |
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GangsterCat said: My comment is always neutral and critical about what really matters. Teach us more senpai. |
| The visuals were nice and it looks like an interesting show, but i guess i expected WAAAAAAY more based on the hype. Still, i liked this first episode and the final scene with the Major's last words was touching. |
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NHS-KEMISH said: GangsterCat said: Finally finished watching. I don't care about pretty color stuff (and bunch of crappy CGI) at all, but this anime can be good with all the lifestyle transition from war and stuff, but Violet just really really bother me. Her whole character is way way too over dramatized and unrealistic with all the very machine/robot/stiff composure, 0 social skill/common sense and her overall autistic behavior. She is going to ruin the whole anime, worst kuudere i've ever seen. Also minor thing, It bothers me how Hoggins keep shouting "Violet-chan!" when it's obviously set in fictional britain or old europe, totally unfitting. I was expecting your negative comment. You never fail. He is not negative, he is kinda right about Violet |
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| Fuck the hype. That doesn't matter. I hate hype. This was a beautifully done episode and I was completely blown away by how gorgeous every bit of it was. The premise seems well-thought-out and I'm absolutely looking forward to the rest of the series. I couldn't possibly expect everyone to agree that Violet Evergarden is going to save anime, but criticizing it because of advance praise is just as stupid as jumping on the hype bandwagon. Facile negative review comments are pretty worthless. Criticizing it because you just don't like the story, the adaptation from the LN, or because of the animation quality or other production values (lol, because seriously this is top-level quality) then I definitely think it's useful to do so. |
| Welp, so far the main character is pretty dull. The only person she shows emotion towards is that Gilbert fella. |
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| I see the first EPs is already out. Guess I'll just binge it instead of weekly. |
| The filters are a bit much. I sort of wish they waited awhile to show the scene between the guy and Violet. It seemed really emotional but I was unfazed, since I have no emotional connection to the characters. It should've been built up towards that part, to get the audience to care about the characters. Speaking of, Violet seems really boring so far, a generic, born-to-be-a-tool kuudere. I do want to see more of Hodgins, he could be top-tier husbando material. |
| I don't know if this is an 8.88 first episode, more like a 8.3 or 7.9 if anything else. It was still pretty damn good. KyoAni got the artstyle on point and movement is very fluid and postures aren't overly stiff. The intro to Violet was very impactful, providing insight into her character with flashbacks and her current life, making for a rather nice balance. This piece immediately invokes memories from Planetarian and Harmonia because of the main Robot girl.(Although, I'm not 100% sure on that.) Hopefully it ends better than those two. I'm curious as to how the story will turn out. Will it be the episodic happenings of Violet? Will it be a character story and focus on the growth and humanization of Violet? Will there be some new conflict like another war driving on the story? Will it be a mix of all of these things? Only time will tell. |
| Hi, this is fucking amazing, bye. No seriously, I think I love this episode for very similar if not the exact same reasons @aikaflip didn't like it. Everything is aesthetically relevant, everything is embellished, everything wants to transcend. It captures the feeling of a classic epic or melodrama so much and so well I was enthralled the whole experience. The visual care is of course the highlight (pun intended) with the animation, the colouring, the gestures and positions and the shot composition. It feels overall as a gorgeous cinematographic experience. But I also loved the pacing and the narrative, so quiet and yet so solid, it flows perfectly and it's honestly one of the most immersive experiences I've had with anime in a while. |
| My one defense of Violet Evergarden's affect (i.e. is she a kuudere, autistic, just flat/emotionless), is that she's pretty obviously experiencing severe PTSD, or what in those days one would call shell-shock. I think the episode was very clear in setting up the explanation for her lack of emotion. It's especially good that the whole point of the show is that she doesn't want to continue to be that way, and I assume that the main goal of the series is to follow her emotional development. The point is that Violet is not just going to be a kuudere trope, but a character who grows and changes (at least I certainly hope so). |
| How exactly did people come to the conclusion by watching this that Violet didn't feel or express any emotion? She did plenty, both in flashbacks and in the current timeline. |
jal90 said: How exactly did people come to the conclusion by watching this that Violet didn't feel or express any emotion? She did plenty, both in flashbacks and in the current timeline. I would like to think it's because all of her emotions are centered around anything to do with Gilbert who took care of her. The fact that she was once called the dog of Gilbert by Gilbert's older brother makes me think she never really got any affection from others. Even Claudia kind of apologized for how he averted his eyes away from her in the past and wants to make amends for that and hence he shows such kindness to her. I have also noticed that she is either institutionalized or is severely suffering from all the violence she had been exposed to in a battlefield. It's not unnatural yet a group of viewers seem to shut their brain and watch this anime. However, from my experience, it must be more to do with Kyoto Animation than the anime itself. If this anime was produced by Production I.G. or Bones or MADHOUSE fans would have reacted differently. |
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Captain_Kirk said: I'm not familiar with the LN, but first episode gets a passing mark with nice animation and the main character. Warped characters always do interest me. shanimebib said: However, from my experience, it must be more to do with Kyoto Animation than the anime itself. If this anime was produced by Production I.G. or Bones or MADHOUSE fans would have reacted differently. Almost disturbingly accurate observation. Could you elaborate? I'm curious to know what you mean. |
| Amazing art, animation, and sound... But as for the story... Eh? It's okay but nothing spectacular. Will need to see how it plays out in the episodes to come. |
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| The atmosphere of this show was enchanting - sad yet at peace. Since I tend to prefer action and adventure (read: I don't really like KyoAni), I was impressed to find myself okay with just basking in it instead of anticipating the next story point. Basically, the art and music were so beautiful that I was happy to see anything. I like the characters and romance. It isn't anything we haven't seen before, but I believed the interactions I was seeing. I don't disagree with people who found the pace slow, but I challenge what scene they found pointless and would have cut, because there were none for me. Therefore it wasn't slow to me - it was thoughtful and realistic. It took its time to build. It felt like a beginning. Strongest opening episode I've seen since Made in Abyss. 10/10. Edit: My biggest complaint would be that delivery boy's random "aesthetic" long strand of hair. Like it actually took me out of the story. Kept imagining kyoani character designers jerking themselves off cause they couldn't resist making this dude look *~anime special~* |
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| I got a nice Downton Abbey vibe from it that I enjoyed. To me the highlight was the soundtrack and the pace of the episode. I'm interested! |
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| After the first trailer blown me away, I came expecting the greatness. Well, the art is definitely the most beautiful thing I have seen in a really long while to the point that I don't remember... as for story though... well, I won't say it's disappointing but it's rather not really my type of a series. Generally I do watch a anime like this from time to time but it's not type of the story that I would get heavily invested in or get too excited over because from the look of it, isn't this going to be simple slice of life series with extra drama? This first episode was supposed to have quite a few sad moments but nope they didn't get me at all because all those sad flashbacks is something that I already seen before. Just the fact that the pretty girl was forced to take part in wars and seen her senpai die/be injured doesn't get me at all nowadays. Nonetheless this is the series I was hyped about so I will definitely watch it till the end as even if story goes meh, the sole fact that Kyoani is putting in this budget to make it the absolute eye candy is worth to watch it... because truly this show is too beautiful and Violet in particular is pretty much best girl (visually) that I seen in a while. |
| I wasn't sure if this would be for me, but I have to say, it's quite interesting. I like the setting, and the visuals are quite nice. This will be the first KyoAni Anime series I've ever watched. |
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| For a decent start, it was already better than Mahotsukai |
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| typical kyoani's animation....no doubt |
| I really enjoyed it. The animation's fantastic and the story seems great so far even if it's just the first episode. About violet.. i can't say she's a amazing character, she's okay, but her story is what makes her more interesting so i'm fine with that. And for last but no least.. the blonde guy's cute xD |
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| Well, it was nice. The art is amazing (duh) I'm interested in seeing Violet grow and discover new things. Soooo about the hype... I actually avoided trailers and synopsis so I din't know what to expect other than beautiful animation and it was a pleasant surprise. |
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VanishingKira said: Still haven't watched the episode but looking through this thread what a surprise Kittens-kun and NHS-KEMISH are already enlisted in the Violet Evergarden Defense Task force lmao. And VanishingKira is on the hater squad. Not surprising. |
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Not_Important said: This is why I ignore hype. Personally for me, KyoAni rarely fails. It was about as good as I expected and I expect I will love it in the end. but I ignored pre-release hype that acted like it will be the best thing ever.this is a perfect example of why too much hype is never a good thing. |
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| Animation is nice and detailed, but I couldn't get myself invested with Violet herself. The answer to her 'what is love' ordeal doesn't seem like it would have a huge payoff and I hope it doesn't take the whole season to get to that point. |
| I need sleep. |
| Seriously, why couldn't he just say to Violet that he doesn't know where Gilbert is? Would have been so much easier. That was damn good. Also, holy crap phenomenal sound design. |
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| wtf? ep 1 and 8.85 already. KyoAni has such a cult following. That aside, this looks like plastic memory to me. |
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| It definitely looks and sound great. But everything else I thought it was kinda weak, just wasn't able to get interested and invested in it. Kinda disappointed with this one, but oh well, it still has potential and it will be very pleasing for the eyes and ears so thats a plus. |
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| I was expecting her to be an android and the story takes place over hundreds of years, so much for that. It looks fine except for the overused effects, Violet will now learn what love is. |
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dragonshade said: wtf? ep 1 and 8.85 already. KyoAni has such a cult following. That aside, this looks like plastic memory to me. The show had a pre-screening event. |
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| Wow this is extremely boring! But MAL says it's 8.85 so I'll watch it. The doll in red is very nice. |
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| welp, I guess it's the first rule of selling things, make the advertising (PV) as nice as possible so that people intrigue to buy (watch) it. This is just like that, the animation is good, but it's definietly not the kind of animation PV was, lol to put it bluntly, I find this rather boring, need to pause a few times before I actually finish the episode, hence not worth the hype for me... I hope this impression change in the future episode tho |
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| This was a pretty nice episode. Violet seems like she'll be a pretty interesting character to explore and probably see her grow and learn. |
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| Holy freaking animation . I got so distracted by the animation I can't even focus on the story . |
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