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| ooh a madhouse anime. i haven't seen one in ages. i haven't read the manga so i'm interested to see how the story continues on throughout this 4 episode premiere. i loved the OP because yoasobi. the main characters are very interesting to me already. |
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| Really liked the first episode, looks promising so far. I love the calm atmosphere and it looks like it's gonna make me cry a lot lol. |
| The first episode is consistent as it gets. I can't believe this is being animated... Truly a milestone to me. Here we already have a good idea of the worldbuilding and the characters. Oh Frieren, she will be the waifu of the season... |
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| The animation is beautiful so far, and the story is still as emotional as the manga. I always liked how Frieren brings a twist to classic adventure tropes (e.g. fictional species/races), because the genre hardly ever tackles the difference in perspective or life beyond the journey's end (hence the title). |
| The OST and the artistic direction are pure pathos, got chills looking at the grass moving and the camera usage. The story's pace is remarkably slow and the characters are lifeless, kind of a bummer since I expected this to have more substance at first. I know that that is the direction of the genre, but I don't sense too much building below the surface and I hope for my sanity that they are not going to cannibalize the concept of the end of life |
| What a lovely first episode. I'm actually enjoying the slow pace and slice of life aspect, a lot. |
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| This so heartbreaking of an episode. |
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Reply to RobynGatomon
I love this argument, 'you like this so that means your opinion means nothing'. what that really means is you don't actually have an argument for why Frieren is apparently worth being rated 9, because you like things you're told to like and not because you have any opinions or thoughts of your own.
| @RobynGatomon Not here to fight, just to discuss. 1st, while I think Billybub's argument is weak, there is a point that if someone's taste is bad, you are less likely to approve their other opinions. It's human nature. Next to answer your original question: A lot of people give marks according to how well the show conveyed it's genre. You can't expect to give Arifuete a low mark for being a bad historical show, since it's not. Every show is rated by it's genre. Friren is a fantasy-drama-slice of life genre, and it does it well. It has a very "dull" atmosphere to make it more realistic and I'm guessing a lot of people like it, since it is not common in anime. Next we have the more objective side - stuff like art quality, animation and music. Again, Frieren does really well here. (If we do compare to Arifuete - it has one of the worst CGI scenes I have seen.) after that we have the manga viewers. They bring a lot of say to the rating since they make a large chunk of it. So far Frieren has done a good job adapting to the source material. I'll compare to Arifuete again - it had a lot of hype, but fell flat due to the terrible direction, animation and pacing. Lastly, and most importantly... a lot of people don't rate the show until they are finished with it, or at least a large way into the show. Therefor, the ratings only really show what people think only after the show ends. |
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| It's been a while I watched an anime with good animation quality apart from KNY and Jujutsu Kaisen. Really love the animation. It's clear and soothing. Good job MADHOUSE. |
Araragi-kun, genki ii ne? Nanika iikoto demo attanokai?  |
| I'm so happy to watch it rn. Madhouse is so good for emotions and animation. |
| “Do what feels right in your heart. You will be criticized either way.” (Eleanor Roosevelt) |
| That stellar OST tho! Also MADHOUSE finally back in the business? |
| Madhouse's comeback |
“There are only two types of people in the world--those who became otaku and those who didn't--and the latter just can't understand what the former is so excited about."--Ono Norihiro  |
| Good start to the story |
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| Well this was the opposite of escapism.. Now I’m thinking of the inevitability of time and death. |
| This is.... depressingly comforting. The definition of bittersweet, if you will. The OP takes me out of the mood, but the ED is beautiful and brings me right back in. |
  NYANPASU  whiskey tango foxtrot |
| This seems to be the first major work of the mangaka after 2 shorter mangas. So it kinda blows my mind seeing how hyped this anime is. With it receiving such a high production value anime and so much advertising. That aside, wasn't the first episode supposed to be 2 hours long? Why was it split into 4 parts like the Kaguya-sama movie? How is this going to affect MAL's episode count? I used to think 1-hour long first episodes were crazy but I guess 2-hour long movie-like first episodes are going to become more common now after the success of Oshi no Ko and now this... I like slow-paced anime. And I also liked the first episode of Frieren. But I'm not sold on this anime yet. I like how smooth the animation feels. But the artstyle looks like typical fantasy anime to me. I also didn't like the main character Frieren much. She's not very relatable. Probably cause she's an elf. Though this might change in later episodes. I'll stick with it like I do with most anime. Since this technically was just a quarter of the first episode, I probably shouldn't judge it just yet. |
Reply to RobynGatomon
Rated 9.03 on here at the moment? That's ridiculous, it's not nearly that good, after the first episode I'm on the fence over whether I'll even keep watching.
MAL continues to reward mediocrity when a show is expected and believed to be good before it has even been watched. That rating is purely the popular online opinion everyone is running with as always. 'I heard it was good so it's good!'. so tired of this. Same thing all over again like with bloody Bocchi the Rock and Oshi No Ko...
MAL continues to reward mediocrity when a show is expected and believed to be good before it has even been watched. That rating is purely the popular online opinion everyone is running with as always. 'I heard it was good so it's good!'. so tired of this. Same thing all over again like with bloody Bocchi the Rock and Oshi No Ko...
| @RobynGatomon Almost every overhyped anime gets over a 9.00 rating on MAL in the first few weeks. That's because most of the time, the people who watch the show first are the fans and they tend to rate their favorite shows a lot higher than others. This doesn't really mean much because over time the rating drops as more normal people start watching the show. You'll probably see the "real" rating after this show stops airing (which is at the end of Winter 2024) and more people watch this show to the end. However, I'd say to never take MAL scores seriously. The ratings on this site rarely make any sense. It's a general rule of thumb to subtract around 2.00 points from new (post-2010's) and very popular shows and add around 2.00 points to old (pre-1990's) and forgotten shows to get a much more honest/accurate rating. That's because newer anime watchers tend to rate shows higher while older anime fans tend to be much harsher when rating things. Which can be really confusing since there's no real consistency. |
| Seems ok. There's not much effort put into the atmosphere, but there are small moments that focus on expressions that give them nice characterization. Might/might not wait 'til it's finished airing 'til I watch it through. Don't understand why people are hating on the opening. YOASOBI is a talented duo. I like it. |
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| Everything is within or beyond my expectation except the out-of-place OP. Sadly have to skip it until the next one. |
| Truth is absolute but human perception of truth is always relative. |
| it's quite sad, my eyes are sweating |
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