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| This was a journey I did not expect man. |
| I feel like bro went a little too hard on the old man. Almost ruined all his chances with the pretty gal. All in all a good anime. Nothing special but turned out better than it started. 7/10 (GOOD) for me. |
| it's been so long I've seen an anime this good. this actually got me excited to watch the next episode as soon as I can. a human having kaiju power is kinda cool to me though, all the more when he's the only kaiju shifter of all daikaiju levels. I can't wait to see next season, I hope Kafka become special weapon that humanity has to offer against kaiju. |
| There it is, after quite an intense battle it looks as though Kafka's life will be spared...for now. Its crazy to think how powerful Isao is, considering he was able to 1v1 Kafka whilst he was out of control. Seeing the relief of Mina and the rest of the teammates was also sweet, they've been through so much. They left it on such a cliffhanger, I really wish we got more but it looks like this is the end of s1. Going off of the first couple of episodes I wasn't sure how much I was going to enjoy it, but by the halfway point I was in. Looking forward to the next season! |
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| Wish I could give a score higher than 10/10. The fight scenes are totally epic. I am glad that he is safe for now. I cant wait to see what season two brings. This show was peak |
| 1) Seriously , this is ur finale ... no freaking damage to old dude after what he did to him . what a letdown! 2) Thought This Would Be Amusing But With Their Cringy Drama Bits In Almost Every Episode , Sure Became A Pain In Neck . |
| That was overall a great season, but I thought they dragged the test battle on a bit too much. It felt like Kafka was out of control for too long, you’d think they’d conclude from that he was too dangerous to let live and try to control. I know he was driven out of control by the proximity of Kaiju No. 2, but they couldn’t have known that. Still, I’ll definitely be watching the next season, I hope they don’t make us wait too long. I might have to read the manga rather than wait. |
| The fight was badass to watch. Kaiju no 8 can fight a lot better than Kafka can. It's a miracle that Shinomiya decided not to execute him after seeing him go so out of control. I'm looking forward to another season. |
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| I AM KAFKA HIBINO man this is some fun stuff i want to keep watchin seasonal anime with years between every cour is killin me |
| This season had a lot of junk, this wasn't among them. I enjoyed this one alot and can't wait until season 2. 8/10 Now someone please SA AA AA AA AA VE MY LIFE!!!! |
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| Kaiju No 8. A great show. I really enjoyed Kafka interacting with the rest of the gang. Him becoming a officer. I think Shinomiya is a really cool character as well as some of the other officers. I'd really like to see how Kaiju No 9 ends with the next season. Hell yeah Kaiju dude |
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| Very solid adaptation so far, Looking forward to a well done season 2 aswell. |
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| What an enjoyable show. I'll check out the manga. |
| everything is good, but some characters are overtly naive! |
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| In general, just the usual action packed shounen anime with very nice animation where you have to accept what they are playing on the screen xD 6/10 |
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| Based on what I heard of manga before, I thought the show would be garbage.Thankfully it didn't turn out so. It was very entertaining action show with cool battles and designs. Main cast was so likeable. I loved the main trio of Kafka-Reno-Kikorou, all three of them are fun on their own but when they interact they are so much more. All in all cool show with a lot of heart I'd say. @Farabeuf Farabeuf said: Such a fun show. Some call it generic, for me it’s unpretentious and delivers oodles of fun and likeable characters in an interesting world. Perhaps it wasn’t wordy enough for some elitists? Some need 15 minutes of exposition per episode to give some a decent grade. Unpretentious is a good word in this case. It's often for shows such as this to pretend they are something they aren't. This one knew what it was and what it wanted to be and as a result it felt very sincere and genuine. It made all the characters a lot more likable and battles and happenings more engaging. |
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Based on what I heard of manga before, I thought the show would be garbage.Thankfully it didn't turn out so. It was very entertaining action show with cool battles and designs. Main cast was so likeable. I loved the main trio of Kafka-Reno-Kikorou, all three of them are fun on their own but when they interact they are so much more. All in all cool show with a lot of heart I'd say.
@Farabeuf
Unpretentious is a good word in this case. It's often for shows such as this to pretend they are something they aren't. This one knew what it was and what it wanted to be and as a result it felt very sincere and genuine. It made all the characters a lot more likable and battles and happenings more engaging.
@Farabeuf
Farabeuf said:
Such a fun show. Some call it generic, for me it’s unpretentious and delivers oodles of fun and likeable characters in an interesting world. Perhaps it wasn’t wordy enough for some elitists? Some need 15 minutes of exposition per episode to give some a decent grade.
Such a fun show. Some call it generic, for me it’s unpretentious and delivers oodles of fun and likeable characters in an interesting world. Perhaps it wasn’t wordy enough for some elitists? Some need 15 minutes of exposition per episode to give some a decent grade.
Unpretentious is a good word in this case. It's often for shows such as this to pretend they are something they aren't. This one knew what it was and what it wanted to be and as a result it felt very sincere and genuine. It made all the characters a lot more likable and battles and happenings more engaging.
| @Tsarko Agree wholeheartedly with all your points. |
| "Perhaps there is a universal, absolute truth. Perhaps it justifies every question. But that's beyond the reach of these small hands." Mamoru Oshii There is a cult of ignorance (...) nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.” Isaac Asimov |
| It's got shounen written all over it, and it's walking a fine line of being so generic to the point of it being dull and boring- but thankfully I think it doesn't cross that line. The characters, its world and its premise are JUST charming and engaging enough to appeal to the average anime viewer like myself. I wish it had more meat to it, and maybe deeper character writing, but at the end of the day, I still really enjoyed it, and am looking forward for more. 7/10 |
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| Well, this turned out to be quite better than I thought it would be but even then, the shounen tropes ain't anything different but sometimes it's okay to have your usual shonen tropes on your screen to watch. Kafka is at least quite interesting to watch as mc of this show given his age but still I hate his childish personality side, so he constantly makes himself look like a fool and the side characters aren't that much appealing to me but perhaps Hoshina is an exception because he's cool. Animation was really great so no commentary other than it. Overall, I'll give animation 9, art style 7.75, ost/sound 8, I like good flawed characters and not bad flawed characters but it's still pretty decent so the characters I'll give 7.5, story/plot 7 and final score is 7 out of 10 + if I can I would give this show a 7.5. Decently good show to be frank + yeah, this show has nothing spectacular or even great to offer except animation and maybe my standard for anime is rising and I gotta get it under control, so that I don't end up always disliking every anime I see that overuse classic shounen tropes lmao. 7/10 |
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| "Kafka" ripping off his own torso so he could immediately throw a second punch was so metal lol. Man, gotta love how hardcore Kaiju No.8 fights. Super predictable finale but hey, at least we got some cool action with berserk Kaiju No.8 and not to mention the delight of seeing Kikoru's father getting "ragdolled". Overall, I would say Kaiju No.8 (Season 1) ended up being a fairly entertaining ride. Probably the most standard (among popular ones) battle shounen out there but still enjoyable because of its so unpretentious formula. Action was fun, animation as well as some key visuals were top notch and characters weren't particularly annoying (excluding Kikoru's introduction) so I would say this show accomplished its goal of keeping me hooked from beginning to end. Though it's true that everything could have been even better without the excessive comedy and 32yo Kafka constantly acting like a teenager but well. It is what it is. 7/10 |
| Great finale! The end of the season was insane. |
| I'm glad I got to binge this series. It was an epic series... I prefer the tsundere character. |
| It's not that I dislike this genre but... to add unnecessary fan services to/in/for heroines and ultimately destroys her character and personality; their purity tarnished because of it, is the only thing I hope to not happen to them. For that sole purity is my fan service. |
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