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| I quite enjoyed this, I'm in favor of a full series. Hana was a pretty nice main character, I gotta say I wasn't expecting her to end up like that though, plus even Shunichi became Black. That really drove home how life isn't like a fairy tale with happy endings, and I really liked seeing it despite being sad for Hana. Anthea was pretty cool, we didn't get a lot of her but I'd like to see her more if they do make a full length series. Overall this was very good and I really enjoyed the way the OVA progressed |
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| a prologue? well, the plot has lots of potential for a full length anime art aint interesting, but the animation is decent...and especially, no engrisk! im glad with that! overall, it's aint good for me, but it wasnt bad either... quite ok 6/10 |
| Haters always going to hate because they can't think for themselves. But yes, this was supposed to be a prologue from what was mentioned on the Kickstarter when we first funded it. I guess the hipsters joined in at some point assuming this was going to be something magical, and all that. This was indeed worth it, was awesome to see, and can't wait to see more as they hoped to have expanded. One of many that this indeed feels like a prologue. Sure, it did struggle in places, but I guess that's only natural with how much trouble they said they were having, yet I can see how that doesn't fully explain it away. The music is indeed nice, as with the acting all around. I guess it's your standard stuff in anime, yet it does it nicely that I love it. Hana, Anthea, among others. Even the poor Americans provoking again that they get their rear ends chopped to little bits. That, and the American voicing was indeed off, yet enjoyable. Some more experienced than others in the voice acting department, yet neat regardless. The better kind of dubs where Japanese don't sound like Southern Texas 24/7. Here's to hoping they're able to fund episode 1 to at least episode 10, or whatever they have planning. They were still hiring casts so it appears that more is to come. |
BACONator1313 said: Farabeuf said: Full disclosure: I backed the Kickstarter and really wanted this to do well. I was extremely scared when the project went dark and we began getting all these staff changes. All things considered, I'm extremely pleased with what I got. While the story and concept might not be very original (think they oversold that bit), it really delivered in spades with the action and the old school 90's scifi feel. You could tell the animators love their military hardware.The soundtrack was pretty good and the voice acting was very decent. Heck even the English was very understandable and didn't sound like it was tortured out of some Seeiyu. I really hope this OVA can wet the appetite of a studio or two so they can go on to do a full series. Unfortunately I think the audience for this kind of story and feel are just not there anymore. It just doesn't pander to the otaku of 2016 (the ones 15 years ago would have loved it though!). It wouldn't have been funded if there wasn't an audience for it. And the originality of the content is definitely there. Having the chance for the only hope for humanity capable of going bad without hardly any warning and becoming something that can wipe out humanity is a fairly original thought. I don't think it had the time to properly explore that thought in any reasonable and completely understandable way, so I could be off of the creator's vision a little. I was thinking of Japan when I referred to the lack of an audience for this kind of show. And of course that doesn't mean that they wouldn't be some Japanese fans. Just maybe not enough to justify a TV series or a series of movies. I may be wrong though. |
| "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 |
| I really enjoyed the anime! I like the fact that it wasn't all explained in a nice sanitary way ...... I got the chance to imagine and in this case, it was perfectly fine. It was like dropping in a world with not much explanation and let the action begin. Too many whiners: 1. they want everything explained like a typical shounen harem anime 2. they didn't care for the English spoken (quite nicely) by the soldiers....I guess they like Engrish for the comedy value I rated it high for being a nice original anime that involved more than just my eyes. Sorry folks.....9/10 for this one on entertainment value. Hoping for more.....happy with what the producers gave me. |
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| So there was people expecting the whole story to be told only by an OVA of 30 minutes? that could have been boring and disappointing coming from an anime that took years to be done. I take this OVA as a representation of the proyect 'UNDER THE DOG' and I take for granted there's a good plot and character development waiting to be showed in the future. |
| I might get a lot of hate for this but I disliked it, hated the fact that every main character dies and how "tragic" this anime wants to look it felt forced and unnecessary, honestly I was interested in Hana more than the main character |
BACONator1313 said: Miragee said: Yeah, people will probably compare this to things like UBW and now Tales of Zestiria which apparently have godlike animation while they really don't. I mean sure, Under the Dog had some shitty moments but it also had lots of really good animation. Far better than any TV show I have watched this year. Ufotable doesn't even have that great of animation. They have good art. Their computerized graphics are pleasant to the eyes. Art is not animation. Animation is the fluidity of charcters and such between frames. This had great animation. The art was average. Nothing really wrong with it. I know, that's exactly what I said.^^ |
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| I mean, people are talking about the great animation, and it admittedly is better animated than your typical tv series, but compared to other movies or ovas I didn't see anything special. There weren't any particular scenes that, to me, you would show somebody as a great example of sakuga. To each their own. Aside from that, I have to say this didn't even meet my nonexistent expectations. Even as a prologue, I can't say this interested me enough to particularly want to see more. The storyline was kept very vague even for its length, and although most of the unwanted tropes didn't surface (save for a couple, such as the distracting and unnecessary nudity), what was there to "hook" anyone? The alien/human/whatever? The lack of knowledge as to why official militaries and an official U.N. taskforce aren't working together? The equally vague characters? I'm well aware that there's only so much that can be done in such a small timeframe, but this could've done way more in the time given. From an artistic viewpoint I think this was a failure. The only way to salvage anything out of it is if they can get a production committee to back it, and even at that I would be skeptical. At least the English didn't suck. |
| Okay, what the hell happened here? I know somebody mentioned it was rebooted, but how can ZERO percent of the trailer's scenes make it to the final product? Like, what the hell? All throughout the episode I was waiting for that epic motorbike scene or the tower shootout scenes depicted in the trailer. My suspicions first began when the opening scenes made it look like a ordinary high school battle anime and then video buffered on me and I saw the total run-time was 38 minutes. I thought then, " oh shit, not even 1 hour? Oh well, I assume they'll introduce pale yellow haired girl as the quiet, mysterious girl of the school(because the trailer had her walking to school) and shit will hit the fan quick". No. None of that happened. Instead we got, as somebody else said, an mc who never questioned anything and whose death completely contradicted Hana's supposed intentions and made no sense. This dude had absolutely no personality and had no reaction to anything. It would have been better if he was even a wuss like Yuuki(Mirai Nikki) or Subaru. Thats not mentioning the storyline that was all over the place and the senseless deaths at the end...Man, I'm just so disappointed that this was nothing like the trailer. Animation was top notch. char designs top notch. English was impressive(no cringey engrish) because they sounded American. Although since japanese animators animate mouth movements before the audio and don't know how the mouth moves, some mouth movements got pretty weird looking. |
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| I never followed the Kickstarter but I must admit: this is a somewhat promising standalone OVA episode that could easily turn into a small OVA series if enough people are interested. Animation overall is alright to decent: Some annoying CGI and the blood effects are hilarious at times, but overall the fighting scenes were nice and looked quite pleasant. Voice-acting was alright as well, good job on having spoken English that doesn't sound retarded for once in an anime. Story was standard, but presented in an okay manner. Nothing too surprising, but within the bounds of the established themes and above average in terms of presentation. Overall, 6/10 or so. Wouldn't mind seeing more of this in a short OVA series. PS: I am honestly wondering what you guys expect from such a Kickstarter? Over an hour with the amount raised? Have you never taken business courses? I realize that I have less of a monetary and emotional investment in this than some of you since I am not a backer, but overall I would consider this a successful Kickstarter. I backed LWA2 and Kick Heart and they were similary successful, but I guess in those cases the expectations from many backers were different since they either backed to support Uyasa or Trigger (who already had proven that this IP is good). Also, a lot of you people seem to have no clue about animation.... |
| Steel Ball Run anime when? |
| So I basically had zero hopes for this. Kickstarter had lots of promises about being completely different from the usual stuff on TV, but the trailers and everything on their kickstarter page proved otherwise. When this came out I pretty much went in expecting trash. And well, the basic premise did look generic with bland assassin girl and bland high school guy. But the action itself was pretty solid, and the second half was entertaining. I feel like the biggest flaw is that they never reached the goal for more episodes, because the first episode sets up the universe well, but you just realize that this is it. If this was a TV show, this episode would probably make me interested in the show, and honestly I could see Bones or Mappa do something like this. It's really not that far from the standard stuff you see on TV, well if we ignore the LN garbage and VN adaptations. Best part was seeing the generic assassin girl actually die, because they would never pull that off in a TV show. And the final moment when the blonde girl shoots the high school boy. Priceless. Basically, nothing special, interesting setup for more that will never come. 6/10 would watch more if they decide to continue it. |
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| I was kind of expecting more so I'm kind of dissapointed, however if one day they make more episodes, then I believe that this has potential. The character animations seemed off in the first half of the episode but they were great in the second half. Kudos for the good english. 7/10 but only in case they make more. |
| I'm sorry, but this is just a very well animated Mars of Destruction. Bunch of random girls fighting some alien looking mosters presumably created by some kind of virus. That's it, there's little else in the story apart from some intentionally vague exposition, some technical terms and a bit of family life. Everything else is just gratuitous violence and action, which, again, looked good, but it's just not enough. I cannot judge it by it's premise, nor it's potential. As a whole, separate piece, this is a failure. Can someone explain to me why is the guy following a girl he literally just met and who kills numerous people in front of him (especially when they just asked for their IDs, it wasn't like they just started shooting at them) instead of the actual US military? Plus points for killing the mc, didn't expect that. And for the most pointless boob I've ever seen. |
| As a pilot episode that is just simply setting the world of Under the Dog up, it was okay, but as a stand alone OVA it is the very definition of mediocre. That being said I would watch a season of this if it ever comes out, which I severely doubt. |
| Overall I think it was pretty good, although there is just so much left untold.. so it's hard to give it any real praise :S I want to see more >-> especially because this kind of futurism is kind of rare to see. The animation was good, the art was average and the music was fairly unnoticeable imo. One thing I really appreciate however, is that they chose to animate the Pandora frame by frame, that alone gave me such an felt nostalgic feeling. |
CandyFaceAug 2, 2016 6:29 AM
| I enjoyed the OVA. It left me wanting more, which should be the point. It's tough to judge something in 28 minutes, you certainly can't do it in the same way you would a full series. There will be those wishing for more of a focus on the story or characters, but this had to be a promotional piece and it wreaks of that. That's not a negative however, since the execution of the area's in which it did focus on was stellar. 7/10 |
| How disappointing.. The first trailer compared to this is just sh*t. =_= And how big was the budget again? |
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| it was definitely interesting, because now i'm hung up over what the fuck actually happened. what's all this about blacks and whites? does anyone actually know what is going on story-wise? what's all this about "Our enemy is the light of humanity" and shit? i'm left with many questions. |
| Wtf, the soldiers asked Hana "Hey are you okay" ? ... AFTER Hana just shot all those soldiers ... The American voice actors were not that bad, just a few scenes that were a bit cringe. Anthea looked cool as hell fighting the Pandora. The trailer looked sick as hell, didn't really get the same feel from the OVA itself unfortunately but that doesnt change the fact that it could be a hell of a series, the groundwork is there, they know what they want to tell. ( Apparently it got rebooted, explains a lot :( ) Still 7.4/10, want to know more and see an entire show, probably wont happen though :/ |
PrOxAntoAug 2, 2016 12:47 PM
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RoseVue said: An interesting pilot episode with a lot of potential, that is if any production committee is willing to pick this up. I would love to see more of Anthena's motorcycle like it was teased in the original preview trailers. KuroiSenko said: Many questions left; the first trailer is nothing like an episode itself.. Still pretty interesting The creators "re-booted" the series mid-production. Oh damn, didnt know it got rebooted. The trailer was so much better imo and it actually felt like an actual show in the trailer rather than a typical high school girl has to fight monsters kinda show. Probably isnt fair for me to judge it by this first episode (being pilot and prologue or w/e) but I want the show before the reboot back :/ |
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N0R7H said: Someone knows how the ship that fires the tomahawk is named? It's said at 21:52, but I don't understand well, just something like USS Benfold or something like that. I believe it was USS Pendulum. |
| Based on the current MAL rating it seems lots of people are bandwagoning on the hate train. This is really unfortunate. I wrote a review that explains why this OVA deserves better. |
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| Way too much criticism. I will agree that the trailer was much much more bad ass than this OVA. My only real gripe since I feel a little slighted. That said, it's a pilot. A pilot. It's soul purpose is to give a glimpse into the world. Not set the stage or give you an "episode 1" approach to the world. This has a lot of potential and I hope (although doubt given the production issues) we get a legit series out of this. I felt the action was pretty realistic for what they were going for and while I don't know wtf is going on within this conflict, it got me very interested in the parties playing the field. |
Wonderland-aries said: The english dub just killed it right away, jesus christ, at least it was enjoyable And Engrish is any better? For one they're american soldiers of course it would make sense for them to dub these characters. I'm a fan of engrish myself for the hilarity it brings or the cool factor in some cases but i much prefer their decision for dubbed voices for AMERICAN soldiers. This is very similar to the decision Degica made to dub english lines by american characters only in the Muv-Luv Alternative visual novel. As for the ova itself i feel like for halfway the episode knew the direction it was going than suddenly derails for train wreck of the century. I feel like some dark things happened after the staff was changed unfortunately but one can only hope if Under the Dog gets continued it gets the treatment it deserves because a lot of talent is clearly being neglected here. Final thoughts on the ova there was a lot of fun choreography in this with some potential in the story itself until it went full Butcher with a dash of Micheal Bay. Enough said. |
StormVanguardAug 2, 2016 1:55 PM
StormVanguard said: Wonderland-aries said: The english dub just killed it right away, jesus christ, at least it was enjoyable And Engrish is any better? For one they're american soldiers of course it would sense for them to dub these characters. I'm a fan of engrish myself for the hilarity it brings or the cool factor in some cases but i much prefer their decision for dubbed voices for AMERICAN soldiers. As for the ova itself i feel like for halfway the episode knows the direction it's going than suddenly derails for train wreck of the century. I feel like some dark things happened after the staff was changed unfortunately but one can only hope if Under the Dog gets continued it gets the treatment it deserves because a lot of talent is clearly being neglected here. Final thoughts on the ova it was Butcher meets Micheal Bay. Enough said. You do you bro, idgaf lmao not getting into an argument with someone who thinks differently |
Wonderland-aries said: StormVanguard said: And Engrish is any better? For one they're american soldiers of course it would sense for them to dub these characters. I'm a fan of engrish myself for the hilarity it brings or the cool factor in some cases but i much prefer their decision for dubbed voices for AMERICAN soldiers. As for the ova itself i feel like for halfway the episode knows the direction it's going than suddenly derails for train wreck of the century. I feel like some dark things happened after the staff was changed unfortunately but one can only hope if Under the Dog gets continued it gets the treatment it deserves because a lot of talent is clearly being neglected here. Final thoughts on the ova it was Butcher meets Micheal Bay. Enough said. You do you bro, idgaf lmao not getting into an argument with someone who thinks differently What? You do you bro? And not getting into and argument with someone who things differently just means to never get into any argument at all. lol |
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| To see a mix of Japanese and pretty damn good English for a kickstarter anime was interesting. So many good things in my opinion so I hope this gets a TV series to really tell the story of it all. |
| Don't believe the hype. |
| Amazing soundtrack, amazing backgrounds and animation, but I really feel like they skimped on the character art. Especially the grunt characters just looked off, and there wasn't even an attempt made at proper shading. Plot is ok for a prologue, but overall it seems like someone seriously underestimated what it'd take to produce a full episode worth of content, and tried to cut corners just to release something. It didn't come anywhere near the quality of the original trailer. 7/10 |
| "I'm a middle schooler bartender!" - Mishima Hitomi |
| Quite decent OVA overall. Animation was okay and the action was exciting. Would definitely watch a continuation. |
| The flower is almost neutralized and what do the soldiers do? ... they just wait to see if she can still aim at them and shoot :) Sure. After the long wait she is saved at "the last second". Who would have thought? Why oh why the boob? Why oh why only one then? Reading here "Mr. Never question anything" made my day. It's just on point. Except that, I loved the animation, I loved the art too. This world seems interesting. Lots of questions. I fell in love with Hana ... oh my! ... That was short :( |
| The action was good along with the blood violence and music. Beyond that, I wasn't really impressed by the story or Anthea's role. Then again, it was more of a prologue so I'm not too surprised. The way they introduced the Pandoras or whatever made me quite interested though on what other experiments the franchise could build up on. However as a kickstarter OVA, I think it was impressive. I think it also did set up a lot of things well if they aim for a mini-series or even a full cour. Animation was decent too. If this gets a full series in the future, I'd watch it. The world setting has a lot of potential. |
Stark700Aug 2, 2016 6:26 PM
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| Really bad OVA, nothing besides the animation was any good, just a mindless, stupid clusterf*ck. I'm really baffled seeing how many people actually liked it, cuz they clearly don't know what makes a great anime. Overall 3/10 |
| Honestly, this OVA doesn't deserve the negativity it's receiving. People seem to forget that this is an OVA so there isn't going to be a lot of things like characterization, a clear understanding of what the story is, etc. This OVA is meant to introduce the world, concepts, and elements of Under the Dog instead of providing a whole entire story within 28 minutes. The production of this went through a lot of trouble which people don't seem to realize. I personally enjoyed it and would like to see a series of this in the future. 9/10 |
| it was ok, I guess, 5/10 |
| This looked nothing like the trailer, is there supposed to be more? Because as a stand alone episode, this sucks. Character designs were bland as possible, there's no characterization or coherent plot, or anything, it's an empty shell with decent animation. |
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| I just want to say that some people get impressed way too easily. So we have those characters (I totally remembered their names), explosions, more explosions and overall, a bunch of nothingness. There was nothing interesting going on. It felt like a bunch of ideas thrown in a 28 min OVA (10 min of credits). The main problem I saw in this OVA was that it tried to impress us with the animation instead of trying to make the audience more curious about the characters and the story. By the way, the trailer looked way better than the episode itself. |
GD1551 said: -US army special forces having storm trooper aim (worst offending thing in the action scenes IMO) -Horrendous english voice acting, wtf? The dudes who were doing the soldier voices did not give a FUCK I had the idea that they were missing most of the shots and getting the weapons jammed because of the girl's psychic power (green eyes). It's as if she has a weaker version of the Pandora's shield. Horrendous english voice acting? It was the best i ever seen in anime. Normally you would only get the famous "engrish"...lol. And that's because they probably used native speakers but since they were non professional VAs they were subpar compared to the few decent dubs out there. NoctisCuadro said: So we have those characters (I totally remembered their names), explosions, more explosions and overall, a bunch of nothingness. There was nothing interesting going on. It felt like a bunch of ideas thrown in a 28 min OVA (10 min of credits). The main problem I saw in this OVA was that it tried to impress us with the animation instead of trying to make the audience more curious about the characters and the story. So nice explosions, cool actions scenes, the mystery behind Pandoras and Flowers, interesting world sci-fi concept and that twist at the end is what you call a bunch of nothing? I actually got curious about the characters and think the episode had a lot of interesting elements i would like to see explored in a future anime adaptation (not going to happen tho). This was a prologue with only 28 minutes, so it was obvious plot-wise it would not be that explored. But even if they focused just on what's going on and with heavy dialogues, people would still complain about the lack of action and explosions. |
DemonneoAug 2, 2016 10:26 PM
| I haven't watched it but I'm surprised that this anime actually came out. |
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