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| Now I'm starting to understand how the events in the anime is starting to flow with the game. Based on this episode, Akagi is actually dead along with Kaga. But after the credits seemed to indicate that she may be brought back somehow. From the game's point of view. |
JustAnAnimeList said: Damn For Sure They Look Nice, Let's see how they will be adapted into anime? Sad no Iowa/Montana Class... Also Sad for the lack of WWII era carrier like Essex / Midway TheEnclave said: Pretty solid Episode, no idea what Happened to Enterprise but okay.... At lesat Akagi is dead? But Not really? GOod Fighting scenes and everyone showed up which is definitely a yee fo me. Anyway, Debut for Masachusetts, wow Im disappointed. Thought that she will look on some lines similar to Enterprise but man she looks like one who literally came out of a Night Club wtf? I can't imagine how Iowa Class/Bismarck TIrptiz will look like........ Bismarck and Tirpitz actually look really nice. But you won't see any Iowa-class ships as they're not present in Azur Lane. Bismarck  Tirpitz  |
firemagnet said: Review summary in a gif:  Image review and context above. This is a fucking nightmare. Just when I thought Bibury couldn't do worse, they do this. They went fucking plaid on the art-quality to story inverse ratio, because I have no words to sufficiently describe just how bad this episode is. There is no comparison between this and Kancolle the anime. None. Kancolle is not just better, it's light-years ahead of whatever trash Bibury thought would be acceptable to Azur Lane fans. Kancolle at least tried; this episode has rotoscoped ship images that look like they were cut and pasted from a naval encyclopedia. Most of them aren't even sailing in the right direction. There are multiple models that are either off model, randomly chibi, or completely missing some features. The battles are so poorly choreographed that they're barely better than static images. The worst part, however, is Enterprise, who in the span of a single episode goes from actually getting something resembling a plot to literally becoming Sea Jesus, effortlessly wiping the floor with the IJN fleet as she gets resurrected in a boom-tube of light by the power of the Sirens. That stinger though, for Akagi, was a very nice touch. Amagi wasn't completed, so it'd be natural that she'd have no soul. Well, now it's time for Akagi to reap the consequences of her faustian bargain with Observer and the Sirens. You aren't even trying to enjoy the anime at all. You did your best to nitpick as much as you can to an episode which is more stable in terms of quality compared to last two episodes and also gives more story progression/decent battle scenes. Bilbury studio has to make do with what they have as source materials from a mobile game where the story is not even the main focus. One can't predict what is going on behind the scenes during the anime production. I can see most people even those that might be a bit confused, enjoying this episode overall. But you are a special one my friend. I'm not sure what is your expectations of AL anime but you need to rethink your expectations and lower your bias. Or just drop AL anime all together. It's so sad to see you still trying so hard to accuse AL of taking pages from KC. Probably with facts and conclusions that you pull out of your ass. |
Rai_shoko said: firemagnet said: Review summary in a gif: Image review and context above. This is a fucking nightmare. Just when I thought Bibury couldn't do worse, they do this. They went fucking plaid on the art-quality to story inverse ratio, because I have no words to sufficiently describe just how bad this episode is. There is no comparison between this and Kancolle the anime. None. Kancolle is not just better, it's light-years ahead of whatever trash Bibury thought would be acceptable to Azur Lane fans. Kancolle at least tried; this episode has rotoscoped ship images that look like they were cut and pasted from a naval encyclopedia. Most of them aren't even sailing in the right direction. There are multiple models that are either off model, randomly chibi, or completely missing some features. The battles are so poorly choreographed that they're barely better than static images. The worst part, however, is Enterprise, who in the span of a single episode goes from actually getting something resembling a plot to literally becoming Sea Jesus, effortlessly wiping the floor with the IJN fleet as she gets resurrected in a boom-tube of light by the power of the Sirens. That stinger though, for Akagi, was a very nice touch. Amagi wasn't completed, so it'd be natural that she'd have no soul. Well, now it's time for Akagi to reap the consequences of her faustian bargain with Observer and the Sirens. You aren't even trying to enjoy the anime at all. You did your best to nitpick as much as you can to an episode which is more stable in terms of quality compared to last two episodes and also gives more story progression/decent battle scenes. Bilbury studio has to make do with what they have as source materials from a mobile game where the story is not even the main focus. One can't predict what is going on behind the scenes during the anime production. I can see most people even those that might be a bit confused, enjoying this episode overall. But you are a special one my friend. I'm not sure what is your expectations of AL anime but you need to rethink your expectations and lower your bias. Or just drop AL anime all together. It's so sad to see you still trying so hard to accuse AL of taking pages from KC. Probably with facts and conclusions that you pull out of your ass. I think this guy is literally the perfect example of being a Kancolle fan trying to crap on Azur Lane. I don't mind people hating it but this guy is literally trying to nitpick every episode just to think of an excuse to hate it. |
Edo_Light_16 said: I think this guy is literally the perfect example of being a Kancolle fan trying to crap on Azur Lane. I don't mind people hating it but this guy is literally trying to nitpick every episode just to think of an excuse to hate it. I don't understand this guy wanting AL to be masterpiece like Fate or other shows with 8 ratings. Lmao. |
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| Looks like I'm late to the party. The episode got enough share of its hate and defense lol I have mixed feelings about this episode. First, the animation got so much better than the previous one but I can't help but feel they skipped an entire season in-between. Suddenly, the episode opened with a so-called decisive battle between two factions. With zero Ironblood for some reason... How did it come to that? Did Akagi send Azur Lane a challenge letter saying IJN will solo them? All in all, I didn't hate it as much as episode 5 but some nitpicking is necessary as always. I'm glad they at least tried to showcase some other ships fighting (Hood, Eldridge and such) FOR 2 SEC but in the end, it became "Enterprise vs. the whole Axis fleet" like no one expected it. I... I'm not even mad anymore... Srsly tho, this anime shouldn't try to be action (or war) anymore. It's obvious they can't do it. If they focused on scenes like 3 starters' first meeting in episode 1, or Akagi & Kaga with smol destroyers in episode 6, this has so much potential to become a quality moe show. Gosh, Zui. You took the words right out of my mouth. Dafuq is this? Gate of AA Guns? King of Heroes would be proud. Unlimited Torpedo Works when? Even the subbers can't keep their shit anymore. That's HYUUGA ffs! Uzuki is HERE and she's not even a battleship but a loli destroyer. How could they've mistaken that? Even more so when all game-players know that Ise & Hyuuga come as a pair. About the story, I'm not sure but looks like E tapped in Alter-E's power from another timeline thanks to that black cube and Sirens are behind the cause. And Akagi & Kaga are fucking dead. At least once. (You can't convince me otherwise. Those red spider-lily flowers represent hell.) Because one-shotted by E. Damn, I feel so bad for loyal Akagi/Kaga fans. Basically, She's a meme at this point. Memeprise, anyone? Last of all, I swear I'm familiar to the battlefield in this episode that I've played it in some event of the game but can't recall which event. Can game-players who know it clarify for me? Also how could that event have some relation to this episode? I skipped all texts when I played it so I'm as clueless as an anime-only. |
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Rai_shoko said: firemagnet said: Review summary in a gif: Image review and context above. This is a fucking nightmare. Just when I thought Bibury couldn't do worse, they do this. They went fucking plaid on the art-quality to story inverse ratio, because I have no words to sufficiently describe just how bad this episode is. There is no comparison between this and Kancolle the anime. None. Kancolle is not just better, it's light-years ahead of whatever trash Bibury thought would be acceptable to Azur Lane fans. Kancolle at least tried; this episode has rotoscoped ship images that look like they were cut and pasted from a naval encyclopedia. Most of them aren't even sailing in the right direction. There are multiple models that are either off model, randomly chibi, or completely missing some features. The battles are so poorly choreographed that they're barely better than static images. The worst part, however, is Enterprise, who in the span of a single episode goes from actually getting something resembling a plot to literally becoming Sea Jesus, effortlessly wiping the floor with the IJN fleet as she gets resurrected in a boom-tube of light by the power of the Sirens. That stinger though, for Akagi, was a very nice touch. Amagi wasn't completed, so it'd be natural that she'd have no soul. Well, now it's time for Akagi to reap the consequences of her faustian bargain with Observer and the Sirens. You aren't even trying to enjoy the anime at all. You did your best to nitpick as much as you can to an episode which is more stable in terms of quality compared to last two episodes and also gives more story progression/decent battle scenes. Bilbury studio has to make do with what they have as source materials from a mobile game where the story is not even the main focus. One can't predict what is going on behind the scenes during the anime production. I can see most people even those that might be a bit confused, enjoying this episode overall. But you are a special one my friend. I'm not sure what is your expectations of AL anime but you need to rethink your expectations and lower your bias. Or just drop AL anime all together. It's so sad to see you still trying so hard to accuse AL of taking pages from KC. Probably with facts and conclusions that you pull out of your ass. I'm not even pulling anything. The contours and plot similarities are just that obvious. I don't even have to nitpick because the lack of effort is obvious, and the mistakes are obvious. I'm actually even more shocked that this is the result after they delayed this episode by a full week. There's no quality control, no coherent plot, and threads that could be used are just wasted in favor of the holy church and trinity of Enterprise: Sea-Jesus, the daughter, and the holy ghost. I'll concede that the Amagi stinger post credits was a nice touch, but I expect that to be the standard, not a brief moment of brilliance. Edo_Light_16 said: Rai_shoko said: You aren't even trying to enjoy the anime at all. You did your best to nitpick as much as you can to an episode which is more stable in terms of quality compared to last two episodes and also gives more story progression/decent battle scenes. Bilbury studio has to make do with what they have as source materials from a mobile game where the story is not even the main focus. One can't predict what is going on behind the scenes during the anime production. I can see most people even those that might be a bit confused, enjoying this episode overall. But you are a special one my friend. I'm not sure what is your expectations of AL anime but you need to rethink your expectations and lower your bias. Or just drop AL anime all together. It's so sad to see you still trying so hard to accuse AL of taking pages from KC. Probably with facts and conclusions that you pull out of your ass. I think this guy is literally the perfect example of being a Kancolle fan trying to crap on Azur Lane. I don't mind people hating it but this guy is literally trying to nitpick every episode just to think of an excuse to hate it. I don't have to think of an excuse. I'm familiar with both games, and enjoy both of them. Enterprise is my level 80 oathed ship, and most of my ships are level 70+. Laffey's level 99, and I have at least one costume for Cleveland, who is by far my favorite shipgirl in the entire game. Check my profile if you want: I'm on the Avrora server under the handle of "argonblue". The honest reality is that the anime really is this bad, and they simply could have done so much better given the material at hand. Azur Lane's game mechanics are shallow, but there's a literal fountain of material to pull from in terms of event plots, to say nothing of the mirror sea itself. Sadly, plot coherence is almost nonexistent, Akagi's faustian bargain with Observer notwithstanding, and what could have been a better plot has been traded in favor of memeterprise saving the day, all day, every day; there's no heroic journey for enterprise, she just is. So by making her the main character and making her OP, Bibury has created a protagonist who cannot be related to, who has no character growth, and who faces no challenges, because when she dies she just comes back, only stronger. What enrages me the most, though, is that it never seems like they're trying. The same mistakes keep on getting repeated over and over again: the axis ships have been reduced to monster of the week status at best, and the constant art errors are immersion-breaking. To be fair, it's not as bad as it could be. It's still better than my sister, my writer, and we get occasional glimpses of the sort of world-building that Azur Lane deserves--most prominently this episode with the mirror sea and Enterprise's flashback to that hellscape of Siren corpses. But these moments are far too rare. |
| Easily one of the best episodes yet. Great fights, solid animation, and some nice plot revelations. I love how they tied in this episode to the 'Visitors Dyed in Red' event in the game. That hook at the end, though. Probably the first time I'm looking forward to see what's going to happen in the next episode. |
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| This episode sure looked good, but that's it. Ok-ish action, even more Enty shit and... carriers everywhere? Seriously, I know carriers changed the naval warfare, but generally when people like WWII warships it's for big guns, armor and shell exchange. Why would they focus so much on the damn planes? I'm really torn now. I love the game, but anime, other than some fanservice, is barely above the level of AL ads - whoever saw them knows what I mean... They really have talent for bad promotion. |
firemagnet said: Just.............no. Whatever you're smoking, I want some, because this was by far the worst episode yet. I don't know what you are smoking, but I'm not an elitist who cries on episode discussions cause there was a derpy face somewhere. Best ep btw ¯_(ツ)_/¯ Skittles said: Easily one of the best episodes yet. Great fights, solid animation, and some nice plot revelations. I love how they tied in this episode to the 'Visitors Dyed in Red' event in the game. This man understands 👌 |
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| forgot to say. Glad that Queen Elizabeth got a little bit more screentime in this episode. :) Eldrige really shoots electricity! A little sad though.. no one would bathe in the same pool with her because of that power. |
| Damn if this isn’t heating up. I loved it. |
| Please nerf Enterprise... she's too OP! haha! 4/5. |
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| Well, that got dark real quick lol. I'm super glad that extra week delay helped with the animation quality though. So much better than last weeks disaster... |
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| After the 2-week break, this series is back with a vengeance. The fights got bigger, animation-wise got an improvement, and an overarching plot that changes the landscape of the war. The awakening of Enterprise and above all, the true intentions. Was gonna stop here, but DAMN this show made a strong comeback, now just give me the rest! |
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| Lmao and that’s for wasting my time in the fox mines |
| I have so many questions.... An Aircraft Carrier riding an Aircraft? Ships of shipgirls transforming.. But oh well, the battle was nice and all, the animation was also nice. It didn't fell short of my expectations. Lots of action. 5/5 |
| “What do you do when there is an evil you cannot defeat by just means? Do you stain your hands with evil to destroy evil? Or do you remain steadfastly just and righteous even if it means surrendering to evil?” ― Lelouch Vi Britannia |
zasshu golden boy called, he wants his gate of babylon back Akagi! |
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| The last episode was kinda boring IMO but this one really gave me what I was hoping for, can't wait for more extreme action in the following episodes. |
 Leave your limits. |
when your show is weird enough to make you question it yet again  |
| just because I’ve gotten weaker, doesn’t mean that you got stronger, does it? |
| I hope the hot girl didn't die. |
| Hey guys, I was actually wanting to drop this show bc it's shit, but didn't bc I don't drop shows. But after seeing the last 2 episodes I got somewhat excited, butts this point I forgot almost everything about the plot. Can someone summerize the plot for me plz? It's confusing af |
| Kinda forgot I still needed to finish this... Going to war without proper build-up... okay. Enterprise's speech about war got old real quick. OK episode though highly confusing if I'm honest. Are parallel universes a thing in this show now? |
| nani the fuck was that? Enterprise defeated like that? Akagi defeated like that? I mean, everything was hella rushed, wasnt it? |
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| The beginning of the episode felt like a trailer, not gonna lie.. ;P Which is fine, I guess.. Just intense.. And just for some reason it really reminded me trailer type.. I haven't seen any Azur Lane trailers, by the way.. Well, it seems like something is going to happen.. Maybe awakening of dark side of the Enterprise or something?.. Well, will see soon.. Akagi can control weather?.. Or just watched the weather forecast, and decided to be chuuni right before the battle.. ;P Damn, what is this episode.. Things got serious.. Are some ship girls dead?.. Damn.. |
| Enterprise just entered some god warship mode Bit confused what happened at the end there, hopefully they will explain it |
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| YEY!! I get to see Siren Enterprise again. Such a good look for her with the yellow eyes. |
| Yuritopia FTW!!!!!!!!! BANZAI TO YURI !!!!!!!!!!!! |
| YEY!! I get to see Siren Enterprise again. Such a good look for her with the yellow eyes. |
| Yuritopia FTW!!!!!!!!! BANZAI TO YURI !!!!!!!!!!!! |
| Nice god mode. Enterprise one shot Kaga and Akagi. |
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Kent appeared and did stuff (not a lot but I'll take what I can get). Hooray! |
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