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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Wow, this is quite something. The piano music is very noticable from the start and strikes to me like an artistic performance. The camera angles focusing on the hand movements, facial expressions, and realism is very done imo. I pictured some of the scenes from the manga for this anime and it comes out as the way I anticipated. I should say the show features a lot of character study so I'm really curious how they can handle it for a 12 episode adaptation. The manga runs for a lot of chapters and eh, I was kinda disappointed when the episode # was shown. That being said, I think the main characters are interesting not just for their skills but also just how they be related to real people. The animation quality looks nice, faithful to the manga so far. One of the most noticable parts of the episode is actually the piano in the forest. The segment just looks so natural. |
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| Only 12 episodes? No way they can handle all the manga like this. I guess they'll do more than 1 season, someone put the wrong number of episodes or they are waiting to see if people in Japan love this anime to see if they want adapt all the manga... |
Simulcast I pressume? |
| I like everything other than the CG when they play piano. How can they end this in 12 episode? maybe 12 episode until the flash forward in the beginning and the entire chopin competition next season? It seems it's going to be worldwide simulcast |
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| For those that read the manga, how many chapters were adapted in the first episode? That should give us a clue to how they might handle the anime. Hopefully it gets more seasons or something. |
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64BitRatchet said: Well that fucking sucks....Why can't they just repeat what they did with Violet Evergarden -_-No, here is the translated announcement from the website. Exclusive distribution was decided at Netflix which provides the world's largest online entertainment service. It is scheduled to be delivered from 3:00 am immediately after each talk broadcast. In addition, we have decided to be delivered to more than 190 countries all over the world. We are planning simultaneous delivery of all the stories from around autumn of 2018. |
| I was actually looking forward to this one, I don't know the manga but the premise caught my eye so I thought if not the best adaptation it could at least be a nice anime, so the fact it's not gonna be simulcast sucks :/ |
| I need this to be subbedddddd. It's only raw on the torrents so far. :/ |
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GoldenDevilGamer said: For those that read the manga, how many chapters were adapted in the first episode? That should give us a clue to how they might handle the anime. Hopefully it gets more seasons or something. They adapted, or better said, glossed over the first 12 chapters of the manga, ending up around chapter 12, page 24. Also, the very beginning with grown-up Kai playing piano was from much later chapters, btw. They left out a lot of scenes of Kai and Shuuhei that gave them much better characterization. Especially Kai, which the manga does a good job making you feel sorry for him. Ajino Sousuke’s back-story-flashback seems to have been completely removed (plus some more characterization). They only showed hits of it. Yes, his back-story could always be added later, but for now, it looks like it was skipped. In conclusion, lots scenes (some more important than others) were cut short or completely skipped. So if you liked the manga, then you will more likely be disappointed/displeased with this. Anyhow, for me, it was an OK episode. Lots of skips, but what can you do with this being only 12 episodes (with possibilities of having one more cour of another 12 episodes). Production values were fine in general, but nothing outstanding. I’m fine with the simplistic art-style used, although I would have preferred if they had done it in a similar way of Hanada Shounen-shi's art-style, but that’s just me. |
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Tokoya said: Violet Evergarden is a special case, KyoAni finished most of their episodes before it began so Netflix had times to dub and sub and could drop them weekly.64BitRatchet said: Well that fucking sucks....Why can't they just repeat what they did with Violet Evergarden -_-No, here is the translated announcement from the website. Exclusive distribution was decided at Netflix which provides the world's largest online entertainment service. It is scheduled to be delivered from 3:00 am immediately after each talk broadcast. In addition, we have decided to be delivered to more than 190 countries all over the world. We are planning simultaneous delivery of all the stories from around autumn of 2018. |
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| i went to read the manga after watching the first ep and its so fking good |
| It was a nice start I guess, but nothing really stood out for me. zero-r said: GoldenDevilGamer said: For those that read the manga, how many chapters were adapted in the first episode? That should give us a clue to how they might handle the anime. Hopefully it gets more seasons or something. They adapted, or better said, glossed over the first 12 chapters of the manga, ending up around chapter 12, page 24. Also, the very beginning with grown-up Kai playing piano was from much later chapters, btw. They left out a lot of scenes of Kai and Shuuhei that gave them much better characterization. Especially Kai, which the manga does a good job making you feel sorry for him. Ajino Sousuke’s back-story-flashback seems to have been completely removed (plus some more characterization). They only showed hits of it. Yes, his back-story could always be added later, but for now, it looks like it was skipped. In conclusion, lots scenes (some more important than others) were cut short or completely skipped. So if you liked the manga, then you will more likely be disappointed/displeased with this. Anyhow, for me, it was an OK episode. Lots of skips, but what can you do with this being only 12 episodes (with possibilities of having one more cour of another 12 episodes). Production values were fine in general, but nothing outstanding. I’m fine with the simplistic art-style used, although I would have preferred if they had done it in a similar way of Hanada Shounen-shi's art-style, but that’s just me. Wow,sounds like they butchered the hell out of it. Think I'm gonna read the manga along. |
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zero-r said: Wow, that's a shame. I had a feeling that the episode had one volume worth of content in it, but for it to have 1 and a half volumes worth of content... O_OGoldenDevilGamer said: For those that read the manga, how many chapters were adapted in the first episode? That should give us a clue to how they might handle the anime. Hopefully it gets more seasons or something. They adapted, or better said, glossed over the first 12 chapters of the manga, ending up around chapter 12, page 24. Also, the very beginning with grown-up Kai playing piano was from much later chapters, btw. They left out a lot of scenes of Kai and Shuuhei that gave them much better characterization. Especially Kai, which the manga does a good job making you feel sorry for him. Ajino Sousuke’s back-story-flashback seems to have been completely removed (plus some more characterization). They only showed hits of it. Yes, his back-story could always be added later, but for now, it looks like it was skipped. In conclusion, lots scenes (some more important than others) were cut short or completely skipped. So if you liked the manga, then you will more likely be disappointed/displeased with this. Anyhow, for me, it was an OK episode. Lots of skips, but what can you do with this being only 12 episodes (with possibilities of having one more cour of another 12 episodes). Production values were fine in general, but nothing outstanding. I’m fine with the simplistic art-style used, although I would have preferred if they had done it in a similar way of Hanada Shounen-shi's art-style, but that’s just me. And still, they'll need to pick up the pace if they want to get the manga done in 12 episodes. I guess they'll be skipping a lot of arcs or something :/ |
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GoldenDevilGamer said: zero-r said: Wow, that's a shame. I had a feeling that the episode had one volume worth of content in it, but for it to have 1 and a half volumes worth of content... O_OThey adapted, or better said, glossed over the first 12 chapters of the manga, ending up around chapter 12, page 24. Also, the very beginning with grown-up Kai playing piano was from much later chapters, btw. They left out a lot of scenes of Kai and Shuuhei that gave them much better characterization. Especially Kai, which the manga does a good job making you feel sorry for him. Ajino Sousuke’s back-story-flashback seems to have been completely removed (plus some more characterization). They only showed hits of it. Yes, his back-story could always be added later, but for now, it looks like it was skipped. In conclusion, lots scenes (some more important than others) were cut short or completely skipped. So if you liked the manga, then you will more likely be disappointed/displeased with this. Anyhow, for me, it was an OK episode. Lots of skips, but what can you do with this being only 12 episodes (with possibilities of having one more cour of another 12 episodes). Production values were fine in general, but nothing outstanding. I’m fine with the simplistic art-style used, although I would have preferred if they had done it in a similar way of Hanada Shounen-shi's art-style, but that’s just me. And still, they'll need to pick up the pace if they want to get the manga done in 12 episodes. I guess they'll be skipping a lot of arcs or something :/ I'm wondering if we will be able to see Maria. :c I hope they won't skip that part. haha |
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| Ugh just when I was reading the manga... Up to 16 now. They caught up real fast... |
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| The "CGI" in the moments where the piano is played, doesnt convince me. But, for me, the episode is ok. |
| I like the production values for this series. I mean the previous movie adaptation was alright, but had some wonky direction that felt too corny at times. This is much nicer and more fluid. Yes, there's a bit of CG in the piano scenes, but they also put in a lot of pretty backgrounds. And yes, they cut a lot of content, but the events didn't seem rushed and I prefer less drama and more time for the music. I would say the first episode is 8/10 based on the solid direction alone. |
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| Decent episode I guess. The story really doesn't look very promising and the CGI moments lower the quality of the animation in general and aren't really pleasant to look at. But I'll apply the 3-episode rule to this one before deciding if it's a watch or drop since the main characters have some potential. |
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| I'm disappointed because I find the movie charming, and the manga endearing. I was expecting a familiar story to be shown in a new light, but ended up getting CGI-piano playing. Dropped! |
| Pretty decent episode. The CG doesn't look the best but compared to many other shows I've seen that incorporated CG, it wasn't that bad. The story is interesting so far and as an anime-only, I found the pacing as well to be a lil' quick but not too quick to take me out of the story. I'd give it a 7/10 based on this episode alone. I do feel like this show has more potential than this so I hope it can deliver more in the coming weeks. |
| I... liked the episode and I personally do not mind the cgi. Well, I was disappointed to see it was THIS much, but I expected it would appear on piano playing scenes, so that didn't bother me. What confused me though was the content. I originally thought that this would be about the last arc of the manga (which is almost half of it) since the trailer, etc were about that and even then I thought that maybe 12 episodes would be a bit too few, but considering the anime has sound, it would be much faster to convey what the manga wanted in a sense so it could work. But now I see it includes the contents of the movie too and not only that, but it seems it will take a couple more episodes too... So, 12 episodes for a manga with 242 chapters is a bit... ehhhhhhhh, concerning to say the least. At least, I love listening to their piano playing so I doubt I'll dislike the series, but I expected a more solid result :/ Let's hope for the best, I guess. Maybe the plan a sequel and the last arc is just a glimpse :'D |
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| I almost spat out the cake I was eating after hearing my language in the first seconds :/ So weird. |
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| I got to hear piano arrangements of a piece meticulously composed by Chopin, as well as of the old folk tune 'Little Brown Jug' -- the Glenn Miller arrangment of which being my favorite -- in the first episode... Not gonna lie, that was PRETTY AWESOME. The CG during the piano playing leaves a lot to be desired, sure. But man, with that level of class in the music department, and the intriguing situations surrounding the two main boys, Kai and Amamiya, as well as their music teacher, Ajino, I gotta say, I'm fairly interested in this one. |
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| Ummmm I actually really liked it. The only thing that bothered me was the 3D used when somebody was playing the piano because the moment instantly lost its magic. I find the characters so far to be really interesting, a bit rushed though. People are saying that his adapted 12 chapters and I can see that they might have skipped a lot of characterization. But I still found it highly enjoyable |
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GangsterCat said: Well, all the CG scenes blew everything I've ever seen in music anime out of the water. The fluidity and frame rate of the hands, the accuracy of the notes played were all flawless.I like everything other than the CG when they play piano. |
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| Absolutely flawless CGI, beautiful music scenes, and great potential in the story itself. I just hope it's not rushed due to the amount of chapters the manga has. That aside, my only problem with the series are "the chose haaaaands". I really hope they explain how the kid can play the piano while the others can't. |
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FireFistYK said: Ummmm I actually really liked it. The only thing that bothered me was the 3D used when somebody was playing the piano because the moment instantly lost its magic. Did Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso lose its magic in the CGI scenes for you as well? |
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| Kids can be real jerks sometimes :/ For them, feeling inferior is the synonym of war, and they will target anyone that's better that him/her and mock them without second thought. What a sad reality unfortunately :( For a first episode is not bad :) I like the development and want to see how Kai will manage to play the good piano other than that one that is abandoned in the forest. Kai is special for being the only one that can play the broken piano ^^ |
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| probably one of the decent show this season, and god how I love Sakamoto Maaya... welp, she probably not gonna appear here that frequently, but w/e GoldenDevilGamer said: They left out a lot of scenes of Kai and Shuuhei that gave them much better characterization. Especially Kai, which the manga does a good job making you feel sorry for him. i'm pretty fine with how they played this. I didn't read the manga, but I dont need anymore of those 'great musician carries great tragic sad agonizing past' sht again... feels like only people with traumatic experience can become genius musician, which is not realistic imo (tho idk if that's really happen irl or not :9) |
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| Whelp, I like this quite a bit more than I thought. Great use of the silhouettes in the conversation, the idea of the pianist only having one chosen piano is interesting. Now if only they could stop using CGI. UGH. Feels like Tsuki ga Kirei where it's bad, meaningless CGI that detracts from everything. |
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Nostalgik said: FireFistYK said: Ummmm I actually really liked it. The only thing that bothered me was the 3D used when somebody was playing the piano because the moment instantly lost its magic. Did Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso lose its magic in the CGI scenes for you as well? Now that I think about it, no......... Weird |
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| And those were, in my opinion, bad CGI scenes. This one was one of the most fluid and accurate CGI hand movements I've ever seen, especially when talking about playing instruments in TV anime |
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Nostalgik said: And those were, in my opinion, bad CGI scenes. This one was one of the most fluid and accurate CGI hand movements I've ever seen, especially when talking about playing instruments in TV anime It was fluid yes, very in fact. But I'd have preferred it being animated the way that the anime has been animated so far, it felt out of place |
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FireFistYK said: I understand that. But that's hardly a negative point in my opinion, considering that, unfortunately, the norm nowadays is to use CG :/ Imagine if these were 3D scenes at 10 frames per second and with bad synch with the songs being played... I'd say props to Gainax for, despite getting in the CGI train, making it look the best possibleNostalgik said: And those were, in my opinion, bad CGI scenes. This one was one of the most fluid and accurate CGI hand movements I've ever seen, especially when talking about playing instruments in TV anime It was fluid yes, very in fact. But I'd have preferred it being animated the way that the anime has been animated so far, it felt out of place |
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| Havent read the manga but it was a pretty solid first episode. The CGI hands were ugly as fuck but like Nostalgik said, they were pretty damn fluid and accurate. |
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| It was okay start and I enjoyed it, aside the fact that they rushed it. I don't really mind the CGI, it doesn't seem distracting to me. They keep CGI consistent and not just push random notes |
| The animation is... meh. But no only because of the cgi, ALL the animation is bad. For the episode itself I think put a future scene à the beginning is a bad choice. |
I know it's a long-shot panel, still that face is just too... I don't even know what to say... The CGI was, like people said, fluid. Yes it is, but the sudden transition from 2D to 3D almost broke the animation. If the animation quality is like this in the very first episode, I wonder what will we get later on. |
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| I agree the transition to 2D to 3D was a bad idea. The 2D is fine, I was fear in watching the PV, but it looks a little like the movie. But 12 chapiters in one episode, it's a slaughter... |
| well the first episode seemed good... let's see how it goes |
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| First episode takes place in Poland. 10/10 |
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Limonene said: I almost spat out the cake I was eating after hearing my language in the first seconds :/ So weird. Same! I was like "Polish!? Did I turn on something wrong?" XD |
| God that CGI was painful. I never watched the movie or read the manga, so the only thing I have to say about any of this is... why on earth did he not cut that horrible haircut when he went on such a formal stage. I get that money might have been tight as a kid, so maybe he couldn't get haircuts all the time, but like that haircut is pretty rough lol. |
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