It certainly didn't live up to the hype.
I'm so glad this didn't turn out to be Magi 2.0, not yet anyway. Saturdays will be a blast the next 6 months.
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Attack on Titan (Shingeki no Kyojin) |OT| MMA Ultra(spider)man (NO MANGA SPOILERS)
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I'm so glad this didn't turn out to be Magi 2.0, not yet anyway. Saturdays will be a blast the next 6 months.
fredrancour
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This series got me to buy manga for the first time in many years. So pumped for the anime. Pretty inventive thread title. works well.
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I knew moving to Community was a bad idea!
HalfBakedProphet
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Would you recommend it? I haven't bought a new manga in years, this looks interesting. My favorites are either finished or very slow/inconsistent (Berserk)
We wait a month between chapters you know :lol
Basileus777
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It's promising, but I found the protagonist to be incredibly annoying and the heavy handed grimdark stuff was cheesy and eye-roll worthy. I laughed at
If this episode was aiming for a serious, foreboding tone, it failed and I had real trouble taking it seriously. It's not surprising that this is from the director of Guilty Crown.
Hopefully things will improve once we get beyond introduction stage, but Eren worries me. I'm sure he'll be broken down, but that sort of angst can be just as cringe-inducing as his whiny naivety.
that terrible arm scene and parts of the ending too.
Hopefully things will improve once we get beyond introduction stage, but Eren worries me. I'm sure he'll be broken down, but that sort of angst can be just as cringe-inducing as his whiny naivety.
fredrancour
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Yes, I'd say anyone who's enjoyed any shonen series or apocalypse-style stories should give it a try. Goes relatively light on shonen-style tropes. I guess this backfires sometimes- the relatively mundane characters (by shonen standards) makes it easier to lose track of minor characters b/t books. That's not exactly a problem with something like one piece or naruto, where everyone has a clear gimmick or role ("dude with bugs" or "sentient animal and medic" versus "one of a dozen normal young human recruits for the army"). I think the art style and how infrequently I read it may also play a part in that. Am I wrong to call it
Despite that problem, I really enjoy the desperation and horror of humanity's situation, and the mysteries established as time progresses. Action scenes are also pretty good. None of the problem of "I can't tell who's hurting what, and how" that happens really easily in way-too-busy b&w art, imo.
R_thanatos
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Nice thread.
i couldn't wait after watching the first episode and went to read the manga ..
i couldn't wait after watching the first episode and went to read the manga ..
So many deaths ...
Well I always thought that was the point. They look like normal people.
There's generic, and there's moe/sexy generic. The latter is worse IMO.
Pretty good 1st eps. Kind of bummed they cuts abit on the gore though.
I stopped actively keeping up with new manga and anime after 2007 and Attack on Titan is a really surprising discovery. And this is coming from someone who's read probably close to a thousand manga and have watched more than a hundred anime series..
What a bold concept, and what ruthless execution against it. Really gripping idea and every step of the way so far has been very engaging. Brilliant.
Someone was talking about Berserk and my reading the manga/watching the anime kind of felt like that freshness, but Attack on Titan is significantly more bold and imaginative.
What a bold concept, and what ruthless execution against it. Really gripping idea and every step of the way so far has been very engaging. Brilliant.
Someone was talking about Berserk and my reading the manga/watching the anime kind of felt like that freshness, but Attack on Titan is significantly more bold and imaginative.
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Wow
sounds interesting
sounds interesting
GhostRidah
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I haven't watched a anime in years, going to dive in.
There is no good spot.
Basileus777
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I was pretty much expecting this after hearing how similar it is to Muv Luv.
Sounds good to me, after the promising first episode I was afraid it would turn into a new SAO.
Too bad it's an adaptation, I'll probably get everything spoiled by the time I reach the third episode...
People are going to lose their shit when the crazier shit happens.
That preview looked amazing. It's a pity that this show probably won't be on CR (I love watching anime in glorious 1080p, and this looks like a looker to boot). But I'll find an alternative way to watch it. I will watch the first episode when I find the time.
I have such great doubts concerning Berserk and if it will ever be completed.
Also OT spoiler question concerning Berserk and its current status in the story:
I have such great doubts concerning Berserk and if it will ever be completed.
Also OT spoiler question concerning Berserk and its current status in the story:
Has Guts and crew finally reach that god damn fairy island?
It's more of an existential angst from humanity as a whole.
BattleMonkey
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Well that looks silly
If by silly you mean awesome, yes!
Lol, yeah I keep forgetting about it too. Seriously the death of that thread for me was it moving to community. I used to see it randomly whenever the new season of shows was upon us and look at things I may want to watch. Like I never would have known about this awesomeness or the Witch Academy thing without someone making a thread for them in regular off topic.
not really, you can check the 2nd post of the 1st page to see details on how the machine works
Visit the thread when you feel like it, we're friendly!
Trojita
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Well it wasn't very good.
Oh I know. I used to be a semi-regular. It's more a case of out of sight out of mind. I never use the community tab.
Auto-subscribing to every thread I post in completely changed how I browse GAF.
BlazingDarkness
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That was pretty good.
Eren was fucking annoying for the first half though, his incessant yelling is warranted towards the end, but that first half it was irritating, and I found the dialogue as a whole a bit cheesy.
The art is great, I like the stylized lines and whatnot, could have done without the awful 3D though. The music was good, it helped to set the tone a good degree.
I'll check out the next episode, would be good to have a second show to watch alongside The Flowers of Evil.
Eren was fucking annoying for the first half though, his incessant yelling is warranted towards the end, but that first half it was irritating, and I found the dialogue as a whole a bit cheesy.
The art is great, I like the stylized lines and whatnot, could have done without the awful 3D though. The music was good, it helped to set the tone a good degree.
I'll check out the next episode, would be good to have a second show to watch alongside The Flowers of Evil.
I've had this set since the search and all the user features were removed. Years now. I'm subscribed to over 2000 threads, lol. Before they started putting the anime threads in community my posting waned and eventually stopped all together so the auto-subscribe doesn't help. I still read them though. I may just have to manually subscribe.
Trojita
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Already on it, I'm watching that, Attack on Titan, Majestic Prince and Aku no Hana tonight.
Nice! enjoyed 3/4 of those animes you listed.
You know, the first episode was pretty much a straight retelling of the first one-and-a-half chapters, but one of the changes that is really interesting is that they showed us parts of Eren's dream; that didn't happen in the manga. I wonder if that's some of the "original content" the author is helping with.
A few other additions I noticed:
-The Priest of the Wall Cult preaching on the street.
-Various world-building shots depicting the city.
-Eren's mom commenting on the firewood.
A few other additions I noticed:
-The Priest of the Wall Cult preaching on the street.
-Various world-building shots depicting the city.
-Eren's mom commenting on the firewood.
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I should give this a watch, because I'm following the manga, and while the plot is pretty compelling, the art's ugly as shit. You don't get the impression that these kids are capable of some pretty superhuman shit because they're mostly just standing around, or the roof hopping scenes are scaled out too far for readers to get a proper impression of what's happening.
Suwano lol
Adam Blade
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With Brandy hyping the heck out of this show, I was expecting it to impress me.
Color me rather disappointed with the first episode. I'll probably keep watching, but talk about hyperbole.
Color me rather disappointed with the first episode. I'll probably keep watching, but talk about hyperbole.
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