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Blame! Official Trailer and Release Date
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Killy is a badass
DangerMouse
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RedAssedApe
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how is it? just saw this on my netflix
Watched this last night. Really good. Way better than Sidonia.
Mentioned it in a group chat and turns out it's based on one of my old friends' favourite mangas of all time.
He explained a bit more of the universe/context - yeah, really excellent stuff, excited to see more films following Killy's journey.
Pity about the name though. It was apparently meant to be "BLAM!" but the original writer couldn't spell for shit...
It's a film, pal.
Which is way better. I'd definitely rather this over an Attack on Titan style slow burn and ton of filler. They actually did a good job of framing this narrative and besides a couple of minor pacing/narrative issues this thing is tight.
Mentioned it in a group chat and turns out it's based on one of my old friends' favourite mangas of all time.
He explained a bit more of the universe/context - yeah, really excellent stuff, excited to see more films following Killy's journey.
Pity about the name though. It was apparently meant to be "BLAM!" but the original writer couldn't spell for shit...
Fucking embarassing
It's a film, pal.
Which is way better. I'd definitely rather this over an Attack on Titan style slow burn and ton of filler. They actually did a good job of framing this narrative and besides a couple of minor pacing/narrative issues this thing is tight.
Watched it last night. Felt a bit like some kind of anime/cyberpunk "Shane," which isn't necessarily a bad thing.
I don't know anything about this story, is the manga itself already complete, or is the story still ongoing? It's definitely an interesting world that's been built here.
I don't know anything about this story, is the manga itself already complete, or is the story still ongoing? It's definitely an interesting world that's been built here.
Yes! Shane is exactly what I thought of, too!
I almost mentioned it to my pal before I realised that Shane will almost certainly not be any conscious inspiration to the thing; just a happenstance parallel, so I didn't bother.
The ongoing story is v cool. All I know is that the manga isn't about this community of humans; the manga is JUST about Killy and his journey. The manga is long finished, I think. His journey is absolutely massive. You know when he's talking about
"6,000 floors down" and "200 floors down"
years
Apparently the manga goes a lot more ham on the horror, too.
Wow, crazy, thanks for the info. I wonder whether there will be more films, now. This really felt like an appetizer where they hinted at how just how massive and intricate this world really is, and its history, but only gave you a slice of it to deal with.
As a long time fan of the manga i was at
By the end i got more like
The guy who funded the Sidonia pilot paid for it out of his own pocket, and this movie existing would be thanks to him. I can't quite find the source but he seems to be a brother from another mother, one who strifes to see Nihei's work realised.If only the berserk anime had the passion put into it like this did. The production studio is clearly made up of super fans of his work, and if we continue to stand together we can make our dream of a fromsoft BLAME! game a reality.
during Killy's introduction.
By the end i got more like
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The guy who funded the Sidonia pilot paid for it out of his own pocket, and this movie existing would be thanks to him. I can't quite find the source but he seems to be a brother from another mother, one who strifes to see Nihei's work realised.If only the berserk anime had the passion put into it like this did. The production studio is clearly made up of super fans of his work, and if we continue to stand together we can make our dream of a fromsoft BLAME! game a reality.
HELL TO THE YEAH
They took the Electrofishers arc, stripped all references to
and grafted on the plotline of Net Sphere Engineer to create something standalone and TOTALLY AWESOME.
The soundtrack was nothing like the ONAs or the bombastic trailer music, but it fit perfectly.
Cibo and Sanakan were great.
All those food bars...
I WANT MORE
They took the Electrofishers arc, stripped all references to
Toha Industries - was it a conscious choice, to keep it separate from Sidonia?
The soundtrack was nothing like the ONAs or the bombastic trailer music, but it fit perfectly.
Cibo and Sanakan were great.
Apparently Cibo had been waiting almost 2000 years.... Wow.
All those food bars...
I WANT MORE
2D is dead
Frankly, I barely saw any new anime after I finished Gurren Lagann when it aired. That was peak of 2D animation, and also, peak of anime badassery.
PdotMichael
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I support the new holy trinity of Netflix x Nihei x Polygon Pictures
You said it man. A well made game in this universe would be fucking amazing. The environment is so unique.
The movie is a sort of restructured arc from the manga that makes it more standalone and good on its own. Getting the flavor of the architecture from the manga will greatly increase ones appreciation for the art in the movie but i think you can take whichever order you want in this case.
I just saw it, and it was great! Obviously they only took inspiration from the source material and created a standalone "Killy the Road Warrior" story about a single village with a few bits with Cibo and Net Terminal Gene access to Authority.
One day I hope to see it again in glorious 4K HDR.
The manga is ofc more epic, it spans so much more areas of the megastructure
I would very much like a sequel to this, which would dig in more into the mythology of the world.
One day I hope to see it again in glorious 4K HDR.
The manga is ofc more epic, it spans so much more areas of the megastructure
[which was expanding randomly for millenias in a form of a bigass dyson sphere, and Killy was waking through it from the start, ultimately reaching the ORBIT OF JUPITER.]
Caught this last night after forgetting this was even happening. I came away impressed as a fan of the manga and Nihei's work in general. They made a surprisingly well done stand alone story for what is a series known to be vague and sometimes meandering. The CG being good was another plus.
SapphiCine
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I was about to ask if it was better/different than Sidonia. Guess I will not bother. Can't imagine the role of women is good either.
GoldCrusader
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It's only similar in term of themes. If you are talking about fanservice this as none except for beautiful gun service.
I quite enjoyed it! The story is standalone, but it's got enough room for a sequel as well. Polygon Pictures makes 3D animation work better than anybody else.
I'm looking forward to Sidonia S3 and whatever upcoming projects they have. Nihei seems on point to getting his entire work adapted, partial or not.
I'm looking forward to Sidonia S3 and whatever upcoming projects they have. Nihei seems on point to getting his entire work adapted, partial or not.
... Or maybe it's supposed to be the French word "blame"...
DangerMouse
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Such a gorgeous looking movie! Yeah, the sound design was great in Sidonia and now this. It was really good in Ajin as well.
Yeah, I hope they make more.
blame space
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Yeah this shit looked amazing. I loved it.
TacticalHotdog
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There's an interview with Nihei here (in Japanese):
http://s-ss-s.com/s/2017/05/18/movie-blame-interview/
He talks about doing a lot of drawing for it and designing/redesigning various settings and characters. There's a lot of cool concept art shown off
http://s-ss-s.com/s/2017/05/18/movie-blame-interview/
He talks about doing a lot of drawing for it and designing/redesigning various settings and characters. There's a lot of cool concept art shown off
And of course, being the architect as he is, he designed layouts for the buildings
TheGameshark
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Yeah sidonia had killer sound design as well. Works so well for Nihei's sci-fi material.
TheGameshark
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Just started this and I'm guessing it's the budget because this is easily polygon pictures best effort yet as far as CGI anime goes.
Vic_Viper
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Was this meant to be the first in a series of films? I wish Polygon talked about their plans more. I mean what are they working on next?
Thought it was a great movie but it just ended without any real conclusion.
Hope they are able to do a Sidonia season 3 after this. But my main request is a Biomega series!
Thought it was a great movie but it just ended without any real conclusion.
Hope they are able to do a Sidonia season 3 after this. But my main request is a Biomega series!
Maybe it seemed that way because it was a mini story with more human characters in it , but those are mere microbes to the story as a whole. They were inconsequential to Killy as a whole,he must come across these towns countless times and they fit into the overall story of blame. Killy remains a stone faced monolith asking for a singular thing and doing some favors to humans he comes across. Compared to any other effort put into Blame adaptations before this had work put into the art which i appreciate the most. This certainly beats the shit out of the new Beserk anime. The people making this actually care.
Barkley's Justice
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I really enjoyed it. If I had to nitpick...
But yea, looking forward to more.
all the village females being busty was weird. But the real offender for me was the straight-up Tron Legacy music ripoff in the final act. I was immediately taken out of the world when that happened.
But yea, looking forward to more.
Blame manga has similar structure like Mad Max films, the point is really not placed on satisfying conclusions. At the end, the road warrior continues on his lonely quest.
Although I must say, the ending of the manga [and the last page] had me shook.
[but even that end is not really conclusive ]
]There was a drum beat that straight up reminded me of Fury Road.
Barkley's Justice
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i think it was intentional, to mimic traditional anime?
Relaxed Muscle
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I quite enjoyed it.
I wouldn't say it was that good, but it was way better than I expected it. TBH I should expect more from Polygon, since Aijin was surprisingly good.
All Polygon CGI work seems to skip frames to mimic traditional 2D animation. GGXrd also uses it, for example. (but GG looks way better I must say)
I wouldn't say it was that good, but it was way better than I expected it. TBH I should expect more from Polygon, since Aijin was surprisingly good.
All Polygon CGI work seems to skip frames to mimic traditional 2D animation. GGXrd also uses it, for example. (but GG looks way better I must say)
If it was intentional it was a bad decision. It just makes it look like it stutters and is bad for immersion. I've never noticed anything like that in traditional anime, or maybe it just doesn't affect the immersion in those, but for the CGI one it's definitely breaking it.
firehawk12
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There's no waifu-ism in this movie at least (I can't speak for the manga).
But yeah, it's so thematically similar with similar plot beats (particularly with a "twist" in the end), that you can tell they're from the same person.
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