Urban Scholar
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I found this thread and its containing information at a random time. Is this for real? I thought the manga was rather decent. Going to give it a go.
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Break Blade (anime) is awesome
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From The Dust
Banned
just saw the first episode. very interesting.
donkey show
Member
FUUUUUUU super cockblock teaser for episode 5. I'm tempted to read the manga now just to see what happens, heh. Awesome episode.
Delphine be beastin', Sigyn wanting Rygart's balls, Girghe pulling a fast one on everyone and going for the glory in the end.
donkey show
Member
Yeah, just caught up to the last chapter released and things look to beGeneijin said:
very different by the time Rygart gets to his village. Girghe was straight baller til his end though.
From The Dust
Banned
finished the second episode. I kinda feel that if Rygart told Zess of Hodr and Sigyn's fate, that might ease a little tension. they of course wouldnt stop fighting, but at least Zess would know that Hodr hasn't changed.
MidnightScott
Banned
I'm glad people point out anime here. Without it I would've never known it's existence. I went to Best Buy's anime section yesterday and it was hardly anything...it was all Funimation dubbed stuff. I didn't buy anything because it's all way cheaper on Amazon.
This anime seems interesting.
This anime seems interesting.
MWS Natural
Member
Haven't seen anime in years but for some reason this peeked my interest, will check it out.
It will be glorious (spoilers to those of you who haven't seen up to 4 yet). We can only hopedonkey show said:
they'll animate that one fight Girge had against the Athens generals before he and the others got captured. It's my 2nd favorite fight behind Girge's ambush.
donkey show
Member
Geneijin said:
Judging from that link, it looks like they just might.
I'd argue even with the possible difference in the outcome of the citizens from Rygart's town, all those snippets point in the direction of the anime following the manga.
From The Dust
Banned
finished episode 3. the beginning only solidify my thoughts about Zess's potential reaction. if Rygart told him Hodr and Sigyn would be exicuted, then maybe some of the violence could have been avoided.
Jex
Member
Oh snap we've got an official thread. I might as well drop my love here as well then:
Break Blade 1: At least it has good mechanical animation and sweet fights.
On the other hand, the pacing isn't particularly good and the cinematography is kind of bleh.
None of those things are really a problem until we arrive at the characters, who strike a fatal blow to the property as a whole. They are extremely bland, written in the style of all bland characters from the 2000's. It's pretty hard to tell an interesting story with these folks. Oh snap high-school flashbacks, apparently still relevant when you're not even in Japan. Or even the same planet for all I know.
Don't get me started on 12 year-old girls with large breasts which are treated as fanservice. What the fuck guys. You could have left that out and at least I wouldn't have been offended.
Speaking of shit you can only find in modern anime productions:
Why is her hand blushing?
In short - I'll be watching more.
Break Blade 1: At least it has good mechanical animation and sweet fights.
On the other hand, the pacing isn't particularly good and the cinematography is kind of bleh.
None of those things are really a problem until we arrive at the characters, who strike a fatal blow to the property as a whole. They are extremely bland, written in the style of all bland characters from the 2000's. It's pretty hard to tell an interesting story with these folks. Oh snap high-school flashbacks, apparently still relevant when you're not even in Japan. Or even the same planet for all I know.
Don't get me started on 12 year-old girls with large breasts which are treated as fanservice. What the fuck guys. You could have left that out and at least I wouldn't have been offended.
Speaking of shit you can only find in modern anime productions:
Why is her hand blushing?
In short - I'll be watching more.
manueldelalas
Time Traveler
Your thread interested me. Read the whole manga until chapter 42 (how many are untranslated??) and saw the anime.
Very interesting, first mech story that I have read, lots of fan service (12 yo with big boobs, queen's chambers, transparent pijamas, bikinis, etc), although this is not Fairy Tail... Although the setting is incredibly dumb.
It's very annoying the time limit in the main robot dude, and I can't wait for the translations of the robot's commands, so they can unlock new functions and the dude can learn to pilot it correctly...
Very interesting, first mech story that I have read, lots of fan service (12 yo with big boobs, queen's chambers, transparent pijamas, bikinis, etc), although this is not Fairy Tail... Although the setting is incredibly dumb.
It's very annoying the time limit in the main robot dude, and I can't wait for the translations of the robot's commands, so they can unlock new functions and the dude can learn to pilot it correctly...
donkey show
Member
By far one of the coolest mech weapons ever.yencid said:
It's actually a sansetsukon =P
From The Dust
Banned
so I finished episode 4. I had a feeling that Sigyn was in love with Rygart. but that kinda makes the whole "queen for 4 years thing" pretty stupid. Hodr is a pretty understanding guy, I'm sure he will react very calmly to finding out Sigyn is in love with Rygart. hell I wouldn't be surprised if she already told him. and only six episodes sounds kinda short
yencid said:did you figure that out or by yourself?
the mumbling about the farm boy thing made it pretty clear.
and about the lenght... think of it like this, its 12 30 minute episodes.
That and the fact she doesn't wear her wedding ring nor does she sleep in the same bed/room.
donkey show
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There's 4 so far. The 5th one is coming out in May, I believe.I Am Now said:
Questions - how did Rygart get so good at piloting his golem in just a couple weeks vs soldiers who've been doing it for years? The golem has a mind of it's own and helps?
And lastly, why is this called Break Blade if in the titles and dialogue it's referred to as Broken Blade? Just the translation?
And lastly, why is this called Break Blade if in the titles and dialogue it's referred to as Broken Blade? Just the translation?
X-Frame said:
The naturally skilled pilot trope is present in this mecha anime just like most others. It's something you kinda have to just accept. He's still not perfect (you see him training a lot in the recent episode) but if it took him 1 year to develop, this would be a pretty boring series. =\
Warrior_Keoni
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1stStrike said:
Thanks for the heads up! I haven't watched any of them past the first episode, but with tomorrow and Friday off, here's hoping to catch up with some episodes all day tomorrow. The animation seems really solid and fluid, definitely some great detail to the mechs.
I think it's more a case of vastly superior technology with a simple interface means problems for small amounts of opponents. Like, I'm not trained in weapon fire, but give me a machine gun and I'll take down five master swordsmen pretty quickly.Jexhius said:
It does help that the Queen keeps building him death armour with the instruction "just walk into people, retreat the moment it's not working anymore".
Up until episode 4 where he undertook actual training, was there anything he did that was overly impressive from a skill point of view that couldn't be explained away as auto-correct making it work? Certainly his frantic dodging has always been just that - scrambling away with the computer making it into a fluid and balanced movement.
But this show sure is no Escaflowne. The mech tech in that made actual sense how someone without training could instantly be awesome if they had an understanding about sword play. Autopilot does seem a tad Metal Gear nanomachines.
Jex
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Unless I see mecha doing push-ups, it's not real training.Dynedom said:
Not that it matters in anime. The rule here is that if you train really hard, like, for ages you can be on the level of people who've presumably trained for years like in Kaleido Star or any other show where people need to get good at something fast.
Not that I think complaining about such a minor issue is really worth it considering that you'd have to ignore all the other problems to centre in on such a thing.
From The Dust
Banned
nope. not yet. I'd give it a couple more days
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
Why not. Will watch shortly.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
I'm attempting to watch all 4 in 720/1080 soon so the wait will be less. Sounds good and I'm glad someone bumped this thread so I can find out about this.Suairyu said:
I'm dying for episode 5 too. I also have the OP of this anime on my regular playlist. Kokia's voice is awesome, especially as demonstrated by this video from another anime.
From The Dust
Banned
Suairyu said:
it aint that bad. I just remembered it recently
It's the only animé I've watched in the last year. Once Monster finished, I didn't know where to go for my high-quality animé fix. Not that Break Blade is high quality in any sense other than production values, but the hour long episode format is a nice change.From The Dust said:
Probably not going to find another series on Monster's level for a few years though.
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