(L) Freezing the anime

[Wrath88]

Disappointing... Especially the Pandora mode thing. At least CHANGE the clothes a little, not just add some glow and lines.

Satellizer seemed to misplace her weapon while dodging the chains at the beginning, and Ganessa somehow gained 5 chains for a moment in her normal form.

Also, anyone wonder why Ganessa used her hands to throw the last chain attack? Kind of pointless when she can already control them automatically.

Man, even though I'm watching less anime this season, school has gotten even busier.

[iceyfw]

Originally Posted by blitz1/2

Right now, Freezing (for me) is falling in rating. Hopefully it won't join the "there was never a XXXXX anime" like Umineko, Omamori Himari and Pandora Hearts.

there is no doubt in my mind the majority of people who have read the manga manwha comic book will think this way.

[Shiroth]

Originally Posted by DragoZERO

And was Satellizer's hair up in the shower??

Ponytail! <33

[Kanon]

Originally Posted by bigdeath

Errr? What anime are you expecting to watch? Freezing is about cheap fanservice + fun fights. Its a simple show with a simple aim.

I feel like you guys expect too much from this show.

As serenade already said, the fights aren't exactly fun yet. As for the fanservice, I expected it to be quality (as in, entertaining and well drawn) fanservice, like in Hyakka Ryouran or Seikon no Qwaser. It's nowhere near their level currently. What truly bothers me is that this whole adaptation reeks of cheapness. Right now, only the voice cast is saving it.

That said, even though I think it's pretty bad, it's not like it's unbearable to watch. I still hold out hope it'll improve.

[ttdestroy]

Originally Posted by Kanon

As serenade already said, the fights aren't exactly fun yet. As for the fanservice, I expected it to be quality (as in, entertaining and well drawn) fanservice, like in Hyakka Ryouran or Seikon no Qwaser. It's nowhere near their level currently. What truly bothers me is that this whole adaptation reeks of cheapness. Right now, only the voice cast is saving it.

That said, even though I think it's pretty bad, it's not like it's unbearable to watch. I still hold out hope it'll improve.

I keep teling myself this show is gonna get better, if I stick with it a little longer, I just hope they don't disappoint me.

[orion]

Originally Posted by Johnny

Don't really care for the butchered adaption so far. Boobie and panty shots can only hold out for so long. Plus they turned the bad ass student council president into a babbling coward. I'll hold out and see what becomes of the next event that the previews showed...

Now if she really was a coward would Satellizer and the rest of the school even respect her. Appearances are deceiving here.

Originally Posted by IcExAlcHeMy

there is no doubt in my mind the majority of people who have read the manga manwha comic book will think this way.

Then I'm in the minority. The manga had the panty shots with the battles and worse. I like how they've mixed in the background info early on. That could mean that the fights are going to be fast paced occurences.

This is an anime adaptation. Not all adaptations follow the manga source 100%. People should get used to this fact of life by now.

[TheForsaken]

Well, with any adaption, there're always people complaining. This's also a fact of life

[Scy]

Originally Posted by orion

The fights get better as the series progresses due to who she fights.

Really? IMHO the fights just get worse and worse; the whole bullying crap gets more and more tiring and ridiculous as it goes on. I suspect most people will drop the series after the next episode.

[orion]

Originally Posted by Scy

Really? IMHO the fights just get worse and worse; the whole bullying crap gets more and more tiring and ridiculous as it goes on. I suspect most people will drop the series after the next episode.

Yep, bullying is a part of the school life. They are violent human weapons by default. This is set in school similar to a school for delinquents in a shonen manga and Satellizer is the "fresh meat". Crows Episode Zero with girls.

And what do you think Ganessa was doing in this episode? She tried to fight Satellizer again because she thought that Satellizer didn't have a Pandora mode and she could humiliate Satellizer to her heart's content. Getting No. 1 rank on a technicality wasn't enough for her.

This episode is just the warm up for what's to come.

[DragoZERO]

Originally Posted by Shiroth

Ponytail! <33

Nooo... one benefit of the shower is the hair is down. Down!

Originally Posted by Kanon

As serenade already said, the fights aren't exactly fun yet. As for the fanservice, I expected it to be quality (as in, entertaining and well drawn) fanservice, like in Hyakka Ryouran or Seikon no Qwaser. It's nowhere near their level currently. What truly bothers me is that this whole adaptation reeks of cheapness. Right now, only the voice cast is saving it.

That said, even though I think it's pretty bad, it's not like it's unbearable to watch. I still hold out hope it'll improve.

This definitely can't compare to Hyakka Ryouran. Even with the censors, Hyakka was better.

[orion]

Originally Posted by DragoZERO

Nooo... one benefit of the shower is the hair is down. Down!

I'm in the ponytail camp for the shower scene.

[Bonta Kun]

Originally Posted by DragoZERO

Nooo... one benefit of the shower is the hair is down. Down!

Haha yea what it should be is Bridget has her hair up in a ponytail as the norm and then have it down during any shower scene or for classic slow mo letting hair down

1st 30 secs or last 30 secs, only vid I could find

[orion]

Hair up in the shower gets to the point faster and includes those with ponytail fetishes. Also, hair up normal won't get that familiarity with Kazuya's sister that they needed. She wore her hair down.

[bigdeath]

Why would you put your hair up in the shower?

[Lilithium]

I'm not sure what's going on with Freezing. The first episode was horrifying to me, as I noticed comparisons between it and Evangelion. Namely the way the "Nova" look. It's seem the EVA have been replaced with huge breasted high school students. It's a little hard to tell if I should be enjoying the aforementioned staple of most anime or not in this situation. To be frank, my feelings are not positive at this point in time. I want to know more about Aoi Kazuya, but does the overall story behind the show warrant watching more of it?

I'll watch the third episode if a fan of the manga can tell me it's worthwhile. Honestly, I am not such a fan of watching something just for the huge breasts and panty shots.

[Fenrir_valindri]

The anime is over-playing the panty shots quite a bit, but as a manga reader I can say that if the anime keeps more in line with the manga, it will be quite enjoyable.

That said, a lot of fans primary fear is that it deviates from the manga in the name of fan-service, which it already has to some degree.

[Shiroth]

Originally Posted by orion

I'm in the ponytail camp for the shower scene.

We sir are both in the same camp it seems. I wonder if you'll join me in the foot one.

[Kagayaki]

First of all, they got rid of Ganessa's naked henshin scene. Why? WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?! (The anime's pandora mode sucks, but that's not nearly as much of a problem as this.)

Spoiler for Corresponding Manga Scene from Ep 2 (NSFW):

Click for full size.

The encounter with Satellizer getting off the bus was annoying (and not in the manga).

Generally, if you grab someone and they flinch away so hard they fall over, you don't try to grab them again. It's like they decided to make Kazuya incredibly dense so they could justify having more embarrassed Satellizer scenes. I don't know. It just felt really forced.

Spoiler for I know how you feel, Fairchild-senpai. That was my face too.:

Other than Kazuya's added stupidity in the anime, it's almost like the staff decided, "Hey, he doensn't look wimpy... What can we do about this? Oh, I know, let's just make him look like a 3rd grader!"

Spoiler for side by side comparison:

Left: High schooler Kazuya (manga)
Right: 3rd grader Kazuya (anime)

As if it wasn't already bad enough, we're less than halfway through the second chapter right now. This is glacial.

If the downward trend from the first episode to the second episode continues, I predict we'll be well into "There is no Freezing anime" territory by episode 4.

[orion]

Originally Posted by Shiroth

We sir are both in the same camp it seems. I wonder if you'll join me in the foot one.

Though I see your point with feet, well drawn ankles are what I like.

If they get the ankles right, then the feet are also drawn properly.

Originally Posted by bigdeath

Why would you put your hair up in the shower?

To better scrub your back. To enable animators to give us nice back shots, profile shots without worrying about dripping hair that could obscure Satellizer's body. In other words, better for fanservice.

Originally Posted by Kagayaki

Generally, if you grab someone and they flinch away so hard they fall over, you don't try to grab them again. It's like they decided to make Kazuya incredibly dense so they could justify having more embarrassed Satellizer scenes. I don't know. It just felt really forced.

You're right. He's either incredibly dense or he has an aggressive and stubborn side also that the anime is choosing to bring out and he can read her like a book. Not only did he grab her but he continued to hold on despite being told to let go. He also didn't back down despite having a blade at his neck and supported her during the fight.

[swtrooper42]

Wow, that protagonist is such an idiot. Every time he did something, or said something, or appeared on screen I just wanted to punch him in the face Index style.

And Ganessa isn't much better. How do you declare that you're better than someone when you constantly have to have an unfair advantage in order to stand a chance of beating them?