2007-04-02, 21:49 | Link #61 | |
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Like you said it's just got that "air" about it that other supposed epic scifi sagas don't project. The Starcraft-esque multi-races war mentioned by others definitely keep my hopes up for some truely epic battle among the Tribes and the first episode didn't dissappoint me. Since I can't make out the story yet I'll say I really enjoyed the high quality visuals, including some seriously breathtaking background work (the depth of vision is simply awesome and the detail of the wrecked ship when it's behind the characters as well) really drove home the sense of scale that I was impressed by. Good "big" background music too. Last edited by DangerMouse; 2007-04-02 at 22:05. |
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2007-04-02, 23:07 | Link #63 |
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Personally, I'm not getting this whole Hirai's copypasta vibe. Granted, he's hardly the most imaginative of designers, and there's a lot of reccurance in his designs, but I still find his designs more vibrant and unique than those generic-looking designs or those overly cute ones like those in Tokimeki, etc. Besides, his designs really only feel glaring if one makes constant comparisons with his older shows, minus his really old shows like Dancougar.
Not to mention considering technically, Xebec's interpretation of Hirai's designs are never really that spot on with the original lineart anyway even when Hirai's the chief here. Just like how there's like 3 different faces of each character in C.E due to outsourcing, different animation directors, etc. Rambles aside, I really liked the episode. Like said by everyone else, it creates a premise where it's promising to be an epic adventure. The settings that is shown by the rich nature of different races from the pyschic powered humans, giant Gigantic Guyver-ish beings, struggles and battles of intergalactic beings, solid background music that shows the atmosphere, vibrant background images and animation that makes it feel really rich in experience. Like Sonhex mentioned, there's like a flow of maturity from the more character-orientated Fafner, to the post-worldy setting personified The Third and now, it looks like they're upping up the scales to magnify both of them into a character-based story in a universal setting that spans galaxies and races. Granted, we've known little beyond the little information on the few races mentioned, but it's really something. I expected something epic, but it's beyond what I thought would be. I was kind of appaled by the clothing designs at first, since I expected something better from Hirai's often-quirky fashion taste, but now that I watched it, it really kind of fits the atmosphere of the galactic sci-fi setting they're opting for. Anyway, a good first episode. The character interaction dynamics for characters outside Age/Fuuto/Mother haven't been really "there" yet, but considering what transpired, it's hardly an issue.Gets an 8.5 from me.
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2007-04-03, 00:12 | Link #64 |
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"The settings that is shown by the rich nature of different races from the pyschic powered humans, giant Gigantic Guyver-ish beings, struggles and battles of intergalactic beings"
This is what I expect to really get into this show for, it's been a while since I've seen epic scifi with multiple races going at it in large scale style. The Starcraft-esqueness someone else wanted to compare it to if you will I also happen to like most of Hirai's character designs (especially in Scryed), and I agree I find them nice and sharp and much better than what a lot of people seem to fawn over, many of which to me are really generic like the slice of life shows that always get praise for character design. What I dislike is that his designs tend to be used in shows where annoyingly convenient "teen romance drama soap operas" often threaten to overpower the "real plot and drama" that I'm personally watching the shows for, which is really the writer's fault, one of the many reasons I kind of liked GS/GSD's art designs but hated the shows a lot. |
2007-04-04, 02:12 | Link #65 |
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The Tribe of Iron's Bruised Ichigo have responded to the Tribe of Gold's plead to sub Heroic Age. :P
It's time for the admins and mods to respond to the Gold Race, and move Heroic Age to the Fansubbed section. :P Alas, now people who can't moon-speak can finally watch and experience what looks like it will be the most epic science fiction anime in a long time.
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2007-04-04, 03:20 | Link #66 |
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Hmm... The music and the visuals were pretty good, the plot seems decent but the characters are too... stereotypical. The blond hime-sama with the crappy monologues, the twins with the irritating voices, and so on... Some parts of it were pretty cheesy. But I like the main character. Anyways, I'll give it one more shot.
PS. And... Iolaus? Please, Japan, just stop the stupid use of our language! |
2007-04-04, 12:08 | Link #68 |
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That's a name from a person in greek mythology. I'm guessing they are pronouncing it wrong? Have no clue how it's supposed to be pronounced. Or maybe he just doesn't like random greek mythological references.
Saw the first episode of this series....it's ok. The characters don't seem too interesting, but then it was only the first episode. I'll keep watching to see where the series goes.
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2007-04-04, 12:25 | Link #69 | |
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Anyway I guess Heroic Age gets the shot I never thought it would get. Hisashi Hirai this is the luckiest day you'll ever see for a long time. |
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2007-04-04, 13:20 | Link #70 |
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Hmm, I'll be sitting on the fence with this anime, I'm going to nitpick now and receive a huge amount of bad rep, but here I go.
I don't like the generic looking characters, hopefully their personalities will make up for that. Big negative for me is having kids doing all the work (piloting/planetary exploration/guarding the princess) yes, yes, it's an anime that is aimed at kids, so I shouldn't expect different, I know. Big daddy being the captain is another sign. Big positive are the space suits (finally), a good design especially having build in eye protection. A com-system inside the helmet would be more practical, but I guess it's easier for the viewer to see if you mount in on the arm. Rather sad that the ground commandos ran away from a half naked human boy. Very sad. You'd assume that they'd been trained not to panic when encountering strange stuff. Guess they're virgins and got embarrassed. I'm cool with the psychic power thing, astral projection and psychokinesis is all fine for me, even taken to an extreme it's still good. But if the princess can detect faint signs of life, it shouldn't be that hard to detect a huge alien deathstar mother ship that is shadowing you. But this can be argued away by, not focusing on the right thing, bla bla bla. You see I would have made the people who have those gifts put in a surveillance squad. But hey, it's probably plot linked to her DNA or she's unable to feel bugs. Leaving out telepathy is... well having it would benefit them more (no language barrier), put I guess they have to leave in certain hurdles. So things can be made clear to the viewer by third person observations. The capital ship type battle was ok, too bad that it was so short. Although having a God mode super mecha defeats the purpose of having capital ship vs capital ship combat and all other real mechs running around in the future, just god mode and game over. But I guess the MC will plot/forget/be unable to use his power for extended amount of time or something like that. I hope not. Bad design for the human capital ships propulsion system, they just can get over the mistake that ships don't just stop in outer space they keep going, its great to have huge engines in the back but how do you make it stop if you don't have anything similar in the front. A good design for the rest of the ship though, I can get over the variable bridge design. A teleportation system on a mech is good, but wait, if you have that kind of tech, why not incorporate it into the shuttle, a great way to escape or put it into a weapons system. Simply teleport a H-bomb inside the ant hive and it's game over. I guess Ant-defense / weapon range plot-restriction prohibit that? Or the person using it has to have some sort of gift, typical but ok. I don't like the fact that ground troops get space suits and the mech pilots don't. I guess, if you get a seal breach you die. Way to take care of your pilots, but I guess we wouldn't be able to see them scream and emote if they had the suits on. The cockpits are probably plot designed so space suits wouldn't fit anyway. Great plus for the symbiotic relationship of the MC with the tenta-monster, which is to be expected from someone with his wisdom. If he had the knowledge he would have fixed his ship I suppose. Very likable MC btw. Good animation, music and all that. |
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2007-04-04, 13:59 | Link #72 |
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Iolaus, Deianeira, Argonaut, and the others all have their proper spelling from their latin equivalents in the epic poems (Iolaus and Deianeira are from the tales of Hercules, and an Argonaut was one of Jason's followers).
When we find real romanizations for the others (Tayl/Mayl) we'll change them. |
2007-04-04, 14:01 | Link #73 | |
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Other than the usual "it's an anime", i would guess the teleportation system have limits. Notice all the mechs and escort ship flew down instead of teleport? (range restriction? or maybe exact coordinates are required?) During the attack, Iolaus request the princess to board an escape capsule so he can escort her back (so there's a limit of mass/size that teleportation device have) As for teleporting bombs inside the enemy. well... what would happen if you teleport into something solid? Not to mention, you are trying to teleport into a moving ship instead of a static location. Just too many impractical stuff in anime that it's best to not think too deep into the technical side of things and just enjoy the actions. If you like those that are more geared towards realism though, i recommend Seikai no Senki series if you havent watch it. One of the best sci-fi anime that's highly detailed in the technical department.
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Yes, yes, watched Seikai no Senki, loved all of them. Last edited by Aidan; 2007-04-04 at 14:29. |
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2007-04-04, 14:46 | Link #77 |
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Wow, i wonder why that is... :3
I watched the first episode before, and liked what i seen. Character designs are love (for good reasons), and i love the epic music. I just hope this one keeps on delivering the epic!
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