(L+CR) Captain Earth (Bones)

[Vallen Chaos Valiant]

Looking at the way the launch was done, I think back to the old days of Thunderbirds.

But I noticed something; that they deliberately portray the transformation as one long sequence from the ground launch. The Earth engine essentially detaches bits off the rocket, and then put bits of the giant robot on. It is clearly meant to portray a type of symmetry. It is like detaching boosters in reverse.

[dmaxzero]

I am a mech hardcore, but this is not my show.
My silly wish is to have a Mechwarrior story type of show... Is not gonna happen, but I can hope.

[Irenesharda]

As my first series of the new season, I'm not sure about this series.

I like mecha, it's one of my favorite genres, but Captain Earth is not meeting my expectations.

The animation is beautiful, the music is nice and it has its good moments, but that's it.
I was extremely confused by this first episode. I can't tell who the good guys are or the bad guys. I don't have a clue what's going on. New characters just show up without introduction and the MC acts like this is the first time he's meeting them and yet somehow he knew them all his life. People don't act naturally and events are disjointed. The main thing I got the entire time here was confusion.

I will give it a few more episodes, but I expect some explanations and exposition, and soon.

As for the mech, it was okay. I'm not a fan of the giant arms, and I've never really liked the combining-in-mid-air mechas. I always saw them as inefficient as in all that time you're trying to combine, your enemy could easily strike you down. I really hope they keep the transformation sequences to a minimum.

All in all, I give this episode a 5.97/10. It needs work, but it has potential.

[kuromitsu]

Originally Posted by Irenesharda

I was extremely confused by this first episode. I can't tell who the good guys are or the bad guys. I don't have a clue what's going on.

I'm pretty sure that's supposed to be the point...

[germanturkey]

no way, 1 ep in and things aren't clear? what a terrible show.

[Frontier]

Suffice to say I've seen more confusing mecha premiers. By Bones standards, I don't think Captain Earth's was that bad .

[Flo]

Looks like fighting pollution is no longer enough for Captain Planet...I mean Captain Earth

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[Frontier]

I've been wondering... Is the main mecha actually called Captain Earth, or is it just the "Earth Engine?"

[Mad Pierrot]

Originally Posted by Frontier

I've been wondering... Is the main mecha actually called Captain Earth, or is it just the "Earth Engine?"

I thought Captain Earth was the pilot's nickname

[Death Usagi]

The series looks interesting. I am looking forward to more.

[klare]

looking at the promo pic, there should be 4 pilots so maybe the others are called captain water, captain fire, captain air

[Key Board]

Everything will be obvious soon

[DevilHighDxD]

Originally Posted by Flo

Looks like fighting pollution is no longer enough for Captain Planet...I mean Captain Earth

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The pilot suits resemble the one from Evangelion greatly(Rei's white, Kaworu's dark blue-ish and Mari's pink) and why beside Daichi, every bodies else have such a fawned face?

[shmaster]

*Reads pre-release info
*Watches first ep.
*Piecing things together

....So, I assume Teppei is the last TKG member? But there is still that 1% possibility he is just a red herring, with his aurora being round shape, not gear like.
If Teppei is not, that mysterious loli would be the next candidate considering her mini dimension is filled with gear like aesthetic. (I want to say she is Setsuna, but the hair style is clearly different)

Either way, if Teppei do turn out to be the last TKG member, PLEASE avoid the best friend treachery turn rival scenario that I hate with passion.

[FlareKnight]

While plenty is unexplained in this first episode (obviously), I thought they did alright in getting the basic plot threads going. We know who our main character is, we know his father's dead, we know that either Teppei and that girl they met are aliens or at the very least not normal humans, we know the girl in that mech probably isn't coming to have a pizza party with the people of Earth, etc .

There is plenty we need to find out about, but it's not like it was an episode that just flashed random images without any ability for us to interpret them.

Originally Posted by DevilHighDxD

The pilot suits resemble the one from Evangelion greatly(Rei's white, Kaworu's dark blue-ish and Mari's pink) and why beside Daichi, every bodies else have such a fawned face?

Seems like they all have a resolute expression on their face including Daichi. Somewhat acceptable consdiering they are seemingly the best line of defense for a planet of 6 billion people. A bit of pressure there .

[Irenesharda]

Originally Posted by kuromitsu

I'm pretty sure that's supposed to be the point...

Originally Posted by germanturkey

no way, 1 ep in and things aren't clear? what a terrible show.

I expect there to at least be a coherent story plot line for me to follow in the first episode. It's pretty important. You know, first impressions and all that? However, I'm going to wait for a few episodes to see if it becomes better for me. I mean, Baccano is one of my favorite series, but if I had ever seen it episodically (instead of altogether) I would have gone crazy with it's disjointed story-telling, so I'm going to give this one a chance.

Originally Posted by Frontier

Suffice to say I've seen more confusing mecha premiers. By Bones standards, I don't think Captain Earth's was that bad .

I guess, I'm not used to Bones? What are some examples of other Bones' series?

[Dextro]

Originally Posted by Irenesharda

I guess, I'm not used to Bones? What are some examples of other Bones' series?

Eureka Seven, Wolf's Rain, Darker than Black, Star Driver... Yhep, almost all of them started with people scratching their heads over what the heck was happening. Seems to be a Bones specialty

[orion]

Originally Posted by Irenesharda

I guess, I'm not used to Bones? What are some examples of other Bones' series?

Eureka 7
Darker than BLACK
Star Driver
Rahxephon
Angelic Layer
Fullmetal Alchemist

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bones_(studio)

[Esclair]

Originally Posted by klare

looking at the promo pic, there should be 4 pilots so maybe the others are called captain water, captain fire, captain air

Who's going to be Captain Heart then?

[kuromitsu]

Originally Posted by Irenesharda

I expect there to at least be a coherent story plot line for me to follow in the first episode.

There was a coherent plot line. Daichi lives an empty life after his father's death, until he sees a mysterious "rainbow" on TV that awakens memories in him and jolts him into action. He goes back to Tanegashima to visit his father's grave and the facility that was his workplace, and gets some exposition on his father who was a great "captain". The audience learns that Daichi's dad died fighting some kind of enemy. Daichi goes on to relive memories of a decisive incident in his childhood which is connected to the mysterious rainbow (meeting Teppei and the mysterious girl). Meanwhile, a mysterious organization launches Sakamoto Maaya's character into space who apparently attacks Earth. Daichi, now inside the seemingly abandoned facility, starts following a mysterious girl who shows him/makes him see a vision of Sakamoto's character attacking Earth. Daichi decides he wants to do something about it, so he basically plops into a mecha and is launched to meet the enemy. The end, be sure to tune in next week!

Just because there was lots of lingo and unexplained things and mysterious characters doesn't mean the episode didn't make any sense whatsoever... You're supposed to follow the show to find out what's going on.