Guilty Crown - General Discussion

[Cosmic Eagle]

Guilty Crown has got to have the best artwork this season.

[dresden]

I would kiss the wheelchair girl's useless, crippled legs

[Om Nerabdator]

when is this airing??

[Chaos2Frozen]

Originally Posted by matty543

when is this airing??

Next week.

[Om Nerabdator]

Good, so far almost all the anime this season are bloody crap apart from shana, Persona and working hopefully this one is good

[Iby]

And the one with Inori:

[kresslia]

Inori has to be one of the prettiest anime characters I've ever seen. I just love her design.

... This anime in general is one of the prettiest anime I've ever seen, so far.

[DangerMouse]

Originally Posted by Xander

As someone who does like Code Geass but is also looking forward to Guilty Crown, I can already tell that there are some superficial similarities but, the thing is, there are also several differences. It doesn't make much sense to focus on what's apparently similar and ignore what isn't.

For instance, the protagonist isn't going to be like Lelouch. His power is considerably different, more oriented towards having a direct physical impact than to manipulation, and his attitude seems a bit more standard for an anime action hero.

If anything, it seems the obvious eventual rival or antagonist may be closer to being someone who manipulates others, though it's early to tell how that will truly develop.

Even the mysterious girl doesn't really resemble C.C. in terms of personality either and just because someone is on a wheelchair doesn't mean they will be like Nunnally. We shouldn't jump to any selective conclusions, much less before the broadcast.

I could go on, but hopefully this is enough to put things in perspective.

Totally agree, the hero alone is going to make this feel significantly different from Geass where I quickly disliked Lelouch.

The girl in the wheelchair also seems like she's a fighter since she's got a pilot type suit and they mention she's an operator of a mech (as long as by operator they mean pilot) and she seems pretty active in the art so with all those things she's totally different than a Nunnally-type, she looks like she'll be a very cool character.

Can't wait for the show. I totally love the designs and the cool scifi setting they've creating and what sounds like an exciting rebellion story. With so much of it looking so good and promising, the only thing I'm a bit worried about going in now since it sticks out so much is the whole so overdone "hero doesn't just meet a girl he conveniently meets and becomes the love interest of the best girl/hottest girl in school/idol" thing as a lazy shortcut to creating a love interest especially if they use it as a crutch. I love Inori's design but did they have to make her an idol singer?

Originally Posted by Cosmic Eagle

Guilty Crown has got to have the best artwork this season.

I almost totally agree, except for the new Last Exile which I think has the best. Guilty Crown's art's stunning, these two shows have the best art this fall IMO.

[Bonta Kun]

I am also in agreement, this is extremely pleasing on the yes

I just hope the story can live up to how good this looks.

[zalem]

This series looks interesting. Seems different enough from cg. I hope the main female character isn't a damsel in distress/weak type though. Also hope the main guy isn't a wimp either. Nothing can ruin an anime for me quite like having obnoxious main characters.

[DangerMouse]

Originally Posted by zalem

This series looks interesting. Seems different enough from cg. I hope the main female character isn't a damsel in distress/weak type though. Also hope the main guy isn't a wimp either. Nothing can ruin an anime for me quite like having obnoxious main characters.

Yeah, I'm wondering that too.

[applejuice]

Guilty Crown is getting extremely good review from its premiere event. Like, almost Fate/Zero level when it also had its premiere. They said 1st and 2nd episodes were all shown in that screening, and both had almost movie quality sakuga.

Now I'm genuinely interested. If story doesn't screw up my taste, it would be amazing.

[winhlp32]

I find it amusing that only now are 2ch people starting to take note of NoitaminA. I guess to get the good ratings Fuji TV really had to reevaluate the kinds of series they should put into their anime block this year.

I'm glad the production quality is good. Hoping the story is to my taste.

[applejuice]

Originally Posted by winhlp32

I find it amusing that only now are 2ch people starting to take note of NoitaminA. I guess to get the good ratings Fuji TV really had to reevaluate the kinds of series they should put into their anime block this year.

Umm... It's just that animation aired in noitaminA before 2011 was never aimed for 2chers, aka otaku. Target audience for noitaminA was specific for mid-age young women and most of series WAS aimed for those targets. That's why 2ch never cared.

Now it seems that producer changed their mind. Recent noitaminA series such as AnoHana and Guilt Crown, is far from what noitaminA block supposed to show. I like past noitaminA better when it had series that are ordinary, non-otaku-pandering but realistic, quiet, deep and heartwarming.

Not saying I don't like new path that noitaminA taken. It's just that I think noitaminA series lost its own charm that it used to have.

[Arabesque]

Originally Posted by applejuice

Not saying I don't like new path that noitaminA taken. It's just that I think noitaminA series lost its own charm that it used to have.

Pretty much this had been my biggest beef with this arrangement. Even now, 5 months later, I still feel a bit bitter over how it all turned out, even if I'm interested in the show itself. I wouldn't have imagined that noitaminA would air a show that includes a beach episode or be this risqué in it's designs, but alas ...

Anyway, I wont hold anything against the show itself, since everything I heard and learned about it makes me excited from the start. From the concept to the audiovisuals to the cast ... granted I'm banking more on Un-Go being the better show (since it's closer to older noitaminA fare) but this show at the very least be an entraining watch.

[Kirarakim]

Originally Posted by applejuice

Umm... It's just that animation aired in noitaminA before 2011 was never aimed for 2chers, aka otaku. Target audience for noitaminA was specific for mid-age young women and most of series WAS aimed for those targets. That's why 2ch never cared.

Now it seems that producer changed their mind. Recent noitaminA series such as AnoHana and Guilt Crown, is far from what noitaminA block supposed to show. I like past noitaminA better when it had series that are ordinary, non-otaku-pandering but realistic, quiet, deep and heartwarming.

Not saying I don't like new path that noitaminA taken. It's just that I think noitaminA series lost its own charm that it used to have.

Agreed, although I will say at least with Ano Hana I felt there were elements that would attract Otaku but also the original noitaminA target audience.

But with Guilty Crown I am seeing absolutely nothing that makes me think noitaminA or the reason I became a fan of the block in the first place back when Honey & Clover aired.

Guilty Crown might turn out to be a great show (although I am less enthused about it than most on here) but I wish we could get the old noitaminA back. But well I guess times change.

[Horse]

Originally Posted by applejuice

Now it seems that producer changed their mind. Recent noitaminA series such as AnoHana and Guilt Crown, is far from what noitaminA block supposed to show. I like past noitaminA better when it had series that are ordinary, non-otaku-pandering but realistic, quiet, deep and heartwarming.

Usagi Drop was only last season... Your attempts at being some "animu specialist" fail. :P

[Kirarakim]

Originally Posted by Horse

Usagi Drop was only last season... Your attempts at being some "animu specialist" fail. :P

But series like that used to be the norm now they seem to be the exception. I mean this season there isn't any series like that on the block at all.

Even Un-Go doesn't fit my idea of what noitaminA was originally about. Although it is closer than Guilty Crown.

[Horse]

Since it went 2shows per season:

19 House of Five Leaves
20 The Tatami Galaxy
21 Moyashimon (live-action)
22 Shiki
23 Kuragehime
24 Fractale
25 Wandering Son
26 [C]
27 Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae o Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai
28 Bunny Drop
29 No. 6

I don't really think AnoHana or Kuragehime were that far off some "noitaminA standard" that applejuice described (if there really is one) but the other bolded ones sure should easily qualify. The upcoming 2 seasons would be the first (let's forget Moyashimon live-action ever existed) that may not have one to fit (but I'd still wait for UN-GO to actually air).

But seriously about that "noitaminA standard" that applejuice described - where do you put ayakashi and MoNoNoKe? Did anyone complain about those being on noitaminA? I don't think anyone did...

I'd recommend simply complaining about shitty shows being on noitaminA...

[Kirarakim]

Originally Posted by Horse

But seriously about that "noitaminA standard" that applejuice described - where do you put ayakashi and MoNoNoKe? Did anyone complain about those being on noitaminA? I don't think anyone did...

No because that was aimed at the art house crowd not Otaku either.

I'd recommend simply complaining about shitty shows being on noitaminA...

Well I think the fact that they are clearly targeting Otaku with Guilty Crown to be pretty disconcerting.

Shows like Guilty Crown can easily be on another block, I don't really understand what it is doing on noitaminA except to show that the block is definitely changing.

And no one is complaining, we are just saying we are worried about the direction the block is going in.