2022-01-09, 09:25
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Staff/cast announcements from the JP 2nd anniversary stream (for the gacha game, anime news is about 3 hours in).
Director: Yuuki Watanabe Assistant Director: Masaki Nishikawa Cast: Amiya: Tomoyo Kurosawa Ace: Takashi Matsuyama There is also an official teaser site now, featuring the first key visual. https://arknights-anime.jp Last edited by Tokkan; 2022-01-09 at 21:21. |
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2022-10-28, 16:27
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Well, it's certainly better adaptation then what Girls Frontline got (despite having inferior original work). Game writing was pretty clunky, I wonder if anime can smoothe it up enough for it to be interesting. First episode certainly worked out to degree even if it had some cringe moments.
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2022-10-28, 16:44
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I did appreciate the cheekiness of, "Here's a smartphone app to command our troops!"
The lore they did give us has me interested enough to continue watching, and they delivered the exposition naturally enough when there were some calmer moments. But they're definitely benefiting from amnesiac POV lead. Never tried the Arknights game so I can't speak to it. But for what it's worth, the opening of the Girls Frontline game is abysmally bad in presentation, I just closed the game and deleted it after 20 minutes of nonsense. |
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2022-10-28, 18:57
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In terms of story, to each his own when it comes to taste, but it is if nothing else extremely high quality writing for a game (and dont mean just gacha game, but game in general). It's very high quality VN levels of quality (you can kind of already see attention to detail in the anime). Of course that quality comes at a cost, games have cheap and dumb writing for a reason.... the good writing is just stupid long. Case to point, chart of word count in arknights: https://i.imgur.com/NSNb0XR.png For reference, the entire of Clannad VN is 1,300,000 english words, Mass Efffect 2 is just 450,000, all of Vesperia is 310,000. That should give you an idea. Many players are actually scared to read the story, because not everyone enjoys novels, LN and VN length stories and writing style. Regarding music. This is actually official game music: Spoiler for Arknights Music Examples:
Some of the links above are from the official channels (usually the artists that made it). Not all because it's annoying to track down sometimes. You can also listen to their music on their music site: https://monster-siren.hypergryph.com/ (yes they have those; it's their own little joke music brand) The 2nd song above (Renegade) was nominated for 2020 Hollywood Music in Video Games, award (Lost to League). I actually hope they use some of their music in the anime since they're very famous for having great music. The community often jokes they're a "music company" that makes games.
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2022-10-28, 19:01
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I don't know since I've never played arknights either but this looked pretty well done and got me invested all the chapter and it feels like a proper gacha game adaption. The mostly silent protagonist and the way he can control the troops like a game.
Of course is only the first chapter but it was a really good one. |
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2022-10-28, 19:13
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Age: 38
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Good episode, though they probably should have spiced up that initial battle for the Dokutah to really show that he's brilliant, rather than everyone else being idiots. In the game it was fine, since it was the tutorial battle, but in anime form it was basically just "catch them by surprise from the air repeatedly", which... isn't exactly a strategy that you need a master tactician for.
I'm sure it'll get better though, since tutorials will be tutorials regardless. I also liked the voice they chose for the Dokutah. It's just effeminate enough to buy that the Dokutah could be either gender, though leans towards male. They probably shouldn't have the terminal speak anymore though. Hearing it properly call him Doctor really clashes with how everyone else, especially Amiya, says Dokutah. |
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2022-10-28, 22:39
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The Dokutah's eyes reminds me of Shigaraki for some reason. And fingers that big really seems like the Dokutah is male but they still want to make Dokutah be either way by making the voice effeminate and neutral.
It really does make it weird how everyone else goes Dokutah while the terminal goes with Doctor with perfect English. Credits show an English name for the PRTS voice which I think is the same voice in the game. The ambush seems simple with just dropping from the sky but it does have some tactics to it. Phase 1 was taking out some by a bomb, attacking the ones who came close and taking cover in the vehicle. Phase 2 was making Amiya come out to cover the ones behind the vehicle and making them try to go for her. Phase 3 was attacking the ones going for Amiya on both sides when they split. And Phase 4 was dropping down on the remaining after being cornered. Just how Dokutah conveyed it properly while he still seems out of breath is the question. Maybe the PRTS did all the work. Definitely has lots of exposition for the amnesiac character but once the groundwork is laid out when the Dokutah is up to speed, things should go smoothly. |
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2022-10-28, 22:41
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Some of the flowery dialogue, roundabout way of speaking, archaic speech, and idioms also didn't translate well, and if one were to examine those carefully, they form part of the characterization since not all characters speak that way. And those ways of speaking aren't really that uncommon in ancient China, especially among nobility. In the game, only those of certain races or those who have lived through certain times will speak in certain ways. Another thing which I absolutely loved but might not be taken well by others is the non-chronological nature of event stories of past, present, future, and how they continue into multiple parts and overlap in timeline, while tying into the lore of Terra and main story and foreshadow what's to come. As for the anime itself, the premiere episode was better than I expected. They at least made it as natural as possible and not like how the game went, for the sake of teaching you how to play it. Imo, the show also benefited from 2 factors: - made by Yostar Pictures and Yostar Games is the primary investor and publisher of the game, which makes quality control assured to a high degree - the anime production has already been completed before airing; this stemmed from the need for it to get reviewed by Chinese authorities before they could air it in China, so they won't suffer from rush schedules and deadlines |
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2022-10-29, 01:06
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I'm a two-year veteran of the game. First started in May 2020, but dropped it after one month, but returned to it in Jan 2021, and have played the game regularly ever since.
My first impression of the episode was that of relief. As in, hey, it's actually not bad. At least, not as bad as most gacha-game adaptations go. But my main worry is how anime-only viewers would react. Going straight into the story in media res is a big risk to take, as the lack of context might leave first-time viewers somewhat lost. And it didn't feel to me like there was enough emotional heft in the episode to immediately hook the audience and make them feel invested in the characters or their outcomes. So, I'm more interested in hearing the opinions of anime-only viewers, because my own impression of the anime will definitely be biased. If the story feels a bit slow for now, I would say, give it time, because the pace will soon heat up (quite literally, you'll see). In terms of in-game storytelling, Arknights has been highly uneven at best. There are episodes where the storytelling is gripping and top-notch, and other episodes where the narrative is bogged down by bloated exposition. But where the game shines is in terms of world-building — it has hands-down one of the most ambitious lore and world-building I've seen in any persistent online game, gacha or otherwise. And it's a world that takes its lore seriously, and never once descends into silly isekai game-mechanics breaking the fourth wall, a trend that constantly irritates me in many Japanese-produced games. This is one of the major reasons I remain heavily invested in Arknights even after two years. Here's a sample of the vast scope of Terra, the world in which Arknights is based. It's narrated by a major character who would soon appear in the anime. |
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2022-10-29, 14:13
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I thought trailers already were looking good, but damn actual anime was even better
Overall it was great They done most of things to almost perfect Introduce main characters, enemies and the world Doctor strategy was done in very cool way and show doctor role very well My man Ace able to show his awesomeness instead just dialog like in game And able to see how actual combat actually work instead of gameplay was refreshing But there was a bit of problem that I personally dislike They had explained a lot of things in first episode While I knew its only mentioned some importent things like infected, oripathy and re-union I feel they could more action and explain things in 2rd episode, like most animes But hey, that's just me This is probably better choice to tell non-Arknights players whats going on Timing they choose to explain things was not bad and not too gave much info either Overall is still great first episode for me
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2022-11-01, 22:24
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I played Arknights for a few months roughly a year ago, but didn't link my account and lost everything after the game upgraded itself. I also mostly clicked through the story screens, because the walls of text quickly became annoying. Now this anime gives me a chance to see what was going on there.
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And also some cities/territories are still not covered in both parts though shown.