(L) Kurokami

[gaguri]

Originally Posted by Westlo

I'm curious to see the reaction from Korea after it starts airing.

Just in case anyone wanted to know, this is the impression I got from the general mass's reaction.

- Omg manga by Koreans are going to be animated and broadcast in 3 countries awesome~
- Unfortunately it's broadcast at 10pm lol can't watch because our parents are still awake! To the internet we return! (I laughed so hard at this. Talk about broadcasting fail)
- Owww Kuro is so cute when she stares at ramen~
- Holy shit the action scene! Thank you Sunrise!
- The tone is so dark...

My reaction:

Meh.

[darkchibi07]

Originally Posted by Sprite_Coke

I still need to watch, but Laura Bailey having the leading role ruins the whole English casting.

Uhhhh, how so? She's a pretty versatile VA.

[SuperKnuckles]

Originally Posted by orion

A DVD hit in Japan won't necessarily translate into a TV hit in R1 (example Code Geass since Lulu got mentioned. It "enjoyed" the "kiss of death" 5 AM slot and now follows Moribito which is not a popular title on [adult swim].). ImaginAsian is putting this in primetime so it has to produce results. So Kurokami got tweaked to be more profitable outside of Japan and still target Sunrise's population demographics.

Maybe in your time. It's 2AM where I'm at (if you're talking about Geass).

For some reason, westerners can't be bothered to buy into mecha or political shows it seems. Fanservice and shonen action on the otherhand, seems to do well.

At least Gundam 00 is in a prime spot.

[Malkuth]

Originally Posted by SuperKnuckles

Maybe in your time. It's 2AM where I'm at (if you're talking about Geass).

For some reason, westerners can't be bothered to buy into mecha or political shows it seems. Fanservice and shonen action on the otherhand, seems to do well.

At least Gundam 00 is in a prime spot.

Political shows? like what? Gundam? FMP? Gasaraki?

[Deathkillz]

Originally Posted by gaguri

Just in case anyone wanted to know, this is the impression I got from the general mass's reaction.

- Omg manga by Koreans are going to be animated and broadcast in 3 countries awesome~
- Unfortunately it's broadcast at 10pm lol can't watch because our parents are still awake! To the internet we return! (I laughed so hard at this. Talk about broadcasting fail)
- Owww Kuro is so cute when she stares at ramen~
- Holy shit the action scene! Thank you Sunrise!
- The tone is so dark...

My reaction:

Meh.

Meh...you say

Kuro~~

[orion]

Originally Posted by gaguri

Just in case anyone wanted to know, this is the impression I got from the general mass's reaction.

- Omg manga by Koreans are going to be animated and broadcast in 3 countries awesome~
- Unfortunately it's broadcast at 10pm lol can't watch because our parents are still awake! To the internet we return! (I laughed so hard at this. Talk about broadcasting fail)
- Owww Kuro is so cute when she stares at ramen~
- Holy shit the action scene! Thank you Sunrise!
- The tone is so dark...

My reaction:

Meh.

They don't want their parents knowing that they are watching the program. That's pretty sad.

[tzia_n]

it just dawned on me how Keita turning up as a High School student makes Keita X Kuro more probable in the anime than Keita X Akane...

[attobyte]

I wonder, since this thread is in the licensed section, obviously kurokami is licensed. My question is by who ?

[Tofusensei]

Originally Posted by attobyte

I wonder, since this thread is in the licensed section, obviously kurokami is licensed. My question is by who ?

Bandai.

-Tofu

[Yu Ominae]

I'd like to see the English version of it. But I'm Canada for university, so that's a bummer. Subs are fine for now. Am watching episode 1.

[serenade_beta]

OP was great. Really exciting little thing. (Kinda laughed at the part where the protagonist didn't fight and let Kuro take down the enemies though)
ED... was ED-like. Good enough.

[v1nx]

http://ru.youtube.com/watch?v=evH68chcYW4

Opening

soon will be av. in HD (youtube needs some time to process)

[raidou]

Originally Posted by tzia_n

it just dawned on me how Keita turning up as a High School student makes Keita X Kuro more probable in the anime than Keita X Akane...

Well, it would be okay as long as Kuro does not go deredere… that kind of relationship is already reserved for the TNO's duo

Hmm the opening is nice, it suits the genre. Looks like at least all the antagonist from the manga will be around plus the new character. I wonder whether...

Spoiler for akane:

That new dude is replacing Akane's doppleliner, since Akane doesn't seem to have prominent role in the anime. Then again, it still eps 1

The ending is decent (nice song) but a little too short and that style (a character walking alone) is kind of overused lately

[ThoHell]

Just watched this first episode and I'm impressed. I'm going to be looking forward to this series, pretty interesting and the mid-air descending opponent combo fighting was like awesome...... Remind of me like Street fighter/Killer Instinct/Mortal Combat!

[Malkuth]

Originally Posted by ThoHell

Just watched this first episode and I'm impressed. I'm going to be looking forward to this series, pretty interesting and the mid-air descending opponent combo fighting was like awesome...... Remind of me like Street fighter/Killer Instinct/Mortal Combat!

That's what happens when the main intention is to make money instead ... art ...

Kurokami is degraded even beyond shounen, into a fighting game

Don't get me wrong here, I love fighting games, but certainly degrading Akane's role and simplifying in general character interaction for whatever reason is just not doing justice to the manga.

I should recommend to viewers to read the source material beyond the third volume (which is readily available in various languages) and then watch the show, in order to see what they will probably never see.

On the other hand (and bashing aside), as an adaption for kids (-13) it's not that bad, probably I could watch it alongside with my girlfriends kid (6), without entering an uncomfortable situation of trying to figure out what they consider as ... OK ... to explain realistically and what to abstract in order to avoid "cultural collisions"

[v1cious]

the dub of this isn't half bad. if you have Imaginasian, it's on right now.

[Rawgers]

Originally Posted by v1cious

the dub of this isn't half bad. if you have Imaginasian, it's on right now.

Yea, I'm watching it on the mysterious iatv at the moment. I was suprised that for the OP they actually had pretty subtitles . Watching Anime legally on TV feels good .

Edit:
Finished watching the first episode. I'll probably continue watching this the first episode was enjoyable (never read the manga). Keita having everyone close dieing to him kind of reminded me of Edgar Allen Poe for some odd reason. The action scene was pretty nicely done as well.

[Littm]

Oh, wow, Awesome. Really brutal and interesting plot. Art is great, they put a ton of money in effects and details. Just look at this streets, city and effects. So lot of details at this streets... it reminds Kurenai. Obviously, I will stick with this.

[orion]

So was there any editing/censoring between the 4 versions (pre-airing stream, Japan, US, and Korea)?

[Ashlotte]

Originally Posted by Kaoru Chujo

Wait for eps 2+, when a lot of your objections should be washed away.

Spoiler for ep1:

There is a good reason for the accidents. They had to make up a new word because they wanted there to be three people involved (for some reason or other). There was a reason for the criminal to show up. The main characters develop. And there is an amazing sequence of events they have saved for ep2, which will make the bond between the two main characters.

Don't expect everything to be explained in the first episode, is what I often find myself saying. The lesson? Well, you don't get the whole lesson in ep1, and it has nothing to do with cars, but it does have to do with other selves and a (to me) interesting mythology.

Fairly deep savage power loli + tsuntsun insecure and depressed but eventually strong male lead + interesting story setup is what I expect, based on the manga.

Based on the manga and ep1, I expect to enjoy this a lot more than I did Shakugan no Shana or the few eps of Index I watched. We'll see.

I've got to say that I didn't find Keita generic. He is not a generic shounen protagonist, but has some of the great shoujo emotion stuff that Yoshida Reiko can bring. He was too much of a pr*ck in the manga, at first, and this is better, for me, so far.

By the way, in case it hasn't been mentioned, check MangaFox for the scanlation, called Black God...if you dare. Hasn't ruined the anime for me so far.

I'll have to agree on this point...The more the episode went on the more I appreciated the subtleties of his character. He came off pretty generic at first, but as they went about showing his day and you started to see the kind of person behind that fake gregarious personality he projects I could really sympathize with him.

I never read the manga so I can't really say anything about how its translated to anime, but as a stand alone piece of work I found it to be extremely well done. The fight scenes in particular carried a great deal of heft to them...When someone got hit in episode 1 you could really feel the weight of the blow and it made for a very exciting watch.

Other then that it handled some of its more loftier philosophical aspects well I think.

Overall glad I accidentally came across this one last night when I was bored and browsing through the licensed forum...