(L) Needless

[Midonin]

Originally Posted by NeoSam

The seinen manga NEEDLESS by Imai Kami will be getting a TV anime adaptation.

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NEEDLESS

The manga is serialized in the seinen manga magazine Ultra Jump.
Currently there are 8 volumes released of this manga.

Covers:

Spoiler:

From MangaUpdates:

Year 2130 --
after the third world war, large contaminated areas known as "Blackspots" formed all over Japan. Large Walls were used to quarantine off these "Blackspots". In time, signs of inhabitance appeared within these wastelands. Among the survivors who had been abandoned inside the Blackspots, labeled as "those who were unneeded", came forth possessors of uncanny abilities -- Fire, wind, brute strength...they were defined by their supernatural abilities. Others, fearful of their powers, expelled them and named them - - - Needless!

Mangaka: Imai Kami

Genre: Seinen, Action, Sci-fi

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Source: MoonPhase Diary

Official website

http://needless.jp/
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I'm looking forward to this one. The men look exaggeratedly manly, the women look cute and there's a nice voice cast signed on.

The OP will be "modern strange cowboy" by GRANRODEO.

[Guardian Enzo]

It does look like a somewhat different show in a depressing summer season of extreme sameness.

[Kaisos Erranon]

Originally Posted by Guardian Enzo

It does look like a somewhat different show in a depressing summer season of extreme sameness.

Hey, there's still Canaan.

Anyway, this sounds... kinda like generic shonen, but I like generic shonen. Probably try it out.

[ZODDGUTS]

Originally Posted by Guardian Enzo

It does look like a somewhat different show in a depressing summer season of extreme sameness.

Actually if they stay close to the manga you be in for quite a surprise. There's a crapload of deaths and gore in the manga. The covers is a bit misleading.

[DRAGUN H.E.X.]

but to me, why does the art-style reminds me of Shaman King for some reason?

[Guardian Enzo]

Originally Posted by ZODDGUTS

Actually if they stay close to the manga you be in for quite a surprise. There's a crapload of deaths and gore in the manga. The covers is a bit misleading.

Not at all - from the art I rather expect death & gore (and I know the premise a little bit). Given that it's not a moe schoolgirl series, that to me makes it different from the sameness of most of the rest of the scheduled series.

[Midonin]

A bit too much overgeneralizing on both sides of the fence in this thread, methinks.

[kenjiharima]

Whoa! This looks cool might add it to my next watch list. Is the manga being scanlated?

Gar men and moe, loli girls...check. Good for me.

[Zu Ra]

Originally Posted by GUNDAM H.E.X.

but to me, why does the art-style reminds me of Shaman King for some reason?

Not only Shaman King some covers even reminded me of Kamina from GL ( VL 1 3 6 7 ) . For a moment there I felt it was a GL spin off . Looks interesting might give it a try once animated

[sapphire-pyro]

Whoa! It's looking good! I'm attracted to the guys on the 2nd and 8th cover, hehe.

Looking forward to this series xD

[Midonin]

The ED has been confirmed to be titled "Aggressive zone", by a group called the "Needless★Girls+". I'd wager it's probably the main ladies in the cast as a group, but there's nothing to confirm this yet.

[Guardian Enzo]

Interesting mix of characters - some tough but moe-looking girls, the little green-haired shota on the #8 cover, a couple guys who look exactly like Kamina from TTGL. At least it doesn't look exactly like everything else.

[SquirrelLuvsPnut]

The site has updated with characters.

Spoiler for Characters:

[Katapan]

Well, well. Seeing Madhouse and Imagin on the same screen usually means bad things to come.

Spoiler for ep1:

And this wasn't an exception. It did feel like the staff tried a bit harder on this adaptation than on, say, Chaos;Head, at least on the animation level... only to become a complete Gurren-Lagann rip-off. Do they think this'll make the show popular? I wouldn't really mind it, if it wasn't for the fact that the directing, writing and plot were all completely awful. I've also never heard/seen an ending that pathetic before.

This was nothing but a huge mess, which can't even be saved by KitaEri and Endou Aya, sadly. Maybe some will enjoy the craziness, though..? *shrug*

[-Breakthrough-]

nly to become a complete Gurren-Lagann rip-off. Do they think this'll make the show popular?

the manga had a lot of violent/wild/hotblooded/darkcomedy themes in it

I'm guessing this is why the studio went on this path. Have you even read the original manga?

[serenade_beta]

Ah~ Oz-kun, before I knew it, you've become a magician...

Spoiler for ep1:

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Yeah... No... (-_-)

It was horrible. The only thing this anime (episode) had was tension. Everything else was very lacking... Do this story in some morning time instead...
And the tension turned painful after a while, hearing them scream for 20+ minutes along with some rather cold gags.

Good points:
That blue haired girl
Mishearing Needless for "Neet desu"
ED

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By the way, ED>>>>>>>>| Void of the space | >>>> Actual episode.
Probably going to give up on this... Call me back when the actual anime becomes like the very entertaining ED.

[Katapan]

Originally Posted by Daisuke CP9

the manga had a lot of violent/wild/hotblooded/darkcomedy themes in it

I'm guessing this is why the studio went on this path. Have you even read the original manga?

I haven't, though I was indeed under the impression that the two series had things in common. I'm simply refering to the animation, though - if you've seen TTGL, and then the fights in the first episode, I think you can only feel that this was a blatant rip-off. The fact that the genre is the same doesn't justify using the same animation techniques. Had the rest of the episode actually been good, I wouldn't have minded it, but if this aspect becomes the highlight for me and yet actually originates from Gainax animators... then something's wrong.

Now someone tell me if I'm seeing things and if the fights actually look different.

[-Breakthrough-]

yeah.....looking to the actual animation, it does look like TTGL save the mecha fights (my memory's kind of blurry, been a year since I finished TTGL)

Spoiler for ending song:

Yeah, the ending was kinda too fanservicy despite the bishoujo budai were my faves

[SquirrelLuvsPnut]

a trailer for this hasn't been released yet, right? If not, then it's kinda too early to say it's a rip off of anything.
At any rate, I love evil shotas and I believe that the character "Uten" is one.

[ThoHell]

It seems like this is a try hard to be funny series.... usually those are next to not funny. Animation is good and action scenes are good. I'll give this a try.