2022-07-15, 04:07 | Link #1 |
Autistic NEET artist
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: France
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Highspeed Etoile
Original girls' formula racing TV anime by King Amusement Creative Sonic Blade, Yostar, Good Smile Company, and Super Formula. The latter is collaborating on the project. Character designs by Takuya Fujima. https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...vealed/.187691
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2023-03-18, 18:28 | Link #10 | |
Speedy Sea Cucumber
IT Support
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Philadelphia
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This series looks... interesting if nothing else. Decent cast too so I'll check it out anyway. |
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2024-04-05, 16:23 | Link #12 |
Cyclone Magnum
Join Date: Apr 2004
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Nothing can rival Future Grand Prix Cyber Formula (even if that anime had its own flaws). Highspeed Etoile seems to me to be a very lackluster and uninspired Formula E inspired racing anime, with more female characters thrown in. Nothing against female racers, but they're not what let episode 1 down imo. What I disliked was the stoicness of the CGI faces, the really boring commentators, the Queen's supporter Richard hanging up his driving gloves, and the lack of pit crew and the numerous faceless spectators. More importantly, the racing did NOT seem fast. It just felt flat. I'll still watch since it's a racing/sports anime, but there are also other sports anime coming that will compete for my time.
Oh and half the field are claimed to be AI racers and there's supposedly some system that helps maintain distance between the cars, yet the show seemingly contradicted itself when crashes occurred. |
2024-04-06, 00:52 | Link #15 |
User of the "Fast Draw"
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I'll admit that full CG anime need to really wow me to get past the inherent bias I have against them.
The only really entertaining thing was getting a smirk when seeing the Good Smile Company name pop up. Makes sense since they are one of the Producers for it. But honestly it just didn't do much to grab me. Holding the main character out of it until the last couple minutes was certainly a choice. It just didn't have a lot of intensity. The legendary best driver was pretty much in charge and finished the race that way. And yeah the commentary lacked intensity which just made it feel even less engaging. Nothing is for everyone. So I'll give the show a salute and move on. This season is packed so quick choices for everyone on every show is needed. Hopefully anyone that did have fun with this enjoys the rest of it though.
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2024-04-06, 03:58 | Link #16 |
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Join Date: Jun 2007
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Unfortunately, seems like another example of a female-led sports anime getting screwed over by poor/lazy production (the example that sticks in my mind is Farewell, My Dear Cramer AKA Sayonara, Football - I love the manga, but the anime was horribly cheap).
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2024-04-08, 01:49 | Link #18 | |
そのおっぱいで13才
Join Date: Dec 2006
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https://dengekionline.com/articles/226996/ And it isn't even a racing game. This would be hilarious if it wasn't sad
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anime original, racing, sports |
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