2007-04-04, 15:15 | Link #181 |
Am I bad? Yes... Very X(
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Same with me, I haven't read the manga yet. I thought I'd dislike Clare at first, but guess what I like her after seeing her in action. Some reasons why? Not telling her name just like that. A very cool things in my eyes, with an intelligent reason to boot. Shes' not stupid, but calculated. Not caring if she dies. Emotionless and yet she still has feelings, be it not because she feels, but because of the things she remembers. A lot of very attractive features. A couple of other psychological tricks are also there, but I'll leave them out.
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2007-04-04, 15:56 | Link #183 |
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I liked brutality of fights and as well as Clare's attitude and personality which supports quite well the image how it's possible to get harden to all sh** what you get by being different. Haven't read manga, just read about it from Omni's blog about new shows, sure you need more eps to see how things gets going, but I think they hit in nail with the overall atmosphere; I liked how things aren't on silver platter and world ain't fair. We need these kind of shows too, simple, gore, un-embellish(?) storytelling.
So once again I ended with Eclipse. |
2007-04-04, 15:57 | Link #184 | |
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I definitely do not think that this show is running in a way that requires familiarity with the material. Many shows like this do not make things clear right off the bat. I haven't read the manga but I'm going to assume the first couple of chapters didn't do much more than world-building and introducing Claire as a strong but withdrawn character. If the relationship between various "levels" of people/monsters is going to play a huge part it's a reasonable place to begin.
I agree you have to give a character like this a few episodes. I don't know where they are going with her character since I'm not much of a manga fan only that there seems to be a lot of "world details" that are well thought out and not haphazardly thrown together involving herself and the other Claymores. My classic argument for this is really the show is going to be atleast 20-something episodes, "oh no ***-character is an enigma after one 20 minute episode"....if you expect to understand the character that quickly the viewer is better off watching anime films or overly shonen adventure series or harem shows where you can read the entire character based on their design and/or quirks. I don't read much manga, but nothing annoys me more than manga fans badmouthing good anime because it doesn't just animate the panels. Quote:
I too like the brutality of the action. One of the best parts of dark fantasy and they nailed it. Hopefully the tougher opponents will allow for Madhouse to give us some more lavishly animated fights. I like the style of the animation in the fight and I love the camera angles of the last action scene. |
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2007-04-04, 16:04 | Link #185 | |
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2007-04-04, 16:23 | Link #186 |
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Well frankly i'd never even heard of the show until I watched it today, but I saw eclipses name pop up as the sub group so I thought id give it a shot.
Pretty glad I did...The first episode edged alittle towards the cliche side but the animation was spot on and I find clare a pretty interesting lead, so I think ill keep up with it and see where things lead.
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2007-04-04, 16:58 | Link #188 | |
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2007-04-04, 17:11 | Link #190 |
RUN, YOU FOOLS!
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Formerly Iwakawa base and Chaldea. Now Teyvat, the Astral Express & the Outpost
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There are still a lot of anime that have yet to be aired this spring.
I've watched the first episode of Claymore, it was catchy to say the least. Houko Kuwashima did not sound like Kirika, Kagura or Yukio, so it was sort of nice to hear another shade of her voice range. There were enough blood to make me go into Fantasy B-movies fanboy mode, music was alright. For a first episode, it delivered, as expect from Madhouse (I love this studio since the Kawajiri Golden Era). |
2007-04-04, 17:14 | Link #191 |
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wow all this discussion about clare not not being enigmatic enough or not having proper emotions and all of that.... people are making the strangest assumptions based either on:
A) the first couple chapters of the manga B) the trailer !!! (never a good idea to judge characters based on trailers) C) only the first ep (also not a good idea) i really feel like this deserves spoiling but i think that the people who are complaining about this aren't going to watch the show no matter what we say so spoiling would only hurt people who like the show. suffice it to say our main character is not what you think. plain and simple. as to the blood being red, red/purple, or purple... well, i know that human blood will be red and yoma blood will be purple. i like the theory that claymore blood should be red/purple and i would say that just because clare's blood was red doesn't mean that other claymore blood might not be red/purple. can't say anymore without treading into major spoiler territory, but that would be my theory... i'm glad eclipse picked up the show. that means quality speed subs in dual formats!! sweet!! i love you eclipse!! |
2007-04-04, 17:27 | Link #192 | |
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Are Claymore women only? Or is it just mostly women?
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2007-04-04, 17:39 | Link #195 |
I want dreads...
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awww... Xellos beat me to it. I hope there might be a chance for a new male claymore. I only got to read up to volume 6, so idk if one is introduced beyond that point.
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2007-04-04, 17:57 | Link #196 |
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For me this was a solid episode really liked it. The manga does start off a bit slow so I have no problems with the first episode speeding this up. I really like Clare's character she does seem a bit flat at first but as the story goes on her character progresses you'll really get to understand her and as to why she is that way. She starts to open up a bit more with her time with Raki.
Anyways overall I liked how Madhouse handle the first episode hope they stay consistent witht the animation through out the series. BTW The series will get better and better starts off a bit slow but when it gets going it really gets good. |
2007-04-04, 18:41 | Link #198 | |
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2007-04-04, 18:53 | Link #200 |
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I can most certainly guarantee that that did not happen in the early manga chapters I read. Something like that is really all I was looking for anything even slightly intriguing or mysterious about the character other than the fact she exists and kills monsters (That might have flown for something like an 8-bit games plot, but we're talking an action-drama series here). Good stuff then. Alright I'm in for an episode.
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