2013-07-01, 22:33 | Link #181 |
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Uggghhhh....
Honestly, what can I really say about this. We knew this ending was going to be rushed. We knew this was going to be anime original, but oh well, it was good, but like this anime...just wasted potential, and almost doomed from the start. First off, the positive: While the fight was just okay, I thought that Hinohara finally making up his mind and doing that last attack, as well as Yorunami's submission was good. In fact, I'll give this episode this, Yorunami's submission and the reason he did so was actually better than what really happened in the manga. However, after that, that's all the points I can give you. Now to the negative: Wow, did I roll my eyes a lot in this episode. Beyond the cliche lines, the boring dialogue, Kadowaki whining every other minute, Arata whining every other minute, Kotoha being an annoying weak female, this episode was still pretty lackluster. It was better than most other episodes of the series, but that's not saying much. They leave a lot of threads open, even though we know this series will not be getting a sequel. However, they changed quite a few things from the manga (Tsukuyo's powers, Yorunami's submission, the entire fabricated fight, missing characters, etc.) that many who want to find the answers will be baffled by the changes this series decided to make. Also, I was willing to give this episode a pass and say it was pretty good in terms of most of the episodes of this series. But then--it went and showed the credit clips. They decide to show us a lot of future plot points with the other Shinsho, the ones whose stories would have been awesome to see, but noooo...this series was only one cour and therefore shot itself in the foot before it even started. You show all these hooks for a sequel series, when both you and I know they will never get one! Now, anyone who wants to know what all those scenes were about will have to read the manga. I guess they might as well just point the audience to the much better source material, since obviously they really couldn't do it justice. Okay, I'm going to wrap this up by saying that this show did what it could, but it was really dead on arrival through no fault of its own. I however am thankful for it introducing me to Arata Kangatari and I will continue to read the manga until it ends. I suggest any who were intrigued by this anime to do the same and read the original source material. It's 10x better and you will probably get the answer to a lot of the questions you're asking. This episode was a 7.45/10 and I give the series overall a 5/10.
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2013-07-02, 00:53 | Link #183 |
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You'd think they'd muster up some budget to make the finale look sightly nicer at the very least but nope, everything still looked bad. That's just the production values too, the writing is plain goddamn awful. It also achieved the difficult task of having Nobuhiko Okamoto and Ryohei Kimura as leads along with a nice supporting cast and still make me unable to enjoy their performances.
So yeah, terrible, terrible show. It had signs of being able to at least be decent but that gradually vanished as the episodes progressed. The only actual good thing about it were the OP/EDs, especially the second ED, which is great. I love the song. I rarely ever say this even towards shows I dislike but this one deserved to bomb like it did. |
2013-07-02, 09:07 | Link #184 | |
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BTW, is the manga even popular in Japan? If not, the hope for the second season will be less than 50 percent.
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2013-07-02, 10:28 | Link #186 |
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This was a very boring series, but I liked the setting. 5/10. I'm kind of interested in the manga, but I'm afraid it will just be a waste of time to pick that one up. Is it radically different from the anime?
Not popular at all. Sales are very low. I'm surprised this even got an adaptation. Maybe they hoped to boost the manga sales, but it apparently hasn't worked.
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2013-07-02, 11:46 | Link #187 | |
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I noticed that there were a lot of Koreans in the staff. I know some studios rely from koreans to help with animation but I hadn't seen so many as the main ones in an anime.
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The first 6 volumes, which are the ones the anime covered, are considered the weakest ones but after Yorunami the next enemies are a bit more interesting although the anime skipped a lot of stuff. Also: Spoiler for space:
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2013-07-03, 00:43 | Link #188 |
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I can't explain what got me into this series. It's very, very generic. However, if you're looking for something with action that you can kind of turn your brain off to... It's not the worst thing ever. It's just... It's actually kind of entertaining despite its heavy stereotypes. Or maybe it's entertaining because of its stereotypes? I don't even know... Some of the designs are interesting to watch while animated, too.
However, I think I mainly stuck with it until the end because Kotoha is cute and the OP is my absolute most favorite song of the season. XD Here's to hoping they adapt the rest of the manga. (And up the production value a little, too. I mean, really now...)
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2013-07-03, 09:05 | Link #189 |
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I can't say I disliked this series as some people here, in fact I enjoyed it more than I expected. I wasn't expecting much of anything so while this is not going to go on my best series list I wasn't disappointed. Things were rushed and I don't think the series did justice to its material, I did like the themes presented in the story and the growth of the main character. I also grew to like Kannagi a lot.
The two characters I was most disappointed in were Kadowaki who came off more as a caricature at times. And Kotoha. There is nothing wrong with Kotoha but her only purpose seems to be support the main character and I find this a bit disappointing. She lacks depth for being what came off as the secondary main character. Oh well I'd give this series a solid 7. Not the best but I don't regret my time. Don't think I enjoyed it enough to start a long running manga series though.
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2013-07-03, 21:56 | Link #191 |
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Well they pulled it together at the end but it wasnt enough to safe this Its right after they got out of the prison when this went to hell
5/10 this should of been at less 100+eps to make this great
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2013-07-04, 10:09 | Link #192 | |
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http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news...ng-march-17-23 Untfortunately though, after the anime broadcast, the older manga volumes doesn't make it through the oricon chart (unlike attack on titan, which has got quite lot of buys while the anime airs)
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2013-07-04, 18:00 | Link #193 |
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26,268 is what I call low for manga (not terrible... but still low). It didn't rank the week after meaning it sold even less. I doubt the total sales reached 50k. Magi, from the same magazine, sells ten times that amount.
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2013-07-07, 04:41 | Link #196 |
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Yeah. Well, it's still a surprise that Arata became an anime, considering the sales. 'Cause after watching quite a lot of Bakuman., the series that became an anime is the one that is getting quite a hype and good ratings at the magazine, right?
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