2016-07-10, 04:44 | Link #63 | |
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If Madhouse can make 2 cours of this series, I'm okay with it as. But if they'll make it 1 cour, there's a possibility of adapting the first 3 or rush things up. |
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2016-07-10, 09:04 | Link #64 | |||||||
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Right now the only concrete thing in the story is the MC( who is basically a more perverted Yang Wen-li). Quote:
If the show was supposed to show her as smart or capable as you imply then the show failed. Quote:
And yes, that's all we have to go by now so obviously it is by what the characters are judged now. As I said, it might change or it might not as the show progresses, I am talking only about now. Quote:
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We literally had two almost identical LN shows in terms of premise and characters just last year airing at once!(Asterisk and Rakudai, altho Rakudai ended up being decent). And then the exact same premise was used next season again. You might be angry at people having biased expectations towards LN adaptations but that's just reality of the market and experiences available. For example, If Studio WIT were to announce a post-apocalyptic anime for next season, would you blame people thinking it will be another AOT clone? |
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2016-07-10, 09:58 | Link #65 |
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Hm, the character's faces feels a bit different from the manga. Too bad they skipped how Ikta has hit on that older lady before having to run off to the ship. That guy is such a MILF lover. xD
Well, in the manga he was "not really that handsome" and had that great lazy look on all the time, in the anime he looks way fitter and tougher and 20% more bishie. But after a couple episodes, i think I gonna get used to that new look. That is if they don't mess up that coming episode...
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2016-07-10, 10:24 | Link #66 | |
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Many anime viewers also have poor understanding of the LN market which actually can be pretty diverse. Alderamin is one of those series that has gotten zero votes from public polls but still stands strong in rankings in an established LN ranking magazine thanks to backing from industry insiders and established interest groups. While I cannot know for sure what kind of people participated in the public polls, based on the vote distributions observed, they seemed to be largely made up of people who tend to favor series like SAO, Index, etc. and supposedly 'better' harem/romcom series which have gotten animes previously. So bottomline, don't be too concerned with what ANN reviewers think. |
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2016-07-10, 10:32 | Link #67 | |
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I suggest that you try not to put every character you see into certain boxes. Also, there has been no comedic violence so far.
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2016-07-10, 10:35 | Link #68 | ||||||||||
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Yang Wenli was pretty much an almost perfect human being, from his ideals to his behaviour. His only "downside" was more something that could be liked than detested. Whereas Ikta's "downside" will annoy a lot of peoples and is already annoying some (especially "feminists" seem to already hate him and hope for him to reform himself in the future of the story ). For me, I 'd say that's better that way. He does great things but he also have huge behaviour problems here and there. He feels more human that way. Quote:
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There's like 3-4 series adapted from Light novel each season. With probably around half of them being better than most adapted manga of the same year. But go on, just because you have one or two magic school harem each season (just to say, it's fitting a niche for peoples interested in that. Light novel or not has nothing to do with it, you're going to get one every time or almost no matter the source), then suddenly there's 10,000 like that for each title I could list that isn't like that, eh? Tell you what, i'm pretty sure I can list more titles adapted from LN that are very good than you can list titles similar to what you're talking about. Want to play that game? Because I still have quite a good amount of titles to list on my side, so go on. Right now btw I already listed more than you . Quote:
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What you're doing is this : "I've red X manga, they were almost all ecchi stories with teenagers. So most manga are ecchi stories with teenagers so the manga media is shit, because even if you can list me exceptions there 10,000 like that for each exception" That's exactly what you did right here. Sorry but there is more than just "exceptions" in LN.
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2016-07-10, 14:08 | Link #69 |
Me, An Intellectual
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First impressions are so, so. It held my attention and didn’t do anything fatally wrong but nothing stood out for me either.
I think it should've done a bit more worldbuilding before jumping straight into the plot though. That being said, I'm slightly surprised that this is an LN adaptation. Other than the way the narrative fawns on the main character, nothing really stood out for me that suggested that this was based on a light novel. If I were to have guessed, I would've assumed it was based on a game, particularly due to the fact that a lot of game adaptations I've seen recently start out similarly underwhelming and lacking in worldbuilding (e.g Tales of Zestria, God Eater and Gunslinger Stratos). No idea why I'm seeing that pattern in the first place but it's just what I've noticed a lot recently. I guess maybe this show having similar characters designs to Gunslinger Stratos might've contributed (which btw, I'm not a fan of). I'm not expecting this to be as awesome as Rokka no Yuusha (another fantasy LN adaptation) but it would be nice if it had that same sincerity for storytelling that Rokka no Yuusha had.
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2016-07-10, 14:21 | Link #70 |
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My first episode impression of the characters was more or less lecherous male lead, serious warrior girl, useless guy, ditzy medic, lackadaisical pretty boy, borderline loli princess. Yeah, its the first episode, but other series manage to do better than this with just one episode, so that's not really much of an excuse.
On the other hand I don't really feel there was a need for a lot more exposition (though the princess travelling incognito and apparently unescorted aboard a regular passenger ship could use some explanation). The episode could have done with less of the characters sitting/standing/lying around talking in their cabin aboard ship. Aesthetically, the character's civilian clothes seem like they're from a different historical era than the more modern looking military uniforms it appears they'll eventually be wearing. On the plus side the combination of magic and technology is kind of interesting. Overall, its at least better than the first episode of Qualidea Code. |
2016-07-10, 15:05 | Link #71 |
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@D-Joe neogaf is good place then
@larethian I wasnt really bothered by them, it was just odd when most people dismissed alderamin, it was done with "stuff, stuff Light novel-y stuff stuff" @harry dresden thing is you're trying to put the characters in usual anime archetypes by first episode. The characters are for more human here, than the usual tropes - you will see as the series progresses. If I have to point out a mistake on Anime's part - it would be it's handling of humour. In trying to condense the fast going scenes with "no more than necessary" exposition, the comedy is somewhat lost. For example I saw people say Ikta was annoying based on how he acted with haromi, which comes off more playful in the LN. |
2016-07-10, 17:33 | Link #72 | |
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BTW for the novels, I'm only rating Rokka 1 point higher than Alderamin out of 10. And both are in my top 10 so far. YEah that's a problem. Well the director is a newbie, so that's was expected. At least he's trying to respect the material so far, even if the way he's doing is lacking any form of genius camera handling, and so on. That's still something~
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2016-07-10, 17:58 | Link #73 | |
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I'm fully aware that the Light Novel medium can have plenty of variety (I would be surprised if it didn't), but a large portion of LN adaptations have all been fairly similar in their use of meta humor and/or strong (often overbearing) self awareness. I'm also far more likely to see certain settings from LN adaptations than, for example, manga sources (e.g magical acadamies). A few anomalies aren't going to shift that pattern. Though whilst we're on the subject of the variety in the Light Novel medium, I'm curious what your opinion is on this.
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2016-07-10, 20:14 | Link #74 |
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Remember reading a bit of the manga (first few chapters) a while back. Seems like a faithful adaptation. Very good quality too.
@Haak it has the usual tropes but it's actually somewhat nonstandard in many areas. I can kind of see how it might at the moment fit into the usual nonsense, but give it few episodes. Unlike other shows where character just spew shit or drivel that wont have any lasting effects, this entire episode there have been ZERO wasted words from the first minute* Also I think this is more Valkyria Chronicles then Magic Academy. As you saw this episode those little guys don't really do much other then being cute. Then again I might be completely wrong about that. * with maybe the exception of the protagonists sexist antics a few times
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2016-07-11, 02:08 | Link #78 |
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Alderamin #2 staff
Screenplay: Yasukawa Shogo storyboard: Morio Asaka ep Director: Wakabayashi Kanji Animation Director: ZANG YOU SHICK MORIO ASAKA STORYBOARDS ON ALDERAMIN! IT'S LIT YOU GUYS GG MADHOUSE @D-Joe yep. Madhouse also doesnt do just subcontracting work anymore, so there's that. the odd thing in the committee here is the presence of BS FUJI. Madhouse hasnt worked with FUJI TV network after NTV bought madhouse in 2011. Now suddenly they're side by side in production committee xD |
2016-07-11, 02:11 | Link #79 |
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Also, alderamin #2 sypnosys & preview images
http://alderamin.net/story/02.html |
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fantasy setting, light novel adaptation, military school, politics, tactics, warfare |
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