(CR) SAKUGAN (Sakugan Labyrinth Marker)

[Stark700]

Sakugan Labyrinth Marker by Nekotarou Inui is getting an anime by Satelight.

Plot:

Far in the future, the human beings were pushed into the deep underground world called Labyrinth and they are living shoulder-to-shoulder. The Labyrinth has several colonies with severe settings such as one having an insanely high temperature, while another is full of gold and silver. Among those, in a colony of Pinyin, resides a curious nine-year-old girl named Memempuu and her father Gaganbar. As "workers" aiming for survival, they live with the lowest profession of riding a working robot to dig ore.

One day, Memempuu pestered Gaganbar, a cave examiner who makes maps of the internal part of Labyrinth, to go travel together with her to find her mother. As a "marker," Gaganbar holds the most dangerous yet attractive profession. One step outside the colony is already deemed to be a dangerous area and meeting a huge mysterious creature that loiters the cave, one's chance of living will be cut down to five percent. Since it is a dangerous racket to explore the unknown world, the map they hold is valuable and can be sold at a high price. However, is the price for their curiosity higher? What could be the cruel truth that is hidden among them? What awaits at the end of the test? In this travel story between a father and a daughter surrounds adventure with family love.

Source (Myanimelist News)
https://myanimelist.net/news/55471399

[Stark700]

Seems the anime's title is going to be Sacks&Guns!! now.

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...f-cast/.149626

[Stark700]

Delayed to 2021

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...o-2021/.157664

[Nachtwandler]

PV came out about 10 days ago:

YouTube

https://youtu.be/KwiKlNdXqkM

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[Dop]

I quite liked that. Yeah, there are elements which are reminiscent of other shows (kinda Gurren Lagann meets Made in Abyss) but through the first episode the characters grew on me and I want to see where this goes.

Spoiler for Episode 1:

But man, what happened towards the end of the episode was harsh!

[Tenzen12]

Certainly best mecha of season.

[Kanon]

Best girl died in the first episode
I really wasn't expecting it, especially since the title of the episode used plural.

Promising start otherwise. The MC is a bit too young but it can still work.

[Alchemist007]

Reminds me of Deca-dence. Will be watching.

[serenade_beta]

Spoiler for ep1:

Hmm, the weird names, the loli's voice, and the CG monsters are kinda iffy, but overall, I think it was fine enough. I guess maybe it felt a little rushed, but I can understand why they wanted to end the first episode here.

Anyways, I do see some potential to at least be a 9/10 anime, though it reminds me of Deca-Dance in various ways and I can already somewhat imagine where the story is headed.
So let's see if it can surprise me. Although it is not saying much, out of all the original anime this season so far, this is the only one that hasn't left me scratching my head.

[Goshin]

Spoiler for Ep1:

So it's gurran lagann but the battle stays underground for a while? What was the molecule that triggered the Kaiju NSA?

It's not the sky itself that's mythical right? Cause they acknowledged parts of the labyrinth where the ceiling caves in exposing the sky.

I look forward to the episodes stacking up so i can binge.

[FlareKnight]

Honestly that was a really solid first episode. I like the (living) father and daughter pair with names that I'll never remember how to spell properly. Seriously why did the living pair get the incomprehensible names but the ones with easy ones go out like that? Oh well. In terms of characters I think they made the right choice for the survivors here.

The mix is pretty good here. A brilliant kid with a strange connection to a place that keeps appearing in her dreams. Already clearing college level and creating things that have helped her father at work nicely. But at least until this point she was very focused on the whole romance of adventure. Although that definitely took a hit with the traumatic results we just saw here.

The dad is perfectly fine too. Clearly was good at the whole marker thing before stepping away to raise his kid. There was the shot fired that his wife left him, but...in this kind of thing I'd think it's more likely she went missing while being a fellow marker or just straight up died. Guy just doesn't want his kid getting hurt or killed which makes sense since she is still 9 years old. But at least he realized at the end that there was no avoiding this.

Walsh and Lynda were nice enough. Walsh being a friend that could be related to in actually working with his daughter out in that dangerous field. Certainly offered good advice as well that was useful in the end. Lynda wasn't a bad person. Although she did fire up that kid's desire for adventure. I think she only truly realized how dangerous that could be near the end. That when push came to shove she'd have to tell her to stay back and out of it. Partnership didn't quite hold up in a crisis. It's too bad she went out the way she did with Walsh. But...at least she likely died instantly so there was no time to think about it.

Pretty good start for the show in all honestly. I can't wait to see how things unfold from here.

[Wandering Soul]

This really reminded me of Deca Dance vibes. I liked Deca Damce, so I'll definitely be sticking around.

[SILENTANIMELOVER]

Same here. Watching the first episode gave me Deca-Dence vibes right away.

[Chosen_Hero]

I like everything except the girl being a 9 years old college graduate, at least have the decency and make her 12 or 13.

[ramlaen]

That was much better than I was expecting, sold on the first episode.

[Xiyon]

Definite watch this season. And I wholly agree with the MiA and Deca-Dence vibes.

Welp, time to start a countdown until Gagumba dies / gets maimed.

[SeijiSensei]

I have tried to watch episode two this morning on four different platforms Crunchyroll supports -- PC, Roku, PS4, and Android app. In all cases the subtitles are running a second or two behind the on-screen action. Just me, or true for others?

[Kazu-kun]

Crunchyroll has fixed the subs.

[Xiyon]

Wonderful 2nd ep. Can we also get a best dad of the year award and give it to good ol' Gagumber? Also, the show reaaaally seems like it's priming us for Gagumba's eventual demise.

I guess the mom is still alive?

[FlareKnight]

I do wonder whether or not Gagumber will survive this journey. The only thing that makes me think he will is that he himself seems to be prepared to die during it. Already trying to get his daughter to prepare herself for him not making it to the end. I guess we'll see. He could very well die and she'd have to manage the end herself. Or this father/daughter team will get through the whole journey and see what it all means.

The focus on them getting through this situation was fun. They both bring something to the table here. Gagumber's experience as a marker and his skills are going to be necessary. No doubt that his wife was the one originally behind him in the other seat. At the same time Memenpuu's brains and guts definitely help out. Without her able to plan things out in a bold manner they wouldn't have survived. That makes me want to see them both survive this journey.