Gunjou no Magmel (Magmel of the Sea Blue)

[Stark700]

Manga Gunjou no Magmel (Magmel of the Sea Blue) is getting an anime adaptation. Studio is Pierrot.

Plot

One day in the middle of the pacific ocean a miracle occurred, a new continent appeared out of nowhere! The new continent was the home for new and mysterious plants, creatures and minerals!

Humanity is excited as the age of exploration has returned.

Source:
https://natalie.mu/comic/news/280206

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New info

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...-anime/.139052

[videoman190]

Key visual

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Official site lists it as an April (Spring) 2019 show.

http://gunjyo-magumeru.com/

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Preview

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6znkdl

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Another preview

[bastek66]

Apparently it's Netflix exlusive in Japan and due to being funded by Bilibili there won't be official release in the West (like with Million Arthur and Circlet Princess).

[bakato]

Sounds like they ripped off Naruto soundtrack.

[serenade_beta]

Spoiler for ep1:

Hmm, pretty average in general, but it still feels more promising than most of the anime already broadcasted this season.
The "Brother was actually evil" twist surprised me at least, so the episode wasn't a black hole.

Not sure if this is complimenting this anime, or if the competition is just bad.

[FlareKnight]

Not a bad first episode. It did surprise me by having the brother truly go evil and basically everyone but the main character dying. The client is dead (presumably still get that insurance money), the parents were obviously dead from the start, and even the brother died. Only death can save someone who turned that evil. He killed his parents and only went back so he could gather allies to kill. That is impressively twisted. Never intended to go back or help his brother.

Will see how things turn out from here. The main duo seem...alright. Will have to see how they grow on me as time goes along. Seems like this black lightning stuff is pretty flexible like other creation powers that exist out there.

[Top Sergeant]

OK the main character's business is almost out of money, but they have a James Bond style command center and an operating helicopter and the MC has super powers. It seems a bit of a hard sell for me.

[Tenzen12]

Well, it's pretty obvious there is much more we don't know about MC and then we do. He is certainly not your regular angler even if he tries keep appearance.

[Wandering Soul]

Not a bad start. Magmel doesn't give off the same aura as the abyss from MIA, but I'll watch a bit more.

[foxbox360]

the MC design reminds me of Ryoma from Prince of Tennis.

[alex_drian]

I felt Toriko vibes, only that. Sigh...dropped.

[Chosen_Hero]

(Episode starts)

"Oh no, we're being attacked by bad cg"

Wow, was this underwhelming. So in what planet Earth does a new continten appear and not one person thinks to call it Atlantis? The hell even is the name Magmel anyways?

The animation was horrible, the writing just as bad (a lot of those lines were cringe worthy), the characters are generic AF and the setting (the island) looks like a cheap version of the worlds in HxH, One Piece, Toriko, etc.

Definitely gonna pass on this series.

[Anh_Minh]

Originally Posted by Chosen_Hero

(Episode starts)

"Oh no, we're being attacked by bad cg"

Wow, was this underwhelming. So in what planet Earth does a new continten appear and not one person thinks to call it Atlantis?

It's in the Pacific Ocean, so, no. It'd be the Mu continent.

Originally Posted by Top Sergeant

OK the main character's business is almost out of money, but they have a James Bond style command center and an operating helicopter and the MC has super powers. It seems a bit of a hard sell for me.

Same. I had problems with the plant, too. It apparently wants blood, it doesn't even have to be human. So it looks like the guy murdered his parents and friends just to be an asshole.

[Lukes YGO & WS on YT]

well that was a rather interesting episode, a bit strange at times.

It was entertaining enough, I will say that much, they blew up a boat.

I am curious to know what methods they will use next time to get discounts.

[Guardian Enzo]

Extremely strange, I would go so far as to say.

[FlareKnight]

Wait a second...Inyou can just make as much food as he wants? Then why do they need to buy any!? How much money troubles can he have when food costs are basically nothing? If he doesn't want to keep eating marshmallows can't he just magic up some food?

Also this show still feels odd. I just can't get attached to Inyou and Zero. They are just too weird as individuals for me. Quirky and weird can be fine, but for them it feels like they've gone to another level of that.

Anyways, at least Emilia was fairly likable. Not sure why exactly she went on this trip with the crazy idiots in the armed helicopter. But it was nice how she interacted with the Elin and understand them without needing any help there. It's thanks to stupidity around her that help was needed.