Grand Blue

[4th Dimension]

Yeah. This was as funny as the manga. My main worry is that animation quality is kind aon the low side, and I think they are over relying on still shots and sometimes CG.

[LG-MAX 2.o]

Originally Posted by 4th Dimension

Yeah. This was as funny as the manga. My main worry is that animation quality is kind aon the low side, and I think they are over relying on still shots and sometimes CG.

I believe that for an adaptation of a comedy manga, the most important thing is to be able to capture the comedy of the source, and this they have achieved, not to mention that the art is consistent and even the funny faces are the same as the manga. Personally I do not see problem with the quality of the animation and art in this question, maybe because it is not a series that needs a great animation to work, If it were a series like OPM or Mob, it would be another story ...

[Wandering Soul]

That was great. Definitely a keeper and comedy of the season so far for me.

[serenade_beta]

Spoiler for ep1:

I wonder where I saw this type of atmosphere and after checking, it made sense that this was also done by the guy that did BakaTest. The male-centric humor + girls on the side thing is so reminding of that. To think it actually ended three years ago...

Overall, it was pretty funny, though they will have to do more than just drinking jokes while relying on facial distortions to cover up repeated jokes in the episode.

Oh, and drinking sucks in the first place.

[shanimebib]

The adaptation isn't actually faithful to the manga for I am sure the first female character to appear in the panels was the older of the two sisters.

[4th Dimension]

Yeah. You are right. But it kinda felt right.

Although, if one wants to nitpick it kinda opens the plothole (if one even cares for such in a comedy) on how they didn't get introduced sooner. This way she had a dive and then somehow completely missed Iori while cleaning her equipment and went to town.

PS: Seems next episode will cover the first dive and the start of the festival arc.

[Ulin]

I guess they want to try to get shippers on board, although it is not clearly a show for that

Very funny first episode, just what I expected. And so much diving... in the OP

[4th Dimension]

Spoiler for Tehnically manga knowledge, barely spoilers:

And the fact that they don't really have that much chemistry that isn't tied to bunch of misunderstandings.

[Nachtwandler]

Originally Posted by germanturkey

ha. like those alcohol warnings were legit. someone drinking as much as they are would die. strongest opening ep this season.

Phh. You are probably from a country where people cannot handle alcohol. In my country typical students drink as much, expecially ones living in the dorminories.

[The 48th Ronin]

Came for the hot chicks, stayed for the liquor-induced antics.

[SeaDoor]

I am relieved! This manga is my #1 guilty pleasure and always makes me laugh. That Iori is still living is nothing short of a miracle!

[germanturkey]

Originally Posted by Nachtwandler

Phh. You are probably from a country where people cannot handle alcohol. In my country typical students drink as much, expecially ones living in the dorminories.

i am a complete lightweight when it comes to drinking. i was bred to be the responsible one. haha

[Calca]

Originally Posted by Nachtwandler

Phh. You are probably from a country where people cannot handle alcohol. In my country typical students drink as much, expecially ones living in the dorminories.

No matter where you are from, drinking straight Spiritus (or Everclear) like they did would probably kill a normal person after the amount they had already drank. In fact drinking that would probably cause chemical burns to your esophagus. I did see one friend of mine in college take 1 shot of everclear (and that's all he had). 15 minutes later he was hammered and he said it was the worst he had ever felt with the after effects of drinking.

Also the characters have been aged up a year or two from the manga to make them legal. In the manga there is straight up underage drinking which seems to be pretty taboo in anime except for when a character accidentally drinks alcohol or gets drunk off non-alcoholic drinks.

[4th Dimension]

Also anime puts ages in obvious titles and has that extended warning at the start.
Manga doesn't bother with any of that. Also given that they are just starting uni, they would be a bit old for that if they actually were 20 as anime claims.

[shanimebib]

Unless they have had repeated academic years, none of the four protagonists (Iori, Chisa, Aina and Kouhei) are supposed to be 19+ which would make it illegal for them to drink. The manga doesn't really bother about it. However, since it is a TV anime, they decided to put the notice up that the characters are of legal age (20+) to avoid complications from the broadcasting restrictions.

[Ulin]

In my case I never noticed, since in Spain the legal drinking age is 18 so every college student can legally drink

[Nachtwandler]

Same in mine country. And most of young people start drinking even earlier.

[orion]

Where I'm at people don't know how to be responsible so the drinking age is 21.

That was a funny episode.

[Calca]

Originally Posted by Ulin

In my case I never noticed, since in Spain the legal drinking age is 18 so every college student can legally drink

America is 21 where the majority of Crunchyroll's fanbase comes from. Of course if they can get away with it most kids start drinking during their teenage years.

[DragoonKain3]

As someone who has liver problems (ie. can't drink unless I want to KMS), I personally couldn't get into the Grand Blue manga despite having the same humour as BakaTest, so maybe I got into like less than 10 chapters? I'll give it a second round this time as it looks like they inserted one scene when Chisa and MC were kids, which I DISTINCTLY remember because for being childhood friends, the writer didn't bother AT ALL with that angle with the few chapters I read. Glad to see the anime makers decide to spice it up this time around. XD