2012-04-30, 11:05 | Link #301 |
Last Engage
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Florida
|
Experimented with two different subs this morning. The first kept the general plot points, but had some translation choices that, while sort of accurate, were clearly going for the most offensive/4channish interpretation possible (and not in a good way). The second one was serviceable, and will be the one I'm sticking with.
AKB0048 01 - In the Not Too Distant Future... My only exposure to AKB48 has been through parodies. One was a quick sight gag, another was more in depth, but also more... let's say, scandalous, for lack of a better word. So I'm going into this treating it like any other series, brand name or not. And it's giving me the same vibes as, of all things, Sengoku Collection. The world is gritty and unforgiving, but the characters, in personality and art style, are cute, and stand out against the landscape. The dancing isn't nearly as creepy as I thought it would be. There's enough 2D segments to not completely freak me out with the weird 2.5D stuff. The characters are likable, with Yuka being the one that catches my attention the most so far, though I also want to see the pros voiced by the voice actors I'm more familiar with. Not a lot of backstory was given on the world, but the scenery tells what happened clearly enough. It's the kind of setting that always intrigues me, for reasons I'm not entirely sure of. And the actual idol elements - idol singers + robots and some pseudo-magical-girl elements... these are the things I got into anime for. The things that set it apart from similar genres. So overall, a pretty positive first impression. |
2012-04-30, 11:09 | Link #302 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2012
|
Quote:
http://vid48.com/watch_video.php?v=9H57KYAMR8DO And if that got your attention then this one that's actually dedicated to tsunami victims, and in the description is all their efforts to relief. Alot of news about AKB (especially the scandalous) tend to get more attention than all the amazingly good things they did. :\ http://vid48.com/watch_video.php?v=9G64O86RUM48
__________________
|
|
2012-04-30, 12:52 | Link #304 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
Age: 35
|
Pfft. I haven't been following this thread, but I'm under the impression that the initial outlook on this show from most anime fans this season probably faced a lot of prejudice. Alternatively, I've been looking forward to this show for quite some time as (for me) one of this season's expected highlights.
Although to be honest, lol, that was only after I was basically forced to from taking a look over the names on the cast. I'm not particularly familiar with AKB48 itself. Glad to see this anime surpassing people's expectations. As for myself, I did enjoy it, but the themes of the show actually made me go full cynical on three separate occasions: The first was, lol, the suggestion that it would actually be bad to have a society with no entertainment. The reason why it's funny is that generally I would never endorse a perspective based on such an extreme (after all, as for entertainment, here I am watching anime right now); but the purely emotional rather than logical argument for "entertainment" presented in the episode actually inclined my thoughts in that direction. The next part was the "religious"/ritualistic formality of the procedure of choosing new AKB0048 members. And the last was Nagisa's monologue where she declared her love for an organisation (AKB0048) beyond her friends and her parents. Beyond that though, however, I will be freely enjoying this show as a bit of kinetic nonsense. It certainly has a number of elements to keep me engaged and satisfied. High expectations for what's to come. |
2012-04-30, 12:52 | Link #305 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2011
|
So this is a futuristic mecha idol anime.
Kinda a cross between The idolm@sater and Symphogear. Girls worked hard on their auditions and it gave results. Nagisa had parent problems, but it kinda worked out. They all made it in the nick of time. This one is not half bad, has potential.
__________________
|
2012-04-30, 13:11 | Link #306 | |
AS Oji-kun
Join Date: Nov 2006
Age: 74
|
Quote:
Censorship is a recurring issue in recent anime like the noitaminA series Toshokan Sensou. It's being remade into an animated movie that will be released in June. Apparently the re-release of the original light novels last year have sold quite well. Given the recent efforts by Ishihara and other conservative politicians to rein in the manga and anime industry, I'm not too surprised to see censorship as a theme in AKB0048.
__________________
|
|
2012-04-30, 13:41 | Link #307 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
Age: 35
|
Quote:
|
|
2012-04-30, 15:00 | Link #309 | ||
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2012
|
Quote:
Quote:
You know what's hilarious...the whole divination scene Mariko did to pick the girls. And she called on the great being as "sensei" AkiP title since he's a VP at Kyoto University of Art lulz I wonder how he will appear as? Spoiler for The great AkiP:
__________________
Last edited by mochichan; 2012-04-30 at 15:29. |
||
2012-04-30, 16:01 | Link #310 |
Blooming on the mountain
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light....
|
Umm ... what? lol! I kinda liked it ... but it was ... umm ... a mess and somehow odd all at the same time? Hrm ... I think it may take a few more eps to decide on this one. Bizarre.
__________________
|
2012-04-30, 16:29 | Link #313 |
User of the "Fast Draw"
|
I thought that was a pretty solid first episode. At the very least have to keep on watching this. Pretty entertaining really that they need to carry around their own combat force (and really need the idols to be able to defend themselves from ground forces).
Curious to see what happened to the other girl. Pretty much felt like the leader of that group and very much gone when time skipped. Even managed to not even mention her once in order to hint as to what happened.
__________________
|
2012-04-30, 21:22 | Link #314 |
Senior Member
Author
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Philippines
Age: 47
|
As I see it, this show is possibly an industry first, never attempted before by any studio, and as such Satelite's treading on uncharted territory.
__________________
Last edited by sa547; 2012-05-01 at 11:28. Reason: Is there something wrong with linking to a certain website for me to bring a point across? |
2012-04-30, 21:25 | Link #315 |
Last Engage
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Florida
|
Does Natsuiro Kiseki count? It was definitely made with Sphere in mind, but I believe that show could stand on its own fairly well with the Sphere elements removed. This show, however, is tied to AKB48 in a near inseparable way.
|
2012-04-30, 21:35 | Link #317 | |
Know who you are
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Resides within the depths of Ned infested Glasgow
|
Quote:
There are alot of weird and wonderful things in anime but that concert at the start really left me open mouthed in a way
__________________
|
|
2012-04-30, 22:10 | Link #320 |
Senior Member
Author
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Philippines
Age: 47
|
^
As her family is wealthy, she moved out probably to Akibastar, (and judging from the conceptual art, which showed the city as clean and ultramodern) the opposite of grime-stained Lancastar.
__________________
|
Tags |
action-adventure, idols, musical anime |
|
|