(L) Gleipnir

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Manga 'Gleipnir' is getting a TV anime adaptation.

Plot Smmary

Shuichi Kagaya an ordinary high school kid in a boring little town. But when a beautiful classmate is caught in a warehouse fire, he discovers a mysterious power: he can transform into a furry dog with an oversized revolver and a zipper down his back. He saves the girl's life, sharing his secret with her. But she's searching for the sister who killed her family, and she doesn't care how degrading it gets: she will use Shuichi to accomplish her mission …

Staff
Director: Kazuhiro Yoneda
Series Composition: Shinichi Inozume
Character Design: Takahiro Kishida
Studio: Pine Jam

Source
http://moetron.net/post/183213414815...eipnir-will-be
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...-anime/.144159

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Official site is up

http://gleipnir-anime.com/

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Listed as a April (Spring 2020) show

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...l-2020/.154043

[Kanon]

Cast and additional staff:

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...artist/.154572

Natsuki Hanae, Nao Touyama and Kana Hanazawa. Pretty top tier.

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Preview

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New key visual and PV #2

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Funimation announced for stream.

https://twitter.com/FUNimation/statu...99557391917056

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First episode is out.

Honestly, this is one of the strangest anime I've seen this Spring season especially with Shuuichi in that monster form. Not a bad start though. It has potential imo despite the strange premise and I can hope the story will develop more with our two main leads.

OP song is also out

[Sakuratsuki]

I've read the manga some years ago and stopped halfway not because of it not being interesting but I just put it aside for not having time. Gladly to see it getting an anime. Just finished episode 1 it was interesting, Toyama Nao voicing Kurea surprised me not accustomed to see her doing such roles. Looking forward to see how the other episodes will turn out.

[Kanon]

The MC's rather boring, but Claire more than makes up for this. This could be interesting if they play up the mystery aspect more.

[serenade_beta]

Spoiler for ep1:

So the protagonist enters the building, but then decides to punch a hole in the wall and seemingly leave from another direction.
Or how apparently a picture of a costume would be able to incriminate the protagonist.
Or him going over the bars to get his smartphone, which would allow him to get kicked off the building and thus allowing the above event to occur.

Well, even if it is another dumb (in more than one way) magical power-death game like Darwins, at least this one tries to keep the viewers' attention with fanservice. Good, they know their place.

[felix]

Originally Posted by Kanon

The MC's rather boring, but Claire more than makes up for this. This could be interesting if they play up the mystery aspect more.

She's way too much of a nutcase for me. Really big negative. For me her interaction with MC just makes the MC look bad and a wimp, which he is. But at least he's not a bad guy, unlike her. Correct answer to her opening her mouth is slap or even punch to the face when she's full cray cray mode.

[Last Sinner]

What a hilarious, depraved, random mess. I don't think even the early 20s version of myself would have stayed with this one.

[Wandering Soul]

The two leads are going to take some getting used to. Kagaya isn't anything noteworthy and Claire is more interesting, but sort of crazy

[Cloudedmind]

Originally Posted by felix

She's way too much of a nutcase for me. Really big negative. For me her interaction with MC just makes the MC look bad and a wimp, which he is. But at least he's not a bad guy, unlike her. Correct answer to her opening her mouth is slap or even punch to the face when she's full cray cray mode.

This, so much for me. I'll try another episode or two, but if this just ends up being the "Claire bitchily pushes the male protag around" show I'll probably bounce.

[Kanon]

Claire is definitely crazy, and I'd say she has reasons to be, but it looks like her relationship with Shuichi will be more interesting than the first episode suggested. I believe she was completely sincere at the end. She didn't mince her words, but what she told him was the truth and she will uphold her end of the bargain. This may be a result of the two "merging" and sharing their feelings. The more they'll do it, the more they'll understand each other, I assume.

The bigger plot is also turning out to be intriguing. Claire's sister became a monster and killed their parents, and she is also the one responsible for turning Shuichi into a monster, explaining why he doesn't know anything about the coin (I thought he had lost his memory). Looks like the next ep will focus on her.

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Spoiler for ep2:

-Umm... Where did the dead body go?
-Also, I don't think dropping from that height is that efficient for suicide
-Also, the credits said "Alien"

[Kanon]

I didn't mention it, but I thought the fight scene was really awesome. The animation was a little bit jerky, but it conveyed the impact of the blows really well.

Originally Posted by serenade_beta

Spoiler for ep2:

-Umm... Where did the dead body go?
-Also, I don't think dropping from that height is that efficient for suicide
-Also, the credits said "Alien"

Regarding the first question, they skipped it and it's not that important (I think, I haven't read beyond what the anime's covered), but I'm putting it under spoiler tags just in case:

Spoiler for manga:

They burned the body and buried it in the mountain.

[Dark Wing]

Well color me interested. I'm definitely going to keep up with this and see where it goes. I'll have to check out the manga as well when it's over.

Clair certainly is a character. Ruthless and down right suicidal. I honestly think Kagaya will learn from her and gain much needed boost in confidence.

As for the mystery girl at the end. She must've been Kagaya's attended partner with the talk of her wanting to become one with him. sounds like a classic Yandere to me.

[Haak]

Originally Posted by Kanon

I didn't mention it, but I thought the fight scene was really awesome. The animation was a little bit jerky, but it conveyed the impact of the blows really well.

Yeah, I quite liked the grittiness of the fighting.

I've always been kinda mixed on this kind of story. On the one hand, the extensive fanservice just feels purile but on the other hand I feel like it is meant to go hand in hand with the general theme of ugly animalistic savagery, kind of like how I felt with Made in Abyss.

And whilst it's easy to hate the pair at first it became clear me at this point in the story that these were two broken kids willing to help each other and I started to find them interesting because of that.