(L+CR) Radiant

[Stark700]

French manga 'Radiant' is apparently getting an anime adaptation from NHK.

Plot Summary:

Seth is an aspiring sorcerer from the Pompo Hills area. Like all wizards, he is an "infected": one of the few living beings who survived the contact of the Nemesis, these creatures fallen from the sky that contaminate and decimate all those they touch. His apparent immunity made him choose a path which seemed to him to be all the more appropriate: to become a Hunter and to fight the Nemesis. But more than that, Seth wants to engage in a quest that goes beyond the simple hunt for monsters ... He wants to find the Radiant, their presumed cradle. Surrounded by a faction of sorcerers, he traveled the world in search of the Ra

Source:
https://twitter.com/furakone/status/956204641896742913

[Stark700]

It's a real news. This is the official NHK site with their Twitter.
https://twitter.com/nhk_animeworld/s...36758278287360

Coming for Fall 2018.

http://www6.nhk.or.jp/anime/topics/detail.html?i=4770

ANN's article: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...ctober/.127153

[Nachtwandler]

They also announced staff: Lerche, Kishi Seiji, Makoto Uezu.

[Stark700]

CM/Preview

https://twitter.com/nhk_animeworld/s...27354477805569

[Rinvelt]

Give the one with voices, at least:
https://twitter.com/nhk_animeworld/s...26469790146561

[LG-MAX 2.o]

NEWS

The anime will have 21 episodes, each 24 minutes and 30 seconds long.

The cast stars:

Yumiri Hanamori as Seth (center in image below)
Aoi Yūki as Mélie (third from right)
Shintarou Oohata as Doc (third from left)
Romi Park as Alma (second from right)



https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...-count/.129328

anime official site: http://www.nhk.or.jp/anime/radiant/

[Stark700]

Crunchyroll will be streaming it.

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...r-fall/.133781

[Stark700]

New key visual

[BCMan5388]

And it's confirmed for October 6th and will be 21 episodes long.

[Stark700]

Episode 1:

Spoiler:

This was surprisingly fun to watch with the high fantasy themes and world fiction. I'm impressed by the animation quality (hope they can at least manage this) for the moment too. Opening song 'Utopia' is catchy too.

There's definitely a lot of fantasy stuff going around in the show. Hell, even the MC doesn't look entirely human with the horns. That being said, I think Seth is likable so far with his personality although I have to get used to his voice a little more. Hope they develop his character more.

They also wasted no time to showcase how daring he can be when facing against supernatural threats. Fun stuff so far.

[Guardian Enzo]

Best premiere of the season so far right there.

[wuhugm]

Oh hey, It's Black Clover, err, I mean Naruto!

Standard Shounen

So being an infected doesn't give you Unique Magic, but the ability to manipulate/generate Mana
And the magic itself can be systemized and passed down through grimoires, thus learned like traditional magic
Nothing groundbreaking here

[Anh_Minh]

I agree with wuhugm. It's a slightly less shouty Black Clover so far.

[Malicre]

yeah its standard as hell, ez pass on this one.

[Guardian Enzo]

That was pretty much the response I predicted, so no surprises from me. To each their own.

[Chosen_Hero]

Man, the new season of Fairy Tail looks very different. jk

Going by the complaints you'd think this was a bad anime but it was actually pretty solid. Will definitely keep watching it.

[wuhugm]

There's a failed logic going on here

The only ones who can fight against Nemesis are sorcerers
The only way to become a sorcerer is to survive Nemesis touch
But the magic itself can be taught and not unique

So, all countries should have R&D department concerning this
Researching the maximum survivability needed to make a sorcerer
Even if it's completely random, they would've gathered volunteers that is willing to be touched by Nemesis

There's no way the creation of sorcerers is to be left on chance or fate

[Cloudedmind]

Well I also thought it was a pretty solid first episode.

[Anh_Minh]

Originally Posted by wuhugm

There's a failed logic going on here

The only ones who can fight against Nemesis are sorcerers
The only way to become a sorcerer is to survive Nemesis touch
But the magic itself can be taught and not unique

So, all countries should have R&D department concerning this
Researching the maximum survivability needed to make a sorcerer
Even if it's completely random, they would've gathered volunteers that is willing to be touched by Nemesis

There's no way the creation of sorcerers is to be left on chance or fate

Depends on how hard it is to find volunteers. Forcing people to become superpowered engines of destruction doesn't work out well. It also depends on how desperate for sorcerers they are.

But really, what logic can you expect from people who go out of their way to bully a dragon? A dragon they depend on to protect them from Nemeses.

[Gan_HOPE326]

Originally Posted by wuhugm

There's a failed logic going on here

The only ones who can fight against Nemesis are sorcerers
The only way to become a sorcerer is to survive Nemesis touch
But the magic itself can be taught and not unique

So, all countries should have R&D department concerning this
Researching the maximum survivability needed to make a sorcerer
Even if it's completely random, they would've gathered volunteers that is willing to be touched by Nemesis

There's no way the creation of sorcerers is to be left on chance or fate

I mean, if you want to explore a realistic way in which the existence of a few extremely powerful magic users would actually affect life that would be interesting but I doubt any anime has ever done it properly. They usually tend to downplay just how disruptive that would be.