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Stark700 · 2016-09-22, 10:30

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Plot Summary

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A mecha otaku is reincarnated into another world as Ernesti Echevalier, also known as Eru. In this world exists huge humanoid weapons known as Silhouette Knights. Dreaming of piloting those robots, Eru, with childhood friends, Archid Walter and Adeltrud Walter, aim to become Knight Runners, pilots of these Silhouette Knights.

Light novel 'Knight's & Magic' is getting a TV anime adaptation.

Source:
https://twitter.com/herobunko/status...rc=twsrc%5Etfw
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news...-anime/.106779

Stark700 · 2017-03-14, 22:25

Preview

Coming for Summer 2017.

Stark700 · 2017-03-14, 23:38

Cast + Staff

Cast
Ernesti Echevarria: Rie Takahashi
Adeltrud Olter: Ayaka Ohashi
Archid Olter: Shinsuke Sugawara

Staff
Director: Yuusuke Yamamoto
Series Composition: Michiko Yokote
Character Design: Kenichiro Katsura
Mechanical Design: Kurogin
Music: Masato Kouda
Studio: 8bit

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news...-debut/.113444

Stark700 · 2017-05-24, 22:04

Preview #2 is out

Latest key visual

zztop · 2017-06-07, 20:28

More anime character designs revealed!
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news...e-cast/.117137

Designs for Eru's grandpa, mother, and Boss David skew more towards the manga design.
Batson's design leans more towards his LN illustration, IIRC.

I don't remember the dwarves being designed with pointy ears though. Must be anime original.

Designs for Stefania, Kurata Tsubasa and Eru's father seem to be largely original.
No drill-curls for Stefania, but her long wavy hair and hair bow look quite ojou-sama-ish.
Kurata looks very bookish.
Eru's dad looks like a German army antagonist from spy series like Joker Game, or a sub-boss encountered by Wonder Woman/Captain America.

G0rd0 · 2017-07-02, 10:42

seems a bit rushed and they skipped a few things but pretty good

The One Above God · 2017-07-02, 10:45

Everything looked good visually. Pacing is a bit fast. They changed or outright skipped some stuff, but I think it's okay. It doesn't really hurt the story so far. I just hope they don't do this to the R&D stuff. Those are some of my favorite parts of the series. Anyway, it's pretty solid overall.

AB079 · 2017-07-02, 11:11

I wasn't expecting anything from this series but it was quite fun I have to say, still didn't get me at all, it was quite predictable and the same faces were a let down for me. Gotta give this the 3 episodes rule.

Tiberium Wolf · 2017-07-02, 15:13

Too fast. This was like watching a movie in fast foward. Not good.

kari-no-sugata II · 2017-07-02, 15:33

I've not read any of the original sources for this so I don't really know what's different but I was reasonably okay with the pacing - despite the speed I could follow what was happening pretty easily. I can certainly tell that many things were skipped but on the other hand, it's dangerous to start a series with a "slow" episode. A common technique is to start deep in the story then using some flashback episodes but I don't really like that, so I'm glad they seem to be taking a linear approach.

James Rye · 2017-07-02, 15:49

I love the gritty and used looks those robots have, makes them feel so real. And isn't Ernie the cutest? Such an adorable trap! <3

Real fast first episode, death, reborn (or soul set into a boy?), demon fight, robot love, training and learning, new friends, first day at school, new friend, helping out said new friend, getting into advanced class by showing your teach how amazing you are, three years later, practice training, half-sis of friends, demon attack, escape, no escape but reinforcement because teach lets you because you are awesome, epic rescue, high school senpais beating the demons, huge demon shows up who has killed a couple knight runners and is about to melt another, end.
Hoh boy, this was a huge amount of elements shown in just one episode. Feels like they wanna get to the good parts as quickly as possible. Not that they did it badly but I would have liked for them to build a bit more on how magic works and why it is "programming" like Ernie said so or how exactly a Robot works, though that is state secret so that will be probably explained later on. Still good episode, pretty enjoyable to watch, especially Ernie's enthusiasm for giant mechas.^^

ramlaen · 2017-07-02, 15:59

I liked how the mecha felt big and heavy, very reminiscent of how I remember them in Escaflowne.

Wandering Soul · 2017-07-02, 16:17

Ernie reminded me of what I try to avoid traps. They always give me confusing feelings

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So far I like how the mechs feel heavy and seem like they have actual weight.

PreSage · 2017-07-02, 16:22

That was a really good first episode. It was fast but, as an anime-only watcher, I didn't feel lost or felt anything out of place. I actually liked that all the fundamental information for the plot was quickly laid out in the first ep.

I like the MC and his companions. A good start to this series. Looking forward to more.

...although the MC appears to have the better end of the stick by dying...he's reborn as a noble with better looks and get to actually man a robot of his dreams (although the battles as oppose to "peaceful life" in the other world may be the only possible "setback").

Hmm.... · 2017-07-02, 16:39

As an LN reader, I was preparing for this to be a disaster (as long years of anime watching taught me). After watching episode 1, It is better than I expected, I guess ? The pacing is indeed lightning fast. They were skimming through volume 1 content which is mostly a prologue and ultimately boring. So I can approve of that. The field trip can stand to get more attention though. I hope they are doing this so they can give future volumes more screentime. It seem volume 1 will be finished in 2 episodes. The next 10 episode or so will be....volume 2-3 ? Let's hope they don't try to adapt volume 4 and beyond.

PS. I like short-hair Ardy. She actually look like Kid's twin for once.

tsunade666 · 2017-07-02, 16:45

good cg and animations but really fast pace epsiode. not enough to even give feel to the characters. too many scenes and jumping from one another to the other. a disappointed viewer I am. animation and graphics sis. it's win by that's that, the other parts are bad.

Waxman · 2017-07-02, 16:49

First off i like the episode, but it was really rushed, normales you take a Volume of Light Novel in 4-5 episodes (so far only Rokka used all its episodes on a single LN Vol), but next chapter will likely be the clímax of Vol 1 that's half the time other series usually gave its content, grandes many things that were cutting out were clichés but some were needed.
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Oh Well, i will watch this but i need to recomend people that they would enjoy the story more if they check out the manga.

MCAL · 2017-07-02, 17:21

I feel like this should have been 2 episodes to be honest.

But I still kinda like it.

magnuskn · 2017-07-02, 17:28

Well, I'm not a LN reader, but I really enjoyed this. The MC is a bit OP (well, given that he is an adult genius inhabiting the body of a young boy....), but I quite liked the character interactions and the setting.

So, basically the real Ernie died in the attack and his body somehow was magically repaired and inhabited by the spirit of the MC, correct? Or is it more of a fusion of the boy and the man?

IceHism · 2017-07-02, 17:30

what a fantastic trap.

I found the ep pretty funny and i like how he taught his friends so it'll be more of a 3 person thing instead of just him.

2017-03-14, 22:25	Link #2
Stark700 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Somewhere on Earth	Preview <p>No iframe support, please <a href="http://youtu.be/cFdtq1FjE4s">watch on YouTube</a>.</p> Coming for Summer 2017. __________________

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Stark700 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Somewhere on Earth	Cast + Staff Cast Ernesti Echevarria: Rie Takahashi Adeltrud Olter: Ayaka Ohashi Archid Olter: Shinsuke Sugawara Staff Director: Yuusuke Yamamoto Series Composition: Michiko Yokote Character Design: Kenichiro Katsura Mechanical Design: Kurogin Music: Masato Kouda Studio: 8bit http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news...-debut/.113444 __________________

2017-05-24, 22:04	Link #4
Stark700 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Somewhere on Earth	Preview #2 is out <p>No iframe support, please <a href="http://youtu.be/p4gSzsfTsFA">watch on YouTube</a>.</p> Latest key visual __________________

2017-07-02, 10:45	Link #7
The One Above God Kamijou Join Date: May 2014 Location: I'm Everywhere	Everything looked good visually. Pacing is a bit fast. They changed or outright skipped some stuff, but I think it's okay. It doesn't really hurt the story so far. I just hope they don't do this to the R&D stuff. Those are some of my favorite parts of the series. Anyway, it's pretty solid overall. __________________ *"I'll destroy that illusion!"*

2017-07-02, 15:13	Link #9
Tiberium Wolf Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Age: 44	Too fast. This was like watching a movie in fast foward. Not good. __________________

2017-06-07, 20:28	Link #5
zztop Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2013	More anime character designs revealed! http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news...e-cast/.117137 Designs for Eru's grandpa, mother, and Boss David skew more towards the manga design. Batson's design leans more towards his LN illustration, IIRC. I don't remember the dwarves being designed with pointy ears though. Must be anime original. Designs for Stefania, Kurata Tsubasa and Eru's father seem to be largely original. No drill-curls for Stefania, but her long wavy hair and hair bow look quite ojou-sama-ish. Kurata looks very bookish. Eru's dad looks like a German army antagonist from spy series like Joker Game, or a sub-boss encountered by Wonder Woman/Captain America.

2017-07-02, 10:42	Link #6
G0rd0 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2012	seems a bit rushed and they skipped a few things but pretty good

2017-07-02, 11:11	Link #8
AB079 Banned Join Date: Apr 2016	I wasn't expecting anything from this series but it was quite fun I have to say, still didn't get me at all, it was quite predictable and the same faces were a let down for me. Gotta give this the 3 episodes rule.

2017-07-02, 15:33	Link #10
kari-no-sugata II Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2015	I've not read any of the original sources for this so I don't really know what's different but I was reasonably okay with the pacing - despite the speed I could follow what was happening pretty easily. I can certainly tell that many things were skipped but on the other hand, it's dangerous to start a series with a "slow" episode. A common technique is to start deep in the story then using some flashback episodes but I don't really like that, so I'm glad they seem to be taking a linear approach.

2017-07-02, 15:49	Link #11
James Rye Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Germany	I love the gritty and used looks those robots have, makes them feel so real. And isn't Ernie the cutest? Such an adorable trap! <3 Real fast first episode, death, reborn (or soul set into a boy?), demon fight, robot love, training and learning, new friends, first day at school, new friend, helping out said new friend, getting into advanced class by showing your teach how amazing you are, three years later, practice training, half-sis of friends, demon attack, escape, no escape but reinforcement because teach lets you because you are awesome, epic rescue, high school senpais beating the demons, huge demon shows up who has killed a couple knight runners and is about to melt another, end. Hoh boy, this was a huge amount of elements shown in just one episode. Feels like they wanna get to the good parts as quickly as possible. Not that they did it badly but I would have liked for them to build a bit more on how magic works and why it is "programming" like Ernie said so or how exactly a Robot works, though that is state secret so that will be probably explained later on. Still good episode, pretty enjoyable to watch, especially Ernie's enthusiasm for giant mechas.^^ __________________

2017-07-02, 15:59	Link #12
ramlaen Senior Member Join Date: May 2006	I liked how the mecha felt big and heavy, very reminiscent of how I remember them in Escaflowne.

2017-07-02, 16:17	Link #13
Wandering Soul Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: America	Ernie reminded me of what I try to avoid traps. They always give me confusing feelings. So far I like how the mechs feel heavy and seem like they have actual weight. __________________

2017-07-02, 16:22	Link #14
PreSage Strangely dependable... Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: some random place out there...	That was a really good first episode. It was fast but, as an anime-only watcher, I didn't feel lost or felt anything out of place. I actually liked that all the fundamental information for the plot was quickly laid out in the first ep. I like the MC and his companions. A good start to this series. Looking forward to more. ...although the MC appears to have the better end of the stick by dying...he's reborn as a noble with better looks and get to actually man a robot of his dreams (although the battles as oppose to "peaceful life" in the other world may be the only possible "setback"). __________________ :\|::\|Sig Gallery\|::\|: --------------- [/TH][/TR][/table]

2017-07-02, 16:39	Link #15
Hmm.... Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005	As an LN reader, I was preparing for this to be a disaster (as long years of anime watching taught me). After watching episode 1, It is better than I expected, I guess ? The pacing is indeed lightning fast. They were skimming through volume 1 content which is mostly a prologue and ultimately boring. So I can approve of that. The field trip can stand to get more attention though. I hope they are doing this so they can give future volumes more screentime. It seem volume 1 will be finished in 2 episodes. The next 10 episode or so will be....volume 2-3 ? Let's hope they don't try to adapt volume 4 and beyond. PS. I like short-hair Ardy. She actually look like Kid's twin for once. __________________ (\__/) (O.o ) (> < ) This is Bunny. Copy Bunny into your signature to help him on his way to world domination!

2017-07-02, 16:45	Link #16
tsunade666 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: In my room	good cg and animations but really fast pace epsiode. not enough to even give feel to the characters. too many scenes and jumping from one another to the other. a disappointed viewer I am. animation and graphics sis. it's win by that's that, the other parts are bad. __________________ To A certain Lonely Hero

2017-07-02, 16:49	Link #17
Waxman Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: A cheap library	First off i like the episode, but it was really rushed, normales you take a Volume of Light Novel in 4-5 episodes (so far only Rokka used all its episodes on a single LN Vol), but next chapter will likely be the clímax of Vol 1 that's half the time other series usually gave its content, grandes many things that were cutting out were clichés but some were needed. . Oh Well, i will watch this but i need to recomend people that they would enjoy the story more if they check out the manga.

2017-07-02, 17:21	Link #18
MCAL Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2012	I feel like this should have been 2 episodes to be honest. But I still kinda like it.

2017-07-02, 17:28	Link #19
magnuskn Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Hamburg, Germany Age: 48	Well, I'm not a LN reader, but I really enjoyed this. The MC is a bit OP (well, given that he is an adult genius inhabiting the body of a young boy....), but I quite liked the character interactions and the setting. So, basically the real Ernie died in the attack and his body somehow was magically repaired and inhabited by the spirit of the MC, correct? Or is it more of a fusion of the boy and the man? __________________

2017-07-02, 17:30	Link #20
IceHism Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2014	what a fantastic trap. I found the ep pretty funny and i like how he taught his friends so it'll be more of a 3 person thing instead of just him.