(L) Concrete Revolutio: Choujin Gensou (season 1 & 2)

[ReddyRedWolf]

Originally Posted by Master_Yoma

Well have know idea was so going on with all the time skips and what ever the glasses girl was doing

6/10 Maybe season 2 will make since of the frist season

Empire ads want a revised Super Human Registration law where Humans are only considered as Super Humans and segregated from the rest of the population.

Claude's goal is a Super Human revolt.

Sounds like a Xanatos gambit by making society difficult for Super Humans. It wouldn't surprise me if the boss is one of the aliens.

[Wandering Soul]

The fact that this is split cour in addition to how the story was told means I'll probably have to rewatch this before the second cour airs.

[FateAnomaly]

I watched it but I don't understand this show at all.

[Nicaea]

Originally Posted by Nvis

Only thing that seems off to me is Emi working with Jiro's "adopted" father and taking blood samples from him to make "Beasts".

No idea why she's following his orders.

Yeah, that's been left in the dark as well. I really hope that the second cour will shed more light on that and some other things that weren't clear.

[Tempester]

Originally Posted by FateAnomaly

I watched it but I don't understand this show at all.

Read the timeline.

[kuromitsu]

I finally caught up with the show, and wow, what a ride. It was totally worth it. I'm sad that Concrete Revolutio seems to have become the underdog of the fall season - it's a well-written (no, not messy or confusing at all), intelligent series that would deserve so much more attention than it gets. I hope it will be able to keep up the high quality in the second cour as well. I wonder what the eventual resolution will be...

The show also made me wish I was better acquainted with the the relevant period of Japanese history. Even though it was possible to follow the show with the amount of knowledge I have (I guess the writers didn't want to make it too difficult for the average viewer), I'm sure more in-depth knowledge would add a lot... I'll probably do a rewatch when the second cour is over, I'll have to read up by then.

With this and Gatchaman Crowds Insight, 2015 was a pretty good year for intelligent and well-written shows discussing important and even controversial things without being pretentious or condescending, and not skipping on the entertainment factor. We rarely get two such series in a year... good job, anime industry! (<- I don't know if I should be sarcastic about this last sentence or not.)

[orion]

Originally Posted by ReddyRedWolf

Empire ads want a revised Super Human Registration law where Humans are only considered as Super Humans and segregated from the rest of the population.

Claude's goal is a Super Human revolt.

Sounds like a Xanatos gambit by making society difficult for Super Humans. It wouldn't surprise me if the boss is one of the aliens.

So this is an X-Men like setup without Professor Xavier and the School for Gifted Youngsters.

Claude/Jin = Magneto
Super Human Bureau= Hellfire Club
Impire Ads = anti-mutant force

[FDW]

Originally Posted by orion

So this is an X-Men like setup without Professor Xavier and the School for Gifted Youngsters.

Claude/Jin = Magneto
Super Human Bureau= Hellfire Club
Impire Ads = anti-mutant force

I see it less as simply X-Men, and more as Marvel in general.

[orion]

Originally Posted by FDW

I see it less as simply X-Men, and more as Marvel in general.

Maybe Jiro can become Professor X in the future.

[Cloudedmind]

Originally Posted by kuromitsu

I finally caught up with the show, and wow, what a ride. It was totally worth it. I'm sad that Concrete Revolutio seems to have become the underdog of the fall season - it's a well-written (no, not messy or confusing at all), intelligent series that would deserve so much more attention than it gets. I hope it will be able to keep up the high quality in the second cour as well. I wonder what the eventual resolution will be...

The show also made me wish I was better acquainted with the the relevant period of Japanese history. Even though it was possible to follow the show with the amount of knowledge I have (I guess the writers didn't want to make it too difficult for the average viewer), I'm sure more in-depth knowledge would add a lot... I'll probably do a rewatch when the second cour is over, I'll have to read up by then.

With this and Gatchaman Crowds Insight, 2015 was a pretty good year for intelligent and well-written shows discussing important and even controversial things without being pretentious or condescending, and not skipping on the entertainment factor. We rarely get two such series in a year... good job, anime industry! (<- I don't know if I should be sarcastic about this last sentence or not.)

You and me both. I've enjoyed the series quite a bit, but I also wish I'd been more familiar with the time period the various events in the show are inspired by to be able to gleam more from the show. I'm looking forward to the second cour.

[EroKing]

[Elder]

Originally Posted by ReddyRedWolf

Empire ads want a revised Super Human Registration law where Humans are only considered as Super Humans and segregated from the rest of the population.

No I think Satomi of Imperial Ads is rather suggesting that this is what the ruling party of Japan wants to do with the revised SHRA (as a new Peace Preservation Law) and a backdoor for clamping on dissent. If anything given that they are helping expose the government's backdoor dealings and experiments through Claude it at least seems they want Superhumans to have a greater role no doubt for the corporate and financial bottom line of their company.

[orion]

I'm having the same problem with the "Superhuman" label. If they are not genetically human, why are they called "Superhuman"? Some of those superhumans looked like animals, iirc. It's like they need an "Other Sentient Beings" law to protect them.

[DragoonKain3]

Wow, too bad this was aired during OPM's time. If OPM emphasizes on the action part of the Western Superhero genre and a major deconstruction of it, this emphasizes the underlying messages that the Western Superhero genre used to incorporate (well maybe some of the comics still has it but the movies I see are all action based). While its very confusing (for a weekly show... much better if marathoned) narrative will have never made it mainstream, I can see this getting more popularity in the west if it aired before or after OPM. But alas, such an unfortunate time for them.

Like obviously this takes A LOT of inspiration from Watchmen ("If Superhumans protect humans, who protects the Superhumans?"), but ironically one can see more Marvel in it than DC. From the methods of Magneto, Kikko resembling what happened to Dark/Phoenix, to what looks to be the beginnings of Civil War, I just can't help but feel amused at this being more Marvel. Heck, I almost burst out laughing at how blatantly IQ was ripping off SHIELD. XD

So while this is another show I dropped 3 episodes in ("Anime where the childhood friend isn't revealed till episode 4" for 400 please Alex), I'm actually glad I marathoned it as it made the show much easier to understand. Was always planning to finish marathoning it sometime in the future because I've always found Japanese take on Western Superheroes to be interesting, but upon watching Eps4 I couldn't stop once knowing Jirou has known Emi since he was a kid. JirouXEmi FTW! XD

So on to the next anime with an underlying theme that I haven't finished, Gatchaman Insight.


@Orion
Late reply, but note that "Superhuman" is translated from "Choujin". Someone with a better grasp of JP can better tell you, but that definition is really different from "Ningyen" or some other word the Japanese calls humans. So poor translation choice perhaps (the translators obviously wanted to be as close to 'superheroes' without calling them as such), but I honestly can't think of any other word that can describe them.

[Botan_TM]

Originally Posted by DragoonKain3

@Orion
Late reply, but note that "Superhuman" is translated from "Choujin". Someone with a better grasp of JP can better tell you, but that definition is really different from "Ningyen" or some other word the Japanese calls humans. So poor translation choice perhaps (the translators obviously wanted to be as close to 'superheroes' without calling them as such), but I honestly can't think of any other word that can describe them.

What about "superbeing"?

PS. Good for me I have watched "Watchmen" after watching this shown and listening about similarities.

[kyuudere]

Here area some related news regarding Concrete Revolutio :

- The second-cours of Concrete Revolutio is officially called Concrete Revolutio: Choujin Gensou "THE LAST SONG" / 「コンクリート・レボルティオ～超人幻想～」 “ THE LAST SONG”.

- Advanced screening will be held on March 26th, with special gues Ishikawa Kaito, Uesaka Sumire, Eriko Nakamura, and the director Mizushima Seiji.
http://concreterevolutio.com/news/?p=1023

- New PV is ready and most likely will be broadcasted tomorrow (March 4th).
https://twitter.com/conrevoinfo/stat...512320?lang=en

Also I know this is late news, but today a special program was aired in nico douga (it's already ended) :
http://sp.live.nicovideo.jp/gate/lv253679090

edited :
ON AIR : April 3rd

[kyuudere]

The Last Song PV !

new key visual :

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Episode 14 synopsis and preview :
http://concreterevolutio.com/story/?page=14

Episode 14 Title :
十一月の超人達 / Superhuman of November

[Stark700]

Latest key visual for 2nd cour:

[LAboy 456]

Can't wait to see the first episode of the new season (there was a special last week (hosted by Sumire Uesaka (Kikko) and Eriko Nakamura (Fuurouta) which included a PV of this Sunday's episode by the end of it)

[Stark700]

Season 2, episode 1:

Yay, the show is back. New OP song is nice too, I like it just as much as the previous one.

A joint investigation, Jirou's back, and trouble already running lose. A bit of a chaotic but entertaining episode imo. I'm glad this series returned with all the characters. Washizu, the space sheriff is also a somewhat interesting character imo with his idea about justice. Shiba's mind is going a bit twisted imo with the whole justice thing. Looking forward to how the rest of the season will develop!