2013-01-25, 20:32 | Link #1081 |
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You know, it sounds like they could simply make an entire episode that covers whatever the Hero did in the Demon realm for the BD/DVD release.
That seems to be a popular marketing tactic these days, no? Even Spice and Wolf had a couple of disc-only episodes (one per season). But as a non-manga reader and anime-only viewer...the latest episode had some very good scenes that tried, and mostly succeeded, at developing the characters a little more. The Merchant, in particular, came across as closer to grey than black, in terms of moral attitude, which is an improvement over his introduction. Not sure if I like the Hero's inability to act on his feelings for Maou, but that's becoming a given by this point. I did like how they addressed his teleportation powers though. However, I still think having so many time skips isn't a good idea. The Female Knight's arrival was taken for granted and came across as a little too sudden, though I definitely enjoyed her interactions. I suppose the series won't be able to escape that particular problem, but at least the actual content remains interesting enough. |
2013-01-25, 21:12 | Link #1083 |
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While there were scenes that were adapted well, however, much of the economic, social, and political elements were handled poorly even if I judged it solely by it's own merits. As Kanon stated, the scenes were dry, dull and uninspired to the point it was quite tedious to listen to. I kind of zoned out when Young Merchant and Crimson Scholar were negotiating and the scene with Grampa Archer and Winter Prince felt the same.
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2013-01-25, 21:22 | Link #1084 |
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You know? I take back anything bad I said about Female Knight, she's just too hilarious>v<. In fact, I propose a name change: Female Berserkavalier, because every time Hero's not around, she reacts like a steroid-filled athlete asking for some Gatorade. *empty barrel*who drank ALL THE DAMN GATORADE!?*smash*DAMMIT!
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2013-01-25, 21:26 | Link #1085 | ||
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As for the show don't tell bit the way the LN is writen it is very much like a radio play where a lot of events are relayed in conversations, For example: Quote:
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2013-01-25, 22:00 | Link #1087 |
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red queen getting makeover by the head maid & sis maids to help her to with meet on alliance members give offer them corn & her "reasons".
after hmm wonder if probs give ghost & guard on stand-by all went well give blonde hair purple flower alliance ever tried to ask date red queen while the blue hero give fake letter adventures while hiding under the couch. give blue hero mention being chased by harpy girls, slime girl, & SUPER SIZE cow girl http://livedoor.blogimg.jp/otanews/i...3093ded4-s.jpg yet head maid seem wonder way get the blue & red together. also seem battle might come & yellow knight doing some drill sarge works had talk with big sis maid how it going give bis sis maid doing well wonder am i human?
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2013-01-25, 22:31 | Link #1088 |
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Enjoyed the negotiation talk. The timeskip every episode is kind of heavy...
Yuusha's uneasiness is kind of understanding, but wish it was expressed better with more development instead of him pretty much just monologuing it for us. Knight was funny.
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2013-01-25, 22:32 | Link #1089 | |
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Well, that certainly puts the anime on a different perspective for me. At first I thought that this was a serious anime, since it dealt with themes such as slavery, starvation and wars... but as the episodes went by there just wasn't any tension. In fact, lately I feel that the anime was putting too much focus on Maou's... err.. assets. And getting her embarassed as often as possible. If the original material doesn't take itself too seriously, then I suppose I've been looking at the anime wrong... which explains why I've been a bit disappointed. Came in expecting tension, war and backroom politics. Guess I'll stay for ... erm... humor? And economy lessons. |
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2013-01-25, 22:46 | Link #1090 |
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Hmmm i don't know why but the Anime started giving me an idea about the Demon king...
Not sure if it iss save to post it here as long as there is no own sub forum though... oO And yes its a theory based on anime only.
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2013-01-25, 23:14 | Link #1091 | |
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2013-01-26, 00:16 | Link #1092 |
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From the chapters I have seen and the comments I have read so far I think it is plain to see this show is made on a shoestring budget, which is fine with some kind of animes that can pull it mainly with the talent of the voice actors, but the scope of this tale has some grandeur that the actual animation time cannot convey.
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2013-01-26, 03:59 | Link #1094 | |
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As Theo pointed out above, it doesn't help that the only demon we've actually interacted with in the series is so human, I actually forgot she wasn't human *despite* her name! Animating some of his adventures in this episode would have been a better narrative choice in a lot of ways, but speculation about the budget is probably correct. I mean, I'm sure they would have loved to have the fights animated, too... But with 12 eps, some things have to go, I guess. Oddly, I believe the author's next work is getting 26 eps. |
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2013-01-26, 04:32 | Link #1095 |
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Sigh... I don't know what to feel about this episode. For one thing, it's now clear that they'll try and finish a large part of the story in 12 episodes. The pacing is way too fast. This is probably the first anime episode I've watched that I've truly felt was... subpar, even from an objective point of view.
The opening and ending is keeping me going, though. Any news on release dates? EDIT: After rewatching it, I thought some scenes weren't too bad. There was some tension throughout the negotiation, for example.
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2013-01-26, 11:32 | Link #1098 | |
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I hope all those rumors or guesses that the show will fit the whole story in one season is hogwash and they can do the whole thing in two seasons.
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2013-01-26, 15:27 | Link #1099 | |
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