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I'm a sucker for a good ensemble cast and this show looks set to deliver. Just hoping the day-to-day bad guys get as much personality as the protagonists. Could've been more colorful, yeah, but I kinda like the drab decor. The abnormal has become normal, after all. Only thing that bugged me was the whole calling attacks thing with the text on screen, since in my experience that tends to lean towards characters having some signature move they can always rely on to get themselves out of a jam rather than any sort of creative application of their power. The episode contained some good spectacle though, so I'm not too worried. Looking forward to more Klaus and Chain.
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Nat posted:That entire last minute was full of delicious animation. The slow-mo was pure You should just get the comic anyways because it rules. If it's out of stock near you you can start with any volume because every story is standalone, it's cool. ViggyNash posted:Its only fault is that it could have been more colorful, but that is an amazing introductory episode. Perfect show for the Durarara hiatus. I disagree mostly because I think the show was plenty colorful enough, Jerusalem's Lot is a really grimy lived in city that's constantly inundated by fog, so it's one thing the anime did really well the comic sometimes doesn't make as clear. When reading it in my head I forget how foggy it's supposed to be sometimes. The detailed environments with a more muted palette also helps constant with the designs of the characters and their flashy special abilities. Bad Seafood posted:I'm a sucker for a good ensemble cast and this show looks set to deliver. Just hoping the day-to-day bad guys get as much personality as the protagonists. Could've been more colorful, yeah, but I kinda like the drab decor. The abnormal has become normal, after all. The block text attacks are basically finishers, but the way they all get used is handled creatively enough.
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I think my favorite finishers are Doug's based on the names alone, but we'll see that as it happens.
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Signature finishers are cool, we cool BBB.
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The first episode did a really good job at making the city feel alive, it's really cool. Also cool is how nonchalant everyone is. Showing that people can adjust and go about their every day lives despite living in a place where crazy poo poo happens all the time was a great way to say a lot about the place with very little.
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Srice posted:The first episode did a really good job at making the city feel alive, it's really cool. My favorite little bit of that was the Outsider/Human rap group. Music brings people together.
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Apr 5, 2015 20:53
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Yeah, all the side details of no one giving a gently caress anymore were great.
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Unlucky7 posted:Where is everyone watching this? I don't see anything on Funimation yet. gently caress funimation, get you some fansubs.
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ViggyNash posted:Yeah, all the side details of no one giving a gently caress anymore were great. Hope the big guy who works at the diner is alright though.
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I'm kinda sad by some of the small things they did cut though, like chain is introduced in the comic by appearing out of nowhere and landing on top of Zap, crushing him into the ground. The running gag of her coming out of nowhere to step on him, sometimes unconsciously, is pretty funny and I hope they don't drop it all around.
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Sharkopath posted:I'm kinda sad by some of the small things they did cut though, like chain is introduced in the comic by appearing out of nowhere and landing on top of Zap, crushing him into the ground. The running gag of her coming out of nowhere to step on him, sometimes unconsciously, is pretty funny and I hope they don't drop it all around. That sounds like a missed opportunity right there. They could easily have included it, so I don't see why they didn't.
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ViggyNash posted:That sounds like a missed opportunity right there. They could easily have included it, so I don't see why they didn't. Seems like it was mostly just cut down for time probably, that sequence was part of a bigger scene where when zap walks into the room he immediately attacks and is effortlessly tossed aside by Klaus. The first story is one of the longest ones in the whole series, so they streamlined and cut parts of it to fit their stylistic goals while still hitting all the major points. The monkey chase in particular is way longer and it releases the cutting demon like four or five times before being stopped, instead of the twice it does in the anime. You lose some other small character moments like Zap hassling Leonard a lot more about how lame he looks and why would he want to join libra instead of just taking him down right away, and Chain having a small run in with riffraff outsiders while trying to chase down the monkey. Sharkopath fucked around with this message at 23:38 on Apr 5, 2015 |
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In exchange you got a lot more of Femt hamming it up all over the monitors which is a bonus in my book. I just hope they keep more of the humor and background stuff in the later stories when they don't have to compress so much down because of the longer story. The preview looks hopeful at least.
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I have barely any idea what I watched but I liked it. Loved the setting and some of the characters, especially Femt.
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I can't get over this anime! It's so so good!! I'm gonna go read the manga!!!
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Alfalfa The Roach posted:I have barely any idea what I watched but I liked it. Loved the setting and some of the characters, especially Femt. Femt sadly only appears for that story so far in the manga. I'm really hoping they thread him in as behind some of the other stuff though  .Bad Seafood posted:Only thing that bugged me was the whole calling attacks thing with the text on screen, since in my experience that tends to lean towards characters having some signature move they can always rely on to get themselves out of a jam rather than any sort of creative application of their power. The episode contained some good spectacle though, so I'm not too worried. B^3's very good about avoiding that. I think the only move that's ever been used twice was by Klaus, and that was because that move seals a very specific type of abnormal entity.
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Sharkopath posted:Seems like it was mostly just cut down for time probably, that sequence was part of a bigger scene where when zap walks into the room he immediately attacks and is effortlessly tossed aside by Klaus. The first story is one of the longest ones in the whole series, so they streamlined and cut parts of it to fit their stylistic goals while still hitting all the major points. The monkey chase in particular is way longer and it releases the cutting demon like four or five times before being stopped, instead of the twice it does in the anime. Yeah that sounds like the better compromise, nvm. I suppose they could always introduce the gag later, once we're settled in and can at least pretend to know what the gently caress is going on.
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ViggyNash posted:Yeah that sounds like the better compromise, nvm. It was probably for the best if they're condensing it down a two-part story into half an hour, just so they can introduce Zap and Klaus properly. They also cut out the Armory guy who gives Leonard that gun altogether too - In the manga they swing by to get Leonard a weapon during the chase.
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Neddy Seagoon posted:It was probably for the best if they're condensing it down a two-part story into half an hour, just so they can introduce Zap and Klaus properly. They also cut out the Armory guy who gives Leonard that gun altogether too - In the manga they swing by to get Leonard a weapon during the chase. They gave him a grenade launcher too, very overkill for monkey hunting.
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Sharkopath posted:They gave him a grenade launcher too, very overkill for monkey hunting. It's a 40mm Hand-Launcher with thought-guidance. Probably the only way to stop something capable of moving at mach speed.
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Neddy Seagoon posted:Femt sadly only appears for that story so far in the manga. I'm really hoping they thread him in as behind some of the other stuff though Having held off on the manga, I was actually pretty surprised to learn this was his only appearance. When I wrote stuff like: Bad Seafood posted:Watched the episode a second time to see if I couldn't catch anything else in the background and chuckled when I realized Femt's broadcasts are so routine nobody who isn't part of Libra pays them any attention.
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Bad Seafood posted:Having held off on the manga, I was actually pretty surprised to learn this was his only appearance. When I wrote stuff like: That seemed to be the implication, considering he's the King of Depravity  , but so far nothing yet. He's actually slightly less bananas in the manga. His little announcement is just him sitting in a chair with a woman standing on either side, wearing similar visors to his own.
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Bad Seafood posted:If they went to all the trouble of getting him a big name voice actor, they'll probably find an excuse to keep him around. It's super episodic in a way you usually don't see in serialized comics. From what we have out in english I'm pretty sure there hasn't been a single recurring villain yet.
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I hope if nothing else he does the episode preview narration each time, it would be a shame to waste such a good VA.
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Sharkopath posted:I hope if nothing else he does the episode preview narration each time, it would be a shame to waste such a good VA. They're probably just going to tie him to some of the stand-alone plots Moriarty-style.
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Sharkopath posted:I hope if nothing else he does the episode preview narration each time, it would be a shame to waste such a good VA. Oh my god your title.
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The Devil Tesla posted:Oh my god your title. I think it's funnier because it makes my posts even bigger now, highlighting the attention they all deserve.
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That was a fun first episode. I think I'm going to enjoy this a lot. Femt is a cool guy!
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That was a really good first episode, and the next episode looks really fun too. I'm down.
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Yeah echoing the love for this. I love the little lighter flip Zap did after finishing his super move
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Just caught the first episode of this, and it's looking good so far! Bones does some pretty good work.
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The second episode was cool and fun! If it stays this good I think I will like this show a lot.
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