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People working on this: Director - Araki, Tetsurou (Di Gi Charat Nyo) Script - Okouchi, Ichiro (Azumanga Daioh) Music - Sawano, Hiroyuki (Soul Link) Characters: Mumei  Badass. Likes to kill zombies. Ikoma  Ikoma is a young steam smith who makes a living in Aragane Station making iron and steam engines. He and his good friend Takumi developed a weapon called "Tsuranuki Zutsu" in order to defeat the Kabane. Everyone makes light of him now, but he looks forward to a day when he will be triumphant. Takumi  Chubby friend. Ikoma's friend. Best friend. Better than any friend YOU will ever have. Lucy Heartfilia fucked around with this message at 17:47 on Apr 25, 2016 |
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I really dig the MC so far. The part where he wanted to save everyone in order to spite them was real funny.
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Apr 22, 2016 22:46
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I like the 80s style anime shading
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Apr 22, 2016 23:40
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Amazon Prime? No wonder I couldn't find it on Crunchy or Hulu. I figured either Netflix snagged it, and planned to wait until it was finished to release, or it was delayed by the earthquake. The premise sounds like it was generated by an internet word cloud circa 2010 (Steampunk! Zombies!), but the first episode was decent. I am cautiously optimistic.
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Apr 23, 2016 02:02
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That song and scene with Mumei fighting the Kabane was really good. It's a shame those blade Geta were left behind. 
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Apr 23, 2016 02:15
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Sydnesider posted:That song and scene with Mumei fighting the Kabane was really good. I liked her kimono+blade shoes better than what she's got going on now, but she's still the coolest. I'm really enjoying this so far, i like the whole look of it and the animation has been really fun and full of neat little moments.  The world sure is a shithole, and i was kinda surprised to see that they're in Japan (at least on Earth since they show Japan in the OP) and not just in Some Earthlike Planet Somewhere.
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Apr 23, 2016 02:26
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The character designs are also by Haruhiko Mikimoto, who you may know from Macross or Gunbuster
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Apr 23, 2016 04:55
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Also the character designer for Orguss and Orguss O2, but nobody remembers those (even though they should, especially O2). As for the show itself...I am enjoying it, all things considered, but with the clear mindset that this is popcorn entertainment. There are some good parts, which are neat ideas and interesting changes from Attack on Titan, but also some very silly things which will happen for the sake of moving the plot forward. As long as the general public can accept that's also going to be part of the equation, I think it'll be fine. Not a huge fan of Hiroyuki Sawano, so I could take or leave the soundtrack.
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Apr 23, 2016 07:06
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Rangpur posted:Amazon Prime? No wonder I couldn't find it on Crunchy or Hulu. I figured either Netflix snagged it, and planned to wait until it was finished to release, or it was delayed by the earthquake. The premise sounds like it was generated by an internet word cloud circa 2010 (Steampunk! Zombies!), but the first episode was decent. I am cautiously optimistic. huh. i might actually find a use for prime outside of the free deliveries.
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Apr 23, 2016 21:14
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 Seriously, that's some fantastic animation. Wit Studio delivers again on the animation quality
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Apr 23, 2016 23:05
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The main character makes me laugh. He just wants to make the world saving murder device. Why won't you leave him in peace!?
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Apr 23, 2016 23:09
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Kabaneri is good. Mumei owns. And Ikoma is really, really determined.
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Apr 23, 2016 23:35
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I have to admit I put this on my list of stuff to check out initially only because I'm trying to expand my normal scope of what I try and the trailer looked kinda neat but I wasn't expecting it to be this cool. I'm really digging it so far though. I'm also glad the crazy sex harness is a permanent fixture on main guy's body. That scene was v. weird/excellent.
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Apr 23, 2016 23:36
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this show is really good. liking it a lot so far, wish ep 3 had aired but what're you gonna do. at least the animators probably got some extra time or something on episode 4
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https://twitter.com/WIT_STUDIO/status/723878283851390977
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Apr 24, 2016 01:07
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Mumei is written as "Nameless" 
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Apr 24, 2016 01:30
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The anime critical community is loving this series, but I can't find much discussion on it anywhere.
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Apr 25, 2016 09:55
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I like the chubby best friend more than the protagonist. Ikoma kinda has no choice but to accept what has happened to him, but his friend stuck by him despite how huge a taboo that is.
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This is winning the Anime As gently caress award this season by a mile. The Mumei fight actually left me double speechless, both in how ridiculous it was and how incredibly animated it was.
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Serious Frolicking posted:I like the chubby best friend more than the protagonist. Ikoma kinda has no choice but to accept what has happened to him, but his friend stuck by him despite how huge a taboo that is.  Chubby friend should at least get a mention in the OP
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the best friend character is a total bro, you can see the thoughts going through his head, his initial doubting of his friend, then the guilt of abandoning him, then the resolve to redeem himself also, rewatching it, the animation of the early part wasn't that bad, they just tidied up some scenes. if anything, the show looks like it was done by two different groups: one did more "modern" animation linework and shading, the other had much softer shading
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Apr 25, 2016 16:25
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livingfruitvirus posted:The anime critical community is loving this series, but I can't find much discussion on it anywhere. If it's not on crunchyroll it might as well not exist for lots of folks. also lmbo at "anime critical community"
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Apr 25, 2016 16:37
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Amazon Prime is notably US only. that pretty kills it's exposure overseas.
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Apr 25, 2016 16:58
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Mokinokaro posted:Amazon Prime is notably US only. that pretty kills it's exposure overseas. Amazon Prime is also available in Europe, but it's not really well known for anime.
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Lurking Haro posted:Amazon Prime is also available in Europe, but it's not really well known for anime. I don't believe it is in the US either? Unless I am more out of touch than I realize.
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Apr 25, 2016 17:30
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Lucy Heartfilia posted:Takumi
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Apr 25, 2016 17:45
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linall posted:I don't believe it is in the US either? Unless I am more out of touch than I realize. It's not, but they just signed an agreement to exclusively stream Noitamina shows so maybe that will become a thing? Amazon is going to force their way into every market it looks like.
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The Devil Tesla posted:It's not, but they just signed an agreement to exclusively stream Noitamina shows so maybe that will become a thing? Amazon is going to force their way into every market it looks like. drat. I might have to re-up my Prime subscription.
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Mumei's new outfit looks like Son Goku's outfit, and I'm certain that's deliberate. It even has the sideburns.The Devil Tesla posted:also lmbo at "anime critical community" Seriously, I remember when people looked down on critics with disdain and contempt, and now there are enough of them to have communities??
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Just watched the first episode on Prime, holy loving poo poo am I on board for wherever this train goes.  The Devil Tesla posted:It's not, but they just signed an agreement to exclusively stream Noitamina shows so maybe that will become a thing? Amazon is going to force their way into every market it looks like. Them and Valve, just saw that you can buy and watch movies on Steam now which is a total no-brainer move. Mo_Steel fucked around with this message at 15:58 on Apr 26, 2016 |
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Apr 26, 2016 15:55
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Command Ant posted:Mumei's new outfit looks like Son Goku's outfit, and I'm certain that's deliberate. It even has the sideburns. she was also traveling with some monk guy. but he died
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I like this show, even though i totaly don't get anything about that self-asphyxiation scene there. The entire time he was bolting a sex harness into his torso and choking himself on a noose, i thought "what is your end game here?", but i admired his dedication. Also, heroism out of spite is my secret fetish.
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HenryEx posted:I like this show, even though i totaly don't get anything about that self-asphyxiation scene there. The entire time he was bolting a sex harness into his torso and choking himself on a noose, i thought "what is your end game here?", but i admired his dedication. He was applying a tourniquet to keep the infection from reaching his brain, operating on the theory that the plague only had a short window of opportunity to turn a human into a kabane. Luckily for him, he was right.
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He was trying to stop the virus from reaching his brain. I don't think that's how viruses work, but in this crazy, zombie-and-steam infested world we live in, who can say what's right and wrong. e:f,b So I'll add my compliments to the spite-based heroics scene. Bits like that, and his exuberance about getting the gun working give me hope for the show. I feel like when you have a glum, oppressive premise it makes bright spots all the more important for the tone. A lot of likewise promising shows either run out of money or collapse under their own misery and pretension, so I'm crossing my fingers for this one. Rangpur fucked around with this message at 20:02 on Apr 27, 2016 |
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Apr 27, 2016 19:56
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Yeah, that "short window of opportunity" for turning is the thing i didn't know about. I would never entertain that thought on my own. Me watching was like: Okay, it's like a virus instead of a curse, he made that clear. It works fast- uh wait, why are you choking yourself? I get you want to stop it from reaching your head, but you're gonna suffocate in a fe- what the hell even happened?? It was a cool make-over though and that's enough for me.
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Apr 27, 2016 20:06
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Well, it gave him super-powers, if Mumei is any indication, so it all works out
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Apr 27, 2016 21:40
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HenryEx posted:I like this show, even though i totaly don't get anything about that self-asphyxiation scene there. The entire time he was bolting a sex harness into his torso and choking himself on a noose, i thought "what is your end game here?", but i admired his dedication. I think that was just Araki saying "Wouldn't it be bitchin if someone had to choke themselves to death in order to live?!"
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This is a fun show, very similar to Attack on Titan in general, but lots of specific touches to the world design that make it much different. I don't know how they're affording this level of production value though, and I hope it doesn't lead to plummeting quality as the series goes on. It's strange to see an action show from the noitaminA block.
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Apr 28, 2016 03:47
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davidHalestorm posted:Well, it gave him super-powers, if Mumei is any indication, so it all works out
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Cicero posted:Yeah it did at least on some level, there was the bit with the pipe that was hot to his friend's hand but he didn't even notice. Also, those kabane were really going at him, even if their bites were no longer instadoom, and he just kept shrugging it off. Guy's tough.
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