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 What is Tower of God? Tower of God, Korean name 신의 탑, is an anime adaptation of a webtoon of the same name written by S.I.U (Slave In Utero). It follows the journey of This anime is one of the Crunchyroll Originals and is created in collaboration with Webtoon. It airs every Wednesday. MyAnimeList posted:There is a tower that summons chosen people called "Regulars" with the promise of granting their deepest desires. Whether it be wealth, fame, authority, or something that surpasses them all—everything awaits those who reach the top. Why should I watch it? To reiterate an overused comparison: if you like the first arc of Hunter x Hunter, Tower of God scratches the same itch with a fun supporting cast, propensity for puzzles, and in-depth worldbuilding. While I can't go too much into ToG's strengths without saying spoilers, it's the sort of epic which builds on itself. The webtoon has been going on strong since 2010, and only now has it gotten some sort of animated adaption - in fact, it's the first webtoon to be adapted into an anime. You can watch the first few episodes for the novelty. Also listen to the soundtrack, done by the fantastic Kevin Penkin (composer of Shield Hero and Made In Abyss). Cool! I can't watch anime for whatever reason, though. Is there a way I can read it? The English Webtoon site has translations more or less up to the most current chapter released on Korean Webtoon. That link goes to the very first chapter, as the preview images for the most recent chapters can contain spoilers. Explore at your own risk. What's the spoiler policy for this thread? No spoilers, period. No nudge nudge wink wink, no implying things, no confirming or denying theories with knowledge anime viewers don't have yet. If you want to talk about how that One Poster predicted the entire webcomic or whatever do that in the ToG manhwa thread. I would be more lenient on this except people have already toed the line in the general spring season anime thread. Especially that one topic. You all know the one.
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Apr 30, 2020 07:01
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It's a very good show so far and has maybe become what I look forward to the most each week. It helps that the Floor of Test arcs are in general I feel a pretty strong string of arcs and character introductions and it's really nice to see it look as good as it does compared to the early parts of the comic. I have no idea what kind of legs the adaption will have and what they have in mind for the future but I hope it goes for a while.
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Apr 30, 2020 12:50
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What kind of name is "Twenty Fifth Bam" anyway?
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Apr 30, 2020 15:52
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It translates to "the Twenty-Fifth Night", basically. Whether this is elaborated on or further explored, you'll just have to wait and see.
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Apr 30, 2020 16:05
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Given that the super powerful weapons are named after months, I'd assume so.
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Apr 30, 2020 16:09
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Nate RFB posted:It translates to "the Twenty-Fifth Night", basically. Whether this is elaborated on or further explored, you'll just have to wait and see. calling your MC jesus would be a bit much unless its actually jesus
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Apr 30, 2020 16:12
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I tried googling Bam to find out why the voice actors were saying Yoru and saw his name was Twenty Fifth Bam thing and thought it was a spoiler of him beating the tower and getting the title or something. Glad it isn't. Show is good, really want to read the webcomic but the show is gooood
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Apr 30, 2020 16:39
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Yeah, Bam means night in Korean, hence why he's called Yoru in the Japanese dub. Apparently Bam in Korean can also mean chestnut, so his name could be read as The 25th Chestnut. I tend to prefer reading the original versions of most series so when I got intrigued by the first couple of anime episodes, I ended up binging the whole drat comic in about a week and I'd say I like the webtoon better even though I'm enjoying the anime quite a bit so far. The sketch-like style of the anime is cool, but the art style in the webtoon has a smoother style and gets gorgeous as it progresses, and the entire series is full-color. Be prepared though - the crown game was shown in the webtoon in like 2010, so there's a hell of a lot of comic down that rabbit hole. Even though I'm liking the studio they got's take on the series, after seeing Demon Slayer, I still think UFOtable would be the studio that could do full justice to the webtoon's action. ATP_Power fucked around with this message at 19:30 on Apr 30, 2020 |
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Apr 30, 2020 19:28
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Finding a studio that can do justice to this kind of comic is difficult. See the OPM anime. Hopefully they stay good with TOG
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May 1, 2020 01:39
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If there is a season 2, I hope they get a little more budget for the fight scenes. These episodes were pretty good but it's definitely not the crazy good animated fight scenes some series get. Still, I'm pretty happy with how the crown game went. I hope anime only folks are enjoying it as much as I am.
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May 1, 2020 01:53
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Two Tone Shoes posted:If there is a season 2, I hope they get a little more budget for the fight scenes. These episodes were pretty good but it's definitely not the crazy good animated fight scenes some series get. Still, I'm pretty happy with how the crown game went. I hope anime only folks are enjoying it as much as I am. I mean the early parts of the comic are not particularly fight heavy to begin with. It isn't well into the later arcs that we see the big flashy poo poo head out.
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May 1, 2020 02:04
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Eh, the fight animation was definitely anemic so far. The Anaak debut fight in particular was pretty underwhelming compared to webtoon, where the art sold her strength and power a lot better imho. On the other hand, the fight in episode 5 looked pretty good, so I have hopes. In general, I feel the 5th episode was the strongest one so far.
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May 1, 2020 18:32
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What webtoon are you all looking at? This arc in the webtoon looks like trash compared to the anime. 
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May 1, 2020 18:37
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I dont blame you. The webtoon is really rough for the first season or two. But the art definitely gets better.
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May 1, 2020 18:56
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Lt. Lizard posted:Eh, the fight animation was definitely anemic so far. The Anaak debut fight in particular was pretty underwhelming compared to webtoon, where the art sold her strength and power a lot better imho. On the other hand, the fight in episode 5 looked pretty good, so I have hopes. In general, I feel the 5th episode was the strongest one so far. you cant just say this kinda thing and not show off am example
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May 1, 2020 19:01
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It's kinda hard to not be posting spoilers while showing off the art in the more recent arcs of the webtoon, but I feel like it really picks up in the second season and the third season (current arc) has some incredible stuff in it. If people are curious for an example, here's a comparison of Khun's face from his first introduction to a close up from season 2 of the webtoon to give a taste of how the art has evolved:  I'd kinda forgotten how sketch-like the earliest chapters were.
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May 1, 2020 20:10
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no i really specifically mean if you say 'this fight looked better in the manwha' you should show a panel of that fight off
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May 1, 2020 20:17
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Patware posted:no i really specifically mean if you say 'this fight looked better in the manwha' you should show a panel of that fight off I wasn't the one making that argument, but here's a bit from the crown game in the anime: https://i.imgur.com/6prEfct.mp4 here's the panels of that scene in the webtoon:  I thought it looks fine in the anime, but the webtoon does emphasize more how she's a physical beast on a different level from most people. e: I really don't want to get into an extended "but the webtoon did it this way" type of discussion, but since someone asked and I had it all on hand I just dropped it in here, if folks want to talk about the anime in the context of the webtoon we should take it over to the webtoon thread. ATP_Power fucked around with this message at 21:11 on May 1, 2020 |
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May 1, 2020 20:48
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I think they did a fine job establishing that she's strong as gently caress when she just punches down a wall to see Bam's sword.
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May 1, 2020 21:25
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Sorry about not responding sooner, I was out, but thankfully, ATP_Power posted the exact panel I had in mind. The art in general is obviously rougher than in anime, but her hits and impacts from them are drawn to look harder, faster and with more weight behind them compared to the ponderous and floaty animation in the show. That being said, it's hardly a big flaw and later fights do flow a lot better (the one in episode 5 being straight up better than in webtoon, IMHO) so it's not even a complaint about the animation of the show in general, just something that bugged me when I watched that particular scene. 
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May 2, 2020 00:54
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I started watching this today and am really enjoying it so far. Rak is cool that's all I have to say bye
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May 2, 2020 02:18
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CharlestonJew posted:I started watching this today and am really enjoying it so far. Rak is cool that's all I have to say bye You need say no more. We all must recognize the beauty and genius of our alligator overlord.
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May 2, 2020 04:32
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There's this one music track they keep playing and it's super distracting to me, because it sounds so goddamn much like the (in itself rather generic) Blood Rave from the 1998 Blade movie. And I can't unhear it.
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May 2, 2020 07:24
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Zwiebel posted:There's this one music track they keep playing and it's super distracting to me, because it sounds so goddamn much like the (in itself rather generic) Blood Rave from the 1998 Blade movie. And I can't unhear it. Yeah. After watching 1-5 yesterday, the filler music in general was my only pet peeve. Given the source material, I think the anime adaption so far is competent. Let's see how this goes..
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May 2, 2020 10:51
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I tried reading the webtoon but being spoiled by the animation and then going to that art is real rough. Maybe this season of anime will end far enough in the future that I'll be able to pick up at that point? Also, if Khun's bag makes chocolate copies, and the crown copies dissapear, does that mean Rak always wants more chocolate because it keeps disappearing from his tummy?
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May 3, 2020 01:17
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Arianya posted:I tried reading the webtoon but being spoiled by the animation and then going to that art is real rough. Maybe this season of anime will end far enough in the future that I'll be able to pick up at that point? I think it would be the case even if they didn't disappear.
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May 3, 2020 01:48
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Arianya posted:I tried reading the webtoon but being spoiled by the animation and then going to that art is real rough. Maybe this season of anime will end far enough in the future that I'll be able to pick up at that point? It tastes great and that's all Rak cares about. Also I know I would happily eat infinite chocolate that didn't cause weight gain or diabetes. READ the webtoon. The art will improve.
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May 3, 2020 05:05
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The anime is true enough to the source material that I thinking you can start with season 2 in the webtoon when the anime season 1 finishes.
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May 3, 2020 08:44
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Been rereading the webtoon lately and the anime censors a lot of blood/gore.  This guy's arm is cut off entirely in the webtoon, for example. limeicebreakers fucked around with this message at 03:59 on May 6, 2020 |
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May 6, 2020 00:21
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Endorsi is cool.
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May 6, 2020 21:37
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Did they say Anaak is dead? Or was it that her mother is dead?
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May 6, 2020 21:48
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Her mother.
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May 6, 2020 21:58
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Nitrousoxide posted:Did they say Anaak is dead? Or was it that her mother is dead? Her mother, Anak Zahard Sr., is dead.
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May 6, 2020 22:01
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Nate RFB posted:Endorsi is cool. yea she rules.
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May 6, 2020 22:14
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Endorsi is cool but it's kinda hard to know who in the cast it's okay to root for with how the teams have been shaken up. Seems pretty likely horny guy is a smile on the outside/mad on the inside who wants to find out how Bam managed to turn himself into Shinsu. Anaak's backstory is interesting but I can't really root for her since her whole role so far has been being kinda battlecrazy and bitchy. What class is Khun? He seems like a Scout-y type but we already have our Scout in Mr Tracksuit so I figure he must be a Lightbearer, which seemed like the most interesting class. I look forward to Bam shooting someone with Shinsu next week and accidentally murdering them because he's got supershinsu or whatever Arianya fucked around with this message at 23:50 on May 6, 2020 |
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May 6, 2020 23:26
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Arianya posted:Endorsi is cool but it's kinda hard to know who in the cast it's okay to root for with how the teams have been shaken up. Khun was in the Light Bearer class. Thus the big floating computer rooms.
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May 7, 2020 00:06
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Is there anyone in multiple classes? There seems to be a lot of overlap between scout and light bearer.
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May 7, 2020 00:13
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Also lmao at this whole sequence
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May 7, 2020 00:18
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Baam's new outfit reminds me of Naruto's original outfit, albeit in completely different colors.
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May 7, 2020 00:22
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Nitrousoxide posted:Is there anyone in multiple classes? There seems to be a lot of overlap between scout and light bearer. Minor setting spoilers: People tend to develop skills associated with multiple positions as they go up the Tower (to the point where some of the strongest people are said to be able to "fill any position proficiently"), but you only learn one position on the second floor. Climbing the Tower can take hundreds of years, so there's plenty of time to learn the skills associated with other positions later. Light Bearer is actually probably the most distinctive class of the basic positions, in practice, if only because all Light Bearers use Lighthouses. Other positions tend to get a bit samey, especially at higher levels. For example, Wave Controllers are defined largely as controllers of Shisoo, but Regulars of all positions manipulate Shinsoo to some extent. The defining trait of a Spear Bearer is being good at ranged attacks (not necessarily using literal spears), but Wave Controllers shoot Shinsoo blasts, as does basically everyone else at high levels. Fishermen theoretically fight with a fishing rod and a Needle (thin sword), but we don't actually see them use fishing rods that often; mostly they're close-range fighters who fight by enhancing their own bodies with Shinsoo, but almost all strong Regulars enhance their bodies with Shinsoo to some extent. Scouts are the recon position, and some of them rarely engage in actual combat, but others are so-called "Battle Valuing Scouts" who fight at close range alongside their Fisherman teammates.
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