Blue Archive the Animation Episode 1 Discussion

@fitsahats i have never played the game so do i need to know anything or i can watch it without any knowledge of the game?

@NipahAllDay

The problem isn't about explaining everything in the first episode. It's about showing a bunch of nonsensical content and expect the audience to have the patience to wait until it finally gets good. It's like Homer's snow plow ad (that it was a parody to perfume ads) it's totally nonsensical and at the end the target audience doesn't know what they are supposed to be buying.



This is a terrible choice from a perspective of luring new audience to a stablished ip, and most new audiences would easily just watch anything else from the 30 or so new series airing this season. Heck the Train to the end of the world does have a rather similar setting and did it way better in it's premiere episode.

@NipahAllDay

The problem isn't about explaining everything in the first episode. It's about showing a bunch of nonsensical content and expect the audience to have the patience to wait until it finally gets good. It's like Homer's snow plow ad (that it was a parody to perfume ads) it's totally nonsensical and at the end the target audience doesn't know what they are supposed to be buying.



This is a terrible choice from a perspective of luring new audience to a stablished ip, and most new audiences would easily just watch anything else from the 30 or so new series airing this season. Heck the Train to the end of the world does have a rather similar setting and did it way better in it's premiere episode.

god that was so peak. Also love how they showed how all characters change because of sensei.

ALSO MAJOR PLOT POINT

SHIROKO'S PANTIES ARE WHITE

thanks for the clarification @BlueIsLove and @Polycell
still doesn't change the fact the show turned out different than I expected but I'll wait and see where it goes

@CrystaLyse

Neither three episode rule nor six will work because the story that is adapted as anime now is the Vol 1 of the game, which is arguably not the best part of the story. The parts you've heard such high praise are highly likely Vol 3 and Vol F, which I won't go as far to say they beat FGO in storytelling but they ARE indeed really good. The current Vol 1 that's adapted as anime will be just character/world introduction and some chill slice-of-life parts at the start that will get a bit serious near the end. And I doubt this season will get more than 12 episodes so they prolly won't have freedom to adapt more Vols either. So just keep your expectations low if you're expecting a story that 'beat' FGO.

Geez, that's why I wanted them to adapt straight up Vol 3 for anime. Each Vol has little to no connection until Vol F so if they want to adapt Vol 3, they can do it. They prolly chose Vol 1 to adapt as anime cuz the cast in it are the face of the game. But by adapting Vol 1, I KNEW there'll be anime-onlys like you who'll come here with wrong expectation. I dunno how many more people I need to inform this by repeating the same stuff smh. Please do me a favor by spreading this info if you see more anime-onlys like you.

@Renkini looking at some other pages that discussing the anime, you're being mocked for not knowing the importance of Vol 1 to the other Vols

- it introduced Hifumi / Faust
- this is the reason Hifumi got sent to the Remedial club in Vol 2

It's a mess overall

Yeah... this is just over rated by the fans of the game.

It's watchable, but it just kept reminding me to Certain Scientific Railgun.

I'll give it a few more episodes to deliver that supposedly wholesom story, that people are talking about, but I'll not get my hopes up.

The setup only makes sense inside a game environment. The characters are boring and one dimensional. Their design is just a collection of fanservice cliches. And I can't get over the idea, that the "cat girls" have 2 pair of ears... come on. Even Nekopara was able to pay attention to a detail like that...

Yeah... this is just over rated by the fans of the game.

It's watchable, but it just kept reminding me to Certain Scientific Railgun.

I'll give it a few more episodes to deliver that supposedly wholesom story, that people are talking about, but I'll not get my hopes up.

The setup only makes sense inside a game environment. The characters are boring and one dimensional. Their design is just a collection of fanservice cliches. And I can't get over the idea, that the "cat girls" have 2 pair of ears... come on. Even Nekopara was able to pay attention to a detail like that...

@Kimurah
>No western localization
>Asian-bros(majority of fans) watching it for free,thanks ani-one
This is clearly anime made solely for fans. Episode 1 is really good to gatekeep itself. Blue Archive is already successful and the goal of IP is not expanding it but sustaining it. At least it being watchable is enough to satisfy fans. Literally just like priconne, it just happened to be backed by CyGames' connections to industry, compare to Nexon that couldn't even get at least B-tier animators to animate the entire anime. That's why even by revenue alone BA is always above Prionne, and the anime quality isn't about the budget but also connections. Hcck even same by the game, priconne is fully dubbed all parts of stories.
I think it's a fact that people here should at least consider before talking about it.

@Jim2tolive

Lol they can mock me for all I care, I don't give a shit. I've been mocking the entirety of MAL on Discord with my friends too. It's just my opinion. I've been playing the game on JP server for 2 years now and I've read the story inside-out in both Japanese and English. Of course I know Hifumi will be introduced here and she'll return in Vol 3 but I just don't see how that's significant enough to adapt the entire Vol 1 into anime. They've already skipped the entire prologue here in anime so I don't see how it's so hard to edit some stuff and make Hifumi your first time meeting (or show with some flashbacks) if they adapt Vol 3.

And...

"this is the reason Hifumi got sent to the Remedial club in Vol 2"

Vol "3". Vol 2 is all about Millennium and Hifumi doesn't appear there. Get your facts straight before you start lecturing someone.

3 points in first episode, fluid animation, colorfull world, and good opening, i hope shun will appear in this show

@Renkini
Pretty sure he meant Vol3 Ch2. I personally interchange both of those term with my friend too so I get it. He is most likely referring to .

Also to give my personal opinion. I really don't think starting with vol3 is a good idea. Vol 1 IS the introduction. Without it you don't really get introduced to Abydos which are all important for the payoff of vol 3. You're risking diminishing one of the best payoff of the game.

Also I don't get everyone saying vol 1 is the worst. I get it that vol 2 ch2 had some good scenes near the end but its a giga bore before that unlike vol 1. It's not that bad. I've seen many people read the story on youtube, it's a very good volume to start the story with. Just enjoy the ride.

Well, that was certainly anime.

I don't think I've seen more bullets being fired and missed any target since probably B-Train's Noir. By the looks it feels like it doesn't even make an effort to introduce the audience into this post apocalyptic world and most likely it's entirely aimed towards the already hardcore fan of the original game.

I'll give it 2 more episodes, I'm sure the whole desert world, girls with guns and the need for a teacher that will magically improve these girls marksmanship will come in the long run. I'm just testing the waters to see if I can handle whatever BS they will throw in 2 more episodes to decide if I should watch it all the way.



This is the most superfluous show don't tell. They just showed that some girls are somehow as hard as titanium to some low caliber bullets, but it makes absolutely no sense outside cartoon/videogame logic. If they were wearing heavy bullet proof gear it would make some sense for those of us who don't eat bullshit on daily basis. Same with the girls wearing helmets, even a low caliber bullet would had been a fatal wound on any of them.