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| This is even worse than I expected it to be. An obvious SAO clone, and an extremely boring one at that. The worldbuilding is as rudimentary as it could get, and I don't know why they decided to barely give any context or flair to the characters; ironically, they have the personality traits of actual NPCs. For some reason, they thought playing such jolly music during a supposedly intense battle was a good choice, and alongside that the CGI was really bad. There was also the music-only montage at the end that was incredibly difficult to sit through and had probably one of the most abrupt character introductions I have ever seen. Well, I guess at least the girl is cute. |
IrrelevantGuyJan 10, 2022 11:00 AM
| Isekai(?) made by a studio that never learn from their mistakes. What could possibly go wrong? 🙃 |
| This may indeed end up a 9/10 or 10/10 Top 10 series for me, but one episode is far too early to judge. So far it's already better than any series of 2021 or 2020 and really, any post-2010 anime and going in the right direction. Looking forward to next week, but a very promising start. |
| I would normally scoff at 3DCGI enemies but with the context of this being an VRMMORPG I'll let it slide this time The LN for this series is just your average isekai adventure with a cute girl MC so there's a huge chance for it to not be as entertaining mid-way through like Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear was |
| Honestly the potential of this was completely wasted during this episode. Most of this wasn't part of the LN nore the Manga and i found most of it pretty pointless. The start of the episode did some explanation but the part after was a complete waste of time, i read 9 volumes of the LN and really enjoyed it so i hope this anime will be more like it because if the anime continues like this episode than i will have looked forward to nothing. |
| What was up with the janky animation and character designs. I thought ep 1 when where studios put their best foot forward and animation got worse from there. This reminded me of the worst of the char design and mixed cgi/2d animation we got in Spider isekai. Will give it another ep or two before dropping. Felt like they couldn't get the VA in place in time so they dubbed over final part with music only. Whole first ep felt slapdash. Story wise and premise ok but everything else was pretty terrible tbh. |
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| The first part was INCREDIBLY boring. The conversation in the starting was really boring too. Also I yawned for a total of 5 times during the first half of the episode and that's quite a feat considering I had 8+ hours of sleep last night. The animation was fine, nothing bad but nothing impressive either. Some scenery scenes in second half were really pretty though. The world felt like a generic fantasy/isekai world, this episode itself felt pretty generic, nothing spectacular or unique. The OST in the middle of the battle in first part was really good, enjoyed it a lot. The OP was just fine, will probably skip it all the time. But the ED was pretty good and catchy, I was practically dancing on my seat when the chorus hit. I was thinking of dropping this the whole time in first half of the episode, but it got interesting in second half so I've changed my mind. Haha the "I am cute" at the end. Very cute indeed. Seriously would have dropped this if not for the kawai girl. I'm guessing by the robes of "I am cute" girl, its Danblf who turned into a kawai character lol. Hoping the pacing and story improves in next episode. So looking forward to next episode, will watch 3 or 4 episodes and then decide whether this is worth my time. |
 The end of an era. Thank you Wit, Mappa and Isayama. Feeling half happy, half sad. Kawaii waifus and precious best girls <3333 |
| Rewatched this episode, and it's still the same subpar mediocrity. Asaka's OP ain't enough to save this horrible adaptation. Erabareshi's ED ain't all that good either. Also, what a name: Danblf Gandagore (the obvious puns to the names they're influenced from), plus an idol influence for morale. Just looking forward to "I Am Cute..." Mira's adventures now, the only saving grace of a reincarnation. Also, the last 5 minutes being dialogue-less I'd thought was a joke, but it seems true. Just meh. |
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| That was pretty unique to have half episode be silent, I'm just glad the dragons wasn't CG, not like it looked any cool either. |
| Today's the day for gender bender, but, oof, after Fantasy Bishoujo blew it out of the park, this was an extreme disappointment. This felt like 17 minutes of exposition followed by a 5 minute silent film. The soundtrack, especially the OP, is this series saving grace so far, but it doesn't mean you can use the soundtrack to replace the dialogue. Also, despite the narrative info dump, I'm left with so many questions. Is this Overlord or is this .hack? Did he get properly isekai'd or did he get stuck in a game? Are the other players there with him now her? |
| The only thing I was thinking of while watching this: "Man, I can't wait for the anime adaptation of 'A Wild Last Boss Appeared!'" |
| wait 5.60? The LN is pretty well received on here (7.50 score) so how come the anime is at 5.60? |
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anirudhtsuki said: FireFistYK said: watch the first episode. They messed it up so bad. This felt like a trailer than an episode. And half of it anime orginal.wait 5.60? The LN is pretty well received on here (7.50 score) so how come the anime is at 5.60? Oh god, it's one of those adaptations I see |
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FragmantLemon said: I would normally scoff at 3DCGI enemies but with the context of this being an VRMMORPG I'll let it slide this time I was thinking along the same lines and hoping there would be an in-universe reason and justification for it. I was hoping you could say "Oh, well the CGI makes sense narratively because these are the non-player characters who are just computer AI drones of the video game." But then I think there are a number of 2D-animated NPC characters who aren't played by actual humans; maybe the ones who receive more screentime. |
| I hope it's the only episode that is of this level. Cause oh boy, that was horrible. |
| I am become bunny, fluffing of worlds. |
| while I like the manga adaptation of this series, this anime adaptation is so low budget it hurts |
HaXXspetten said: did someone say Gandalf? o_ODidn't think I'd ever see Gandalf in an anime but there you go But uh that.. wasn't great in general was it lol. The parody elements aside, having a 5 minute montage-like slideshow for no apparent reason felt weirdly out of place and the whole thing feels like a low-budget production |
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KANLen09 said: Being a Studio A-CAT production, be prepared to see some ass low-budget CGI in here. So far it looks better than Arifureta's first season… if that's means anything. ShiinaBodyPillow said: how the fuck have i not learned from multiple vrmmo rpg isekai trash to just skip this shit... im helpless For the same reason that you probably like junk food; it taste good in the moment, but later you just ask yourself "why". FMmatron said: 2022 will be the year of innovation, I'm feeling it. How? |
NoHeartJan 11, 2022 8:34 PM
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| I actually liked the first part; if that was the start of a fantasy anime (not isekai) it would be promising. The battle was pretty bad, though; it's fine if you're gonna low-budget your CG, but you shouldn't keep it on screen that long when you know how bad it looks...and then the voiceless section was just bizarre. I'm not sure if I want it to have been an extended preview of next ep or not. On the one hand, if I hadn't read the synopsis I wouldn't have any idea what's going on, so filling in the blanks would be good, but on the other hand I've already watched it now, so I don't really want to spend an entire episode on the same plot again. Really just a terrible direction choice. |
LoneWizzy said: The one and only :>HaXXspetten said: did someone say Gandalf? o_ODidn't think I'd ever see Gandalf in an anime but there you go But uh that.. wasn't great in general was it lol. The parody elements aside, having a 5 minute montage-like slideshow for no apparent reason felt weirdly out of place and the whole thing feels like a low-budget production |
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jmstructor said: FragmantLemon said: I would normally scoff at 3DCGI enemies but with the context of this being an VRMMORPG I'll let it slide this time The LN for this series is just your average isekai adventure with a cute girl MC so there's a huge chance for it to not be as entertaining mid-way through like Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear was Comparing this and kuma bear is an interesting choice. Like they are both fantasy isekai with a "cute" female main character that has overpowered abilities. But the comparison kinda ends there, like the studio could surely bend it over backwards in that direction by jamming in slice of life moments and focusing on the down chapters. But it's not really a slice of life with adventure subplots, there are pressing concerns in this story with more serious characters. Comparing the LNs is also weird since wiseman is a much harder read, with longer arcs, and more complex topics. Like kuma bear isn't devoid of topics like embezzling funds, but it resolves it in like 6 pages then goes back to making pudding. Wiseman is almost nonstop: arcane circles, micro-energies, treatises, video game chat, engineering, tactics, town politics, debating situations, and also cute moments. Like danblf is always working in the realm of countries and politics; Yuna is just trying to find japanese food, make friends, fix things with her amazing japan knowledge (like child labor? always putting orphanages to work, never change japan) and fill her time with some adventuring. Danblf is immediately thrown headfirst into a situation involving the country he helped build under imminent existential threat and he is decades behind the times. As for how interesting it will be. I dunno, the studio could easily ruin both volume 1 and 2 easily enough. I can't speak to the later half since it's not yet translated and the book is pretty hard in Japanese compared to something easy like kuma bear. I'm not the guy you're quoting, but I was also comparing Kuma Kuma with this But not because of how the stories play out (since I don't know how the story goes in this show), it's because the premise sounds a little bit similar like you said and because Kuma Kuma's first episode was also dubious in quality |
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