| I opened it at a random point to see how it was and it was disgusting because of very cheap CGI. Also (Now watching from the start) I don't know how they manage to make the animations feel so rough. I compared it to "Fantasy Bishoujo" and even if it's the same number of fps the later feels so smooth in comparison. It's not like the bar is very high so I'm surprised. |
LeviathanTheEspJan 12, 2022 12:44 AM
| Why not watch it for yourself to be able to judge? Otherwise secondhand opinions will only give you so much insight. For my part, I found that yes, the first episode is kind of a mess - the CGI which is not just the fault of this series alone but I wish the industry would abandon and bury once and finally for all (barring minimal uses here and there for touch-up or some exceptional cases where it's actually well-crafted and can be made to actually provide an impressive and unique aesthetic sense to a whole world and show, like Dorohedoro, Houseki no Kuni, Beastars, etc.) is absolutely atrocious and hideous to the point it can easily take you out of it. I don't know why they can't just use 2D art for the same exact characters. A lot of isekai even using CGI horses for horse-drawn carriages. Why?! Why is it necessary when it looks like a pile of dung? There can't be people of such poor taste approving these decisions who don't actually think it looks as bad as it does. It's generic in many aspects, the editing and writing choices like a main character's introduction seems ill-conceived. But other than that, it'll probably just be watchable popcorn entertainment. Visually it could be far far better as noted, but that awful CGI trend is something I'm noticing with more and more isekai and action anime increasing year by year and there should be push back against it on a wide front rather than just mistakenly attributing the problem to one particular series or even studio. I'll probably keep watching it because I'm only watching three other new seasonals (Slow Loop, maybe Sabikui Bisco, and maybe Ryman's Club - I can easily immediately see aspects to excite and embrace or dislike and dismiss with any of these shows so far, except Ryman's because it hasn't started yet) and four returning/continuing series (Digimon Ghost Game, Ousama Ranking, Hanyou no Yashahime: Sengoku Otogizoushi season 2, and Vanitas no Carte season 2), but it's not that I truly expect it to be that great or some marvel compared to other series and even other fantasy specifically. Did anyone start this expecting Lord of the Rings or Berserk? It's a modern isekai based on a light novel. Hopefully it just has a fun enough plot and some character moments. The worst loss and shame is the incongruency visually of forcing alien-looking trashy CGI into the rest of the world. |
Tailbone said: also I wasnt expecting anything 'great' but something that I could watch and like it. I think it's worth checking out then, providing you temper your expectations to very low ones indeed. I would say if you like the fantasy genre and have seen enough of it in anime or outside of anime over the years where you've seen true ethereal masterpieces to good to decent to mediocre to bottom of the barrel level-stuff then it can be fun in and of itself to see how it compares and measures up to other fantasy for you. A lot of times the pilot or first episode is also not very representative of how the flow of a majority of episodes of a series' run will be, which will become more evident from episode two onward. So basically, I'd say, check episode one out, have realistic (low) expectations in this case, and then hope for improvement from there on with episode two and more character introductions. But that's only if you generally like or love Fantasy and/or Adventure series and are craving more. If someone didn't and only wanted to see a very limited selection of the best fantasy anime there is to offer or even isekai specifically, I certainly wouldn't tell them to start here. It can be more fun for fantasy nerds/otaku or people who just like giving more roughly made series a chance. |
WatchTillTandavaJan 12, 2022 1:08 AM
WatchTillTandava said: I think it can indeed be used properly. You have every ufotable show as an example. Some of them are TERRIBLE (God eater, for example, as half of videogame adaptations they do), but it's usually for entirely different reasons than animation. The animation relies strongly on cgi, but still I'm surprised on how well they do it. Every single time. FATE, for example has the best animated battle scenes I've ever seen. Kimetsu no Yaiba also has greatly animated battle scenes (Haven't seen the latest cours though).but that awful CGI trend is something I'm noticing with more and more isekai and action anime increasing year by year and there should be push back against it on a wide front rather than just mistakenly attributing the problem to one particular series or even studio. I know ufotable is the best example of excesive budget but it shows CGI can be used to make great animation consistently. That a show can be great because (among other things) of the CGI and not despite of the CGI. It's just that when you use CGI to lower costs instead of to improve an already great work, you can get very disgusting stuff. |
| I've been waiting 6 years since I found it in manga to see its anime and two things happen: -a trash studio adapts it. -Another gender bender anime has stolen all the attention.  |
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I'm guessing its FaBiniku? |
| Don't attribute maliciousness when stupidity is enough to explain what happens |
| The only thing I've seen suck harder than this this season is that truly shit Futsal Boy's anime. That's the only one I dropped after first ep. This sucked but, I'll complete it. If it keeps being shit tho it'll definitely have a low rating. |
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| Uh twice this anime has showed loli gandalf peeing, so yes trash. Unless you're into that type of thing. |
| After watching the second episode within the past hour I can now safely say that it definitely appears to be "trash". At least in the sense that it's easily the worst quality across the board by several parameters out of 11 ongoing seasonals I'm watching and probably the least being offered to seem enticing enough to want to continue. Now the only question is whether I should actually drop it or just continue anyway. So far the worst parts of the series are the outrageously bad, ghastly and barebones to the point of being directly insulting, abysmal CGI and what just seem like a bunch of CGI figures lazily and clumsily inserted into the scenes in a bunch of static shots with them barely convincingly moving or reacting in any way with the other characters with any fluidity or believability. As if some invisible hands are smashing cardboard cutouts together. I'm far more impressed with what the South Park creators did with simple construction paper and stop motion 27 years ago all the way back in friggin 1995! It just looks like the lowest budget imaginable eyesore. It reminds me of every Sci-Fi (Syfy) channel movie or ultra low budget to the max creature feature D movie schlock from the 80s you tend to see rated into the gutter on review sites unless it becomes a cult classic somehow or crosses the pendulum into "so bad it's good" territory and enjoyed ironically. The next awful thing is centering so much of the series' plot on interactions and confrontations with these CGI figures that seem ripped from a 1992 Super Nintendo video game cutscene. I can't believe utter visual dreck of this caliber gets a stamp of approval from some studio executive, producers, or Quality Control personnel still in 2022. CGI of the abundantly used and cheap kind mostly looks like shit and everyone knows it looks like shit, so why keep using it except to produce a shit product? Obviously money is the largest driving factor, but then maybe just don't bother and instead pool that money and pour it into other ventures that have a better chance of being good rather than dividing and squandering it between 10,000 shitty final products. Then there's the fact that the illustration of the mechanics concerning the flow of time and associated dynamics just isn't even being done. I'm getting no sense of the characters even treating like anything happens to them matters - Has 30 years passed in the game? Is that the same in real life? Are they stuck in the game? If so, shouldn't they have more of an actual emotional reaction and a thought in their heads even so far as two lines of dialogue to demonstrate and acknowledge this? Or to other things like apparently NPC computer programmed (AI) characters that are just part of the video game becoming sentient? Isn't that magical and mindblowing? If so, shouldn't the reaction from Danbalf and the leader figure muster something up more then "Oh? This is apparently happening then." "I see. That's cool." with a bored expression on their faces? The situation they're in isn't adequately explained to either each other or the audience and they're shown to act completely nonchalant and apathetic about it which begs the question why should we/anyone care about anything going on? Or is the experience supposed to just be a more disengaged, passive one of watching people play a video game that they don't know is real or not and don't seem to care, don't really have any thought or reaction to, and so we aren't supposed to either? So basically just like watching a YouTube narrated playthrough of a PC game or livestream. I want to give everything a chance, but to me it is just ridiculous in those ways (and others, like usual very generic characters, but that's more expected so it's whatever - the ones I named are moreso the mortal wounds). |
WatchTillTandavaJan 19, 2022 2:41 AM
| Well, I like this show, especially Mira's character. Yeah, the CGI could be a lot better, but oh well. |
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Viewland said: evilchris said: i think it's more like saruman, 🤷♂️Uh twice this anime has showed loli gandalf peeing, so yes trash. Unless you're into that type of thing. Oof, you're right. |
| Seems like just an excuse for cheap loli fanservice, nude scenes and pee scenes every episode from a character that looks 10. Using the fact she is a guy so it's OK as cover. Yeah this is trash. |
| episode 1 is very bad, but I enjoyed the anime episode 3 onwards.. this is now actually one of the shows I look forward to watching each week. Also gonna buy something from it from CDJapan, to give it a little support. |
Liddo-kunFeb 8, 2022 3:46 PM
| ^ "this is now actually one of the shows I look forward to watching each week" I agree. For me, this is a very entertaining show. |
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| Yeah this show sucks but at least the score reflects about how good it is. turn your brain off and watch a loli do shit. what's crazy to me is other trash shows like Leadale isn't as low a score! had anyone seen that score it like over a 7.1........ hell I might actually enjoy this one more than that crap show! at least the main character in this doesn't make me want to punch her in the face every two minutes! And at least this show has Loli power going for it!  |
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Serafos said: ^ "this is now actually one of the shows I look forward to watching each week" I agree. For me, this is a very entertaining show. Are you a hardcore isekai fan or are you enjoying it more as a Slice of Life? |
Serafos said: ^ "this is now actually one of the shows I look forward to watching each week" I agree. For me, this is a very entertaining show. oh, tomodachi. Glad to see you liking the show too. anyway, damn.. I was too late. The art booklet already sold out. Only released Feb 11, so I delayed in ordering. Thought not many people would be buyin, but it sold out so fast.  |
| i've no idea what's wrong with this show because i was looking forward to it but then i saw the score after episode 1 and my entire excitement was gone. |
-Elevate- said: i've no idea what's wrong with this show because i was looking forward to it but then i saw the score after episode 1 and my entire excitement was gone. Your entire excitement was gone after actually watching episode one and seeing the score or just after looking at the score without watching it? |
| the adaptation wit the animation could be better but the story is top notch. |
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| Trash? Yes, definitely. Good Trash? Yes, definitely Recommended? Yes, if you like Isekai and waifus. |
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| Short answer: Yes Long answer: Yeees, gurl But honestly, this series is just disappointment, even counting plot. This series isn't doing anything interesting with the premis, MC could be a shota and not loli (or different looking character in any age and gender) and there would be no difference outside of few fanservice shots. Players being trapped in the "game" or they spending 30 years inside of this world. Like blond guy (technically MC's best friend) barely reacted after not seeing him for 30 years when he returned. |
| Manga recommendation: - Spy x Family (Ch.127/? - biweekly) | Sakamoto Days (Ch.243/? - weekly) - MARRIAGETOXIN (Ch.152/? - weekly) | MAD (Ch.40/? - biweekly) - Make the Exorcist Fall in Love (Ch.107/? - biweekly) - Monochrome Days (Ch.35/? - biweekly) Anime recommendation: - Deca-Dence (Finished) | Wave, Listen to Me! (Finished) - If My Favorite Pop Idol Made It to the Budokan, I Would Die (Finished) - Diary of Our Days at the Breakwater (Finished) |
| What was the final verdict on this? I'm only five episodes in and naturally I'm going to form my own opinion, but it's one of the series I really put off continuing to watch and finish and now the season has basically ended for most airing series (I still have a few series to eventually finish from last season - autumn of 2021 too!). I'm just so disappointed with the quality of some very rushed/overly cheaply made/generic-type seasonals (this and Leadale have been the worst of the season for me). |
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