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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- That Cutthroat guy is weird...especially after he saved Ordinary Person. Another strange episode but this one had some unusual technology as well. The fight between the Execution Division Apprentice vs Brawler was kinda dope. Not sold on the storytelling of this show though. Episode felt like it was all over the place. |
Stark700Oct 15, 2020 6:32 AM
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| That was... an exercise in ostentatiousness! As if this anime weren't already plenty OTT, it goes and drives a bus straight into like the three-hundredth floor of a skyscraper hotel. What a riot of an episode. |
Stark700 said: THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- That Cutthroat guy is weird...especially after he saved Ordinary Person. Another strange episode but this one had some unusual technology as well. The fight between the Execution Division Apprentice vs Brawler was kinda dope. Not sold on the storytelling of this show though. Episode felt like it was all over the place. Cutthroat may be weird, but he's Kodaka's brand of weird. Which is good weird, IMO. So, uh, I really, really like Cutthroat. I didn't expect him to start fawning over Ordinary Person, however. (But I love his reason for doing so. He's like, *notices that she's wearing pink* *reflects that pink is what you get when you mix the colors white and red* *thinks about the color red* *which she's kinda wearing* *oh boy, he likes her!*) Absolutely agree on the storytelling. It's a total shambles so far. Lots of worldbuilding, sure, but not much by way of plot. |
pumpkiniteOct 15, 2020 6:47 AM
| Yeah, totally agree with Cutthroat being weird. Also liked the fight choreography on how it’s so over the top. Let’s hope by episode 3 that the storytelling also picks up since its other aspects are looking pretty good, in my opinion. |
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TheCeeJayz said: Also liked the fight choreography on how it’s so over the top. It was so over the top. I mean. TEAM ROCKET. WITH LIGHTSABERS. |
Oh, I loved it too. It was such a fun watch. Ridiculous scenes that take themselves seriously are always delightful. |
| just fucking love it. pure chaos and cyberpunk wonderfullnes. also the executioners literally had lightsabers lol |
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| This is great, continues to be glorious. xD Hijacking a flying blimp/bus, driving it into the roof a hotel. Police with light sabers, this is awesome. We're just missing an old school Samurai somewhere and maybe a ninja too but maybe cutthroat can fill the ninja role. Of course, no matter what kind of police training or light sabers you have, how are you gonna compete with a self driving motorcycle with a rail gun? Kinda wish FemC had a proper name and everyone else just went by a title. Though I guess we should just call her Swindler. This Shinkansen mission is gonna be a blast. |
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| Kinda like Expendables feat. Mission: Impossible on crack, but I love these crazy characters and the fast pace. The entrance of the Execution Department was also quite something and Master kicked ass. |
One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron |
| Another over the top episode, and holy hell what a good episode. Especially the second half Great stuff, I’m in for this wild ride |
| Good thing Swindler is still able to survive in this crazy world. Only episode two and I'm still loving this. |
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| It was good episode. My favourite character is Cutthroat, his personality and actions were great. |
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lollapaloozy said: Oh, I loved it too. It was such a fun watch. Ridiculous scenes that take themselves seriously are always delightful. You guys got the point of the show. I loved it too. It's just as frantic and fun as it should be. |
| "If someone says it's wrong to hope, I'll tell them they're wrong every single time." |
| Two new characters introduced who are executioners who slay Akudama and still have names that describe there job and what they do. Gotta say the fight scene with Akudama against Executioners was great, I loved how well animated the fight was with stunning visuals in the background to enhance the overall performance. I feel like if the whole show will be Akaduma completing jobs while there being chased by Executioners it won't end well but for now I'm pretty much invested. Great episode :) |
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| This is so good! Looks like they were hired or more likely forced to complete an "impossible" mission. Swindler and Hoodlum are as usual funny. I was really shocked that Doctor survived that throat slit. The Executioners are also cool! I can't believe that Studio Pierrot is animating this coz it's so good. I hope the animation of Black Clover is as good as this.  |
| Nice pacing and animation! |
| This has definitely been one of the pleasant surprises of the season. Pierrot have snapped on the fight scenes and animation in general in this. I didn’t know they were capable of such quality. Character interactions are great, the world is vivid and interesting and the premise is unique. Not in my top 10 for the season yet, but it’s been a great first two eps and I can’t wait to see where this goes. |
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| How did ANY of them survive/escape the entire top of the building being blown off when the Executioners (a.k.a. the Dark Lord of the Sith and his Apprentice with her lightsaber) were picking themselves up afterward... Or the bus crash for that matter. This show is still a LOT of fun to watch, but I wish it were "smarter." I'm willing to give it a little leeway for, let's say, "durability." But it's pushing it. And everyone's still taking Swindler at face value when she's OBVIOUSLY someone who just got caught up in the mix. It contrasts with the plot where all the characters are being asked to use their specific skillsets to outsmart and penetrate a supposedly invulnerable environment (the Shinkansen). The ED is fire BTW. The OST in general is great but I missed the more electronic/industrial elements from the first episode. |
| Set SCE to AUX |
| This show is on crack and I love it for that. It just oozes fun, an element I have felt from very, very few shows this entire year. The writing may not be 100% spot on but the entertainment and direction still strikes well with me. |
| Damn what a bunch of psychopaths |
| I'm enjoying this show way too much. The craziness is just extreme and I love it. Pompadour guy reminds me of Leorio a lot and the new characters intro was epic lol. |
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| This show doesn't make much sense, but the animation is stylish af. |
| Damn Pierrot puttin easter eggs around like lmao |
BOŽE ČUVAJ HRVATSKU |
| “are you gay?” that shit had me dying |
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| It's so over the top, I love it honestly. |
animejas said: This show is on crack and I love it for that. It just oozes fun, an element I have felt from very, very few shows this entire year. The writing may not be 100% spot on but the entertainment and direction still strikes well with me. Exactly my thoughts. Going to be a wild ride, this! Quite the unique setting of the show too, I must say. Kanto - Kansai and whatnot, that is. |
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| Wow I'm loving this, from the character dynamic and craziness to the backgrounds and scifi backgrounds and visuals to the fights and story! |
| Oh Boy, this episode had everything, and the animation is fantastic & I Love that fight between the brawler and the female executioner was awesome. and the funny scene when the psycho licked her face goddamn That man may be a psycho but at least he knows what cute means, but on the other hand, we have a guy who turned down a sexy woman but then again who knows if she's a psycho and that she could cut off his thing, for now, he did the right thing but then again again he could be gay? and Hoodlum is reminded me of Leorio from HxH Overall 8 out of 10 |
SaiDxvLightOct 15, 2020 10:59 AM
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| Akudama Drive and Majo no Tabitabi are my animes of the season. Akudama Drive really gives me Cyberpunk 2077 vibes. |
| I'm absolutely in love with this show already. The characters are all really fun to watch, not to mention the awesome visuals and overall production in general. I hope this lives up to my expectations this season! |
| Drugs don't need stories. |
| It's just episode 2 and this is already my AOTS. They really need to make more chaotic cyberpunk anime imo. |
| Really cool fight between Brawler v.s Execution Division Apprentice, the visuals and the choregraphy in general was good. The world building was confusing, I'd be for the best if they explained to us at the start, at least make the MCs help us understand the world they're in, not 2 puppets in a random video from the hotel. The Hoodlum is probably my least favorite so far, he tries so hard to be funny but I can't really like him, he's quite annoying. This episode also had quite a interesting ending, let's see what the next episode has got for us. |
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| Blown away yet again and it's only episode 2! That was some nice action to intro the opposing force against the Akudama team. My jaw dropped when Doctor 'died'... thank God she's a psychotic practitioner haha So far, there isn't a stand out character; they're all incredible! Loved that scene where Cutthroat decided he was gonna 'keep' Swindler... I'd be fucking terrified if I was her cause he is scary af haha Also, am I the only one that loves the code names? They're so damn cool! |
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NakolHira said: I have no idea of what's going on,similar as the unnamed protagonist voiced by Kumiko's VA . Loved this episode,we got more insights of the characters. But if they continiously get revived like this episode,i'm not sure if I would like that I think Doctor was revived, purely because she's crazy enough to calmly operate on herself haha |
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| Holy crap, this is insane!... And I love it! I'm starting to really like the characters. I didn't expect Cutthroat to have that personality, he's hilarious lol |
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| damn, i surprised by how well these fight scenes are. Also I like the way they introduce each new character in the anime, kinda reminded me of Borderlands. |
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| So far good, over the top but so damn enjoyable and cool fights. And I love the character designs for some characters. |
| The fight against the executioners was nice to watch. I like Brawler it's so funny how simpleminded he is lol. |
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| The non stop insanity continues. No chance to take a breath and The production values on this are really good. |
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