Aldnoah.Zero Season One
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1anime4you said: The poor little Princess though :( -"Now I'll never get to see her grow up to become a real hooker" It either wasn't her, or we have another Shoko. |
ex_necross said: 1anime4you said: The poor little Princess though :( -"Now I'll never get to see her grow up to become a real hooker" It either wasn't her, or we have another Shoko. ex_necross said: http://www.heroes3.cz/games/img/screenshots/5932.jpg |
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| OH, I KNOW WHY THIS DOESNT HAPPEN IN SYDNEY it doesnt exist anymore |
ex_necross said: DPXJube said: Okay no they weren't actual space colonies or atleast not blatantly said. But they were giant self sustaining living quarters floating in space and then dropped onto Earth. Hell the shots even look the same Yeah. It did give that vibe. Just kinda sick of people saying this ripped off Gundam. Literally every new mecha in the past 10 years could be said to have ripped off Gundam. it really isn't possible to do a war themed mecha show anymore without borrowing liberally from Gundam. Its just such a genre defining show. The time window for that sort of thing kind of passed in the early 80s with shows like Victims and Diagram although just recently Knights of Sidonia managed to do it so maybe its just a matter of imagination |
| Amazing first episode, loved the intense atmosphere and OST. Great OST indeed. The main character seems bland and sadistic. Loved the way they showed the missile explosion with the whole city in ashes in seconds. |
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| I just clicked on this show cause the poster looked sort of neat, without knowing anything about it. I wasn't expecting much, but holy moly, the crap hit the fan by the first episode! I like the premise, and who I assume is the mc is interesting cause he seems uninterested in everything. "We should leave, there's a missile coming." Anyway, this was a really good pilot! :D |
| I didn't come here to play, I came to win. Now lets play. |
tatuhey said: OH, I KNOW WHY THIS DOESNT HAPPEN IN SYDNEY it doesnt exist anymore Potential castle landings from 15 years prior? |
Kaioshin_Sama said: ex_necross said: Yeah. It did give that vibe. Just kinda sick of people saying this ripped off Gundam. Literally every new mecha in the past 10 years could be said to have ripped off Gundam. it really isn't possible to do a war themed mecha show anymore without borrowing liberally from Gundam. Its just such a genre defining show. The time window for that sort of thing kind of passed in the early 80s with shows like Victims and Diagram although just recently Knights of Sidonia managed to do it so maybe its just a matter of imagination You can draw so many connections because Gundam has just touched all the bases already. That being said, I didn't get Gundam vibes from this show. Like, at all. I did get other mecha series vibes, but not Gundam. This didn't feel Gundam-y. I felt some Valvrave (the setting, overall mood), I felt some Break Blade ( I guess the princess did it?), and some other stuff. |
ex_necrossJul 5, 2014 7:23 PM
| I'm going to hold my judgement on this one. The premise is top notch for a sci-fi anime so far. However, I really have to say that the CGI is pretty damn close to being below average. I expected a lot more to come out of the production studio with the CGI. They even have the nerve to occasionally cock tease some awesome hand drawn mechs. |
mitch3315 said: This might be a bit hard for you to believe, I know I didn't at first, but the thing is that other people actually have different opinions to your own. Crazy, right? How dare they not conform to your opinion on this show, or any other, who the hell do they think they are? |
| I'm sitting here by myself,.. thinking: some small girl living in the Vers Empire is probably out there, thinking http://www.notonthehighstreet.com/system/product_images/images/001/194/833/original_i-m-going-to-be-a-princess-notebook.jpg |
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| This is looking to be hella promising. Already like the large cast and the set up of the world. It's giving me Muv-Luv vibes. OST is already god-tier; Sawano is doing another masterful soundtrack. Let's hope A-1 didn't blow their whole budget on this pilot ep because it was looking beautiful. Since it's Urobuchi, I actually have hope that this will be one of the greats. |
| -Nothing can stay unchanged. Even so, can you still keep on loving this place? -Be still my soul; when change and tears are past, all safe and blessed we shall meet at last. |
| I noted at this earlier, but the DEV team and Sawano Hiroyuki (amongst others): are the creators of Animes such as Guilty Crown. Although there is another recent Anime I don't think many know was made by the same team... namely: http://www.nospoiler.com/y/4DI3v95PKsE Ever heard of it? XD |
1anime4youJul 15, 2014 11:23 AM
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skudoops said: tatuhey said: OH, I KNOW WHY THIS DOESNT HAPPEN IN SYDNEY it doesnt exist anymore Potential castle landings from 15 years prior? it could be |
| This is probably my favorite premiere. The OST was really good, I expect no less from Hiroyuki Sawano. To bad we can't listen to the full tracks till September. I wonder if Akame ga Kill or Zankyou no Terror can top this. |
| A Tip; If you ever hear a song which is made up of a mixture of English, German and Japanese... You can be fairly certain of it having been composed by sawano hiroyuki |
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| Holy shit. What a intense first episode. Got mass effect vibes when watching it. Really looking forward to more. The main character seems like a badass. Just stands there saying "A missile" rather than panicking and running for his life. |
| [quote=FlamingMangos]Holy shit. What a intense first episode. Got mass effect vibes when watching it. Really looking forward to more. Liar_Zero said: This is probably my favorite premiere. The OST was really good, I expect no less from Hiroyuki Sawano. To bad we can't listen to the full tracks till September. I wonder if Akame ga Kill or Zankyou no Terror can top this. Nothing can top this, mates... Nothing. (statement of fact) |
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phantom19 said: I actually have hope that this will be one of the greats. Let's hope the score is full of trolls then. 7.7 isn't promising even with there only being 600 votes so far. |
| 2000/10 And yes the CGI is not good for our eyes. |
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| Noob question: What is CGI and why is it important and what not? |
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| Oooh that was a great intro episode O___O That probably wasn't the princess. Could be the assistant? "Oh look we have aliens with superior technology orbiting above us. Let's blow up their princess!" Humans...*smh* |
"May those who accept their fate be granted happiness." "May those who defy their fate be granted glory." |
| Why does anyone bother with the strikethru's on their posts? It's not like we can't still see what you wrote ... either delete it or just type it, it's annoying. I have a feeling the princess' assassination is a 'false flag' operation, the Martians wanted an excuse to break the cease-fire so they intentionally blew up their own princess to disrupt her mission of peace. Kinda crazy how the unobservant main character is the ONLY person to notice the missiles streaking in, and then his friends just kinda stand there without changing expression until about a half-second before it blows. Then the princess bites it, damn. I was hoping that the MC would step in to save her somehow. Poor New Orleans. First it gets flooded by Katrina, now it gets nuked by Martians. LOL @ everyone here comparing it to Independence Day. They're writing a sequel to that you know :P Interested in seeing where it goes from here, but 12 episodes doesn't seem like enough to tell the kind of story they seem to be telling ... Nice OST too. |
| impressive first episode ^^ |
ScazoN said: Noob question: What is CGI and why is it important and what not? CGI is the thing that everyone loves to bitch about. It stands for computer generated imagery, which almost all anime has made extensive use of since the 21st century. The ironic thing is a lot of people who bitch about it don't realize that even the 2D parts of anime are completely CGI. For instance, this entire episode was completely CGI, same as every episode of, let's say, Death Note or Fate/Stay Night. If it's an anime made after 2000, you can pretty much safely assume it's completely CGI. Now, what most of the whiners mean when they say CGI is known as 3DCG. This is 3D computer graphics, such as the mechs you saw firing off rounds training in this episode. Sidonia no Kishi is an example of an anime that uses 3DCG for all non-static imagery (models). |
| Oh hey, eggs are on sale! |
| i don't know everything, i only know what i know also your waifu is shit |
| I've logged over 200 days worth of watching anime and this is the first time I've ever seen New Orleans in an anime, and then it gets decimated lol. Usually its just LA or NYC that basically represent US cities. |
| im not really into the war/mecha genre, but ill stick around and try watching this series wow that OST at the end with the explosion was intense |
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ex_necross said: yeah I didn't get Gundam vibes either, but some of it did remind me of Layzner, but I can see how people can draw connections to Gundam.Kaioshin_Sama said: it really isn't possible to do a war themed mecha show anymore without borrowing liberally from Gundam. Its just such a genre defining show. The time window for that sort of thing kind of passed in the early 80s with shows like Victims and Diagram although just recently Knights of Sidonia managed to do it so maybe its just a matter of imagination You can draw so many connections because Gundam has just touched all the bases already. That being said, I didn't get Gundam vibes from this show. Like, at all. I did get other mecha series vibes, but not Gundam. This didn't feel Gundam-y. I felt some Valvrave (the setting, overall mood), I felt some Break Blade ( I guess the princess did it?), and some other stuff. |
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| Exposition... I feel as though ten episodes worth of content happened. I liked Ihano. "A missile's coming at us... I wonder if I left the stove on." |
| Okay I haven't watched a single episode of Gundam ever before but yea I am getting seriously Gundam vibes from this story about this mecha story about space colony humans vs. native humans who stayed on earth. Regardless it is an interesting enough plot thus far. The dialogue is rather awkwardly written. Characters just seem to spout lengthy exposition about the history of the world and its characters that doesn't sound like natural conversation. CG on the mechas honestly doesn't look too good to me but so far the action scenes are quite exciting and well executed. That bomb at the end destroying the city was beautiful. Best aspect so far imo by far is Hiroyuki Sawano's soundtrack which is epicly fantastic as usual. 3/5 |
ex_necross said: Oh i see haha, thanks!ScazoN said: Noob question: What is CGI and why is it important and what not? CGI is the thing that everyone loves to bitch about. It stands for computer generated imagery, which almost all anime has made extensive use of since the 21st century. The ironic thing is a lot of people who bitch about it don't realize that even the 2D parts of anime are completely CGI. For instance, this entire episode was completely CGI, same as every episode of, let's say, Death Note or Fate/Stay Night. If it's an anime made after 2000, you can pretty much safely assume it's completely CGI. Now, what most of the whiners mean when they say CGI is known as 3DCG. This is 3D computer graphics, such as the mechs you saw firing off rounds training in this episode. Sidonia no Kishi is an example of an anime that uses 3DCG for all non-static imagery (models). |
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| Poor New Orleans. They get enough shit from the Earth itself, let alone Mars. |
straggy said: Poor New Orleans. They get enough shit from the Earth itself, let alone Mars. It's all the voodoo and shit they do down there. |
| Person #1: Somebody, call an ambulance! Person #2: Is this her? http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-foaRjsSA3RQ/Ta7sN2wVWjI/AAAAAAAAACQ/bfs6InnXqo4/s1600/036.JPG Person #1: Yeah that's her! |
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| That ost when the bomb dropped... As expected of Hiroyuki Sawano! So far so good. Looking forward to more. "Eggs are on sale" - We sure have an interesting protagonist! |
KeiSooJul 5, 2014 9:19 PM
| is a mix thing this first episode, by the fact that they created a empire in a era where the big countries like USA and Russia exist and let them keep all those marcian techn is beyond of my understanding (is not like play the age of empire LOL). but the last part of the episode is what really like, the anticipated war declaration between the 2 planets and MECHAS!! <---- the best hype thing of the episode!!! |
| [/quote] KeiSoo said: That ost when the bomb dropped... As expected of Hiroyuki Sawano! So far so good. Looking forward to more. Yeah, I was like... -"This shit can't be none other than mah manh Sawano Hiroyuki." |
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| Hahaha. I see everyone else realized who made the OST the second we all heard it. I was like "YES!, you know it's going to ATLEAST have a great OST!" I don't really watch too much mecha. I don't know why, I'm not really interested in it, and it just kind of makes me look the other way, but I decided to give Aldnoah a shot cause it was Saturday and I had nothing to really watch that was airing. Well, so far so good. I liked it, but it IS A1-Pictures, so I'll hold my enthusiasm until the final episode. Hopefully they don't B-line it like their recent anime, Nanana. |
| Nop. |
| Typically poor first episode. 90% exposition, and bad exposition at that. What's worse is that hideous Engrish song that plays as New Orleans gets bombed. Hiroyuki Sawano is already old hat. His music hasn't evolved at all since he started out. At least the male protagonist (I assume) doesn't look like some wimpy pushover. His indifference to the missiles was the only really exciting thing about this. |
| I'm calling it now: that was definitely an inside job by the Martians to kill Princess Asseylum in order to jump start the conflict for the Knights. Whether she's dead or not, I'm leaning towards not, but I'm nowhere close to 100% sure on that one. And that atomic-bomb-like wrecking of New Orleans certainly had a bit of a "payback" vibe to it... Unfortunately, I have to agree that Sawano's OSTs are starting to run into each other, which is sad because I'm in love with his style, but when you hear the same thing over and over... and yet I still find it to be very effective for a show like this. |
-Trippwire-Jul 5, 2014 9:31 PM
| Kalafina as the OP........ wow. But couldn't help to think of Gundam while watching that first episode. |
| Well that was fucking intense. I find it hilarious how absolutely trounced earth got by the martians. Like we are literally nothing to them. They even call earthlings terrans which basically seems like their N word for earthlings. That lieutenant drinking at the bar really put into perspective how fucked the earth is. Already the terrorists attacked the princess. Being urobutcher I wouldn't be surprised if she died, but it seems like the whole event was too vague and obscured. You never once see her face, or if she's wearing the pendant. Already don't like this MC at all. Seems on par with Akashi from M3. Sawano OST amazing as always. This is only going to be 12 episodes? Hard to imagine them fitting all this epicness into a small window. I liked this first episode and hopefully it doesn't disappoint. The show has a lot of potential to be amazing, but it's also setting itself up to fail. With Aniplex bragging and bragging about who they hired for directing, and who they cast for seiyuus and who came up with the concept, they're setting the bar tremendously high. They'll only have themselves to blame if they fuck up and drag the show downhill. |
Jonesy974 said: This is only going to be 12 episodes? Hard to imagine them fitting all this epicness into a small window. Split cour, 24 episodes. And with how they talked about Aldnoah.Zero before it aired, it sounds like they intend to make a franchise out of this. In any case, they have high hopes for this and are obviously putting a long of money towards it. The production values are insane. |
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