Aldnoah.Zero Season One
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| I got a feeling that the attack on the princess was set up |
| The good and old: 1. "let's infiltrate and cause a war and then die XD". 2. "lemme play a bit with these silly humans" -> gets killed by kids. 3. "let's be brave and use the power of friendship plus my super skills with mechas to defeat the enemies from 2!!!!". Even though I am making fun of these points, it was enjoyable, I guess. |
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Skraggy said: I got a feeling that the attack on the princess was set up That was already pretty obvious in the first episode. The double was quite easy to predict as well |
| "Then again, if she's not my sibling, there's no bling, either" - Ararararagi Koyomi |
| Getting a very "Attack on titan-esque" feel from this anime, from the OST and the sheer one sided battle we just saw. Otherwise enjoyed the ep |
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| The plot is moving along nicely and OST is amazing. Good mech action too. |
| So far so good, I'm really liking this anime so far and I'm fine with the mc, he doesn't annoy me. |
| God damn that was great. So many beautifully animated mecha battles and soundtrack to go with it. The purple mecha that dissolved everything it touched was amazing. Again the feeling of hopelessness as humanity is faced against a much stronger race and is being wiped out. I'm sure we all knew the princess that got assassinated was a double, but the main character's friend's death hurt. MC himself didn't show any signs of grief but it'll definitely resurface later as part of his character development. ヽ༼ຈل͜ຈ༽ﾉ ALL ABOARD THE HYPE TRAIN ヽ༼ຈل͜ຈ༽ﾉ |
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| Forever blown away by how beautiful the animation and scenery is. The mechas on the other hand... take some getting used to I suppose. Inaho's a little too expressionless, but I suppose that has an appeal in itself. At the very least it's a refreshingly new kind of protagonist. I'm interested in seeing how(/if) his character will grow throughout the series. I'm glad Marito survived~ I don't know if I was actually expecting him to die just like that, but I'm definitely glad it didn't end up happening. |
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MC117 said: So far so good, I'm really liking this anime so far and I'm fine with the mc, he doesn't annoy me. If this MC annoys someone, then I guess walls, rocks, and tables annoy them too. If that's the case, I feel really bad for them. |
| Yeah humans being crushed xD, I didn't think it would be a massacre, curious as to how they will counteract that shield/barrier once they have no idea what it is. good to know that the princess is still alive and as it was suspected, they who started this war. Looking foward to the next episode. |
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| Inaho might be a sociopath, which would be pretty cool since we rarely have one as a protagonist in anime, especially in something as mainstream as mecha. The last anime lead that might be considered a sociopath would be Light from Death Note. If this anime shows Inaho journey to becoming a monster then it'll probably be one of my favorites. |
| I don't understand how the lack of any military acumen or forethought can excite people. "Preparing for 15 years" and that's the best they can come up with? A lot of the tech they have is inferior to what we have today, they don't even have railguns ready. They knew about the jamming from 15 years ago but couldn't come up with an effective countermeasure or even inform their troops of it? They knew that the enemy, being in space, could easily target their satellites, but didn't plan for such an occasion? The jets went pretty much point blank to attack and didn't even fly at their best speed to escape, what are they, WW2 aircraft? I doubt the weapons they gave their mech suits would even be effective against tanks, never mind advanced alien shit. What was the reasoning behind building mechs anyway? They are not efficient, you'd do better to put all of your efforts into developing new munitions. They didn't even try artillery after evacuating the population. Are 10 year olds running the world's armies? I find this anime insulting to human ingenuity. Also, the princess didn't inform her own military escort that she was sending a body double? *sigh* |
| I like the OP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xcTHtbJc2w and main char still doesn't care about anything? what happened with him? |
Chabe said: I don't understand how the lack of any military acumen or forethought can excite people. "Preparing for 15 years" and that's the best they can come up with? A lot of the tech they have is inferior to what we have today, they don't even have railguns ready. They knew about the jamming from 15 years ago but couldn't come up with an effective countermeasure or even inform their troops of it? They knew that the enemy, being in space, could easily target their satellites, but didn't plan for such an occasion? The jets went pretty much point blank to attack and didn't even fly at their best speed to escape, what are they, WW2 aircraft? I doubt the weapons they gave their mech suits would even be effective against tanks, never mind advanced alien shit. What was the reasoning behind building mechs anyway? They are not efficient, you'd do better to put all of your efforts into developing new munitions. They didn't even try artillery after evacuating the population. Are 10 year olds running the world's armies? I find this anime insulting to human ingenuity. Also, the princess didn't inform her own military escort that she was sending a body double? *sigh* Yeah I don't get that part. Even in Super Robot Wars OG for example where the Earth robots start way outclassed they aren't going at super mecha with mecha sized hand guns. Again I think they just went way overboard in trying to display the difference in power levels without a really good explanation. I mean in Turn A Gundam for example the power differences between the two sides are due to Earth regressing to an Early 1900s level of technology for reasons that eventually tie in deeply to the series plot and themes. Here its just like...because reasons apparently. Also how did they evacuate Tokyo so damn fast? It's like a ghost town by the time the heroes are trying to book it underground yet the princess is still there as are our would be assassins and principle cast and that's about it. LambdaDeltaGamma said: I predict that they will pull a twist in episode 3 - the MC will die in an incredibly dumb way due to his uber-aloofness. Seriously though, I'm enjoying this show decently well so far, even though it's done little to differentiate itself from similar series yet. I doubt that but expect some really over the top twist nonetheless since the creators suggested people watch at least up to that one on Twitter. I just hope it's not just a dumb pointless grimderp twist and actually serves to add some layers to the plot |
TyrelJul 13, 2014 2:22 AM
| Great episode and awesome OST. |
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| I'm just a bit sad that there isn't any gore.. But else, it was OK. |
| I'm going to hold judgement until I see more but... I hope this doesn't turn into "teenager finds random overpowered mech now he destroys all". We have seen that in almost every mech anime. Since the martians are so op it seems the story will go that way.. or this anime is just going to be gore-fan service with characters being introduced and dying for cheap feels. |
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| Intense from start to end, this episode delivered even more than I anticipated. I guess it's ok that the princess survived(I knew it ever since she appeared in the OP), but how will she deal with the situation now? More importantly, what will no-presence MC(since Inaho seems to be considered for an MC for some reason) come up with to save the day? I really can't see it. |
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| What I found most hilarious about this episode was that Once again, the United States vaunted F-35 Lightning is a worthless piece of shit and a waste of American taxpayer dollars. |
AICW said: What I found most hilarious about this episode was that Once again, the United States vaunted F-35 Lightning is a worthless piece of shit and a waste of American taxpayer dollars. Those were F-22s, not F-35s. Note the double tail. |
| That was a good, intense episode. The battle is completely one-sided so far. The OST in this series just keeps getting better! |
| First of all this show is intense. The music socre really hit's it. Second, dude these are some OP mechas they're fighting against. Terraqueous seems to have no chance whatsoever, unless someone is willing to switch sides.... Hmmm. I would say, just nuke em. Nuke the hell out of the castles. |
| I love the way they think. "If it seems obvious, just show it in the op/ ed cause they probably already figured it out." The op already showed the Princess was alive, and the Ed hints that the girl who tackled inaho was the Princess in disguise, with the Princess' reflection in the water. |
skudoops said: AICW said: What I found most hilarious about this episode was that Once again, the United States vaunted F-35 Lightning is a worthless piece of shit and a waste of American taxpayer dollars. Unrelated, but have you seen the interview where the creator of the A-10 ripped into the F-35? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxDSiwqM2nw He has a point. In a visual range dogfight, The F-22 is not really any better than it's contemporaries, and the F-35 could well be worse. The F-35 is also a bureaucratic nightmare. |
 Kaioshin_Sama said: Chabe said: That's a lame excuse which addresses none of my points. Unfamiliar with goonspeak I see. No need to be an asshole. He was asking a ton of questions that should never be revealed by a 2nd episode. What sense would it make to reveal everything on literally the second episode? I know you're biased as fuck though. |
| Reasons why Inaho is so nonchalant: 1) He's been through this (war) before. 2) He's not human 3) He was endlessly tortured till he lost all of his emotions Anything else? lol Otherwise great ep with the action and music. |
| @ex_necross That was indeed hilarious. |
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ex_necross said: Kaioshin_Sama said: Unfamiliar with goonspeak I see. No need to be an asshole. He was asking a ton of questions that should never be revealed by a 2nd episode. What sense would it make to reveal everything on literally the second episode? I know you're biased as fuck though. Literally impossible but I feel the show could be doing a way better job at getting me invested, particularly since its A-1s attempt to make a show like Gundam that will surpass it in popularity according to the producer. |
fst said: AICW said: What I found most hilarious about this episode was that Once again, the United States vaunted F-35 Lightning is a worthless piece of shit and a waste of American taxpayer dollars. Those were F-22s, not F-35s. Note the double tail. I see... I just double-checked the episode again and compared it against an F-22/F-35 comparison. Thanks for catching that. Also: I'm gonna bet that Okisuke is not dead. My bet is gonna be that that shield around the mech isn't disintegrating, it's teleporting objects to another location. We already know Aldnoah technology can do that thanks to the hypergate on the moon. Watch as I'm totally wrong. Mod Edit: Merged double post. Please edit your previous post |
TyrelJul 13, 2014 2:23 AM
Meldoy said: Reasons why Inaho is so nonchalant: Anything else? lol Tatsuya's so based he can even switch the show he's in. He's just getting set to wreck martian ass. |
AICW said: Also: I'm gonna bet that Okisuke is not dead. My bet is gonna be that that shield around the mech isn't disintegrating, it's teleporting objects to another location. We already know Aldnoah technology can do that thanks to the hypergate on the moon. Watch as I'm totally wrong. to copypasta from another post I made, if that is the case, then he'll just be buried in a mountain of bullets and infrastructure. |
| The mc is smart. He purposely told the girl to hit the brakes so the legs of his sister's mecha would be gobbled up and they could accelerate more. I'm glad he isn't going to be another haruto from valvrave. I don't see how they could fight unless they find some secret powerful mech that was being deveoped or they steal an Imperial mech. I hope that little rat girl being chased dies btw. |
skudoops said: AICW said: What I found most hilarious about this episode was that Once again, the United States vaunted F-35 Lightning is a worthless piece of shit and a waste of American taxpayer dollars. Unrelated, but have you seen the interview where the creator of the A-10 ripped into the F-35? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxDSiwqM2nw Thanks bro, that was a great interview. However, the guy designed the F-16, not the A-10. OK back on topic. I actually really like Inaho's total ice-calm demeanor. He reminds me of a Terminator about to trigger its primary objective marker lol. |
| good episode they really are making the martians the overpowering untouchable force i can only picture earth having some secret prototype or them get their hands on one of the high tech mechs,i want the one the evil guy was using anything that touches him just vanishes lol. ost is still great only problem i have with this right now is the CG man is it rough to watch and i have no clue what their doing with the MC cold isn't the word i would use hes just kinda emotionless and Unfazed to everything happening even his friend's death,i'm sure we'll learn more about it just watching it feels unnatural. also fuck that guy running away instant karma lol. |
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Kaioshin_Sama said: Literally impossible but I feel the show could be doing a way better job at getting me invested, particularly since its A-1s attempt to make a show like Gundam that will surpass it in popularity according to the producer. Won't happen. You've already made up your mind about it. You've made that very clear since before the anime even aired. |
| Not much happened but what to expect from only the 2nd episode of the show. A lot of fight happening but thats only to add more drama to it, also I really liked the MC of this. **I really hope alot of people are watching this show with increased frame rate, the 24fps looks really shit and maybe thats why people are going crazy about the CGI, I'm watching this using SVP and believe me, the difference of 24 to 48fps is huge. |
| alright i dont know what makes this show so good but it's good. must be the music and animation. |
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| That assassin guy must be so proud, bringing his daughter in the job of killing the princess of his country just to get a higher position. Serves him right. |
| If the purple mech fell over, it would infinitely phase through the ground with that shield. |
-ZET- said: Not much happened but what to expect from only the 2nd episode of the show. A lot of fight happening but thats only to add more drama to it, also I really liked the MC of this. **I really hope alot of people are watching this show with increased frame rate, the 24fps looks really shit and maybe thats why people are going crazy about the CGI, I'm watching this using SVP and believe me, the difference of 24 to 48fps is huge. wow I'm trying it and yes, It's very different |
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ex_necross said: If the purple mech fell over, it would infinitely phase through the ground with that shield. Coincidentally, it would continue to accelerate until it reached the center of the earth, then decelerate until it came out the other side, then fall back towards the center again, eventually resulting in a sinusoidal oscillation about the earth's core. |
| I don't know why the purple mech didn't just follow them into the tunnel when it could phase through whole buildings, that was a pretty good episode though. |
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