Aldnoah.Zero Season One
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| ^ He dispatched the other soldiers easy and quickly enough. There was no need for the showboating when his character showcased that he doesn't do it. Sigh, there's literally no getting through to you, you won't admit that these antagonists are shit and are wrote in a manner which supports the MC in every way. |
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Vexper said: ^ He dispatched the other soldiers easy and quickly enough. There was no need for the showboating when his character showcased that he doesn't do it. Sigh, there's literally no getting through to you, you won't admit that these antagonists are shit and are wrote in a manner which supports the MC in every way. It's pretty obvious so far that a lot of stuff is written around making the MC look as cool as humanly possible. I mean nothing convinces me more of this than the whole absolute confidence going out alone against a "dangerous enemy" with the low angle shot as he's putting on his headset. I notice Japan has this thing right now with characters wearing headphones and looking morose being the ultimate portrayal of cool so that amused me a bit. Everything about this show is just so obvious and on the nose as I've been saying for a month now. I mean it's solid hamfisted entertainment like some of the super robot shows of old, but rather than playing it off as grandiose in that respect and being kind of tongue in cheek about it this show carries itself with this swagger like it's the smartest and saviest robot show ever and just the darkest, grittiest and most war as hell show and yet the characters up to this point save for Slaine and the princess have been kind of laughable, especially the Vers nights. Even that Cruhteo guy kind of looks like just a stereotypical racist jerk this episode when the first time he appeared I still at least had a bit of hope that he'd be a little more nuanced than what we saw in this episode, but nope. |
| Can we get some goddamn characterization in this bitch? Slaine is the only character who has been clearly defined and we are almost halfway through. |
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| 1. The enemy is kinda stupid to be attacking alone… 2. the ost is epic as usual. never can find these kind in regular tv shows 8/10 |
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Bluebirds22 said: Great episode. Best mecha of the season. I don't understand haters, nobody is obligating to watch the show, so if you don't like it don't watch. If you are asking why the people likes the show so much, is just personal taste. I will continue enjoying this anime. No matter whatever others says. I've seen this said so many times about this series. I wasn't even aware there were any other new mech series this season? Care to enlighten me? |
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Vexper said: Bluebirds22 said: Great episode. Best mecha of the season. I don't understand haters, nobody is obligating to watch the show, so if you don't like it don't watch. If you are asking why the people likes the show so much, is just personal taste. I will continue enjoying this anime. No matter whatever others says. I've seen this said so many times about this series. I wasn't even aware there were any other new mech series this season? Care to enlighten me? http://myanimelist.net/anime/23325/Shirogane_no_Ishi:_Argevollen |
Vexper said: Bluebirds22 said: Great episode. Best mecha of the season. I don't understand haters, nobody is obligating to watch the show, so if you don't like it don't watch. If you are asking why the people likes the show so much, is just personal taste. I will continue enjoying this anime. No matter whatever others says. I've seen this said so many times about this series. I wasn't even aware there were any other new mech series this season? Care to enlighten me? Don't like it drop it simple. |
antonn said: Vexper said: I've seen this said so many times about this series. I wasn't even aware there were any other new mech series this season? Care to enlighten me? http://myanimelist.net/anime/23325/Shirogane_no_Ishi:_Argevollen One other show... that's it? What a grand statement that was then. Newhopes said: Don't like it drop it simple. It has potential, why would I drop it when the writer is just about to change? Your straightforward weak willed logic is pretty poor in this case. |
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Vexper said: One other show... that's it? What a grand statement that was then. Newhopes said: Don't like it drop it simple. It has potential, why would I drop it when the writer is just about to change? Your straightforward weak willed logic is pretty poor in this case. Sorry to break it to you but this was the first ep not written by Urobutchi |
| Dat ED. Hopefully, they don't reuse those soundtracks too much. |
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| Don't really care about the characters on Earth too much yet. I'm more interested about Slaine and what he's going to get up to, it'd be cool to see him gain more power over the next few episodes considering his starting position. Also I thought the ED was pretty damn awesome. |
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| THAT ED, IT IS SO GOOOD! Awesome episode. |
Darklight0303 said: Sorry to break it to you but this was the first ep not written by Urobutchi Lord save us all. It was pretty hard to tell when scenes from ep 2/3 are recycled with the same OST insert. |
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ilok said: I know how this will end now, earth's hoard overrunning a technologically superior opponent. Oh man it will be so epic. Just like WW2 on the eastern front. Yeh. |
Vexper said: Bluebirds22 said: Great episode. Best mecha of the season. I don't understand haters, nobody is obligating to watch the show, so if you don't like it don't watch. If you are asking why the people likes the show so much, is just personal taste. I will continue enjoying this anime. No matter whatever others says. I've seen this said so many times about this series. I wasn't even aware there were any other new mech series this season? Care to enlighten me? There's Argevollen which is pretty different and more focused on military industrial politics, the role of a soldiers and their relationship with the brass, and just the more mundane things they all go through trying to do their job. There's no hammy villains, big grandiose music numbers and high civilian death counts since t's a lot more down to Earth and in spite of how people complain about the MC less juvenile than this show, but from my perspective as a long time mecha fan it's by no means bad, just different from Aldnoah and less obviously ambitious. A lot of people on this site absolutely hate it and it's main character though....I mean it's not as "epic" as this show is so it's not going to win the MAL audience over with what it's trying to do so far. skudoops said: That battle was really dumb.. being so heavily damaged from the impact of a freight container means that if that mech is EVER flanked (since it has no protection) it will go down easily. What were they thinking with these mecha designs.. good lord. Also him blocking bullets with his sword was mad stupid to, I literally wtf'd when I saw that. I figured the way the dude was talking his armour was going to be his protection.. but nah he was legit blocking this stuff with a sword. Also why won't these dudes use some ranged weapons :| . Well they already did the barrier thing the last couple of weeks so obviously this needs a new gimmick and given SAO II light sabers are cool right now I guess (same production company), but yeah the drawbacks of these designs that seem to just be there to give Inaho something to exploit really don't make a whole lot of sense from a functionality perspective when it comes to versatility or deployment in different kinds of situations and environments and the only reason it isn't as obvious is because they get to be used in this specific situations where only he can apparently take advantage of them and otherwise they face no resistance. It's just kind of silly, but if people didn't already know that's the kind of show Aldnoah.Zero is by now...well then.....my only question is when setting the trap up how did Inaho know that thing wasn't going to have any sort of barrier like the other mech did and that the box car wasn't just going to get absorbed on impact. I mean from our perspective we see the thing carrying an Earth mecha by the head when it first shows up, but there was no way for him to see that since it hadn't arrived at the ships location yet. If he had still been facing that Nikolares mech he'd have been dead in this situation. Yeah though boy do those Earth mechas solid weapons ever fire slow in this battle. That guy had all the time in the world to knock those bullets out of the air it's a wonder they had enough forward velocity to even reach him before just dropping to the ground with a thud. |
PeacingOutJul 26, 2014 12:44 PM
Vexper said: - High school age characters - ^ which make adults look like vegetables Since when this is liked? Masses of casuals hate this trope. |
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Sawano's OST is really clashing hard with Aoki's well directed scenes, also why do they keep using that same track with the chorus? Yikes. My thoughts exactly. I found the music in the action sequences incredibly distracting. What's wrong with focusing on the sound of the action itself? I don't get it. Other than that, pretty solid ep. It's a very well made series and one of the best mecha shows in a while. I find Inaho a bit too cool and smart for his young age but I guess I can 'suspend disbelief'. I mean Martians are attacking Earth with giant mecha so I suppose a child military genius is not too much of a stretch, right? |
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| This episode was great, action packed as always. The Vers princess revealed herself to the MC, and Slain is trying to figure out who gave the order to kill the princess, which is going to be an interesting development, I can't wait. Also, How many episodes is this anime going to be because Wikipedia and MAL shows that there are 12 episodes in total, but Anilist and Hummingbird shows that there are 24 episodes in total. So, which is it 12 or 24? |
ChuiRoostaAug 12, 2014 6:49 AM
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bastek66 said: Vexper said: - High school age characters - ^ which make adults look like vegetables Since when this is liked? Masses of casuals hate this trope. Casuals hate nothing, that's what makes them so filthy, they're too stupid to even know what's bad for them. Well, nothing except for wincest. |
| man, that was reckless but Inaho was still able to stay calm no matter what. sugoii! and the OST is awesomeeeee! can't wait to see Slaine getting into battles. who will he attack, then? haha *edit* saw Inaho smiling when his sister said he did good. whoot! |
JaeRynJul 26, 2014 12:50 PM
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LTRoosta said: It's split-cour!Also, How many episodes is this anime going to be because Wikipedia and MAL shows that there are 12 episodes in total, but Anilist and Hummingbird shows that there are 24 episodes in total. So, which is it 12 or 24? And I do agree with the points made here. It works as dumb "epic" fun, but my god does the OST clash with the scenes. Also how is the Princess not found out on the ship yet? |
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Marzan said: Sawano's OST is really clashing hard with Aoki's well directed scenes, also why do they keep using that same track with the chorus? Yikes. My thoughts exactly. I found the music in the action sequences incredibly distracting. What's wrong with focusing on the sound of the action itself? I don't get it. Other than that, pretty solid ep. It's a very well made series and one of the best mecha shows in a while. I find Inaho a bit too cool and smart for his young age but I guess I can 'suspend disbelief'. I mean Martians are attacking Earth with giant mecha so I suppose a child military genius is not too much of a stretch, right? I'm glad I'm not the only one cause honestly that's actually my biggest beef with the show so far. I know they have Sawano here for the popular staff factor this show is banking heavy on and because his music is currently all the rage on both sides of the Atlantic, but it's really just not working all that well so far and I feel like it's just being used to add faux "coolness" to the scenes where it's really not necessary and like I said last week the vocal track thing is going to get really old if they keep using it. Too late, it already has and it's only episode 4. :( Entravity said: Dat ED. Hopefully, they don't reuse those soundtracks too much. Like I said earlier, kind of too late. The show is kind of beyond the point where anybody concerned about that sort of thing ought to get their hopes up. Those vocal tracks are here to stay for every single action scene mark my words. It kind of makes me want to start muting the show since it's more than a little distracting and even makes it kind of hard to hear some of the dialogue during the fights. Thank god for subtitles lol. Bluebirds22 said: I really love mecha genre, so I' m happy that at least one series is good like Aldnoah. It's just my opinion, but also find that captain earth, m3 and argevollen are not so exciting like Aldnoah. M3 is kind of bad IMO, Captain Earth is just kind of directionless, while Argevollen IMO has it's own appeals. I'd mention Knights of Sidonia too which is very fresh as a mecha/sci-fi series taking place in space far removed from Earth and modern times and all with it's humans living on a seed ship versus giant alien monsters. It's probably the most balanced mecha show in the last year I'd say. With all those shows though they just aren't as focused on maintaining a consistent level of maximum hype as this show is and more concerned about their own things. Basically Aldnoah more than the rest is by it's very inception and nature designed to be popular and as cool looking and sounding as possible at face value, but that doesn't necessarily make it better for everyone per se. |
PeacingOutJul 26, 2014 12:56 PM
| Is great that MC uses his brain, not such other protas. I hope Slaine join with Inaho and the others. Good episode 5/5. |
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| Gotta love Inaho. Instead of fighting a supermecha with a stronger supermecha that conveniently pops up, he uses wits and tactics. This is why I love Gen Urobochis writing. He makes his fighting scenes more than just explosions. |
| Missing the times of Rewrite, good times. |
| hope slaine get to uncover everything soon, he's a great soldier who have brains, not only take order inaho expressionless really suit his ability, and his gut and planning exceed soldier and how can 3 students can get a better result than 3 soldier o.0 |
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| So Slaine neither went after the princess nor reported the treason. I don't know why I hadn't considered that, but meh. I thought this mecha would have the same barrier thing as before when I saw the cockpit. I liked the barrier more than the too-hot-it-evaporates-bullets-in-mid-air-blade tbh. Considering it seems to have more gaps than the previous one, this robot might just be easier to take down (it seems more offense oriented). Princess is still best girl. |
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HunterTennouji said: Instead of fighting a supermecha with a stronger supermecha that conveniently pops up, he uses wits and tactics. Couldn't of put it better myself also mixed with those OST's just makes it so much more epic |
| Orgasmic ending. I love the song. I'm gonna buy the Ost. And considersting the images of the new ending, is probably that Slaine join with Inaho in the next episode. |
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| my... whenever the songs kicks in this anime becomes 5x times better and it's already super epic. |
| Oh my god. I love Aldnoah's ED song. I'm getting sick of the main OST. It was cool for the first episode, but I'm just not getting the same feeling anymore. I liked how Inaho stepped in for Princess Asselyum. They can't just rely on the princess to cause a distraction. If I'm correct there are 4 major factions in the anime right? Terrans, Orbital Kingdoms, Mars Kingdom and the Vers? |
T3hSource said: LTRoosta said: It's split-cour!Also, How many episodes is this anime going to be because Wikipedia and MAL shows that there are 12 episodes in total, but Anilist and Hummingbird shows that there are 24 episodes in total. So, which is it 12 or 24? And I do agree with the points made here. It works as dumb "epic" fun, but my god does the OST clash with the scenes. Also how is the Princess not found out on the ship yet? And with all the great anime coming out next season, I can understand why it would be split-cour. It would have a lot less competition to deal with in the Winter 2015 season or Spring 2015 season (whenever it does finally get around to airing). I'd say waiting for Spring 2015 would be the best bet since Fate/Stay Night, Psycho-Pass 2, Log Horizon 2, and Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso should all be finished with their 2nd cours by then. |
skudoops said: Botato said: So Slaine neither went after the princess nor reported the treason. I don't know why I hadn't considered that, but meh. What I didn't get was why didn't he come up with a better lie? He could have said the terrans defeated that one dude ... There's no way he would buy that. skudoops said: ... and that he saw the princess alive. I figured he was trying to gauge whether the count was in on it or not, but he quickly deduced that he wasn't.. so.. :| It's irrelevant whether or not he was in on it because he nevertheless seeks to profit from it and would prefer the princess be dead. rinstincts said: If I'm correct there are 4 major factions in the anime right? Terrans, Orbital Kingdoms, Mars Kingdom and the Vers? It's just Earthlings vs Martians. Vers = Mars Kingdom, which the orbital castles are part of. |
| I still don't know how to feel about this show, Inaho is a bland robot of a character with too many Gary Stu moments. The atmosphere should be way more depressing that it is, the Martians are practically exterminating the people on earth and nobody is really that worried about it. But the music is really good, and I want to see more of Slaine since he seems like a much more interesting character than Inaho "Gary" Kaizuka. |
ollythirteen said: Kaioshin_Sama said: What characters interacting with a degree of humor and wit to them instead of just all expository dialogue and philosophizing all the time? Oh my God THIS! Though I will admit that that little banter was a little out of place given that they could all have died. Still though, refreshing as hell. It's going to make the adult love triangle set up (war vet, nao's neesan and margabare...the army chick) pretty interesting...and annoying since she's already showing more of a personality than Nao's nee but Nao's nee will probably win because in anime the girl without personality has to win, right? (Manaka, anyone?) I like her already and it took the new writers one episode to do this. Pretty amazing. You guys seem to be misunderstanding me. I'm not crying that Urobuchi's no longer involved with the show. I like the new writer. I just don't get why everyone has to bash on Katsuhiko Takayama for one bad show. Holy fuck, get over it. Even the best people in the industry have bad projects under their belt. |
| dis OST too good i like this emotionless mc. he reminds me of heero from gundam wing |
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