Kagerou Daze (light novel)
| I thought it was amazing, but the MAL rating says otherwise |
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| First things first, did you watch the music videos and read the manga before watching the anime? |
| I had watched the music videos before the anime, but I hadn't read the novel or the manga before I watched the anime. And yes, I know how they're better than the anime but I still find it superb. |
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| Nah its rating is about right. |
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zealith7 said: Well, as an Anime-only viewer, it was incredibly confusing and messy to watch. The entire series felt very disconnected. A personal problem I had was the art style was ugly and too abstract for my liking. It's like Madoka without the nice colouring schemes and cool artsy scenes.I had watched the music videos before the anime, but I hadn't read the novel or the manga before I watched the anime. And yes, I know how they're better than the anime but I still find it superb. The ending of the anime left me with a bad taste as well. And it's a forgettable series. |
| It's by Shaft, so yeah, you either love it or hate it I guess. |
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zealith7 said: It's by Shaft, so yeah, you either love it or hate it I guess. I found it one of SHAFT's weaker shows (although, I haven't even watched most of SHAFT shows lol) Hell, even Nisekoi was better. It had nice pacing and a clear direction. |
| they completely butchered ayano's theory of happiness for one. story was all over the place and lacked focus. the story itself (once done watching it all) wasn't that great, either. best part was probably the monster story, which only lasts ~1 min per episode (and not all episodes had a monster story) |
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| Nisekoi was the least SHAFT of all the SHAFT anime out there, not including the really old ones in my opinion. |
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zealith7 said: Nisekoi was the least SHAFT of all the SHAFT anime out there, not including the really old ones in my opinion. It still is a SHAFT show regardless of how different it was. |
mayukachan said: zealith7 said: Nisekoi was the least SHAFT of all the SHAFT anime out there, not including the really old ones in my opinion. It still is a SHAFT show regardless of how different it was. What I mean is that it was pretty normal for a SHAFT show. Mekakucity is over the top in that sense. |
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| i love shaft but i found mekakucity actors below average |
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zealith7 said: I thought it was amazing, but the MAL rating says otherwise Because MAL is always objectively right. It also sucked, the story was terrible, the characters were lame, and SHAFT was focusing all the budget on Nisekoi, so it wasn't their best work. even though i'm SHAFT fanboy myself. |
| it was terrible. this coming from a major kagepro fan. better off with the manga. |
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shuryukan said: SHAFT can't turn shit into gold you know. |
Okashi_sama said: it can however, turn gold into shit.shuryukan said: SHAFT can't turn shit into gold you know. |
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shuryukan said: anyone can. but SHAFT never did.Okashi_sama said: it can however, turn gold into shit.SHAFT can't turn shit into gold you know. |
| The horrendous OP for Ayano's Theory of Happiness really just ruined the whole heartfelt moment part for me. It was one of my favorite MVs and quite frankly, SHAFT cannot do CG. JUST NO. On another hand, I can see how some would find it quite confusing if they haven't had any connection to Kagepro before watching. I found the art to be decent although not the best, that is for sure^^. I thought it would have been at least a 7.5 or something but, I guess not. |
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Takei_Hisa said: The horrendous OP for Ayano's Theory of Happiness really just ruined the whole heartfelt moment part for me. It was one of my favorite MVs and quite frankly, SHAFT cannot do CG. JUST NO. The BDs fixed it, if that motivates you to rewatch that episodes. |
| I must be the only one who enjoyed it :I |
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zealith7 said: I must be the only one who enjoyed it :I There are MANY people who enjoyed it. It ranked as the top 5 Summer anime each week on this Facebook page, AniTrendz. |
| Thanks, I feel a whole lot better now :D |
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mayukachan said: zealith7 said: Well, as an Anime-only viewer, it was incredibly confusing and messy to watch. The entire series felt very disconnected. A personal problem I had was the art style was ugly and too abstract for my liking. It's like Madoka without the nice colouring schemes and cool artsy scenes.I had watched the music videos before the anime, but I hadn't read the novel or the manga before I watched the anime. And yes, I know how they're better than the anime but I still find it superb. The ending of the anime left me with a bad taste as well. And it's a forgettable series. I really like it though. I've not watched the manga nor the MVs before the anime, and I didn't find the anime particularly confusing. Unlike Baccano and Durarara, this anime actually goes along pretty chronologically. |
AkaHisui said: mayukachan said: Well, as an Anime-only viewer, it was incredibly confusing and messy to watch. The entire series felt very disconnected. A personal problem I had was the art style was ugly and too abstract for my liking. It's like Madoka without the nice colouring schemes and cool artsy scenes. The ending of the anime left me with a bad taste as well. And it's a forgettable series. I really like it though. I've not watched the manga nor the MVs before the anime, and I didn't find the anime particularly confusing. Unlike Baccano and Durarara, this anime actually goes along pretty chronologically. After 1st episode of mekakucity actors I found all MV's and listened to them for all week, they were great, thats why I was hoping a lot of this... But the show just went downhill from there...and how can you say that Durarara was not chronological, it's a masterpiece! and in Baccano you can understand everything clear if you watch it till the end |
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| Well for one the pacing was terrible if you have read/listened/watched the source material. Then there's the butchering of significant emotional plot points (like Ayano's sacrifice and... that annoying brat's too I guess), the lazy animation (Do not watch much SHAFT are their animation always this lazy?), poor rushed plot with a completely unexplained and an unsatisfying deus ex machina ending, all weighted down even more with the high expectations of the fan of the source material. I'm surprised it got over 7 TBH. Guess the soundtrack and char design was enough to please some fans. Oddly enough I was fine with Ayano's theory of Happyness and Lost Time Memory. Pissed they didn't do Summertime record though. |
Harukaze25 said: I dunno, I thought that the animation was great, or at least, it fit my taste. And SHAFT is great, once you start watching SHAFT you can't stop watching SHAFT and that's a fact.Well for one the pacing was terrible if you have read/listened/watched the source material. Then there's the butchering of significant emotional plot points (like Ayano's sacrifice and... that annoying brat's too I guess), the lazy animation (Do not watch much SHAFT are their animation always this lazy?), poor rushed plot with a completely unexplained and an unsatisfying deus ex machina ending, all weighted down even more with the high expectations of the fan of the source material. I'm surprised it got over 7 TBH. Guess the soundtrack and char design was enough to please some fans. Oddly enough I was fine with Ayano's theory of Happyness and Lost Time Memory. Pissed they didn't do Summertime record though. |
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zealith7 said: I dunno, I thought that the animation was great, or at least, it fit my taste. The animation was great, but the shot it self went from being, for me fun to being a confusing mess. |
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| Not enough people have read Tsubasa Chronicles it seems, this show reminded me a lot of that, probably why I liked it so much, thought the story was great. |
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Sleepy-lt said: AkaHisui said: I really like it though. I've not watched the manga nor the MVs before the anime, and I didn't find the anime particularly confusing. Unlike Baccano and Durarara, this anime actually goes along pretty chronologically. After 1st episode of mekakucity actors I found all MV's and listened to them for all week, they were great, thats why I was hoping a lot of this... But the show just went downhill from there...and how can you say that Durarara was not chronological, it's a masterpiece! and in Baccano you can understand everything clear if you watch it till the end +1 Baccano and DRRR are clear and not hard to understand. Mekaku on the other hand............ |
| As it stands right now this shit is horribly overrated. I only came here to say this because I saw some user rated this shit a 10. I still remember that rough draft of a last episode... |
IZEROIIMar 15, 2015 12:17 AM
IZEROII said: As it stands right now this shit is horribly overrated. I only came here to say this because I saw some user rated this shit a 10. I still remember that rough draft of a last episode... A MAL user rating something high that is crap? Stop the presses. |
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| Mekakucity Actors basically took my heart and put it through a meat grinder. I thought the story was beautiful and the soundtrack is great but I find it hard to understand what the hell is happening most of the time. |
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| As a fan of the series since Kagerou Days/Daze was released (although my love for this series has died quite a bit by now) and also a fan of SHAFT, I'd say it wasn't terrible, but nothing amazing either. I think many people who ARE familiar with the series like to complain about the chronological order of things and etc, but... The original series is music videos without ANY chronological order. The light novels and manga also plays with this, although less, much less confusing. The anime was a bit confusing and lacked a bit of drama. The animation could be better (but well Nisekoi was airing around the same time). However, it wasn't anything mediocre and many people claims as a bad "adaptation" when Jin (creator of the series) clearly stated he was behind the script AND it would be different from the manga AND the light novels (just like he said the manga was different from the light novels). I think some people were also disappointed thinking it would be an adaptation, while it's not. Also, the complaints about animation are understandable, but well, it was obvious they would redo a lot of things in the BDs/DVDs.. TL;DR, many people were disappointed expecting an adaption of the mangas or light novels when it wasn't and this show wasn't anything fantastic, but not really that horrible either. It could've been much better, though, if they had more episodes and could rush less. |
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IZEROII said: Well, I'm sorry if I offended you, I just like to rate things based on how I feel of them, not on how other people want me to rate them.As it stands right now this shit is horribly overrated. I only came here to say this because I saw some user rated this shit a 10. I still remember that rough draft of a last episode... |
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