The Heroic Legend of Arslan
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| No bad but not that special either. hope Arslan at least gets a little less cookie cutter prince like, after the tragedy comes next episode. I really doubt I though (-_-) |
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| Promising start. |
| 'Maryam' It's promising. The prince has shit parents, her mother' design is great though. She's beautiful. richard360 said: hope Arslan at least gets a little less cookie cutter prince like, after the tragedy comes next episode. Yes please. He's nice & all but I hope he doesn't remain that way throughout the whole series. |
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| Did anyone else cringe at some of those robotic-looking CG soldiers? Especially when they were walking single file down the streets. |
| 5/5 nice start |
| Should be some avant-garde fujo materials but damn son it's good and interesting. I see it as a gem among all the other series in this season hohoho (づ｡◕‿‿◕｡)づ |
| You will soon learn that a heart that choose to exist, even in a life filled with pain, will one day allow us to meet again. With the world's blessings, we will meet again and again, forever returning to the homeworld we've yet to see. Many, many times.  |
| first episode was average.. hoping much better for the next ep. |
| Beautiful character designs.. at first I was a bit worried on another adaptation of Arslan senki, especially when I saw that trailers of CG cavalry charge. But when it shown up in the series it looked more 'fit in' perhaps because they handling the transition between CGI with drawn scene carefully. They really didn't waste time for info dumping on first episode, which is good, in truth I almost can't believe they could convey the world-build setting so well in just one episode. Especially regarding the cultural differences and the general attitude of the people from both kingdoms. I can't wait for the next episode! Mirorin said: Although certainly some aspects of the series are lost in Arakawa's version, the character designs are my biggest issue. Arslan's suppose to have more royal grace to him... and I'm going to get especially pissed when Farangi shows up with her atrocious character design. ლ(ಠ益ಠ)ლ I'm fine with Arslan, as saw in the arts he also got some cool face later on. Totally agree with Farangi though.. I don't know what decision changes her from this:  Into this:  (I also liked the OVA Gieve) |
azzuReApr 6, 2015 11:51 AM
| The most important things in life is the people that you care about |
| I liked this more than I expected. It felt like well designed fairy-tale knight-fantasy. The interaction between the prince and the blond boy was great, and gave a good picture about the prince's character (spoiled, lazy brat, who has a great heart and is going to grow up a great man). I also like the visuals in this, the palace, the characters, the giraffe... And the ending was beautiful. |
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| Also to add information the 2015 story was taken from the Hiromu Arakawa manga version, which is based on a novel by Dr. Yoshiki Tanaka the creator of Legend of the Galactic Heroes. |
| The most important things in life is the people that you care about |
| It was rather enjoyable |
| Looks good, this season is 100x better than last season. |
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| The ending is really really good. |
 Anime is good, fucking deal with it. |
| This is probably my favorite first episode of the season so far (though I have not seen many). Great animation and backgrounds, epic sound, solid pacing. Overall it was a pretty exciting first episode, which made me want to see more. I really liked the character designs though that is to be expected of Arakawa-sensei. The show is not really subtle with its political messages about slavery, human rights and religious fanaticism but I like how there are different characters representing those different viewpoints. At the end, when Arslan was saying that his father will remain in power for a long time, that was like seriously tempting fate. It looks like he will be forced to grow up very fast. |
| Hmmm this series looks really promising! There are lots of things that can be developed, and I hope it will be well done. It was pretty solid start. The animation was very good(some CGI parts were stunning while some were awkward tho, but that arrow scene, wHOAH) and the sound is very fitting to the tone of this anime. The backgrounds were GORGEOUS. ; u ; Looking foward to more. |
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| I've no idea what to really expect here as I haven't seen much historical anime in the 1st place. So, I suppose all I can expect for now is a good coming-of-age adventure. I'm not familiar with any of the staff on this either, so going into this one completely blind. All I know is that I WANT this to be good. There are obvious budged issues here but if it keep's consistent like this and not go any lower I'm fine with it. Also, Sion, is that you? :P |
| Wow, after about 5 seconds of listening to the music at the very beginning, I immediately thought, "Am I watching Suisei no Gargantia?" Lo and behold, same composer. I think Taro Iwashiro just surpassed Hiroyuki Sawano in having similar sounding soundtracks... Anyway, decent start. Let's see where this one goes. |
| Whoa. This is from the creator of Legend of the Galactic Heroes and the art's done by Hiromu Arakawa? This is a very good situation we're in here. Good start, event despite the 3D CGI. Laughed at the obvious death flags for the father at the end of the episode. |
MormegilApr 6, 2015 9:07 PM
| At first, I was really disappointed with the shitty quality at start even though I got the 1080p version. Everything after that looked relatively good though, so that was a relief. I thought I wasn't going to find this any interesting, but I'm hooked up now and it looks like it's going to get pretty good. Looking forward to the next one. PS: it's always cool when you can identify a VA. The queen didn't even speak much, but I noticed almost immediately that her VA was the same as Caster's from F/SN. Cool beans. |
| So far so good. Gave me an Akatsuki no Yona mixed with Kingdom vibe. Seems like it's gonna be a good series. |
~ El Psy Congroo~  |
| Already got a feeling this is gonna be one of the underrated shows this season. |
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| The first episode was nice and I honestly don't mind the CGI at all. |
| "Let justice be done, though the heavens fall." |
| It was okay, somewhat enjoyable. There was some action and background history, however it was a little bit boring for me. CGI was bad, but oh well, there wasn't a lot of 3D moments so I can let it slide. I will watch the next episode for sure. 3/5 for the episode. |
| I like pancakes. |
| Seems to be one of the better shows this season, animation isn't that big of a deal when the story seems good. |
| Oh I forgot to complain about that song, it's 110% Eurovision, so much cringe lol |
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| Bit slow to start (that or I was just incredibly distracted) but it got better. Strong first episode otherwise. |
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| I just finished reading all the 22 chapters of the Arakawa's version and I really enjoyed it, the first episode had done justice to the manga, and the seldomly used CGI wasn't distracting and it really gave the combat scenes a certain scale of epicness. I really liked the camera angles in certain scenes, it had a cinematic feel to it. Until now, it's an 8 out of 10 for me. |
| WOOOW looks like a good show! |
| Cringing so hard at some of the CGI shots in this. |
| OMG I loved this anime. This is my favorite next to Owari. I'm just so hyped for the next episode like now!! |
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| Pretty decent start! I'll continue to watch to see what happens next. |
| I liked the episode. The animation was a bit tacky, but I absolutely love the premise. You can see the resemblance to Full Metal Alchemist in the character design as well. |
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| This was certainly within my expectations, and that's not a good thing. They were low. I'll keep to the 3-episode rule til I pass judgement though. |
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| Art style of FMA...looks good! ED Eir Aoi FTW! and the title of ED is "Lapis Lazuli" seems like I know this word...but can't remember where... I can't wait for hear UVERworld as Asrlan Senki OP! |
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| Can;t wait to see more of Alphonse Oh damn Prince Ed life gonna change : 0 |
| Felt a little rushed |
| Suzuki-sensei and Arakawa-sensei sure get along well (Both drawing ending cards for each other´s anime lol) I like this. Anyways, this new version of this history is better than I expected. Arslan is just too precious, Arakawa made him a cutie~ Oh, and the giraffe part was simply the best. It´s nice to see some bits of humour in this kind of series. Aaaand... That little HoYay... Uhuhu~ |
| "Could you not talk with me? I'm busy breathing." |
| It was a good start. I do have a problem with Arslan character design, It's way to feminine and I honestly couldn't tell if he was a dude or a girl before he was called a prince. |
| not impressed |
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| Good start but Ashlan better improve himself instead of looking weak throughout the entire series. |
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matias067 said: Art style of FMA...looks good! ED Eir Aoi FTW! and the title of ED is "Lapis Lazuli" seems like I know this word...but can't remember where... Probably from minecraft or the last story. It is a means blue stone in latin |
Anime is good, fucking deal with it. |
| The CGI didn't strike me as THAT bad. I do like the setting, and the show itself is giving me a few FMA vibes. I'll probably follow it at a regular basis. |
"You either die an Ashita no Joe, or you live long enough to see yourself become a Naruto."  |
| This could be good series and everyone is fine but I have big problem with main character - he is precisely that useless, careless and weak type I hate, not to mention they made him look like woman almost. If nothing else that thing alone is dealbreaker for me and it's driving me away from this series. But the setting felt fine and backgrounds were well done. Well, guess I'll watch one or two more eps to see if anything changes in his coming of age. |
Mich666Apr 8, 2015 3:01 PM
| Good first ep! I liked the middle eastern setting and the animation was beautiful (except for the clunky 3D bits). |
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azzuRe said: Beautiful character designs.. at first I was a bit worried on another adaptation of Arslan senki, especially when I saw that trailers of CG cavalry charge. But when it shown up in the series it looked more 'fit in' perhaps because they handling the transition between CGI with drawn scene carefully. They really didn't waste time for info dumping on first episode, which is good, in truth I almost can't believe they could convey the world-build setting so well in just one episode. Especially regarding the cultural differences and the general attitude of the people from both kingdoms. I can't wait for the next episode! Mirorin said: Although certainly some aspects of the series are lost in Arakawa's version, the character designs are my biggest issue. Arslan's suppose to have more royal grace to him... and I'm going to get especially pissed when Farangi shows up with her atrocious character design. ლ(ಠ益ಠ)ლ I'm fine with Arslan, as saw in the arts he also got some cool face later on. Totally agree with Farangi though.. I don't know what decision changes her from this: Into this: (I also liked the OVA Gieve) Old model is much better, damn fanservices killing character design. |
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